Chapter 201: Destined to Die in the Streets

On the cold street, Wei Xiangzuo walked to Xu Hu with his knife and slowly raised his arm: "The Yu family used the false to draw out the true. If you hadn't wanted to kill me, I wouldn't have joined with them."

Xu Hu lay on the ground, stiffly wiping blood from his face, replying with a contemptuous look: "Bullshit! Even without the Yu family, you and I would have come to this sooner or later. Old Gu died... Zha'nan definitely had to be either you or me, this is fucking human nature. Wei Xiangzuo... I was soft... The night Old Gu died, I should have dealt with you, but I hesitated. After his funeral, I should have moved even more, but I still couldn't make up my mind."

Hearing this, Wei Xiangzuo felt reluctant in his heart, his knife-holding hand trembling twice.

Though they had always been at odds, they were after all disciples of the same master, and during that time when neither had money nor power, they had shared some friendship.

Wei Xiangzuo believed Xu Hu's words just now, so he felt reluctant.

"...Old Wei, if not for that night at the food stall when you clearly refused me, and Li Hongze, the council of elders, Baocheng, the Xue family all pressuring me... I might really not have been able to make that decision..." Xu Hu moved his body, staring at Wei Xiangzuo with trembling voice.

Wei Xiangzuo slowly turned his head, replying hoarsely: "Tiger, this knife is too heavy, weighing me down until I can't breathe..."

"Xiangzuo, let me go," Xu Hu didn't want to die either, growling softly: "I promise I won't come back...!"

Wei Xiangzuo didn't reply anymore, only swung his knife decisively.

"Thud!"

Just as he was about to rise, Xu Hu's throat was cut open. He fell with a thud, both hands covering his throat, staring at Wei Xiangzuo: "You... you're more ruthless... than me...!"

After cutting down Xu Hu, Wei Xiangzuo didn't run either, only threw away his knife and stood by the street staring blankly at the neon lights opposite.

Xu Hu's words had indeed moved Wei Xiangzuo for a moment - he had truly felt reluctant, because he understood the other's situation better than anyone.

Xu Hu hadn't lied - he had indeed hesitated about killing Wei Xiangzuo, and that night's meeting at the food stall was the best proof.

But Xu Hu had been positioned - too many people supported him behind the scenes, he had no choice but to personally enter the fight, because stepping back would have cost him dearly.

Similarly, Wei Xiangzuo had also been positioned - with things coming to this point, how could he face those who supported him without a result?

Wei Xiangzuo felt some sympathy in his heart for this old brother - their positions were the same, their circumstances were the same, but he had no choice, he too was not in control of his fate.

Xu Hu was dead. Carefully recalling everything that had happened before, one would find that humans were truly complex creatures.

Gu Tongshan wasn't killed by Xu Hu - so of his waves of crying at the memorial hall, and later his arrangements and comfort for Gu Baishun mother and son, how many words were true? How many were false?

Perhaps those cries that were three parts true and three parts false, along with the three parts hesitation about killing Wei Xiangzuo, made up the living person that was Xu Hu.

By the roadside, Wei Xiangzuo took out his phone and called Su Tianyu, replying extremely briefly: "It's done, move in."

Su Tianyu was silent for a while: "Things need an explanation."

"I am the explanation," Wei Xiangzuo replied without any hesitation. "Go find Gu Baishun - you know how to talk to him."

"Good." Su Tianyu wasn't surprised by this response but still felt admiration in his heart for Wei Xiangzuo as a person.

They ended their call and Su Tianyu sat in his car contacting Yu Mingyuan.

......

Two minutes later, in the Yu family courtyard, Director Lin stood up, smiling at Yu Jinrong saying: "Let's keep in touch more in the future."

"Definitely, definitely!" Yu Jinrong replied politely.

"Good, I'll go first then."

"Let me see you out."

After exchanging pleasantries, Yu Jinrong saw Director Lin out of his villa gates as the latter got in his car and left discreetly.

In the car, Director Lin nodded to his follower in the passenger seat.

......

Inside Tianhong Port.

Old Tong from a Marine Police squadron walked hurriedly out of the compound, waving and shouting to over a hundred squad members: "Move out!"

At the order, all squad members in the compound rushed to their vehicles, leaving the compound fiercely.

At the same time, Dragon City Police Bureau, Fugang District Police Department, and Zha'nan Police Department mobilized four hundred police forces, entering the port fully less than five minutes after Xu Hu's death.

On another front, the Dragon City Police Bureau's subordinate riot squad mobilized three hundred police forces, also surging into Tianhong Port to make arrests.

Several police units moving simultaneously - without the director's permission and city leaders' approval above, this definitely couldn't have happened.

And Police Bureau Director Lin and city leaders doing this wasn't necessarily just to help the Yu family - their motives were far from that simple.

Perhaps it was because the Dock Workers Association's power was too great and they had frequently caused trouble recently, angering those above, so the power departments wanted to deal with them. And Yu Jinrong, as the Dock Workers Association's opponent, would naturally benefit.

Or perhaps Dragon City's upper levels themselves had their own game - some supported the Dock Workers Association, while others had long wanted to move against them, so they "coincidentally" saw the Yu family fighting the Dock Workers Association to death.

These under-the-table motives and calculations were actually very hard to verify, so Yu Jinrong definitely wouldn't naively think that because Director Lin had come to his home once, the two were now friends sharing glory and shame.

......

As large police forces moved in to wrap things up, the first to suffer were Baocheng's forces who had just charged into the port from Zhengyang Street. While they were still looking for Xu Hu, they were blocked in the street by several multi-functional riot vehicles.

Following this, large numbers of riot squad members in heavy uniforms carrying shields and batons, throwing smoke grenades, took down this group with a barrage of strikes.

Baocheng's scheming and intelligence appeared very naive under the shadow competition of this group of old foxes - this was also why even with the Longkou District gang leader dead, he would find it hard to rise to power. His thinking was muddled, his mind confused, yet he still wanted to reach heaven in one step.

The large police forces moved in like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, cleaning up all unstable elements in the port.

In the end, Wei Xiangzuo didn't run either - he stayed at the scene of Xu Hu's death and was personally arrested by Old Tong of the Marine Police.

Before getting in the police car, Wei Xiangzuo instructed Little Feng: "You contact Su Tianyu."

Little Feng nodded.

By the roadside, on the second floor of a restaurant, the hunchback looked down at the street and said into his phone: "I came too late - Xu Hu is already dead, Wei Xiangzuo didn't run, he was arrested."

After a long silence, the other side replied: "This is fate, ah, alright, you go then."

"Mm, I understand."

With that, they ended their call.

......

After the port calmed down, Su Tianyu held his phone and dialed Kong Zhenghui's number: "Help me find Gu Tongshan's son's phone number..."