Zhang Yuqi was taken aback. "Even Jieying doesn't know what Yuliang has done, let alone her family..."
"Her husband made a mistake, whose fault is it? She's the fourth son's wife, of course she has to take the blame for her husband."
"I'll take the blame." Zhang Yuqi ran his hand through his hair and looked at his elder brother. "Two days from now, accuse me, Zhang Yuqi, of illegally processing and stockpiling expired and counterfeit medicines."
"You're no good. You haven't done anything wrong. Why ruin your reputation for no reason? Many things depend on you." When Zhang Yujie heard his second son, Zhang Yuqi, volunteer to take the blame for the Zhang Family, he shook his head and refused, saying, "The fourth son and his wife are the most suitable. Announce to the public that the fourth son fled and only managed to catch his wife in time."
"Brother, do you have to be so heartless?" Zhang Yuqi loosened his collar and looked at Zhang Yujie with some difficulty in his voice. "It's just a minor offense that A-Hung or anyone else could easily admit to. Why bother?"
"His wife has been arrested. Let's see how long he can keep quiet." Zhang Yujie, seemingly oblivious to Zhang Yuqi's expression, said coldly, "You think I'm heartless? Yes, if I weren't, it wouldn't have been Lao Si's father-in-law and his men who died at sea, but me."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuqi fell silent. Zhang Yujie, however, seemed intrigued. With a cigar in his mouth, he said to Zhang Yuqi, "Medicine is meant to save lives, but if you want to sell it for money, you have to be ruthless first and get rid of those who want you dead. Kuang Gengzheng colluded with outsiders to kill me, but failed and I threw him into the sea. I treated him well, taking good care of my children, and even arranged for his daughter Jieying to marry the fourth son. Now the fourth son wants to rebel against the Zhang Family and is determined to kill us. How is he any different from Kuang Gengzheng back then? It's not me who's heartless, it's him."
"Yuliang was just confused for a moment..." Zhang Yuqi said to Zhang Yujie with a conflicted expression.
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Yujie interrupted him, "A moment of confusion? Colluding with the Shanghai people, secretly damaging the Zhang Family's reputation, if he succeeds and kills us, what use is it if he says he was confused? If Kuang Geng were in his prime and colluded with the Dongguan people to throw me overboard, what use would it be if he said it was a moment of confusion afterwards? You're just soft-hearted and incapable of doing great things."
"It's just business. Besides, Yuliang is your brother. You're the older brother, can't you tolerate him just this once?"
Zhang Yujie, with a cigar between his fingers, shrugged at Zhang Yuqi and said innocently, "Of course I tolerated him, that's why I sent him to Xiaogan Prison and then sent him to Macau. Otherwise, I would have done what his father-in-law did and thrown him into the sea long ago."
"Knock, knock, knock." There was a gentle knock on the door.
Zhang Yujie, assuming it was Cai Jianxiong outside the door, casually said, "Come in."
The door was pushed open from the outside, and a portly, slightly obese middle-aged man walked in with a smile, followed by more than a dozen plainclothes officers. Upon seeing Zhang Yujie, the man greeted him warmly, "Mr. Zhang? Excuse me for disturbing you so late at night, I am Detective Chief Inspector Liu Fu."
Liu Fu Chief Chinese Detective Chief Inspector, the first Chinese police officer after Yiu Muk.
"Where's A-Hung?" Zhang Yujie frowned. How could Cai Jianxiong let an outsider knock on his door and enter his room so easily?
"Cai Jianxiong, we suspect him of organizing an illegal organization. We received information that he was outside Mr. Zhang's door, so we came specifically to bring him back to the police station for questioning. He has already been subdued outside," Liu Fu said to Zhang Yujie with a forced smile.
Zhang Yujie stepped forward, his cigar-holding finger almost touching Liu Fu's nose, and said domineeringly, "I'll fuck your mother! You dare touch my people? You're just a lowly Detective Chief Inspector, believe me, I'll throw out two million Hong Kong dollars and make sure you're out of office tomorrow!"
"Mr. Zhang, your words will be used as evidence in court. We hope you think carefully before you speak. Also, besides Cai Jianxiong, we also need you to return to the police station to assist with the investigation and give a statement." Liu Fu's expression remained unchanged after being scolded by Zhang Yuliang: "You are from Five Counties, I am from Dongguan. We are not on the same boat. As for Mr. Zhang wanting to buy my removal, we can talk about that when you have the opportunity to take charge of the Sze Yap Chamber of Commerce. I personally came tonight because I was worried that the other police officers' positions were too low, making Mr. Zhang feel disrespected."
"Men, take him away. Remember to add another charge of insulting police officers to his list. If he resists, treat him as resisting arrest," Liu Fu said to his men behind him, looking at Zhang Yujie.
Several plainclothes officers behind him tried to pounce on Zhang Yujie and grab his wrists, Zhang Yujie kicked the fastest one away, shouting, "Get lost! I can walk by myself!"
His arrogant actions deterred the plainclothes officers from approaching. After all, they were just a few plainclothes policemen. If they really angered Zhang Yujie, who might throw money at them without regard for the consequences, Liu Fu might be saved by the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce, but these small fry would probably not fare so well.
Several plainclothes officers could only surround him, not daring to make a move. Zhang Yujie stared arrogantly at Liu Fu and said, "You really aren't afraid of death. I'll go with you now, and when we come out, you'll die a horrible death. Even Zhou Xiyu, the president of the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce, can't protect you."
"Mr. Zhang, I was just ordered to do this by my superiors. Who knows what will happen tomorrow?" If Liu Fu were threatened by a tycoon of Zhang Yujie's caliber on any other day, he would probably change color and feel uneasy, no matter he was the Chief Chinese Detective Chief Inspector. But today, Liu Fu showed no anxiety and just replied with a half-smile.
Zhang Yujie stopped speaking, took his trench coat from the living room coat rack, put it on, and, with a cigar in his mouth, strode out. Without turning back, he said to Zhang Yuqi, who was standing in the living room:
"Have your family lawyer come to the police station to see me."
"Understood, brother," Zhang Yuqi replied from behind. "The lawyer will be there when you arrive at the police station."
After Zhang Yujie and Liu Fu and the other police officers left, Ding Jiafeng, Zhang Yuqi's bodyguard, quietly entered. "Young Master Qi, news has come from the docks that the Customs warehouse was set on fire. Eleven Pharmaceutical Association companies from Chiu Chow and Dongguan that rely on the Zhang Family for supplies, led by Huang Xiaoqiu, have testified that they were all cleaning up their respective warehouses at the docks at the time. They testified to the police that Brother Hung instructed outsiders to deliberately set the fire. Should I take the brothers to talk to these guys?"