Chapter 121: Dark and Windy Night, Trepidation (Part 2)
Lok Chi-ming fumbled to take it. He had initially thought Lin Feng's words had some specific meaning, but upon opening the file, he was stunned—it was a thirty-year insurance policy, for him, Lok Chi-ming.
"Luo Zongzun must have just received notification from Chief Huang. He wanted to pull you out, and the thirty-year insurance is a guarantee for your future."
"Who knew such a thing would happen?"
"It's alright, Luo Zongzun treated you well."
Lok Chi-ming was speechless.
Thankfully, Lin Feng had Li Fu retrieve this file. If it hadn't been retrieved, Lok Chi-ming would have been in trouble.
If the killer had seen it, it would have been even worse. He, Lok Chi-ming, would have been the one to go with Luo Zongzun.
Li Fu frowned and said:
"Luo Zongzun is one of the three main figures of Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, an officer of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, a Senior Inspector."
"How could the movements of such a person be monitored?"
"There's an inside man."
Lok Chi-ming's ears perked up, practically rivaling a rabbit's.
Lin Feng said straightforwardly:
"It's very simple, there's an inside man in the Police Force."
"And a very high-level inside man at that, otherwise, it would be impossible to know Inspector Luo's whereabouts."
"In Hong Kong... trying to track someone is very troublesome, and trying to track an Organized Crime and Triad Bureau Senior Inspector with strong anti-surveillance capabilities is even more impossible."
The streets of Hong Kong are narrow, and even with people coming and going, it's difficult to track someone.
Not to mention tracking a police officer.
It requires a large number of people to rotate shifts and the use of advanced equipment for tracking to ensure all of Luo Zongzun's movements are known.
Li Fu made a judgment:
"It doesn't look like something the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station could do. It should be someone from a higher level tracking him."
"...The Political Department!"
Lin Feng nodded slightly:
"It should be those Foreigners from the Political Department!"
"It seems Brother Chang's suspicions were not wrong."
"The Foreigners are really targeting Sun Luen Shing... This is to clear out potential undercover agents, and on the other hand, it might also be to eliminate police officers who could hinder someone."
Lok Chi-ming said blankly:
"I... I don't understand."
Lin Feng explained:
"This is easy to explain."
"First, you need to understand one thing."
"Brother Chang judged that someone in Sun Luen Shing would be tempted by the Foreigner Richard, and that some brothers would become informers."
"This was the premise for asking me to investigate."
Lok Chi-ming nodded repeatedly.
Lin Feng explained in more detail:
"My intelligence sources are a bit more extensive than Brother Chang's. I now know that Richard from the Political Department is indeed acting on someone's orders—perhaps George's or someone else's—to take control of Sun Luen Shing."
"So, Sun Luen Shing has already become Richard's exclusive property—at least, he considers it his exclusive property."
"Alright, so he must ensure that Sun Luen Shing remains under his control."
"Naturally, he will use all means to achieve this goal."
"As for the Triad, Richard must ensure that the person he chooses becomes the Dragon Head of Sun Luen Shing."
"On the Police Force side—the Political Department has the authority to direct all operations of other units within the Police Force."
"Which means... they can investigate the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station's operational plans regarding Sun Luen Shing, and they do so under the guise of 'guidance'."
Lok Chi-ming was dumbfounded:
"Does this mean that nothing within the Police Force can be hidden from Richard of the Political Department?"
Lin Feng shrugged:
"That's right."
"The Political Department's role of 'guidance' was originally a covert means for the Foreigners to control the vast number of Chinese police officers."
"Things become quite interesting... when this department, which should be a gatekeeper, has its interests conflict with those of the grassroots police officers, it becomes a critical department."
Standing up, Lin Feng said to Lok Chi-ming,
"You're already caught in the game; it's too late to retreat. If they can kill a Luo Zongzun, killing another you would be even easier."
Lok Chi-ming gritted his teeth and said:
"I never thought about retreating."
"For this case, I spent three years in prison, and my record now has a blemish."
"Even if Inspector Luo told me to retreat, where could I go?"
"Would the Police Force accept an undercover detective with a stained record?"
Lin Feng looked at him deeply:
"Then you need to be careful."
"Oh, by the way, let me tell you something. Your good brother Chuen Bo's right-hand man, Ho Ka-Kui... are you familiar with him?"
Lok Chi-ming shook his head:
"I haven't been out for long, so I don't have much contact with other people."
