Lawless Gangster

Chapter 42

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When Qi Xiu Yuan returned to Han Jia's room with a radiant smile kissing the out of his handsome face, Han Jia was already impatiently waiting for him. The moment he saw him enter, he glared at him and said, "You beast. Don't bother Xiao Li anymore!!"

"You're jealous?" Qi Xiu Yuan said indifferently with a tone that was mean to provoke anger out of the person in front of him.

"Don't you know that you're going to cause him trouble!" Han Jia shouted yet it was a relatively low roar, "Or was this your intention all along?"

Qi Xiu Yuan's complexion changed as he drew closer to him and asked, "What do you mean? Say it clearly."

Han Jia bit his lips and pondered on his thoughts for a while before he found the words he wanted to say, "There's someone...more fierce and difficult to deal with than you. This person is also aiming for Xiao Li——"

"Are you talking about your boss?" Qi Xiu Yuan asked before angrily saying, "After so many years, he's still not willing to give up!"

Han Jia looked at with, shock clearly visible on his pallid face. After a moment, he slowly asked, "How did......Xiao Li already told you?"

"Who else would it be?"

A great silent befell the room as Han Jia let his gaze settle gravely on Qi Xiu Yuan. All the words that he had circling in his mind seemed to have scattered elsewhere. After what seemed like ages, a weak smile crawled on his lips.

"Fuck, you've only known him for this long yet......what you've said is correct. I'm really starting to get jealous......"

As Qi Xiu Yuan lowered his head, seemingly thinking of something, Han Jia gave him a quick glance before saying, "You can't beat Qing Ye. The immense power and influence that he has in this province is nearly hidden from everyone...if——"

"Shouldn't this kind of matter..." Qi Xiu Yuan whispered, "...be something that Xiao Li have a say in? He's not the kid that he was all those years ago. His status is already quite high now......don't tell me, at this point, even his wishes aren't being taken into consideration?"

"What does that matter?" Han Jia's eyes drew to the needle inserted into the back of his hand as a cold sneer filtered the room. Before long, he said coldly, "At that time, we had strenuously climbed the ladder with that kind of mindset. We had truly believed if we continued, we won't be bullied by anyone anymore and eventually we could......but what's the result of it all now? Look at me, after the all the things that I have done and the status that I'd attained, the moment they say they don't need me, aren't I already thrown out?"

As those words entered Qi Xiu Yuan's brain, his brows too knitted tightly together. Recalling the words that Xiao Li had just said to him, uneasiness quickly marched into his mind beckoning him to ask, "What would happen if Xiao Li doesn't agree?"

The blood on Han Jia's face drained into a pasty white. He slowly said, "It seemed fine if he kept things the way it is now, but if you keep on bothering and involving yourself with him, he will also......if Qing Ye finds out again......what do you have to go against Qing Ye?"

"I always thought......" Qi Xiu Yuan's complexion sank.

He has always thought that the key to this matter was in Xiao Li's hands. He has always thought that so long as Xiao Li chose him then everything else wouldn't be a problem. Even though he had personally witnessed Li Shi Qing's actions, he still did not anticipate the complexity of this situation. So, with this simple mindset, he always pursued him vigorously, always tangled himself in his affairs---all because he wanted to stand beside Xiao Li. He wanted the only thing in Xiao Li's eyes to be him. He wanted Xiao Li to smile at him—-to be closer to him more than any other person. That was all he wanted. He had never once thought that Xiao Li would consequently be faced difficulties or compelled to pay any undesirable price.