Chapter 91 Crying with joy
"Crow, there is nothing for you to do here, go back and wait for notification."

Cheng Long waved his hands as if to shoo away a fly.

Each of the Five Tigers of the East Star is full of evil, and many of their subordinates are also guilty of crimes. If they kill people directly, it will take some effort to capture their subordinates.

Instead of wasting time and effort, it would be better to let Crow and Situ Haonan live longer.

Tonight, just deal with the Smiling Tiger and his subordinates.

"Yes, Master."

The crow did not hesitate and left.

"and many more……"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind.

The crow walked to the door, then stopped and turned to look at his 'master'.

"Call me Mr. Cheng from now on."

"Yes, Mr. Cheng."

The crow looked like a robot, with no expression on his face. It would take a minute or two for a person who had been puppeted to recover from his emotions.

When He Yong was first attacked, he was like an emotionless robot.

"Situ Haonan, you have nothing to do here."

"Mr. Cheng, I'm leaving now."

After sending away the two irrelevant people, Cheng Long looked at Liu Piaopiao, Zhang Li and other young girls and asked curiously, "How come you guys, at such a young age, would want to work as prostitutes in a nightclub?"

"Mr. Cheng, my parents run an ocean-going trading company. The company was short of funds some time ago, so we had no choice but to borrow money from your subordinate Mr. Wu's loan shark company. We thought we could get the money back in a month at most, but who knew that the ship carrying the goods was hijacked in the Red Sea..."

Zhang Li originally came from a fairly well-off family. Her parents' ocean-going trading company grew bigger and bigger. However, ocean-going trading was not something that ordinary people could handle.

Without strong capital, a slight accident would break the funding chain, and her family's capital would not be able to sustain it.

As a result, Zhang Li was unable to repay the high-interest loan when it came due, and was taken to a nightclub by Wu Zhiwei’s men that very night.

Liu Piaopiao’s situation is similar.

But her parents did not lose money in business.

Piaopiao's father was a compulsive gambler. He lost a lot of money in the small gambling den run by Wu Zhiwei and borrowed money one after another until the accumulated amount reached a staggering 300,000 yuan. Only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.

But it was too late.

Liu Piaopiao's father had a gold tooth. If the gold tooth was pulled out, the money would be enough to pay off the interest for several installments.

Loan sharking always charges compound interest. A few tens of thousands of dollars can crush a family, let alone three hundred thousand dollars. It would take Jin Yabing a lifetime to pay back this amount of money.

So, Liu Piaopiao became a tool to pay off the debt and was taken to the nightclub by Smiling Tiger.

"Give me all the IOUs from their families."

It is impossible for Cheng Long to kill all of Wu Zhiwei's men, so the IOU must be taken away. Otherwise, Wu Zhiwei and his trusted followers will disappear, and someone will soon take over their business and manage the Dongxing Yuen Long branch.

If it is not taken away, Liu Piaopiao, Zhang Li and others will surely repeat the same mistakes.

"Yes, Mr. Cheng."

Wu Zhiwei left immediately.

At this time, He Yong, who was sitting aside and watching the show, suddenly said, "Mr. Cheng, it seems that I have nothing to do here. Why don't I leave too, so that it will be more convenient for you to do your work?"

"Why is nothing happening to you?"

Cheng Long glanced at He Yong and said calmly, "You are so strong, I will ask you to dig a hole and bury someone later!"

"Mr. Cheng, you have chosen the right person. I don't have anything else but strong arms. Just tell me what you want. No matter how deep the pit is, I can dig it out for you." He Yong patted his chest and promised, looking like a loyal lackey.

He had no idea that the crisis had arrived.

Zhang Li and Liu Piaopiao were trembling with fear at the conversation between the two. Not long after, Wu Zhiwei returned to the box with a stack of IOUs and handed them to Cheng Long without hesitation.

"You are free now, tear them all up!"

Cheng Long casually returned the IOUs to the poor girls.

When Zhang Li received the IOU from her father, she burst into tears of joy and tore the IOU into pieces with tears in her eyes.

The same goes for several other people.

The only exception was Liu Piaopiao. Not only did she not tear up the IOU, she also returned it to Cheng Long.

"Mr. Cheng, my father Jin Yabing is a gambler. Returning the IOU to me won't solve the problem at all. At most, it will let him live in peace for a few days. He will be sold sooner or later anyway, so it's better to sell himself to you now."

Liu Piaopiao's words were so reasonable and well-founded that Zhang Li, who wanted to persuade her to go back to school, remained silent.

Gambling addiction is like drug addiction. Once you get addicted, it is very difficult to quit. If Liu Piaopiao's father can sell his daughter once, he can sell her twice, three times...

I was lucky this time and met a noble person.

What about next time?
Rather than taking the risk of gambling next time, it is better to sell myself to Mr. Cheng.

This is a choice forced upon him, but it is also an opportunity. It depends on how Cheng Long chooses.

"Stab!"

As soon as Cheng Long got the IOU for the gold tooth handle, he tore it into pieces.

Liu Piaopiao's heart instantly sank, especially when she saw Cheng Long perform magic to create a ball of fire out of thin air and burn the IOU fragments in her hand to ashes. Her burning heart sank to the bottom.

But what was unexpected was that Cheng Long's next words made her cold heart warm again.

"You don't need these things with me, your lousy gambler father. I will find time to help you solve it."

"Thank you, Mr. Cheng. Thank you, Mr. Cheng."

Liu Piaopiao cried with joy and thanked him repeatedly excitedly.

She originally thought that Mr. Cheng tore up the IOU because he looked down on her, but unexpectedly, it turned out that Mr. Cheng did not look down on her, but did not need an external thing like the IOU.

"Zhang Li, you can go now."

What Cheng Long is going to do next is not convenient for outsiders to watch. Since Liu Piaopiao chose to follow him, she is one of them. Taking a proper look at his methods can actually increase their loyalty.

"Thank you, Mr. Cheng."

Zhang Li stood up and bowed solemnly.

She was different from Liu Piaopiao. She once came from a wealthy family and had very good academic performance. Her father's IOU was torn up and taken away, which meant that the loan that broke her family would never have to be repaid.

Without the foreign debt, maybe her parents will be able to make a comeback in the future.

Therefore, even though her heart was full of gratitude, she would not give up her future.

After watching the girls leave, Cheng Long turned to look at Wu Zhiwei and ordered, "Ah Wei, call all your trusted brothers in. Not just those outside, but all of them. Do you understand?"

"understand."

Wu Zhiwei nodded repeatedly.

Although he didn't quite understand Cheng Long's intention, he still followed the other party's instructions and called all his trusted brothers in the nightclub and other places over.

In less than half an hour, dozens of gangsters gathered in the small box. Some had colorful hair, some were dressed fancy, but some were dressed simply and were quiet and steady.

"Which of these people has never sold drugs or killed anyone?"

“Uh…” Wu Zhiwei smiled awkwardly and said, “All my confidants have been drug dealers. Everything they eat and wear is earned from drug trafficking…”

"No wonder people in the underworld often say that the four boys are from the East Star, the fighters are from the Hongxing, and the Lianhe are from the Chicken Essence. They really are not wrong about you." Cheng Long couldn't help laughing.

The fourth is No. 4 conch, the main production and sales variety of Dongxing. As Dongxingzai sells too much, it will naturally be given the title of "Sizai".

(End of this chapter)