Now a short, stocky, dark-skinned middle-aged man with a gloomy face appeared, but he spoke politely and properly. Meng Wanqing bit her lip and nodded slightly.
Having received confirmation from the other party, Yan Hung finally managed a forced smile on his gloomy face, "I'm sorry to have frightened Miss Wanqing. I'll personally escort you back to Taibai Seafood Restaurant in a moment. Please wait a short while."
After saying that, he turned around and walked between Wong Wan-chiu and Fish Ming: "Do you recognize me? Sergeant Hung 'Fuyixing, Detective Sergeant from the Yau Ma Tei Police Station, currently in Uniformed Branch at the Sha Tau Kok Police Station."
"Brother Hung."
"Brother Hung."
When he started introducing himself, Fish Ming, being Gao Lao Cheng's underling, naturally knew Yan Hung. Gao Lao Cheng and Yan Hung were of the same generation, so Fish Ming addressed him as "Brother Hung."
Wong Wan-chiu had met Yan Hung before, who worked under his godfather Lai Man-yau. Given Yan Hung's current Uniformed Branch uniform and status, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to call him "Brother Hung." However, given the current predicament, he assumed Yan Hung was there to mediate the conflict between the two sides, so he called him "Brother Hung."
Yan Hung first looked at Wong Wan-chiu and said calmly, "With the whole thing turned out like this, do you still have the mood to eat with that woman? Why don't you let the woman and the others wait at the stairwell first, and I'll talk things out with you two in the room. Put down your weapons, okay?"
Wong Wan-chiu cursed under his breath, annoyed. In this situation, it was impossible to get any women, so he nodded. Yan Hung then said to Fuyixing's two henchmen, "Take Miss Wanqing out and wait for me."
Two Fuyixing henchmen escorted Meng Wanqing out of the private room. Yan Hung looked at Fish Ming, "Throw away the knife and sit down."
Fish Ming casually tossed the watermelon knife onto the round table, then Malaysia into a chair. Yan Hung then looked at Wong Wan-chiu: "Ah Chao, put your gun on the table too. Let's be open and honest, and have a chat."
Wong Wan-chiu put down the pistol he was holding. His legs were sore from standing for so long, so he sat down in the chair at the table and placed the pistol on the table, deliberately pressing it down on Fish Ming's watermelon knife. Then he reached into his pocket for a cigarette, but he had just put the cigarette in his mouth and hadn't even lit it yet.
Yan Hung had already raised his pistol and pulled the trigger at Wong Wan-chiu's head!
"Bang!"
Yan Hung, gripping his pistol, didn't even glance at the terrified Fish Ming beside him. He turned and walked outside, addressing the now completely silent crowd:
"Wong Wan-chiu was suspected of producing and selling opium and was placed under investigation by the police. When the police learned that he was at Fung Yu Restaurant, they came to question him. Wong Wan-chiu attempted to resist arrest. After repeated attempts to dissuade him failed, the suspect brandished a gun and attempted to intimidate and murder law enforcement officers. I had no choice but to fire in self-defense and killed the suspect on the spot."
This time, he didn't have to squeeze through. Fuyixing's underlings and the police officers all made way for Yan Hung before he could even take a step.
Yan Hung walked through the crowd to the stairwell and said to the still-shaken Meng Wanqing, "Miss Wanqing, I'll take the police officers to escort you back to the Taibai Seafood Restaurant to see Secretary Song."
Upon hearing Yan Hung's words, Meng Wanqing's heart skipped a beat. The young man who had rewarded her with gold bars was also known as Secretary Song.
Chapter 189 Passing the Knife
After receiving Meng Wanqing, Yan Hung's first action was to take a dozen Uniformed Branch men to the Taibai Seafood Restaurant in Tong Sai. He had killed Rat Xiang, who had illegally detained the woman, and Wong Wan-chiu, who had attempted to rape her. Although it sounded horrifying, Yan Hung that these two lives were nothing more than ants in the eyes of the Britain or wealthy Chinese families. As long as Song Tianyao acknowledged that he had stood up for his woman tonight, even if Wong Wan-chiu was Lai Man-yau's godson, Liu Fu would have to swallow his pride and bear it.
Strangely enough, before the killings, Yan Hung was filled with anger, despair, and loss. But after killing two people, as he protected Meng Wanqing and rushed towards the Taibai Seafood Restaurant, he felt increasingly calm. He had already taken the first step; there was no turning back. It was simply a matter of life or death. His fate was in the hands of others. He only had two bullets left in his gun. If Song Tianyao didn't give him a chance, it would simply be one bullet for the other and one for him. It was a clean and decisive end.
Even if I die, I will have two gangsters from the Kowloon's Eighteen Tigers, as well as a trusted secretary of Justice of the Peace, to accompany me on my journey!
He led his men out of Fung Yu Restaurant, flagged down six or seven rickshaws, and forcibly stopped a red taxi that was about to close. Several rickshaws surrounded the taxi as they headed towards Tong Sai Wharf.
Once seated in the car, Yan Hung finally had the energy to carefully examine Meng Wanqing, who was flanked by A Wai and a soldier in Uniformed Branch in the back seat. Regardless of her appearance, Meng Wanqing, aside from being slightly pale, showed no signs of panic. When she noticed him turn his head, she looked at him warily. Yan Hung didn't avoid her gaze and spoke frankly, "Miss Wanqing, I don't ask you to speak well of me about what happened tonight. I only ask that you tell Secretary Song the truth: it was I, Yan Hung, who took you from Fung Yu Restaurant back to Taibai Seafood Restaurant."
Meng Wanqing had no idea what had happened from beginning to end. At this moment, Yan Hung asked her to tell Secretary Song the truth. She didn't know what to say, so she could only nod in response.
Yan Hung then looked at the young man in Uniformed Branch who was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands. "Don't be afraid. I'll take responsibility if anything happens. You're not even a helper. The dead Rat Xiang and Wong Wan-chiu's men won't bother you."
The man in Uniformed Branch uniform bowed his head and grunted, then looked up at Yan Hung with eyes full of admiration. "Master Hung, you were truly impressive today! Last month, when I went to collect the fees from the Flower Arrangement Apartment, the Silver Head threw money at my feet. When I bent down to pick it up, I muttered a complaint, and Rat Xiang overheard me and kicked me hard from behind, cursing me for being a cop who begs for food and complaining that bending over is too tiring! He said we cops are worse than dogs, since even dogs know to open doors for him, but we cops and beggars only know how to collect money! Seeing you stand up for us today makes me so happy. That's how cops should be! We're soldiers, they're thieves, why should we be afraid of them? Can they fight? Can they outgun us? If you could be our superior and stand up for the brothers, that would be great."