Chapter 46 - Chapter 46: Chapter 23: Replacing the Old with the New (1/2)

Chapter 46: Chapter 23: Replacing the Old with the New

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Pei Yue had called round and failed to get through, which only served to stoke his anger to the boiling point.

Just wait!

Once he got his hands on those little bastards, he was determined to make them regret it.

At this moment.

Pei Yue raged for a while, and then forcefully calmed himself down before making a call to his superior.

He had only joined the gang this year. In contrast to the other small-time hoodlums, he had education, a degree, and there was a ferocity in his fighting that others lacked. This enabled him to earn the appreciation of the gang’s leader despite his short time in the organization, and now he had already risen to a position of minor leadership.

For people in their gang, going to prison was a common occurrence. It hadn’t been Pei Yue’s intention to bother those above him with such matters, but since his subordinates had displayed such audacity, he felt compelled to report to his superiors.

Pei Yue tried calling several of his contacts higher up the chain, but to his astonishment, he couldn’t get through to a single one.

Pei Yue’s expression began to shift.

Was something not quite right about this situation?

He clenched his teeth and dialed the last person on his list—the individual with the highest rank he had encountered in the gang.

This time.

The call actually connected.

Pei Yue’s face lit up with relief, and he hurriedly said, “Boss An, I’ve got…

“What ‘Boss’ are you talking about?” came a stern voice from the other end of the line.

This was not the voice of his boss!

And it sounded vaguely familiar!

Before Pei Yue could collect his thoughts.

The person on the other end seemed to glance at the phone screen, then spoke with slight incredulity, “Pei Yue, right? You just got out of our detention center today. You wouldn’t want to return so soon, would you? This An Qiang, he’s been arrested for multiple legal violations and criminal activities. He probably won’t have the chance to see the outside world again in this lifetime. You’re lucky, boy, because you’ve only been in the gang for a short while. We’ve looked into it, and you’ve only gotten as far as brawling, not touching the truly dark levels of crime. If you keep it straight from now on, there’s still a chance for you to turn over a new leaf! But if you continue to act recklessly, next time, it won’t be so easy to let you out!”

With each word, Pei Yue felt a chill in his heart. He remembered now; this was the detention center chief’s voice. He had been in contact with the man often enough to recognize his voice.

“I… I understand,” Pei Yue said through clenched teeth, responding with some humiliation.

“Don’t let me catch you again!” warned the chief, before hanging up the call.

Pei Yue held onto his phone, momentarily dazed and unsure of what to do next.

Was the gang he had struggled so hard to join now just disappearing into thin air?

Without its support, how could he get revenge on Ye Xiao, on the Ye Family?

No, that wasn’t right, he wasn’t alone, he still had Bingtong!

Yes, he still had Bingtong!

Like grasping at the last straw, Pei Yue dialed Bingtong’s number.

The Ye Family.

As Bingtong stared at the blinking characters “Pei Yue” on her screen, her heart twisted painfully.

Pei Yue must have been released.

It made sense, after all, the nature of his case wasn’t so severe; they couldn’t keep him locked up for long.

But.

She had promised the Ye Family that she would no longer have any contact with Pei Yue.

Although they hadn’t forced her to delete his number from her phone, to Bingtong, this latitude felt more like a test.

If she became entangled with Pei Yue again, she feared she truly would be thrown out.

Bingtong remembered what Ye Xiao had said about the situation with her biological parents, and the thought alone sent a shiver down her spine.

Could it be that she would end up being sent to that sort of place?