Chapter Summaries

Gu Sheng negotiated compensation from Li Hengji for the Guo Family’s attacks, then used a police raid on Chung Yee Shun’s drug shipment to advance his own plans. He traveled to Macau Island with He Qing for their engagement and immediately ordered his men to target Yin Zhiju.

• Li Hengji offered Hongji Real Estate assets worth two billion, but Gu Sheng demanded ten billion in assets and left after Li Hengji tried to invoke the Governor’s warning.
• Gu Sheng agreed to return to Macau Island for his engagement and told Kong Sang she could hold a banquet and take photos too.
• After Ah Man reported the shipment’s landing sites, Gu Sheng alerted Superintendent Lin, whose officers seized over a tonne of No. 4 Drug and arrested Ah Wu.
• Gu Sheng planned to kidnap Chung Yee Shun’s Big Money Boss, then traveled by yacht to Macau Island with He Qing.
• Gu Sheng learned his men controlled only half the Macau Island market and told Ah Long to find a chance to kill Yin Zhiju, angering He Qing.

Gu Sheng navigated the Guo Family’s demand for a settlement, visited He Qing’s family, and continued building political and criminal connections. Back on Macau Island, he welcomed Shi Songquan and prepared to host more influential guests, including Kusakari Kazuo.

• Li Hengji advised Guo Guangxiang and Guo Guangjiang to settle their dispute with Gu Sheng rather than risk provoking him or trying to kill him.
• Gu Sheng visited He Qing’s family, met her mother Lan Xiuying, and promised to treat He Qing well before leaving for Hong Kong Island.
• Gu Sheng gave Walker a five-hundred-thousand-dollar gift, then agreed to let Li Xinxin work at his school.
• Gu Sheng returned to Macau Island and ordered Ah Long to kill Yin Zhiju despite Ah Long’s concern about offending He Qing and the King of Gambling.
• Ah Long brought Shi Songquan to the casino, where Gu Sheng welcomed him and planned introductions to the Sanlian Gang and the Yamaguchi-gumi.
• He Qing brought Gu Sheng information about the next day’s guests and reminded him that He Xin expected him at dinner, while Gu Sheng said he also had a welcome dinner to host.

Gu Sheng hosted a banquet for He Qing and visiting underworld leaders, then told Hongxing’s bosses that Government House had hired them for consulting and risk assessment. The night before his engagement banquet, He Qing left and Ding Yao spent the night with him, leaving him to rest before the event.

• He Qing accompanied Gu Sheng to dinner at He Xin’s mansion, where she met her sisters and He Fen; He Xin later declined Li Hengji’s request to intervene for the Guo Family Brothers.
• Gu Sheng and He Qing welcomed Kusakari Kazuo, Shi Songquan, Ding Yao, and Da Fan at a restaurant banquet, where He Qing and Ding Yao exchanged pointed compliments.
• Macau Island police watched the gathering from nearby cars, and Gu Sheng noticed them and sent them away after the guests departed.
• Gu Sheng showed Hongxing’s bosses the agreement hiring them to advise Government House on government directives and local events, and they praised his leadership.
• He Qing left after teasing Gu Sheng about their engagement the next day, and Gu Sheng later found Ding Yao waiting in his hotel room; she urged him to rest after they spent the night together.

Gu Sheng and He Qing held their engagement banquet, where guests from Hong Kong’s business elite and criminal groups around the world gathered. The Grand Elder could not attend, but sent a Moroccan crown as a gift, and the banquet proceeded with the guests divided between the two sides.

• Gu Sheng met He Yongfeng at He Xin’s mansion, where He Yongfeng said he wanted to discuss an opportunity with him.
• He Qing joined Gu Sheng, and they arrived at the hotel as Big Fly and the others welcomed them with loud cheers.
• Big Fly announced guests from the Yamaguchi-gumi, North American Hongmen, Sanlian Gang, KINGS GROUP, France, Italy, and other organizations as they arrived.
• Gu Sheng greeted Zheng Family Jiasen and welcomed Al, then learned that Angela had sent Camorra representatives to the banquet.
• Ahmed attended on behalf of the Grand Elder and gave Gu Sheng a crown once worn by a Moroccan princess.
• He Xin thanked the guests in a speech as the tycoons and international gangsters sat on opposite sides of the banquet hall.

Gu Sheng celebrated his engagement to He Qing while secretly meeting Ding Yao, then returned to Hong Kong Island and was approached by Malaysian businessman Huang Ruiguang. The chapter ended with Huang asking Gu Sheng to find his missing daughter, who might have been abducted by an organ-trafficking ring in Thailand.

