Chapter 139: Enraged Ah Tim
Richard's expression changed drastically:
"I vouched for him?"
The more Ah Tim spoke, the more agitated he became:
"Isn't it you guys who vouched for him?"
"You're a police officer, and all the papers and stamps on it are real."
"I told them I bribed a Police Force officer to get this document, but it turned out to be fake at a glance."
"Even the corrupt officers in your Police Force couldn't get Ah Lok's real police file, so what do you think he is if not a pure Triad member?"
Overcome with emotion, Ah Tim shoved Richard hard.
"I was really stupid to believe your terrible idea."
"What you did not only cleared Lok Chi-ming of suspicion but also greatly elevated his status in Sun Luen Shing."
Richard was puzzled:
"What's elevated?"
Ah Tim raised both hands, full of helplessness.
"What else could it be?"
"Even your Police Force went so far as to forge a file against Ah Lok. How important do you think Ah Lok must be?"
Richard was completely dumbfounded.
"It can be interpreted that way?"
"I just wanted you guys to suspect Lok Chi-ming."
"In a Triad, merely suspecting someone is enough; you don't need evidence at all."
Ah Tim grabbed Richard by the collar and said fiercely:
"You're right, in our Triad, if we suspect someone is an undercover agent, then they definitely are."
"But there's a prerequisite..."
"Those guys have to be small fry."
"Lok Chi-ming is completely different from them. He's one of the Sun Luen Shing Five Tigers, and he's a Big Boss who spent three years in prison for my boss."
"You think you can make someone like that hated just by suspicion?"
"Have you been snorting too much powder?"
"Crazy!"
Richard's face turned pale then red as he was spoken to. Emotions are most easily seen on a Foreigner's face; they show very easily when he gets agitated.
After a long while, he suddenly reacted:
"No, how could you guys see through something like this?"
"Although that file was fake, both the paper and the steel stamp were real."
"How could you lowlifess, who are just Triad members, differentiate?"
"Alright, even if you could tell these files were fake and you did differentiate them, there was Lok Chi-ming's photo on it. Didn't you have any doubts?"
Richard pushed Ah Tim away.
"I don't believe what you just said came from your own thoughts. Is someone giving you advice from behind the scenes?"
Ah Tim was slightly stunned, then said with annoyance after a moment:
"Damn it!"
"I shouldn't have opened that file when Brother Feng was there."
Richard immediately became nervous:
"How did a Brother Feng suddenly appear?"
Ah Tim said with a bitter smile:
"He didn't suddenly appear, it's Lin Feng."
"My boss asked him to investigate me."
Lin Feng?!
Richard was greatly surprised:
"Investigate you?"
Ah Tim explained:
"To be precise, he's investigating the internal mole who colluded with the Political Department Foreigner."
"The Foreigner is you, and the mole is me, so isn't he investigating me?"
Richard asked, puzzled:
"Lam Yiu-cheung asked Lin Feng to investigate you?"
"...Lin Feng is the Hung Hing Causeway Bay Hall Master, right?"
"You're Sun Luen Shing, how does that connect?"
Ah Tim smiled bitterly:
"Why wouldn't it connect?"
"When Lin Feng was promoted, my boss personally went to congratulate him. How much face is that?"
Richard was even more confused: "Lam Yiu-cheung wouldn't investigate secretly himself?"
"Why would he entrust an outsider?"
Ah Tim suddenly showed a look of fear:
"Don't you understand?"
"My boss suspects this mole is among the Five Tigers."
"Now your clumsy operation has directly eliminated one option for him, leaving only Fai Wong, Chuen Bo, and me."
"He'll find out about me sooner or later."
Richard frowned deeply.
When it comes to investigations, many people naturally assume the Police Force are the most capable.
Generally speaking, that's true.
However... in Hong Kong, the most capable investigators are not others, but the Triads. Especially the large Triads.
Like Hung Hing, like Sun Luen Shing.
Their thirty thousand subordinates are like surveillance cameras scattered throughout the streets—those subordinates are almost distributed in various service industries, so if a Big Boss truly wants to investigate, there's no way to hide.
That's why Lin Feng always explains things clearly to the Triads when he does something; it's foolish to hide his whereabouts from the Triads.
