Chapter 487
487 Gangsters in the ballroom
“Before I pick up the pen, I like to be the first one to open it. After I put down my pen, I hope that the person who opens it is you, son, even though you are not one year old yet and are a poor child who can’t drink breast milk and can only drink formula milk.”
when you open this notebook, I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure I’ll have already passed away by then. We, father and son, have been talking for 20 years. I hope you will become an upright, kind, and useful person to society in the future.”
Seeing this, li Xianyu smiled. This was the first time he smiled in three days, a smile with warmth and sadness.
I hope you will become an upright, kind, and useful person to society in the future ” was probably the common wish of parents all over the world for their children. Even if they were extremely evil criminals, they also hoped that their children would become upright, kind, and useful people to society.
He continued to read,”when I was thinking about where I should start to tell this story, I remembered that day …”
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In modern times, Shanghai’s dance clubs had always been famous throughout the country. The words ” Shang beach ” could be seen in countless modern movies. When people thought of it, they would think of the debauchery dance clubs. The dancers who came in and out of the dance clubs in yellow vans wore cheongsam and had beautiful figures.
The fate of dance clubs was full of ups and downs. With the expansion of the rental culture, the first dance club appeared in Shanghai in 1922. By the 1930s, there were more than 1000 licensed dancers.
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, these dance clubs disappeared. After a long period of silence, the reform came and the dance clubs were like wild grass. When the spring breeze came, they were revived everywhere. He reached his peak in the 1980s and 1990s.
The essence of a dance hall was there. It was filled with all kinds of people, good people, bad people, and everything.
Once the composition was complicated, it was easy to cause trouble. Therefore, those large-scale dance clubs would find a few gangsters to guard the place.
Punks collected protection fees, flirted with girls in dance clubs, and drank alcohol. This was actually what they did as security guards.
Li Xiong became a gangster after graduating from junior high school. He followed a very famous big brother in the underworld. A newborn calf was not afraid of a Tiger. He dared to risk his life and play ruthlessly, so he was very appreciated by his big brother.
Two years ago, when his eldest brother was drunk, he and a few of his brothers bullied a beautiful girl. He thought that he could settle it with connections and money, but the girl’s family had some connections and forced him to be shot. He had no choice but to run.
With his big brother gone, the brothers under him scattered and divided up the territory. Li Xiong also roped in more than a dozen brothers. They cut wires with vegetable knives, and there were sparks and lightning along the way. They beat up a few dance clubs and bars, drank, fought, and picked up girls. They lived a very comfortable life.
At the bar counter in the corner of the dance hall, Li Xiong lit a cigarette and sat on a high stool. He watched the men and women dancing to the music on the dance floor, like a lion inspecting its territory.
His three underlings sat beside him, pointing at the girls on the dance floor and drinking.
One of the underlings pointed at the young girl who was obviously from a good family and was still unable to move freely in the dance hall. He laughed and said, ” I want her.
Li Xiong slapped him across the face.
The underling hugged his head and said, ” why did boss hit me? ”
Li Xiong cursed, ” how many times have I told you? we’re just punks. Let’s just play around. Don’t cause trouble for a good person’s family.
The underling hurriedly said,”yes, yes, yes, boss has a high level of awareness. Boss still has a conscience.”
Then, he was cut on the head.
After all, he was a street thug. He had fought and killed people before, but he could not be compared to a real black-hearted person who licked blood from the edge of a knife. He wasn’t that vicious, and he was satisfied as long as he was doing well. They wouldn’t even do things like killing and robbing.
In that era, the real big brother had connections with the underworld. If the gangsters couldn’t get close to those connections, they could only be gangsters for the rest of their lives.
Li Xiong looked at the gold watch on his wrist and said impatiently, ” “Why hasn’t Pingping come yet?”
The three younger brothers secretly pouted. This boss just said that he couldn’t harm innocent people, but he turned around and slapped his own face.
Pingping was a delicate flower that Li Xiong had recently taken a fancy to. She was a slim and elegant girl from a good family. She had come to the dance club with her friends once and was targeted by Li Xiong. After that, he pestered her in all kinds of ways. As the saying went, a strong woman was afraid of pestering her husband. As a result, the two of them got together very quickly.
In fact, the girl also had the intention of giving in halfway. If she really had a bad impression of Li Xiong, she would kill him with a stick no matter how much he pestered her.
“You guys don’t understand. I’m different from you guys. After I marry Pingping, I’ll wash my hands of this and quit.” Li Xiong said.
“Then what should we do?”
boss, you have a bright future as a gangster. Why give up your career for a woman? ”
“That’s right. This year, the wave of laid-off in state-owned enterprises is so strong that my cousin has lost his job. The gangsters are the future of our country and the future of our people.”
The underlings were panicking. If their boss left, they would definitely not be able to keep these places with just the ten of them. At that time, they would also be laid off.
