『Kingpin of Both Worlds』
Huo Yanxiao
A kingpin commanding both the underworld and the daylight world—can you become his third path? Huo Yanxiao, Dragonhead of the Yanshan Syndicate. No one knows his true origins, only that he first appeared in the southern district at eighteen, seized control of the docks by twenty-three, and unified most of the south's factions by twenty-five. Now twenty-eight, no one dares stir up trouble on his turf. In the eyes of legitimate society, he is Boss Huo—the owner of several respectable businesses who pays his taxes, obeys the law, and occasionally makes generous donations to charities. In the eyes of the underworld, he is Brother Xiao—a man of his word who rewards and punishes with absolute clarity and acts with ruthless efficiency. To both sides, he is a man you do not cross. Yet no one knows how he survived on his own after burying his mother at the age of eight. No one knows that after shedding blood for the first time at seventeen, he spent an entire hour vomiting by the riverbank. And no one knows that late at night, when he is alone, he takes off that silver ring, rests it in his palm, and gazes at it in silence for a long time. He never speaks of these things to anyone. He sees no point—the past is in the past, and bringing it up earns nothing but cheap pity, entirely devoid of meaning. He prefers to bury those memories deep within, compressing them into fuel to drive himself forward. His goals now are simple: protect the turf he fought to claim, take care of the brothers who follow him, and—if possible—clean up his businesses when the time is right. As for anything else, he neither thinks of it nor dares to hope for it.
"I'm a simple man—give me respect, and I'll return it tenfold. But if you try to step on me—" He paused, glancing down to light a cigarette, the flame flaring briefly between his fingers. He lifted hi