A miraculous doctor descended from the heavens.

From afar, Gu Feng could see several cars parked outside his courtyard wall, their shadows looming over them, each seemingly carrying a number of people.

He immediately became alert.

They've come at the perfect time; I've been holding in my anger all night and have nowhere to vent it.

He clenched his fists, preparing to rush up and drag everyone out of the car to give them a good beating, when the door of the lead van suddenly opened and a woman got out.

Gu Feng looked closely, and his clenched fist slowly relaxed.

The person who arrived was not that damned rapeseed, but Ding Hanhan.

Ding Hanhan didn't say anything, but rushed over and buried her face in his chest, her voice low and hoarse: "Where did you run off to?"

It turns out that after the five hall masters, Bazi, Baolong, Da'erlong, Lanmei, and Longqi, were taken down for their rebellion, the four old hall masters, Longtai, Zhang Santao, Qiu Qianli, and Wang Han, also fell from power.

With nearly half of the nine branches of the Yihe Gang gone, Ding Hanhan was forced to face a major reshuffle.

This matter is of great importance, and she dares not be negligent in the slightest. She intends to have her carefully selected successor meet with Gu Feng so that he can personally oversee the selection.

Ultimately, they still wanted to firmly grasp the power of these nine halls in their own hands and Gu Feng's.

To her dismay, starting at night, his phone was switched off, and he couldn't be found at her house, which made Ding Hanhan extremely anxious.

Finally, having no other choice, he led his personal guards to wait outside the Su family's gate.

After hearing the whole story, Gu Feng felt ashamed.

Even if you beat him to death, he couldn't bring himself to say that he had been stripped naked by a woman and tied up on the mountain.

Such a shameful thing, which would bring shame upon one's ancestors, is best left to Heaven and Earth to know.

So he mumbled, "Uh, well... I have something to do tonight, so I didn't bring my phone."

"Can you please give me a break from now on? Stop being so forgetful. You're the son-in-law of Yihe now, after all. Once you take over the Nine Halls, the hall masters will all have to follow your lead. What will we do if we can't find you when it really matters?"

Ding Hanhan scolded them, but she didn't dare to be too harsh in her tone.

Gu Feng is her man, not her follower, yet he has a terrible temper and is stubborn. If you really piss him off, that's when things get really troublesome.

Unexpectedly, this time Gu Feng didn't confront him directly. Instead, he surprisingly agreed, saying, "I've got it. There won't be a next time. Let's go. Take me to meet those future hall masters."

Ding Hanhan was somewhat surprised, but mostly delighted, and immediately led him into the nanny van.

As soon as he got on the bus, Gu Feng saw a face that was all too familiar to him—it was his senior brother, Li Xiaolan.

"Young Master Feng!" Li Xiaolan greeted him immediately with a smile.

Gu Feng blushed with embarrassment: "Senior brother, don't make fun of me like this. It's one thing for others to laugh at me, but you have to join in?"

"No, things are different now. I've left school and am no longer your senior. Now that I've joined Yihe, I'm a newcomer, and you're the son-in-law. There's a difference in status. If you continue to be as disrespectful as before, you won't be able to get along in the future," Li Xiaolan explained with a forced smile.

Gu Feng thought about it and realized it made sense. It seemed that Li Xiaolan had truly grown a lot after this ordeal, and his temperament was much more stable and mature than before.

"Well... how about this, from now on, when there are no outsiders, I'll still call you Senior Brother; when there are outsiders, I'll call you..."

"Little Li," Ding Hanhan chimed in from the side.

"Little Li?" Gu Feng felt a chill run down his spine. This sounded just like that little eunuch in the palace.

"Yes, right now, Little Li is my personal secretary," Ding Hanhan said with a smile.

"Huh? How come...aren't you one of the nine candidates?" Gu Feng asked in confusion.

"Oh my god, my dear son-in-law, do you think it's so easy to become a candidate for hall master? Those nine are all seasoned veterans in the gang, not only experienced but also with one merit after another. Only by letting them go up will the brothers be truly convinced. Little Li is a newcomer, without any achievements to speak of, and frankly, he hasn't even figured out the rules yet. Let alone being a candidate for hall master, even making him a small leader would be difficult for him to control. Yes, I have power, and it wouldn't be difficult for me to parachute down a hall master, but that would be far from good for Little Li. The underworld is not like the legitimate world. In the legitimate world, you have background and connections, so you can always make a living; in the underworld, it's all about hard work. Everyone who climbs up does so through real fighting and risking their lives. Pushing him up now is not showing him respect, it's harming him. Keeping him by your side, letting him understand the affairs of the hall, and letting him climb up steadily step by step is the most appropriate way," Ding Hanhan said slowly.

