Starting as a dockworker

Chapter 18: Great Revenge Achieved, Successfully Departed

"You...you're so rebellious..."

Old Master Huang was so angry that he trembled all over.

He never expected that, having just gotten rid of the rat demon, his cousin would be so eager to seize the family property.

He now has nowhere to retreat, and he fears he will not survive.

But the Huang family still has more than a dozen people—seven or eight daughters and several wives—all of whom depend on him.

Because he had no children, he entrusted the rice shop to Manager Huang.

Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, Huang Shoucai had no choice but to turn around and prepare to go back to his room to retrieve the land deed.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar, rushing straight into the courtyard.

Suddenly, a series of footsteps sounded, heading this way.

"Master, I noticed Huang Yi'an was acting strangely a long time ago. Luckily, I had a backup plan!"

The person who arrived was Manager Zhang, followed by a large group of people.

Judging from their attire, they seemed to be from a gang at some dock. They were holding four or five long spears, and there were also fifty or sixty men carrying knives and axes, blocking the entrance with a menacing aura.

Seeing this, Manager Huang was overjoyed and shouted, "Good, well done! From today onwards, you are the manager. Beat these traitors to death!"

"Attack! Don't let any of them escape!" Manager Zhang shouted sternly.

The leader of the group beside him waved his hand, and the gunmen in the front row immediately opened fire. The rest of them roared and charged forward, brandishing knives and axes.

"Damn it, where did this bastard come from! Brothers, beat him to a pulp!"

The bearded regimental commander cursed angrily and quickly ordered his men to counterattack.

The guards and their men gritted their teeth and rushed forward.

Without any further words, the two sides instantly engaged in a fierce battle.

Gunshots, shouts, and the clash of blades erupted in a cacophony.

The stalemate that had just been resolved was broken again, and the entire courtyard was turned into a human playground.

Although the number of people on both sides was about the same, the bearded man's side had five more guns and his men were more well-trained.

But the group of axemen that Manager Zhang recruited were all extremely fierce and desperate.

The scene spiraled completely out of control, with blood splattering everywhere...

"Another force has arrived, trying to use one tiger to devour another. Aren't they afraid of being devoured by the tiger themselves...?"

Li Xiao was right there, watching the bloody scene unfold before him with intimate detail.

These newcomers don't seem like pushovers either. Even if they win, they probably won't stop until they've taken a chunk out of the Huang family.

However, none of this concerns me anymore.

Li Xiao picked up a knife from the ground, bypassed the fighting area, and slowly moved towards Master Huang.

The knife became transparent in his hand, and there was no longer any sign that it was floating in the air.

"Let's go back inside first..."

Huang Shoucai pulled his family along, trying to return to their house for refuge.

He was completely unaware that an invisible figure had appeared beside him at some point.

"Pfft!"

A white knife went in and a red knife came out; a steel knife pierced his heart.

Huang Shoucai had no idea what was happening. He only felt a sharp pain in his heart, then stopped breathing and fell straight down. His family members around him immediately panicked and cried out.

Li Xiao showed no mercy, dispatching Huang Shoucai and immediately abandoning his sword to flee.

Although he had no personal grudge against Huang Shoucai.

He had no feelings for the rat spirit.

But the rat spirit peeled off its own skin right in front of him and handed it to him... This favor must be repaid!

In the memory of receiving the "Rat Spirit Skin," Huang Shoucai instructed the rat spirit to kill the Zhang family's rice shop, causing the rat spirit to stray into the demonic path from which there was no turning back.

It can be considered that the wicked got their just desserts...

"Master Huang is dead—"

Li Xiao heard a loud shout behind him, and the fighting stopped abruptly.

But the pause was only brief; the fighting resumed immediately, without stopping at all...

Li Xiao jogged back to the spot where he had hidden the rat demon's corpse, wrapped it in a cloth, and left the Huang family's gate, departing from this place of trouble...

The night was still as water, and silver light shone down.

