Chapter 235 - Recruiting Two Soldier King Underlings

After Ye Fan had briefed Lu Chengqiang about the situation at Heroic Bar, he was preparing to take him to a five-star restaurant for a meal to welcome him when suddenly his cell phone rang.

Ye Fan took out his phone and couldn’t help but be overjoyed—it was Shi Sheng calling.

He answered the call, and Shi Sheng’s slightly hoarse voice came through the phone, “Brother Ye, I have officially retired from the military.”

“Haha, great.

I’ll drive to the military district to pick you up right away,” Ye Fan laughed loudly.

“Thank you, Brother Ye,” Shi Sheng said, “However, I am already in the city center.

Where are you?

I’ll come to you.”

“Haha, I’m also out and about.

Tell me where you are, or I can drive to find you, which would be more convenient,” Ye Fan responded with a laugh.

Shi Sheng said, “Alright then.

I’m still in the car, and I’ll be at Liujia Hui in about ten minutes.

Where would it be convenient for me to wait for you?”

“Dingsheng International Hotel,” Ye Fan suggested.

“Alright, see you in a bit,” Shi Sheng said.

“See you in a bit.”

After hanging up, Ye Fan laughed out loud.

Lu Chengqiang, seeing this, couldn’t help but ask, “Boss, whose call was it that has made you so happy that your smile reaches your ears?”

While putting away his phone, Ye Fan smiled at Lu Chengqiang, “A friend, a worthwhile friend.

I believe you’d like him too.

Haha, come on, let’s go pick him up.”

Half an hour later, as Ye Fan was approaching the entrance of Dingsheng International Hotel in his Citroen, Lu Chengqiang, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly pointed ahead at a figure standing resolutely under the blazing sun and laughed, “Boss, is that the friend you mentioned?”

Ye Fan stared ahead and saw, under the scorching sun, a man of average height, a slightly lean but robust build with sun-tanned skin and a crew cut standing beside the entrance of Dingsheng International Hotel.

Although there was some shade from the sun on the walls nearby, the crew-cut man stood out just like a fixed bayonet, not hiding in the shade.

The crew-cut man, like Lu Chengqiang, wore a camouflage uniform without shoulder badges.

“Haha, exactly, it’s him!” Ye Fan laughed.

Instantly, Lu Chengqiang burst into laughter, “Haha, boss, I like this guy!

Tsk tsk, that physique, he might look a bit skinny, but his entire body looks as if it’s turned to refined steel, he must be great in a fight!”

As they spoke, the car stopped in front of Shi Sheng.

Stepping out of the car, Ye Fan immediately smiled at Shi Sheng, who looked over, “Shi Sheng, sorry to have kept you waiting.”

Having gotten out of the car, Ye Fan stood in front of Shi Sheng.

Shi Sheng, with a smile on his face, earnestly said to Ye Fan, “Brother Ye, I’ve come to join you!”

“Haha, my good friend, let’s leave out talk of coming to join anyone,” Ye Fan laughed, “Come, let me introduce a friend.”

With that, he pointed at Lu Chengqiang, who had been admiringly watching Shi Sheng, and said, “This is the friend I mentioned to you earlier, Lu Chengqiang, a king of soldiers!”

Upon hearing this, Shi Sheng was visibly surprised and began sizing up Lu Chengqiang.

“Strong man, this friend who I got to know through a fight is called Shi Sheng—also a king of soldiers!” Ye Fan quickly introduced Lu Chengqiang.

Lu Chengqiang had already burst out laughing toward Shi Sheng, “Brother, I find you very agreeable!”

“Heh, I’ve admired you for a long time,” Shi Sheng said with a laugh, his smile restrained and sincere in a way that Lu Chengqiang’s outward enthusiasm wasn’t.

“You’ve admired me for a long time?” Lu Chengqiang was taken aback.

He had been in Africa for several years, and aside from his brothers in the Dragon Group, he had almost lived under an alias.

