That night, Jojo and I sat on the roof until dawn. After dawn, the two of us fell asleep back to back.
We talked all night, and I even forgot what we said, I just remembered that we smoked all the cigarettes on my body, and the two of us smelled like tobacco, like two heavy smokers. We seemed to be chatting about the past, about the time when we hung out in Nanjing, but Qiao Qiao was very careful not to bring up any topic about "now".
For the whole night, we were all caught up in the memories of the good past, and we all tacitly didn't mention my current situation.
Until later, we were too exhausted, so we simply closed our eyes and rested our minds, and in the end, we both fell asleep without paying attention.
When I woke up, it was already daylight. I woke up earlier than Jojo, and I just felt that sitting on the floor all night, my waist and spine and coccyx were sore and sore, which was really uncomfortable.
As soon as I moved, Jojo was also awakened. Looking at the stiffness of her body when she stretched, I judged that she was also very uncomfortable. We both looked at each other and smiled.
"I'm going back." I said slowly, and looked up at the sky: "It's already morning, I haven't gone back all night, during the day, my brothers will be worried."
Qiao Qiao hummed: "I'm going back too, I have to go to Toronto in the next two days... Sigh, if I had known that I could meet you in Vancouver, I wouldn't have allowed that sissy Li Wenjing to accompany him to Toronto. "
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, why did you come to Canada with Li Wenjing?"
Qiao Qiao thought for a while, then sighed: "It's my old man's problem. I have reached an offensive and defensive alliance with that sissy Li Wenjing in private. We are not interested in each other, but for the pressure of the family, the two of us still act Superficial. This time, it is a business invested by their family in North America, which requires Li Wenjing to attend a social event... It seems that their family is planning to gradually hand over some industries in Canada to Li Wenjing. Anyway, I don’t know the specifics. Not sure. This time I followed Li Wenjing to meet his parents, and his parents are in Toronto now, if we didn’t meet you last night, we should take the flight to Toronto this morning.”
Qiao Qiao said this in a very indifferent tone, but I was a little sorry: "I delayed your trip... If I hadn't dragged you to sit here all night, you should be on the plane by now."
"It's irrelevant." Qiao Qiao waved her hand arrogantly: "What's the point of meeting Li Wenjing's parents? I went there only to act, it's very boring... meeting you, this matter is much more important Anyway, that guy Li Wenjing, although a bit sissy, is still very sensible in doing things. I met you last night, and we both ran away. He should be able to guess that we will not be able to catch up with this morning's flight... Don't worry, He must have adjusted the schedule. That guy is very rigid in his work. Everything has to be arranged in advance. It's all smooth and not interesting at all. I suspect that even if he goes to the bathroom several times a day, he has to plan in advance. good!"
Listening to Qiao Qiao's disdainful expression, I sighed inwardly.
In fact, my impression of Li Wenjing is not bad, and I can even feel that he actually has some kindness towards me. After several contacts with that guy, especially the gambling, I can feel that Li Wenjing seems to be very close to me. intention of close relationship.
There is a long list of missed call records on my mobile phone. I looked at the numbers and they all belong to Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie. I thought about it and deleted it. No intention of calling her back.
"Xiao Wu, listen, I have to go to Toronto with Li Wenjing today. No matter what, I have to go to Ying Jinger, but I will come back earlier. If it is the fastest, I will go today and tomorrow."
I quickly waved my hands: "Don't! Don't delay your business by rushing back and forth like this! After all, you still have to go with Li Wenjing to meet his parents."
"Cut!" Qiao Qiao showed some disapproval on his face: "Don't mention those two old people! I will get angry when I mention them! If it weren't for the old guys like them, Li Wenjing and I wouldn't be messed up Together! What annoys me the most are those self-righteous old people. Why do they think that they can decide our life's happiness with just a few words? Whoever I want to marry is none of their business! I'm not their Li family My daughter-in-law, I don't need to come to make them happy! I'll show my face and give them the face of the Li family, it's not bad!"
Then Jojo took out a card: "This is my phone number. I will use this number when I am in Canada and before I go back to my country. You can dial this number anytime to find me... boy! Remember to call me! If you If you dare to play again and disappear, the next time we meet, I will..." She made a fierce gesture of "cutting" with one palm.
