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Since their identity issues remain unresolved, Cao Tai and his two companions are still only able to stay in hotels of the same class as the Regent Grand Hotel.

Despite its many flaws, this type of hotel has one major advantage: it doesn't require registration. Anyone can simply give a name, pay the deposit, and check in. This alone guarantees it will never lack business in this era.

Moreover, during occasional inspections, the hotel owner would even help cover up and find temporary hiding places for customers, truly embodying the word "service" to the extreme.

After leaving the law firm in the afternoon, Cao Tai took Gang Sheng and Xiao Fu to see the super bustling commercial complex in Central. They spent tens of thousands of dollars in the mall, each buying several outfits. Although they weren't top-tier luxury clothes, the few thousand dollars per piece still left the two Xiao Wangs dumbfounded.

Cao Tai arranged for Hong Sheng, who had been running around with him all day, to rest in a small hotel, while Xiao Fu stayed behind to protect him. Then, Cao Tai made a phone call to Da Sha, using a few cryptic words to lure Da Sha out of Kowloon.

They agreed to meet at 8 p.m. at the entrance of Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei. Cao Tai arrived more than half an hour early after a simple disguise and wandered around the area to observe the surrounding environment.

Then he found a corner at the intersection of Shanghai Street and Zhongfang Street to hide and keep watch over the area around the entrance of Tin Hau Temple. According to the route Da Sha took from Sai Kung, he had to pass through this intersection to reach Tin Hau Temple.

With Cao Tai's current eyesight, even if a vehicle passes by dozens of meters in front of him at a speed exceeding 100 miles per hour, he can still clearly identify the faces of the passengers in the car by the light of the street lamp.

At 7:50, Cao Tai saw Da Sha pass by in a Toyota Crown S120. The driver was probably Da Sha's henchman, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and there was another person in the back seat.

After Da Sha and the person in the back seat stood waiting at the entrance of the Tin Hau Temple, Cao Tai continued to observe for a while to make sure no one was following him before emerging from the shadows and walking leisurely toward the Tin Hau Temple.

When Cao Tai was about 20 meters away, the person next to Da Sha seemed to sense it and turned his head to look over.

"Uncle De, Big Fool!" Cao Tai greeted as he approached.

Uncle De nodded slightly as a greeting, but Da Sha seriously called out, "Mr. Cao."

Tin Hau Temple closes at 5 p.m., but because it is close to Temple Street, Kowloon's most famous night market street, and Shanghai Street and Reclamation Street are also very bustling areas, there are still quite a few people walking by.

"Big Fool, is there a quiet place nearby? I need to talk to you!" There were quite a few people on the street, and Cao Tai wanted to find a quiet place to ask Big Fool about the story he had heard from lawyer Chen Tianyi.

"There's a foreign church primary school on Reclamation Street, and next to it is a 'Kowloon Cafe' run by an acquaintance. It's only two or three hundred meters away, just a few minutes' walk." Without much thought, Da Sha immediately gave an address.

"Okay, let's go sit there and have a drink."

"Kowloon Ice Room"—that's interesting. I wonder if it's the same Kowloon Ice Room as the one associated with the lame Nine-Tattooed Dragon.

Big Fool led the way, while Cao Tai, a few steps behind, walked alongside Uncle De.

"Uncle De, I didn't expect to see you so soon!" Cao Tai exclaimed, surprised to see Uncle De again after only two days.

"I don't want to run around at night either. Wouldn't it be better to stay home and rest? But you're too dangerous. Fuquan is the face of the village now. The villagers' annual dividends basically depend on him. I won't feel at ease if you invite him out without going along," Uncle De said irritably.

"I'm not a born killer, I just want to find out some things from Big Fool!" Cao Tai felt that Uncle De's judgment was poor, since he was a model of good-natured civility!

Although I had also been quite unruly during the evacuation of my fellow citizens from the territory of the powerful neighboring dog, wasn't that all for the sake of protecting them? The behavior of my opponent has gone beyond moral standards; they are no longer human, but merely humanoid hyenas. It's not a big deal to be ruthless towards the hyenas that are hunting me, is it?

Kowloon Cafe is a typical Hong Kong-style tea restaurant. To the left of the entrance is the ordering and cashier counter, and to the right is a simple staircase leading to the second floor. A row of tables is placed in the middle, and two rows of square four-seater tables are arranged along the walls on both sides. At the far end is the bar, and a door at the back should lead to the kitchen.

"Brother Kang!" Da Sha greeted the fat man sitting behind the cashier as he entered the room.

"Fuquan, it's been a long time since I've seen you out in Kowloon. How's business?" The fat man seemed a little surprised to see Da Sha.

He was noticeably obese, with a double chin, a large neck, a small mustache, and a slightly weathered face. He bore a striking resemblance to a certain Lin surnamed Luye from a past life.

No doubt about it, this is the owner of "Kowloon Ice Room," who took in the lame Lung Man Nuo Yan, who had been living in Thailand for six years. I can't believe another movie has gotten involved. There are just too many Hong Kong variety shows these days.

This small "Kowloon Ice Room" quickly became a hotbed of conflict after Nine-Dragon's return, sparking a major internal power struggle within the triad. It remains to be seen whether Nine-Dragon's death will lead to the destruction of the entire triad, since the movie ends after Nine-Dragon's death with no follow-up.

I wonder if Nine-Dragon has returned yet!

"Let's keep it this way; the competition is too fierce right now," Da Sha replied somewhat perfunctorily.

