Seeing the group heading grandly to the next neighbourhood, Ye Chen had Chen Zekai drive the car to follow from a distance.
The next neighbourhood was even dirtier and more chaotic than the previous one.
There were also safe injection rooms here, and there were two. Around the injection rooms, as well as under the nearby overpass, a large number of addicts gathered, numerous in number, at least nearly a hundred.
Because there was an overpass passing through this neighbourhood, many addicts directly set up tents under the overpass. The tents were densely packed, at least forty or fifty.
The reason they all clustered here to set up tents was that although it could not block the wind, it could provide shade and shelter from rain. For the homeless, setting up tents here was the best choice.
And around these addicts, there were always some young people shuttling back and forth in the crowd. Unlike these addicts in rags, these young people were dressed flashy, even wearing exaggerated gold jewellery. These people were the gang members who specifically peddled prohibited goods to addicts.
Among them, a curly-haired youth with half black ancestry was puffing on a homemade cigarette, shuttling among this group of addicts.
He stared intently at a female addict counting banknotes. After the other party counted a pile of small-denomination bills, she said with a pleading face: “Liam, I’m still short thirty Australian dollars here. Can I give it to you tomorrow?”
The female addict was exactly the streetwalker who had come to hit on Chen Zekai earlier.
Liam said with a face full of contempt: “If you have no money, go sell yourself. Anyway, it’s not noon yet, plenty of time. Come find me after you’ve earned enough.”
The woman humbly begged: “I’ve gone a day without smoking, Liam. If this continues, I won’t even have the strength to take clients. Please give it to me first. I’ll do anything for you! Didn’t you used to like my services very much?”
Liam said disdainfully: “I’m now at least a full member of the Saint Blue Gang. If I accept your service again, do I still want face in the gang? You’d better stop talking nonsense and hurry up to make money.”
The woman’s expression was desperate. She wanted to continue begging but was afraid of angering the other party, caught in a dilemma for a moment.
Liam glanced at her, then raised his eyebrows and said: “How about this, not to say I don’t take care of you. I can give you the stuff first, but after you smoke, you have to work hard, try to take more jobs. Wait until eight o’clock tonight, I’ll come find you. Then you have to pay me back fifty Australian dollars with interest.”
“Fifty?” The woman’s expression was shocked. Owing thirty Australian dollars, and having to pay back fifty in one daytime, the interest was almost double. She had been on the streets for so many years and had never seen such a black-hearted gang member.
But right now, she had no choice. Her body and mind were suffering tremendous torment, could only bite the bullet and agree: “Okay, fifty it is!”
Liam skilfully handed her a small packet of prohibited goods, warning: “It’s a deal. If you can’t give me fifty Australian dollars by eight tonight, tomorrow it becomes eighty!”
The woman nodded like pounding garlic: “No problem!”
With that, she quickly took the prohibited goods and darted into a dilapidated tent.
Liam sneered twice, was about to find the next customer, when suddenly he heard someone shout: “Liam!”
He had just turned around when he saw a black shadow flashing towards his head.
Bruce Brown’s baseball bat went straight for Liam’s head, just like when he attacked Ye Chen earlier, already prepared to take the other’s life.
Liam was lucky and had rich street experience. Seeing the black shadow coming, he did not have time to figure out what it was, subconsciously twisted his head to the side first.
Immediately after, he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, his legs went limp from the smash.
It turned out that the baseball bat grazed his face and directly smashed into his shoulder, shattering his right shoulder.
The pain pierced Liam’s heart. After seeing who it was, he was instantly furious, cursing loudly: “Bruce Brown, you fucking little punk dare to hit me?”
Liam’s eyes were bloodshot: “Hit you? You’re underestimating me, Liam. Today I want you dead!”
With that, he immediately swung the baseball bat again, smashing towards Liam once more.
Liam had no weapon in hand. Seeing the other party out for blood, he could only stagger away, while Bruce Brown carried the baseball bat and chased after him in a leap.
The other group of young men also chased up like crazy, swarming, the scene extremely chaotic for a moment.
At this time, several other gang members saw the commotion and immediately rushed up.
Liam’s shoulder was severely injured, he ran stumbling, lost balance after a few steps and fell to the ground.
Bruce Brown seized the opportunity to rush forward, just about to smash Liam’s leg with one swing, when someone beside him pointed a gun at him and shouted angrily: “Put down the baseball bat!”
Bruce Brown was bloodthirsty, gritted his teeth: “No one can stop me today!”
Just after saying that, only heard bang bang two shots, his right leg was shot with two bloody holes, immediately his right leg lost control instantly, falling to the ground.
Immediately after, a crowd of gang members swarmed up, beat him half to death, and also pressed the other young guys to the ground for a burst of hammering.
This was after all the territory of Liam’s gang, also where they made money. Many little brothers gathered here and around, as soon as they saw trouble, they immediately surrounded.
Ye Chen saw Bruce Brown beaten beyond recognition, uncontrollably howling in pain, could not help but sigh, shook his head and said: “I thought this kid could be a tough guy and act out a few episodes of loser comeback. Unexpectedly, he got done in like this right from the start. What a waste!”
