Reborn as a Good Child

109. Street Thug

"Ever since then," JingYuan continued. "Qin HaiTian had been on his guard against Qin Feng. After all, the man had just strangled his mother in front of the boy. Back then, Qin Feng had been into quite a crazy young man. But a few years passed and Qin Feng behaved himself the whole time. Qin HaiTian let his guard down too. Perhaps he thought that the boy was his son. They're connected by blood. He didn't think Qin Feng's silence wasn't due to an absence of hate but because he was suppressing it. He used seven years to slowly get to know the ins and outs of the Hidden Dragon. Then, he whipped Qin HaiTian to death with just one belt.

"Under Qin HaiTian's leadership, the gang would do anything and everything. They'd overreached and offended someone up top. Qin Feng acted before the officials could do anything. After Qin Feng took over the Hidden Dragon, he began a great revolution. The gang refused to have anything to do with drugs from then on. It was all so well-organised that the higher ups decided they liked him and they wouldn't interfere with him. Currently, they're in a rather precarious balance."

"I understand." YiHan nodded. "Light and dark exist together. The world cannot be absolutely good. If the river's too clear, there'll be no fish."

"That's right," JingYuan praised. "That is why the Hidden Dragons and the five great families all stay out of each other's business. They'll keep to themselves. They won't make enemies with each other nor would they really befriend each other. We all know of each other's existence and general motives. As long as we don't disturb each other, everyone will be fine."

YiHan nodded along as JingYuan explained. No matter how ambitious the five families got, the Hidden Dragon wouldn't care about what happened at all as long as the gang wasn't involved. They're on opposite banks of the river. All they'd do was watch as the fire burned. They wouldn't put it out. It was why he never knew of the Hidden Dragon in his last life.

"Qin Feng is quite pitiful," YiHan sighed. "He has a father but he might as well not have one. His mother's dead and he still had to live such a bloody life. But since he'd reached the top, he'd become the Dragon's head, why did he get so hurt and how was he saved by Fang Yi?"

"It happened a while ago," JingYuan replied. "Qin HaiTian is like a centipede. Cut off one head and the other brains will keep moving on. Qin HaiTian's loyal protectors seized the chance to assassinate Qin Feng when he was all alone, as revenge. Actually, that opportunity was just a trap. Qin Feng baited them out to kill them all off. He was hurt during the process and went missing for a time. He was probably recovering with Fang Yi then."

"It feels like a story from another world," YiHan said.

"That's technically the truth," JingYuan softly said, smoothing back YiHan's hair with a gentle hand. "You're born in the light and you grew up in the light. He was born to the dark and he was raised in the dark. It's not wrong to say it's another world. However, you don't need to understand his world. You don't have anything in common. You're not going to be close friends. Just like tonight. We recognised each other but we said nothing. Not just because Fang Yi still doesn't know who he is, it's also because it's the silent agreement those in the light and in the dark have with each other."

"Then, Fang Yi..." YiHan worriedly said.

"You must understand, HanHan," JingYuan said. "Everyone has their own path. You can't make decisions on Fang Yi's behalf. He's a virtuous, passionate and bold man, but he's not socially adept. It'd be very easy for him to attract the ire of someone petty. While Qin Feng is dangerous, he is someone who understands gratitude. He definitely doesn't have any bad intentions for Fang Yi. Instead, he'd protect the man. Perhaps this is Fang Yi's fate. With someone protecting him from the dark, he's free to be the passionate and righteous policeman he wants to be.