Chapter Fifty-Seven: Leaning Against a Big Tree is Good for Cooling Off

  "Old Master Sun, I admit that what you said is very tempting, whether it's your status in the Northwestern underworld or the financial power of the Sun Group, it's hard to resist. I agree with you, but I hope you can understand that I'm not agreeing because you can help me. I just treat you as an elderly senior, I have no relatives, and I can empathize with your feelings. I hope our relationship is only about kinship and doesn't involve any interests." Tang Feng thought for a moment before speaking his mind, he admitted that what he said was somewhat hypocritical. Kinship? It's impossible to talk about emotions with an old man he just met. He said so because he wanted to find a way out for himself and the Huaxing Society, to avoid offending Old Master Sun while also preventing him from interfering with the development of the Huaxing Society. For the Huaxing Society, Tang Feng hoped that through his own efforts, it would grow stronger, and relying on external forces would only cause it to gradually lose its fighting spirit.

  Liu Bo saw Tang Feng agree, and he himself also relaxed, nodding his head and smiling at Tang Feng. He was really afraid that Tang Feng would not agree, then Tang Feng's only way out would be death. For Tang Feng, he still had a lot of appreciation.

  "Haha, okay, although I don't know if you're sincere or not, since you've agreed, from today on, you are my grandson. Xiao Liu, go and prepare, 3 days later we will hold the ceremony to recognize him as my grandson here, at that time I want all the big shots of the northwest underworld to be present." Old Master Sun was very satisfied with Tang Feng's response, he naturally knew what Tang Feng was thinking in his heart, but this didn't matter to him, what he wanted was just a qualified successor, if Tang Feng could make great achievements through his own efforts, that would prove that he hadn't chosen the wrong person.

  The stone in his heart was finally put down, and when he saw Liu Bo wink at him on his way out, Tang Feng's mood improved a lot.

  "Are you Zhao Ze? Well, from now on I'll just call you Xiao Ze. Since you don't want to use my help to make Hua Xing Society bigger and stronger, then let's do it your way. It's a good thing that young people have ideas and enthusiasm. Hua Xing Society is doing quite well at the moment, but I suggest you don't rush into development just yet. In just a few short months, Hua Xing Society has achieved impressive results, but similarly, rapid growth also brings internal problems, right? You should first sort out your internal issues before seeking further development. If you need my help, just let me know."

  Old Master Sun was in a good mood now that he had a grandson. He wasn't surprised to learn about Tang Feng's fake identity; with his influence in XA, it would be easy for him to find out information about the few of them. Old Master Sun was indeed an old hand at this - one sentence and he hit the nail on the head regarding Hua Xing Society's weaknesses.

  He nodded and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Sun. You're right, Huaxing Society is not suitable for expanding its power at the moment. For now, Huaxing Society will focus on recovery and digestion of XA. We'll make new moves after stabilizing our internal situation." Just as he was about to call him Old Man Sun, Tang Feng suddenly remembered that he had already agreed to acknowledge him as his grandfather, so he obediently called out "Grandpa".

  Leaving Sun Lao's house, Tang Feng returned to the villa and saw a table full of sumptuous dishes and Wang Sheng and Xu Qiang drooling at the side of the table. Tang Feng had a warm feeling, which he hadn't felt since leaving home.

  "Why aren't you eating?" Tang Feng asked with a happy smile on his face.

  "Boss, you're really unlucky. It's not that we don't want to eat, it's just that Feifei won't let us eat. Today's dishes were all made by Feifei himself, and he said if you didn't come back, we wouldn't be allowed to eat." Seeing Tang Feng return, several people came up to greet him, and Xu Qiang said with some frustration.

  "Oh? Feifei has this skill too? Hmm, just looking at it I know it's definitely delicious." Tang Feng said to Feifei.

  After several people sat down, Wang Sheng and Xu Qiang raised their wine glasses at the same time, but Guan Zhiyong stopped them with his eyes, looking at Tang Feng and asking: "Boss, what did Old Man Sun want to see you about?"

