Residence
Chen Dehai could be considered a top class person in Zhong Hai City. Back then, he had come to Zhong Hai from the north to find a job and chanced upon catching the eye of a small boss in the underworld. From then on, he managed to work his way from a hired thug to the position of being the right hand man of that small boss.
Chen Dehai’s methods were naturally fierce and with his disposition of being naturally mistrustful, in just a few years, he managed to expand that small boss’ territory, leading it to become a rather powerful force in the West District.
In these past 10 years, Chen Dehai once again abruptly emerged and helped the head of the West Union Society, Situ Mingze, which was also Rose’s father. By getting rid of his original boss, he became one of Situ Mingze’s most important figures.
Because Chen Dehai had already grasped control of majority of the forces that belonged to that triad’s boss, when he successfully seized the old boss’ position, he did not meet much resistance. Many people had long determined him as the next boss, so they drifted with the current and supported him in taking up that position.
That is to say, without Chen Dehai, even if West Union Society wanted to become the overlord of the West District, they probably would’ve needed to wait a couple more years. There were people who once joked, saying how Chen Dehai was just like Wu Sangui letting the Manchus out, betraying his king to crown himself. But nobody knew if and when he will rebel again.
(TL: Wu Sangui is a famous general of the 17th century whose betrayal led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty)
Although there were countless whispers outside, inside the West Union Society, Chen Dehai was actually looked upon with great importance. After all, if one was to talk about the power they wielded, inside Western Union, he was one of the strongest elders within.
Moreover, the more someone seemed like a small fry on the surface, the more easy it was to defend, therefore West Union Society’s president Situ Mingze always treated Chen Dehai well, the two’s relationship was exceptionally harmonious.
After Yang Chen briefly looked at Chen Dehai’s data, the first thing he felt were these words, “ambitious and ruthless”, without a care for the world’s ethics and morals, and he even more so doesn’t care about the rules of Jiang Hu. Everything he does, is to exchange for an even higher backer, to crawl up to a higher position with firm steps.
(TL: Jiang Hu could mean the pugilist world of martial arts or the underworld with things like triads)
If nothing unexpected happened, a person like this would be someone who could live till his later years, which was rare in the underworld. This was because he himself is a traitor, and is clear on how to prevent others from betraying him.
“It’s a pity, you gave life to an idiot of a son.” Yang Chen softly muttered, closed the laptop, then memorized all the map details that Rose provided to him.
Downtown at night, like a bunch of glittering neon light, a clear distinction was formed in comparison to the public roads of the suburbs.
Half an hour later, Yang Chen stopped his BMW outside a little public park in Zhong Hai’s western suburbs, and in the surroundings were dilapidated residential areas. Chen Dehai’s private villa, was right beside a river pass one kilometre away. If he stopped the car too close, it would be difficult to conceal himself.