Chapter 61: Gathering Storm Clouds

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  Lorraine left the Moon Bar and her tall figure disappeared at the end of a street in the night market.

  Is it money?

  Triad Prince?

  Lorin's mouth twitched upwards involuntarily, to be honest, he never took this money tiger seriously. At first, it was just a matter of being wary of Qian Baiwan's power. In fact, from start to finish, Lorin had never been afraid, including that Qian Baiwan. To put it bluntly, the Caesar Palace was prosperous, but compared to the assets of the Luo Group, it wasn't even in the same league. If Qian Baiwan wanted to mess with Lorin, he would have to weigh his own strength carefully. If Lorin were to go all out and spend money to take him down, hiring some high-level assassins wouldn't be a problem, after all, his name was well-known in the Tianyan organization.

  It's just that this is a world where harmony brings wealth, and it's not about deep-seated hatred, so everything has to be about maximizing benefits. They fight to the death every day, and even walking down a night road requires several bodyguards. Is this comfortable? Directly using extreme measures to kill someone like Bai Wan isn't as good as slowly trampling them underfoot. This is just like what Lorraine always emphasizes: the difference between a brute and an intellectual. On the other hand, with Lorraine's noble status, he naturally has nothing to fear, but what about Liu Wanchuan and his five brothers? Lorraine would never put these five younger brothers in harm's way.

  The current situation fully proves that Lorraine's approach is correct.

  Qian Baiwan completely accepted Lorrine, this sudden second shareholder, and had a good intention. Qian Baiwan's thoughts were clear to Lorrine in just a few simple words, knowing that the other party also had ulterior motives, but he didn't mind. Lorrine was a man of great tact and knew how to grasp the subtleties of the situation.

  Qian Baiwan has taken everything, and Qian Hu, this arrogant little brat, is truly a tragic figure.

  Whenever someone mentions Qian Hu, they threaten to fight with me. Luolin can't help but laugh: You little kid, your dad is already sworn brothers with me, what are you?

  …………

  The next day, Lorrain arrived at school early and the morning passed quietly. In fact, the boastful words that said they would take one of Lorrain's legs within three days were spread by San Ying under the name of Qian Hu. Lorrain found out with a little inquiry, and Liu Wanchuan and his five brothers also understood, following Lorrain's teachings and trying not to offend Qian Hu.

  At noon when school was dismissed, Loring gathered the five brothers to go to the original Pink Mummy Bar in the alley to talk, casually bought a few small dishes, and six people sat together, eating something, and then talked about this matter.

  "Lin Ge, San Ying is spreading rumors under the name of Qian Hu, saying that he will take one of your legs within three days. We know this is San Ying's doing, but people in school are not clear about it. Can't we say anything and just be like a turtle with its head shrunk in?" Liang Zi spoke directly, expressing what was on his mind.

  Luo Lin put down his chopsticks, lit a cigarette, and slowly exhaled a wisp of white smoke: "Xiao Chuan, Jia Dong, Li Nan, Cheng Gong, what do you four think?"

  The four of them looked at each other, and Liu Wanchuan said, "Let Jiatang speak, he has the most say in this matter now."

  "Huh? What was that?" Lorraine turned her gaze towards Lin Jiatong.

  Lin Jiatong also put down his bowl and chopsticks, speaking the truth: "Brother Lin, we can temporarily hold back our troops, but those younger brothers of ours have quite a temper. This morning, there were two fights at school, although they weren't too big of a deal, it's not something to be ignored either. I've got two younger brothers under me who are nursing injuries, nothing serious, just some swelling. They reported back to me during lunch today and asked when we're going to take action against Qian Hu's side... Brother Lin, you don't know, but the atmosphere between Qian Hu's gang of younger brothers and our group is getting more and more tense by the day. Some of them are even in the same class, always glaring at each other during lessons, and after class, fewer and fewer people go to the bathroom to pee, while more and more people fight and smoke."

  Lorraine furrowed her brow, yeah, this situation is a bit tricky... If it develops like this, it will only get more and more out of hand, with so many unruly younger brothers under her, she can't control them.

  "Now you know why I've been telling you not to take in too many younger brothers, right? The key is to understand the rules and at least have some sense of propriety. But now that things have come to this point, it seems like I'll have to settle this personally with Qian Hu."

  At this time, Liu Wanchuan said anxiously: "Lin Ge, I'd like to make a suggestion. No matter what happens in the future, we should maintain our dignity and prestige, but it's best not to take action against Qian Hu, just achieve the effect of intimidation. It's just like before when we dealt with Chi Shi Cao, once we've saved face, that's enough."

  Luo Lin smiled slightly, not speaking, but his eyes were full of admiration for Liu Wanchuan. Among the five brothers, he and Lin Jiatang were the most steady, but his mind was much more cunning than Lin Jiatang's.

  Luo Lin nodded and said, "Xiao Chuan is right. My intention is to first get that San Ying to take the knife, after all, they are the ones who started it. We don't need to go find Qian Hu, once San Ying suffers a loss, he will naturally go and bring Qian Hu over."

