"Fuck your mother!" Liu Fu glared, his eyes blazing with murderous intent. "What the hell did I tell you?! You dare to pull a fast one on me?! If you really thought I was the boss, would you do this?!"
Lai Man-yau didn't speak, but instead looked at Liu Fu behind him. Liu Fu took a few deep breaths and waved to his men, "You guys go to the main hall first."
After Liu Fu's henchmen left, Lai Man-yau forced a smile, reached for a cigarette on the table, and offered it to Liu Fu, even offering to light it for Liu Fu. Liu Fu took the cigarette but didn't give Lai Man-yau a chance to light it; instead, he held it in his hand without moving, staring at Lai Man-yau without saying a word.
Lai Man-yau rubbed his slightly loose half-tooth and lit a cigarette for himself.
"Since the brothers outside aren't here, I'll call you Brother Fu. Brother Fu, what's done is done. I've thought it over. I did something wrong before, but I don't regret what happened tonight. What I regret most is that I was greedy and careless, falling into Song Tianyao's trap. It's easy for me to take his money, but it's very difficult to return it. I've thought it over and over, and I still have to do it."
Liu Fu remained silent, his eyes fixed on Lai Man-yau with a gloomy expression. Liu Fu Lai Man-yau was the person Liu Fu trusted most. Both he and Lai Man-yau were from Dongguan. The Chinese police officers in the Police Force belonged to four major regional factions: Dongguan, Five Counties, Chiu Chow people, and Shandong.
There's no need to mention Shandong people; their status is extremely low. In the four ranks of the Police Force, White Russian police are first, India police second, local police third, and Shandong police fourth. The influence of Shandong people within the Hong Kong Police Force is almost negligible. White Russian police are also becoming increasingly rare, and being mostly Foreign Devil, they often hold high titles but have little real power. As for India police, a large portion returned to their home countries after India's independence. The few who remain in the Hong Kong Police Force are mostly given symbolic, sinecure positions. Only the three major regional factions among the local Chinese police officers— Dongguan, Five Counties, and Chiu Chow people —have been the most influential under the colonial government's policy of using Chinese to control Chinese.
Liu Fu is now the Chief Detective Inspector, in charge of all plainclothes officers in Hong Kong. The Dongguan faction currently holds a dominant position in the police force, and almost all Dongguan officers receive special treatment from Liu Fu. Originally, Li Minyou wanted to compete for the position of Chief Detective Inspector of Hong Kong Island, which Liu Fu did not forbid. Li Minyou was someone he had personally promoted, and there was nothing wrong with him getting ahead. However, he could not tolerate Li Minyou acting on his own and actually shooting and killing Li Jiusheng behind his back!
Even without his current connections, Li Jiusheng was still the Chief Detective Inspector of Hong Kong Island. Back then, Tuolong was a formidable Chinese police officer who was qualified to compete with Yao Mu for the position of Chief Detective Inspector! And Li Minyou just killed him like that?
Since Hong Kong opened to the world, there has never been a case of police officers killing each other over the position of Detective Chief Inspector! If this precedent is set, will several people die every time Detective Chief Inspector is elected?
After glaring at Li Jiusheng through gritted teeth for several minutes, Liu Fu finally spoke, cursing, "If you take down Li Jiusheng and become the Chief Detective of Hong Kong Island, will anyone respect you? The way you treat Li Jiusheng, others will treat you the same way! Stupid!"
"Strike while the iron is hot. Now all the police officers in Hong Kong know that Lee Jusheng Headless, Headless is Song Tianyao's man. Now that he's in trouble, everyone's first reaction will naturally be to suspect Song Tianyao of hiring someone to kill him. They won't think of me. On the contrary, if they wait too long before taking action, they won't be able to take advantage of this favorable situation. I'm really making things difficult for you, Boss." Lai Man-yau said respectfully to Liu Fu.
Lai Man-yau is also a ruthless character. After the Chief Detective of Kowloon District, Cheung Wing-kam, took office, his office was originally supposed to be at the Yau Ma Tei Police Station. However, Lau Fook instructed Lai Man-yau to stand firm, and Lai Man-yau managed to force Cheung Wing-kam to open an office at the Kowloon City Police Station, giving up the lucrative Yau Ma Tei location. This shows Lai Man-yau's ability.
When Liu Fu told him to return the money to Song Tianyao, he realized he had done something stupid. When he first met Song Tianyao, he was blinded by the promises Song Tianyao made and didn't have time to think things through. It wasn't until Liu Fu told him to return the money that he realized that it was easy to take the money from Song Tianyao, but it wouldn't be so easy to return it.
First, Song Tianyao's words had already stirred up Yan Hung's ambitions, who was sitting nearby. He had his eye on Li Minyou's position Detective Chief Inspector of the Yau Ma Tei Police Station. If Lai Man-yau returned the money and refused to do his job, Yan Hung might very well go so far as to Detective Chief Inspector him in order to get the position himself. Yan Hung Lai Man-yau Song Tianyao's backing and was not short of money or power, while Lai Man-yau could only rely on Liu Fu. If Liu Fu and the Dongguan Chamber of Commerce behind him were to back down even slightly, Li Minyou would be forced to retire early. Rather than retire early, he might as well take a gamble.
Secondly, his own factory still relies on Song Tianyao's orders to operate. Song Tianyao doesn't even need to punish him; if he stops the orders, his factory will have to close down, and he will be removed from the Hairpiece Industry Association, completely cutting off his source of income.
Third, knowing that Song Tianyao was going to deal with Lee Jusheng, he first agreed to help, but then immediately betrayed him. Even if Song Tianyao didn't kill him to silence him, he would definitely find a way to threaten him into shutting up.
Having thought these three points through, Lai Man-yau immediately decided that rather than being passively controlled, he should risk his life to kill Lee Jusheng!
Anyway, outsiders don't know about his relationship with Song Tianyao, so they won't suspect him. They'll just think that Song Tianyao Headless and had someone kill Lee Jusheng.
"Song Tianyao has been so good to you, now it's my turn to clean up your mess!" Liu Fu was also suddenly informed of Lee Jusheng's murder, which caused him to lose his rationality due to anger. After thinking it through, his tone softened a bit, and he put a cigarette in his mouth.
Lai Man-yau immediately leaned over to light Liu Fu's cigarette. Liu Fu took a drag and asked, "What do we do now?"
"Brother Fu, whatever you say, I'll do." Lai Man-yau was now as obedient as a child.
Liu Fu, cigarette dangling from his lips, pointed at Li Minyou's head and cursed, "You fucking said... Fine, let Song Tianyao take the blame. The benefits will naturally go to the people of Dongguan. Although Li Jiusheng's shooting was sudden, the case is clear enough. It was a crime of passion. Li Jiusheng had taken the murderer's wife, was shot by the murderer, and then the murderer committed suicide. As the Chief Detective Inspector, it's not unreasonable for me to help my subordinates make a statement in front of the foreigners and promote one of my own to take over as the Chief Detective Inspector of Hong Kong Island. So, that one million you owe me is what I paid for. If word gets out, it'll be considered me, Liu Fu, looking out for my brother."