• Gu Sheng slipped away from the engagement banquet to meet Ding Yao in a restroom stall, then returned and concealed what had happened from He Qing.
• Gu Sheng and He Qing exchanged rings onstage, and Gu Sheng built connections with wealthy guests by discussing international business.
• He Xin assigned He Qing responsibility for Shun Tak Properties, agreed to give the couple a Victoria Peak mansion, and warned them to be careful as he prepared to leave for Canada.
• Gu Sheng told He Qing he planned to visit Malaysia, then met Guo Jinchuan at his Kowloon office after returning from the He Family graves.
• Huang Ruiguang told Gu Sheng that his daughter had disappeared during a trip to Thailand and might have been taken by an organ-trafficking ring, and he asked Gu Sheng to help find her.

Gu Sheng used his influence to force a Bangkok human-trafficking organization to return Huang Lan and her classmate, then learned Huang Ruiguang might become a security-company client. After the rescue, Gu Sheng returned to He Qing at Victoria Peak, where they spent the night together.

• Gu Sheng questioned Huang Ruiguang about his missing daughter, learned she had rare blood, and asked Da Fan to make the Bangkok trafficking groups hand over Huang Lan alive.
• Da Fan sent KINGS GROUP men to search Bangkok, and Hong Wengang realized Huang Lan was the compatible heart he needed for a transplant but ordered his men to give her to Gu Sheng.
• Gu Sheng received word that Huang Lan and her classmate had been found, and Huang Ruiguang later spoke to his daughter and thanked Gu Sheng.
• Huang Ruiguang said he trusted Gu Sheng’s security company, and Gu Sheng warned that the traffickers might target Huang Lan again.
• Gu Sheng called Gianna, returned to Victoria Peak, and told Leung Siu-tong to investigate Huang Ruiguang.
• Gu Sheng reunited with He Qing, told her Huang Lan had been rescued, and spent the night with her.

Gu Sheng celebrated his engagement while exploiting Yunju Properties’ surging stock price and receiving Ding Yao’s gift of 1.643 billion and a request to eliminate Uncle Zhongyong. After partying with He Qing and his guests, he ordered an investigation into Fourth Uncle as Sususu and Luo Dingfa also targeted him following a deadly raid on a police station.

• Gu Sheng learned Yunju Properties’ stock had doubled after his engagement to He Qing and planned to sell his shares as the excitement peaked.
• Ding Yao presented Gu Sheng with documents showing 1.643 billion in funds and asked him to have Uncle Zhongyong killed; Gu Sheng agreed to send people to Taiwan in three days.
• Gu Sheng arranged for Zhang Chun to send one group to Taiwan and another to Hong Kong Island, then celebrated with Da Fan, Shi Songquan, He Qing, and Ding Yao at a KTV.
• Gu Sheng sang “Troubled Times Superstar” at the party, and He Qing questioned Thirteen Sisters about the KTV business.
• After returning home, Gu Sheng ordered an investigation into Fourth Uncle, especially Chung Yee Shun’s internal contact code.
• Luo Tin-hung and other Chung Yee Shun members killed Ah Wu at Western District Police Station in a gun battle that left police and gang members dead, and Sususu decided to kidnap Fourth Uncle.

Gu Sheng settled a business partnership with He Yongfeng, turned Huang Ruiguang’s gratitude into a future favor, and left Hong Kong Island for Malaysia with He Qing and his men. In Kuala Lumpur, he prepared to meet Hongmen leaders and take on Wah Kee, while the chapter ended with him slapping Shark Yan for allegedly cheating at cards.

• Gu Sheng rejected He Yongfeng’s proposed terms and insisted on taking a sixty-percent share of their new company, while He Qing let them settle the matter themselves.
• He Zhang advised He Yongfeng to accept the arrangement and maintain a good relationship with Gu Sheng, whose underworld influence had become widely recognized.
• Gu Sheng declined Huang Ruiguang’s offer of immediate payment for rescuing Huang Lan and asked him to keep the favor for a future need.
• Gu Sheng and He Qing flew to Malaysia, where Ah Wu reported that Wah Kee had been weakened by its fighting with the Germans and arranged a meeting with Hongmen leaders.
• Gu Sheng planned to negotiate with Hongmen over Wah Kee’s territory and warned Ah Wu that they would be attacked if they refused to cooperate.
• Gu Sheng started a card game with Shark Yan and Silly Fook, then repeatedly slapped Shark Yan after accusing him of cheating.