"I often visit Chuen Bo, and I'm only familiar with Ho Ka-Kui because he's Chuen Bo's subordinate."
According to Triad rules, a subordinate's subordinate is not your subordinate.
Lin Feng didn't beat around the bush and told him directly:
"Ho Ka-Kui is an undercover agent placed by Inspector Inspector Cheng Guobin next to Chuen Bo. Be careful, he might investigate you."
Lok Chi-ming suddenly felt a surge of absurdity:
"What?"
Lin Feng instructed:
"Just be careful yourself. If anything happens, call Xiao Fu."
"As for Inspector Cheng Guobin, if he dares to come looking for you, call Wong Bing-Yiu directly."
Lok Chi-ming asked in surprise:
"Why would Inspector Cheng come looking for me?"
Lin Feng looked at Lok Chi-ming in surprise:
"Don't you know Luo Zongzun's way of doing things by now?"
"Just look at the insurance he bought for you; that's enough to glimpse his operating style."
"Always leave a backup plan."
"You wouldn't think Luo Zongzun didn't sense the danger, would you?"
"Then do you think, when a police officer feels he will encounter great danger, he wouldn't leave a backup plan?"
"Thinking about it, it's impossible not to take precautions."
"So, he would certainly transfer your file."
"Naturally, he would hand it over to the person he trusts most."
"Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station has three main figures. Director Guan has long since ceased frontline work, so excluding him, the remaining person is naturally Luo Zongzun's direct subordinate and good friend, Inspector Cheng Guobin."
"Do you understand the meaning behind this?"
Lok Chi-ming looked at Lin Feng in astonishment. He just couldn't understand how the other party could think of so much in such a short time.
Li Fu and Lok Chi-ming exchanged phone numbers, and then the two departed.
Lok Chi-ming watched their backs and couldn't help but ask:
"When I have something, can I call you guys?"
Lin Feng smiled:
"Of course you can."
Li Fu immediately added:
"Don't call before noon."
Lok Chi-ming was puzzled:
"Why?"
Lin Feng rolled his eyes:
"I need to sleep!"
Lok Chi-ming was speechless.
The two returned to the car, and Li Fu said to Lin Feng:
"Being a police officer in Hong Kong is still a very dangerous job."
Lin Feng sneered:
"With the Foreigners doing things this way, everyone else is in considerable danger, no matter what they do."
"Unless they collude with them."
Li Fu asked:
"Brother Feng, where are we going next?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment:
"To Brother Chang's place."
Li Fu immediately started the car and drove straight to Lam Yiu-cheung's residence.
Speaking of which, Lam Yiu-cheung's residence couldn't compare to Chiang Tin-Sung's. The latter lived in a large villa, while Lam Yiu-cheung's living space, though large, was a big house converted from an abandoned construction site.
The two were simply incomparable.
In Hong Kong, where every inch of land is precious, living in a large house, no matter what kind of large house, is a symbol of wealth and power.
Lam Yiu-cheung was very happy to see them:
"Ah Feng, we meet again so soon?"
Lin Feng hugged him:
"I really want to say some auspicious words, but unfortunately..."
Lam Yiu-cheung put away his expression:
"What is it?"
Lin Feng shrugged:
"I met Lok Chi-ming and confirmed that he is not the inside man Richard colluded with."
Lin Feng indeed did not lie; he merely omitted the fact that Lok Chi-ming was an undercover police officer.
Lam Yiu-cheung was very excited:
"I knew it was like this, no mistake."
"Ah Lok served three years in prison for me."
Lin Feng then said:
"I have some very bad news to tell you."
Lam Yiu-cheung asked in surprise:
"Very bad news?"
Lin Feng sighed,
"I, Xiao Fu, and Ah Lok, the three of us, happened to witness a brutal murder case."
"A dump truck crushed a small car flat."
Lam Yiu-cheung was baffled:
"Isn't that a traffic accident? How is it murder?"
Lin Feng shrugged:
"It just so happens that I know who the owner of that car was—Luo Zongzun, the head of the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau in Tsim Sha Tsui."
Lam Yiu-cheung's expression changed dramatically:
"Are you sure it's murder?"
Li Fu added:
"Luo Zongzun's vehicle was parked on the roadside. There's no way the dump truck could have appeared there and just crashed into it. Luo Zongzun, who was on the phone, was instantly flattened into a piece of paper."