Richard was a Superintendent in the Foreigner Political Department, so he naturally understood its importance, but there was one thing he didn't understand:
"Why would he ask Lin Feng to investigate?"
Ah Tim sighed deeply:
"Brother Feng has already made it clear to us, my boss is concerned about the brotherhood and is afraid it will affect his judgment."
Richard sneered:
"Can Lin Feng be completely impartial?"
Ah Tim said expressionlessly:
"Whether he's impartial or not, I don't know, but I do know that he detests people who deal powder the most."
"Rumor has it he's Ngai Kun's illegitimate son, and because he hated Ngai Kun, he also hated those who dealt powder. There's even news that The Ni Family was brought down by him."
Richard secretly frowned. How could he have forgotten this?
Ah Tim glared at Richard:
"Is the rumor false?"
Richard reluctantly said:
"The rumor is true."
"The Ni Family was brought down by Lin Feng, rather than by the Police Force."
"This guy hated The Ni Family to the core, so he collaborated with the West Kowloon Police Headquarters to completely bring down The Ni Family."
"How ruthless, the massive The Ni Family vanished overnight."
"The batch of goods I gave you actually came from The Ni Family."
"If this guy comes to investigate, it will be very troublesome."
"He is a hidden Tycoon in Hong Kong."
Ah Tim couldn't help but retort:
"A few hundred million is called a hidden Tycoon?"
Richard was amused by Ah Tim's words:
"Tycoons are different from Tycoons."
"If you can see it, can it still be called a hidden Tycoon?"
"All of that is what he wants you to see."
"How much do you know about what he doesn't want you to see?"
Ah Tim was still a bit unconvinced.
Richard calmly explained to him:
"For the case of the extermination of the B family, he could throw out twenty-five million in one go."
"This is nothing for a Triad, but honestly, for a Hall Master, it's terrifying."
"Moreover, at that time, he wasn't even a Hall Master."
"If he can throw out twenty-five million, what if it doubles?"
Ah Tim wanted to say something, but Richard stopped him.
"Do you know that the Tycoon's son was just kidnapped? Do you know the kidnappers extorted 1.04 billion from him?"
"And do you know if the Tycoon paid that 1.04 billion?"
Ah Tim was dumbfounded:
"What?"
"The Tycoon's son was kidnapped?"
"And extorted 1.04 billion?"
"He really dared to ask for it."
"The Tycoon really dared to give it!"
Richard sighed.
"That's right, the Tycoon paid."
"That's 1.04 billion, an ordinary person wouldn't earn that in a lifetime."
Ah Tim sneered:
"Not even in three lifetimes."
Richard nodded heavily:
"Yes, that much money, he just gave it."
"If it were you, could you give it?"
Ah Tim fell silent:
"No!"
Richard's face also darkened:
"This is the mindset of the rich. Although 1.04 billion is a lot, they can earn it back quickly."
"Lin Feng is the same. Although twenty-five million is a lot, he can earn it back just as quickly."
"It's like when you go out to eat at a street food stall, you throw down a thousand-dollar bill and can boldly say 'keep the change'."
"A thousand dollars is easy for you to earn back."
Ah Tim had nothing to say.
"Lin Feng is not easy to deal with."
"Because of his upbringing, this guy absolutely detests people who deal powder."
"We can't give him a chance."
Ah Tim suddenly exploded:
"Can't give him a chance?"
"Your idiotic idea made him target me!"
Richard was startled:
"What did you do?"
Ah Tim roared:
"I just gave him that document."
"He asked me why I got a police officer's file!"
"Everyone in the underworld says he has excellent connections with both the police and the underworld, and his methods are extraordinary. Don't tell me this is true!"
Richard said with difficulty:
"It's true!"
Ah Tim was dumbfounded, then turned around and started a furious rant:
"@#$%#@*&..."
"How is this even possible?"
Richard smiled bitterly:
"People are different."
Ah Tim angrily said:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Am I worse than Lin Feng?"
Richard said mercilessly:
"Who do you think you are?"
"You're just a lowlifes who's part of a Triad. How dare you compare yourself to Lin Feng?"
Ah Tim was furious:
"We are both Triad Hall Masters, Sun Luen Shing is no worse than Hung Hing!"
