Chapter 1115 — He Brought It on Himself
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Going to stop them would have been nothing short of courting death!
"Young Master Wen, what are we supposed to do now?" Xiao Luozi looked a little panicked. "Master Li is dead — the fight ring has no one to hold the fort!"
"Losing the one who held the fort is the small matter. The real problem is how we're going to explain this to the Fire Wolf Gang. As long as the Fire Wolf Gang has no objections, they'll probably send us a new fighter soon enough!" An Liwen was not the least bit grieved over Master Li's death. Dead was dead — the two of them had never gotten along anyway. But Master Li was, after all, a fighter sent by the Fire Wolf Gang, and it would be hard to answer to the higher-ups.
"Young Master Wen, this is actually easy enough to explain!" Xiao Luozi thought it over and realized he was right. If the Fire Wolf Gang wanted the fight ring to keep turning a profit, they would certainly send another fighter. The main problem now was how to smooth over Master Li's death — and on that score, Xiao Luozi had an idea.
"Oh? Let's hear it!" An Liwen said quickly.
"Young Master Wen, we simply tell the higher-ups the truth. Master Li brought it entirely on himself. He took a fancy to a decent girl, but never expected her man to be so formidable. The man came looking for him and killed him with a single punch!" Xiao Luozi thought for a moment, then said, "Young Master Wen, come to think of it, you ought to lodge a complaint against him with the higher-ups too — say Master Li wouldn't listen to you, that he was arrogant and domineering, that he brought disaster on himself by trying to take a woman by force. If he'd listened to you and not gone out stirring up trouble, he wouldn't have been beaten to death!"
"Not bad at all, Xiao Luozi. You've got a head on your shoulders!" An Liwen nodded in approval. "Good. I'll make the call right now."
"Heh heh, Young Master Wen flatters me!" Xiao Luozi chuckled. "Isn't it all thanks to your guidance?"
"Mm, you may go for now." An Liwen waved a hand, signaling Xiao Luozi to leave. When he spoke with his father and the Fire Wolf Gang, no one else could be allowed to hear — not even Xiao Luozi.
Once Xiao Luozi had gone, An Liwen hurriedly dialed his father An Mingyue's number.
"Hello? Jianwen, why are you calling me at this hour?" An Mingyue was dining with the deputy helm of the Fire Wolf Gang's northern branch when An Liwen's call came through.
"Dad, something terrible has happened. Master Li has been beaten to death!" An Liwen said.
"What? Master Li beaten to death? What happened — how did something like this come about?" An Mingyue was stunned, then his brows knitted tight.
Today, the deputy helm of the Fire Wolf Gang's northern branch had been treating him to dinner on the helm's behalf. The real meaning of this meal was to affirm An Liwen's recent achievements. The underground fight ring had been established only a short time, yet it had already raked in several billion in capital — a veritable king of money-making!
An Liwen's speed at pulling in money was the fastest in the Fire Wolf Gang's history. The helm of the northern branch intended to promote and reward An Liwen appropriately. An Mingyue had been delighted — but who could have guessed that at this very juncture, something would go wrong?
Over on the other side, when the deputy helm of the Fire Wolf Gang's northern branch heard An Mingyue's words, his expression changed at once. His face darkening, he asked, "Mingyue, what's going on? How did Master Li die?"