Chapter 149: That Little Fat Guy

In the dock gang's ancestral hall meeting room.

Xu Hu slowly stood up: "Old Wei, what exactly do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything," Wei Xiangzuo ignored the young man whose jaw hook he had dislocated and turned to stare at Xu Hu saying: "Though Little Feng's words were somewhat harsh, they make sense. Master is dead, the killer hasn't been caught, and we're gathering to discuss dividing territory and making money - isn't this somewhat against the rules?"

Xu Hu replied with an extremely ugly expression: "Don't stand on the moral high ground..."

"Bang!"

As the two were facing off, Zhang Zhengfang slapped the table: "Enough! You two, one gang leader and one hall master, can't you speak and act with some measure, follow some rules?!"

Xu Hu glanced at Wei Xiangzuo without saying anything more.

Wei Xiangzuo looked up at Zhang Zhengfang: "My master's death clearly has something strange about it. Without investigating this matter, changing old rules and dividing territory will definitely fail to convince people. Elder Zhang, you're one of the dock gang's elders - how do you think this should be handled?"

In the room, those who had originally planned to support Xu Hu now remained silent. Because Little Feng's words earlier were well-reasoned and could almost prove Old Gu's death wasn't so simple, so if anyone jumped out now to forcefully smooth things over for Xu Hu, they wouldn't be helping him but harming him.

Since the dock gang followed the way of the underworld, they needed to have that underworld spirit. Under-the-table struggles could be like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their divine powers, but matters on the table still needed to be passable - this was their rule for survival.

"What do you all think?" Zhang Zhengfang asked the council of elders members in the room.

After several seconds, an old man smoking a cigarette looked at Xu Hu with furrowed brows and said: "Little Wei isn't wrong - to take a position you need to convince people, make the brothers below serve you, make those above acknowledge you. Now someone has raised different opinions, showing brothers in Zha'nan have doubts. If you want to be the small dragon head, you need to take initiative to solve problems."

Beside him, the Fugang District gang leader also interjected: "Xu Hu, you want to join the council of elders, want a position in the General Union - this is common knowledge. I'm not against this - with enough seniority, we advocate letting the capable take charge! But what needs to be done must be done beautifully. When there are no voices below, I'll vote for you."

Hearing this, everyone nodded, while Xu Hu stood in place smiling in response without replying.

Zhang Zhengfang considered for a while before slowly standing and saying: "Then it's settled - you investigate Old Gu's death clearly, catch the gunmen, make the voices below disappear, and we'll agree to you changing the rules and coming up. We old folks sitting here won't block the younger generation."

Xu Hu paused slightly before turning to Gu Tongshan's wife and saying: "Master's Wife, don't worry - in at most one month, if I can't catch these gunmen and kill those who killed my master, I'll hand over my chair and step down in Zha'nan."

"Good, that's decided then," Zhang Zhengfang concluded. "One month - you clarify the cause, and we'll meet here again."

"Good," Xu Hu agreed immediately.

"Do you have any other issues?" Zhang Zhengfang asked Wei Xiangzuo.

"No," Wei Xiangzuo shook his head decisively.

"Then listen well - if Xu Hu's investigation results can convince people and are logical, you must fully support him," Zhang Zhengfang pointed at Wei Xiangzuo and said. "You're second-in-command, internal strife definitely won't do."

"No problem," Wei Xiangzuo responded again.

"That's it, meeting adjourned!" Zhang Zhengfang waved his hand.

"Let's go!"

Wei Xiangzuo called to Little Feng and led his people away.

Xu Hu stayed in the meeting room, beginning to see people off one by one and talk with them privately.

......

Five minutes later, in the car.

Wei Xiangzuo turned to look at Little Feng: "Who told you to speak at the meeting?!"

"I just said everything you couldn't say," Little Feng replied indignantly. "In Old Gu's killing, currently only Xu Hu is the biggest beneficiary - he himself is worth suspecting. How can such a person call the shots in Zha'nan at this critical moment? And fucking wanting to change rules - never mind that we already disagree with selling gold bricks, even if we agreed, it can't be up to him alone! If it weren't for Xu Hu playing tricks when you happened to be on the run, the gang leader position should have been yours."