Richard nodded:
"Indeed, Sun Luen Shing is no worse than Hung Hing."
"However, the problem is, Lin Feng is no ordinary person."
"He is a Tycoon, and his record is spotless. Even if he carries the title of Hung Hing Causeway Bay's hall master, no one has any evidence to accuse him of participating in Triad activities."
Ah Tim's eyes nearly popped out:
"There's no evidence for this?"
"Are you kidding me?"
Richard shrugged:
"What you call evidence isn't evidence at all. Any barrister in court would easily dismiss it. Plus, with Lin Feng's special status, as long as he's willing, he can naturally live in the spotlight."
"The Police Force treats him completely differently than they treat a lowlifes like you."
"To tell you the truth, Lin Feng's name has consistently been among the top three donors to West Kowloon Police Headquarters for the past three years."
Ah Tim muttered:
"You can play it like that too?"
Suddenly, he shivered.
"Lin Feng hates drug trafficking the most. Once they find out we've joined forces, once they find out we're trafficking drugs together…"
"I'll be finished…"
"You won't be any better off either."
Richard didn't care:
"I am a Foreigner."
"And a Senior Superintendent. No one will do anything to me."
Ah Tim looked at him as if he'd seen a ghost:
"Are you stupid?"
"Lin Feng has all sorts of identities, but to us people of the jianghu, he has only one identity… He is the hall master of Hung Hing Causeway Bay."
Richard said, amused:
"I might be wary of rich people, but a Triad hall master is just a lowlifes."
Ah Tim clutched his head with both hands, annoyed:
"I must be crazy to cooperate with you…"
He grabbed Richard's collar and yelled sharply:
"You Foreigner, listen carefully. In our eyes, Lin Feng's most formidable quality is his ability to switch identities at will."
"Rich people aren't scary; at worst, we just avoid them."
"What's scary is when he actively picks up the identity of a Triad hall master."
"I won't tell you about old matters."
"Let's just talk about the past half month."
"The Ni Family is gone, the Chung Ching Society is gone, and he offered a 25 million bounty to find the killer of Sai B."
"Stirring up countless storms in the jianghu."
"Was The Ni Family not powerful?"
"Was the Chung Ching Society not powerful?"
"Was the guy who dared to kill Sai B's entire family not powerful?"
"None of them are people you can deal with."
Richard opened his mouth but ultimately couldn't refute.
Foreigners are powerful, but only to a certain extent. Triads might not truly do anything to a Foreigner for fear of trouble.
But The Ni Family truly didn't care.
The crimes of drug trafficking and possessing hot firearms are almost the same. Anyway, there's no death penalty in Hong Kong, so the situation is the same if caught. What is there to fear then?
After the abolition of the death penalty, it must be said that the cost of certain crimes has decreased, not increased.
Families like The Ni Family truly wouldn't care about a Foreigner.
This was something Richard couldn't argue his way out of.
Ah Tim's eyes were bloodshot:
"Do you think you can strong-arm our Sun Luen Shing with your status?"
Richard smiled reservedly.
Everything was unspoken.
He was indeed certain he could take Sun Luen Shing.
The status of Senior Superintendent meant nothing; it was the skin of a Foreigner that mattered!
It was rare for Ah Tim to have such a clear understanding.
"Bullshit!"
"It's all bullshit!"
Ah Tim suddenly erupted,
"You can't take anyone."
Richard's voice turned cold:
"Ah Tim, do you want to try?"
Ah Tim mocked:
"You want to try with me?"
"My hall doesn't have many people, only three to five thousand. If I go back and initiate the 'Life-and-Death Draw'… I can find three to five people out of a thousand."
"I forgot to tell you, when I first started out, it was hard to draw a life-and-death lot. Now it's even harder."
Richard sneered:
"You still want to play with me like that?"
Ah Tim said expressionlessly:
"Before, no one wanted to risk their lives. Now, countless Young and Dangerous youths, ignorant of the world, want to risk their lives to rise."
"Do you know how many people are queuing?"
"Too many to count!"
"I can easily pull out seventeen or eighteen people from this hall."
"Your Political Department… how many Foreigners are there in total?"
Richard's heart skipped a beat, his face changed dramatically, and he forced a smile:
"I am an Anglo-Saxon."
