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

Ou Yongen was startled and instinctively raised his hand to slap him.

But when she turned her head and saw that it was Lin Bei, her raised hand stopped in mid-air, and she glared at him reproachfully.

"Hmph, so it's you."

She was angry, but she couldn't bring herself to slap him. The slap remained suspended in the air, which looked rather funny.

"Wow, are you trying to murder your husband?"

Lin Bei smiled and dodged, then reached out and pinched Ou Yongen's cheek.

Her face was slightly flushed with anger, and her eyes were a little moist, clearly indicating that she had suffered a great injustice.

"What's wrong?"

"Who dares to bully my Yong-eun baby?"

Tell your boyfriend that tonight I'm getting a dozen burly men to give him a hygiene lesson!

Ou Yongen was amused by Lin Bei, and his lips just started to curl up when he remembered the disdain shown by those foreigners earlier, and his smile immediately fell.

"It's nothing, just a little accident at work."

Lin Bei looked up at the sky and then around, and noticed a coffee shop across the street.

He put his arm around Ou Yongen's shoulder and said softly:

"Let's go to a coffee shop and talk."

"Um."

The two walked hand in hand towards the coffee shop.

Pedestrians hurried by on the street, white-collar workers in suits and bodyguards wearing sunglasses brushed past each other without giving each other a second glance.

Lin Bei pushed open the heavy glass door of the coffee shop, and a blast of cool air, mixed with the aroma of coffee beans, instantly invigorated him.

Ou Yongen chose a corner seat by the window and sat down. When the waiter came to take their orders, she ordered a black coffee, while Lin Bei casually ordered a latte.

After sitting down, Ou Yongen unconsciously stirred his coffee with a spoon, his eyes slightly red. It took him a while to calm down before he began to complain about what had happened that day.

It turns out she was recently representing a Chinese-owned company in a lawsuit.

This company is heavily in debt due to failed real estate investments a few years ago.

The company owns a Grade A office building in Central, which HSBC wants to use to offset its debt, but the two sides have been unable to reach an agreement on the price.

The foreigners are driving down the price too hard.

The building has 28 floors, each 8,000 square feet, and its current market value is at least 2.2 billion, but HSBC is only willing to offer 1.6 billion, cutting the price by nearly 30%.

What's even more outrageous is that they made a threatening statement, saying that anyone who dares to help this Chinese-owned company is going against HSBC.

Therefore, during this period, no company or family business dared to intervene, watching helplessly as the company was pushed to the brink of bankruptcy.

As Ou Yongen spoke, his expression turned angry again:

"They're clearly bullying us."

"The owner of that company is an old-fashioned man who has been in business for decades, and this building is all he has left."

"HSBC is determined to push us to the brink..."

"I'm just a lawyer representing someone, and they didn't give me a friendly look from the moment I arrived. They even asked me to have dinner with them tonight..."

"So in a fit of anger, I took my men and left."

Lin Bei listened very attentively.

He didn't interrupt, but simply stirred his coffee gently with a spoon, taking a sip every now and then.

After Ou Yongen finished speaking, he put down his coffee cup and a smile slowly appeared on his lips.

"Ah-en, that building you mentioned earlier, how much did the original owner want to sell it for?"

Ou Yongen was taken aback:

"Uh, why are you asking this?"

Lin Bei leaned back in his chair, speaking casually:

"I wanted to change my office environment, so I came to Central to buy a building to test the waters."

Ou Yongen's eyes widened, and he almost dropped his coffee cup.

"Are you crazy?"

"HSBC has already made it clear that anyone who dares to take over is going against them."

"Moreover, that company is currently burdened with debt, and the relationships within it are incredibly complex; a slight misstep could..."

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Lin Bei interrupted her, his gaze calmly fixed on the view outside the window.

The high-rise buildings in Central are dazzling sunlight reflected off their glass curtain walls.

The HSBC Building is just a few blocks away, and the lion logo on the roof is faintly visible.

"I just happen to need a place."

"No matter how powerful HSBC is, it's still just a foreign bank."

"We are a legitimate business, and we will send our legal team to talk to them when the time comes."

"They lowered their offer to 1.6 billion, so we offered 1.8 billion."

"I bought the property from the original owner openly and honestly. If they dare to play dirty tricks..."

"I'll personally teach these foreigners what a real blow means!"

Ou Yongen stared at him blankly. The man spoke in a casual tone, yet it conveyed an undeniable certainty.

That certainty gave her a strange sense of peace.

Are you sure you really want to buy it?

"certainly."

"Let's go, take me to see that building first."

Lin Bei stood up, took Ou Yongen's hand, and walked out of the coffee shop.

The two left the coffee shop and walked along the street for about ten minutes until they arrived at the office building.

The building is brand new, with a dark blue glass curtain wall on the outside. There are no company signs yet at the entrance of the lobby, and only a few security guards are sitting lazily inside.

Lin Bei looked up and counted the floors, then walked around the building for a short distance, nodding occasionally.

As Ou Yongen stood beside him, her heart pounding with a mix of emotions. She felt he was impulsive, yet she couldn't help but be inspired by his persistence.

Lin Bei stopped and patted Ou Yongen's hand.

"The location is good, close to the subway station, and the building is relatively new."

"Help me schedule an appointment with that boss tomorrow; I'll go talk to him myself."

Ou Yongen hesitated for a moment:

"Aren't you afraid of HSBC...?"

"HSBC is a bank, not a triad."

Lin Bei comforted him in a joking tone:

"They may make threats, but when it comes to a deal involving real money, who can stop them?"

"Besides, even if they wanted to resort to dirty tricks, your boyfriend isn't someone to be trifled with."

As he said this, his eyes were still fixed on the building, and his tone carried a faint hint of murderous intent.

Ou Yongen stared at his profile and suddenly felt that this man was sometimes really unfathomable, yet he couldn't help but want to get closer to him.

"Okay, then I'll help you make a date..."

She finally nodded.

After watching for a while, Lin Bei took her to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

After dinner, Ou Yongen said she had to go back to the law firm to handle some documents, so Lin Bei drove her downstairs and watched her walk into the building before turning to leave.

……

Yuen Long, Tung Sing General Hospital.

The ancestral hall was filled with smoke. Several younger brothers were squatting in a corner playing cards. When they saw the camel come out, they all stood up and nodded to greet it.

"Brother Luo!"

"Um!"

Camel looked at Li Tianyi, who was tied up like a dumpling on the ground, and raised his head to ask Laughing.

"Kid, that's not how you transfer gears."

"Using your boss as a pledge of loyalty, who will dare to hire you in the future?"

Seeing that Camel refused him without any mercy, Laughing didn't feel anxious at all. Instead, he happily moved closer.

"Brother Luo, this so-called big shot of mine is actually an undercover police officer."

"Luckily, I discovered his trickery beforehand, so I kidnapped him."