Qiao Qiao took my mobile phone again and took my phone number. He also asked me where I live. I thought about it and told her that the place where I lived was Baye's garage, but she had better not go to that place.
Then we climbed down the fire escape all the way, and I was the first to go down the ladder... But the problem came out... Jojo was on top of my head, as long as I looked up, I could see her long legs, And fluffy skirts.
To be honest, I really didn't look up on purpose... It was an instinctive gaze, but Qiao Qiao had already noticed my gaze, Miss Qiao is not polite to me! I was still more than three meters away from the ground, she became furious, and shouted: "Xiao Wu, where are you looking with your eyeballs!!" After speaking, she flew up and kicked me directly in the face.
Fortunately, I was quite skilled, so I dodged on the fire escape, rolled somersault, and landed firmly on the ground. Qiao Qiao had already slid down, and immediately clenched his fists and chased me fiercely.
We laughed and chased after a few steps, and we had already walked out of this alley, but when we reached the entrance of the alley, I was stunned.
At the entrance of the alley, there was a black car parked. Li Wenjing, dressed in a dark formal suit, was standing beside the car, leaning lazily against the side of the car, watching Qiaoqiao and me walk out of the alley, with a smile on his face. With a somewhat calm smile, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and smiled casually: "I thought you guys would not come down for half an hour."
I looked at him with some surprise: "You... Did you know that we are up there? You have been waiting here for a long time?"
Even Qiao Qiao's eyes widened: "Sissy, how long have you been waiting? Didn't you wait all night?"
"Of course not." Li Wenjing lightly tapped the window glass a few times with his finger on the car window. The window glass rolled down slowly, and a driver inside hurriedly opened the door and came out, holding a lady's fur cape in his hand, and walked slowly to Qiao Qiao's side.
"Put it on, ma'am, the temperature in Canada is still pretty low in the morning. I don't want to take a sneezing and runny woman on the plane with me... The cabin of the plane is closed. If you catch a cold, it's easy It will infect me." Li Wenjing smiled naturally, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
Qiao Qiao didn't care to get angry with him, but there was something strange in his eyes: "Your surname is Li, tell the truth, you already knew that we are upstairs here? How long have you been waiting here, you won't really wait One night, right?"
"Of course not." Li Wenjing laughed, and then calmly said, "Qiao Qiao, after all, you came to Canada alone with me. Of course I have to be responsible for your safety. Otherwise, how can I explain to Uncle Qiao? Last night you and Chen Yang both When people ran out, some of my subordinates followed you all the time. They saw you climbed to the top of this building with their own eyes...then they notified me... Well, of course I know, when you old friends meet again, there is a lot to talk about Let's have a good chat... I am a very sensible person, so I didn't go up to bother you, let you open up and talk... As for me, of course I won't be foolishly waiting here until dawn... I went back to the hotel last night After a good night's sleep, I got up in the morning and took time to take a shower, swim for a while, have a bone loosening massage, and eat a Chinese breakfast... Then I changed into new clothes before I came to pick you up. "
Li Wenjing smiled confidently, but his self-confidence did not appear arrogant at all. Instead, it gave people a kind of appropriate introversion, and there was a trace of calmness from the heart.
Then he looked at me and shook my hand again, his eyes were sincere - at least he looked sincere: "Chen Yang, I had a chat with Miss Sophie last night, I really didn't expect you to join in Canada now... um , I don't have any prejudice against the big circle, but I always think that these underworld organizations are still in their infancy. I personally appreciate yours. I have already expressed this point when we first met. I just I think you are a very nice person, and your body... seems to have some magical colors... God, I will never forget that experience of gambling with you! That day I even thought that Lady Luck was your lover! "He smiled casually and indifferently, then changed his serious tone, and said to me: "I just think that people like you should not stay in the underworld... Of course, everyone has his own aspirations, if you want to leave one day , please remember to come to me... I will reserve a good place for you in my family business, I believe you will be a very good person."
I took a deep look at Li Wenjing: "Why do you think so? I don't seem to have much talent for you to value?"
Li Wenjing pointed to his heart and said with a smile: "I believe in the theory that 'character determines success'. I appreciate your character, so I think you will be a very good person. As for talents... those can be cultivated the day after tomorrow Yes. But a person’s nature is good or bad, which will directly affect his achievements.”
Qiao Qiao stood aside, looked at Li Wenjing coldly, and suddenly interjected, "Young lady, what are your plans?"