"The dump truck wasn't out of control; it deliberately aimed and crashed into Luo Zongzun."
Lam Yiu-cheung had a bad premonition:
"Ah Feng, are you saying that this matter was done by someone from my Sun Luen Shing?"
Lin Feng felt very regretful:
"It can be confirmed, this was done by an insider."
Lam Yiu-cheung's face turned pale, his whole body swayed, and he murmured:
"How dare he?"
"How dare he?"
"This is Lo Chung-lun, this is the Superintendent of Tsim Sha Tsui!"
Lin Feng looked at Li Fu in astonishment:
"Lo Chung-lun is a Superintendent? Not a Senior Inspector?"
Li Fu was also bewildered:
"I don't know."
Lam Yiu-cheung explained:
"You two don't operate in Tsim Sha Tsui, so naturally, you don't know Lo Chung-lun's rank. He is a Superintendent, the second-in-command of Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, and also the person in charge of the OCU."
"Below Lo Chung-lun is Inspector Cheng Guobin."
"To make an analogy, it's like the difference between Chan Yan-kin and Yuen Ho-Wan, Lu Qichang, and others at West Kowloon Police Headquarters."
Lin Feng and Li Fu suddenly understood.
Lam Yiu-cheung said with a wry smile:
"This is really troublesome now."
Lin Feng was especially sympathetic. The black and white forest agreement had been in effect for twenty or thirty years. Since this agreement was established in the 1960s, successive Triads had abided by it.
It was also because of this agreement that many Triad Big Bosses were arrested, but none were ever killed.
Correspondingly, no Police Force personnel above the rank of Superintendent had ever been sacrificed.
Now, this agreement had been broken!
It was conceivable that Sun Luen Shing would face the Police Force's furious retaliation.
Although the black and white forest agreement was never reported in the newspapers, nor were there any written records, these were all unwritten rules.
This thing was like a bottom line; once the bottom line was broken, the subsequent bottom lines would only lower, not rise.
This was where Lam Yiu-cheung's anger lay.
He allowed the Triad's core members to resort to any means to climb the ranks, as this was a Triad tradition.
He did not allow such extreme means.
If one ascended through such methods, then the difficulties faced by the Triad would be all-encompassing—
The Police Force would frantically suppress Sun Luen Shing.
Other Triads would also distance themselves from Sun Luen Shing for the sake of their own business.
Sun Luen Shing was a traditional Triad, not like the Chung Yee Shun group of madmen. They needed companions to exchange resources.
The result of doing this was that Sun Luen Shing would be isolated by the entire underworld. In the end, to survive, they would only be able to touch one of the three things they wouldn't have touched before: drugs, counterfeit money, or firearms. Otherwise, Sun Luen Shing would just collapse.
Lam Yiu-cheung was not an ordinary hooligan; he was the Dragon Head of Sun Luen Shing. He knew how much trouble such a matter would cause.
For a moment, his mind was truly in a mess.
"Ah Feng, are you sure this was done by someone from my Sun Luen Shing?"
Lin Feng spoke truthfully:
"All of Lo Chung-lun's attention was on Sun Luen Shing—"
"Cases involving other Triads were handled by West Kowloon Police Headquarters, but only Sun Luen Shing's cases were handled by Tsim Sha Tsui."
"I thought for a long time and couldn't think of anyone else who had a grudge against Lo Chung-lun."
Lam Yiu-cheung said with a wry smile:
"Are your sources so well-informed?"
Lin Feng said directly:
"After the incident, I reported it to Wong Bing-Yiu and asked for some information."
Lam Yiu-cheung couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
"Ah Feng, you really have connections."
Contrary to popular belief, interaction between high-ranking Police Force officials and high-ranking Triad Big Bosses was a frequent occurrence, and a phone call between the two sides would not automatically be considered problematic.
Lin Feng was able to tell Lam Yiu-cheung about the matter so candidly because he knew this.
Lam Yiu-cheung's face was full of envy. He envied Lin Feng's ability to contact Wong Bing-Yiu anytime, anywhere.
Having such a high-level channel for communication between the underworld and the Police Force was enough to make one envious to death.
Lam Yiu-cheung's eyes suddenly became fervent:
"Ah Feng, can you mention my situation to Chief Huang..."
Lin Feng pondered for a moment,
"Brother Chang, I can say it, but... it's not easy to talk to Chief Huang... Lo Chung-lun is a Superintendent after all!"