Ah Tim laughed wildly, tears streaming down his face.
Richard's face turned from green to red, then from red to black, and finally, he couldn't hold back and roared:
"Shit, stop laughing!"
Ah Tim wiped his tears and said:
"An Anglo-Saxon?"
"If I didn't need you to get me into the Golden Club, would I tolerate you?"
He forcefully poked Richard's chest,
"You listen to me carefully. All your power doesn't come from being a Foreigner. To us, that status is useless."
"You can lord it over me only because of that police uniform."
"Without that uniform, you're just a Foreigner who came to Hong Kong to beg."
"Understand?!"
Bang!
Richard violently pushed Ah Tim, completely losing his temper.
The truth is a sharp knife, most capable of hurting people.
"Ah Tim, do you still want to enter the Golden Club?"
Ah Tim laughed so hard he couldn't straighten up. After a long while, he stopped laughing and walked directly in front of Richard, his expression both fierce and chilling:
"Foreigner, get your facts straight."
"We've been targeted."
"Targeted by Lin Feng."
"This is a super troublesome character who, for Sai B's death, could unhesitatingly throw down 25 million money."
"He hates drug trafficking, even personally bringing down The Ni Family."
"Do you realize the seriousness of the situation?"
"If he finds out we two are trafficking drugs, what do you think he'll do?"
Richard found it quite absurd:
"We're trafficking drugs, what does that have to do with him?"
Ah Tim was speechless for a moment,
"Don't you understand yet? Lin Feng personally took down two major Triads, one was The Ni Family, and the other was the Chung Ching Society. They were all drug traffickers."
"He has a hatred for drug trafficking that comes from his very bones."
"He's not targeting us; this guy is targeting everyone who traffics drugs."
"Whoever traffics drugs, he targets them."
Richard still found it hard to believe. How could such a guy exist?
Was he irrational?
Ah Tim said chillingly:
"If you want to get rich… no, if you want to survive, then figure out how to deal with Lin Feng first."
"Otherwise, neither you nor I will survive."
Richard said incredulously:
"He would dare to kill us?"
Ah Tim looked at Richard as if he'd seen a ghost. The latter made him extremely uncomfortable. Ah Tim's previous actions had shattered his composure, and Richard was very distressed.
"What kind of look is that?"
Ah Tim sighed regretfully:
"I actually partnered with you. I must have been seriously ill at the time."
Richard's face flushed red, and he shouted:
"Ah Tim, my patience has limits."
Ah Tim said coldly:
"First, about me: I am a Triad hall master, one of Sun Luen Shing's Five Tigers. If Lin Feng finds out I colluded with you, that's 'wearing red shoes,' 'three knives and six holes,' 'cement sculpture'—those are all just ordinary things."
"Then, about you: if Lin Feng finds out you're trafficking drugs…"
Richard said, sticking out his neck:
"I am an Anglo-Saxon, and a Senior Superintendent in the Political Department. Would he dare to lay a hand on me?"
Ah Tim burst into laughter, his laughter filled with sorrow,
"Where do you get your sense of superiority from?"
"Lo Chung-lun is dead. Do you think it would surprise anyone if you died?"
Richard's face suddenly changed color.
"Hong Kong is so big. Find a few terminally ill people to create a few accidents for you. How does that sound?"
"You brought up Lo Chung-lun's example. How dare you claim you won't follow suit?"
"Lo Chung-lun's case was classified as a traffic accident, wasn't it?"
"Then tell me, what will your case be classified as?"
Richard suddenly pushed Ah Tim:
"Shit, I'm perfectly fine."
Both fell silent for a moment.
An uneasy feeling spread between them.
"Looking at it this way, we have to find a way to deal with Lin Feng…"
"Perhaps dealing with Hung Hing would be better…"
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Chapter 140: An Annoyed Lok Chi-ming
"What did you say? Ah Tim actually pulled out a Police Force file?"
"The file was fake. Lok Chi-ming's photo was clearly from when he was incarcerated, but the creation date shown on that file was fifteen years ago. If one didn't observe carefully, they really would have missed it."
Inspector Cheng Guobin was smoking a cigarette, with a tall and handsome young man standing beside him.
By the way, both of them were also in an abandoned underground passage.
