Just as Li Shuwen had said, there was no New Year's Eve in 2000. On the 29th of December, it was New Year's Eve.
On February 4th, New Year's Eve, Li Shuwen tidied himself up. He did not wear a suit or leather shoes. He wore a simple sports coat and sneakers. Although it was winter, Jinghai was a southern city. It was not too cold. He just needed to wrap himself up a little thicker. Young people were hot-tempered.
"What are you doing? The Spring Festival Gala is about to begin." Zhang Shufang looked at Li Shuwen, who looked like he was about to go out, and asked in confusion.
"That's ridiculous. You don't want to have New Year's Eve dinner with us?”Li Weimin said to Li Shuwen with a straight face.
Li Shuwen tidied his hair in the mirror and said,"" What do you mean it's time for the Spring Festival Gala? It's not even dark yet. Erm, Xiaolan is coming back today, so I was thinking of going to take a look. It's been so many years since I last saw her…"
"Xiaolan? Which Xiaolan?" Li Weimin looked at Zhang Shufang in confusion.
Zhang Shufang glared at Li Weimin and said,""It was during his third year of high school…Gao Qilan, one of the three Gao siblings.”
"Gao Qilan?" Li Weimin reacted and was about to say something when Zhang Shufang secretly elbowed him again, forcing him to swallow his words.
"Then go and come back early. Don't disturb him too much.”Zhang Shufang said.
"I know, Auntie. Don't worry." Li Shuwen replied with a smile.
After a while, the guy pushed open the door and left. It was only then that Li Weimin asked in confusion,"Why did you stop me just now? I just want to ask a few questions."
" That year, Big Brother and Sister-in-law got into an accident, and Shuwen broke up with Xiaolan from the Gao family. In the past few years, I haven't seen him date any girl. It's obvious that he still has someone in his heart. Now that the child has returned to Jinghai and graduated, it's about time for him to start a family. Don't be a busybody…" Zhang Shufang explained.
Li Weimin rubbed his chin and thought for a while.""That seems to be the case. Xiaolan from the Gao family is beautiful and good at studying. She went to a good university…The three siblings of that family were all hardworking and down-to-earth good people.”
"Yeah, the Gao siblings are all down-to-earth people. It's pretty good.”Zhang Shufang said.
Old Factory Street, Old Factory Family Compound. Li Shuwen greeted everyone as he walked in.
"Uncle Zhang, Happy New Year!"
"I don't need the red packet. I've already graduated from university.”
"Alright, alright, I'll take it, I'll take it.”
"Uncle Li, this is your little grandson. He's so chubby and cute. Come, uncle will give you a red packet.”
Back then, Li Shuwen also lived here and knew his neighbors. Due to his excellent academic performance, he had become someone else's child many times. Therefore, most people who lived in Jiuchang Street knew him.
Just as Li Shuwen was greeting the neighbors, Gao Qiqiang rode a small motorcycle into the courtyard. When he saw Li Shuwen, he greeted him from afar,"Hey, Shuwen, you're here?”
"Brother Qiang, I haven't seen you for a few days. I see that you're getting more and more energetic. Your face is filled with joy.”Li Shuwen laughed.
"It's a good thing, of course it's a good thing. It's the new year, and Xiao Sheng and Xiao Lan will be here soon. I even prepared a big fish for you today. If you're not in a hurry to leave, come over to my house and have a bite. I've already prepared the filling for the dumplings, so I'll make some for you to bring back for Uncle Li and Aunt Zhang to taste my cooking.”Gao Qiqiang said enthusiastically.
"I'm here for your dumplings!”Li Shuwen did not stand on ceremony.
"I think you're here for my Xiaolan!”Gao Qiqiang smiled and teased, then said,"Wait for me for a while. I'm going to Little Dragon and Little Tiger's house to pay my respects to them. You might not know this, but the two brothers are in the same market as me. We see each other all the time. We have to get along well. I happen to have something to tell them…"
"Is that so? What kind of business did they do in the market? I haven't even taken care of him yet." Li Shuwen pretended not to know and asked.
Gao Qiqiang smiled and replied,"Cleaning."”
Gao Qiqiang was obviously unwilling to talk about these things, and Li Shuwen understood. Although Gao Qiqiang was not doing well now, he still wanted some face at this time.
He was too embarrassed to tell Li Shuwen that he was going to beg Tang Xiaolong and his brother. He was even more embarrassed to bring Li Shuwen along.
Of course, Li Shuwen did not intend to force anything. He immediately said,"Alright, then Brother Qiang, you should go quickly."
"Hey, alright!" Gao Qiqiang responded and then walked upstairs.
Li Shuwen chatted with the surrounding neighbors for a while. After about ten minutes, he turned around and walked upstairs as well.
Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu's house was on the third floor. Li Shuwen had just reached the second floor when he heard a loud bang. Then, he saw a cardboard box fall on another flight of stairs. He recognized the cardboard box. It was the television that Gao Qiqiang had bought from his shop two days ago!
"Things that don't have parents to discipline them have no rules. Pei, can you still ask for things that are given away?”