Lam Yiu-cheung's eyes dimmed. Yes, Lo Chung-lun was a Superintendent.
How great would the Police Force's wrath be when a high-ranking detective of Superintendent level was sacrificed?
They would search the entire city to find this killer.
Attacking the Police Force was no longer a matter of provoking them; it was denying the authority and deterrent power of the police, making every Police Force member feel insecure.
If they didn't retaliate, today it was Lo Chung-lun, tomorrow and the day after it would be others.
Lam Yiu-cheung understood this point and immediately lost the desire to communicate.
"This time, you must find the insider to the maximum extent possible, and ideally, find out who instigated it."
"Only then can Wong Bing-Yiu's anger be appeased."
Lam Yiu-cheung was overjoyed:
"Ah Feng, are you willing to help me communicate?"
Lin Feng said clearly:
"Brother Chang, this matter is no longer just your Sun Luen Shing's business."
"If the killer of Lo Chung-lun is not found quickly—I mean the real killer, not the kind where we just push out a subordinate to take the blame as before."
"If the killer is not found quickly, the Police Force will distrust other Triads as well."
"At that time, it won't just be your Sun Luen Shing's problem."
Lam Yiu-cheung held Lin Feng's hand, not knowing what to say:
"Ah Feng, thank you, truly, thank you so much."
Lin Feng shrugged:
"You don't need to thank me. I'm just following Mr. Chiang and Brother Kun's orders."
Lam Yiu-cheung immediately said:
"I will naturally offer my gratitude to Mr. Chiang and Ah Kun. The next steps will still rely on you. I will issue a notice to my subordinates, ensuring they cooperate with you!"
Lin Feng smiled:
"No problem!"
Lam Yiu-cheung personally escorted the two to the car:
"Ah Feng, you've worked hard."
Lin Feng suddenly asked:
"Brother Chang, to find this traitor, is your Sun Luen Shing prepared to endure huge losses?"
Lam Yiu-cheung was startled.
Lin Feng said meaningfully:
"Richard now holds the initiative. If he can lure one insider in Sun Luen Shing, he can lure a second."
"Are you prepared for Sun Luen Shing to bleed heavily?"
Lam Yiu-cheung immediately fell into deep thought.
Lin Feng didn't wait for his answer, waved his hand, and left directly.
Li Fu asked curiously:
"Brother Feng, are you really going to speak up for Lam Yiu-cheung?"
Lin Feng retorted:
"Do you think I shouldn't speak up for him?"
Li Fu was just surprised:
"Wong Bing-Yiu already knows that this was done by the Political Department, not Sun Luen Shing... Isn't it unnecessary?"
Lin Feng sighed:
"That's right, Wong Bing-Yiu knows, and even several OCU supervisors know."
"But do other ordinary Police Force officers know?"
Li Fu's face changed color:
"They don't know!"
Lin Feng sneered:
"That's right, they don't know."
"If Lo Chung-lun's matter is defined as murder, the underworld will surely be in chaos."
Li Fu was very perceptive:
"If?"
Lin Feng nodded slightly:
"How do you think Lo Chung-lun's case should be characterized?"
Li Fu said without thinking:
"Murder!"
"Such a precisely driven dump truck avoiding all detection, it would be strange if it wasn't murder."
Lin Feng mocked:
"But I want to say, if Richard is smart, he will definitely use his authority to have the Police Force classify this case as—"
"A traffic accident!"
Li Fu could hardly believe his ears:
"The Foreigner is so sinister!"
Lin Feng sneered:
"This is a smart move. Richard would never dare to classify this case as murder."
"This would ignite the anger of Hong Kong's thirty thousand Police Force officers."
"If these thirty thousand people are mobilized, what good is it if the killer behind Lo Chung-lun is hidden?"
"The Police Force's anger would certainly engulf Sun Luen Shing, but what about the Political Department?"
"How many people are in the Political Department?"
Li Fu suddenly came to his senses:
"Doesn't that mean Brother Chang's worries just now were in vain?"
Lin Feng retorted:
"Does Brother Chang know?"
"When have I ever made a losing deal?"
Li Fu immediately shut up. After a long while, he said:
"So, Brother Feng, you still have to call Chief Huang later to make good on your promise to Brother Chang?"
Lin Feng nodded as a matter of course:
"When you're in the game, your word is your bond. If I promise to speak on his behalf, then I naturally have to see it through."
Li Fu quickly committed it to memory. He learned, he truly learned!