“That’s a matter for the future. We’ll talk about it later.” Li Xiong waved his hand.
Although he had such an idea, he was not sure when he would get married. He was a young man after all. He always felt that he was still far away from starting a family and career. Moreover, he had not earned enough money. Other than two houses, he did not have much savings at home. It was very shabby.
“You guys don’t have to spend so much money. Save it for now. When I think of a way to make money in the future, I’ll take you to get rich together. If you don’t think of it, then buy a house. Although you won’t be able to make much money by buying a house, collecting rent will give you some security for the rest of your life.”
His underlings were all younger than him. Since they were following him, they couldn’t just focus on making money. As Big Brothers, they had to take care of all aspects. In the underworld, brothers would always come first.
He was a competent boss, and his underlings were willing to block knives for him and follow his lead.
Just as they were talking, Pingping arrived. She was a delicate and pretty girl. She was wearing a white shirt and a long blue dress, like a Lily in full bloom at night.
She had put on light makeup today, and her facial features were particularly exquisite. Her eyes were bright and clear, and she was a rare little beauty.
“Good day, sister-in-law.” His underlings greeted him.
Li Xiong smiled as he walked forward to put his arm around her shoulder. However, he was slapped away by Pingping, who even rolled her eyes at him.
Pingping played in the dance hall until late into the night. Li Xiong looked at his gold watch and deliberately raised his wrist to show Pingping his new gold watch. This was a symbol of wealth. He was showing off his wealth to his girlfriend.
After looking at the gold watch, Li Xiong said, ” Pingping, let me send you home. Shanghai hasn’t been peaceful recently. There’s a perverted murderer who specifically attacks beautiful young girls in the middle of the night. Two people have already died in Jing ‘an next door.
“I don’t want to. My dad hates you the most. If he knows that you sent me home, he’ll scold me again.” Pingping shook her head in rejection. How was this rejection? it was clearly half-willing and half-refusing, trying to reject but also welcoming at the same time.
Women were so pretentious.
Li Xiong liked her pretentiousness. Only a girl who was occasionally pretentious was charming. She made people fully smell the sour smell of love. If she was too rational and too serious, was it still considered being in love?
The two of them left the dance hall hand in hand. The three underlings followed behind, keeping a distance so that they wouldn’t be a third wheel for their boss and his future sister-in-law.
“Hey, how many girlfriends do you have?” Pingping suddenly asked.
“The first one.” Li Xiong answered with full marks without even thinking.
“I don’t believe you.” She snorted and turned her head away, not letting him see her slightly upturned lips.
“It’s really your first love. You haven’t even grown up yet.” Li Xiong’s gaze fell on Pingping’s chest.”But it doesn’t matter. I’ll be responsible for raising it.”
At first, Pingping didn’t understand, but when she followed his gaze to her chest, she immediately understood. She gently hit him and said, ” my dad was right. You’re a bad boy. If I really marry you in the future, my son will also be a bad boy.
“I won’t let you take care of our son in the future. I’ll teach him myself.” She snorted.
Li Xiong responded with ” yes, yes, ah, ah ” but he was thinking in his heart that if he really had a son in the future, he must teach him to be an ” outstanding ” boy. If the conditions allowed, he would even take him out of the sect.
As they walked through the main street and entered an alley, Li Xiong suddenly heard a muffled groan, followed by the sound of a body falling to the ground.
They turned around in a daze and were shocked. They didn’t know when there were strangers behind them, but the three underlings had already fallen to the ground and seemed to be unconscious. They were a little far away, and in the dark, they couldn’t see clearly.
Li Xiong’s first reaction was that the enemy was waiting for revenge. This was how it was played in Xiangjiang movies. In the battle between clubs, the plot of assassinating the boss of the club was always more intense than the battle between the clubs.
But on second thought, that’s not right. I’m just a hooligan in the city, looking after a few small businesses. What right do I have to receive the treatment of an assassination?
“Friend, what do you mean by this? Do you want money or territory?” Li Xiong gestured for Pingping not to panic. He bent down, picked up a brick by his feet, and walked over with large strides.
He was never afraid of fighting. With a brick in his hand, he could rule the world. He once had a record of beating away three gangsters who used fruit knives with a brick.
Li Xiong suddenly stopped. He could smell blood, a thick bloody smell. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters. He finally saw clearly that his three underlings were not unconscious, but dead.
They fell to the ground, and large amounts of blood spread from their bodies, forming pools of blood.
In the darkness, two Scarlet lights lit up, like a demon hidden in the abyss watching you.
what a wonderful Virgin. What a great furnace. Tonight is a night of harvest.
Li Xiong only had time to hear this sentence before an arm pierced through his chest. The mysterious man gently swung his arm, sending Li Xiong flying into the wall of the alley. Then, Pingping’s terrified scream was followed by the mysterious man’s wild laughter.