"Dad, look at this, it's been so many years and you still haven't bought me a car, but now I'm riding in my son's car," Mom exclaimed.
"Yes, yes," the father replied, somewhat annoyed. Aren't all sons' fathers the same?
Li Yang felt secretly pleased. After dropping his parents off at home, he began to worry about the other two Suzuki Changhe motorcycles.
As soon as I stepped out of the house, I was startled by what I saw. Did these bastards block my doorstep?
Li Yang was about to go up and beat them all to a pulp when he suddenly realized that the leader was none other than Tie Nan.
That energetic and capable young man stood at his doorstep with a dozen or so hairless teenagers.
"Boss!" Tie Dan shouted excitedly when he saw Li Yang come out.
"Damn, it's you. What's going on here?" Li Yang asked, glancing at the dozen or so young boys.
"They were originally my underlings. But now that I'm following you, they wanted to come too, so I brought them along. Boss, don't you think they should follow you too? You're a big name in the underworld now, they'd love to follow you!"
Tie Nan excitedly told Li Yang.
Chapter 186: Bloodstained Head
"I'm famous?" Li Yang was somewhat puzzled. Damn it, it's just a Jianghu kill order, isn't it? That's infamy. Besides, wasn't the show I put on at Master Song's house famous enough? But their mad dog has a dog's brain, and he only gave me a bonus of ten thousand! Damn bastards!
"Yeah. These days, who knows who you are, Brother Yang? You single-handedly crippled Zhang Wen and Third Brother, survived over a month of Mad Dog's manhunt unscathed, and even took down many famous gangsters, forcing Mad Dog to keep raising his bonus. Now your bonus is 50,000!" Tie Nan excitedly explained to Li Yang.
Holy crap, 50,000? You're so excited, do you think I'm a butcher?! Prices have gone up too!
"I'll kill that idiot Mad Dog sooner or later! They were all your underlings, right? Then they can follow me. Here's a hundred bucks, go buy some Emperor cigarettes and distribute them to everyone, then come back and I'll treat everyone to dinner!" Li Yang swiped out a hundred-yuan bill and threw it at Tie Nan.
"Yes, Big Brother!" Tie Nan was extremely excited. Big Brother was indeed a big brother; he was always so generous. If it weren't for Big Brother, his beautiful older sister who was in college would have been in trouble. He was now wholeheartedly willing to risk his life for Li Yang.
The dozen or so underlings below were also very excited. Hehe, the new boss is awesome, rich, and generous! Following him will definitely lead to a bright future, especially since he can fight!
Li Yang felt a little smug, watching them run off excitedly with a smug look on his face. Damn, he was a big brother now, with his own group of underlings.
It's much more comfortable than with Master Song. Damn, those are all Master Song's dogs, I can't tame them! Besides, now that Master Song has fallen, they've all scattered like monkeys falling from a tree. Some have set up their own factions, and many have defected to follow Black Laizi.
Nowadays, the most prominent gang leader in Jiangdong City is none other than Black Laizi, Brother Black Ghost!
At this moment, Li Yang, having just defeated his underlings, was being chased by his leader and gunners! The situation seemed far from optimistic.
"Big brother, the brothers all say you're very generous, and following you will lead to a bright future!" Tie Nan excitedly reported to Li Yang after leading his men back.
"Tie Dan, from now on you'll take good care of them. I'll give you intensive training tonight. If you're going to make a name for yourself, you can't just mess around and be looked down upon!" After experiencing all these things, especially with so many women around, Li Yang felt that without his own team and strength, even with superpowers, it would be a pipe dream to become powerful in the future!
"Yes!" Tie Nan was even more excited. He admired Li Yang's kung fu to the point of worship. He thought that even a mad dog would be hit if he ambushed Li Yang like that. He didn't expect that his boss would not only be unharmed, but also send him flying with a palm strike.
Later, he inquired around and immediately learned about Li Yang's heroic deeds of slaying Third Brother and more than a dozen of his underlings with his palms at the city's central hospital. He was so excited.
That evening, Li Yang brought his dozen or so newly recruited henchmen to the courtyard for intensive training, attempting to mold them into elite warriors capable of taking on a hundred men each. Including Tie Nan and his group, there were exactly thirteen of them—the Thirteen Protectors!