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Chapter 122: Richard's Backing (Part 1)
"Damn traffic accident!"
"This is clearly murder! Murder!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin, a Senior Inspector from the Tsim Sha Tsui Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, wished he could tear apart the Foreigner from the Traffic Division in front of him.
Did he think he was blind?
How many years had it been since dump trucks were prohibited in Tsim Sha Tsui? And so far from here?
Were the Traffic Division's motorcycle police all blind along the way?
What a joke!
The Foreign Superintendent from the Traffic Division said righteously:
"Inspector Cheng, watch your attitude. You've crossed the line."
"You need to be responsible for your words and actions."
"Otherwise, I will complain about you to the Chief."
Inspector Cheng Guobin roared:
"Go to hell!"
The Foreigner's face turned red, and he shouted:
"I will definitely complain about you to the Chief."
"I certainly will!"
A cold voice sounded behind him:
"Who are you going to complain about?"
The Foreigner spun around instantly:
"Chief?"
Wong Bing-Yiu's entire face was dark. After receiving Lin Feng's message, Wong Bing-Yiu rushed over immediately.
"You just told Inspector Inspector Cheng Guobin not to question your professionalism."
"Then you'd better give me a flawless appraisal report."
"If I find any flaws, you're dead!"
"I'm not kidding."
The Foreign Superintendent said with a green face:
"Yes, sir."
Wong Bing-Yiu ignored the Foreigner, waved his hand, and Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin had already come before him.
Inspector Cheng Guobin still hadn't calmed down.
"Chief, this is clearly murder."
Director Guan's eyes were moist:
"Chief, this is indeed murder."
Wong Bing-Yiu said coldly:
"Did you forget the message I urgently called you about just now, warning you?"
"What did Inspector Luo go to do?"
Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin immediately fell silent.
Wong Bing-Yiu pointed at the scene in front of him and said:
"Does Inspector Luo have to pass through here on his way home?"
Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin both shook their heads.
"Inspector Luo took a big detour..." Wong Bing-Yiu mused, "Is he meeting an undercover agent?"
"Chief, you should know our Police Force's confidentiality system," Inspector Cheng Guobin said with difficulty, "Undercover agents who infiltrate Triads can only be contacted in person, and some procedures are pre-set and cannot be changed."
Randomly changing the time and place of a meeting can easily arouse suspicion from Triad members. There's an underlying logic here — the Police Force doesn't invest too many resources or Police Force personnel into general Triad activities.
Only for extreme, illicit activities, once a team is identified, undercover agents are immediately dispatched.
Sometimes, it's not just one or two dispatches, but multiple.
Typical examples are Hung Hing and The Ni Family.
The massive Hung Hing didn't even have a decent undercover agent.
As for The Ni Family... Lu Qichang and Wong Chi-sing each dispatched three.
The reason for this disparity, while partly due to the existence of the black and white forest agreement, was primarily the Police Force's lack of resources.
With a population of six million, there were a total of thirty thousand police officers.
A significant portion of these police officers were administrative staff in office roles, with only twenty thousand truly on the front lines.
It might sound like a lot.
These Police Force personnel were no match for the number of Triad members; in fact, there were fewer.
Taking Hung Hing and the other ten major Triads in the underworld as an example, their core members, including the Red Poles, numbered thirty thousand, and with overseas branches, a total of fifty thousand.
Not just Hung Hing, but Tung Sing, Sun Luen Shing, Sun Yee On, Wo Luen Shing, and others were all the same.
Even more absurd was that Hong Kong's prisons could only hold a maximum of thirty thousand people.
Lui Lok truly was a generation's hero back then.
Through coercion, he forced the four major underworld families to sign the black and white forest agreement, allowing the Police Force to free up its hands to specifically deal with those they disliked, effectively using limited Police Force personnel against the troublemakers.
In terms of jurisdiction, in the eyes of the Police Force, Triads were all the same—factors of social instability, entities to be eliminated.
Your enemy always knows you best.
Triads were well aware of the Police Force's tactics. Why was Sun Yee On called Sun Yee On?
It was because the older generation of Triads was overthrown by undercover agents, and they later had no choice but to reopen under a new name, Sun Yee On.
Triads generally had the same attitude towards undercover agents.
As long as they knew you were a Triad member, then sorry, kill!
Unless the person being infiltrated had no desire to be in a Triad, and thus kept the undercover agent to express their harmlessness to the Police Force.
