Insufficient balance

  Back in his apartment, Ye Yizhe took a comfortable bath.

  This apartment was given to him by the old man in his family, and Ye Yizhe took a look at it when he came. In this economic city, even if this land is not considered central, it still needs 300,000 to 400,000 yuan per square meter. This over 100-square-meter three-bedroom apartment, plus renovation costs, would cost around 5 million yuan. Ye Yizhe didn't doubt that the old man could come up with so much cash at once, what he couldn't understand was how this stingy and incompetent old man could bear to part with it.

  Looking at the swollen half of his face in the mirror, Ye Yizhe let out a bitter laugh. He had originally wanted to go for a spin around the campus, but now he looked like this, how could he go out? He thought about getting some ice from the fridge to apply to his face, but then suddenly remembered that he had just moved in yesterday and hadn't prepared any ice packs. All he could do was pour some water into the freezer for next time.

  Just then, Ye Yizhe's mobile phone rang, he looked at the caller ID and smiled as he pressed the connect button. A hurried voice came from the other end of the line: "Brother Ye, you've arrived in Jiangzhou?"

  Deafening, Ye Yizhe had already made preparations and hadn't put the phone too close to his ear, but he still felt the movement of the person on the other end yelling into the receiver.

  This guy is really going to be the death of me.

  "Hubert, when are you going to change your temper?" Yiyue didn't bother responding to him and instead scolded, "If you want to scare me to death, just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush. I'll put my ears right in front of you and let you shock me to death."

  "Yèzi gē, get used to it..." The voice on the other end of the phone said with a much softer tone this time.

  The person on the other end of the phone was named Li Hu, who had been his playmate since childhood and was two or three years older than him. However, due to Ye Yizhe's mature behavior since childhood, he willingly called him "Yezi Ge" and admired him from the bottom of his heart.

  A few years ago, Li Hu suddenly came to him and said he wanted to go out and make a name for himself. Li Hu, who had dropped out of school very early, left Qingyuan Province alone and arrived in Jiangzhou City. Since then, except for the usual New Year's greetings and safety reports, Ye Yizhe has not seen him again. Except for knowing that Li Hu was active in the Jiangzhou underworld, he didn't know much about other news.

  He knew he was in Jiangzhou, so when Ye Yizhe came to Jiangzhou to fill out his application, he just sent a message to tell Li Hu, and at the same time, he was wondering why this impulsive little follower who had been following him since childhood hadn't come to find him yet.

  Hearing that he was a bit normal, Ye Yizhe finally responded: "Arrived yesterday and went to Xiaopin Garden today."

  "Didn't even tell me you were coming." Li Hu muttered.

  Ye Yizhe smiled lightly and explained, "I arrived quite late yesterday, and today I had something to take care of in the morning. Master told me to head to Jiangzhou first and take care of it, so I just finished taking care of it and came back here."

  "Yes, Master's orders should be prioritized," Li Hu exclaimed after hearing the explanation, "Will Brother Ye have time tonight?"

  "Ah, I was just wondering where to go, how did you, a busy person, have time to take me out?" Ye Yizhe teased, because every time he contacted Li Hu, he was very busy, they were all clear that a person outside struggling, especially Li Hu's kind of mixed black, needed to pay attention to too many things, human relationships, sometimes Ye Yizhe also felt a little sigh, this little tiger who always followed him and called out "Yezi Ge", actually had a day to grow up.

  "Is there still time or not, it's all up to Brother Ye now. Since you have the time, I'll take Brother Ye out tonight to experience Jiangzhou's nightlife. Brother Ye, get ready, I'll come find you tonight."

  "Brother Hu, you have a dinner appointment with Brother Kun tonight." Suddenly, another voice was heard on the phone, presumably one of Li Hu's subordinates reminding him of his conversation.

  "He pushed me." Li Hu said without thinking.

  "But you and Kun Ge made an appointment a month ago."

  "Let you help me push it, then just help me push it, what's with all the nonsense." Li Hu said displeased.

