Ye Fan slept very restlessly that night. Besides the inexplicable flame in his body that was hard to extinguish, Liu Qin’s strange words also puzzled him. As for Liu Qin next to him, she seemed to be completely asleep and did not say another word all night.

　　However, while Ye Fan and Liu Qin were sleeping together, in the villa where Liu Tiannan, the leader of the Nanlong Gang, lived in the southern part of Linhai City, Liu Tiannan sat silently on a bamboo chair in the hall with a gloomy expression. In front of him, Liu Jun knelt and trembled. Apart from the two of them, there was no one else in the huge hall.

　　At this moment, Liu Jun was terrified. He had sent out more than a hundred men, but they were all wiped out by the other party alone. Seven of his brothers died, more than thirty were seriously injured, and the rest were all wounded. Some even fled Linhai City overnight for fear of being punished by him.

　　Although those were just peripheral members of the Nanlong Gang, they were still brothers of the Nanlong Gang. More than a hundred people went out to kill people with machetes and steel pipes, and they were all taken down by one person, with so many dead and injured. This was an absolute slap in the face, and even more so a slap in the face to the entire Nanlong Gang. If this kind of thing got out, how could Liu Tiannan continue to live in the underworld?

　　”Ah Jun, do you know you were wrong?”

　　Looking at Liu Jun kneeling on the ground, Liu Tiannan sighed softly. He had four children, three sons and one daughter. His daughter, Liu Qin, was the one he was most satisfied with, but it was a pity she was a daughter. The other two, while not outstanding, were at least capable of maintaining the family business. Only his youngest son, due to a lack of discipline, was utterly useless and more likely to cause trouble than anything else. If any other member of the gang had made such a mistake, he would have already ordered their hands crippled. But he was, after all, his son. Could he really bring himself to do it?

　　”Dad, I was wrong, I know I was wrong…” Liu Jun trembled all over, his head hitting the ground directly, and he said with a sob in his voice.

　　”Where did you go wrong?” Liu Tiannan asked coldly.

　　”I shouldn’t have mobilized the brothers in the gang for my own selfish interests, causing them to suffer an undeserved disaster…” Liu Jun said with a trembling voice, fearing that Liu Tiannan would order his hands to be crippled.

　　Upon hearing Liu Jun’s answer, Liu Tiannan sighed softly. That sigh was filled with disappointment, and besides disappointment, there was also endless self-blame. He had failed miserably as a father.

　　Mobilizing his gang members to teach someone a lesson for his own selfish gain was indeed a mistake, but that wasn’t the biggest one. His biggest mistake was not understanding the opponent’s strength. Over a hundred people were all defeated by one person, with so many killed or injured. That was the biggest mistake.

　　In the underworld, what matters most is face. As long as you’re strong enough, even if you kill someone, it’s no big deal. For Liu Tiannan, he’s not afraid of his son committing crimes, but he’s afraid of not even having the strength or courage to commit crimes. If the people Liu Jun sent really killed that guy, he would at most scold Liu Jun. But what would happen then?

　　More than a hundred people! Seven were dead, dozens were injured, and the rest were too scared to go forward. They were scared off by one person. This was a disgrace to the entire Nanlong Gang. If they didn’t get revenge, how could they continue to work in the underworld?

　　The other gang leaders would be laughing at themselves. They wouldn’t laugh at Liu Jun; they would only laugh at him for having a cowardly son.

　　“Go to the Hall of Enforcement to receive your punishment… five fingers…” Liu Tiannan sighed softly, then stood up from his seat and walked to the back without looking at his son again, while Liu Jun’s body trembled.

　　Do you want to cut off your five fingers?

　　That’s too cruel!

　　”Dad…I…” Liu Jun wanted to plead for mercy, but seeing Liu Tiannan’s aloof back, he swallowed the words he was about to say. He knew very well that his father’s decision had never been changed, and if he pleaded for mercy now, his father would only be more severe.

　　He stood up, completely disoriented, and walked out step by step. He was just a spoiled brat who relied on his father’s authority to act arrogantly and domineeringly. Now, his father was going to cut off five of his fingers. How painful would that be?

　　But he had no choice but to do as his father said, or he would lose everything he had…

　　Liu Tiannan walked directly back to the backyard of the villa and came to a courtyard house. This courtyard house was built inside the villa. Liu Tiannan was from Beijing and grew up in a courtyard house. He had a special fondness for courtyard houses. After settling down in Linhai City, he built such a courtyard house in his villa.

　　It was past five in the morning, and the golden sunlight could already be faintly seen in Linhai City, located in the east of China. Usually, Liu Tiannan would have already gotten up for his morning exercise by this time, but he had no interest in it at all. The Nanlong Gang seemed powerful, but in reality, it was on the verge of collapse. Besides lacking a strong backer in the government, the most important reason was that he was getting old and could no longer handle many things. Among his children, apart from his daughter, few of them had achieved anything. How could he hand over such a large business empire to his daughter?

　　Even if I hand it over to her, will my brothers below accept it?

　　Will his sons accept this?

　　Gazing at the rising sun in the east, Liu Tiannan sighed softly.

　　”Master Nan, all the information on that kid has been collected…” At this moment, a loud voice rang out from behind Liu Tiannan. Liu Tiannan turned around and saw Lin Long, the first general of the Nanlong Gang, walking over with some information and respectfully handing it to Liu Tiannan.

　　Liu Tiannan took it and looked at it: “Sikong Yanran’s nephew? I’ve never heard of Sikong Xin having any juniors.”

　　”It’s said that the kid is the grandson of one of Sikong Xin’s sworn brothers…” Lin Long explained from the side.

　　”Oh, then let’s spare that kid’s body for Sikong Xin’s sake…” Liu Tiannan said nonchalantly. He was just the grandson of a sworn brother, not a direct descendant of the Sikong family. Killing him was no big deal.