Upon receiving Chu Yaozong's reply, Song Tianyao stood up from his chair in the study. "Thank you, Chairman Chu. I'll be going now."
Seeing Chu Yaozong nod, Song Tianyao turned and left the study, heading towards the Chu Family. As he walked out of the gate, he discovered that Chao Yong Yi's Rotten-Life Ju, Lanmingju, was waiting with a dozen or so men a dozen meters away from the Chu Family gate. Uncle Yan was watching outside the gate. When he saw Song Tianyao come out, he smiled at Song Tianyao and turned back to the Chu Family.
"Secretary Song." Rotten-Life Ju and a dozen or so men came up to greet Song Tianyao.
Song Tianyao's heart skipped a beat. "You'll be responsible for protecting me?"
"Uncle Yan called the dock warehouse and asked Brother Ten to arrange for someone to protect Secretary Song during this time," Rotten-Life Ju said to Song Tianyao with a somewhat complicated expression.
This Secretary Song, the Big Brother Chan Ah-sap thought Chu Xiaozhong could easily deal with him, but in the end Chan Ah-sap was the one who lost face. Not only did he fail to bring down Secretary Song, but he also lost his close relationship with Chairman Chu. The worst part was that the dock was given up and Fuyixing planted a flag.
Song Tianyao admired Uncle Yan. As expected of the head steward whom Chairman Chu of the Chu Family could not do without for a moment, even without Chu Yaozong's instructions to arrange people for him, this head steward had already thought of finding some people who knew martial arts to protect him. Serving people in such a big family, his insight and mind are probably not much worse than his own, who runs errands outside, and may even be a few times better.
"Then I'll have to trouble you Brother Ju, Brother Ju." Song Tianyao smiled at Rotten-Life Ju, "I've indeed been having a bit of a rough time these past few days; someone wants me dead. I'll be entrusting my life to Brother Ju and the rest of you for the next few days."
"Secretary Song," Rotten-Life Ju nodded seriously, "We make our living by risking our lives. I wouldn't dare say we can take over all of Hong Kong and Kowloon, but unless it's the army setting up machine guns and firing bullets, or it's just gangsters causing you trouble, as long as I'm alive, I won't let anyone hurt you."
"Thank you." Song Tianyao thanked Rotten-Life Ju, then looked around the Chu Family, wondering if the rickshaw driver who had earned two hundred fare from him had left. Rotten-Life Ju put his finger in his mouth and whistled, and two rickshaws were pulled up from the foot of the mountain in the distance.
Two rickshaws stopped in front of Song Tianyao. One of Rotten-Life Ju's henchmen stepped forward to pull the rickshaws. Rotten-Life Ju said to Song Tianyao, "Uncle Yan said it's inconvenient for Secretary Song to travel, so I specially arranged two rickshaws. There's no need for a driver; my brothers will take turns pulling the rickshaws for Secretary Song. Where is Secretary Song headed?"
"Let's go see Chan Ah-sap." Upon hearing Rotten-Life Ju's words, Song Tianyao promptly got into the car.
"Let's go to the dock to see Brother Ten." Rotten-Life Ju got into another rickshaw, with a dozen or so of his men following beside him down the mountain.
When the two rickshaws arrived at the Central Pier, Chan Ah-sap was sitting on a mountain of rice sacks waiting to be transported, lost in thought and smoking a cigarette. Seeing Rotten-Life Ju and Song Tianyao approach, Chan Ah-sap frowned. He knew that Rotten-Life Ju and his dozen or so skilled men had been sent away by Uncle Yan to take care of Song Tianyao for the past two days, but why was Song Tianyao bringing Rotten-Life Ju and his men back to the pier to see him? Was he trying to show off his favor with the Chu Family?
Lost in his thoughts, Chan Ah-sap watched as the rickshaw pulled up beside him. With a graceful somersault, he jumped off the rice sack and landed steadily on the ground, just as the rickshaw stopped right in front of him.
"Brother Ten." Song Tianyao stepped down from the rickshaw expressionlessly, glanced at the sea in the distance, and then looked at Chan Ah-sap across the street. "I have something I'd like to ask you to do."
"Ah Ju is no problem. All of our dozen or so brothers have learned boxing and brought their weapons. Even if there are dozens of people on the other side, they won't be respectful." When Chan Ah-sap heard Song Tianyao say that he had something to ask of him, he immediately thought that Song Tianyao thought he had not arranged enough people to follow him, so he impatiently explained.
Song Tianyao slowly stood in front of Chan Ah-sap, leaned close to Chan Ah-sap's ear and whispered, "Lei Danzi, can you help me find him?"
"Lei Danzi?" Chan Ah-sap took a step back, distancing himself from Song Tianyao, and slowly repeated the name. He had worked for the Chu Family at the docks for many years and was now involved in smuggling contraband, so he had naturally heard of this person. "I can find him, but why should I help you? You accepted fourteen yellow croakers from Fuyixing..."
Before Chan Ah-sap could finish speaking, Song Tianyao interrupted him calmly, "Brother Ten, I'm not asking you to help me, I have something for you to do. Aren't you going to do it? Should I call Chairman Chu now and have him tell you?"
Chan Ah-sap was taken aback by Song Tianyao's words and was speechless. Song Tianyao continued, "You actually know that I didn't hide those fourteen yellow croakers myself. If you keep focusing on that, you won't be able to get anything out of me. Why don't you wait until next time to find a new reason to complain? This time you helped me find Lei Danzi, Young Master Shun will naturally take care of you."
After saying that, Song Tianyao turned to leave, but immediately turned back and said to Chan Ah-sap, whose expression was complicated, "After you find him, tell him I will wait for him in a private room on the second floor of Lu Yu Teahouse until 8 pm. No waiting after that. Tell him that all the life-saving drugs such as Penicillin and PAS Lung Tablets in Hong Kong are in Likang's hands."
After giving these instructions, Song Tianyao got into the rickshaw. "Central Police Station, I'm going to pick up something."
Zhang Yuliang didn't dare go directly back to the Zhang Family. He first went to the European Coast Company, Zhang Yulin wasn't there. Zhang Yuliang then called a private club in Tsim Sha Tsui to call Lawyer Pan, hoping Lawyer Pan could use the money to bail out the factory owner and workers from the Central Police Station. However, no one answered the phone at the club. Zhang Yuliang frowned. Did those Shanghai people really think they could just slack off and go home as soon as he left? Did they think he wasn't the boss and couldn't deal with them tomorrow?
Zhang Yuliang sat behind his desk, made himself a cup of coffee, rubbed his temples, and began to analyze his reaction after killing Song Tianyao.
Dai Feng wouldn't kill anyone himself. Of course, even if he did, it wouldn't matter. He would simply keep a low profile for a while afterward, arrange for someone to take the blame, and then let him out once the matter with Likang was settled.