  The five brothers nodded in agreement, and since following Lin Ge, they had learned a truth: the path to becoming a king was not just about relying on one's fists, but also about fully utilizing one's brain; of course, necessary fistwork was still allowed.

  "Lin Ge, this afternoon after school, San Ying asked us to meet at Hutong Street and said she wanted to talk face-to-face." Li Nan and Li Cheng said with serious faces.

  "What's the point of talking about it now?... Is Qian Hu going or not?" Luo Lin asked.

  Li Nan and Li Cheng shook their heads: "He definitely won't go, the reason why Qian Hu hasn't spoken up this whole time is first because he's arrogant and doesn't put us in his eyes. Second... two days ago he took a long vacation, seemingly to take two chicks on a trip out of town. The earliest he'll be back is tomorrow or the day after."

  Luo Lin smiled and said, "Alright, that's a good idea. Since Qian Hu is not around, let's take care of his underlings first. By the time he gets back, there won't be many people left to help him cause trouble. Remember, the key is to get rid of those three guys, San Ying or whatever. If we can take in their underlings, that's even better. After all, this isn't war, just a small scuffle between students. As long as you can make those punk students submit to you, everything will be easy."

  Lin Ge said it so clearly, which of the five brothers still didn't understand? They all nodded in unison.

  "Kogawa, as the eldest of the five brothers, I'm counting on you to take care of everything. Especially keep an eye on Ryoko, he's impulsive and prone to acting rashly. Watch him closely, especially after what happened this afternoon."

  Liu Wanchuan nodded.

  Everyone knows that Qian Hu will not show up, and Lin Ge cannot show up either, otherwise it would be too humiliating.

  After lunch, the six of them left the bar and on their way back to school, Loring's phone suddenly rang. It was a text message from Qin Wanshu, which read: "Xiaolin, Meiyan is going to the airport at 5 pm this afternoon to fly back to Yanjing. She is currently at my place, if possible, please take leave and come back, your Aunt Song wants to see you before she leaves."

  Lorraine looked at the message content, her face changed slightly, and sighed, "Are you leaving, Song Xiaoyu?"

  Luo Lin suddenly stopped, and the five brothers were surprised. Liu Wanchuan saw Luo Lin's slightly furrowed brow and immediately asked, "Lin Ge, what's wrong?"

  Lorraine took a deep breath and instructed, "Xiaochuan, I have something important to attend to this afternoon, so I won't be returning to school for class. Can you help me write an excuse note to give to our class monitor? You guys will be getting out of school this afternoon, so be sure to mind your manners and remember every word I've said. If there's no traffic jam, I should be able to make it back by the time you get out of school. If anything unexpected happens, be sure to call me right away, did you hear?"

  The five brothers nodded in unison: "Don't worry, Lin Ge, we remember and won't cause any trouble."

  Lorraine nodded and then turned around, hailed a taxi, and sped away.

  …………

  "Hello, beautiful sister. Lorraine is my brother. This is the leave note he asked me to give you. He has something at home this afternoon and can't come." At the entrance of Lorraine's class, Liu Wanchuan put a leave note in Han Xiang's hand.

  Usually, if someone calls her "beautiful girl" or "beautiful sister", Han Xuan will definitely frown and not give a good face. However, the low-grade student in front of her said he was Luo Lin's younger brother, and because of Luo Lin, Han Xuan didn't feel disgusted. As the president of the school's student union and the class leader of the high-three key class, Han Xuan still maintained a dignified demeanor as an older female student.

  "Lorin wants to ask for leave? Even if it's something important, you have to come and ask for leave in person! Weren't you attending class just fine this morning? Lorin is really not following school rules." Han Xuan was tall and well-developed, and even without high heels, she was almost as tall as Liu Wanchuan, a student from the senior high school.

  Liu Wanchuan took a look at Han Xiang's cold and beautiful pale face, smiled awkwardly: "Beautiful sister, our Lin Ge indeed has something important, just now was preparing to go back to school, suddenly received a call, and was called away. Looking at his anxious appearance, I'm afraid there's something important going on at home. Beautiful sister, why don't you just approve this leave?"

  Han Xuan originally didn't mean to disapprove, but when she heard Liu Wanchuan say that Luo Lin was called away by a phone call, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind, making her feel a little embarrassed.

  She didn't think much of it, and Han Xuan still had a cold and beautiful expression, slowly saying: "Hmm, this fake note, I approved it. However, you leave Lorin's contact information, oh, that is his phone number with me, if there's anything going on at school, I can also let the teacher notify him in time."

  Liu Wanchuan didn't think much about it, as soon as he heard that the fake receipt was approved and his task was completed, he immediately told Han Xuan Lorin's phone number and then shouted thank you and left.

  As he walked away, Liu Wanchuan muttered to himself: "This senior sister is actually in the same class as Lin Ge? She's so beautiful and her temperament is also outstanding. Hmm, in my opinion, among all the students in Municipal No. 1 High School, only this beauty can match up to Lin Ge."