The security captain's office, gleaming with gold, was filled with smoke.

Chen Feng sat in the large executive chair that originally belonged to the black leather man, flipping through the work schedule for the past few days. Da Zhuang was wiping down the two entrenching tools beside him, while Monkey was organizing the rumors gathered from various sources.

Although things appeared calm on the surface, Chen Feng knew that Zhao Biao, that venomous snake, was lurking in the shadows, flicking his tongue.

"Ring ring—" A sudden, urgent phone ring caused the Nokia to fall to the ground.

"Hello, who is it?"

A pig-like roar came from the other end, accompanied by a heavy accent:

"Fengzi! You son of a bitch! You're living the high life in the city, while I'm stuck in this village taking the blame for you! I got beaten up like a pig's head, have you no conscience?"

Chen Feng held the receiver a little further away, picked at his ear, and couldn't help but smile: "Er Gou? How come you're still alive?"

"Pah! Even if you die, I won't!" Chen Fang (Er Gou) on the other end of the phone was furious. "Do you remember that scoundrel you cracked his skull on? That bastard was discharged from the hospital the day before yesterday! He brought a bunch of people and blocked my door, saying he would take his anger out on me if he couldn't find you! Tell me, didn't I take this beating for you?"

"Did he really hit you?" Chen Feng asked.

"They really fought?" Chen Fang sneered. "That bastard brought seven or eight people to block my way at the village entrance. First, he demanded that I call you out. I told him you went to work in Donghai, but he didn't believe me and started hitting me with sticks. I'm not exactly a martial arts expert, so I dodged a few blows, but in the end, I got ambushed from behind and beaten up. But I didn't let him get away with it. That son of a bitch is in the hospital again."

"Haaha..."

"What are you laughing at!" Chen Fang cursed again, "But then again..."

His voice suddenly changed, revealing a hint of nonchalant smugness, "The beating wasn't for nothing. I ran to his pigsty tonight and set it on fire. Now they're searching the whole village for his pigs, hehe."

Chen Feng imagined the scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud: "His behavior of stealing watermelons when he was a kid hasn't changed at all."

"Go to hell!" Chen Fang spat, then sighed. "Anyway, I don't want to stay in this lousy village anymore. You're doing really well for yourself in the East China Sea."

Chen Feng sighed, "The East China Sea is not like our village; the waters run much deeper."

「废话!」陈放冷哼,「不深我来干嘛?我都想好了,老子再在村里待下去,不是被张三狗那帮人整死,就是被我爸逼着娶个狗剩似的女人生孩子。倒不如去你那儿,哪怕当你小弟,起码挨揍有人给我兜着。」

Chen Feng remained silent for a few seconds.

"The East China Sea is not paradise," he said slowly. "Here, people fight with knives and sticks, not tree branches; what you lose may not be face, but your life."

"Don't try to scare me," Chen Fang interrupted him. "We've been arm wrestling with wild boars in the mountains since we were kids. We even dared to chase and beat up that boar with the broken tusks. What are you afraid of?"

"I've already bought the ticket. I'll be arriving at Donghai Railway Station tomorrow night. You better fucking show up at the station entrance to pick me up."

"Okay." Chen Feng lit a second cigarette. "Call me when we get there."

"Alright, it's settled then." Chen Fang's tongue twitched, and he returned to his carefree tone. "If the two of us brothers team up, we'll turn the East China Sea upside down."

After hanging up the phone, the night breeze was a bit chilly.

Chen Feng looked up at the blurry neon lights in the distance, his gaze gradually becoming deep.

—My brother's here, just in time.

...

The next evening, at Donghai Railway Station.

In the bustling square, Chen Feng spotted Chen Fang squatting by the flower bed at a glance.

It's too conspicuous.

This guy was 1.8 meters tall, as strong as a black bear, wearing a faded camouflage vest that revealed his bulging muscles. A huge woven bag sat at his feet, and he was gnawing on half a dried-out bun. Passersby walked around him, afraid this "beast" might suddenly attack.

"Er Gou!" Chen Feng called out.

Chen Fang suddenly looked up, saw Chen Feng, threw down the steamed bun in his hand, and charged over like a tank.

"Fengzi! I missed you so much!"

Two grown men embraced tightly in the bustling square, pounding each other's backs with muffled "thumps".

"Go easy! You're going to beat the crap out of my breakfast." Chen Feng laughed as he pushed him away, looking him up and down. "Not bad, you've gotten even stronger in the last few months. Is the injury on your face alright?"

Chen Fang touched a bruise on his cheekbone, grinned, revealing a set of bright white teeth: "It's nothing, just a superficial injury. That scoundrel didn't get away with it either; I broke two of his fingers. But I can't stay in the village anymore. The village chief and his men were trying to arrest me, so I ran away over the mountains overnight."

"Perfect timing." Chen Feng took the incredibly heavy woven bag from him. "The East China Sea is a deep sea with lots of turtles, we're short-handed. Come on, let's go get some meat!"

"Meat?" Chen Fang's eyes lit up instantly. "I want braised pork! And beer! The whole journey on that old-fashioned green train was suffocating me with that stench of feet!"

……

Chen Feng took Chen Fang directly to a food stall near the Golden Splendor.

Monkey and Dazhuang had already received Chen Feng's notification and were waiting there.

When Monkey saw Chen Feng leading an "iron tower" over, he almost dropped his cigarette.

"Wow... Brother Feng, is this the childhood friend you were talking about?" Monkey swallowed hard. "This guy must have grown up eating animal feed, right?"

Da Zhuang was also a trained fighter, and the moment he saw Chen Fang, his eyes ignited with fighting spirit.

"Let me introduce you." Chen Feng patted Chen Fang on the shoulder. "This is Chen Fang, my childhood friend, nicknamed Er Gou. From now on, we're like brothers."

"This is Monkey, quick-witted; this is Dazhuang, quite agile."

Chen Fang didn't stand on ceremony. He plopped down on the cheap plastic chair, making it creak. He grabbed a bottle of beer from the table, cracked it open with his teeth, and gulped it down in one go.

"Ha—that's awesome!" Chen Fang wiped his mouth, looked at Da Zhuang, and chuckled, "Brother, you're pretty tough, you've been training?"

Da Zhuang said in a low voice, "I've trained for a few years."

"Want to spar sometime?" Chen Fang clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking. "In the village, I can only fight cows, it's boring."

"Alright, let's eat first." Chen Feng interrupted the staring contest between the two. "Er Gou, now that we're in Donghai, we need to change our rules. Don't be so quick to resort to violence; the thugs here all wear suits."

"I'll do as you say." Chen Fang grabbed a pig's trotter and started gnawing on it, saying indistinctly, "Fengzi, whoever you tell me to bite, I'll bite. I won't let go."

After a few rounds of drinks, Chen Fang had already downed eight bottles of beer and three plates of braised pork, leaving Monkey dumbfounded.

"Fengzi," Chen Fang burped, then suddenly became serious, "On the way here, I saw several bread trucks following us. Do you have enemies?"

Chen Feng paused with his chopsticks, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

Although Er Gou looks rough, it's a hunter's intuition honed in the mountains, more accurate than radar.

"Hmm, there are a few flies," Chen Feng said casually. "I was worried we wouldn't have enough manpower, but since you're here, why don't you play with them?"

Chen Fang's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he crunched a pork bone in his teeth. "Damn it, you're already stretching your muscles after just arriving? This meal wasn't a waste! Fengzi, what do you say we do?"

Chen Feng glanced at the shadows in the distance and sneered, "No rush, let them follow for a while. They need to be well-fed before they can beat the dog."

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