"Who saw that this file was fake?"
"Lin Feng!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin felt a massive headache coming on.
Wong Bing-Yiu had made it clear that the top-secret intelligence he received was provided by Lin Feng, and now this important figure was actually investigating a case at Sun Luen Shing again.
He truly had a wide network of connections.
"Sir, should we make a move on Lin Feng?" The tall young man offered a fantastical suggestion.
Inspector Cheng Guobin looked at him as if he had seen a ghost.
"How did you come up with such an outrageous idea?"
"I warn you, don't act on your own. Your every move is within his sight!"
"Lin Feng already knows you're my undercover agent!"
Ho Ka-Kui was startled:
"What?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin said with a laugh:
"Scared?"
Ho Ka-Kui's face alternated between pale and green:
"Sir, he is Hung Hing's Lin Feng, the Causeway Bay hall master, a famous Triad boss."
Inspector Cheng Guobin sighed:
"Anyway, we didn't place an undercover agent near him, so what is there to be afraid of?"
Ho Ka-Kui smiled bitterly:
"But he has a good relationship with Lam Yiu-cheung. Otherwise, Lam Yiu-cheung wouldn't have invited him to Sun Luen Shing to investigate the undercover case."
Inspector Cheng Guobin snorted coldly:
"That person also has a good relationship with our Big Sir."
"He was the one who informed us about the unusual movements of the Foreigner Political Department."
Ho Ka-Kui's mouth hung open as he stared in astonishment at his superior, his mind a tangled mess.
Inspector Cheng Guobin sighed:
"There's actually an unwritten agreement between the Police Force and the Triad."
"As long as the Triad doesn't commit major crimes and doesn't target ordinary people, we maintain a tacit understanding with them."
"This is the black and white forest agreement."
"Under this framework, our Police Force can deter hundreds of thousands of Triad members with only thirty thousand officers."
"Some things, it's best you just know them."
"Lin Feng is not an enemy."
"Relax."
Ho Ka-Kui murmured:
"I'm an undercover agent, and an undercover agent who has already been exposed to him. How can I relax?"
"Sir, if you were in my shoes, would you be able to relax?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin was speechless.
This was a truly bizarre situation. Undercover agents are particularly dangerous, and sending undercover agents into Triads violates the black and white agreement.
Once caught by a Triad, it's three stabs and six holes, then dumped into the sea.
This is the fate of almost all discovered Police Force undercover agents.
It was normal for Ho Ka-Kui to feel pressure; it would be truly strange if he didn't.
Inspector Cheng Guobin sighed:
"This was an order from Big Sir. The order at the time was to recall all our informants. If they couldn't be recalled, then all their files in the system were to be deleted, retaining only offline files."
Ho Ka-Kui gritted his teeth:
"I've already become Chuen Bo's head horse. You want me to withdraw now?"
"Wouldn't that make all my efforts for nothing?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin let out a heavy sigh.
Ho Ka-Kui frowned:
"What is the reputation of this boss, Lin Feng?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin whispered:
"I consulted the Chief of Headquarters O-Team, and his reputation is exceptionally good."
Ho Ka-Kui lamented:
"I'm truly insane. Now I can only gamble on Lin Feng's reputation."
How absurd.
Inspector Cheng Guobin mused:
"Lin Feng's capabilities exceed our imagination—not just yours and mine, but the Headquarters' imagination."
"The informants sent out by the various bosses at Headquarters are known only to themselves, but the strange thing is, Lin Feng also knows."
"Headquarters judges that he has a vast, unspeakable intelligence network behind him."
"Its tentacles spread throughout Hong Kong, and it's even possible that a part of our Police Force is within his network."
Ho Ka-Kui was greatly alarmed:
"Don't scare me!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin shook his head:
"I'm not scaring you, those are the exact words of a colleague."
"From what we can see, Lin Feng doesn't bear much ill will towards the Police Force."
"As long as we don't provoke him, he won't do anything to the Police Force."
"His attitude towards us is still friendly."
Ho Ka-Kui laughed:
"Sir, you're still pinning your hopes on a Triad member?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin sighed:
"When you put it that way, it does sound quite absurd…"
Ho Ka-Kui thought for a moment and whispered:
"Lin Feng holds so many secrets; it's too dangerous. Can't we arrest him?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin didn't think this idea was bad, but his face was bitter.