  "Hey, Tiger, don't worry about it, you go take care of your business first. It's not easy to achieve what you have today after all these years outside. Can't afford to offend people easily." Ye Yizhe advised, but in his heart, he felt a surge of emotion. After so many years without seeing each other, he still had the same temperament as before - the sky was big, the earth was big, but Brother Ye was the biggest.

  "What's going on? Brother Yezi, wait a minute."

  Li Hu said, pointing to the side and shouting loudly: "Others are afraid of that Lao Meng Kun, but I'm not. You go tell him, Dong Cheng is my territory. If he dares to step over the boundary, don't blame me for turning against him. Today I have to accompany an important person, let him change his schedule. If he ruins my plans today, I'll make sure he doesn't live past tomorrow!"

  "This..."

  "Just say what I told you to say!" Seeing that he still hesitated, Li Hu exploded in anger, "Even if the sky falls down, I'll hold it up for you. What are you afraid of? You're just a small-time funeral doorkeeper, and yet you're making me look bad like this. How can we go on to conquer the world together in the future?! Let me tell you, the person on the other end of the phone is someone you can't even imagine, even if it's the King of Heaven himself, he'll have to give way to me!"

  "What Brother Tiger said."

  Waiting for the footsteps of that little brother to gradually fade away, Li Hu picked up his phone again and said to Ye Yizhe: "So, Brother Ye, it's settled like this. You tell me the address, and I'll come pick you up tonight. Although Tiger is not doing well and has lost face in front of you, as a local, he should still be able to take advantage of you a few times."

  Ye Yizhe cursed and scolded "You bastard", then reported the address to him, and hung up the phone. At this time, Ye Yizhe, who was originally sitting, suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Damn it, how can I show my face to people!"

  Saying that, a wave of depression hit me, and I felt like crying but had no tears. If only I had known it would end up like this, I wouldn't have gone to provoke the "young lady" of the Mu family.

  Around 5:30 in the evening, Ye Yizhe heard a knock at the door outside, accompanied by an unceremonious and rude shout: "Brother Ye, open the door quickly."

  Laughing, he opened the door to his room. A big and tall man jumped onto him, tightly hugging him and rubbing against him nonstop until Ye Yizhe couldn't take it anymore and pushed him away. Only then did Li Hu say: "Brother Ye, I've missed you to death."

  "If you go on like this, I'll be choked to death by you."

  Li Hu's build wasn't particularly impressive, but compared to Ye Yizhe, he was definitely a big guy. Suddenly bursting out with such an immature side made the few younger brothers following him stare at each other in confusion, thinking to themselves, "Is this still the Tiger Brother who was going to lead us to conquer the entire Jiangzhou?" This seemingly weak and younger pretty boy was actually someone who could make Big Brother act so carelessly?

  Their idea Li Hu naturally wouldn't pay attention to, after hearing Ye Yizhe's words, Li Hu scratched his head awkwardly, loosened his grip on Ye Yizhe's arm, and just smiled at him without saying a word. At this moment, Ye Yizhe felt that this man who had been wandering outside for so many years, no matter how many subordinates climbed to high positions, was still the little tiger in front of him, very pure.

  Ye Yizhe, who was originally dissatisfied with Li Hu's dark past, had all his dissatisfaction disappear into thin air at this moment.

  "Come in and sit down." Ye Yizhe looked at several people standing at the door, it's not a big deal, pulled Li Hu over and said to the two people who followed him.

  The two of them were taken aback, hastily shaking their heads: "No way, we'll just keep an eye on things from the entrance." As they spoke, they couldn't help but steal glances at Li Hu, having sensed that this young pretty boy carried significant weight in their boss's heart. They feared that if they accidentally misspoke, their boss would take notice and they'd be out of luck.

  "Come on in, he won't do anything to you." Ye Yizhe glanced at the two of them and guessed what they were thinking. Seeing that the two people were hesitant, he turned to Li Hu and said: "What's wrong, doesn't Brother Ye's words count?"

