Ch28 - Singing the Greatest Show (5) — Boss Ye, Feel Free to Start

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The group went straight to the Li residence. Li Huang heard that someone from Yishui Building was coming and hid in the room while shivering. But then he thought, his father is Master Li and his cousin was Second Master He, what was he afraid of? 

Immediately, he swaggered out and confronted Boss Ye.

Master Li was not in the house, and the Eldest Young Master, Li Lian, went to find Second Master He in his mansion. So the whole residence was dominated by the only son of the first wife, Li Huang. When Su An entered the hall, he saw the fourth Young Master of the Li family sitting on the master’s seat.

Li Huang sipped the tea, while looking at Ye Su’an with a smile, and said strangely: “Yo, Boss Ye, what are you doing? Are you going to bring someone to smash up our Li residence?”

“Dare not,” Ye Su’an usually smiled more, even when he was not smiling, his red lips were still slightly curved, “Young Master Li, I just came to ask you a question, can you tell the truth?” 

Li Huang was tickled by his look, he coughed a few times, and his attitude became better, “I will naturally speak well when Boss Ye asks.”

“I heard that Young Master Li kept Ji Yusheng from our building in the Li residence yesterday.”

Li Huang answered with a guilty conscience: “I heard him sing a good song, what, he can’t stay after giving him silver yuan?”

“But he didn’t just sing songs,” Ye Su’an’s face turned cold as he sat on the carved wooden chair, “I also hope that Young Master Li can give an explanation.”

Li Huang was even more guilty, with cold sweat on his head, he glanced around, the servant of his own courtyard stood outside the doorway. But then he immediately felt like him being scared like this was really shameful, so he viciously slammed the table, “Boss Ye, what do you mean?!”

Su An remained motionless, “Yusheng’s throat is swollen, and the doctor hasn’t come out with the result yet, but it’s probably not getting better. If Yusheng loses his livelihood as a singer, he would have to trouble Young Master Li to take out the money that would allow Yusheng to eat and drink for the rest of his life. If Yusheng is lucky to speak again, then Young Master Li will have to give him more money. Yusheng’s face was hurt, although he can sing, he can’t go on stage, and his heart will only be more bitter.”

You have to pay anyway, either more or more.

Li Huang stood up abruptly and shouted angrily: “Ye Su’an, don’t be shameless!” 

The strong servants hurriedly surrounded the people in the Yishui Building. Surrounded by this group of people, except for the bold and powerful, Chang Shi, everyone else was a little timid.

When Li Huang saw it, he laughed and said proudly: “Boss Ye, are you still going to continue now?”

Ye Su’an pursed his lips and the color of his lips turned white with force. He clenched his fingertips on the dark carved table wood that contrasted his skin like white jade.

Li Huang deliberately insulted him, “Boss Ye, you came to my Li residence to find trouble, and my Li residence can’t just be embarrassed by you. But if you sing a song for me in front of everyone, I will pretend that nothing has happened today.” 

Ye Su’an was arrogant in his bones. He used to bend down to climb up, but now that he has climbed up, he will never bend down to anyone at will. He stood up, then in front of Li Huang’s teasing smile, he abruptly drew a gun and pointed the black hole pointed directly at Li Huang’s head, “Young master Li, today you either take money to compensate Yusheng, or give up your life to admit your mistake.”

Li Huang’s expression was distorted, and he exclaimed: “——gun?!”

Several people in the room had their legs weak.

Ye Su’an held a gun for the first time, but his hand was very steady. He looked straight at Li Huang, “Young Master, what do you plan to do?” 

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“I don’t believe you will shoot,” Li Huang trembled, his teeth kept bumping into each other, and he was so scared, “B-boss Ye, my father is the deputy leader of the Chamber of Commerce in Jincheng. Don’t think you can walk sideways in Jincheng with Jiang Zhengrong behind you!”

Su An felt it was funny. It was you who was pointed at by a gun, are you still threatening me?

Big brother, I am already fired up. Do you believe it? I could immediately perform a 360-degree backflip trick just to shoot you.

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Su An took a sideways glance, Master Li hurriedly walked over with his crutches, and his face turned ugly as pig liver. He Changhuai and Li Lian were following behind him. Su An’s eyes circled around He Changhuai. He Changhuai was watching this scene with raised eyebrows, his full lips were raised, and he didn’t look unhappy.

Su An retracted his eyes. 