Wei Xiangzuo frowned at Little Feng: "How do you know what I was going to say?"

"Big Brother, the brothers are doing this for your good. Now it's not just me who's emotional - all our brothers are unbalanced inside," Little Feng said somewhat angrily. "As soon as Old Gu died, Xu Hu stopped our last month's profits - what right does he have?!"

"Ah!" Wei Xiangzuo sighed and pointed at Little Feng: "What I want to do, should do, I know in my heart. Next time in this kind of situation, if you speak out of turn again, I'll chop off your mouth."

Little Feng was quite afraid of Wei Xiangzuo in his heart. Hearing him say this, he immediately smiled: "...This mouth still needs to call you Big Brother, how could you bear to chop it!"

"Little brat...!" Wei Xiangzuo cursed sideways before turning to look out the window.

......

In the union.

After seeing Zhang Zhengfang off, Xu Hu met privately with the Longkou District hall master.

"Wei Xiangzuo seems a bit unwilling to submit to you!" the Longkou District hall master said softly. "With him tripping you up from behind, it won't be easy to take over power."

Xu Hu looked at him with furrowed brows: "I'll talk with him."

"Talk shit, if they don't submit then strike them dead," the Longkou District hall master frowned and said. "Power struggles are cruel - you should understand this better than me!"

Xu Hu was actually very annoyed by this person who had no sense of rules, but constrained by needing to use his power, he replied softly: "I know what I'm doing with my own matters. What I promised you, I'll fulfill."

"That's good then," the other nodded.

......

In the high-end restaurant in Longkou District.

Su Tianyu drunkenly pulled Big Bai into the corridor and urgently asked him: "Have you found a place with young men?! Old Dong has pinched my inner thigh four or five times in his urgency, if we delay any longer, I'll be in trouble...!"

"Fuck, it's not like any place will do. He wants high-class and good quality - don't I need to ask around?!" Big Bai replied also anxiously. "I don't usually go to these kinds of places...!"

"Hurry up!" Su Tianyu urged.

"You go back first, I'll make a couple calls," Bai Hongbo replied.

"Be quick!" Su Tianyu threw down these words before smilingly pushing open the door to return to the private room, sitting somewhat awkwardly beside Director Dong: "They're making contact, we'll leave right away, Brother Dong."

"Forget it if it's not possible..." Director Dong looked at Dog Six with intoxicated eyes.

"How could it not be possible, right away, right away!" Su Tianyu replied somewhat nervously.

Director Dong propped his chubby little hand under his chin and looked up toward the door, suddenly asking: "...Hey, that little white chubby guy outside... speaks quite interestingly! And he's fair-skinned, quite nice."

Su Tianyu was stunned and looked back toward the corridor to see Big Bai's plump figure.

"This kid looks quite good," Old Dong added another comment. "Is he free tonight? Why don't we take him for some tea?"

Hearing this, Su Tianyu immediately nodded: "He... he should be quite free. No problem, I'll ask him for you."

"Hehe, good!" Old Dong smiled and nodded.

Su Tianyu stood up, secretly muttering to himself: "Fuck, he wasn't interested in me? Then I'm safe!"

A minute later, Big Bai stared at Su Tianyu in disbelief and said: "Don't talk nonsense!! None of my ancestors for eighteen generations have done this... if this gets out, how can I live?!"

"No, just humor him first. I misunderstood earlier - he doesn't like me, he likes chubby ones..."

"Get the fuck out!" Big Bai walked to the side with his phone and shouted in a breaking voice: "You fucking hurry up and find a place! Any later... he'll have cured my hemorrhoids!"

......

Just as Wei Xiangzuo arrived in Zha'nan, Xu Hu suddenly called him: "Hey, Old Wei, I'm coming back now, do you have time? Let's talk!"