Zhao Dalong explained, "To outsiders, members of Longsheng Gang are rich and powerful. But they don't know our boss Xu Longsheng is ill-tempered. He always scolds or hits us for no reason. If I made any tiny mistakes, he would beat me hard. Brother Fang, I dare not tell anyone else about this. You are my brother, and I trust you. If our boss knows what I said, he would kill me."
Fang Shen was taken aback. "What? The rules of Longsheng Gang are so strict. Why don't you leave?"
Zhao Dalong scratched his hair and flashed a row of teeth. "Life and death are decreed by fate. I believe I'm a lucky dog."
Fang Shen sighed with resignation and decided to tell him his intention as Zhao Dalong was such a simple-minded person. More importantly, Zhao Dalong treated him as his brother.
"Take me to your boss. There are some questions I'd like to ask. After that, I will kill him and make you the new head of Longsheng Gang. But you must promise me that you won't hurt innocent people in the future. Otherwise, I will not spare you."
Where human exists, power and fight occur. This is unavoidable.
Where there is light, there is shadow. Fang Shen was well aware of that.
The death of Xu Longsheng would leave his party without a leader. In order to gain more power and privilege, the gangsters would fight like cats and dogs. Fang Shen must do something to avoid further bloodshed.
He made his choice to help Zhao Dalong take over Longsheng Gang so that the Jianghai County would not be affected.
Though Zhao Dalong was not some kind-hearted man, he was filial to his mother and loyal to his friend. Fang Shen believed that Zhao Dalong would not go too far.
Fang Shen had originally planned to have Zhao Lu take over Longsheng Gang, but Zhang Lu behaved badly in the past. Zhao Dalong was a better option to Fang Shen.
Zhao Dalong was shocked by Fang Shen's words. After a long pause, he asked in disbelief, "Brother Fang, are you cracking a joke? You want to kill our boss?"
His eyes widened as he regained some composure. "Brother Fang, you must be joking! I know you are skilled in kung fu, but our boss is much stronger than you. More importantly, he has guns. You are no match for him. As your brother, I can't watch you committing suicide. Brother Fang, just listen to me, go away and forget about our boss."
Fang Shen answered with a smile, "I'm not kidding. Just take me to your boss."
"NO!" Zhao Dalong insisted. "I won't let you die. I know I'm not a good person, but I'm a man of conscience. Your parents used to treat me well. I must do something for them."
"Come on! Look at me!" Fang Shen had no other option but to show him his power. He grabbed a pair of iron chopsticks and twisted them together just with two fingers.
Zhao Dalong widened his eyes and asked, "Brother Fang, how did you make it? Our boss once did it too."
Fang Shen's face sourced at Zhao Dalong's words. According to him, Xu Shenglong might have entered the state of Inner Force; otherwise, he was unable to twisted two iron chopsticks together.
Combining with what Liu Huihe had said, Fang Shen figured that Xu Longsheng might have something with the people who had planned to kidnap his parents.
Xu Longsheng's father once helped those people to set up a trap for Fang Shen's parents, but was killed by Fang Shen's father. After Xu Longsheng's father was killed, his gang vanished.
Maybe Xu Longsheng was a gifted person in martial arts, so those people took him back and taught him kung fu. Xu Longsheng went back to Jianghai County recently.