With increasing experience in conflict, the Police Force had established considerable procedures. Meetings had to be covert, and emergency meetings could only be handled by the undercover agent.
Established meeting procedures were necessary.
This was to protect the officers on both sides.
Clearly, Inspector Lo Chung-lun ran into trouble by following established meeting procedures.
"Chief, do you think Inspector Luo's informant might be in trouble?" Inspector Cheng Guobin finally voiced his judgment.
"Put away any inappropriate thoughts." Wong Bing-Yiu was particularly stern, "I know you're upset about Lo Chung-lun's death. You rose from the ranks, so you should know how difficult it is for our undercover brothers."
"We, sitting in offices, absolutely cannot suspect those brothers without reason."
Wong Bing-Yiu was very angry,
"You two and Lo Chung-lun were classmates, and you've worked together until now. I know your bond is very strong."
"The more so, the more you must act calmly."
"If things go wrong because of your personal grievances, how will you explain it to Lo Chung-lun?"
"If an undercover agent gets into trouble because of your baseless speculation, you are committing dereliction of duty and a crime."
Wong Bing-Yiu's tone was severe—it was hard for strangers to imagine such a stout man could display such a terrifying expression.
Inspector Cheng Guobin lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
Wong Bing-Yiu waved them to one side:
"When I called to inform you earlier, this is exactly what I was guarding against."
"From now on, do not trust the Political Department."
"Transfer all undercover agent data offline to me."
"If you are worried about your safety, make a backup."
"When necessary, this can save lives."
Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin exchanged glances, both feeling particularly alarmed:
"Has the situation become so urgent?"
Wong Bing-Yiu pointed at the tragic scene before them:
"What do you think?"
"This is the fate we might face."
Director Guan frowned deeply,
"Chief, what if the Political Department asks me for our action plan?"
Wong Bing-Yiu glared at him:
"You're asking me about something like this?"
Director Guan immediately understood.
Wong Bing-Yiu said coldly:
"The notice I just gave you has now resulted in the worst-case scenario. Protect your respective informants, and protect yourselves."
"The Foreigner from the Traffic Division will definitely give me a conclusion that Inspector Lo Chung-lun's death was a traffic accident."
"You understand what to do now, right?"
Chief Huang's eyes were fixed on Inspector Cheng Guobin, who nodded repeatedly:
"Acknowledge this report, and investigate secretly."
Wong Bing-Yiu snorted coldly:
"Not completely stupid yet."
"Knowing this is good."
"Everyone's situation is difficult. From now on, you must be extra careful in everything you do."
Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin indicated their understanding.
Wong Bing-Yiu pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"What kind of person was Lo Chung-lun?"
Director Guan immediately said:
"Inspector Luo was a meticulous Superintendent, loyal and dedicated in his work."
Inspector Cheng Guobin, however, said:
"Inspector Luo always looked three steps ahead and never did anything without a plan."
Wong Bing-Yiu thought for a moment and then said to them:
"If... either of you receives a letter or anything else from Inspector Luo, then take on Inspector Luo's burden as well."
Director Guan and Inspector Cheng Guobin looked at each other in shock.
Wong Bing-Yiu felt weary watching them. The three of them truly had a very strong bond, and the stronger it was, the more he worried.
"You two take care of yourselves."
Wong Bing-Yiu got directly into the car, slammed the door shut, and hit the steering wheel hard. The lenses of his glasses glinted with a cold light.
Political Department, you're going too far!
Did they really think his Fatal Scissor Kick was just for show?
Ring ring ring!
Wong Bing-Yiu picked up his phone and found it was Lin Feng calling:
"Mr. Lin?"
"Chief Huang, Lam Yiu-cheung of Sun Luen Shing is begging me to explain to you that this matter is not the intention of Sun Luen Shing."
Wong Bing-Yiu said grumpily:
"Sun Luen Shing is scared?"
Lin Feng retorted:
"If you were the Dragon Head of Sun Luen Shing, would you be scared or not?"
Wong Bing-Yiu sighed:
"If this was done by Sun Luen Shing, I would flatten Sun Luen Shing no matter what."
"...What exactly was the situation at the time?"
Lin Feng didn't hide anything from him:
"It was a coincidence, Lam Yiu-cheung convinced Chiang Tin-Sung to invite me to Sun Yee On to help them investigate the mole colluding with the Foreigner."