Shi Sheng laughed, “That’s correct.

You earned the title of King of Soldiers a year before I did.

Unfortunately, you then disappeared and there was no news about you until recently when Ye bro mentioned your name, and that’s when I recognized you.”

“Haha, so it seems we’re from the same military region!” Lu Chengqiang laughed loudly, stepping forward to give Shi Sheng a solid hug.

Bang, bang, bang…

The two men hugged, happily pounding each other’s backs, the thumping sounds like drumbeats.

After embracing, they clasped hands tightly, feeling so close they practically wanted to become sworn brothers right then and there.

Ye Fan laughed, “Haha, alright, you two, even if you’re that close, mind the occasion.

Let’s go inside, get a private room, order the strongest liquor, and then we can drink and be merry!”

“Sure, sure!” Lu Chengqiang turned and loudly agreed with Ye Fan.

Shi Sheng responded to Ye Fan, “Yes, let’s do as Ye bro says!”

The three of them got back into the car, with Lu Chengqiang no longer sitting in the front seat but joining Shi Sheng in the back.

They drove into the parking garage of Dingsheng International Hotel’s dining building.

After parking the car, Ye Fan walked in the middle, Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng, both titled Kings of Soldiers, flanked him closely on each side as they entered the building together.

They opened a luxurious private room, ordered a variety of signature dishes from Dingsheng International Hotel, and most importantly, Ye Fan ordered three bottles of thirty-year-old Maotai and two bottles of Wuliangye on the spot.

After downing three shots of hard liquor, the already cheerful atmosphere heated up even more.

“Haha, don’t just focus on drinking.

Let’s eat, let’s eat,” Ye Fan said with a laugh.

After some drinks, Lu Chengqiang asked Shi Sheng how he ended up retiring.

Shi Sheng explained his reasons, and after hearing them, Lu Chengqiang immediately shared his own forced retirement story due to health issues.

Since both were forced to retire due to health reasons just a few hours ago, the two of them, after a few drinks, couldn’t help but empathize deeply and started sobbing together.

Ye Fan’s eyes also moistened, but he didn’t try to console them; he let them cry to their hearts’ content, letting it all out in one go.

Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng cried and howled for about five or six minutes before they stopped the tears and started laughing loudly at each other, their faces still streaked with tear marks.

After eating and drinking for another ten minutes, Ye Fan remembered something, so he said to Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng, “You guys keep drinking, I’ll be back in a few minutes.”

“Right on!” Lu Chengqiang responded with a loud laugh.

“Alright,” Shi Sheng agreed.

Ye Fan stood up and left the private room, not worried in the slightest that leaving Lu Chengqiang and Shi Sheng alone would lead to a dull moment—they were already as close as brothers.

Ye Fan walked out of the private room, returned to the presidential suite he had rented, took out the already prepared martial arts gym contract, and then returned to the private room.

Upon entering the private room, Ye Fan handed the contract and a pen to Shi Sheng, saying, “Shi Sheng, sign here.”

Lu Chengqiang took the other copy of the contract to read.

Shi Sheng immediately knew it was about the martial arts gym agreement, a fulfillment of Ye Fan’s earlier promise.

“Ye bro, didn’t we agree on twenty percent?

Why does the contract say forty percent?” Shi Sheng said to Ye Fan.

“That’s too much, I can’t accept it.”

Before Ye Fan could persuade Shi Sheng, Lu Chengqiang laughed loudly on the side, “Shi Sheng, why be so formal with Ye bro?

Ye bro gave me a huge bar, easily worth tens of millions, and I didn’t even furrow my brow when accepting it.

Just a forty percent share of a martial arts gym, and you’re hesitating?

Hurry up and sign, don’t keep us from our drinks.”

“Lu’s right.

We’ve still got a long road ahead of us,” Ye Fan advised.

Upon hearing this, Shi Sheng nodded, then picked up the pen and signed.