Lawless Gangster

Chapter 38

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A looming silence accompanied Li Shi Qing and Xiao Li as they sat in the back seat of the car together on the way back to the city. The driver was a robust man in his prime of life--who has been working for Li Shi Qing for many years now. Normally, he also acted as his confidant and personal bodyguard. And, although he had that kind of strong physical strength, he could also discern body languages as well. Therefore, upon noticing the change in the atmosphere, he promptly kept silence during the entire ride.

Soon the car entered the city and Li Shi Qing finally began to speak.

"Do you know that you're wrong or not?"

At that moment, Xiao Li was staring out of the window at the passing scenery; his mind was wandering off somewhere else. But once he heard those words, it interrupted his roaming thoughts causing him to turn around.

"I know I'm wrong, Qing Ye." Xiao Li whispered.

"Where were you wrong?"

"I shouldn't have disregarded the gang's position nor acted of my own free will."

"What else?"

"I should have fully grasp the situation before taking action and casing Han Jia to sustain injury."

Li Shi Qing turned to look at Xiao Li. As his eyes traced his face up and down, it immediately fell on the palm print that caused his face to swell. He reached out to touch it, letting the heat warm his palm before he sighed.

"The last thing that you should have done was to place yourself in such a dangerous situation."

Xiao Li leaned his face slight to the side as to avoid the touch. "I've broken the gang's rule. Please punish me Qing Ye."

Li Shi Qing did not take his hand back. He continued to look over at his own fingertips that lingered on the side of Xiao Li's face. Then he suddenly asked, "When you went to save Han Jia, you never intended to come back alive, did you?"

Since Xiao Li did not say anything, Li Shi Qing also did not force him to answer. His hand simply retreated before he continued to speak, "You're very disobedient this time. If I don't punish you, people will say Qing Ye doesn't know how to handle his men. Go back yourself and check things out. Take half of the Eastern territory and hand it over to Yan Ming."

"Yes, Qing Ye."

The car came to a slow stop as they arrived at Xiao Li's residence. Xiao Li was about to get out of the car and bid his farewell to Li Shi Qing when Li Shi Qing suddenly took hold of his hand.

"Xiao Li, what we talked about before. You should think it over carefully."

Xiao Li withdrew his hand and said, "Qing Ye, I'll take my leave first."

During the entire exchange, he did not turn his head around to look at the car.

In mere seconds, the car slowly started to move. A willful smile tugged at his lips as Li Shi Qing looked at the hand that had just gripped Xiao Li's hand. Then he pulls out his cellphone to make a call. The call tone rang for a quite a while before it went through and the person on the other side only managed to grunt out 'hello'. It was a rather lazy voice, quite possibly a bit annoy as the call might have interrupted something good.

"Yan Ming, Xiao Li violated the gang's rule. I told him to give half of the eastern territory to you. Remember to get in contact with him."

The other side went silent for a moment before the sound of laughter came through.