"Qiao Qiao, just as if I can never guess your thoughts, I will never tell you my thoughts." Li Wenjing laughed a little unfathomably: "We are just acting in front of our parents. The male and female protagonists are not the protagonists outside the play. If you know me too well, I'm afraid you will fall in love with me."
Qiao Qiao didn't speak, and directly gave him a middle finger.
"Okay, it's time for us to go, so that we can have afternoon tea with my parents in the afternoon." Li Wenjing shook hands with me and said goodbye, and I hugged Qiao Qiao again.
"Chen Yang, remember my words... the big circle... their organization may not be suitable for you."
Before getting into the car, Qiao Qiao whispered to me: "I will fly back to find you tomorrow."
They all got into the car, but Li Wenjing rolled down the window again, and told me with a smile: "By the way, our princess is very angry now, you have to be careful."
As the car slowly left, I stood where I was, feeling a little dazed.
The reunion with Qiao Qiao was completely unexpected to me. I thought that I would have to endure the loneliness and loneliness in my heart for quite a long time, and work hard alone in this strange western world...
Maybe it's because I'm too lonely and my heart is too stuffy that I have an affair with that coquettish princess overnight.
Yan Di at home...
Alas, I still don't want to.
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I walked for a while, then hailed a taxi and went back to Baye's garage. I saw a commercial van still parked there on the street... and there were two men in the car, pretending to be reading a newspaper.
In fact, I already know these days, these are the police. In the uproar some time ago, the police had already regarded us as a key target.
It's just that the Canadian police are really uncreative. Their stalking has no concealment at all, and even a fool can see it.
I had just returned to the garage, and a few brothers outside were changing tires on a car. They saw me walking in, and several people I knew whistled at me and mocked my appearance in a suit and leather shoes.
I saw Xi Luo walking out with a battery in his overalls, and when he saw me coming in, he looked a little solemn, and quickly came over to hold me back: "Xiao Wu, Ba Ye might want to see you, go in quickly."
"oh?"
"Hmm. It seems that something big happened... Early this morning, many uncles and uncles came, and now they are all having a meeting at Baye's place... Tiger has already come to see you once."
I was also shocked.
As soon as I walked to the back yard, I saw Tiger standing downstairs in Ba Ye's office, looking at me and beckoning to me.
"Xiao Wu, go and change your clothes." Tiger's tone was also very serious: "And ten minutes later, Ba Ye wants to see you."
"What clothes to change?" I was a little at a loss, I glanced at myself, I am pretty neat.
"Change into a Tang suit." Tiger smiled: "Oh, I almost forgot, you don't have a Tang suit yet, I'll give you my own set first, you should be able to wear my clothes."
He smiled peacefully at me today, and then led me to his room to get a piece of clothing.
Tiger has always had a room in our dormitory building. Although he seldom lives here, everyone here knows that Tiger is the closest assistant to Ba Ye, and he has always been with Ba Ye. His room was rarely lived in. But Tiger is pretty much the No. 2 guy here, so even if his room was empty, no one would replace it.
His room was exactly the same size as mine and Ciro's. It's just that the furniture inside is slightly less. Opening an old-style wardrobe, he took out a black Tang suit for me, made a gesture according to my figure, and said with a smile: "Just wear this."
It was an old piece of clothing, and Tiger had some emotion in his eyes: "This is what I wore back then. I remember that when we were negotiating with Huabang, we all wore Tang suits. After that, we seldom used them."
My heart skipped a beat.
Huabang
Wear Tang suit
Could it be that Ba Ye wanted me to wear a Tang suit today, because he took me to meet the Huabang people
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I guessed right! After I changed my clothes, Tiger led me to Ba Ye's office.
Usually no one can enter Baye's office. I've been here for a few months, and I've only been in two or three times.
Today I opened the door and went in, but saw that the light inside was a bit dim, and the headlights were not turned on.
The office is above a car repair shed, a separate room on the second floor, and downstairs is the car repair site. This is undoubtedly a very humble place, but there are many advantages... such as...
Not afraid of eavesdropping and peeping!
In this garage-like repair shed, the office on the second floor is a lonely room, with no other rooms on either side. If someone is peeping outside, there is no place to hide.
After I went in, I saw a long table in Ba Ye's office... What surprised me was that this table was not made of wood... but metal... After careful inspection, I realized that it was a temporary table. A workbench for cutting and spot welding was brought up for use.