"Uncle, Mr. Cao, what would you like to drink?" he asked in a low voice as he turned around.

"Whatever, you can order whatever you want." Uncle De said, taking the lead and walking in to sit down at a table in the innermost corner.

Cao Tai raised an eyebrow and made a casual gesture, then followed Uncle De inside. There were more than ten tables in the restaurant, but only four were occupied. Besides the three tables near the entrance, the other table, which was also quite far inside, was occupied by three young women in their twenties with a boy of about six or seven years old.

The three girls were all dressed like young gangsters, but one of them was tutoring a six or seven-year-old child, which seemed a bit strange in the tea restaurant.

Raising an eyebrow, Cao Tai calmly walked across the table and sat down opposite Uncle De.

It seems that Nine-Dragon has returned. This child is clearly the son his ex-girlfriend gave birth to.

However, Cao Tai found it strange that Wen Nuoyan kept saying he wanted to retire from the underworld, but when he returned to Hong Kong Island, he came to work at "Kowloon Cafe". It can also be seen from the movie that the area around "Kowloon Cafe" used to be his territory. Although his capable subordinates followed one of his former underlings, this area was still managed by his former subordinates.

This seems very strange. You keep saying you're retiring from the martial world, but you're still showing your face in your previous territory. The Volcano, which took over your power, wants to get rid of you. Cao Tai thinks this is perfectly normal.

If he wanted to find the gang elders who betrayed him and take revenge, he could just return and whistle to recruit them. His loyal underlings would likely come back to him immediately and start a new gang. Even if they couldn't cripple the original gang that betrayed him, they could at least stand on equal footing.

After all, before going to jail, Nine-Dragon's strength and reputation were already number one in the gang. Normally speaking, he had the strength and prestige of a leader even without being one.

It's normal for the gang leader to betray him when he's too powerful, it's normal for him to seek revenge after being released from prison, and it's normal for him to say he's disheartened and wants to retire from the underworld. But it's a mystery that he would reappear at his former gang's location and say he's retiring.

"Mr. Cao, I've ordered your famous watermelon shaved ice." Da Sha said to Cao Tai as he sat down in the chair next to Uncle De.

"Thank you. Just call me Atai, Brother Da Sha. Calling me Mr. Cao sounds too formal," Cao Tai said with a smile.

"This..." Da Sha looked at Uncle De beside him with a troubled expression.

"Call me whatever you want, what's wrong with me? I don't care what you call each other!" Uncle De said with a tone of exasperation.

"Well... how about I just call you Brother Tai?" Da Sha avoided Uncle De's gaze, his eyes darting around before he cautiously said.

When Cao Tai invited him to a meeting, Da Sha Ge immediately contacted Uncle De for advice. When he heard that Uncle De was going to accompany him personally, Da Sha Ge broke out in a cold sweat.

Da Sha and Uncle De are both from Man Gong Wu in Hang Hau Township, Sai Kung. Man Gong Wu is a large village with a variety of surnames. The village has more than 3000 people distributed in six natural villages. The Cheng, Yu, and Liu families are the largest, accounting for more than 2000 people in the village. The remaining small surnames such as Chen, Hong, Feng, Li, and Cao have about 1000 people.

Man Kung Uk has been established for over 300 years. It was originally founded by the Cheng and Yu ancestors who moved from Xingning, Jiaying Prefecture to Wutong, Tai Po, New Territories to avoid disaster. However, Wutong was already inhabited by other residents at that time, and the land had already been allocated.

After the Cheng and Yu families temporarily settled down, they had to continue moving south and eventually settled in Mangongwu.

Initially, the place where the two families lived had no name. They eventually gained a foothold by competing with the surrounding residents for resources and subduing them with force. As a result, the ancestors of the two families were secretly called "barbarians" by the surrounding residents. Since the heads of the two families were both in their early fifties at the time, they were already grandfathers. Over time, the place where the two families lived became known as "Barbarian House".

Over the course of a century, due to the constant correspondence, villagers from Xingning gradually moved to Mangongwu, eventually forming six Hakka natural villages.

There are currently more than 3000 residents still living in the area, and two to three thousand people with the surnames Cheng and Yu who migrated overseas from the same ancestor.

Over the past two or three hundred years, intermarriage has resulted in all the different surnames in Mangongwu Village being related by blood. Although Uncle De is not yet 60 years old, he is the oldest in the village. Many of his peers or those slightly younger call him Uncle, and many young people in their early 20s with the surname Yu call him Great Uncle.

Big Fool has to call Uncle De "Grand Uncle" because Uncle De is Big Fool's grandmother's cousin. Although he is a distant cousin, the seniority is still there.

Da Sha knew Uncle Tak's deeds by heart, and it was with Uncle Tak's support that he was able to gain a foothold and develop his business in Sai Kung Market. So, although the two businesses had annual sales of over 100 million, and the net profit was 20-30%, only a few million actually ended up in Da Sha's hands. The rest had to be handed over to the Mangong Housing Council for distribution.

When Cao Tai invited him to the meeting, Da Sha knew that Cao Tai was an incredibly fierce person when Uncle De offered to come along. This was because Da Sha noticed that Uncle De, who was used to fighting and could kill people without batting an eye, would become serious when he heard Cao Tai's name.

Moreover, Uncle De wasn't seen accompanying Big Fool when he negotiated with other gang leaders before. Given the current situation, the astute Big Fool naturally has to treat Mr. Cao with extreme caution.