"There's no reason to arrest him… there's really no reason to arrest him."
"Lin Feng's file is now much cleaner than yours."
Ho Ka-Kui exclaimed:
"He's a Causeway Bay hall master, and his file is cleaner than mine?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin smiled bitterly:
"What else? Besides, he's also a wealthy man with a legitimate profession."
"He possesses many lists of Police Force undercover agents, and even many Police Force secrets. What does that count as?"
"To put it plainly—even if Lin Feng were to reveal the list of Police Force undercover members, at most it would just be considered gossip."
Ho Ka-Kui's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
The unequal status meant he could only accept this reality.
Inspector Cheng Guobin sighed:
"Put away your terrible thoughts. Lin Feng is currently benevolent towards us. He's quite a traditional person; as long as we don't target him, he won't target us."
"In fact, we can even cooperate in certain areas."
"This is like well water not interfering with river water."
"You don't need to dwell on it too much; this is the reality of the situation."
Ho Ka-Kui was severely shaken; this truly wasn't part of his calculations.
"You just said Ah Tim made a fake file targeting Lok Chi-ming?"
"Do you have his phone number?"
Ho Ka-Kui replied:
"Yes!"
"Chuen Bo and Lok Chi-ming are good friends, and I'm Chuen Bo's head horse, so I'm somewhat familiar with Lok Chi-ming…"
Inspector Cheng Guobin immediately followed up:
"Do you know where Lok Chi-ming's house is?"
Ho Ka-Kui nodded:
"I do."
"It's not far from where Luo Sir had his accident."
Inspector Cheng Guobin nodded silently, then said:
"Hurry back and rest. If anything happens, safety first."
"Don't do anything dangerous."
Ho Ka-Kui nodded heavily:
"Received, Sir."
Inspector Cheng Guobin saw him off, staring thoughtfully at the number he had just written down. He was all too familiar with this number.
In a certain part of Lo Chung-lun's posthumous notebook, there was exactly this string of numbers.
"Zonglun, oh Zonglun, you truly are something."
"Taking the blame for the boss and serving three years in prison… how could anyone do such a thing?"
"Who would have thought?"
Lok Chi-ming was quite unsettled. The file incident with Ah Tim and Richard had indirectly whitewashed him, but he wasn't complacent.
They had even produced a fake file; what else wouldn't they dare to do?
Lok Chi-ming had a clear understanding of this and would never deceive himself.
Ding-a-ling.
His phone rang; it was an unknown number.
Who could it be?
After being released from prison, Lok Chi-ming had been quite carefree.
Aside from the Five Tigers and their closest associates, absolutely no one else knew his phone number.
After some thought, Lok Chi-ming ultimately hung up the phone.
A moment later, there was a knock at the door.
Lok Chi-ming's heart stirred. He got up and opened the door, and standing outside was none other than Inspector Cheng Guobin!
He poked his head out, looked left and right, and quickly pulled Inspector Cheng Guobin inside.
"Are you crazy?"
"If anyone finds out you came to my room in the middle of the night, you, and I, will both die!"
Lok Chi-ming was truly exasperated.
Inspector Cheng Guobin silently found a place to sit, completely making himself at home.
"I called you, but you didn't answer, so I had no choice but to come find you."
"Mrs. Luo gave me Zonglun's notebook. I found your contact information. From now on, you report to me."
Lok Chi-ming immediately refused:
"No."
Inspector Cheng Guobin looked at him suspiciously:
"Why not?"
Lok Chi-ming sighed:
"I report to Big Sir."
Inspector Cheng Guobin's expression changed:
"Big Sir? The Chief?"
Lok Chi-ming retorted:
"What else?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin was quite exasperated:
"What is this supposed to be?"
Lok Chi-ming shrugged:
"If you have an opinion, don't come to me. If you're angry, don't take it out on me. I'm full of anger myself."
"Besides, Cheng Sir, your undercover agent is very capable, you don't need me."
Inspector Cheng Guobin was startled and moved, exclaiming:
"You know who my undercover agent is?"
Lok Chi-ming said indifferently:
"Who else could it be? Isn't it Ho Ka-Kui, Chuen Bo's head horse?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin was scared out of his wits: "How did you know?"
