Lawless Gangster

Chapter 45

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First it was the painful sensation of his neck being punctured, then it was the feeling of water invading his nostril that caused Xiao Li to violently cough before gradually drawing him out of unconsciousness.

The light within the room was brightly lit and just the mere thought of making contact with it was unbearable. Although his eyes remained closed for the time being, he could hear a familiar voice sounding off at the side of his ear.

"What did I just say uncle?" Yan Ming proudly said, "He'll be awake in three seconds."

"There won't be any harm to his body, right?" Li Shi Qing's voice broke through the momentary silence, "Give Chen Wu another call to confirm this."

Yan Ming clicked his tongue, then dragged out the next few words as he spoke, "How intimaaattteee."

The sound of footsteps moving away was followed by the door being closed. Yan Ming seemed to have gone off to make a call.

Xiao Li opened his eyes and let it travel around the room in one loop before realizing that he was lying on a sofa in Li Shi Qing's living room, with the owner himself sitting beside him.

The clock on the wall indicated that it was eight o'clock nighttime. Xiao Li frowned and tried to sit up but that struggled only made him discovered that his strength has not fully recovered yet. All his limbs were still limped and aching with pain, lacking all the power that he once had.

A shadow suddenly concealed his vision. Li Shi Qing leaned over his body to observe him closer with a rather stern expression that was hard to decipher.

"Qing Ye." Xiao Li tried his hardest to turn his body over to the other side of the sofa in an attempt to move away from his control.

Li Shi Qing stretched his hand out and gripped his chin, turning his head back. His voice was unexpectedly calm as he spoke, "You're not even going to say thank you?"

"Qing Ye, thank you for helping me get out." Xiao Li uttered as he lied backward even further for the sake of avoiding Li Shi Qing's hand. "But I don't understa---"

"But I understand it very well." Li Shi Qing withdrew his hands and said indifferently, "Carrying drugs on Lu Wu's territory? Forgetting to properly handle it after taking it from Lin Zi? How many years do you think I've known you?"

"Qing Ye, I really---" Before he could finish speaking, Li Shi Qing has once again leaned over even closer to him. As his breath fanned over his face, Xiao Li immediately closed his mouth and stayed silent instead.

However, Li Shi Qing did not budge as his eyes moved back and forth, taking in his features. Then suddenly he asked, "Are you blaming me?"

Xiao Li looked at him suspiciously.

"The promise that you've made was to always obey and never betray no matter what, but you've never said you won't leave. When your brother attended a university in another province, I thought you would take advantage of it and leave." Li Shi Qing lowered his voice, "I kept my guard up for a long time, but still you didn't make any move. Then he went abroad and once again I thought you would leave the gang but instead, it was in that year that you had helped me gain control of both the major territories in the eastern region. I don't understand, why now? What happened for you to want to leave the gang......for you to leave me?"

Xiao Li remained silent still.

"Are you blaming me?" Li Shi Qing sighed, "That day, Yan Ming accidently said something, that I yield to Lu Wu. Are you blaming me for not rescuing your brother from Lu Wu? Or are you blaming me for using Han Jia to do business with Lu Wu?" He suddenly smiled, "No wonder you tried to throw your life away by running off to Lu Wu's territory. You're clever. You must think that it'll be the same as the last two times. That I wouldn't dare let Lu Wu grasped any information that could be used against me so in turn I wouldn't dare take you back from his grip either, right?"