"Before I write, I like to be the first person to open it. After I write, I hope that the person who opens it is you, son, even though you are not yet one year old and you are a child who cannot get breast milk." Poor baby drinking milk powder.”
"And when you open this notebook, please express your condolences. I must have passed away by then. Our father and son have been talking to each other for twenty years. I hope that you will become an upright, kind and useful person to society in the future. "
Seeing this, Li Xianyu smiled. This was the first time he had smiled in three days, with a warm and sad smile.
"I hope you will become an upright, kind and useful person to society in the future" is probably the unanimous wish of parents all over the world for their children. Even if they are extremely vicious criminals, they also hope that their children will become upright, kind and useful people to society.
Continue reading: "When I was thinking about where to start telling this story, I remembered that day..."
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In modern times, Shanghai's dance halls have always been nationally famous. The words "Shanghai Beach" can be seen in countless modern movies and TV shows. When people think of it, they will think of the dance halls with feasting and entertainment, and the people riding rickshaws in and out of the dance halls. The dancing girl, wearing a cheongsam, has a graceful figure.
The fate of dance halls can be described as ups and downs. With the expansion of concession culture, the first dance hall appeared in Shanghai in 1922. By the 1930s, there were more than a thousand licensed dancers.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these dance halls disappeared. After a long period of silence, with the advent of reform and opening up, dance halls were like weeds. When the spring breeze came, they revived everywhere. It reached its peak in the 1980s and 1990s.
The essence of a dance hall is that it must be a chaotic place where dragons and snakes are mixed together, there are three religions and nine streams, good people and bad people are mixed, and it is inclusive of everything.
Once the ingredients are complicated, troubles will easily arise, so large dance halls will find a few people on the street to watch the show.
The gangsters collect some protection money, flirt with girls in the dance hall, and drink. In fact, they are doing their current security work.
Li Xiong started out as a gangster after graduating from junior high school, following a well-known big brother. He was not afraid of tigers as a newborn, he dared to fight hard, and he dared to play hard, so he was very appreciated by his big brother.
Two years ago, the eldest brother got drunk and bullied a beautiful girl with some brothers. He thought he could solve the problem with connections and money, but the girl's family also had some connections, so he insisted on taking a shot, so he had no choice but to run away.
With his eldest brother gone, his brothers dispersed and divided the territory. Li Xiong also roped in more than a dozen brothers, cutting wires with kitchen knives in hand, sparking lightning along the way, and hit several dance halls and bars, drinking and fighting. Pao Niu, your little life is very comfortable.
At the bar in the corner of the dance hall, Li Xiong lit a cigarette and sat on a high stool, watching the men and women on the dance floor who were keeping time with the music and dancing ballroom, like a lion inspecting his territory.
The three boys sat next to him, pointing at the girls on the dance floor and drinking heavily.
A younger brother pointed at a young girl who was obviously from a good family but still couldn't let go in the dance hall, and said with a smile: I want her.
Li Xiong slapped him in the face.
The younger brother held his head aggrievedly and said, why did the boss hit me
Li Xiong cursed and said, "How many times have I told you, let's just be little gangsters and just have fun, and don't cause trouble to Xiaoliang's family."
The younger brother quickly said, yes, yes, the boss is more enlightened and his conscience is still intact.
Then he was scalped again.
After all, he is a gangster in the city. He has chopped people and fought, but he is far from being comparable to the real blackness of licking blood from the edge of a knife. Not so vicious and vicious, and having a good time, I feel satisfied. You can't even do the business of killing people and stealing goods.
In that era, the real big brothers were all well-connected. If a gangster in the city couldn't build that kind of connections, he would only be a gangster for the rest of his life.
Li Xiong glanced at the gold watch on his wrist and said impatiently: "Why hasn't Pingping come yet?"
The third younger brother pouted quietly. This boss, just now said that he should not harm a good family, but turned around and slapped him in the face.
Pingping is a pretty girl that Li Xiong has recently fallen in love with. She is a graceful girl from a good family. She came to the dance hall with her friends once, and she was spotted by Li Xiong. Then she started stalking her and getting into all kinds of entanglements. They said that Li Xiong was afraid of her. Mao Lang, no, the two of them got along quickly.
In fact, that girl is a bit half-hearted. If you really have a bad opinion of Li Xiong, no matter how bad the werewolf is, he will beat you to death with a stick.
"You don't understand. I am different from you. When I marry Pingping home, I will wash my hands in a golden basin and quit." Li Xiong said.
"Then what should we do?"
"Boss, you have a bright future as a gangster, why give up your career for a woman."
"That's right, the layoffs in state-owned enterprises are so severe this year. Even my cousin is unemployed, so it's better to be a gangster. Gangsters are the hope of the future of the motherland and the prospects of the people."
The younger brothers said they were very panicked. If the boss left, there would be no way for the dozen or so of them to maintain these places, and they would also be laid off by then.