Lok Chi-ming didn't take it seriously: "How else could I have known? My current superior told me."
Inspector Cheng Guobin breathed a sigh of relief: "The Chief told you? That's good!"
Lok Chi-ming was a bit puzzled: "Who said the Chief told me?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin frowned: "Didn't you say your current superior told you?"
Lok Chi-ming nodded: "That's right, but my current superior isn't Chief Huang, it's Lin Feng."
Inspector Cheng Guobin was stunned, and after realizing, he shouted uncontrollably: "Is the Chief crazy?"
"Lin Feng is a Hall Master in Causeway Bay."
Lok Chi-ming almost died of fright. He quickly covered his mouth, lowered his voice, and yelled into Inspector Cheng Guobin's ear: "Are you crazy?"
"You're going to get us killed!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin knocked his arm away, his eyes still filled with disbelief: "The Chief actually ordered you to obey Lin Feng?"
"He actually really knows who my undercover agent is?"
At this moment, Inspector Cheng truly felt the resentment of his colleagues at West Kowloon Police Headquarters.
The shock to his soul was truly inexpressible.
Inspector Cheng Guobin could swear to heaven that he had absolutely, absolutely not revealed anything about Ho Ka-Kui to anyone.
So, the question was, since he hadn't revealed it to anyone, how did Lin Feng know?
This guy must have an incredibly tight network behind him.
No wonder the Chiefs at the Headquarters were so wary of him!
If it were him, he would definitely be very wary too.
However, wariness was wariness, but Lin Feng was like a hedgehog; there was nothing you could do about him.
It was simply speechless.
Lok Chi-ming had already started to usher him out: "Inspector Cheng, please leave quickly."
Inspector Cheng Guobin said in shock: "I am an O-Team officer, and you're kicking me out?"
Lok Chi-ming said with a wry smile: "Precisely because you are an O-Team officer, I'm kicking you out."
"With you here, the risk of me being exposed is too great."
Inspector Cheng Guobin angrily said: "You are an O-Team detective, how can you obey orders from a Triad member?"
Lok Chi-ming pulled out his phone and pointed to a phone number: "Otherwise, would you like to talk to the Big Sir?"
Inspector Cheng Guobin's face turned cold: "Are you threatening me?"
Lok Chi-ming pressed the phone without hesitation, and soon Wong Bing-Yiu's voice came through.
"Ah Lok, are you in any danger?"
Wong Bing-Yiu had already gone to bed, but then suddenly received a call.
What slightly comforted him was that the call wasn't from Lin Feng, but on closer inspection, the call was from Lok Chi-ming—which seemed no different from a call from Lin Feng, right?
Lok Chi-ming quickly explained the situation, and Wong Bing-Yiu was furious: "Give the phone to Inspector Cheng Guobin!"
As soon as Inspector Cheng Guobin put the phone to his ear, Wong Bing-Yiu's anger poured out: "Is your brain full of water?"
"You actually ran to Ah Lok's place in the middle of the night?"
"You clearly know he's an undercover agent, and one of the Five Tigers of Sun Luen Shing, and you still rush over in the middle of the night?"
"Are you afraid he won't die, is that it?"
"What the hell did I tell you?"
"To properly protect the lives of our undercover agents, and you're acting like you're afraid Sun Luen Shing won't know Ah Lok is an undercover agent, is that it?"
"Get out of here immediately!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin still wanted to argue: "Chief, we can't give Ah Lok's command authority to Lin Feng, he's a Triad member..."
Wong Bing-Yiu rudely interrupted Inspector Cheng Guobin: "Lok Chi-ming's command authority is in my hands. His activities with Lin Feng are merely to cooperate with Lin Feng's actions."
"Listen to me, get out of Ah Lok's house immediately."
"I originally wanted to give you Ah Lok's command authority, but your actions have greatly disappointed me."
"Ah Lok is an undercover agent, he is a high-ranking member of Sun Luen Shing, one of the Five Tigers."
"If others find out he's an undercover agent, his fate will be a hundred times worse than Lo Chung-lun's."
"You know this perfectly well!"
"I'm even starting to wonder if Ho Ka-Kui will get into trouble because of you."