Gu Sheng met Malaysia’s Hongmen bosses to arrange a joint campaign against Wah Kee, promising them its territory while claiming Hongxing wanted only legitimate business. Wangbiao’s ambush failed, and Gu Sheng escaped the teahouse before ordering the Hongmen bosses to find Wangbiao and Shenjing Qiang.

• Gu Sheng arrived late to meet Liao Cai, Yuanbao, and the other Hongmen bosses in Kuala Lumpur.
• Gu Sheng proposed that Hongxing help drive Wah Kee out of Malaysia in exchange for its transport and port businesses, and assigned Ah Wu to lead Hongxing’s operations there.
• Wangbiao arranged an ambush with over a hundred gunmen while Gu Sheng met the Hongmen leaders.
• Gunmen attacked the teahouse, but Gu Sheng fought them off with grenades and precise gunfire, then escaped through a rear alley with Ah Wu.
• Gu Sheng asked the Hongmen bosses to locate Wangbiao and Shenjing Qiang, while Wangbiao learned the ambush had failed and cursed his men.

Gu Sheng pursued his Malaysian security-business plans while hunting down the man who had betrayed him. After executing Shenjing Qiang and ordering an assault on Chinatown to capture Wangbiao, he secured police backing and smoothly obtained the paperwork to establish his company.

• Gu Sheng told Guo Jinchuan he wanted introductions to influential Malaysians so he could expand his security business, and Guo offered to introduce him to Inspector-General Khalid Bakar.
• Gu Sheng's men captured Shenjing Qiang, who had tipped off Wangbiao, and Gu Sheng killed him after staging a Russian roulette game.
• Gu Sheng ordered Ah Wu to dump Shenjing Qiang's body in Chinatown and told his men to move in the following night and capture Wangbiao.
• After seeing Shenjing Qiang's body, Wangbiao called the police station and asked for increased patrols in Chinatown.
• Gu Sheng promised Khalid Bakar an annual contribution of at least fifty million ringgit to a police welfare fund and received help with the security-business procedures.
• Gu Sheng gave Deputy Inspector-General Khalit a gift, then asked him to arrange a meeting with Kuala Lumpur's police commissioner.

Gu Sheng arranged for the Kuala Lumpur police to leave Chinatown while Ah Wu’s men attacked Wah Kee, then his allies and gunmen escalated the gang war in Klang and Penang. As Gu Sheng and He Qing continued their vacation, wealthy businessmen sought a meeting with him, and he agreed to talk after returning to Kuala Lumpur.

• Gu Sheng paid for a late-night tour of the Malaysia National Museum, then arranged a dinner for Kuala Lumpur police on Jalan Alor.
• After Commissioner Aoun redirected police patrols from Chinatown, Ah Wu’s men and gunmen attacked Wah Kee, drove Sap Bat Chai and Four Lung from the streets, and searched unsuccessfully for Wangbiao.
• Liao Cai seized Sap Bat Chai and Four Lung territory outside Chinatown, while Hong Shun Tong fought Wah Kee in Klang and gunmen killed Wah Kee’s new Boss.
• In Penang, gunmen killed Kalasu outside the police station, prompting the Yi Wo Society’s and Qinglong Mountain’s Bosses to blame Hongxing and the police commissioner to report the killing to headquarters.
• While Gu Sheng and He Qing vacationed in Semporna, Guo Jinchuan asked Gu Sheng to meet wealthy businessmen, and Gu Sheng agreed to talk after returning to Kuala Lumpur.

Gu Sheng arranged to launder over a billion through Yunju Properties while his men abducted Fourth Uncle to demand a ransom. After returning to Kuala Lumpur, Gu Sheng dealt with Wangbiao and secured local business support for Hongxing Security Company, leaving Ah Wu and Blackie to oversee its expansion in Malaysia.

• Zhang Chun's men killed Ah Song and his companions, then took Fourth Uncle to their hideout, where Tin Yeung-sang demanded a five-hundred-million ransom.
• Tin Yeung-sang and Tin Yeung-yee delivered crates of US and Hong Kong dollars to Gu Sheng's villa, and Gu Sheng told Kong Sang to buy Yunju Properties shares through stockbrokers.
• Gu Sheng returned to Kuala Lumpur, rejected Wangbiao's offer to win over Wah Kee branches, and ordered Ah Wu to take his money before disposing of him.
• Gu Sheng introduced Ah Wu and Blackie to Malaysian Chamber of Commerce members who wanted Hongxing's protection for their businesses.
• Gu Sheng put Ah Wu and Blackie in charge of Malaysia and decided he would need to transfer more security personnel from Hong Kong Island.