  "How is that possible? Brother Ye's words are imperial decrees!" Li Hu looked at the two of them sternly and said, "From today on, Brother Ye's words are my words. Even when our words conflict, I will unconditionally listen to Brother Ye's. Do you understand?"

  Yeyizhe laughed and scolded: "How can you say that I'm like Dongfang Bubai?"

  "Heh heh, this way they'll remember it more deeply."

  A few people followed Ye Yizhe into the living room, and Ye Yizhe looked at Li Hu and asked: "How have you been in recent years? It must be very hard for you. I haven't asked about your affairs all this time, but now that I've arrived in Jiangzhou, it's only natural that I wouldn't remain indifferent."

  Li Hu nodded and said, "It was indeed very hard when I first came. Every day had to go to the fire fight, after all, living on the knife's edge. These two years have been a bit better, forming a not-too-big-or-small gang, now basically the entire eastern part of Jiangzhou is within our jurisdiction, belonging to the Qingbang direct control, also has the right to speak. Of course, these are nothing in Yezi's eyes, if Yezi were here, I'm sure he would have already eliminated the Qingbang."

  The two people who followed were another shock, a newly established gang within three or four years, under the leadership of a young man in his early twenties, has become one of the top forces in Jiangzhou. Such an existence is not considered an achievement in the eyes of this young man? The two couldn't help but feel a bit skeptical, thinking that Tiger must be trying to flatter him, and anyone else would have done no better.

  Ye Yizhe shook his head and said, "You overestimate me. I can give you advice, but if I were really in your position, I wouldn't be able to do better than you. As I've said before, although I don't want to admit it, you're born for the underworld, only here can you find a place to exert yourself. And this time I came is to attend school, by the way to investigate my identity, not to come out and mix."

  "What's going on? Master hasn't told you about this matter?" Li Hu asked in puzzlement.

  Ye Yizhe shook his head, "You don't understand Master. He would only tell me that if I have fate, I will naturally know, and if not, then it's useless even if he says anything. However, he couldn't bear my and the mistress' requests, so he mentioned Jiangzhou, which is why I came here."

  "Brother Yezi, don't worry, once I take down the Green Gang, I'll mobilize the entire Jiangzhou Gang to find her for you."

  "You go join the gang yourself, I'm not interested." Seeing Li Hu's face suddenly turn sorrowful, Ye Yizhe couldn't help but knock him on the head and say: "I promised you, if you have any trouble, I'll help you take care of it. Isn't that enough?"

  "I knew Brother Yezi was the best." Li Hu immediately smiled with joy.

  "Don't forget it's you who has something going on, not your gang!" Ye Yizhe reminded.

  Li Hu nodded and said, "Don't worry, Yezi Ge, this is enough. There's nothing major that I won't come to bother you with. Just wait for a year, and I'll hand the Qing Bang over to you."

  At this time, Li Hu grasped his fist tightly and looked into the distance with a spirited appearance, as if he had seen the Qing Bang under his control. The two people who followed him were shocked again. What kind of existence is the Qing Bang? They knew it better than anyone else. Since its establishment, the Qing Bang has been the actual controller of Jiangzhou's underground world, with a history of over 100 years. No one would have thought of replacing it. As long as you are in Jiangzhou, you must follow the rules of the Qing Bang, even if the government often has to buy its account. It can be said that it is an existence like the underground emperor of Jiangzhou.

  But immediately their eyes on Li Hu turned scorching hot, if everything became a reality, then the ones who followed him today would definitely become the existence under one person and above all others. Although they didn't know why Li Hu made this sudden decision, they would never know, only when Ye Yizhe was by his side could Li Hu do anything without worries.

  He is the sky.

  This is Hu Zi, also known as the man who would later be called the true Emperor of Jiangzhou. One time, when reminiscing about past events in front of others, he lay on a rocking chair watching the sunset, sipping two small cups of wine, and then suddenly said one sentence.