Chapter Summaries

At a gathering, Tan Jingwei hinted that he could resolve the dispute over the Two Airlines Uprising employees that night, then questioned Xu Pingsheng about a Brazilian freighter leaving Hong Kong. The chapter ended with Xu Enbo denying the ship belonged to the Xu Family as two fast-moving lights approached it at sea.

• Tan Jingwei reassured Gu Quan that Gu Linshan would no longer need to work on their business after that night.
• Yu Shiting challenged Tan Jingwei’s suggestion that he could simply abandon the stock-market conflict, and Tan respectfully addressed him.
• Tan Jingwei asked Xu Pingsheng about a Brazilian freighter due to leave Victoria Harbour, causing Song Tianyao to spill tea.
• Xu Enbo burst into the meeting room and declared that he had sent the ship out and it had nothing to do with the Xu Family.
• Two Brazilian sailors aboard the freighter discussed Chinese people and their plans before engine noise and two lights appeared in the darkness.

Song Chunzhong and Gu Tiancheng discovered that the million Hong Kong dollars Singh had paid them was counterfeit and decided to expose the Thai operation to Hong Kong’s underworld and police. Meanwhile, Xu Pingsheng confronted Xu Enbo over bringing a ship from Brazil into port, and Xu Enbo’s glance at Song Tianyao left the hall facing an apparent betrayal.

• Song Chunzhong and Gu Tiancheng examined Singh’s million Hong Kong dollars and found that the bills were counterfeit because their ink seeped into the paper.
• Song Chunzhong explained that the counterfeits were made by Kondo Kohei and decided to use the discovery to alert He Xian and Hong Kong contacts about the Thais.
• Xu Pingsheng demanded to know why Xu Enbo had brought the ship from Brazil into port.
• Xu Enbo looked toward Song Tianyao and said nothing, making his apparent connection to the ship clear to those in the meeting hall.

Song Tianyao and Xu Pingsheng revealed that the Brazilian-flagged ship was a trap meant to surprise Tan Jingwei, while Di Zhen discovered its cargo had been replaced with junk. Huang Liu’s remote failed to detonate the ship, leaving him and Zhao Wenye to confront its crew without the planned explosion.

• Xu Pingsheng slapped Xu Enbo and confronted him about secretly switching the ship to a Brazilian flag.
• Xu Pingsheng told Song Tianyao he had planned to deal with the foreign crew, and Song revealed the ship carried a surprise for Tan Jingwei.
• Di Zhen opened the cargo crates and found wigs, foam, and stones instead of the expected goods.
• Zhao Wenye and Huang Liu watched the ship from a dark fishing boat as Huang Liu tried to trigger a bomb.
• When the remote failed, Huang Liu cursed the Soviets, grabbed his pistol, and prepared to deal with the men aboard the ship.

Zhao Wenye’s plan ended with the freighter destroyed, Sheng Zhaozhong killed, and the Marine Police agreeing to label him a pirate conspirator. At the Golden Source Club, Lam Kong received a shocking call from Lou Fengyun in Macau and ordered his men to protect Song Tianyao while he went out.

• Huang Liu told Zhao Wenye that he had done his part as the freighter exploded.
• Sheng Zhaozhong realized the shipment had been a trap and hurried toward the harbour exit to return to Taiwan.
• Marine Police surrounded Victoria Harbour, and an officer shot Sheng Zhaozhong dead.
• Zhao Wenye persuaded the British officers and Marine Police to present Sheng as a criminal killed for colluding with pirates.
• Lam Kong learned that Lou Fengyun had called from Macau, then ordered more men with guns to watch over Song Tianyao.

Lam Kong traced the counterfeit bills to the Thais and gathered police and Red Poles to confront them. In Macau, Nai Khun and his men were surrounded by Huang Ziya’s armed crowd, and Nai Khun challenged Huang to a fight for his freedom.

• Lam Kong called Lui Lok and the Red Poles, telling them the Thais had a printing press and summoning them to the Golden Source.
• Nai Khun and his men left the casino after losing more than a hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars in counterfeit bills.
• Nai Khun dismissed Cai Bao’s worries about their Chinese partners and focused on finding Song Tianyao’s family in Macau.
• Cars blocked both ends of Macau Street, and hundreds of armed men surrounded Nai Khun and his companions.
• Huang Ziya told Nai Khun that Song Tianyao’s people were under his boss’s protection, and Nai Khun proposed a fight to win his release.