The streets are deserted at night, with only the occasional night watchman appearing.

As for police patrols, they simply don't exist.

Nighttime is gang territory, and people have to go around them when they see them.

It was common to see gang fights, with corpses lying in the streets the next day.

Seeing that there was no one on the road, Li Xiao dispelled the spiritual magic that had allowed him to escape into the darkness and began to walk normally.

Using spiritual techniques will greatly deplete your physical strength and energy, even more than closing your eyes to watch the fire.

At this moment, Li Xiao felt completely drained and just wanted to lie down on the bed and have a good sleep.

"Ah Si..."

Suddenly a voice rang out behind me.

In the middle of the night, after experiencing what had just happened, Li Xiao felt his hair stand on end and his whole body tense.

"Ah Si, I'm so glad you're alright. Where did you go just now?"

Fortunately, the voice was very familiar; it was Lao Gang running from across the street.

"Old Gang? Why aren't you home yet?"

Li Xiao didn't answer, but breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"I went back home. I put the money back in my house after I came out, and that put my mind at ease. But then I remembered that your share was still with me, so I came out again. I heard you lived in this area, and I didn't expect to actually run into you."

As he spoke, Lao Gang took out a two-hundred-tael silver note from his pocket and handed it to Li Xiao.

"Thanks."

Li Xiao felt a warmth in his heart.

The other party had no intention of taking such a large sum of money.

"No need to thank me, you're the one I should thank!"

Old Gang said with a face full of gratitude, "Three hundred silver dollars, a whole three hundred silver dollars! I could never earn that much money in my entire life. I'm so lucky to have received it. I've turned my life around, I've really turned my life around!"

Even now, Lao Gang still believes that all of this is because of Li Xiao.

Li Xiao smiled and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Old Gang's eyes seemed to gleam with hope: "I won't be working at the docks anymore. With this money, I can buy a house, and then a rickshaw to make a living, and send my son to a private school... What about you, Ah Si?"

Although new schools have been built in various places, they are not affordable for the average person.

Most poor families still sent their children to private schools to learn to read.

If you can read, you have the opportunity to work as an accountant in a shop, which is much better than being a dockworker.

Li Xiao said, "I'll get my mother treated first. If I have any extra money, I plan to practice martial arts."

"Practicing martial arts is good, it leads to a bright future. Ah Si, you'll definitely succeed. You're really amazing. If it weren't for your idea to expose the rat demon today, this fortune wouldn't have fallen into our laps..."

"Oh, right."

Old Gang, remembering the important matter, said, "After such a big incident, when we parted ways, everyone agreed not to go to the docks and to stay home to lay low for a while. That's why I was in such a hurry to find you, afraid that I might not run into you again..."

"Okay, I understand."

Li Xiao nodded, chatted for a few more minutes, and then parted ways with Lao Gang.

That's true. After this incident, there will definitely be a lot of trouble to come.

There's also Big Dog Qiang from the Black Tiger Gang keeping an eye on him; he might find out about the existence of this money.

He'll definitely come asking for money then, so we need to figure out a way to deal with it.

The best way is to find a martial arts school to rely on and a mountain to lean on.

Guiyuan Martial Arts School is quite good.

Putting everything else aside, Zhao Liqun is truly capable...

He withstood the rat spirit's life essence, which had been cultivated for three hundred years, and left as if nothing had happened.

Before he knew it, Li Xiao had returned to the shantytown and arrived at his doorstep.

Strangely, there were two men in suits sitting on the ground next to the front door.

The two were asleep, but Li Xiao's footsteps woke them up, and they immediately stood up.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

Li Xiao was startled and asked warily.

Logically speaking, since I was just an outsider to the Huang family rice business, they shouldn't have come looking for me so quickly.

"Excuse me, are you Li Xiao?"

"Yes."

"Greetings, young master!"

Upon hearing this, the two men in suits immediately bowed and said...

"Young Master?"

Li Xiao was dumbfounded. What was going on here?