Hong Kong, Wangge, a private lounge.
Several young men in black suits were guarding an elderly man. They did not stand too close, because they knew the old man disliked having anyone nearby hear what he said while he was on the phone.
The lounge had three floors, and this was the highest one. Just then, a man with a three-inch knife scar across his face came up the stairs, frowning deeply. Seeing that the old man was still on the phone, he looked toward the young men.
The young men greeted him respectfully in unison. "Brother Jian!"
The middle-aged man... Brother Jian nodded. "Has Uncle Qi still not finished his call?"
The young men shook their heads... Brother Jian frowned, but patiently waited beside the stairs.
A long while later, the old man known as Uncle Qi finally turned around.
"All right. Send me the information..."
Seeing that Uncle Qi had finally ended the call, Brother Jian hurried over and stopped in front of him. Uncle Qi immediately said, "Jian, help me find someone. I'll give you the information later."
Brother Jian froze for a moment, then thought it over. "Uncle Qi, did something happen?"
Uncle Qi shook his head. "It's nothing. My goddaughter from the mainland asked me to help her find someone."
"Goddaughter?" Brother Jian opened his mouth. He had been following Uncle Qi for quite some time and knew that Uncle Qi had children, but he had never heard that the old man had a goddaughter outside the family, much less one in the mainland.
Uncle Qi chuckled casually. "That was almost twenty years ago. Back then, a Thai master read my fortune and said I would face a calamity twenty years later and needed to ward off evil. Not long afterward, I went to the