Chapter 29: Those Unknown Things

  "Ah Wei, you're awake." Chen Qili and Wu Dun walked to Wang Wei's bedside and asked. "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for what happened that day. If it wasn't for your help, I might be lying in the morgue now," Wang Wei replied with a smile.

  "He dares, who dares to move a finger on you?" Just as Wang Wei finished speaking, he saw Wu Dun behind Chen Qili open his eyes and shout loudly.

  Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao next to him were frightened by Wu Dang's sudden shout. Chen Qili turned his head and stared at Wu Dang, then turned around and said to Wang Wei: "Ah Wei, you're being too polite, I've already told you that your father and I have a life-and-death friendship. If you don't mind, call me Uncle."

  Wang Wei saw that Chen Qili had said so, and didn't see an outsider, he put away his smile, his face serious as he looked at Chen Qili and asked: "Uncle, you've always said that my dad had a life-and-death friendship with you, but I've never heard my mom mention you guys before. Can you tell us what happened between you two, and why my father died so early?"

  Chen Qili had actually anticipated that Wang Wei would ask about his father's affairs, and during the few days when Wang Wei was unconscious, Chen Qili also thought about whether or not he should tell Wang Wei the truth. After repeated consideration, Chen Qili felt that he should inform Wang Wei about his father's past, after all, as the only child of his elder brother, Wang Wei had the right to know about his father's past. Moreover, Chen Qili believed that his elder brother was a man of great integrity and that Wang Wei should be proud to have such a father.

  Chen Qili glanced at Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao beside the hospital bed, Wang Wei nodded in understanding, facing Lin Fengjiao and Lin Qingxia said: "Fengjiao you go out with Qingxia first, I have something to talk to Uncle Chen," Lin Fengjiao saw Wang Wei's serious face, so she nodded and went out with Lin Qingxia.

  Chen Qili looked at Lin Fengjiao and Lin Qingxia, who had already left, before speaking: "Ah Wei, your father is a man of great integrity."

  "In 1949, I had just retreated from the mainland and was only nine years old at that time. My father lost a leg in battle and thus lost his ability to work. The livelihood of our family depended entirely on my mother."

  Moreover, as an outsider, I often suffered bullying from the locals. If it weren't for your father, I would have starved to death long ago. At that time, your father was still single and hadn't met your mother yet. Your family lived next door to mine, and your father was an orphan who came from the other side as a soldier, so he often helped my family out. The funeral expenses for my father were even paid by your father.

  Later I grew up a bit, because I couldn't bear to be bullied by the local people, so I followed Sun Dage and others to establish the Zhonghe Gang. The brothers in the gang were all sons of military personnel, from the same village, many people had received help from your father, so when building the gang, everyone recommended that your father become the big brother, but for some reason, your father firmly disagreed, so Sun Dage took over as the leader of the gang, however, your father was still considered the highest leader in the gang.

  Because your father didn't like gang activities, Sun Dage gradually became the actual leader of the gang, which also caused Zhonghe to deviate from its original purpose. Later, Sun Dage was caught by the police for accidentally killing a younger brother of the Four Seas Gang, and Zhonghe fell into disarray.

  "At that time, everyone was confused and many people either formed their own gangs or joined other powerful gangs. The Zhong He gang was on the verge of disbanding when Brother Zhao suggested bringing your father back. When your father learned about the current state of the Zhong He gang, he was extremely angry but still agreed to help our leader reorganize the gang's power."

  "But your father still didn't want to be the leader, and this time everyone felt sorry for your father so they decided not to set up a leader position. To the outside world, it was said that it was out of respect for Big Brother Sun that this position was not established, and the new gang was renamed Bamboo Forest Alliance."

  The Bamboo Union also regained its former power under your father's leadership, and even became more prosperous. In the year '57, because your mother gave birth to you, your father, who was originally unwilling to get involved in the underworld, wanted to live a more stable life.

  "Because of the resurgence of the Bamboo Union, the Four Seas and Wen Shan gangs, which had a vendetta with the Chung Yee Association in the past, became restless. In '59, the Dead Sea gang joined forces with Wen Shan and other gangs to attack the Bamboo Union. At a critical moment, your father returned to the gang, but the enemy's power was too great, so even if your father was very powerful, he couldn't turn the tide. During that siege, your father was stabbed to death by those people in order to protect us. Although I still haven't seen your father's body, even a top tiger would be unable to escape from being surrounded by so many people."

  Chen Qili closed his eyes in despair, and a teardrop rolled down his cheek. Who says men don't cry? They just don't get heartbroken.

  Chen Qili said to this, Wu Dun on the side also spoke with red eyes: "I will avenge my brother's grievances. If it weren't for my brother, I would have starved to death long ago. My father was blown off his leg by a shell on the battlefield, and our family has been supported by my brother all along. Although I call you Father Brother, but Brother is almost like my own father."

  Chen Qili calmed down for a while, wiped away her tears and said: "After that, I helped the other brothers in the house to find you and your mother, but it turned out that your mother had already taken you away."

  "It's been over ten years, I've been asking around about you and your mother's whereabouts. If it wasn't for that day when I saw you at the luxurious hotel and felt that you looked especially like your father when he was young, maybe I still wouldn't have found you and your mother now."

  Just as Chen Qili was saying this, Wang Wei suddenly remembered the man who had looked at him with ambiguous eyes in the rich hotel that day, wasn't it Chen Qili? That's why he looked so familiar.

  Thinking of this, Wang Wei finally understood why his mother was crying that day when he and Lin Fengjiao returned home. He had also seen Chen Qili and Wu Dun in a not-too-distant place from home that day, and it seemed they had met his mother.

  Chen Qili finished talking about Wang Wei's father, Wang Zhaofu, and the room fell silent. After a long while, Wang Wei finally spoke up: "Uncle Chen, since everything has been clarified, I think there's something that must be reminded of you." According to Wang Wei's memory, it was around the end of this year that Chen Ren, a core member of the Bamboo Union Gang, absconded with the gang's funds, making it difficult for the gang to operate normally.

  Later, another member, Zhang Ruhong, killed Chen Ren in front of the police. This incident caused a great sensation in the Taipei area and was seen as the mastermind behind the scenes, Chen Qili, who was also arrested and sentenced to 6 years in prison.

  While the Dead Sea Gang took advantage of the situation to expand its territory, the Bamboo Union's power was greatly reduced. So after learning about his father's connection with the Bamboo Union, Wang Wei felt it necessary to remind Chen Qili, "Ah Wei, what's up, speak up." Chen Qili looked at Wang Wei and said.

  "Uncle, although I don't understand the gang's affairs, I think every organization needs expenses to maintain itself, right?" Wang Wei thought for a moment and said. "This is certain, a group of brothers eating, drinking, and having fun, everything can't be separated from money, so money is very important to a gang." Chen Qili didn't know why Wang Wei suddenly mentioned the matter about money.

  "Uncle, what I want to say is that the person managing the gang's finances must be one of our own people." Wang Wei thought for a moment before saying. "This must definitely be one of our own people, what's wrong? Ah Wei, why did you suddenly bring this up?" Seeing Chen Qili's nonchalant expression, Wang Wei secretly sighed inwardly and said: "Nothing, just suddenly remembered, so I reminded Uncle Chen."

  PS: Brothers, do you have any recommendation tickets? I'll give two, and also give two evaluation tickets.