Hong Kong film: As a boss, I use money to make decisions.

"I'm fine with anything. Let's arrange a place to meet when we have time!"

"Okay! I'll wait for you below the Lion Rock Weather Station!"

After explaining the meeting place, Chen Guozhong immediately hung up the phone.

Lin Xiaoru put down the phone and got up to pay the bill, but then she saw Li Xiangdong and the other two also stand up.

"What are you doing?"

"It's not like you said, boss, that we'll go wherever you go."

Li Xiangdong looked serious, to which Lin Xiaoru could only smile.

"No rush, Taibao will take you to relax first."

"You can come and work for me after you get your ID cards sorted out!"

……

The afternoons on Hong Kong Island in July are still unbearably hot, but the area under the Lion Rock Weather Station is surprisingly cool.

Chen Guozhong squatted in a pavilion, gazing blankly at Victoria Harbour from halfway up the mountain.

"Inspector Chan, what made you think of meeting me in this godforsaken place?"

Just as Chen Guozhong was lost in thought, Lin Xiaoru, who had just arrived, called out to him from behind.

Sitting on the stone bench in the pavilion, Lin Xiaoru took a breath, then took out a cigarette case from her pocket, looked at Chen Guozhong's pale face, and asked again.

"Did you go to the hospital for a checkup?"

Chen Guozhong smiled, reached out and snatched the cigarette case from Lin Xiaoru, taking out one.

"Smoke less. I see how addicted you are. Don't wait until it's incurable before it's too late!"

Lin Xiaoru remained silent until Chen Guozhong lit the red Marlboro cigarette before taking the cigarette case back.

He lit another one and replied.

"Life and death are preordained, wealth and honor are determined by fate!"

If God wants to take someone away, there's no escaping it no matter how hard you try. Is there no hope?

"Perhaps!"

Chen Guozhong exhaled a deep puff of smoke before speaking.

"My time is running out. Although we are not close, we both hope that Wang Bao will die!"

If the conditions I offered you before weren't swaying you enough, I can add some more.

"How do we increase the stake?"

"Besides giving you a sum of money from Black Wong Po, once you and Luen Shing take over Tak Shing Street, I will lead people to raid Luen Shing's premises day after day!"

We'll sweep you so clean you won't find a single hair on Tak Shing Street, we'll sweep you and the Luen Shing Society until everyone is filled with fear!

Lin Xiaoru chuckled lightly: "Inspector Chen, what kind of bullshit 'additional charges' is this?"

"Let me finish speaking!"

Chen Guozhong said with a serious expression, "I know that Lin Huailuo from Jordan wants to use you to carve out a piece of land on Tak Shing Street."

I know you're not happy about it and don't like doing things for someone else.

Wang Bao is dead. Only if I step in and sweep Decheng Street into chaos will you have the right to have a say in Decheng Street!

"When the time comes, you'll step in and eliminate me on behalf of Wo Luen Shing. Your triad will have no reason not to hand over Tak Shing Street to you."

Lin Xiaoru's lips twitched slightly.

"Inspector Chan, it seems you know quite a bit about triads. It's a real shame you're not working for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau!"

"Is it possible that I used to work for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB), and that I transferred to the Centers for Investigation (CID) to get rid of Wong Po?"

Fearing he wouldn't be able to convince Lin Xiaoru, Chen Guozhong continued to add to the discussion.

"I don't have much time left to live. Whether you give me my life or not, I'm going to die!"

If you can help me eliminate Wang Bao and give those fallen brothers some closure, then I'll feel this deal was worthwhile!

Lin Xiaoru remained silent for a long time, until she took several puffs of her cigarette before responding in a serious tone.

"Inspector Chan, do you know that killing a senior inspector from the CID is a very serious crime?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I have my own ways to make you give the gang an explanation, and ensure the police can't find any evidence against you!"

Lin Xiaoru felt a rare bit of respect for this policeman who was so eager to give his life for her.

However, after stubbing out his cigarette, he shook his head.

"No, your method is too rudimentary. Why don't you listen to my suggestion?"

Chen Guozhong's eyes lit up: "Do you have a better suggestion?"

"That's right! Do you know why you guys haven't been able to kill Wang Bao after all these years?"

A fierce glint flashed in Chen Guozhong's eyes.

"I know! Although Wang Bao is a lawless scoundrel, he knows every law in Hong Kong by heart."

He never killed anyone himself, and he always had his henchmen do the selling of the goods.

Even if they find some clues, they will always find a lawyer to find all the loopholes before the trial.

He'd either exterminate the witnesses or coerce his henchmen into taking the blame for him. He was truly ruthless; his men would rather rot in jail than utter a single word about him!

"You're wrong. If you ask me, no matter how bad you are as a cop, you still have a bottom line in your heart!"

They're already thinking of smearing raw pork, yet they're still insisting on having complete evidence.

Lin Xiaoru stretched her neck as she spoke and continued to add.

"You said that every time you caught Wang Bao doing something wrong, he would hire a lawyer to kill him to cover it up and destroy the chain of evidence."

Have you ever considered that the dead can't hire lawyers?

Chen Guozhong waved his hand weakly.

"How could I not have thought of that? Taking out Wang Bao is just a matter of one bullet."

But as I said before, if he dies without knowing why, what about my brothers who died?

And the brothers who work for me—their reputations cannot be buried so ambiguously. Wang Bao must be convicted!

"Nonsense! Who says dead people can't be convicted?"

I believe your police force isn't blind. Dead men can't have lawyers. Without those litigious lawyers interfering, isn't the conviction ultimately up to you?

Chen Guozhong gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"You mean you used this batch of goods to make pork for Wang Bao, while simultaneously luring him into resisting arrest, and then shot him dead?"

Haha, you still don't understand Wang Bao!

Although he is wicked, he is definitely smart; he would never personally go to collect the goods, much less openly resist arrest when the police are at gunpoint!

Lin Xiaoru, however, remained calm.

"Officer Chen, whether it's feasible or not, just tell me what to say and do what I say!"

"The longer the night lasts, the more things can go wrong. If you want to see Wang Bao die in front of you, don't waste your breath arguing with me."

As she spoke, Lin Xiaoru straightened her face and said, "When dealing with you police officers, I have to be extra careful."

If you agree, then prepare to take your men to collect the fish head and bid for the goods, and then prepare to receive commendations and interviews with your group of brothers.

If you don't agree, then we can all go our own way. I can go play with Wang Bao on Decheng Street by myself!

A mountain breeze swept through the pavilion, making Chen Guozhong shiver.

A wave of dizziness washed over him, making him realize that he really couldn't afford to keep going.

Chen Guozhong looked at a ditch under the pavilion. It was in this ditch that the informant he had sent to investigate was beaten to death by Wang Bao's men.

In a daze, he seemed to see the informant crawling out of the ditch, howling and begging him for help.

Suddenly jolted awake, Chen Guozhong stood up.

"Okay! I'll do it this time! Tell me where the goods are right now!"