The Guo brothers were killed in a bombing and shooting at Hongji Real Estate, and the Guo Family soon collapsed, while Gu Sheng continued expanding his business across Malaysia and Thailand. After returning to Hong Kong Island, he deflected Officer Wei’s accusation and rewarded Tin Yeung-sang with a bag of US dollars for arranging Fourth Uncle’s ransom.

• The Guo brothers agreed to sell Hongji Real Estate and move their assets to England, but Zhang Chun and his accomplice killed them and escaped after destroying the surveillance recordings.
• Li Hengji learned that the Guo brothers were dead and Old Madam Guo had died in hospital, and he decided to keep a low profile rather than seek revenge on Gu Sheng.
• Tin Yeung-sang pressured Fourth Uncle to demand three hundred million from his family and Chung Yee Shun, and Lian Ho-lung agreed to contribute a hundred million to secure Fourth Uncle’s release.
• Gu Sheng traveled through Malaysia and Thailand to meet wealthy Chinese businessmen, then returned to Hong Kong Island, where Officer Wei accused him of killing the Guo Family.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to arrange complaints against Officer Wei, then rewarded Tin Yeung-sang with as many US dollars as he could carry.

Gu Sheng planned his takeover of Hongji Real Estate while dealing with the Guo heirs and sending Leung Siu-tong to collect a long-overdue debt from Lian Ho-lung. Meanwhile, officials in the North debated whether to recruit Gu Sheng, and the chapter ended as Leung Siu-tong demanded repayment from Lian Ho-lung.

• Gu Sheng and Kong Sang discussed their future wedding banquet and Yunju Properties’ soaring share price, while Gu Sheng outlined plans to profit from its stock and later pursue Hongji Real Estate.
• Director Geng argued that officials should win Gu Sheng over because of his influence and connections on Hong Kong Island, and several attendees supported the proposal.
• Gu Sheng ordered Leung Siu-tong to collect Lian Ho-tung’s debt and began buying Hongji Real Estate shares and negotiating with its minority shareholders and staff.
• Gu Sheng pressured Guo Hongsheng’s two nephews to sell him their Hongji Real Estate shares, then instructed Leung Siu-tong to keep watch on them.
• Gu Sheng visited Li Ma Sing, planned visits with several women, and asked Leung Siu-tong to arrange dinner with Chu Cheuk-lei.
• Leung Siu-tong presented Lian Ho-lung with Lian Ho-tung’s IOU and demanded more than eighteen million dollars in principal and interest.

Sususu and Ah Fat tried to kill Lian Ho-lung after their embezzlement and gambling debts threatened to expose them, but Lian Ho-lung survived and Ah Fat was killed. Gu Sheng pressured Hongji Real Estate’s minority shareholders into selling their shares and learned that Lian Ho-lung was expected to repay the hundred million owed to him.

• Leung Siu-tong demanded nineteen million from Lian Ho-lung to cover Lian Ho-tung’s gambling debt, and Lian Ho-lung agreed to pay.
• Sususu and Ah Fat realized they could not cover the debt or safely flee, so they decided to kill Lian Ho-lung.
• Sususu drew a gun on Lian Ho-lung, but he woke up, disarmed her, and shot Ah Fat when he rushed in; Lian Ho-tung and Luo Tin-hung’s men killed Ah Fat’s men outside.
• Gu Sheng learned that Sususu had fled to Taiwan and ordered his men to watch Chung Yee Shun’s Big Money Boss.
• Gu Sheng met Hongji Real Estate’s minority shareholders and pressured them into agreeing to sell their shares at the day’s closing price.
• Ding Yao told Gu Sheng that Chung Yee Shun’s accounts were empty but Fourth Uncle would repay the hundred million, which Gu Sheng expected to collect.

Lian Ho-lung’s ally Fourth Uncle was kidnapped again, delaying Lian Ho-lung’s repayment to Gu Sheng, while Gu Sheng tightened his grip on Hongji Real Estate and threatened Kuang Jie through his daughter. The chapter ended with Ah Man reporting that Luo Tin-hung was making a move.

• Fourth Uncle reassured Lian Ho-lung that he would help raise money, but kidnappers abducted him again and demanded a hundred million for his release.
• Lian Ho-lung learned of Fourth Uncle’s kidnapping and asked Gu Sheng for more time to repay his debt; Gu Sheng imposed three days of interest and ordered Ah Man to watch Luo Tin-hung.
• Gu Sheng told Hongji Real Estate executives to let the company’s troubles continue while protecting its assets, then arranged for men to threaten Kuang Jie’s daughter, Ruilinda, in England.
• Ruilinda reported the gun threat to Kuang Jie, who confronted Gu Sheng; Gu Sheng denied involvement, and his men beat Kuang Jie and threw him out of the bar.
• Ah Man called Gu Sheng and reported that Luo Tin-hung was making a move.

