Xiao Feng held his breath. The call got through and hearing the beep, his heartbeat sped up.

  F*ck, he had never been so nervous even if it he was under a storm of shots and shells.

  The woman on the other end of the line, answer the phone!

  Xia Yanran had found a new job. In order to adapt to it quickly, she often worked overtime and came back late.

  After taking a bath, she heard her phone ringing. Wrapping a towel around her, she ran out quickly.

  Seeing the caller ID, Xia Yanran was stunned.

  Although she had deleted Xiao Yi’s number, she could not forget that series of numbers.

  It was as though it was imprinted into her mind.

  Xia Yanran lowered her eyes and was silent for a few seconds. She wanted to hang up, but her fingers accidentally clicked on the answer button.

  Seeing that the call was connected, she had no choice but to say ‘hello’.

  But the person on the other end of the line said nothing, and soon, the call was hung up.

  Xia Yanran looked at the screen of her phone and furrowed her eyebrows.

  A few seconds later, she received a text message.

  The man who hung up sent two words over. “Wrong number.”


  Xia Yanran threw her phone away and sat on her bed in a daze……

  On Xiao Yi’s side.

  Xiao Feng looked at the man who was standing in front of him with one hand on his waist and the other holding his phone. “B-Brother Xiao, a-aren’t you asleep?”


  Xiao Yi’s expression was dark and he dropped his phone to the ground.

  The screen of the phone was broken like cobwebs.

  His gaze was sharp and he looked at Xiao Feng coldly.

  Xiao Feng was usually dignified in front of the other brothers, but in front of Xiao Yi, he was a wimp. He did not seem like someone who was going to be the boss soon.

  “Brother Xiao, actually I……” Before Xiao Feng could finish, he was grabbed at the collar by Xiao Yi and lifted up by him.

  Xiao Yi said coldly. “Who asked you to call her? Do you have too much time on your hands?”


  Xiao Feng looked at Xiao Yi’s bloodshot eyes and said, his teeth chattering, “Boss, you’ve worked hard to achieve all this, and even the words ‘Xiao Yi’ make people fearful. You’re standing at the top of the pyramid but you’re letting those people you’ve stepped under beat at you with a stick. Some of them are your enemies and hate you to the core. Will they let you be alive if you let them hit you?

  “Yes, I wanted to call Xia Yanran and tell her that for her, a man was willing to give up his life!”


  Xiao Yi pushed Xiao Feng tp the wall, his right hand clenched into a fist, wanting to punch him. But Xiao Feng raised his chin slightly, preparing to receive Xiao Yi’s punch. “Boss, if punching me can let you change your mind, I don’t mind being beaten to death by you!”


  Xiao Yi stared fiercely at Xiao Feng. After a while, he let go of him. Walking to the window, Xiao Yi lit a cigarette and said in a deep and hoarse voice, “Feng Zi, why don’t you understand? Me leaving the company has nothing to do with Xia Yanran. It’s because I don’t want to live this kind of life anymore. If I die, I may be able to be an ordinary person in my next life and live a normal life!

  “Listen to me, don’t contact her anymore. Even if I die, find a cemetery and bury me. Don’t tell anyone.”


  Xiao Feng’s eyes turned red when he heard Xiao Yi’s words……

  On the day of Xiao Yi’s withdrawal, hundreds of people came.

  Ninth Master and several respected elders sat on the master seat, and the in-charges stood in two rows, each of them holding a fist-sized stick.

  When Xiao Feng came with Xiao Yi and saw all those people who were full of murderous intent, he wanted to stop Xiao Yi, but thinking of what he had told him that night, he still went forward and stood beside Ninth Master.

  Xiao Yi was dressed in black, and under his black hair, his handsome carved-like face was cold. Ninth Master asked Xiao Yi again if he was willing to endure this torture. He nodded.

  “Let’s start!”


  Xiao Yi clenched his hands into fists and walked slowly forward.

  The first person to swing the stick saw Xiao Yi coming and he said with a dark expression, “Master Xiao, I didn’t expect that you would choose such a way to leave the company. I respect you as a man, but when you were following Second Master Qin, you killed several of my brothers and I’ve always remembered this hatred.”


  Xiao Yi said with no expression. “Come on.”


  “Okay.” The man then swung the stick at Xiao Yi’s back, hard.

  Xiao Yi’s back bent by the blow and his face was tensed, his hands clenched tightly into fists.

  He slowly walked forward.

  The man who had hit Xiao Yi saw that Xiao Yi had straightened his back again and he could not help feeling a sense of admiration for him in his heart.

  The second person looked at Xiao Yi. “Master Xiao, you have to endure 100 hits, I’m afraid that this day next year would be your death anniversary. I’m from Xing’an Company. That time my sister was interested in you, but not only did you reject her, she was almost raped. I won’t show any mercy to you today.”


  Xiao Yi looked at the person and smirked. “Your sister tried to drug my drink in the bar. I’m just paying her back in the same manner, letting her have a taste of what it felt to be drugged. The drug took effect and she got hooked up with another man, can you blame me for it? But you can hit me as hard as you want. I won’t fall that easily.”


  “Okay.”


  Bam! Another hard blow smashed against his body.

  After thirty to forty hits, Xiao Yi’s forehead was full of cold sweat and his back was not as straight as it was at first.

  By the 70th beating, his back was not straight anymore.

  Blood trickled down from his back and the heavy stench of blood lingered in the air.

  Xiao Yi raised his hand and wiped at the sweat that was rolling down from his forehead, his face had already turned pale.

  But there was a bloodthirsty and murderous air around him. He did not restrain it, although he was in a terrible state, he was still full of murderous intent.

  “Master Xiao, although our company and your company did not get along well and often snatched each other’s businesses, you didn’t kill us. I won’t hit you hard with this stick.”

  Some people wanted Xiao Yi to die, but some could not do it.

  Xiao Yi had already gone through the first 90 beatings, but there were still ten hits left. He looked at the ten people in front, none of whom were kind-hearted.

  One of them was Ku Li.

  Ku Li could not stand Xiao Yi for a long time. When Xiao Yi came up to him, he did not hit Xiao Yi on the back like the rest. Instead, he hit him directly on the back of his head.

  Xiao Yi blacked out and his body swayed before falling to the ground.

  “Boss!”


  Xiao Feng wanted to go forward but Ninth Master pulled him back.

  Xiao Feng eyes turned red.

  A bright red trickle came out of the back of Xiao Yi’s head and he lay sprawled on the ground, motionless.

  Ku Li jabbed Xiao Yi’s shoulder with his stick. “I’ve only used five percent of my strength and he can’t take it? Useless.”


  Xiao Feng looked at the gloating Ku Li and gritted his teeth. “Five percent? Ku Li, how is that five percent? It’s clear that you used more than that! My big brother did not agree to work with you and you wanted him dead! I’ll put it out here today. Even if my big brother quits the company, I, Xiao Feng, will never cooperate with a person like you!”