"I will absolutely not give you Ah Lok's command authority."
"I guess Lo Chung-lun's belongings fell into your hands, right? Listen to me, from now on, you don't need to investigate Lo Chung-lun's case."
Inspector Cheng Guobin was greatly alarmed: "Sir!"
Wong Bing-Yiu said sternly: "This is an order!"
Inspector Cheng Guobin said reluctantly: "Yes!"
Wong Bing-Yiu's tone became even stricter: "Give the phone to Ah Lok."
Lok Chi-ming picked up the phone: "Chief..."
Wong Bing-Yiu was very angry: "What Chief?"
"You're an undercover agent, and you call me Chief on the phone?"
Lok Chi-ming humbly accepted: "Then what should I call you?"
Wong Bing-Yiu thought for a moment and said: "Call me Uncle!"
...Lok Chi-ming felt that the fat man was taking advantage of him, but still honestly called out: "Uncle!"
"From now on, you report directly to me. If anything happens, call me."
"You don't need to heed anyone else's orders."
"Especially that Inspector Cheng Guobin."
"Lo Chung-lun's death hit him hard; he's too emotional and no longer suitable to investigate this case."
Lok Chi-ming honestly said: "Brother Feng warned me to reject him when he mentioned him."
Wong Bing-Yiu sighed: "If Lin Feng gives any orders, you can call me. After all, he's not part of the Police Force."
"Ah, if only he were a policeman."
"Alright, stay safe, and get Inspector Cheng Guobin to scram—tell him I've arranged a psychologist for him, and he should go for a check-up when he reports to work tomorrow."
Lok Chi-ming hung up the phone and relayed this to Inspector Cheng Guobin. Inspector Cheng's face turned red.
"Sir, you already know my identity. Don't let Ka-Kui test me anymore."
"It's a waste of police resources."
Inspector Cheng Guobin silently walked out.
Lok Chi-ming stood at the window, watching him disappear, with all sorts of complaints to voice.
Come on, boss, you're a police officer, and one who frequently attends police training.
How desperate are you to personally come and meet me?
It's a miracle Ho Ka-Kui wasn't killed by your reckless actions.
After complaining for a while, he was still uneasy. He went downstairs under the cover of night and strolled around, making sure no one saw him, before returning.
His expression was still uncertain.
What the hell was this situation?
With a superior like this, he would be killed sooner or later!
Now, with Wong Bing-Yiu's order, he could disregard the orders from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station, which was an unexpected bonus.
But then he thought about the situation with Sun Luen Shing... and he felt a bit lost again.
Sun Luen Shing's current situation made him very uneasy. Lok Chi-ming and Lam Yiu-cheung had an unusual relationship; they were neighbors and knew each other inside out, except for the three months Lok Chi-ming spent at the police academy for training.
Lok Chi-ming didn't want Sun Luen Shing to deal drugs. Now Lin Feng had already found the mole—at least one mole.
Lok Chi-ming hadn't received any news from Lin Feng about how the mole would be dealt with.
Not only was Lin Feng tight-lipped, but Lin Feng was also the same.
Lok Chi-ming instinctively tried to investigate, just like the other Five Tigers of Sun Luen Shing, but unfortunately, Lin Feng didn't tell him.
This made him feel very troubled.
"What... what should I do?" Lok Chi-ming couldn't help but ask himself.
Coincidentally, in a certain abandoned underground passage, someone else was also asking himself the same question. This person was Ah Tim.
Richard replied: "Where do you think you can run to?"
"Since you've entered the Golden Club, do you still think you can leave?"
"Unless you disappear from this world."
Ah Tim was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "Then you're going to make a move on Hung Hing?"
Richard's eyes were exceptionally sharp: "No, no, no!"
"Hung Hing is indeed a target, but more importantly, we must ensure we complete the task the Golden Club has given to the two of us."
"If the task isn't completed, nothing else means anything."
Ah Tim lacked confidence: "Now Lin Feng and Lam Yiu-cheung are watching. How can we complete it?"
Richard's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "The primary thing is to ensure you can ascend to a high position in Sun Luen Shing."
"Everything else is secondary."
"Leave these matters to me. It's best if you stay out of it."
"No matter what you think, my skin is the best camouflage here."
"I'll handle this!"