A Customs officer picked up the wet cloth bag and poured out a few rubber tree seeds that hadn't been completely emptied. "Sir, these are rubber tree seeds."
As soon as the word was uttered, the noisy sea seemed to fall silent for a moment. After no other contraband was found on the ship, the Customs officer handed the bag and tree seeds to a Foreign Devil officer in charge of the Marine Police team.
"The cargo ship is temporarily impounded! Everyone on board, along with the two people on the dock, are to be taken back to the Marine Police Headquarters." The Foreign Devil Marine Police commander, holding a few rubber tree seeds in his hand, said with a serious expression after hearing the report.
Huang Liu changed into a clean suit and slowly walked down the hospital corridor. He didn't go into the ward, but sat on an empty seat on the bench next to Uncle Bing. Gazing at the empty hospital corridor, he crossed his arms, leaned forward, and said in a very relaxed tone:
"Old man, are you surprised to see me here? Waiting for someone? When I came up, I saw more than a dozen Gao Lao Cheng being hacked down in the street by Fuyixing... Tsk tsk."
Uncle Bing wasn't looking like a homeless, sleepy old man as usual tonight. Instead, his hair and face were neatly tidied, and he had even changed into a black Zhongshan and put on white gloves.
Hearing Huang Liu's words, Uncle Bing didn't speak. He just glanced at his wristwatch, and after confirming that no one was coming to meet him, he slowly got up, walked to the door of the ward, and said to the inside through the closed door:
"Sixth Miss, it's not safe here tonight. The Second Young Master instructed me to take you and your daughter back to the Lin Family for the time being."
No one inside responded to him. Huang Liu said disdainfully from the side:
"Do you think I'm dead? Or do you think the gluttonous dragon inside is...?"
Suddenly, he slowly stood up, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. "That glutton might have been drugged, right? My boss was right, Sister Xiang is Lin Xiao qia's woman... But if you want to take her away, I advise you, at your age, not to have such naive ideas."
"Do you dare to shoot in a hospital?" Uncle Bing turned his head, his sharp gaze fixed on Huang Liu, and grinned. "If you shoot and kill this old man in a place like a hospital, you'll never be able to show your face in the light of day again. Your dreams of wealth and glory with Song Tianyao will be nothing but a pipe dream."
Huang Liu slowly drew a sharp knife from his waist with his left hand, grinding his teeth as he said, "I don't even need a gun to send you down to see Lin Who Bullies Gods."
After saying that, Huang Liu suddenly flicked his wrist and slashed the knife toward Uncle Bing's neck!
As Uncle Bing took a step forward, he drew two knives from his lower back. He used his left knife to parry Huang Liu's swift blade, and with his right hand, he gripped it in reverse and slashed it viciously towards Huang Liu's groin!
Huang Liu took a quick half-step back, and Uncle Bing's blade almost grazed the trouser seam of Huang Liu's crotch. Huang Liu withdrew his blade, turned halfway, and slashed horizontally. Uncle Bing still used his left hand to parry, and with a reverse slashing motion of his right hand, he sliced Huang Liu's carotid artery from bottom to top!
The instant Huang Liu's knife was parried, he suddenly kicked out, striking Uncle Bing in the abdomen. Uncle Bing's left-hand knife fell smoothly, cutting a bloody gash on Huang Liu's right shin where he had been kicked.
The two separated as soon as they touched the ground. Huang Liu looked down at the shallow wound on his calf that was slowly bleeding, gave Uncle Bing a thumbs up, then turned it around and pointed it downwards, mocking, "Old man, have you been starving these past few days? Or are you having trouble breathing after I kicked you? You had such a good opportunity, and you still couldn't break my leg?"
Uncle Bing took a couple of breaths, said nothing, and crossed his two knives diagonally in front of him. Huang Liu then slapped his thigh repeatedly with the knife, making a slapping sound in the corridor.
"Youth has the upper hand, old man. You've done a lifetime of heinous things and still managed to live to old age. You're lucky. Let me act on behalf of Heaven and send you down to meet Lin Who Bullies Gods."
A burly mountain bandit who had killed and set fires in the mountains, and an aging piracy pirate who had committed crimes, trafficked drugs, and double-crossed others—tonight, only one of them can leave this corridor alive.
Chapter 405 The Night is Long
Lin Xiaohe glanced at the time; it was already 12:30 AM.
Since arriving at the Police Station, he hadn't sensed any intention from them to use Liao Jingxuan to interrogate him or thoroughly investigate the worker's murder case. The lawyer outside told him that Song Tianyao had also been staying in the interrogation room next door, not only refusing to leave but also not even making a move to have his lawyer come out to make a phone call to the outside world.
This unusual calm made Lin Xiaohe feel very uneasy.
"My heart isn't feeling well, I need to go to the hospital for a checkup," he said, clutching his chest.
It was unclear whether he was speaking to Yan Hung, who was dozing off from time to time, or giving instructions to the lawyer behind him.
"Mr. Lin..." Upon hearing Lin Xiaohe's words, Yan Hung's drowsiness vanished immediately, and he hesitated before speaking.
Before he could even speak, Lin Xiaohe's Lawyer Chen, interjected, "Officer, Mr. Lin has a chronic heart condition, which Dr. Ronnie from Saint Immanuel Hospital can attest to. Although no guarantee has been signed, the police have no right to prevent Mr. Lin from going to the hospital. At most, the police can send someone to accompany him to the hospital, and Dr. Ronnie will provide the police with a medical certificate for Mr. Lin."
Yan Hung pursed his lips, glanced at Lin Xiaohe, then at Lawyer Chen, and helplessly tossed his notebook onto the table. He stood up and said, "It's really impossible to deal with lawyers like you. A poor wretch like me wouldn't even dare to speak loudly in the police station, unlike you lawyers who can terrify us with just a few words. Come with me, I'll have someone handle the paperwork for you."
Upon reaching the Police Station lobby, Yan Hung gestured to a Uniformed Branch officer to help Lin Xiaohe with the paperwork and arrange for someone to accompany him to the hospital. A plainclothes officer quickly emerged from the phone booth, glanced at Lin Xiaohe, and whispered a few words to Yan Hung.
Yan Hung glanced at Lin Xiaohe and the four lawyers, pulled the plainclothes officer a little further away, and asked him, "Is the information certain?"
"It must be Brother Wing and Brother Shui from Lao Fu. The two of them were boating back late at night when they cut their hands and feet while untying the net. They happened to be at the hospital getting bandaged and they saw Liao Jingxuan's brothers getting to know them. During their conversation, Brother Shui saw Liao Jingxuan's face as he was being wheeled out of the operating room and recognized him," the plainclothes officer said to Yan Hung.