Chapter 89: Attitude

By the river.

Hearing Bai Dabiao's questioning, Yu Mingyuan was clearly stunned, and only after quite a while did he reply: "Uncle Bai, how did this happen...?!"

Before he could finish speaking, Big Bai, his emotions extremely unstable, rushed out of the car shouting: "Damn it, hijacking the dock gang and customs' goods in the inner harbor - how important a matter is that? You're the boss, what kind of people did you find? No guts when they need guts, no character when they need character, sold us all out the moment they were caught. Did you consider us people below at all? You said come to Karl to clean up the mess, we grabbed our knives and got in the car on New Year's Day, now my brother is dead - what do you say about that?!"

Yu Mingyuan hadn't known someone had died before coming. The incident was sudden, and he couldn't react for a moment.

On the bank, after returning from the woods, Su Tianyu and Kong Zhenghui witnessed Big Bai's attitude but didn't interject, only standing quietly at the edge of the crowd observing.

Yu Mingyuan came to his senses and walked to the car with a dark face, looked up inside, and saw Bai Hongtao's already stiff body.

Around him, people from the Kong, Su, and Bai families all watched Yu Mingyuan expressionlessly, motionless.

"I'm asking you, what now? Say something!" Big Bai usually played around without taking anything seriously, but he was actually a person with rich inner emotions. With his brother dead, he simply couldn't stay calm, and he truly felt this matter was related to Yu Mingyuan's flawed planning - finding unreliable people had led to all these subsequent problems.

Yu Mingyuan looked at the corpse in the car, his scalp tingling.

"Speak!"

The tears not yet dry on his face, Bai Hongbo stepped forward to grab Yu Mingyuan's collar.

"Slap!"

At this moment, Bai Dabiao grabbed his son's arm and turned to shout at him: "Don't speak, shut up, you hear me?!"

Bai Hongbo was breathing heavily through his mouth and nose, his eyes fixed on Yu Mingyuan, his right fist clenched, but he didn't move again.

"Yu Mingyuan, I, Bai Dabiao, am most reasonable in doing things. My son is dead, but I won't try to extort anyone," Bai Dabiao said in a trembling voice. "If you say the relationship between us is just business, that's absolutely fine. You set up deals to make money, we run errands and do the work, we each have our roles, and if something happens to anyone, don't blame heaven or others. So, if you find this matter difficult, you can leave now."

That Bai Dabiao could say these words when his son had died tragically showed his character and mindset, because he had no intention of forcing Yu Mingyuan's hand, but rather let him choose.

If Yu Mingyuan felt that the subsequent risks were too great, and the Yu family shouldn't join with a bunch of lower-level runners to push matters in an uncontrollable direction, then he could use the excuse that they were just business partners and withdraw now.

But!

If Yu Mingyuan still remembered that after the battle at Fuman Tower, the three families had formally eaten at the Yu home and established a relationship, then when a brother below died, as the boss, he needed to step up and take charge. Because the three families had paid respects at the docks under the Sanitation Management Council and taken sides.

How to choose between these two paths, how to weigh the relationships - that was Yu Mingyuan's own matter.

Hearing Bai Dabiao's words, Su Tianyu's reaction was completely different from before. This time he didn't step forward or try to communicate with Yu Mingyuan, but kept watching coldly from the side.

This incident was completely different from the previous firefight at the dock gang warehouse. This time someone had died, and the Bai family's emotions were very clear.

Silence, everyone was watching Yu Mingyuan, waiting for his response.

After less than a minute, Su Zhengcai, who had been quiet until now, suddenly said expressionlessly to Old Bai: "Old Bai, your son is gone, why are you still here weighing relationships and positions?! Wherever you want to go, I'll go with you!"

Bai Dabiao turned woodenly to look at Su Zhengcai.

"What are you looking at? The dock gang lost over ten million in goods, you think they'll stop at this? If I don't protect your son today, tomorrow it could be my son," Su Zhengcai frowned and said again. "No need for more words, if the Xu family wants to enter the city, they'll have to enter lying down."

With that, Su Zhengcai walked directly to his car.

Old Kong stood to the side with furrowed brows, seeming somewhat hesitant.

Bai Dabiao glanced at Yu Mingyuan and also turned decisively: "Let's go!"

"Wait," Yu Mingyuan called out. "Let me make a call."

Bai Dabiao turned to look at him, and Old Kong's expression also softened somewhat.

Yu Mingyuan turned and walked aside, quickly dialing his friend's number: "Hello, where are you? Are you alone? Listen to me, the situation is like this..."

After explaining to his friend on the phone, Yu Mingyuan then called his father.

"Hello?" After a while, Yu Jinrong's voice came through the receiver.

"Dad, something's happened in Karl."

"What happened?"

"Uncle Bai lost a son."

"...!" Yu Jinrong was silent for a full ten seconds or more before asking in a low voice: "Did you get that person back?"

"Got him back," Yu Mingyuan replied softly.

"Then come back to the city first, we'll talk when you're back."

"...The killer was Xu Er, and he hasn't entered the city yet," Yu Mingyuan replied, steeling himself.

Yu Jinrong paused again before saying softly: "Haven't you already gotten the person back?"

"Yes!"

"...Still, come back first. I'll meet with Old Bai tomorrow and talk to him face to face."

"Dad, the three families followed us, we need to show our attitude at this time," Yu Mingyuan said, steeling himself.

"You must understand, you're the boss. The dock gang's situation is very complex. Xu Er and Xu Hu are brothers, the Dock Workers General Association has the navy and customs behind them, this..."

"Dad, I need to show my attitude!" Yu Mingyuan paused at this point: "That's it."

With that, Yu Mingyuan, very unusually, hung up first, then turned and waved casually: "You go ahead, I'll handle the rest."

Bai Dabiao looked deeply at Yu Mingyuan, nodded to him, then got directly into the car.

Su Tianyu hesitated for a moment, then stepped up beside Yu Mingyuan and said in a low voice: "Location!"

Yu Mingyuan pondered for a while, then took out his phone and dialed a number: "Hello, quite a few dock gang people came out from Tianhong Port tonight, can you find out..."

......

In Dragon City.

Yu Jinrong, wearing his pajamas, walked to his study and lit a cigarette.

After thinking, brief thinking, Yu Jinrong took his phone and dialed a number: "Hello? Hehe, Old Qi! About that matter I called you about tonight... This Zha'nan dock gang's thinking is very simple, they think I just want to compete with them for some business at sea. Right... Obviously, that Xu Er causing trouble in Karl wasn't really aimed at the lackeys below, he and his big brother want to get at my son. Mm, if we don't pressure the dock gang first, let's see..."

At the same time, Xu Hu sat in his car, saying on the phone: "Of course I was going after Yu Mingyuan, otherwise what would be the point of having Little Two catch Liang Feng? Just to bite those three families' lackeys? Are they worth it?"