Hong Kong film: Refusing to go undercover, the policeman's path to becoming the richest man.

Chapter 17 Fighting Without Breaking

He Chu and Ni Yongxiao were puffing on their cigars one after another.

The way Ni Yongxiao looked at He Chu was completely different now.

"Officer Ho, how could you say such things to me?"

He Chu spoke in a calm tone.

"Mr. Ni, you are a rare high-educated talent in Hong Kong."

"Judging from the fact that you managed to subdue Gandhi's group with just one phone call, you are a typical example of someone who plans things out before acting."

"Stop with those empty platitudes, they'll only make me look down on you."

Ni Yongxiao's body stiffened abruptly.

He Chu continued speaking leisurely.

"Ni Kun has always put a lot of effort into raising you children."

"Your older brother is a licensed doctor, your older sister married into a stable and good family, you yourself are a top student who graduated from a prestigious university, and even your younger brother, who seems idle to others, has never gone astray into the gangster world."

"Do you know why Ni Kun split up his business with Gandhi and his group back then?"

Ni Yongxiao knew the reason perfectly well, but he still pretended not to understand and shook his head.

He Chu also assumed that he was completely unaware of the situation.

"This was precisely the smartest move Ni Kun made."

"Isn't there a saying he always has: 'What goes around comes around'?"

"He knew better than anyone that the heroin business was a harmful business that would harm both himself and others."

"But the profits from this business were just too amazing, and he was already deeply involved and couldn't extricate himself."

Even so, he still laid out a series of backup plans and defenses in advance.

Ni Yongxiao looked surprised and asked,

"A backup plan?"

He Chu nodded slightly.

"That's natural. His arrangements for your lives, brothers and sisters, were just one of the precautions he had set up."

"Your father would never let you touch these dirty things; it's all for your future."

Ni Yongxiao quickly pressed for more information.

"Aside from these, are there any other preventative measures?"

He Chu nodded again and spoke.

"Of course, there are other arrangements, such as for Gandhi, Guohua, Black Ghost, and Wenzheng."

"Oh, right, we should also count Han Chen."

Ni Yongxiao looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Can these people be considered a defensive measure?"

He Chu asked in return with a slight smile,

"You don't think it counts?"

"But that's precisely where Ni Kun's greatest strength lies."

"A monopoly might seem like a way to make a fortune."

"But what is the truth behind it all?"

Ni Yongxiao calmed down and pondered for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed.

He Chu's tone turned serious as he spoke.

"With four subordinates managing the business, he was able to keep everyone firmly under his control."

"Han Chen is a big shot who has only risen to prominence in the last two years, which is an unexpected variable."

"But these people are essentially buffer zones that Ni Kun deliberately set up."

"He divided the business among his subordinates, which on the surface made him earn less, but in reality greatly increased his safety."

Ni Yongxiao suddenly realized.

"You mean, this way we don't have to confront the police directly?"

He Chu spoke with a hint of mockery.

"Once you break the law, there's no way you can escape the police."

"He just stays behind the scenes, so he doesn't have to be in the spotlight."

"If it weren't for Gandhi, Guo Hua, and their ilk protecting him, Ni Kun probably wouldn't have lived to see the day he died."

Ni Yongxiao frowned and asked,

"What exactly do you mean by that?"

He Chu spoke without any expression.

"What I mean is, otherwise he would have been arrested by our police long ago and thrown into jail."

Ni Yongxiao's brows furrowed even more.

Why are you telling me all this?

He Chu spoke in a calm tone.

"You're a well-educated, high-achieving student; you should be able to understand what I'm saying."

"When your father sent you abroad to study, he never said that he wanted you to come back and inherit the family business."

"Moreover, there's nothing worth inheriting from this family business."

Ni Yongxiao spoke in a low, muffled voice.

"Even if this thing is not presentable, it is still part of the Ni family's property."

He Chu nodded slightly.

"You are someone who values ​​family above all else."

"I realized this a year and a half ago, when I was still studying at the police academy."

"At that time, Ni Kun had just passed away. You made a special trip to find Ah Ren just to tell him the news of your father's death in person."

Ni Yongxiao was filled with incomprehensible confusion.

"You and Ah Ren were in the same police academy class, so why is your current rank so much higher than his?"

"Lu Qichang is a well-known capable detective in the police force, and even he is willing to follow your arrangements."

"This is truly unbelievable to me."

He Chu spoke these words in a calm and composed tone.

"It's simply because everything I said made perfect sense."

His eyes were fixed intently on Ni Yongxiao.

"I know exactly what you're planning."

Ni Yongxiao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"How could you know?"

He Chu continued speaking unhurriedly.

"You value your family highly and have received a traditional higher education."

