Gangster In Love

CHAPTER 24

"Here you are," said Ping as he slipped into Sailub's private lounge room after taking a stroll around Jin Ting.

Sailub was standing at the side of the window, looking at the scenery outside as he smoked a cigarette.

Once he heard Ping's voice, he simply let out 'yeah,' in reply without turning around to look at him.

"Michael is downstairs hanging his head dejectedly into the ground as punishment ah," Ping approached him, "Why did you curse him so severely like that?"

Sailub frowned, "What? He's my subordinate, can't I curse at him?"

Ping leaned against the frame of the window and turn his head to the side to look at him, "He had cut you once before and I didn't even see you curse him so harshly like that. So what, it wasn't anything serious, he was only slapped by a woman because he touched her, that's all. How could you curse him with such unpleasant words huh?"

Sailub snorted.

"I've heard everything you've said." Ping sighed, "What, 'a reckless gangster doesn't even understand his own importance,' what 'who could fall for a reckless person like you, they're more likely to use you,' Geez, just from what you've said to him, Michael's complexion, tsk tsk, looked like a piece of shit."

The wrinkles between Sailub's brows tightened as he inhaled a puff of smoke, not saying anything.

"Are you cursing him or are you cursing yourself huh?" asked Ping, "Did Benz said something to you again?"

"No, I haven't seen that kid for a long time now," said Sailub.

"What's wrong with your hand?" Ping stared at the wound on his knuckles, "Who did you hit?"

Suddenly as if he realized something, he laughed, "It can't be that beastly teacher right?"

"What are you mentioning him for?"

Sailub irritably pressed the cigarette stub against the ledge of the window before he turned to walk away.

"It's really him?"

Ping burst out laughing as he watched Sailub sat on the sofa before he himself approached the sofa and sat down beside him.

"Didn't I tell you earlier on that he's a beast and you still got close to him. Now you know right?"

Sailub wanted to take out another stick of cigarette, but just as he looked around for one, Ping grasped his hand in place before sympathetically saying, "It's hard to bear right? You thought that he respected you so you never expected that he actually took a liking to your ass."

"Fuck off," Sailub flung immediately his hand away with his own firm grip.

Ping playfully fell on the sofa while clutching his stomach in laughter before he said in between those laughter, "You deserved it! Where would we find such a reckless gangster like you huh? One who envies a 'righteous blue collar worker' and mix in with him, why don't you just surrender yourself to the authorities first huh? I heard you even went strolling around the street, shopping for clothes with him. Do you think you're a white collar worker? That's fucking ridiculous. Hahahaha!! That's right, he even gave you flowers. Even my girls won't fall for that bullshit and yet you actually visited him hahahahaha!"

It went on like this for a long moment before Ping wiped his tears of laughter and sat up straight on the sofa.

Sailub had already lit another cigarette a while ago. As he smoked his face was riddled in an ashy color before a livid expression graced it.

"Hello, you're not that.... right? Are you for real?" Ping felt a little stupid as he sighed and said, "I don't know what to say to make you feel better. You've been mixed in with the underworld for so long that you don't understand how things work anymore? There are only two types of white collar men, one is Benz who will always look down on you, and two is that beastly teacher, who wants to take advantage of you,"

He patted Sailub's shoulder, "And then there are those dirty cops, they look down on you and take advantage of you. If things don't develop as they want it, they'll double cross you and lock you up in prison. Only if you're brain dead would you actually want to be friends with those kinds of people."

A dim sadness drew on Sailub's expression, it was only a bit later did he nodded his head in agreement, "I know."

Ping gave him a quick glance, "Really?! You're the stupid fool and you still have the nerve to vent out your anger on your little brothers. Then I'll go and tell Michael that he doesn't need to stand there as punishment anymore."

Sailub merely said 'yeah' before Ping turned and walked towards the doors.

When he twisted his head around to look Sailub, he hesitated for a moment before he said, "Sai, I'm only saying this for your own good, but in regard to the matter that Master Tony mentioned to you, if I were you, I would agree to it."

"Fucking leave now."

Sailub didn't bother to look up at him.

After Ping left, Sailub remained sitting on that sofa by himself for a long time.

It was only until his cigarette burn out did he sobered up from his thoughts.

Just as he was about to head to the bathroom to wash his hands, his cell phone buzzed.

He picked it up for a look and to his surprise, it was a call from Garfield.

He hesitated for a moment, but he still pressed the answer button.

"P'Sai!"

The sound of Garfield's sobbing voice immediately transmitted through the phone, "P'Sai, huhuhu, what should I do?"

"Calm down a bit first."

Sailub use a warm tone of voice to comfort him.

With great difficulty, Garfield controlled the sound of his weeping and as he held it back he said, "P'Pon, the hospital called and told me that my brother was beaten by someone. I called Benz and couldn't get in contact with him either. Do you think someone will attack Benz too? P'Sai, I'm home alone and I'm really scared ah........."

"First don't cry. Give one of your colleague a call and let them accompany you to the hospital. I'll go look for Benz okay?" said Sailub.

"Okay, then please tell Benz to give me a call when you find him."

After Garfield hung up the call, he hesitated for a moment, but nevertheless he decided to go out and look for Benz as to ease his own worry.

He didn't even have the time to leave yet before Tony's phone call came through to him.

"Sai,"Tony's voice was very gentle but even then it carried a bit of sympathy to it, "Come over to where I am right now, something happened......to your brother."
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