"Divine Doctor Tang, Mom is the closest person to me in my life. I'll do my best even if I can let her live for another day. Thank you for the medicinal pills and the cultivation technique you taught me. I believe that I can definitely live until the moment Mom closes her eyes. "
"I won't say anything else since you've already made your choice," said Tan Xiu. "You've already thanked me, so that's it."
"Wait!"
Li Cai's voice sounded a bit anxious as she quickly said, "Where are you now, Divine Doctor Tang? I … I want to see you. "
"Is there anything else?" asked Tan Xiu with a frown.
"There's something else. It's very important," said Li Cai.
Tan Xiu pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I'm rushing to Star City now. I need to deal with something there, so I'm afraid I'll be delayed for a long time. Come to Star City yourself if you're in a hurry. If not, wait for me to finish my business in Star City and then wait for me to return to Demonic City. That's right, you and your mother should still be in Demonic City, right? "
"Yeah, she's still with Big Brother Shaokun," said Li Cai. "I'll head to Star City right away, Divine Doctor Tang. Let's talk about it when we meet."
"No hurry. I'm afraid I'll arrive in Star City tomorrow afternoon," said Tan Xiu.
"Then I'll wait for you in Star City."
After hanging up the phone.
A bit of softness flashed in Tan Xiu's eyes. Through the conversation just now, Tan Xiu found that he liked the girl named Li Cai. This kind of affection had nothing to do with the love between a man and a woman, but more of admiration. She was willing to sacrifice her lifespan for her mother, which was a huge price to pay. He wouldn't dare to say that no one could do such a thing in this era, but there were definitely only a few of them.
"There's trouble, Grand Master."
Tang An's voice came into his ears.
Tang Xiu furrowed his brows and turned his head to look around. He found that more than a dozen burly and fierce-looking men were coming from the cabin. One of the burly men was grabbing onto a skinny man's shirt, almost dragging him over.
"Listen to me, all of you. 20 yuan for each person's safety fee. If anyone doesn't pay up, don't blame us for being impolite. " The burly man threw the skinny man on the deck and kicked him as he spoke.
Tan Xiu furrowed his eyebrows slightly. Suddenly, he heard two men in leather clothing talking seven or eight meters away.
"It's those bastards again. They're blatantly extorting and blackmailing us. What bullsh * t security fee, you're just relying on the support of the Ouyang Clan to be protected here. "
"There's no other way! Their backer was the Ouyang Family, and everyone in Jingmen Island knew how powerful the Ouyang Family was. There were many passengers crossing the sea by boat, and almost all of them had been blackmailed by them. Many of them even chose to call the police, but what was the result? The police knew that they were from the Ouyang Family, but they completely ignored them. "
"There's nothing we can do about it. We have to endure it! Fortunately, these people didn't ask for much money. I'll just treat it as two packs of cigarettes less. "
"Sigh, that's the only way."
Listening to their conversation, Tan Xiu slightly furrowed his brows. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed Ouyang Lulu's cell number. After a while, Ouyang Lulu's sleepy voice came out of the phone, "Who is it? Disturbing my sleep in the middle of the night … "
Tan Xiu couldn't help laughing as he said, "It's me, Lulu."
After a while …
Ouyang Lulu was pleasantly surprised as she called out, "Dear, you're back in Shanghai? Where are you now? I'll get up and find you. "
"I'm not in Shanghai right now. I just arrived at Jingmen Island's port. I'm about to rush back to Star City to deal with something. Anyways, I'm calling you because there's something I want to ask you. "
"What is it?"
Ouyang Lulu sounded a bit disappointed, but she still asked.
Tan Xiu said, "There's a group of people extorting money from the passing passengers on the liner from Jingmen Island to Guangyang Province. They said that they're collecting security fees, but in fact, they're extorting protection fees. The most important thing is that they're using the Ouyang Family's banner. Do you know about this? "
"I don't know!" Ouyang Lulu was confused. "I used to take the liner to Guangyang Province, but I've never come across such extortionists."
"Do you want to call and ask?" Tan Xiu said. "These people's behavior is very bad. I think the Ouyang Family is a big family, so they shouldn't care about money, right?"
Ouyang Lulu quickly said, "Dear, I'll call my brother right away and ask him what's going on. If it's really their Ouyang Family's people, I'll definitely teach them a lesson. If it's not because they're using the Ouyang Family's banner to run amok, I'm afraid my brother will be furious. "
Their … Ouyang Family?
"Lulu, aren't you also a member of the Ouyang Family?" Tan Xiu asked with a strange expression.
Ouyang Lulu was silent for a moment. Then, as though a barrel of gunpowder was ignited, she shouted, "Tan Xiu, you bastard! I'm telling you now, I'm not a member of the Ouyang Family. Even if I was before, I'm not now. I'm a member of the Tang Family, Tan Xiu. If I marry a chicken, I'll follow the chicken. If I marry a dog, I'll follow the dog. Even if I marry a monkey, I'll still follow him all over the mountain. "
Cough, cough …
"Alright, alright, alright. You're a member of my Tang Family, alright?" Tan Xiu let out a hollow laugh.
