"Welcome, welcome! Thanks for doing me the honor of coming!" Lian Ho-lung greeted him with a broad smile.
"For the kid!" GS took a box from Ah Tung and handed it to Lian Ho-lung. Inside was a gold lock that had cost him a full fifty thousand.
It was rare for GS to spend so generously.
"How thoughtful!" Lian Ho-lung put the gold lock around the neck of the child Sususu was holding.
GS watched with a smile, then glanced at Sususu.
The child was not Lian Ho-lung's wife Sususu's, but his mistress's.
Sususu had started out selling herself. After several abortions, she had already been unable to bear children when she got together with Lian Ho-lung at just sixteen.
It was precisely this child that had stirred her sense of impending danger and made her start looking out for herself.
"It's a happy occasion. Let's have a drink!" GS picked up a bottle of baijiu nearby and poured some.
Lian Ho-lung and Sususu each poured themselves a glass and drank with GS.
"All right, don't drink too much on your big day. Go take care of things. Don't worry about me!" GS patted Lian Ho-lung and headed inside.
Lian Ho-lung went to greet several elders from the Triad.
Lian Ho-tung had just come in through the back door. Spotting GS, he came over to greet him. "Mr. Gu, thanks for coming! Let me know if there's anything we've overlooked!"
"Enough, don't worry about me. Go shield your big brother!" GS said with a smile.
Lian Ho-tung excused himself and hurried off to take drinks on his brother's behalf.
GS glanced back at him. He had just caught the smell of blood on Lian Ho-tung.
It looked like he had gone out to handle some business before coming to the