Fang Qing was worried that soone like Qin Yize wouldn’t give Boss Xu face, but he still underestimated this instructor and friend of his.
Boss Xu warmly invited Qin Yize and Fang Qing into the private room.
At this mont, the fragrant tea was already brewed. He personally poured a cup of tea for the two of them, looked at Qin Yize, and earnestly said, "We should have gathered together properly, but I know the chief must be busy, so I didn’t dare to disturb you. Today, I’m using tea instead of wine. Thank you, Chief, for giving this face."
With that, he raised his teacup and drank it all in one go.
Qin Yize smiled, waved his hand, and said, "It’s private ti now, no need to be so formal. Laosi is my student, and also my brother."
"I know, I know, Laosi has told ."
After Qin Yize took a gentle sip of tea, he leaned his body to one side, glanced at Boss Xu, then turned his head to look at Fang Qing sitting beside him. After pondering for a mont, he asked in a deep voice, "Go ahead, why did you co to find ?"
Fang Qing gave a slightly awkward smile. He originally shouldn’t have acted as a go-between, but Xu Zhong and he grew up together.
Boss Xu once even saved his life, so naturally, their relationship is very deep. It’s just that later, when Fang family’s Laosi joined the army, they no longer ran wild in the streets as before.
And now, he really is quite troubled.
On one hand, he doesn’t want his good brother to keep mixing with the wrong crowd, but on the other hand, he doesn’t know what he should do.
Moreover, he had previously told Qin Yize about Boss Xu.
Back then, Qin Yize disapproved of him continuing to associate with Boss Xu.
However, from today’s eting, it seems that soone like Qin Yize, willing to shake hands with Boss Xu, is giving himself face, but also must think that Boss Xu has rits.
Thinking of this, Fang Laosi braced himself and said, "Big Brother Qin, I know you’ve seen a lot and experienced things I’ll never be able to imagine. So today, I’m boldly asking you to help guide my brother Xu Zhong."
"Oh?" Qin Yize slightly raised an eyebrow.
Fang family’s Laosi quickly said, "Big Brother Qin, it’s just this one thing, really. But mainly, it’s because Xu Zhong admires you very much. He thinks you are the hero in his heart. He’s always wanted to et you and has pestered many tis."
Qin Yize looked at Xu Zhong, who was slightly tense across from him.
This person usually appears to be arrogant, yet rarely would he behave like this in front of him.
And although he shook hands with Boss Xu earlier, giving face to Fang family’s Laosi was one thing; most importantly, his always sharp, discerning eyes could easily see that Boss Xu had righteousness in his eyes.
That’s why he was willing to sit here and drink the tea he poured.
And at this mont, the private room suddenly fell into a tense silence.
Fang family’s Laosi and Boss Xu were both fixedly watching Qin Yize.
Among the three sitting in the teahouse, Qin Yize was the youngest in age, but in terms of presence and deanor.
He easily controlled the entire scene.
After a while, Qin Yize spoke softly, "Xu Zhong, I heard from Laosi that you grew up together, and you once even saved his life, being life-and-death brothers?"
Xu Zhong was stunned for a mont and hurriedly waved his hand, saying, "Those were childhood things, really not worth ntioning.
Qin Yize placed his hand on the tea table, tapped it lightly a few tis, then said, "Laosi is now a key training target in the military district. He’s on a bright path, while you’ve opened a shell company, collecting debts all over, with thugs under you, bullying people around here, and the common people have complaints. So you are on a path with no future."
Xu Zhong paused, a flash of admiration in his eyes.
"I know, I know."
Boss Xu quickly nodded, looking at Fang family’s Laosi with regret, saying in a low voice, "Laosi is my good brother, always wanting to improve. It’s my own lack of ambition, and I don’t want to drag him down. But these ten-plus years of brotherhood, it’s not sothing you can just throw away."
"Aren’t you worried that one day, when you commit a cri, the person who catches you might be Laosi? What will you do then?" Qin Yize’s voice wasn’t loud but was very powerful.
Hearing this, the two of them froze in unison, exchanged a look, and in each other’s eyes, they saw a trace of shock.
They had really never thought about such a day coming.
Fang Qing’s brow furrowed tightly, and the hand resting on his leg clenched. He truly couldn’t imagine what he would do when that day ca, whether to arrest or not.
If he arrested him, he would be personally sending him to prison; if not, he would be committing serious misconduct by shielding him.
At this point, Boss Xu, who had been mixed up in society for so long, quickly stood up, solemnly asking, "Big Brother Qin, I hope you can show a clear path."
Having long heard of Qin Yize’s reputation, Xu Zhong indeed greatly admired him. He originally thought there was no chance to et him, but unexpectedly, he ca to Jinling City. He wouldn’t miss such an opportunity.
Moreover, he was increasingly confused about his future. He also wanted to walk on another straightforward, sunlit path, but what about his underlings?
Without him, they would starve, and most of them had a low level of education and no particular skills, so what could they do?
And now the country is cracking down more and more, with greater and greater intensity; he feels he can barely breathe, and the scope of his activities is shrinking. He even feels that one day he’ll have nowhere to go.
Just when he figured this out, Qin Yize appeared. He felt this was destiny giving him a chance, the last one, which he had to seize well.
Qin Yize didn’t want to beat around the bush with him, tapping his fingers on the table. His dark eyes looked at Boss Xu, a sharp ray of light suddenly seed to envelop the quiet room with an air of nace.
Then the temperature in the room dropped significantly, and even Fang family’s Laosi beside him couldn’t help but hold his breath.
Qin Yize asked word by word, "Do you have any lives on your hands?"
At this mont, Boss Xu was standing. Hearing Qin Yize suddenly ask this question, he was really startled, even his legs went weak, his eyes were wide open, instinctively stretching out his hands, shaking them randomly. One of his hands swore, "Big Brother Qin, I swear, I don’t have any lives on my hands, I’m clean."
"What about your brothers?"
"They are the sa, so are even more timid than . They just scare people a bit, collect protection fees, help people collect debts, and sotis cheat so money to spend. But as for things that hurt people and go against morality, they’ve absolutely never done."
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