Hong Kong variety show: I wanted to be a lawyer, but I became a big shot.

The three of them laughed heartily, and the atmosphere in the private room warmed up again.

Big D opened another bottle of wine, shouting that he would go find the Russian girl after drinking.

With a toothpick in his mouth, Liang Kun began to boast about his glorious past in Mong Kok, where he single-handedly took on seven burly men.

The sounds of clinking glasses and laughter mingled together.

Just then, Lin Bei's mobile phone on the table suddenly rang.

He put down his chopsticks, glanced at the caller ID, and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

He hesitated for a second, but still pressed the answer button.

A woman's deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Is this Mr. Lin Bei?"

"Yes, that's me."

"Excuse me for bothering you... I've heard you've been making waves in Hong Kong lately, even forcing Tung Sing to retreat to Yuen Long..."

Lin Bei's smile froze on his face.

He glanced at Leung Kwan and Big D, who were chatting and laughing, unaware of the change in his direction.

He slowly stood up, walked to the window of the private room, and turned his back to them.

"Since you know me, then dare you tell me who you are?"

The other person paused for a moment, then uttered four words softly.

"My name is Shui Ling."

The private room suddenly became eerily quiet.

Liang Kun and Da D stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Bei standing by the window.

Lin Bei tightened his grip on the mobile phone slightly, but a smile slowly crept onto his lips.

He spoke into the phone, his tone neither humble nor arrogant:

"So it's Sister Shui Ling, I've heard so much about you."

"I didn't realize it was so late. What brings you here?"

"Giggle giggle..."

The woman on the other end of the phone chuckled softly, her emotions unreadable.

"I dare not presume to offer my guidance..."

"I just wanted to see what the young man who beat my Five Tigers of Dongxing so badly looked like beforehand."

Lin Bei did not answer immediately.

He glanced back at Leung Kwan and Big D, both of whom were staring at him nervously.

Liang Kun frantically winked at him, making a chopping motion with his hand over his neck.

After a moment, Lin Bei withdrew his gaze and slowly spoke into the phone:

"You're welcome anytime."

"You decide the time and place."

"Oh? Mr. Lin trusts me that much?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll send men to lay a trap, so you won't return?"

Shui Ling's voice was full of teasing.

Lin Bei rolled his eyes.

Lao Tzu said I would attend the meeting, but he didn't say I would go alone.

When we meet, I'll have Wang Jianjun send a battalion of security personnel to protect me. No matter how strong you are, you won't dare to touch a hair on my head.

"Sister Shuiling, do you think I'm new to this world?"

"Who's so unethical as to resort to violence when it comes to negotiating a deal..."

"Hahaha! This is hilarious, absolutely hilarious!"

"Okay, I will arrive at Hong Kong Island in two days. We will meet at the Mong Kok Hotel then."

"You'd better protect my safety on your turf."

Shui Ling's voice suddenly became alluring, as if she were a completely different person.

That chilling sense of oppression was wrapped in a layer of soft sugar coating, making it even more unpredictable.

"Okay, see you the day after tomorrow."

After Lin Bei finished speaking, he hung up the phone immediately.

He walked back to the dining table and tossed his mobile phone onto it.

Liang Kun and Da D were still staring at him in disbelief.

"What's wrong? Keep eating."

Lin Bei sat down nonchalantly and picked up his chopsticks.

Glug!

Liang Kun swallowed hard, his voice slightly hoarse:

"No, you just agreed to it like that?"

"I'm a second-in-command of Hung Hing, a multi-millionaire. Do you think I'd be afraid of a woman in her forties?"

Lin Bei rolled his eyes at Liang Kun, picked up a piece of abalone and started eating.

The salty and savory flavor of the abalone sauce spread in his mouth as he chewed slowly and deliberately, as if the phone call he had just received was nothing more than a trivial matter.

Big D snapped out of his daze and said in a joking tone:

"Hey Bei, are you trying to take advantage of someone else's good fortune?"

"Let me tell you, stewing old lotus root is very good for reducing internal heat..."

"Pah! Pah! Pah! What nonsense are you spouting, you two perverts!"

Lin Bei put down his chopsticks and said with a laugh:

"If I were to win over Shui Ling, wouldn't I become Camel's stepfather...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, both Liang Kun and Da D simultaneously revealed wicked smiles.

That smile carried the lewdness of someone who'd been there all along, as if he could already see some erotic scene.

"That's pretty good too..."

Liang Kun chuckled, picked up his wine glass, and took a sip.

Lin Bei pursed his lips helplessly:

"Ugh, get lost."

"Let's get down to business."

He suppressed his smile, leaned forward, and tapped the table with his finger:

"Brother D, could you please have Dongguanzi and Long Hair keep a close eye on things in Yuen Long during this time?"

"Let Jimmy's business expand rapidly and seize the entire Hong Kong Island market."

"I want to do both land and sea freight."

"In addition, have the planes cooperate with our Hung Hing's Big Head and Little Tyrant to clean up all the number blocks near Kowloon."

"So that when we're doing something, a bunch of big cats and dogs won't jump out and cause trouble."

Upon hearing this, Big D patted his chest and grinned, saying:

"You can rest assured when Big D does things!"

The three men's glasses clinked together again, making a crisp sound.

......

Inside a bar in Kwun Tong, on the Zhengxing property.

This bar is located deep in an alley in an industrial area. It doesn't even have a decent signboard at the entrance; there's just a dim yellow light hanging there.

The interior was simply furnished, with a few billiard tables with peeling paint, an old-fashioned jukebox, and several unopened cases of beer piled up in the corner.

Laughing, who had just been discharged from the hospital, sat at the bar with a displeased look on his face. The gauze on his face was still intact, and there was a large piece of tape on his cheekbone.

He tilted his head to look at Li Tianyi, his tone laced with suppressed anger.

"Brother, I just got discharged from the hospital and you're already telling me the gang has collapsed."

"Are you kidding me?"

Li Tianyi rolled her eyes at him and said helplessly:

"Who's joking with you?"

"That bastard Zato tried to play dirty tricks on me."

"It's one thing to let your sister seduce Lin Bei, but to kidnap Master Fu as a pledge of allegiance is another."

"He's really enjoying himself now, he's become a top fighter in Hung Hing, and he's incredibly popular right now."

"In the underworld, even the heads of small gangs have to call him 'Zato-san'..."

After he finished speaking, he tilted his head back, took a big gulp of beer, squeezed the empty can so hard it made a cracking sound, and threw it forcefully into the trash can in the corner.

Upon hearing that Xiao Kailun had become Lin Bei's woman, Laughing felt a sudden pang of sadness in his chest.

He lowered his head, picking at the lacquered surface of the bar with his fingers, and after a long while, he finally spoke:

"Sigh, in the end, it's because I was too slow that Lin Bei, that bastard, beat me to it..."

"Or, why don't you, Brother Zhengxing, take charge of the Zhengxing brand yourself?"

"Let's do it ourselves, let's make it new!"

Li Tianyi scratched his crotch, raised his hand and brought his fingers to his nose to smell them, then adjusted his sitting posture.