"Have you thought this through, Headless? Everyone knows you're Song Tianyao's man. As long as you say that Song Tianyao ordered you to hire someone to kill Dragon Master, we'll let you get up." Lai Man-yau said, sitting on the desk in the interrogation room, his shirt open to let the wind blow through him from the whirring ceiling fan.
Lam Kong on the ground was no longer human, his face and body covered in blood and grime. He was curled up on the ground, slowly twisting his body. Large and small wisps of blood kept coming out of his mouth, proving that he was still alive. The fingernails of all ten fingers had been peeled off, and his vocal cords had been torn apart from screaming in pain. There was also a wound on the back of his head, with dried black blood running from the wound all the way down his back, which looked horrifying. It was caused by Lam Kong hitting his head hard on the corner of a table when he couldn't bear the pain.
Upon hearing Lai Man-yau's question, Lam Kong's lips trembled. He struggled to rise from a curled-up position to kneeling on the ground, his upper body swaying and staggering, yet he tried to sit upright. With his eyes, already bruised and swollen from the blows, he looked at Lai Man-yau and roared hoarsely:
"I... I'll pick... I'll pick your mother. Your... your father isn't as lucky as... Yan Hung, but... but he can still be ruthless and won't disgrace... the Chiu Chow people. If you have the guts... if you have the guts, then keep going! Come on!"
"Keep fighting." Lai Man-yau turned his head away from Lam Kong's fierce eyes and continued speaking.
This time, even Lee Jusheng's trusted men hesitated, not daring to step forward and continue. One of the plainclothes Detective Sergeant approached Lai Man-yau and whispered, "Mr. Lai, he's already broken several ribs. If you keep going, he could easily die..."
Lai Man-yau glanced down at his watch, his mind filled with mixed feelings. Why hadn't Song Tianyao's people shown up yet? Lam Kong had already been dealt with so badly by him; if they didn't come soon, he would have a hard time finding a way to escape.
"Let's have another round! Chief Liu furious this time. Dragon Master is a role model for the Police Force. If we don't make a scene after he's been killed by some scoundrel who hired someone, who will be afraid of us cops in the future! Let's have another round, I'll go first!"
As he spoke, he jumped off the desk, grabbed a broken wooden stick, and walked up to Lam Kong: "Headless, blame yourself for being so ungrateful! I'll take you down!"
He raised the wooden stick in his hand and swung it horizontally towards Lam Kong's back!
With one blow, a muffled sound rang out from Lam Kong's chest!
Lam Kong had finally managed to sit up, was knocked to the ground again by this blow.
"Let's see who dares to touch Headless Bro again!" The wooden door to the interrogation room was kicked open from the outside!
Plainclothes officer A Yue rushed in from outside with several gangsters. Seeing Lai Man-yau still about to hit Lam Kong with a wooden stick, A Yue drew his pistol from his waist. His face, beaded with sweat, was tense. He gripped the pistol with both hands, pointed it at Lai Man-yau, and shouted in a rapid, shrill voice, "One Chief Detective Chief Inspector has already died tonight! Another Detective Chief Inspector dying wouldn't be surprising! Come on! You shoot once, I'll fire once!"
Chapter 363 Lu Yuanchun's Thoughts
Lai Man-yau tossed aside the wooden stick with a "thud," turned around with a gloomy expression, and faced A Yue directly. His eyes swept over A Yue and the several martial arts figures behind him, and finally he gave a disdainful smile:
"What? You, Sergeant Hung, are too afraid to come see me? So I sent you, a piece of trash, to bring a few of your Lao Fu out here. You can't even hold a gun properly, yet you think you can scare people?"
The few Jianghu people following A Yue were all from Fuyixing. It was Red Stick Yulao Ming who led a few capable men. A Yue captured some strong men and came to support the scene.
"Mr. Lai, take Headless Bro to the hospital now. This is Central. I'm just a worthless man, I only got to where I am today because of Master Hung's promotion. Master Hung is pushing me to the limit, I don't care if I lose my life here." A Yue said to Lai Man-yau, barely suppressing a surge of anger in his chest.
Lai Man-yau lit a cigarette and said casually, "I've been in the Police Force for almost twenty years. I've seen plenty of people like you who pull out guns to scare me at the drop of a hat, but I'm still alive and well. You want me to release him? Fine, shoot me dead. You've already said that a Chief Detective Chief Inspector has died tonight, so it wouldn't be surprising if another Detective Chief Inspector like me died. I also want to know how Song Tianyao, the mastermind behind the Headless Sergeant Hung Lao Xiong, will handle things if I die tonight."
In his heart, Lai Man-yau had already cursed Yan Hung to the eighteenth generation. How exactly did Yan Hung order his men to come to the rescue? Did he even mention that he and Yan Hung were secretly working together to put on a show for Lee Jusheng's men and the Lin Family? Now that a gun was pointed at him, if he asked to release the hostages, how would he control the others in the future?
So he was also putting on a brave face, keeping a straight expression, but his heart was pounding in his chest, fearing that A Yue's gun might accidentally go off.
A Yue withdrew one hand and wiped away his sweat. He had fired shots at gangsters in Mong Kok many times and was very familiar with the action of firing a gun. However, the man in front of him, Lai Man-yau, was not one of those gangsters. He was Detective Chief Inspector from the Yau Ma Tei Police Station in Kowloon. If he fired, as Lai Man-yau said, not only would he be in trouble, but Yan Hung and even Song Tianyao behind him might also be in trouble.
But Song Tianyao didn't give any orders, and just sent this nobody to protect Lam Kong!
"What? Do you want me to lend you a towel to wipe your sweat?" When Lai Man-yau saw A Yue withdraw one hand, he immediately knew that the other party would not shoot him, but he did not take the opportunity to press him. Instead, he asked A Yue in return.
A Yue glanced at the plainclothes officers under Lee Jusheng, all of whom were now pointing guns at him. He figured that if he killed Lai Man-yau, he would probably be riddled with bullets right away.
His eyes swept over the crowd, and finally he turned the gun around and pressed the muzzle against his temple!
"Mr. Lai, I'll trade my life for Headless Brother's! You have my men take Headless Brother to the hospital, and I'll hand myself over to you. If you don't agree, I'll shoot myself right now. This is Central. Lee Jusheng has already been killed tonight. If another officer from the Central Police Station is shot, those Foreign Devil will definitely not hold back anymore. Even Chief Liu will probably get a taste of their Foreign Devil!" A Yue had been by Yan Hung's side for so long, and while he might be far inferior to Yan Hung in other skills, he had learned a little bit of Yan Hung's ruthlessness. At this moment, his hand was on the trigger, and he stared at Lai Man-yau without blinking as he said, "My worthless life isn't worth paying for with your and Chief Liu, but it's enough for you to be reprimanded or even demoted by the Foreign Devil!"