There are still a few juniors standing, looking like they're about to face a formidable enemy, with their sleeves rolled up, ready to fight.

Baldy, furious, shouted, "All of you sit down!"

Upon hearing this, the juniors immediately sat down, as they've always listened to Baldy's words. They were momentarily blinded by anger, having been bullied right at their doorstep. However, seeing Baldy so angry, they continued to follow his orders, no matter how furious they were, obediently sitting down.

Seeing Baldy's people all sit obediently, the faces of the Axe Gang members were filled with mocking expressions, a look of superiority, which made Baldy's group very resentful. However, due to Baldy's prior order, they didn't dare move, could only suppress the fire within their hearts, and sat quietly without making a sound or any movements.

At this moment, the Axe Gang brought out a chair, letting their leader Yellow Hair sit down. Yellow Hair sat down, looked at Baldy, and laughed, "What, are you going to stand and talk to me?"

Baldy was initially standing, but after such humiliation, although his face twitched in extreme anger, he managed to control his temper and sat down quietly. His juniors, seeing Yellow Hair's arrogance, were filled with uncontrollable rage.

If it weren't for the Axe Gang's power supporting them from behind, Yellow Hair would have been beaten unconscious by now.

Yellow Hair saw Baldy sit down as he had asked, and his face showed a hint of mockery, then he said, "How's the thing we discussed going? Today is the deadline, if you don't make a decision, I'll make one for you."

Discuss? Baldy smirked coldly in his heart, this isn't a discussion, it's clearly a situation without room for negotiation. It's either being forced so hard that you can't even eat, or being forced with no way out. This isn't a negotiation, it's blatant violent intimidation.

If they agree, they have so many brothers and families to support, handing over all the protection money means there's no point in doing this anymore. On the other hand, if they don't agree, with the Axe Gang's immense power, there's no chance of surviving.

They're forcing him to take his men and join them, but although joining Axe Gang could expand their influence, they have no principles in what they do. This incident is proof enough, and they commit every evil act imaginable, with most of their members being the dregs of society.

As the saying goes, 'Even thieves have principles,' those on the streets have their own ethics to follow, but to the Axe Gang, they act purely on impulse, without considering consequences or whether something can be done, with no baseline at all.

Though he leads his brothers on the streets, they have their own set of ethics, so naturally, joining the Axe Gang is impossible. If they join, sooner or later they'll be influenced by them, and everything they hold dear will be lost, making life meaningless.

Therefore, he absolutely cannot agree to the Axe Gang's demands.

And from Yellow Hair's tone, this time they came, it's already the last chance, they've been pushing for a final answer. On one side is the unwavering "Even thieves have principles," not wanting to be tainted, and the other side is the survival of so many brothers and the burden of family pressure.

At this moment, Baldy is frowning, with a chaotic mind, unable to make a decision.

Yellow Hair saw, then smiled, "What, given so much time, you still haven't made up your mind? I'm telling you, today is the last deadline, if you don't give an answer, the brothers I've brought aren't here for fun, if they're here, they need to gain something."

Baldy's mind was already tangled, wanting to calm down and think through, but being pressed by Yellow Hair so tightly, he couldn't keep silent. After thinking it over, he lowered his position and said, "Brother Huang, can you give me some leeway here, you know we're struggling too. If we hand over all the collected money, how will we live? We're all men, with families to support."

Yellow Hair listened, his expression suddenly darkened. He suddenly picked up the cup of wine on the table and splashed it on Baldy's face, angrily cursing, "You Caonima, you think you're the only one with hardships? You think you're the only one with wife and kids, that your juniors are unique? Saying all this crap, are you looking for death?"

Baldy's juniors were sitting quietly, but witnessing Yellow Hair splash wine on Baldy, they immediately were filled with rage, no longer able to sit still, all standing up, rolling up their sleeves and tightening their fists, ready to rush at Yellow Hair.

Yellow Hair's juniors, seeing this, were already prepared and took a few steps forward with a fierce demeanor, ready to fight Baldy's men if they made a move.

Baldy, at the moment the wine was splashed, was incredibly angry, fists clenched, veins bulging on his face. But when his juniors rose and Yellow Hair's juniors motioned to fight, his temper was suddenly suppressed by reason.

If he couldn't hold back and fought with these people from the Axe Gang, he'd be going against them, and he could no longer survive, and his juniors behind him would suffer too.

Immediately, he calmed down, the wine still running down his face onto his clothes, he waved his hand and shouted, "All sit down!"

"But... Boss..." the juniors were very confused and displeased.

"Sit down!" Baldy angrily said before they even finished speaking, "Are you telling me you can't listen to me?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

The juniors had no choice. Seeing their leader splashed with wine, but they still had to continue enduring, sitting down obediently again. Seeing this, Yellow Hair's group retreated.

At this time, Yellow Hair smiled and questioned, "What, you thinking of fighting?"

Baldy immediately lowered his head and said, "Not at all!"

Yellow Hair laughed heartily, "Not at all? You Caonima!"

Speaking, he picked up another cup of wine and splashed it on Baldy's face, Baldy endured it with a calm face. The juniors, seeing their leader splashed again, were about to act but upon seeing Baldy glance back at them, helplessly, they sat back down quietly.

Now, Yellow Hair couldn't help but laugh out loud, his juniors also laughed, then he turned to ask Baldy, "Do you still want some space now?"

Baldy didn't speak, in deep thought.

One of the brothers behind him said, "Boss."

Baldy listening understood what his brothers behind him were thinking, they didn't want him to quarrel with the Axe Gang for them, there's always a way forward, even if it's gritting through a tough time, they're all brave men, the future is long.

However, as the leader of this group, they've followed him loyally, and he can't let them follow him for nothing. He silently contemplated for a bit, then raised his head, looked at Yellow Hair, and said, "Yes! Definitely! Otherwise, I can't agree with you, we need to live too. If we hand over all the collected money to you, my brothers and I won't survive, so... there must be space for negotiation, otherwise you are forcing us into a dead end."

Yellow Hair immediately heard this and became serious, a moment ago Baldy was submissive, now he showed some backbone, naturally displeased, he angrily said, "Caonima, don't be ungrateful, if you make me angry, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Baldy, eyes firm, said, "I'll agree, but everything has a limit, if there's no space left for us, how can we survive? Even a cornered dog will fight back, if you push me too hard, I'll take action."

Yellow Hair heard this, became even angrier, stood up and pointed his finger aggressively at Baldy, cursing, "You Caonima, try saying that again!"

Baldy looked up, said, "At worst, fight to the death, it's all the same, if you push me, see what happens!"

Seeing Baldy speak like this, his juniors behind immediately couldn't sit still, all standing up, shouting angrily behind Baldy, "Caonima, come on if you have guts!"

Seeing Baldy's men ready to fight, Yellow Hair's men couldn't sit still either, all rushing forward.

Yellow Hair's expression showed a hint of frustration.

Baldy's men saw Yellow Hair's men approaching, they were also ready to charge, but Baldy saw this and reached out to stop them, holding them back.

Nonetheless, at this moment, Yellow Hair said, "Looks like I underestimated you, didn't think you had such guts, but you know in this society guts aren't enough, you need power, a strong fist to have the right to speak, do you know the consequences of what you've said?"

Baldy heard, said, "I know, but if you really push me, dead either way, I'll show you what a desperate struggle looks like."

Yellow Hair snorted coldly, said, "Alright! Quite impressive!"