Hu Zhenghua was about to ask Song Jianmin when Yu Feng squeezed in.
"Yang Jian, what happened?"
Yang Jian? The people present heard Yu Feng call out these two words and instantly became agitated.
"Holy crap, so he's Yang Jian. No wonder he's so fierce."
"Exactly. We've always heard Yang Jian's kung fu is amazing, that even Liu Ming wasn't his match. Today, we've seen it. That mid-air chokehold was so cool. I thought those moves on TV were special effects, but there are really such awesome people in reality."
"I knew it. Who else would dare to mess with Wu Laizi right to his face? In the entire Chengguan, it's only Yang Jian now."
"This is going to be good. Old Pan collapsed, and the Hu Gang just filled his vacancy, and now they're clashing with Yang Jian."
Yang Jian ignored the chatter and smiled at Yu Feng, "Sister Feng, it's nothing. Just had a little conflict with someone called Wu Laizi."
"Wu Laizi? What did you do to him?"
"He threatened to kill my whole family, so I broke both his arms."
"Damn, then hurry up and leave! Old Gui will be bringing people over soon."
"Who is Old Gui?"
"You don't even know Old Gui? Never mind, hurry up and go."
Yu Feng was clearly wary of this Old Gui and quickly pushed Yang Jian towards the exit. She had gone to the restroom earlier, otherwise, she wouldn't have let Yang Jian make a move.
Hu Zhenghua said somewhat awkwardly at this moment, "Mr. Yang, you can't leave now. Otherwise, I can't explain to Director Gui. How about I try to mediate, and you two can sit down and talk?"
Yu Feng objected, "Talk about what? Old Gui is a lunatic. They'll start fighting as soon as they meet."
"Then how about Mr. Yang reports to the police voluntarily? After all, you've injured someone. Even if Old Gui doesn't confront you directly, if he insists on pursuing it, it won't be good for you. Minor injuries can lead to imprisonment, you know."
Hu Zhenghua dared not stop Yang Jian, but if he let him go, he wouldn't be able to escape responsibility. Old Gui would take the opportunity to extort him.
Hearing this, Yang Jian was stunned. He had been too impulsive. With so many people watching him break Wu Laizi's hands, it would indeed be difficult to evade responsibility with the police.
Yu Feng also calmed down, quickly pulling Yang Jian into Room 8. Song Jianmin and others followed.
"Yang Jian, listen to my arrangement. Report to the police immediately, and then be prepared to spend a few days in the detention center. I'll help you smooth things over with the police and negotiate compensation with Old Gui, striving for Wu Laizi's forgiveness. That way, the matter will be resolved easily."
Yu Feng also realized the seriousness of the situation. Broken arms would be at least a minor injury no matter how it was assessed. If the injured party's forgiveness couldn't be obtained, it could lead to imprisonment.
"Sister, who is Old Gui? You all seem to be very afraid of him."
Although Yang Jian knew he might face jail time this time, he still needed to understand why he had to fight this battle.
"Old Gui is the local gangster from Nanhu Farm. He's very strong, cruel, and violent. He has dozens of brothers under him and has monopolized the farm's fishing, infrastructure, and other resources. His economic strength is also considerable. He's known as the Hu Gang. Years ago, he tried to infiltrate Chengguan, but Liu Ming suppressed him, forcing him to stay within Nanhu Farm.
A while ago, you crippled Liu Ming, and Pan Wenbin fled. The Hu Gang took the opportunity to move into Chengguan and took over Pan Wenbin's territory. Wu Laizi is his capable subordinate. This guy is very arrogant. A few days ago, he made a passerby kneel to him on the street. I didn't expect him to fall into your hands today."
"Nanhu Farm?"
Yang Jian knew the place but had never been there.
"Yes, Nanhu Farm is across this lake. Nanhu is more than thirty square kilometers. To the south of Nanhu is the farm. Our current location is on the north shore of Nanhu, under Chengguan's jurisdiction. It's about thirty kilometers to detour to Nanhu Farm, but Old Gui has already settled in Chengguan, and he'll be here soon."
"Jianmin, why did he yell at you?"
Yang Jian wanted to know the issue between Wu Laizi and Song Jianmin.
Song Jianmin regretted not stopping Yang Jian from acting sooner and sighed, "You should report to the police first. If they report it, you'll be on the defensive."
Yang Jian had no choice but to listen and voluntarily reported to the police.
Yu Feng also called her contacts in the police force to ensure Yang Jian wouldn't be harmed while in custody.
Since it would take some time for the police to arrive, Song Jianmin then explained his situation with Wu Laizi.
It turned out that a week after Song Jianmin led his team to set up gambling tables at the Nanhu Club, three gambling companies entered. Wu Laizi was one of them.
After Wu Laizi arrived, not many people borrowed money from him. Everyone knew his violent temper and was unwilling to deal with him. In fact, only Zhou Jinping borrowed money from him. This was because Zhou Jinping was also from the lake area, but Wu Laizi wasn't brought in by him, so he didn't tell him that Song Jianmin was Yang Jian's man.
Under these circumstances, Wu Laizi's earnings were very low. Sometimes he wouldn't make a single cent in a day, as Zhou Jinping didn't come to play every day, nor did he lose money every day.
Seeing that Song Jianmin's gambling company was earning twenty to thirty thousand yuan a day, Wu Laizi became envious. He gathered the four gambling companies and demanded that rooms be allocated, and each company could only operate in its assigned room.
The club's chess and card hall had a total of ten rooms, plus a conference room. The four gambling companies couldn't divide them equally. Wu Laizi, on the grounds that Song Jianmin had already earned enough, only gave him two rooms, one of which was the conference room.
Song Jianmin naturally disagreed, as the conference room rarely had opportunities for gambling. It had only been used twice in half a month. However, he didn't want to argue with someone like Wu Laizi, so he proposed to take only Room 8 and Room 9.
This was because Room 8 on the third floor was exclusively for female clients, all of whom were from Yu Feng's circle. They were either wives of big bosses or kept mistresses, all of whom loved to spend money.
Room 9 was also for Yu Feng's acquaintances, mostly legitimate businessmen and construction bosses.
The clients in these two rooms were not only wealthy but also easy to deal with. They never defaulted on their debts, making them high-quality clients for the entire club.
Wu Laizi, however, disagreed. He had long been eyeing Yu Feng's group of women, especially Yu Feng. After Pan Wenbin fell, the Hu Gang wanted to take over and continue to control some of the Yu family's industries. However, the Yu family had the legendary Yang Jian backing them, so the Hu Gang dared not act rashly. Since they couldn't even defeat Liu Ming, they naturally wouldn't dare to confront Yang Jian head-on.
It was just that no one had told Wu Laizi that Song Jianmin was Yang Jian's man, thinking he was easy to bully. He demanded that Song Jianmin give up Room 8 and gave him only one day to consider.
Unexpectedly, before Song Jianmin could inform Yang Jian about this matter, Wu Laizi impatiently came to pressure him, and coincidentally ran into Yang Jian.
Yu Feng had actually known about this for a long time, but she also didn't want to get entangled with Wu Laizi. She advised Song Jianmin to just hold onto their room and give up Room 9 as well. Song Jianmin also intended to confront Wu Laizi this way, which led to today's dispute.