Seeing that Ye Su’an was still pointing a gun at his son, Master Li scolded him even more harshly: “Ye Su’an, who gave you the ability to point a gun at someone! Who gave you this gun?! Where is that person?! Go get me the police, call the police!

“If you really dare to feed my son a bullet, Boss Ye, I’ll make it difficult for you and your Yishui Building tonight!”

Ye Su’an was still steadfast, without the slightest stage fright, and everyone present began to tremble, wondering where Boss Ye got the courage, could it be that he is crazy?

At this moment, Su An suddenly said, “Second Master He, do you think I’ll have no way to live if I fire this shot?” 

Master Li’s hair stood up in anger and tipped off his hat, and was about to ridicule what this had to do with He Changhuai, when He Changhuai laughed loudly. The ash scarf he was wearing was pressed down by his heavy black coat, “Boss Ye, feel free to start, I, He, will naturally keep you safe.”

“…” Master Li’s chest heaved violently, he couldn’t believe it, “He Changhuai!”

Su An laughed twice, “What the Second Master said, can it be taken seriously?”

He Changhuai, “I, He Changhuai, put my words here and say one and mean just that.” 

“The Second Master is a hero.” Su An’s voice was very good and it has a strong penetrating tone. It was a pleasure to listen to him. He Changhuai was called a hero, not to mention, his ears actually rose a piece of red.

Su An continued to say slowly: “Master Li, did you hear what the Second Master said? You say, I dare not fire this gun now.”

Li Huang was pointed by a gun, tears and snot kept flowing down, “Boss Ye, don’t you just want money, I’ll give it! Can’t I just give you the money!”

“How much?” 

“You can have as much as you want! I beg you to raise your hand high and quickly put away this thing, what if it goes off?”

Su An put away the gun, but the faces of several Masters and Young Masters of the Li Family were not very good. The housekeeper went to get the silver yuan and bank notes, and Chang Shi took the money before Su An stepped forward and smiled at Master Li, “Master Li, I have offended you.”

Master Li glared at him with a dark face.

“It’s just that the fourth Young Master must settle this matter today,” Su An said softly, “The last time he played an actor to death it spread throughout wind and rain through the town. If this happens again, what do you think we should do?” 

Master Li’s expression twisted, and he held his cane tightly without saying a word.

Ye Su’an glanced at He Changhuai who was on the side, although he didn’t say anything, it seemed like a thousand words had been passed on, “Then I’ll leave, Master Li, you don’t need to send us.”

After that, he took the Yishui Building troupe and left calmly. He Changhuai couldn’t help chasing his back, but could not see too clearly amidst the overlapping shadows of people.

“Changhuai, ah,” Master Li tried to soften his tone so as not to anger his nephew, “Were you the one who gave the gun in Boss Ye’s hands? Aiya, how can that thing be given to people casually! Look at today, Boss Ye dares to point that gun at your cousin, this is your cousin! If something really happens, you can hardly avoid guilt in your heart, look at Ye Su’an, he now bullied us, you this…alas.” 

He Changhuai withdrew his smile, his eyebrows looked very cold, “Uncle, are you saying that I did something wrong?”

Master Li was left with a cold sweat on his forehead, and immediately wanted to beat himself awake, “No no, I didn’t mean that.”

“Better not,” He Changhuai said lightly, tilting the brim of his hat with his black leather-covered fingers, “You’d better not think about getting into trouble with Boss Ye either. If I remember correctly, to give you a reminder, that gun still has six rounds of ammunition in there. I have already assured Boss Ye that the shooting is fine, if the Boss Ye really gives you a bullet, this matter can only be suffered in vain.”

Master Li shuddered, and Li Lian stood aside. He looked at He Changhuai who he had been playing with together everyday for the past few days, and felt a bit of coldness suddenly rose. 

He also wondered, why was He Changhuai’s reputation in the north so savage? These days, he was obviously just one of the young people in a new faction who were good at talking to each other. But it turned out that He Changhuai’s nature was so ruthless that even his cousin would only suffer for nothing.

Just because of the words from Boss Ye.

Li Lian felt a chill in his heart and warned himself to be more careful.

Su An took the people back and went straight to Ji Yusheng’s resting place. Who would have thought that there would be screams in the backyard before they arrived. 

“Yusheng!!!”

“Don’t——”

“Get back here!”

Su An’s scalp exploded, and he picked up his cheongsam and quickly walked to the backyard. He walked faster and faster, and finally ran. The people on the road were all looking confused, wearing dark blue and green and black clothes, running around. The distant sky overcast, dark and dreary shroud. 

