Chapter 40

After Wen Dong and the others returned to the Northern Hotel, Xie Wen Dong told them to go home and rest. Everything could be discussed the next day.
“Really? Lao Sen, are you asking a young girl to follow me around all the time?” Xie Wen Dong looked at Jiang Sen in disbelief. Having a girl by his side day and night—what would happen to him if that really happened? He couldn’t even imagine it. At the very least, he couldn’t let Ying go home with him! His parents would never approve.
Jiang Sen said seriously, “Brother Dong! You need to realize that you’re no longer an ordinary middle school student. Your life is tied to the survival of the entire gang. If something happens to you, Wen Dong Hui will collapse within half a month. For your safety and for Wen Dong Hui, Ying must stay by your side!”
Hearing this, Xie Wen Dong felt a throbbing headache. He knew Jiang Sen made sense, but having Ying around was really inconvenient. Reluctantly, he said, “I can protect myself. I don’t think I need anyone else’s help!”
Jiang Sen shook his head, glanced around, and smiled at Xie Wen Dong. “How about this? Brother Dong, pick any five members from the Secret Team. If you can defeat them, it means you truly have the ability to protect yourself, and Ying won’t need to follow you. If you get beaten by them, Brother Dong, I think you’ll have to agree!”
The others present, like San Yan and Li Shuang, saw the excitement and suppressed their desire to go home to sleep. They watched Xie Wen Dong and Jiang Sen with smiles. Li Shuang even shouted, “Brother Dong, why be afraid? Fight them! I believe in your ability! Haha… Ugh!”
Annoyed by Li Shuang’s annoying high-pitched laughter, San Yan kicked him aside and said loudly, “Damn, how strong can the Secret Team really be? Lao Sen, it seems you’ve never seen Brother Dong fight. Even if it were five or ten people, Brother Dong wouldn’t care!”
Xie Wen Dong smiled upon hearing this. He actually agreed with San Yan’s view—the Secret Team had only been training for a little over a month. What achievements could they have achieved in such a short time? Nodding, he agreed to Jiang Sen’s request.
He randomly chose five members from the Secret Team and brought them into a spacious hall, locking everyone else out except Jiang Sen. Li Shuang was dissatisfied and muttered, “Why this trick again? Not letting us watch! Is Brother Dong afraid of losing face in front of us?!”
As soon as he finished speaking, two footprints appeared on Li Shuang’s buttocks—one from San Yan and the other from Gao Qiang… Zhang Yanjiang also wanted to kick him, but by the time he stepped forward, Li Shuang had already flown far away.

About ten minutes later, Xie Wendong and the others came out of the room. No one spoke. Xie Wendong walked up to Ying and said, “Come with me!” Then he called home, saying it was too far from school and inconvenient to commute back and forth, so he would live in the school dormitory from now on. After hanging up, Xie Wendong checked into a double standard room at the Northern Hotel.

Everyone asked Jiang Sen for the result, but Jiang Sen shook his head gloomily, said nothing, and went home by car. However, from Xie Wendong’s behavior, they guessed that Dong Ge must have lost! They just didn’t notice the sadness on Jiang Sen’s face.

Xie Wendong and Ying entered the room. Seeing her expressionless face, he wanted to tease her and said with a smile, “Ying, can you laugh?”

Ying was stunned and didn’t answer. She took off her coat and lay down on the bed. This made Xie Wendong’s face turn red. He thought to himself, This girl is really cool! Xie Wendong went into the bathroom to wash himself. After a fierce battle, he felt his body was covered in blood. Taking a shower would make him feel better mentally.

After Xie Wendong finished getting ready and lay down on the bed, Ying finally got up from the bed, her face slightly red, and walked into the bathroom. Xie Wendong couldn’t sleep. His eyes scanned the bathroom and he was stunned—turns out the bathroom door was made of glass. You couldn’t see anything from inside looking out, but you could faintly see in from the outside. Seeing Ying’s faintly naked body, Xie Wendong’s face immediately turned red. He thought, Didn’t Ying see me naked just now?

Thinking of this, Xie Wendong covered his head with the blanket and stopped caring about anything—sleep first!

The next day, Gao Zhen came to find Xie Wendong in person. After meeting, Gao Zhen laughed and said, “Brother, you really did well! That fight in the early morning was amazing. You didn’t kill Pang Jian, but you almost took half of his life!”

Xie Wendong was stunned and quickly asked, “Pang Jian isn’t dead?”

“Yes, but he’s seriously injured. A friend from the municipal party committee told me, haha~~~”

Xie Wendong shook his head and sighed. As expected, trouble came as he feared. The person he killed yesterday wasn’t Pang Jian after all. Xie Wendong expressed his doubts. Gao Zhen laughed after hearing this and said, “It’s not Sanyan’s fault. Pang Jian has an older brother named Pang Hua. The two of them look very similar, especially since Sanyan has never seen them before. The main fault lies with me—I didn’t explain clearly to you that Pang Jian had an older brother! Although Pang Jian isn’t dead, most of the core members of the Brotherhood Alliance are gone now, including his brother. Anyway, this is definitely good news! We’ll have much less trouble from now on, haha~~~”

Xie Wendong still felt sorry—it was just one step short! He asked, “Big Brother Gao, what are your plans for the future?”