"Hmph …"
Ouyang Lulu snorted and then hung up the phone. But a few minutes later, she called back. When Tan Xiu picked up the call, he heard Ouyang Lulu saying, "Dear, I've figured out what's going on. My brother knows about this matter. The one who collected the security fee on the liner was a man who once saved my brother, his subordinate. That's why my brother knew about this matter, but he just turned a blind eye and didn't care about it. "
Tan Xiu said, "Tell your brother to point out another way to make money for his benefactor. Don't let that group of local ruffians mess around on the liner in the future. The Ouyang Family is a big family with a big business. I'm afraid there are many forces who have been eyeing the Ouyang Family, wanting to catch their family's weakness. In case someone makes a fuss about this matter, even if the Ouyang Family has a big business and won't suffer a heavy blow, it will still be a bit troublesome. "
"I understand."
Ouyang Lulu nodded.
After Tan Xiu hung up the phone, more than a dozen burly men came before him. The man who took the lead stretched out his hand and said with a cold face, "Pay up."
Tang Xiu took out 20 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the man, saying, "Today is the last time you can collect money here. I'll give you the money so that you can consider it as the last time you've done it perfectly. Don't do anything illegal later, else the Ouyang Family won't be able to protect you. "
The man stared blankly and instantly furrowed his brows. He looked at Tan Xiu and asked, "Who are you? How dare you talk such nonsense? "
"I'm not talking nonsense." Tan Xiu shook his head. "Your Eldest Brother saved Ouyang Lei's life, so you can run amok in the name of the Ouyang Family. But have you ever thought that this will only smear the Ouyang Family's face?"
"Fuck! Who the hell do you think you are? Now that you know how powerful the Ouyang Family is, who can do anything to us even if we stir up trouble? Who can do anything to the Ouyang Family? "A burly man behind the man suddenly raised the steel pipe in his hand.
Slap …
A loud slap was heard and the burly man was immediately sent flying. Because he was close to the side of the ship, the slap directly sent him into the sea.
The man in the lead and the other burly men were dumbfounded. They all heard the loud slap clearly, but they also realized that the young man in front of them didn't do anything. He didn't even move a finger.
Who hit him?
Was there really a ghost in the middle of the night?
Tan Xiu's expression didn't change as he lightly said, "As the saying goes, those who are unjust are doomed to meet their doom. Nowadays, everyone is messing around. Some people look like upper-class people, but they are smart enough to use their brains and abilities to make money. Some people are just messing around, taking advantage of their power to bully others. They are arrogant and despotic. Such people may bully ordinary people, but if they encounter some big shots, I'm afraid they will cause a big disaster. What I said … is it right? "
The man who took the lead ordered more than a dozen men to go to the cockpit to stop the ship and rescue people. He didn't leave and looked at Tan Xiu's calm expression. He clenched the money in his hand and asked again, "Who exactly are you? Are you really not afraid of the Ouyang Family? "
"I might have some concerns if it were other families, but I'm not afraid of the Ouyang Family at all." Tan Xiu said with a smile. "Because I also have a backer in the Ouyang Family."
The man frowned and asked, "Who is your backer in the Ouyang Family?"
Tan Xiu thought for a while before he pointed at his nose and said, "My woman, Ouyang Lulu."
"Ouyang Lulu?"
"His woman?"
The man stared blankly for a moment before his complexion drastically changed. His body shivered a few times as he staggered back a few steps and exclaimed, "You … are you Boss Tang?"
Tan Xiu raised his hand to touch his face and said with a faint smile, "Time is really like a butcher's knife. I haven't shown myself in public for a long time, yet everyone doesn't recognize me. To be honest, it's too tiring after becoming famous. It's better to keep a low profile and relax! "
Plop …
The man directly knelt in front of Tan Xiu and heavily kowtowed three times. Then, he squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying and said with a trembling voice, "Boss … Boss Tang, we brothers have eyes but failed to see. We even took money from you. Please be magnanimous and spare us on account of the fact that our boss saved your brother-in-law's life! I promise I won't come out to ask for money again. "
Ring, ring, ring …
Just as his voice faded away, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
The man looked up and looked at Tan Xiu.
Tan Xiu nodded and said, "Get up quickly and answer the phone."
The man felt as though he was granted amnesty. After climbing up from the deck, he took out his cell phone and looked at the number on the screen. After seeing that it was his Eldest Brother, he immediately pressed the answer button and cautiously said, "Are you looking for me, Eldest Brother? I'm now on the liner. We'll immediately return when we arrive in Guangyang Province. "
"You're already on the liner?"
A man's voice came from the phone.
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