This sentence seemed to have ignited Gao Qiqiang's anger. Gao Qiqiang, who had always been smiling and friendly, suddenly turned black!
"I'll give you my ass, Tang Xiaohu. How dare you smash my TV!？”
Gao Qiqiang cursed angrily and turned around to chase after him. Tang Xiaohu was just about to close the door of his house, but before he could lock it, a big foot kicked open the door. The door directly knocked into Tang Xiaohu's body, causing him to stagger.
Before Tang Xiaohu could even see who it was, he was kicked in the chest again and fell to the ground in two steps. Gao Qiqiang seemed to have gone crazy at this time and rode on Tang Xiaohu like a hammer.
Tang Xiaolong, who was watching the plasma TV, was dumbfounded. After two or three seconds, everyone in the room reacted. At this time, the people in the room were all the street hooligans that Tang Xiaolong and Tang Xiaohu usually gathered. It was because of these local ruffians that they could dominate the market.
They were definitely afraid of murder and arson, but they were very good at fighting, especially when there were several people fighting one person.
In a few moves, Gao Qiqiang was pulled off Tang Xiaohu's body. Then, a few people pressed Gao Qiqiang to the ground and punched and kicked him!
Gao Qiqiang was also unyielding. He allowed these people to press and beat him, but he did not say a word of begging for mercy!
"F * ck you guys, spread out! Stop!”
Just as Gao Qiqiang was being beaten up, Li Shuwen held a short shovel in the corridor and kicked away one of the underlings from behind. He roared.
" Who the hell are you?!" Tang Xiaolong only felt that this person looked familiar, but he did not recognize him for a moment.
As he spoke, his hands and feet did not stop. The few guys around him were still beating Gao Qiqiang.
Li Shuwen did not stand on ceremony. With a backhand shovel, he directly shattered the mirror on the cabinet in front of Tang Xiaolong's house. Then, he pointed the shovel at Tang Xiaolong and said,"Tang Xiaolong, do you remember who broke your old boss's legs? If you keep whining, I'll also dislocate your legs when you're alone one day. Do you believe me?!”
"Brother Xiaolong, it's Li Shuwen!" A young man recognized Li Shuwen and quickly said.
When he was 18 years old, the boss of the old factory's family compound was called Fatty Ge San. Tang Xiaolong was still his younger brother at that time. That guy had a foul mouth and would call Li Shuwen, who had just lost his parents,'motherless' at any time. After a few times, one night, Li Shuwen took a short shovel and broke both of Fatty Ge San's legs.
Later on, his uncle, Li Weimin, paid a lot of money to the people. In addition, Fatty Ge San was not very popular, so the matter passed.
However, Li Shuwen's ruthlessness and savagery also spread throughout Jiuchang Street that year.
Tang Xiaolong was also stunned by Li Shuwen's words for a moment. To put it bluntly, he was just a hooligan who was not presentable. He was not even Brother Blade yet.
Tang Xiaolong himself did not have any connections or backers. If he had really committed any serious crimes, he would have been arrested long ago. Therefore, although his reputation as a tyrant in the vegetable market seemed to be very powerful, in fact, he really did not cause any big trouble. So far, he had only entangled a group of street thugs to scare those small merchants and hawkers who were mainly doing business.
Once he left the market, he was nothing.
He had never broken a person's leg in his life. In the original story, Gao Qiqiang was surrounded and beaten up by them. In the end, the hospital assessed that it was only the slightest superficial injury and there was no problem at all.
On the other hand, he had sneaked an attack on Gao Qiqiang. Before he could even fight, he was almost killed by Gao Qiqiang. He was so scared that he cried and begged for mercy. From then on, he had to lower himself.
Tang Xiaolong and his brother looked strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
Most of his so-called little brothers were from Jiuchang Street. Some of them were older, but there were also a few who went to school with Li Shuwen when they were young.
At that time, Li Shuwen was also the king of children. A few of them had once called him boss.
With a sharp weapon in hand, facing a few barehanded street thugs, coupled with Li Shuwen's imposing manner and some past 'military feats,' Tang Xiaolong and the others did not dare to move for a moment.
"Don't be too arrogant, Li Shuwen!”Tang Xiaolong snapped back to his senses and said fiercely.
"Are you not convinced? Tang Xiaolong, just pray that you two brothers eat, sleep, go to the toilet and shit together every day. Don't be alone!”Li Shuwen pointed at Tang Xiaolong with the shovel again.
Tang Xiaolong's face twitched a few times. In the end, he did not dare to say anything more. He said to Tang Xiaohu,"Xiaohu, call the police and say that Gao Qiqiang, this bastard, broke into the house and robbed us!”
After Li Shuwen heard this, he knew that Tang Xiaolong had 'softened' and did not continue to provoke him. He looked at Gao Qiqiang and said,"Brother Qiang, do you need me to help you?"
"No need... I've made a fool of myself, Shuwen…" Gao Qiqiang said embarrassedly as he covered his stomach and wiped his nose.
It had only been a minute or two from the time he was beaten up to Li Shuwen's appearance. In the original story, it was not a big deal even if he endured until the police came, let alone now. He only had a little blood coming out of his nose.
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