The Thirteen Protectors roam the world! Hahaha... Li Yang couldn't help but burst into laughter when he thought of this.
Li Yang then began intensive training on Tie Dan and thirteen other guys. He knew that Mad Dog, that idiot, would definitely try to kill him again if the Jianghu kill order failed to work. At that time, he would be too weak and unable to handle the situation alone.
They had to be trained quickly. He used the marrow-cleansing method taught by his master to toughen these guys up. He had to cut through the mess quickly and train them into iron-blooded warriors who could fight in real combat.
That day, he drove his big Jinbei van straight to the school, leaving the other two Suzuki Changhe vans in the courtyard as rides for his underlings. They could mess around with them in the courtyard when they had nothing to do, practice their driving skills, and they would need them in the future!
He went back this time because the school was going to have another mock exam. It was already early winter, and the final exams were just around the corner. The first half of the senior year was almost over, and the 100-day sprint for the second half of the year was about to begin.
If it weren't for Cao Xin always covering for him, he would have been expelled more than ten times already. For someone like him who only goes to school a few times a month, especially in high school, it's practically breaking the law.
But who is Li Yang? He breaks the rules, so what? Who dares to do anything about it?
Although Song Qin has fallen, Mayor Ye has not treated those allies who were brought in through Song Qin's influence, such as Cao Xin's father, Cao Kefan. Therefore, Cao Kefan's position remains secure, and Cao Xin is still the top dog at the city's No. 1 High School.
However, after Master Song fell, the situation that Mayor Ye had just begun to improve deteriorated again, and Secretary Cai Lan became increasingly powerful and arrogant in Jiangdong City.
Li Yang was preparing to go to school to register, show his face, and give the teachers some face when he suddenly received a distress call from Zhao Lihua.
"Li Yang, come to the school quickly! Someone is looking for you. If you can't find him, they'll beat up Gao Cheng and take him away!" Zhao Lihua said in a panic.
"Damn it! Do they want to die?! Don't panic, I'm on my way!" Li Yang threw down his phone and slammed on the gas, heading straight for the school. Just as he reached the vicinity of the school gate, Li Yang witnessed a scene that infuriated him. A dozen or so disheveled thugs, embroidered with dragon and tiger tattoos and wielding various machetes, galvanized steel pipes, and chains, rushed out of the city's No. 1 Middle School.
A bloodied and limp high school student was dragged out by them, his blood splattered all over the ground.
Li Yang had incredibly sharp eyes and immediately recognized that the person was none other than his best friend, Gao Cheng!
"Damn it! Are these bastards doing this because of me? That's it, they must be interrogating Gao Cheng about his whereabouts!" Li Yang slammed on the gas pedal, and the big Jinbei van roared forward. Then he slammed on the brakes, locking it in place.
He flung open the car door and jumped out, taking a single step to block the path of a dozen or so thugs.
"What are you doing?" Li Yang asked coldly.
"Are you blind? Can't you see Brother Xiaoye is doing his job? Get out of here!" A thug pointed a galvanized steel pipe at Li Yang's nose and yelled.
"What are you going to do?" the thug suddenly shouted in terror. Li Yang grabbed the galvanized steel pipe, which twisted and deformed in his hand. Then, an irresistible force struck, and the thug was unable to control himself and rushed forward. Li Yang raised his leg and kicked him hard in the chest.
The thug spat out a mouthful of blood, and before he could even scream, he was sent flying backward, rolling on the ground like a gourd, and passed out.
"Li Yang, hurry, they're here for you!" Hearing the commotion, Gao Cheng raised his bloodied head and shouted when he saw Li Yang appear.
"Damn it, how could I just watch you get messed up?" Li Yang cursed, then stopped talking nonsense. "Little Wild Brother? Wild my ass!"
Chapter 187: The Thirteen Protectors
He stepped forward and slapped one of the thugs away with a single palm strike, not even bothering to use their steel pipes and machetes. With a flick of his wrists, he sent three or four thugs flying with a series of slaps. They were like tigers among sheep, completely defenseless, and in an instant, only three thugs remained.