On both sides of this temporary long table, many chairs have been placed, and many people are sitting. Some are very old, some have gray beard and hair, and some are young and strong. Some looked benevolent, while others looked ferocious, and they were not good people at first glance.
But the only thing in common is that everyone is wearing Tang suits!
Ba Ye was sitting on the main seat. He was also in a white Tang suit, which made Ba Ye look very elegant. He had a fair complexion, but his left hand with two fingers was gently resting on the armrest of the chair habitually. Knock Knock Knock Knock...
I immediately narrowed my eyes, because I have already grasped some of Ba Ye's habits. His finger-tapping action is usually only done when he has a difficult problem to think about... or when he is very annoyed.
But now, although Ba Ye's face was calm, there was a bit of chill in his eyes.
"Xiao Wu, come here." Ba Ye said to me lightly, his voice was very peaceful. When I stood behind him, Tiger had already left the room.
"This is Xiao Wu, now my assistant." Ba Ye said lightly: "I will send him to Vietnam, so I think it is necessary for him to listen to what we are talking about today."
I noticed that most of the people here looked at me with a bit of disdain. Probably because I am too young, these old guys are a little bit disapproving.
"Xiao Wu, please greet your uncles and uncles first." Ba Ye said indifferently: "Everyone here is the family members and leaders of the Chinese gang in Vancouver's Chinatown."
I didn't speak, and greeted everyone present as a junior.
These people are all Chinese gangs, that is, those Chinese gangs who fought us to the death some time ago... And, if I guessed correctly, the Sand Snake I killed should have been one of these people Bar.
"We've pretty much talked about things. We're all descendants of the same ancestry. It's a bit outrageous for us to fight back and forth and let those ghosts see jokes." Eighth Master sighed leisurely, and then applauded Picking up a teacup in front of him, he took a sip, moistened his throat, and said with a smile: "But now everyone can sit down and talk, I think it's very good. We Chinese have a saying, 'Peace is the most important'. Everyone understands the situation this year. The Hells Angels have no supply right now, so they have to find someone to cooperate with... I know, everyone is an expert, and we all have the supply, but there can only be one partner for the Hells Angels! Since everyone If we can unify our opinions, we will work together to drive the Vietnamese out of the game first! We Chinese people don’t talk about each other! We have come forward to trade with the Hell Angels in a large circle, and we will give up 30% of the benefits to our colleagues Tea! At the same time, at the Golden Triangle, if you have any good sources, don’t hide them under your armpits, take them out together, and everyone will make money!”
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I was behind Ba Ye, just standing silently, listening to these people talking - to be honest, with my status, I can only listen on the sidelines, there is no place for me to speak here.
Gradually, I also understood... Ba Ye is going to make peace with these local traditional Chinese gangs! Today is an appointment with them to tell the count!
These local Chinese gangs fought us so many times a while ago, and they also killed a lot of people, making a lot of trouble... Now they are probably tired.
Moreover, although they have many gangs and many people...but they are far less united than our big circle! After a period of trouble, no one is willing to bear more losses. Once something happens, everyone is trying to hide... This is also the situation that makes them unable to compete with our big circle.
Ba Ye's strategy is very simple, first make peace with the Huabang, and then everyone joins forces to drive the Vietnamese out first.
This time, Huabang cooperated with the Vietnamese, but did not get any benefits. There are many people with resentment, which just gave us a chance to win over...
Although our big circle has always disliked these local traditional Chinese gangs, the cooperation with Hell Angels is the most important thing now, and other disputes will hinder us! Ba Ye's strategy is that within a certain limit, we can give up some benefits to the local Chinese gangs. The cake of Hell's Angels is very big, so we might as well give them a little bit. In exchange for a short period of peace.
For Baye, the cooperation with Hell's Angels is the big circle moving closer to the mainstream, and it is also the biggest opportunity for transformation!
Under this major premise, some small concessions are acceptable.
The meeting went well.
My malicious guess is that these guys were probably scared by us some time ago! It's only now that I've become so easy to talk to.
But I also noticed that the leader of one of the gangs seemed to have been confronting Eighth Master in his words... Most of the anger in Eighth Master's eyes came from this.