  Tang Feng picked up the dish and put it in his mouth, chewing a few times before turning to Fei Fei with a thumbs up: "En, not bad, Fei Fei's cooking skills are really good! You have to make this for your brothers often from now on." Only then did he tell them what had happened.

  After Tang Feng finished speaking, several people were all agape, they couldn't believe there was such a good thing. Guimian said: "It seems that last time Old Man Sun called us to the Sun Mansion was just to choose a successor, I thought he just wanted to choose one of us to rule XA." Guimian had no relatives, now they were all brothers from their own family, so naturally they also invited him.

  "This is great, with Old Master Sun's backing, it'll be hard for us to keep a low profile. As long as he helps us out, becoming the overlords of the northwest is just around the corner." Wang Sheng used to hang out in XA, so he naturally knew about Old Master Sun's influence.

  "No, no, no. What we need is not that. If he helps us, it will be easy to dominate the northwest, but have you thought about it? The Huaxing Society has been too smooth sailing all the way, if it continues like this, we will lose our fighting spirit, a dull life will grind down our claws, and the younger brothers will also become arrogant and decadent because of the easy victory. What can we do when we encounter strong enemies without sharp claws in the future? Wait for death?" Tang Feng shook his head and said calmly to Wang Sheng.

  Guan Zhiyong nodded and said, "The boss is right. Without experiencing storms, we will never be able to grow up. The current situation is very favorable for us. The recognition ceremony three days later will let all the big brothers in the northwest know that Huaxing Society has someone backing it, so we can take advantage of this time to adjust our internal affairs and digest our current territory."

  Xu Qiang scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, and asked: "What's the difference? Once Old Man Sun publicly acknowledges Eldest as his son, how is that different from him helping Huaxing Society dominate the Northwest? It's just a matter of directness versus indirectness."

  Tang Feng and Guan Zhiyong exchanged a smile, and Guan Zhiyong patted Xu Qiang's shoulder, saying: "Left hand, you finally learned to think about the problem, not bad, not bad. However, things are not as you thought, it's just this direct and indirect, although one word is different but the gap between them is huge. These old black societies talk about loyalty, if Old Man Sun directly said his son wanted to unify the northwest, these big shots would likely join or quit Huaxing Society. But Old Man Sun only acknowledged the big shots as his sons, those big shots at most would just give some convenience to Huaxing Society in the future, but when it comes to their northwest territory, they wouldn't give it away for free, people are selfish after all. Anyway, Old Man Sun didn't explicitly say anything, so they naturally pretended to be stupid."

  Xu Qiang still looked puzzled, and several people shook their heads and continued eating.

  "It seems that your ambitions are quite large, one northwest is not enough to satisfy your appetite. For many people on the road, becoming the boss of a large area is a lifelong dream." Guimian smiled at Tang Feng, but that smile was somehow sinister.

  Put down the chopsticks in his hand, Tang Feng looked at the ghost face and stretched out a finger to shake it: "You're wrong, it's not our wild ambition. Including you, we can sit at this table together for dinner, which proves that we are all one family. Don't separate yourself from now on, understand? As for this question, hehe, it's actually very simple. Having a goal gives us motivation. Maybe we don't have the power to do so yet, but as long as we work hard towards this direction, we won't necessarily fail."

  The demon's body trembled slightly, and without a single relative, he couldn't help but be moved by Tang Feng's words. However, deeply understanding the world's survival of the fittest, he liked to hide his weakness deeply. Just one tremble, the demon returned to normal and said to Tang Feng: "Although I don't think Huaxing Society can go that far, I'm looking forward to an exciting life."

  Tang Feng smiled lightly and didn't say anything. The ghost mask hid it well, but Tang Feng still caught that slight tremble.

  "Alright, the dishes are getting cold! Today is New Year's Day, and after today we'll all be one year older. I wish you brothers a smooth and successful new year!" Feifei raised her wine glass with a smile, loudly declaring this - it was also the first New Year's Day she spent with her brothers.

  "Alright, let's borrow Feifei's words, new year new atmosphere, we will definitely get better and better, cheers!" Tang Feng shouted loudly, raised his glass and clinked with everyone, taking the first sip.