Gao Zhen said, “While Pang Jian is seriously injured and in the hospital, let’s take over the Brothers Alliance in one go. By then, the underworld in City J will belong to the two of us! Hehe!”
Xie Wendong nodded. Gao Zhen was right—they couldn’t give the Brothers Alliance any chance to recover; they had to crush it completely! The two discussed the plan to work together against the Brothers Alliance for a long time in the room. Then, feeling relieved, they started chatting about everyday matters. Gao Zhen noticed the figure behind Xie Wendong, his eyes lighting up as he thought to himself, What a beautiful girl. Pointing at the figure, Gao Zhen asked, “Brother, who is this young lady…?”
Xie Wendong, embarrassed to say it was his bodyguard, made up an excuse: “She… she’s the deputy leader of the secret team. She’s extremely talented both mentally and physically—she’s my right-hand assistant!” Hearing this, the figure glanced at Xie Wendong and then turned away without saying a word.
Gao Zhen kept his eyes on the figure, finding her to have an extraordinary aura. He really liked her and found himself staring at her absentmindedly. Xie Wendong noticed his distraction but didn’t understand why. Pulling on Gao Zhen’s sleeve, he asked, “Brother Gao, what’s wrong?”
Gao Zhen suddenly snapped out of it, reminding himself that he wasn’t a lecher. But why couldn’t he stop thinking about this girl today? Sighing, he shifted the topic to Gao Huiyu to ease his embarrassment, though his gaze kept drifting back to the figure…
At noon, Gao Zhen insisted on taking Xie Wendong out for lunch, of course not forgetting to invite the figure as well. During the meal, Gao Zhen kept trying to start conversations with her, but she only nodded occasionally and never said a word. This made Gao Zhen feel like a failure, while Xie Wendong, though having known her for only a short time, already understood her personality and found it unremarkable.
That night, Xie Wendong gathered the key members of the gang at a hotel in the north. As Xie Wendong’s influence grew, the headquarters of the Xiedong Gang gradually moved to this luxurious and spacious hotel.
At the meeting, Xie Wendong first told everyone that Pang Jian wasn’t dead—he had been accidentally injured in an explosion. Everyone felt disheartened upon hearing this, but Xie Wendong encouraged them, saying, “It doesn’t matter that Pang Jian isn’t dead. Right now, he’s lying in the hospital and can’t do much. There’s no need to worry about that!”

As the guild grew larger, Xie Wendong asked everyone to choose a vice leader based on their own faction’s situation to facilitate better control. During the surprise attack on the Brothers Alliance’s headquarters, Xie Wendong realized the power of the secret team exceeded his expectations, so he asked Jiang Sen to expand the team but emphasized quality over quantity. Then he discussed the next attack plan against the Brothers Alliance with everyone. Since the Brothers Alliance was already weak, they simply discussed the plan briefly before deciding on it, and the meeting ended quickly.

Although Xie Wendong was somewhat disappointed by yesterday’s results, he still gathered everyone for a meal that evening. Under everyone’s “assault,” he drank until he was dizzy, and it was Sanyan and Ying who helped him back to his room.

When Xie Wendong woke up the next day, it was already past eight o’clock. He had been busy dealing with the Brothers Alliance these past few days and rarely went to school. Since the guild members were resting and he had nothing to do, he went to No. 1 Middle School with Ying. Without the training from Wendong’s group, the school seemed much quieter, but there were still many people. Ying undoubtedly attracted everyone’s attention. There were few women around Xie Wendong, so the sudden appearance of a beautiful girl made the students rush over to take a look. Xie Wendong felt annoyed and glared, causing everyone within ten meters to back away.

However, the news that Xie Wendong had a girlfriend spread quickly. At this point, Xie Wendong could be considered the pride and representative of No. 1 Middle School—anything that happened to him became known throughout the school immediately. The news soon reached Gao Huiyu’s ears. At first, she didn’t believe it; she knew Xie Wendong well, but since everyone said so, she couldn’t help but doubt it. A girl who was on good terms with Gao Huiyu confirmed it to her, saying she had seen it with her own eyes!

Gao Huiyu couldn’t sit still and rushed to Xie Wendong’s classroom to confront him. When she arrived at the door, regardless of whether class was in progress, she kicked it open with a bang and shouted, “Xie Wendong! Come out right now!” Her loud voice scared the teacher teaching in class, causing the reference book in their hands to fall to the ground.

Xie Wendong came out innocently, with Ying following behind as usual. Seeing Ying behind Xie Wendong, Gao Huiyu thought, “No wonder—she’s quite pretty!” Filled with anger, she opened her mouth to shout, but Xie Wendong quickly stepped forward and covered her mouth, whispering, “Let’s go outside and talk, okay? Don’t shout in the hallway; people will laugh at us!”

With Xie Wendong’s hand covering her mouth, Gao Huiyu became even angrier, convinced that the two must have some secret relationship. Thinking this, she grabbed his hand and bit it fiercely.

Xie Wendong was in so much pain that tears almost streamed from his eyes. He quickly covered his mouth with his other hand, afraid he might cry out. At that moment, Ying walked over, grabbed Gao Huiyu’s clothes, and pulled her outside without hesitation. This sudden move shocked Xie Wendong and Gao Huiyu into silence.