บท 602: I Beg You to Have Mercy

Xia Ling was a little stunned after hearing this story.

Her impression was that gang people were bad, but she didn't expect that the Li family had a history like that.

Li Lei continued, "After battling for two generations, the standard of living of these laborers slowly improved. Many people were unwilling to continue doing hard labor, so they started their own small businesses or went to the streets to test their luck, hoping to find some errands to do.

"But very quickly, everyone realized that it was difficult for Chinese people to integrate themselves into society. They suffered from discrimination, exclusion, and oppression. These hardships were difficult to imagine…

"Under the leadership of the Li family ancestors, the gang offered them protection again.

"An for an eye. That was the way they protected the helpless shopowners in precarious situations and sought justice for weak women and children…