Song Tianyao’s scheme exposed Tan Jingwei’s role in the ship bombing and left him facing arrest, while a parallel financial attack forced Gu Quan to rush back to protect the Gu family’s interests. Tan Jingwei was left powerless as Song revealed that the aircraft engines were already being shipped out of Hong Kong.

• Marine Police officers led by Zhao Wenye arrested Tan Jingwei on suspicion of colluding with pirates to blow up a Hong Kong vessel.
• Xu Pingsheng accused Tan Jingwei of destroying his ship, and Zhao Wenye announced that Sheng Zhaozhong had been shot dead.
• Song Tianyao confronted Tan Jingwei at the door and revealed that Lu had helped force Gu Linshan to divert Wing On Bank’s funds.
• Gu Quan realized the Gu family was losing ground in the stock market and hurriedly left the Xu Family house.
• Song Tianyao told Tan Jingwei that the aircraft engines were being loaded at Kwai Chung Pier onto a ship due to leave Hong Kong in two hours.

Song Tianyao sent Tan Jingwei toward a trap while arranging for the freighter to sail and preparing to take the blame for their schemes. After Tan fought Huang Liu at Kwai Chung Pier, Song told Xu Pingsheng and Yu Shiting he planned to leave for Malaya with his movable assets transferred to his foreign girlfriend.

• At Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter, Yao Chunxiao, Ah Gen, and Mute Ah Si waited to kill Tan Jingwei if he arrived.
• Tan Jingwei headed for Kwai Chung Pier after secretly sending staff to alert the British, and found Huang Liu blocking his way as the freighter sailed.
• Tan Jingwei and Huang Liu drew their guns and exchanged fire on the road to the pier.
• The Chinese tycoons left the Xu Family conference hall, and Chu Yaozong told Song Tianyao he had arranged a British cola factory business for him.
• Song Tianyao told Xu Pingsheng and Yu Shiting he would shoulder the consequences alone and planned to go to Malaya, having transferred movable assets into his foreign girlfriend's name.

Song Tianyao prepared to leave Hong Kong for Malaya, where he planned to open a private bank, and arranged for the recovering Huang Liu to join him. He then headed with Lam Kong to the Chu Family to borrow money for cigarettes.

• Song Tianyao told Yu Shiting and Xu Pingsheng that Michael Sandberg had agreed to manage a private bank in Malaya.
• Huang Liu defeated Tan Jingwei at Kwai Chung Pier, but his pistol jammed as he tried to kill him with a crowbar.
• Song Tianyao visited the injured Huang Liu at St. Mary's Hospital and confirmed that Huang Liu would go with him to Malaya after recovering.
• Song Tianyao joked with Huang Liu before leaving the hospital, where Gui Zai Fang and other society members were guarding him.
• Lam Kong complained about his old Ford 49, and Song Tianyao told him to drive to the Chu Family so he could borrow money from Chu Xiaoxin.

In 1983, Song Tianyao and Chu Xiaoxin arrived early at Maryknoll Secondary School, where they reflected on how age and responsibility had changed them. Chu Xiaoxin teased Song Tianyao for involving him in another charitable donation, this time a library in Hong Kong.

• Song Tianyao and Chu Xiaoxin arrived at Maryknoll Secondary School in a black Bentley.
• Song Tianyao teased Chu Xiaoxin about no longer making grand entrances.
• Chu Xiaoxin said he had learned how difficult his father and older brother's lives had been and that he had matured after wasting his youth.
• Song Tianyao remarked that rising in life left people with less energy to deal with others.
• Chu Xiaoxin scolded Song Tianyao for donating schools on the mainland and bringing him along to donate a library in Hong Kong.

Song Tianyao reunited with Chu Xiaoxin in Hong Kong, and the two watched Huo Dongjun fight a group of schoolboys. As Huo Dongjun and his friends walked away, Song Tianyao reflected on his age and the regrets that still followed him after returning to Hong Kong.

• Chu Xiaoxin welcomed Song Tianyao and offered him a villa on Tai Ping Shan, while Song Tianyao said they could discuss his return later.
• Huo Dongjun attacked Feng Zhirong and his companions after they provoked him, beating several of them.
• Lin Zhihui and his men arrived, prompting Feng Zhirong and his followers to retreat.
• Huo Dongjun warned one of Feng Zhirong's lackeys to pay for the illicit pictures and sent him away.
• Song Tianyao compared Huo Dongjun's youthful energy to Chu Xiaoxin's younger self, then watched the group leave and reflected on growing old and his lingering regrets.