Chapter 501: Chapter 489: Call Young Master Bo!

Facing Li Qiuzhe’s eager gaze for approval, Qin Fan couldn’t help but smile.

How could he not know what Li Qiuzhe was thinking?

Despite his rough-and-tumble facade, he was, deep down, fiercely competitive. In their previous life, it was he who had suggested strapping on explosives to take the Du Tiancong family down with them on New Year’s Eve! How could a man with that kind of temperament be someone without a spine?

Qin Fan had built the stage for him. Qin Fan had paved the road for him. Qin Fan had even loaded the first shot and flicked off the safety.

Although Li Qiuzhe knew Qin Fan meant well and was unconditionally supporting him like a true brother, he was a proud and dignified man. He couldn’t live forever within the plans Qin Fan laid out for him! This statement, while ostensibly a guess at Qin Fan’s intentions, was also his way of proving that he, Li Qiuzhe, was intelligent and could stand on his own two feet.

"Yes, exactly! Boss, that’s why I’ve never doubted my own judgment! Now that this first shot has been fired, the rest of the path is yours to walk!" Sensing that other trace of assertiveness in Li Qiuzhe’s eyes, Qin Fan nodded and chuckled.

With that, he smirked, walked over to Li Guofu who was lying there like a dead dog, and kicked him over onto his back.

"AH! AHH! AHHH!!!"

As his bloody, mangled back made contact with the cold floor, the deathly pale Li Guofu let out a bloodcurdling, pig-like scream.

"I’ll give you a chance. Call for help. Go on, call that... Young Master Bo, yes, call Bao Qiudong over!" Planting his foot on Li Guofu’s chest, Qin Fan gestured with a finger, looking down at him mockingly.

"My phone... my phone!"

Even if Qin Fan hadn’t said it, Li Guofu had reached the point of calling for reinforcements. He gritted his teeth in pain and turned his head, looking at his number one lackey, Jiang Tao.

"Go on, get your master’s phone," Qin Fan scoffed, following Li Guofu’s gaze to Jiang Tao.

"Master Fu! Master Fu!" Still unable to process the situation, Jiang Tao struggled to his feet and looked at Li Guofu in alarm. He was dumbfounded.

They’re actually letting Master Fu call Young Master Bo? What the hell? Are these guys just recklessly naive? Don’t they have any idea what the name ’Young Master Bo’ represents in Jinling?

"Get my phone! Get my phone! Pocket... in my pocket!" Li Guofu wheezed, his words broken and weak. His mangled back was now lying in a growing pool of pungent blood, and the wounds were still bleeding freely. If this continued, he would soon be in danger of bleeding out.

At the command to get the phone, Jiang Tao instinctively glanced at Qin Fan. He was truly terrified, shaken to the core by the ruthless audacity of these ignorant, fearless newcomers.

"Get it out for him," Qin Fan said with a smile, meeting his frightened gaze.

"O-Okay, okay!" Receiving Qin Fan’s permission, Jiang Tao fumbled to get the phone out and handed it to Li Guofu. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

With a trembling hand, Li Guofu took the phone, immediately unlocked it, and dialed Bao Qiudong’s number.

RING... RING... RING...

RING... RING... RING...

In the deathly silent room, the ringing echoed in the hearts of Li Guofu’s lackeys. Every second felt like an eternity.

After about ten rings, the call connected.

"Hello, Uncle, what’s up?" Bao Qiudong’s voice came from the other end.

"Qiudong! Save me! Save me!" Hearing Bao Qiudong’s voice, Li Guofu, on the verge of tears, choked out weakly.

"Uncle, what happened?" On the other end of the line, Bao Qiudong’s brow furrowed instantly at Li Guofu’s weak plea for help.

For Li Guofu to be in trouble in Jinling was no different from a slap to his own face. Who in the entire city didn’t know about the relationship between him and Li Guofu?

Damn it all. This is like provoking the devil himself!

"Qiudong, I’ve been stabbed ten times... in my own card room! The one who did it wants to see you! Qiudong, save your uncle! Hurry up and save me!" A wave of self-pity washed over him at the mention of the ten stab wounds, and Li Guofu’s eyes misted over as he choked up again.

"What?! You were stabbed ten times in your card room? And he wants to see me?" Bao Qiudong shouted in disbelief. If it weren’t for Li Guofu’s weak, choked voice, he might have dismissed it as a joke.

"Yes... it was that bald guy from the East District. He came with someone... The bald guy... he’s under Chang Yuanyi!" Li Guofu managed to say.

"Chang Yuanyi’s man? I’ll kill that bastard Chang Yuanyi! Uncle, you just wait. I’m on my way right now!"

After spitting out those words, Bao Qiudong hung up the phone. He strode swiftly out of a hotel’s presidential suite, making another call as he walked. "Get the car to the hotel entrance immediately! Wait for me!"

As the command was given, he stepped into the hotel elevator, pulled up Chang Yuanyi’s contact, and dialed without a second thought.

"Well, well, isn’t this Young Master Bo’s number? To what do I owe the pleasure, calling little old me?" In a private room at the Southern Manor, Chang Yuanyi gestured for the noise to quiet down when he saw Bao Qiudong’s name, answering the phone with a playful taunt.

"Chang Yuanyi, you son of a bitch! Your dogs have the goddamn nerve to come after my uncle! Everyone in Jinling knows Li Guofu is my uncle, yet your man went to his card room and stabbed him ten times? So, you want a war with me, is that it? Fine, I’ll fucking give you one!" Bao Qiudong roared, grinding his teeth as the elevator descended.

It wasn’t just him; even his parents were incredibly grateful to his uncle, Li Guofu. When the Bo Family was at its lowest point, every relative and friend had shunned them, terrified of being implicated. Only Li Guofu, this seemingly unimpressive and roguish uncle, had stood firmly by their side, serving the Bo Family tirelessly.

Later, when the Bo Family rose from the ashes like a phoenix achieving Nirvana, Li Guofu never used his past loyalty to ask for much. He even worried his presence might tarnish the family’s reputation, so he chose to leave once they had regained their footing, opening his own small card room.

Over the years, the Bo Family had wanted to repay his kindness and offer him a better future, but he always refused. In his words, "I know my own limits. Running a card room, earning a little extra cash to eat, drink, and have fun is enough for me!"

So, Li Guofu had confined his world to that single card room. But behind the scenes, the Bo Family paid no mind to his status and frequently visited him there. Bao Qiudong had even publicly declared that anyone who crossed Li Guofu was crossing him, Bao Qiudong, and by extension, the entire Bo Family.

And yet, despite all this, Li Guofu had been attacked in his own establishment, on their turf, and stabbed ten times.

This was the last straw. After that furious roar, Bao Qiudong didn’t even wait for Chang Yuanyi’s reply before hanging up.

Seething with a palpable rage, he stormed out of the elevator and strode toward the waiting Audi A8, its door already open.

「Destination: the card room.」