Thinking of this, Yan Hung smiled, his noticeably plump face breaking into a conciliatory tone, and advised Zhao Wenye, "A-Yip, Detective Chief Inspector Lü is right. We're all in the same boat. Asking him to hand over Limping Qing now would put him in a difficult position..."
"Excuse me, Brother Hung." Zhao Wenye interrupted Yan Hung before he could finish speaking, tugging at his black suit jacket. "I'm in Marine Police uniform."
Yan Hung's expression changed several times. He turned to look at Lam Kong, Lam Kong averted his gaze perfectly, appearing as if it were none of his business.
Zhao Wenye casually picked at his nails and said, "Brother Lok, it's a life for a life. Your friend from Taiwan is no match for my cousin. Hand him over."
Lui Lok pressed his hands firmly against the edge of the long table, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force. He said in a deep voice, "Whether it's enough fun or not, we'll know after the two of them fight. What's the point of saying all this now?"
"So there's nothing to talk about?" Zhao Wenye spread his hands, looking helpless, and gave Lam Kong an apologetic smile, "Sorry, Brother Kong, I don't know what important matter you want to discuss today. I have some brown sugar water boiling in my room, I need to go back and check the fire, I'll be going now."
Lam Kong looked troubled. "A-Yip..."
Zhao Wenye waved his hand, indicating that Lam Kong didn't need to continue, and smiled at him, "Brother Kong, I'm someone you personally mentored, and I know it's inconvenient for you to speak right now. It's alright, next time when no one else is around, the two of us brothers can sit down together and chat slowly."
Ignoring Lui Lok's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, Zhao Wenye brushed past him, then stopped after a few steps. "Now that the higher-ups are fighting like mad, why don't we lower-ups join in? Tonight I'll apply for an arrest warrant from the Foreign Devil, take some men to the hospital to get Handkerchief Qing, and then let's see how you protect him."
Lui Lok's eyes twitched a few times. He turned around and stared at Zhao Wenye for a long time before letting out a cold laugh, "Fine! I'll be waiting for you!"
Zhao Wenye scoffed, stepped out the door, and slammed the door shut behind him.
After a moment of silence, Lam Kong, Yan Hung, and Hon Sam Sen all looked around the empty conference room, as if, apart from Lui Lok, the room was full of new and interesting things.
Just then, the wooden door to the conference room was pushed open from the outside, and a Uniformed Branch police officer that Lui Lok had brought stood in the doorway. "Brother Lok..."
Lui Lok, who had been bottling up his anger with nowhere to vent, suddenly found an outlet. His face contorted into a ferocious expression, and he swept the wine glass off the table, smashing it to pieces. He roared at his Uniformed Branch policeman subordinate, yelling, "I'll beat your mother to a pulp! Don't you know how to knock before entering a house? Tomorrow, pack your things and go guarding the reservoirs in Sha Tau Kok!"
The unfortunate Uniformed Branch officer was given a severe dressing-down by Lui Lok, and he stood frozen in fear, too terrified to move for a long time.
"A-Lok, don't make things difficult for the junior." Lam Kong coughed lightly, breaking the awkward silence, and turned to smile at the Uniformed Branch police officer at the door, "Brother Lok was just joking with you, don't worry. Tell me, what happened?"
The Uniformed Branch police officer was clearly quite frightened, his voice trembling slightly. "Yes, Brother Kong. A senior manager from HSBC just reported to Tai Kwun that the bank has recently received a large amount of counterfeit money. Chief Inspector has ordered all the district Detective Chief Inspector to attend a meeting in Tai Kwun immediately."
As Lam Kong and the other two exchanged bewildered glances, Lui Lok grabbed his coat from the back of the chair, exuding a gloomy aura, and said in a deep voice, "Excuse me, I'll be going now."
Lui Lok strode towards the door, and the man in Uniformed Branch at the door hurriedly stepped aside to make way for him. Lui Lok didn't even look at him and walked straight out the door.
As the door closed again, the three remaining people in the room— Lam Kong, Yan Hung, and Hon Sam— breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions finally relaxing somewhat.
"Hey!" Lam Kong pulled out a cigarette case, lit one, and then tossed the whole pack to Yan Hung: "You're the Detective Chief Inspector in Yau Ma Tei now, aren't you coming to the meeting?"
With a cigarette dangling from his lips, Yan Hung mumbled, "I'll drive his mother's ass! If I'm going to go, it's not now, lest I run into that powder keg on the road."
After Yan Hung finished speaking, he tossed the cigarette pack to Hon Sam, Hon Sam chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Brother Hung, you should be grateful that there's a meeting! I wanted to go, but they wouldn't let me in. Why? Because I'm Detective Chief Inspector!"
Lam Kong chuckled dismissively, "Tacky! After investigating for so long, they still haven't found the source of the counterfeit money. Even if they go to meetings, they just get yelled at by the Foreign Devil. I wouldn't go even if they invited me."
Hon Sam sighed helplessly, "Brother Kong, of course you don't care, but I... sigh! Never mind, let's not talk about it anymore, let's drink!"
Inside the meeting room, as Lam Kong and Yan Hung were comforting Hon Sam, Lui Lok had already walked out of the Golden Source Club building and downstairs.
A Jaguar sedan parked nearby opened its door, and a fat, bloated man laboriously got out of the driver's seat, stood in front of the door, and waved obsequiously at Lui Lok: "Brother Lok, the car is ready."
Lui Lok strode to the car, and as he bent down to get in, he whispered to the overweight man in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Chu Yau-chai, after you drop me off at Tai Kwun, go to the hospital and pick up A-Qing immediately. Even if the Foreign Devil come to demand her, two words: No handing her over!"
Upon hearing this Chu Yau-chai, Lui Lok's top strategist, immediately wiped the bloated smile from his face and nodded heavily, "Understood, Brother Lok."
At the intersection of Wood Hwo Tao Road Junction in Wan Chai, in front of the Men's Sexually Transmitted Disease Hospital.
After being seen off by Kondo Kohei and Paitoon, Sai Zhalunwang got into the Nissan Toyota sedan.
Nairen started the car, and it slowly moved away from their sight, under the watchful eyes of Kondo Kohei and Paitoon.
"Mr. Paitoon, as far as I know, the general has just finalized an agreement with Taiwan regarding the supply of opium from the Golden Triangle. He doesn't have any raw opium materials on hand in the short term. Where will he get his supplies from?" Kondo Kohei only turned around and asked Paitoon with a smile after the car had turned the corner and disappeared from sight.
Paitoon clearly trusted Sai Zhalunwang completely. When Kondo Kohei asked, he replied without hesitation, "Don't worry, Mr. Kondo. Since Sai Ba promised you, he will definitely keep his word. Let's just wait here for his news."