Luo Tin-hung robbed a gold transport truck and arranged to sell the gold, but Gu Sheng sent Tin Yeung-sang and Wang Jianjun to ambush the deal. Luo Tin-hung and the buyers were killed, leaving Lian Ho-lung and Lian Ho-tung to face Gu Sheng over their unpaid debt.

• Luo Tin-hung and his men robbed a Zhou Gold Bank gold transport truck carrying forty million dollars' worth of gold bars.
• Gu Sheng had Ah Man track Luo Tin-hung and ordered Tin Yeung-sang and Wang Jianjun to prepare for a likely gold deal.
• Tin Yeung-sang and Wang Jianjun's men ambushed Luo Tin-hung and Hara Aonami at a pier, killing both groups and taking the gold.
• Tin Yeung-sang killed the wounded Luo Tin-hung and reported to Gu Sheng that there were no survivors.
• Lian Ho-lung learned that Luo Tin-hung was dead and the gold was gone, so Lian Ho-tung decided to visit Gu Sheng about the debt.
• The next day, Lian Ho-lung insisted on accompanying Lian Ho-tung to see Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng crushed Chung Yee Shun after Lian Ho-lung and Lian Ho-tung failed to repay him, forcing the gang’s dissolution and absorption into Hongxing. As the underworld reeled from the news, Gu Sheng ran into He Xin at a tailor’s shop.

• Lian Ho-lung and Lian Ho-tung arrived at Gu Sheng’s bar with their men and asked for more time to repay nineteen million, but Gu Sheng ordered them captured.
• Tin Yeung-sang, Silly Fook, and the others subdued the brothers, and Gu Sheng revealed that he had targeted Chung Yee Shun because it had stood aside during Hongxing’s war; he ordered the brothers thrown into the sea halfway to Macau Island.
• Gu Sheng let Chung Yee Shun’s foot soldiers into the bar, where he offered them a chance to join Hongxing; one man stabbed a former comrade to prove his loyalty.
• Chung Yee Shun’s remaining loyalists were purged, and the gang dissolved before its entire force joined Hongxing, alarming rival triad bosses and O Squad’s Anti-Triad Squad.
• Gu Sheng and Kong Sang visited a tailor, where Gu Sheng encountered He Xin shopping with a young woman.

Gu Sheng investigated Hara Aonami’s disappearance, concealed his own role, and ordered the High Table to kidnap Kuang Jie’s daughter Ruilinda to pressure Kuang over the Guo Family inheritance. After an initial assassination attempt failed, a second team ambushed Ruilinda on her way home.

• Gu Sheng learned that Hara Aonami’s men and Luo Tin-hung’s men had fought, then told Kusakari Kazuo that Luo’s men had died and Hara’s body was missing.
• Gu Sheng told Tin Yeung-sang to buy Guo Family shares at full strength because Kuang Jie was delaying the inheritance division.
• Gu Sheng visited Sophia at the Continental Hotel and asked her to send the High Table a job to kidnap Ruilinda without harming her.
• Two assassins tried to enter Ruilinda’s home, but a gunfight with her police guards killed both assassins and one guard.
• A second team ambushed Ruilinda after she left the police station, shot up the officers’ car, and ordered her out of her vehicle.

Kuang Jie begged Gu Sheng to release Linda, but Gu Sheng denied involvement and sent him toward Al’s people. Gu Sheng then visited Wai Ting-bong, who had been suspended, and taunted him about his undercover past and his wife’s financial misconduct.

• Kuang Jie learned that Linda had been kidnapped and went to Gu Sheng, offering him all of his Hongji Real Estate shares in exchange for her release.
• Gu Sheng mocked Kuang Jie, denied responsibility for Linda’s disappearance, and gave Leung Siu-tong a contact linked to Al’s side.
• Wai Ting-bong received an English police request to investigate Kuang Jie and Gu Sheng, but Internal Affairs suspended him amid complaints.
• Gu Sheng paid his associates for their help, then visited the suspended Wai Ting-bong with a fruit basket and mocked his plans to arrest him.
• Gu Sheng told Wai Ting-bong that his wife had lost over a million through stock speculation using embezzled public funds, and revealed that she had bought Henderson Land Development shares.