"Lam Yiu-cheung told me that the person he trusted most among the Five Tigers was Lok Chi-ming."
"And I just so happened to know he was your undercover agent, so I gained his trust, which took a little bit of time—don't be angry, that was the time he used to verify with you."
"After we started talking, we realized today was the day they were supposed to meet and connect. I told Lok Chi-ming to immediately call Lo Chung-lun to stop him from coming, and who knew, that's when something happened."
"Based on my judgment, this is undoubtedly a murder."
"Not just me, all three of us made the following judgment."
"The target was Lo Chung-lun; the dump truck crushed Lo Chung-lun into a paper-thin figure."
"I reported this to Lam Yiu-cheung, and he was terrified."
"He absolutely had to ask me to intercede."
Wong Bing-Yiu snorted coldly:
"Lam Yiu-cheung is sensible."
Lin Feng said with a laugh:
"You can still blame Lam Yiu-cheung?"
Wong Bing-Yiu had been through too much stimulation today:
"Why not?"
Lin Feng mocked:
"Sure, but you have to first conclude that Lo Chung-lun was murdered."
"Can you do that?"
Wong Bing-Yiu was speechless.
Suddenly, a wave of desolation welled up in his heart—a loyal O-division police officer had sacrificed his life, yet the Police Station couldn't even state the true cause of his death. It was simply pathetic and ridiculous.
Lin Feng sighed.
"Every wrong has its source, and every debt has its debtor. We should be looking for the mastermind behind Inspector Lo Chung-lun's murder, targeting Triad members is a bit much."
Wong Bing-Yiu suddenly said:
"Mr. Lin, you know the story behind this case, don't you?"
"Can I pay two million for this information as informant fees?"
Lin Feng was slightly taken aback:
"Is the West Kowloon Police Headquarters so wealthy now?"
Wong Bing-Yiu gave a bitter smile:
"In your eyes, am I such a mercenary person?"
Lin Feng was dismissive:
"Everyone in Hong Kong is mercenary, so no one should criticize anyone else."
Wong Bing-Yiu was speechless, and after a long while, he said:
"I can't swallow this. Why should Richard, this Foreigner, treat my subordinates like this?"
"I'm going to teach him a lesson."
Lin Feng also fell silent on his end.
"Chief Huang, I chose to communicate with you purely because of your character."
"Quite chivalrous, it has the spirit of our Triad."
Wong Bing-Yiu spat:
"Mr. Lin, that's underestimating me."
Lin Feng shrugged:
"Alright, let's talk seriously."
"I understand how you feel, but even if you spend two million, you won't be able to do anything."
Wong Bing-Yiu immediately felt disappointed:
"Mr. Lin, you don't know who did this either?"
Lin Feng said with a laugh:
"Who said I don't know who did it?"
Wong Bing-Yiu's spirits lifted:
"Tell me quickly."
Lin Feng kindly advised:
"I know who did this, but you can't do anything about them."
"Chief, it's better if you don't know."
"Once you know, you'll be even more helpless."
Wong Bing-Yiu's heart sank,
"The other party has a very powerful background?"
Lin Feng retorted:
"Are you talking about the Political Department?"
"The Political Department is indeed formidable."
"George is a Major in the Military Intelligence Agency, with deep connections."
"Not only that, but the other party is also in contact with the ICAC, preparing to target you all."
Wong Bing-Yiu gritted his teeth:
"Is that all?"
Lin Feng laughed:
"Gutsy!"
"However, Richard is not just backed by George."
Wong Bing-Yiu was shocked:
"What does that mean?"
Lin Feng sighed:
"There are many sheepdogs in Hong Kong who have long forgotten their ancestors and always side with whoever feeds them."
"George has only just arrived in Hong Kong. He has great ambition and cunning, but Richard was here before him."
Wong Bing-Yiu felt a bad premonition:
"You mean this Richard is the same kind of person as George?"
Lin Feng sneered:
"I just explained it so clearly; Richard also has people backing him."
"Although there aren't many Foreigners in Hong Kong, most of them are in key positions."
"For example, the heads of the Hong Kong Government's Three Divisions and Thirteen Bureaus are basically all Foreigners."
"For example, the Commissioner of the ICAC, who is only accountable to the Governor and is above all else, is also a Foreigner."
"Not to mention those high court judges with instant noodles on their heads."
"Richard came to Hong Kong many years before George; he must have his own connections to survive in the Political Department."
