The Rise of a Kingpin

People die for wealth, birds die for food. Sometimes, "darkness" is not scary; what's scary is that in the darkest place, not a sliver of light can penetrate. In a southern region called "Long Province," which governs five cities—Beiheng City, Dongping City, Nanfeng City, Xiling City, and Longcheng City—the protagonist Zhang Yang was born into Beiheng City's top underworld family, the Zhang family. His father, Zhang Daoyi, was the chairman of Beiheng's leading power, the Hengyi Group. When he was 8 years old, his father was sentenced to death for various reasons. His mother, Li Qiuhong, succeeded his father as "chairman" and concealed the truth from him. It wasn't until he was 18 that he learned the truth from a conversation between his mother and several elders, and he resolved to avenge his father, thus embarking on a path in the underworld... — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Rise of a Kingpin — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