The members of the troupe lived in the large courtyard at the back of the theater. A white figure was desperately running at the front, and when he saw Su An and his group who came in a hurry, although his bruised wound on his face was terrifying, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, and he went straight to the dry well in an instant.

Su An’s heart skipped a beat: “Stop him!”

The person who was chasing Ji Yusheng behind him, stretched out his hand, but he wasn’t able to do something in time. With a “thud”, Ji Yusheng jumped into the well.

An actor in Yishiu Building was dead. 

Counting the weather in the middle of winter, it was not uncommon for a person to die in the snow occasionally. When the actor jumped into the well, he followed the pebbles thrown into the lake, and after a few ripples, it quickly calmed down.

Su An sealed the dry well. Ji Yusheng had no parents, relatives or friends. So in Jincheng, he only knew the people from the same opera troupe. Su An instructed people to buy good clothes for Ji Yusheng with the compensation money from the Li family, and burned them all to Ji Yusheng.

There were cries in the theater, and the theater master slapped himself several times with red eyes, and then scolded: “That fourth young master is really not a fvcking human being!”

Although the person was dead, the business in the theater has to go on. The list of scheduled performances has already been released, but for the next drama play, only Ji Yusheng can sing it in the entire opera troupe. Ji Yushen is now gone, and they are still looking for a good actor, who can sing. 

After listening to several plays, Su An was always dissatisfied.  Finally, after the rehearsal, he took the initiative to go to several theater groups to borrow people.

Yishui Building always had no shortage of opera troupes setting up the stage. Boss Ye’s reputation was resounding, but after Ji Yusheng’s incident, everyone avoided Su An. It was either an excuse for not having time or an excuse for having a sore throat. Su An went back and forth a few times and understood that it must be Master Li who was up to no good.

Su An’s lungs hurt from anger during the night, so he has to pretend to be calm during the day. He can’t find a good Jiao'er. Yishiu Building has always performed without any wind and waves in the past few days, and they have been scolded a lot, and even the profit decreased by half. 

Fortunately, Master Li didn’t dare to offend him too hard. A few days later, the theater troupe rushed to Yishui Building again, and the business went back to normal, but Su An, who had been running a lot in the past two days, was sick.

He had a fever, he lay in bed and couldn’t get out of it. After Jiang Zhengrong heard of it, he brought a Western doctor to diagnose and treat him.

Jiang Zhengrong walks very slowly, and it was hard to tell that he was lame. He wiped the sweat on Su An’s neck full of distressed, “Why is it so serious?”

Yu Qiong was on the side, preparing a large quantity of tea leaves, his eyes were fixed on the ground, motionless like a piece of wood. 

After the doctor left the medicine, Jiang Zhengrong asked the cause of the matter, Su An intermittently told him, with a pity in his pale face, “A good living person was forced to die just like that.”

Jiang Zhengrong sneered, then he raised his robe and sat aside, while kept holding Su An’s hand during the whole process, “Either way, how could the Li family be so powerful? I, the Chairman of a small Chamber of Commerce, was nearly crushed by Master Li. Their business is not doing well, but they are very ostentatious. In the final analysis, is it not because of their reliance on the He family, their relative in the far north?”

Su An closed his eyes wearily, “Not really.”

“He Changhuai this person, and the Li family is also a nest of snakes and rats,” Jiang Zhengrong suddenly changed his tone, “Su An, in a few days the Chamber of Commerce will discuss with He Changhuai about shipping goods to the north. When that time comes, you will sit by my side, don’t go anywhere, and don’t speak, do you understand?” 

Su An nodded, he smiled and teased, “President Jiang, I remember, you can rest assured.”

After Jiang Zhengrong left, he closed his eyes and rested.

In Jincheng, Jiang Zhengrong was the one who keeps his words. His desire to control Su An was getting stronger and stronger, and his behavior was becoming more and more excessive. If this continues, Su An may become his bird in the cage sooner or later. This can’t work, he has to find someone who can fight against Jiang Zhengrong, break Jiang Zhengrong’s control over him, and form the most stable triangle method.

And his candidate, He Changhuai, was very suitable. 

But He Changhuai doesn’t like men.

Su An licked his lips and smiled again.

The first few times, He Changhuai looked like he doesn’t hate men either, so this was just right. If they were neither closed nor distant, wouldn’t it be the most appropriate to refuse and welcome?