"To be honest with you…"
"The forces behind Richard are not much less powerful than George's."
"If you are interested, just check the incident when Lok Chi-ming was jailed back then."
"That force… even you, the Chief of the West Kowloon Police Headquarters, cannot afford to provoke."
Wong Bing-Yiu's mouth hung wide open; he couldn't believe his ears.
He had thought Richard was at most a pawn sent by George, but he never expected that the man himself was a giant.
For a moment, Chief Huang became somewhat dazed:
"What on earth is wrong with this world?"
Lin Feng didn't care about Wong Bing-Yiu's shock and reminded him:
"I've already mentioned Lam Yiu-cheung's matter. Is there anything you want to tell him?"
Wong Bing-Yiu regained his composure and complained:
"I am the Chief of the West Kowloon Police Headquarters, and he is the Dragon Head of Sun Luen Shing. How can I give him a guarantee?"
"Sun Luen Shing isn't my responsibility, damn it."
Clap!
Lin Feng snapped his fingers:
"The misunderstanding is cleared up, right?"
Wong Bing-Yiu sighed:
"Even if I want revenge, I won't go after him… Tell him to rest assured."
Lin Feng chuckled:
"Alright, then that's that."
After hanging up the phone, Li Fu looked at Lin Feng with admiration:
"Brother Feng, are you playing both sides?"
Lin Feng shrugged:
"Isn't that how intermediaries always are?"
Li Fu gave a thumbs-up, Brother Feng was still the best.
Lin Feng immediately called Lam Yiu-cheung again:
"Brother Chang, things have been made clear. Chief Huang will not blame you for Lo Chung-lun's death."
"However, Brother Chang, it's best to find the mole colluding with Richard as soon as possible."
"He could kill Lo Chung-lun today, who knows who he'll take out tomorrow."
Lam Yiu-cheung said admiringly:
"Your connections are truly extraordinary."
"You can even get in touch with Chief Huang."
"After the Chief finished speaking, I felt completely relieved."
"Everything is fine now."
Lin Feng was surprised:
"Brother Chang, did you not understand what I said?"
Lam Yiu-cheung asked back, puzzled:
"What did you say?"
Lin Feng reminded him:
"That mole even dared to kill a Tsim Sha Tsui Superintendent, what else wouldn't he dare to do?"
Lam Yiu-cheung's heart sank:
"You mean he would dare to lay a hand on me too?"
Lin Feng retorted:
"Otherwise?"
"Which Triad in Hong Kong would dare to kill a police officer?"
Lam Yiu-cheung immediately fell silent.
Yes.
Which Triad in Hong Kong would dare to kill a police officer?
When some tough guys in the Triad brag, they say a certain police officer wouldn't dare to do this or that in front of them, or at most, they'd challenge them face-to-face—
Just like when Wah Sang, as an undercover agent, challenged Ma Kwun.
That was the maximum extent to which Triad members could go.
Anything more was simply impossible.
Otherwise, why would Lam Yiu-cheung humbly beg Lin Feng to make a call and intercede for him?
Lin Feng was not a member of Sun Luen Shing and had no obligation to help; these were all favors for Sun Luen Shing.
Anyone who could firmly establish themselves as a Dragon Head in a Triad was a shrewd individual. Lam Yiu-cheung naturally knew what he had to give to Hung Hing.
"Ah Feng, just investigate with confidence. As long as you find out, you can deal with it however you see fit." Lam Yiu-cheung gritted his teeth.
Lin Feng smiled:
"Then it's a deal."
"This guy hidden in Sun Luen Shing… is no longer just a problem for your Sun Luen Shing; he is a problem for all of us."
"If not handled properly, I'm afraid all our Triads will be in trouble. This isn't just a matter for your Sun Luen Shing."
Lam Yiu-cheung had already recovered his usual composure, smiling very steadily,
"I will thank Hung Hing, Ah Feng. Whatever you ask for, I will grant it."
Clap!
Lin Feng clapped his hands:
"Then that's settled!"
"Brother Chang, I need to go back and tell the big brothers of our Hung Hing about today's events."
"I won't bother you anymore."
A hint of joy flashed in Lam Yiu-cheung's eyes:
"Ah Feng, thank you."
With a hearty laugh, Lin Feng hung up the phone.
"Brother Feng, where are we going now?"
Lin Feng sighed deeply:
"This is really troublesome now. We have to go see Brother Kun… and Chiang Tin-Sung."