Zhou Quan followed his uncle and his aunt's husband forward to greet the arriving guests, a family of three.
There was a middle-aged man with a broad, square face, thick eyebrows, and large eyes.
There was a middle-aged woman in an elegant gown who still retained her charm.
The husband and wife had their arms linked and looked particularly affectionate.
Behind the couple followed a handsome teenage boy with a somewhat wooden expression.
Although this was Zhou Quan's first time meeting these three guests, he had gathered a good deal of information on the Police Force's senior officers.
Thus, the moment they met, information about this family of three surfaced in his mind.
The middle-aged man was the Guan Big Mallet his uncle Wong Bing Yiu had mentioned.
He was Senior Superintendent Guan Zhibang, commander of Tai Po District under the Police Force's North New Territories headquarters.
Within the Police Force, Guan Zhibang had neither a patron nor any inherited protection.
But since he had secured his position as Senior Superintendent, he was clearly no rootless drifter.
It was simply that the power backing him did not involve the Police Force.
Or rather, Guan Zhibang was the force his backers had cultivated within the Police Force.
Hong Kong Island's quarrying magnate, chairman of the K. Wah International Group and Justice of the Peace Sir Lui, was Guan Zhibang's greatest backer.
Guan Zhibang's wife, Ms. Lui Youhui, was Sir Lui's only daughter and the current executive president of K. Wah International.
Guan Zhibang's power within the Police Force could not hold a candle to the Lee Faction.
But in terms of influence on Hong Kong Island, the Lui Family behind him was by no means inferior to the Shanghai Clique's Lee Family.
Guan Zhibang had established his own banner within the