Ah Wu stood at the window looking down, watching several young men in floral shirts walk along the street.
He was staying in a rental Blackie had found for him, right on the edge of Small Wah Kee and Sap Bat Chai territory.
The Chinese gangs here were deeply hostile toward people from Hong Kong Island.
Gu Sheng had simply caused too much trouble back then, coming back to stir things up again and again.
Not just Small Wah Kee-even the local Hongmen offshoots were very wary of Hongxing.
There had been several assaults and kidnappings targeting Hong Kong Island businessmen, and recent arrivals had started being careful whenever they went out.
He did not understand Malay either, so all he could do now was wait here for Gu Sheng to send people over and give him further instructions.
After watching for a while, Ah Wu sat down and picked up the newspaper on the table.
Sing Tao Daily.
Sing Tao Daily was sold not only on Hong Kong Island but also in Chinese communities abroad. The copy Ah Wu was reading, for instance, catered to Chinese readers in Nanyang.
Its influence there, however, was nowhere near what it enjoyed on Hong Kong Island.
Meanwhile, the various Wah Kee branches were holding a meeting. They had held more meetings in the past six months than in the previous ten years.
"Kalasu, after all this fighting, you owe us an explanation. Hongxing is still out there, and now we're fighting the Germans too. This whole mess is your doing."
Wangbiao, the Leader of Four Lung, spoke as he smoked.
The others nodded in agreement.
Everyone had a hand in the trouble with Hongxing, but the business with the Germans was entirely Kalasu's doing.
After so much fighting between the two sides,