On Hong Kong Island, ID badges were nothing unusual.
Anyone with a legitimate job might wear one.
But in the present circumstances, what that ID badge represented was worth pondering.
Someone who could make even Gou Hok Jai from a major triad like Wo Sing Wo behave themselves.
Who could that be but a cop? And there was absolutely no way he was an ordinary Police Officer.
Otherwise, those five Wo Sing Wo bosses would never have acted so respectfully.
A flicker of panic appeared deep in the eyes of all three brothers, Ah Chai, Tony, and Ah Fu.
Only Hua Sheng, who had followed the three brothers, showed a flash of excitement and delight.
But a moment later, panic turned to ruthlessness, and excitement became worry.
Ah Chai, Tony, and Ah Fu all lived on the knife's edge. Of course they were unwilling to sit back and wait for their doom.
So what if he was a cop? When it came to fighting for their lives, the brothers feared no one.
As for Hua Sheng's worry, the reason was even simpler. He was on an undercover assignment!
Who knew whether his colleagues opposite him knew his identity?
If a fight broke out, he might get caught up in it too.
By now, Ah Chai had lost his earlier exaggerated arrogance.
His vicious gaze swept back and forth over Zhou Quan and the five Wo Sing Wo bosses as he said gravely, "You're actually wearing red shoes?"
On Hong Kong Island, both Gou Hok Jai and Police Officers had a custom of worshipping Lord Guan.
But there was a very clear difference between the statues they worshipped. Police Officers worshipped Red Shoes Lord Guan.
Thus, "wearing red shoes" was a veiled reference to colluding with Police Officers and selling out