At the same time, he roared, "You son of a bitch! How dare you kill someone in the police station! You have some nerve!"
He swung the chair, preventing the other man from getting close. Within ten seconds, several police officers rushed in and separated the man with the dagger from Zhang Yujie. Protected by the police, Zhang Yujie's eyes were practically spitting fire. "Good! Fourth Brother did a good job!"
Liu Fu rushed in from outside. Seeing the two people in the room, he immediately realized that they wanted to kill Zhang Yujie. Sweat beaded on his obese face. If this bastard succeeded, this was the Hong Kong Police Headquarters, where the Police Department worked during the day. If a murder occurred, he, as the Chief Chinese Detective Chief Inspector, would undoubtedly be the first to bear the brunt of the Foreign Devil's wrath, and early retirement would be just a matter of a word from the Foreign Devil.
"Damn it!" Liu Fu slapped the assailant hard across the face, then grabbed his hair and pulled his face up, shouting, "Who told you to come here!"
"My family died after taking Zhang Yujie's fake medicine. I'm avenging them." The murderer was an unremarkable man in his thirties. He was handcuffed by two men in Uniformed Branch, his arms pressed back, and he stared hatefully at Zhang Yujie as he spoke.
Zhang Yujie spat and cursed at Liu Fu, "You bunch of good-for-nothings! You can't even get a police station broken into and murdered? I'll curse your mother! The Britain have a few dogs, but they're more vigilant than you. Do you even need to ask? That bastard came into the room and said Zhang Yuliang was greeting me. Of course, Zhang Yuliang hired someone to kill me!"
"Take him into the interrogation room first, get a few of our men to take care of him, find out how he got into Police Headquarters, and then get the whole story straight," Liu Fu said to the plainclothes officer beside him.
The plainclothes officers, along with several men, led the murderer out of the room. Liu Fu looked at Zhang Yujie, wiping his sweat, and said, "Mr. Zhang, as you can see, it's not that I'm making things difficult for you. My title as Chief Chinese Detective Chief Inspector District might scare those poor bastards and gangsters, but against big bosses like you, it's just a paper tiger. It was the Britain who wanted to take action against you; it's already been reported in the London newspapers. Don't blame me; I was ordered to do it."
"Where is A-Hung?" Zhang Yujie ignored Liu Fu's self-defense, and after catching his breath, asked Liu Fu about Cai Jianxiong's whereabouts.
Liu Fu understood and said, "Mr. Zhang, before the court hearing, I'll arrange for Cai Jianxiong to be in the same detention cell as you. I guarantee this won't happen again."
A dozen minutes later, Liu Fu's plainclothes subordinate returned and said, "Brother Fu, that kid confessed everything after suffering some hardship. He's a Kuomintang deserter, but Zhang Yuliang misjudged him. That guy has no guts or skills; he fled to Hong Kong with other deserters before even handling a gun. He confessed that Zhang Yuliang paid him five thousand dollars to come in and kill someone. He had a photo of Mr. Zhang cut out from a newspaper for reference, and he sneaked in by pretending to be a deliveryman for the brothers at an opium den."
"Send Cai Jianxiong to this room to keep Mr. Zhang company. Use that scoundrel to cover up the murder case of Kuliqiang. It would be a waste to only accuse him of attempted murder. Anyway, Mr. Zhang won't let him off the hook. It's better to make him take the blame for a few more crimes and sentence him to hanging." Liu Fu frowned and gave the order after listening.
After the plainclothes officers left, Liu Fu looked at Zhang Yujie and said, "Mr. Zhang, is there some unrest at home? Is this a case of a brother committing insubordination?"
"It's none of your business, you'd better not concern yourself with it." After hearing the murderer's identity, Zhang Yujie sat back down and said calmly.
Cai Jianxiong was brought in by two policemen, and his handcuffs were removed. Upon seeing his capable bodyguard, Zhang Yujie asked, "You didn't suffer, did you?"
"No, he's just sitting in the detention cell, spacing out," Cai Jianxiong said, flexing his wrists.
"Fourth Brother just sent someone in to kill me. You stay with me in the detention cell during this time and be vigilant. I don't think Fourth Brother will give up until he succeeds," Zhang Yujie instructed.
Cai Jianxiong nodded calmly. "With me here, don't worry, Mr. Zhang. As long as I, A-Hung, am alive, no one will be able to harm you."
A little while later, Zhang Yuqi, Zhang Yulin, Wei Jiafei, Ding Jiafeng, A-Yin, and Alice— four men and two women—rushed to the police station. Zhang Yujie frowned when he saw that the second brother Zhang Yuqi, was still wearing casual shoes and said, "Remember to change into leather shoes before you go out."
"With such a huge mess, how could I possibly care? How did things suddenly change like this?" Zhang Yuqi still maintained his elegant and gentle demeanor, but his tone involuntarily carried a hint of urgency.
Zhang Yujie said, "You're good in every way, except you tend to lose your composure when things happen, it's just a small matter."
"The Customs warehouse was burned down, the medicine merchants from Chiu Chow and Five Counties are accusing the Zhang Family, and the Britain newspapers have published articles claiming that the Customs and the British Army have also been bribed by the Chu Family." After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, Zhang Yuqi said to Zhang Yujie, "I'll start dealing with these matters one by one now."
"Everything, in fact, boils down to one thing," Zhang Yujie said. "As long as the agency rights are in place, the Zhang Family won't collapse. I'll be staying at the police station for two weeks. During this time, you'll be in charge of the Zhang Family's business, mainly keeping those pharmaceutical companies in check and ensuring the agency rights don't run into any problems. Fourth Brother has hired someone to kill me; I know what he's up to. So, Wei Jiafei, draft a temporary will. If I don't die, the Zhang Family's business will be temporarily managed by Zhang Yuqi, and it will automatically expire upon my release from prison. If I die, the Zhang Family's business will be decided entirely by Mother. Everyone present can testify to this."
"Fourth brother wouldn't do that, would he? How could he dare..." Zhang Yuqi said in disbelief when he heard Zhang Yujie say that Zhang Yuliang had hired someone to kill Zhang Yujie.
Zhang Yujie suddenly erupted, shouting, "That bastard he hired is still in the police station, beaten to a confession by the officers! You still say he wouldn't dare? Do you only believe he'd actually do it if all three of us were buried alive? Indecisive! In this kind of situation, it's better to kill the wrong person than let the guilty go free!"
The last sentence left everyone present stunned.
"Aren't you going to write anything?" Zhang Yujie looked at Wei Jiafei, Wei Jiafei hurriedly took out paper and pen from his briefcase and drafted a statement on the spot, following Zhang Yujie's instructions.
After Zhang Yujie and handed it to A-Yin. A-Yin understood and read it aloud at a slower pace.
The statement is a provisional will. During Zhang Yujie's imprisonment, all of the Zhang Family's businesses will be managed by Zhang Yuqi. If Zhang Yujie's investigation at the police station and court is completed, Zhang Yuqi's status will be automatically invalidated. If Zhang Yujie meets with misfortune, all of the Zhang Family's businesses will be managed by his mother, Guo Geng.