After hearing these words, Gu Feng fell silent. He glanced at Li Xiaolan, who was busy making phone calls—sometimes notifying the various hall masters, sometimes arranging hotel private rooms—and couldn't help but sigh softly.

In the matter of Li Xiaolan, he was acting out of personal feelings; Ding Hanhan, however, was thinking about the bigger picture.

It seems like everyone is moving forward.

Su Man'er is working hard to run the pharmaceutical factory, Li Xiaolan is trying to adapt to his new business, and Ding Hanhan is learning to be a good leader of Yihe.

On the contrary, he himself not only made no progress, but was also stripped naked and tied up on the mountain by a little girl.

Thinking of this, Gu Feng couldn't help but feel disheartened.

By now, Li Xiaolan had arranged everything. Although he was a bit flustered, nothing went wrong.

Seeing that Gu Feng remained silent, she assumed he was worried about his own affairs, so she smiled and comforted him, "Young Master Feng, don't worry about me. I feel fine now. Miss is right, one must take things one step at a time to feel at ease. If you asked me to become a big shot or a hall master right now, I would feel uneasy."

Gu Feng nodded. They wouldn't understand his own thoughts.

It was nearly midnight when the convoy arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel. A group of prospective hall masters, who had been notified by Li Xiaolan, were waiting at the entrance to greet them.

Among the nine people, Gu Feng saw many familiar faces.

Needless to say, Fourth Brother, as well as Anan, Pretty Girl, Stone, and Old Knife, were all people he had met that night when he was with Shi Yurou.

Now four more have been added, one of whom is particularly striking – the bald man.

Baldy deserves immense credit for successfully eliminating Long Tai's gang, and his promotion to hall master was naturally met with no objection.

As they entered the hotel lobby, Gu Feng deliberately lagged behind a few steps, pulled the bald man aside, and whispered inquiries about Qi Bingqing's recent situation.

Although the bald man wasn't sure what the relationship was between Gu Feng and his sister, he had a pretty good idea of ​​what it was.

Such matters as love between men and women are not something he, as the older brother, can control.

If this powerful son-in-law was determined to make his sister a concubine, he had no choice but to watch helplessly. After hesitating for a moment, he told him about Qi Bingqing.

Not only did Liu Lei and his family escape danger, but they also benefited from the misfortune. Ding Hanhan regarded them as the most loyal leader of the group and entrusted them with important responsibilities, increasing their territory and number of subordinates.

During their time in Huicheng Township, Liu Lei's family lived under the same roof as Gu Feng.

Gu Feng and Qi Bingqing's intimate moments, shared in the same bed at night, could be kept secret from the child, but not from Liu Lei and Ye Lifen.

Ye Lifen noticed that Qi Bingqing and Gu Feng had a close relationship. In order to curry favor with this son-in-law of the gang leader, once the Longtai matter was settled, she handed over the newly renovated Paramount KTV to Qi Bingqing to manage, and even promised him a 40/60 profit split.

Now, Qi Bingqing is practically the boss of Paramount.

Hearing what the bald man said, and learning that Qi Bingqing's status had also risen along with it, Gu Feng finally felt relieved.

That woman was not only alluring with her eyes and brows, but she was also incredibly maddening in bed, and she never asked for anything in return.

If I want to drink in the future, I'll have a great place to go.

At the Shangri-La Hotel, Gu Feng and a group of prospective hall masters toasted each other, calling each other brothers and getting along very well.

They chatted until 2 a.m. before finally parting ways, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

When Gu Feng returned home, Shi Yurou was already asleep.

He drank quite a bit tonight, but he didn't get drunk, and naturally, he didn't cause any more drunken misbehavior.

I quickly washed my face and was about to go upstairs to rest when I suddenly heard a faint noise outside the courtyard wall—three or four cars had silently stopped outside.

Gu Feng instantly became alert. Listening closely, he heard seven or eight people getting out of the car tiptoeing towards the courtyard gate.

He acted decisively, rushed into Shi Yurou's room, pounced on the bedside, and shook the sleeping Shi Yurou awake.

Shi Yurou was having a dream when she was suddenly shaken awake. When she opened her eyes, she saw Gu Feng standing at the head of the bed, looking at her with a strong smell of alcohol. She was startled.

My first thought was: Is this guy drunk again and about to cause another messy scene with me?