"That's all for the future, let's talk about it later." Li Xiong waved his hand.
Although he has such an idea, he can't tell when he will get married. As a young man, he always feels that starting a family is still far away. Moreover, he has not made enough money. Apart from two apartments, his family has no savings and is very shabby. Na.
"You guys, don't be so lavish with your money. Save it first. I'll think of ways to make money in the future and I'll help you get rich together. If you haven't thought of it, then buy a house. Although you won't make much money buying a house, you can still collect rent. It can give you some security for the rest of your life.”
The younger brothers are all younger than him. Since they are hanging out with him, they can't just make money. They have to take care of all aspects of being a big brother. When you go out to hang out, brothers always come first.
As the boss, he is competent in his job, and his younger brothers are willing to defend him, but he is the only one who follows his lead.
Just as he was talking, Pingping came, a pretty and lovely girl, wearing a white shirt and a long blue skirt, like a lily blooming at night.
She also wore light makeup today, her facial features looked particularly delicate, and her eyes were watery and sparkling. She was a rare beauty.
"Hello, sister-in-law." The younger brothers greeted each other one after another.
Li Xiong smiled and stepped forward to hook up, but Pingping slapped him away and gave him a blank look.
Pingping played in the dance hall until very late. Li Xiong looked at the gold watch. He deliberately raised his wrist to show Pingping his new gold watch. This was a symbol of money and prostitution. He was showing Pingping that he was wealthy and promiscuous. Girlfriend shows off her financial resources.
After looking at the gold watch, Li Xiong said: "Pingping, let me take you home. The Shanghai market has not been peaceful recently. There is a perverted murderer who preys on pretty girls late at night. Two people have died in Jing'an next door."
"I don't want it. My dad hates you the most. If you want him to know that you sent me home, you will have to talk to me later." Pingping shook her head and refused. It was not a refusal, but it was clearly a half- push and a half-hearted excuse.
Women are pretentious.
Li Xiong just likes her pretentiousness. Only a girl who is occasionally pretentious is charming and makes people fully smell the sour smell of love. Can it be called falling in love if she is too sensible and serious
The two held hands and left the ballroom, with the three younger brothers following behind, keeping a certain distance so as not to get too close and act as light bulbs for the boss and future sister-in-law.
"Hey, which girlfriend am I?" Pingping asked abruptly.
"The first one." Li Xiong answered fully without thinking.
"I don't believe it." She snorted and turned her head away, not showing him the slightly raised corners of her mouth.
"It's really my first love, you haven't grown up yet." Li Xiong's gaze paused on Pingping's chest: "But it doesn't matter, I will be responsible for bringing it up."
Pingping didn't understand at first. She followed his gaze and looked at her chest. She immediately understood and hit him lightly: "My dad is right about you. You are a bad person. You will be really bad in the future." Marrying you and giving birth to a son would be a bad thing."
After saying that, she hummed twice: "If you don't take care of your son in the future, I will teach him myself."
Li Xiong responded with "Yeah, yeah", thinking in his heart that if he really has a son in the future, he must teach him to be an "excellent" boy, and if conditions permit, take him to debut.
When they walked through the street and entered an alley, Li Xiong suddenly heard a muffled sound, followed by the sound of his body falling to the ground.
Looking back in a daze, they were surprised to see that a stranger had appeared behind them, and the three boys had fallen to the ground, seemingly unconscious. They were a bit far away, and it was difficult to see clearly in the dark.
Li Xiong's first reaction was that his enemies would set out to take revenge. This is how it is played in Xiangjiang movies. Fights between societies and assassination of the leader of a society are always more dramatic than the fight between societies.
But then I thought about it, that's not right, I'm just a gangster in the market, just watching a few places, how can He De deserve the treatment of an assassin
"Friend, what do you mean? Are you asking for money or territory?" Li Xiong signaled Pingping not to panic, bent down and picked up a brick at his feet, and strode over.
He is never afraid of fights. I have the world with a brick in my hand. He once had the record of beating away three gangsters with fruit knives while carrying bricks.
Li Xiong suddenly stopped. He smelled the smell of blood. The thick smell of blood. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than ten meters. He finally saw clearly that the three younger brothers were either unconscious or dead.
They fell to the ground, and large streams of blood spread from under them and turned into pools of blood.
In the darkness, two scarlet rays of light ignite, like demons hiding in the abyss watching you.
"What a wonderful virgin, what a wonderful cauldron, tonight is truly a harvest night."
Li Xiong only had time to hear these words clearly. An arm penetrated his chest. The mysterious man gently swung his arm, sending him flying and hitting the alley wall. Then there was Pingping's terrified scream, and the mysterious man. A man's wild laughter.
Still nourishing the stomach, less updates. Also, to be honest, I really want to write the extra chapter after ten and a half days off. I feel like I can make the extra chapter super exciting, haha.
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