"It's basically like this. We all wear Tang suits, and we are all descendants of Yan and Huang. From now on, we will be a family after putting down our swords and guns. Let's divide this cake together and make money together, which is far better than fighting back and forth. , kill here and there!" Eighth Master's fingers landed heavily on the table: "I've finished my words, comrades, do you have any comments?"
There was silence for a while, and most of the older ones didn't speak.
"Baye." The guy who has been a little tit-for-tat with Baye said.
It was a stocky fellow with a thick neck and broad shoulders. The Tang suit on his body seemed to be tied tightly around his body, and his hair was very short. A face is square, but his chin is raised slightly, which seems to be a bit unruly... And more importantly, he always looks at Ba Ye with a bit of hatred in his eyes.
What I noticed was that the bridge of his nose was collapsed... if I guessed correctly, the bridge of his nose had been surgically removed!
I also noticed his hands.
His hand was on the table, the palm was very big and thick! The knuckles are thick, but the fingers are short. What's more, his middle finger, index finger and ring finger are much shorter than the average person's... moreover, they seem to be the same length...
From the hard calluses on his hands, I can see that this guy has practiced martial arts! And it's real kung fu!
"...Baye." He said coldly, "As soon as you open your mouth, you can hit as soon as you say, and you can talk as soon as you talk. But all the blood of our brothers in front was shed in vain?"
Ba Ye looked at him coldly, and said lightly: "Yes, let's treat it as a waste."
The man stood up immediately! The palm of the hand slapped on the table! The metal spot welding table trembled when he slapped it! My heart trembled, this man's hand strength is not small!
"It's not for nothing!" He grinned, looking around, and said loudly, "All those present are from my uncles and uncles! Logically speaking, this is a way to get rich, and I shouldn't stand in the way." Everyone’s source of wealth! But the big circle killed so many of us before... Now that we want to talk, we have to sit down and talk with them... Then where will we put our face!" He gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Okay! Even if Uncles, you can bear it! But I can’t bear it! My brother was killed in a woman’s house! His throat was cut! I’m just such a good brother. Dead, it's not that simple!"
When I heard this, my heart moved...
Throat cut...
I squinted my eyes and secretly looked at this person's face and body for a while.
Ba Ye looked at him coldly, and said slowly: "There are casualties on both sides. Not only is your brother a human being, isn't our brother human? We are sitting down today to discuss business. If Mr. Sha wants to talk about revenge , we will continue in the big circle!"
This guy deliberately laughed a few times, and looked at Ba Ye fiercely: "Fang, don't pick trouble! I don't want to cut off everyone's money! But you are too bullying in doing things in the big circle! You are the ones who beat you The fight, the talk is also what you talked about, and most of the benefits are for you... Where did you put us!"
Ba Ye was not angry this time, and smiled faintly: "Mr. Sha, what exactly do you want? What do you want?"
"My brother's life!" The eyebrows surnamed Sha were raised upright, his face was murderous, and he stared at Ba Ye: "I don't want anything else! I want you to pay back my brother Sha Snake's life! Who killed me? Brother, I want his life! Others, I don’t care about your money! I don’t want my share, I give it all out, and treat it as tea for everyone! But the bastard who killed my brother, I want his life!"
Sand snake!
My eye muscles twitched. He really is Sand Snake's brother...
Ba Ye smiled, and there was also a chill in his smile: "Surnamed Sha, who do you think I am Fang Bazhi? If you say a word, you want me to send my brother up for you to kill? Childish."
"Then I will fight him! Bet on my life! If I point my back, I will admit to being killed by him! Everyone bet on their lives and fight with each other, life and death will be in peace with each other!" He said with a ferocious smile on his face: "Don't Tell me you guys are cowards."
The muscles in the corners of Ba Ye's eyes are twitching, I know Ba Ye is really angry.
I immediately reached out and pressed lightly on Ba Ye's shoulder, then slowly took a step forward, looking at this guy with provocative eyes: "What's your name?"
"Boy, my name is Sha Hu! Where the hell did you get out of? Have you ever heard of my name?"
I nodded, just staring at him: "Okay! Shahu, I will fight with you! Life and death will be in peace!"
"You? Little boy, why do you fight me?" Shahu looked at me mockingly.
"Why?" I clenched my fist, raised a thumb, pointed at myself, raised my chin and looked at him, and said coldly, "I cut Sand Snake's throat with one knife!"