"You know better than anyone that the path Ni Kun has taken is fundamentally wrong."

"But for the sake of the family's reputation and to avenge your father, you have no choice but to take over the position of head of the Ni family."

"You want to use the Ni family's existing power to complete your revenge plan."

"Anyway, the murderer who killed your father is among those five big shots; there's no other way to say it."

"You plan to first consolidate the Ni family's power, find the murderer and avenge your father's death, and then take the opportunity to wipe out those five big shots."

"Finally, we'll completely whitewash the Ni family's reputation."

Ni Yongxiao's pupils suddenly contracted—He Chu's words, every single one, had hit the nail on the head regarding his deepest secrets.

It was exactly the same!

He has always been a man who makes a living with his brain, so naturally he had already planned out every step of his future for the Ni family and for himself.

Just as He Chu said, first avenge the murder of his father, then completely whitewash the entire Ni family.

But this was a secret he kept deep in his heart, and he had never told anyone about it.

He didn't reveal a single word to even his closest uncle, or his confidant Luo Ji.

But he never expected that his carefully concealed plan would be so easily exposed by the young inspector who was about the same age as Ah Ren.

In that instant, a bone-chilling cold shot from the soles of Ni Yongxiao's feet straight to the top of his head.

He Chu seemed completely oblivious to Ni Yongxiao's loss of composure, and continued speaking to himself.

"You want to completely clean up the Ni family's name, which is actually consistent with our police force's goals."

"Hong Kong is such a small place, the fewer illegal and criminal cases there are, the better."

"Our current positions are opposing, but our overall direction for the future is the same, so..."

"Necessary communication is still necessary."

Ni Yongxiao couldn't find any words to refute it.

In fact, from the day he returned to take over as the head of the Ni family, the police did not take him back to the police station to give him the usual show of force; they were already being exceptionally polite to him.

When a new leader, second-in-command, or "red stick" of a triad such as Hung Hing, Tung Sing, or Wo Luen Shing takes office, the police will inevitably invite them to a teahouse and subject them to a trial by stick.

To put it simply, we need to tell them.

No matter how powerful you are in the gang, you're just a bunch of lowly gangsters in the end. It's best if you all behave yourselves so that everyone can have a good time.

This is the unspoken rule of the underworld between Hong Kong's triads and the police.

Of course, there are also cases where a new leader of a triad takes over, but the police don't even bother to look for him. That's simply because you're not important enough to warrant the police's attention.

He Chu turned to look at the large garden outside the window. To be honest, in Hong Kong, where land is incredibly valuable, having such a large private garden is something to be envied.

"The decentralized system that Ni Kun left behind was actually correct."

"Don't even think about eliminating all five of the Ni family's leaders in one go. If you do that, your Ni family will have no buffer zone left."

He turned his head and looked at Ni Yongxiao, whose face was full of confusion.

"If you really want to clear the Ni family's name, you absolutely cannot touch heroin."

"This is something our police force has absolutely zero tolerance for."

"If you eliminate all five of the Ni family's henchmen and then personally get involved in this stuff, and still think you can clean up your act and go straight, that's pure wishful thinking."

"With one foot in the white path and the other foot stuck in the black path, you're a hermaphrodite, neither black nor white, and you'll never truly be cleansed in this lifetime."

Ni Yongxiao was terrified by He Chu's words. His heart was pounding with fear; He Chu had accurately predicted everything he had been planning.

To have your deepest secrets, which you wouldn't even tell your closest relatives, so casually exposed in public, feels like being stripped naked and walking naked down a busy street.

The shock he experienced was unlike anything he had ever felt in his life.

For a moment, Ni Yongxiao opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

He was always a man who relied on his brain to get things done, so he naturally understood what this matter meant—all the secrets he kept in his heart could not be hidden from the eyes of the police.

This means that if he dares to make even the slightest mistake, it would be incredibly easy for the police to catch him.

It was at this moment that Ni Yongxiao finally understood why He Chu, at such a young age, had already become an inspector in the Kowloon Regional Headquarters.

His ability to see through people's hearts and understand the whole situation was something he couldn't help but admire.

Immediately afterwards, Ni Yongxiao felt a sense of relief, realizing that the police had come to his door with genuine sincerity and goodwill.

If they really wanted to get rid of him, why would they have to say all this to him so clearly?

Wouldn't it be better to just quietly wait for him to jump into the pit and bury himself?

He Chu chuckled and said,

"Mr. Ni, you should have realized by now that we took the initiative to tell you that Ah Ren is one of our people, and we came with the utmost sincerity."

"If we hadn't told you, you might never have realized it in your entire life, right?"

Ni Yongxiao's expression suddenly changed.

"Even if Ah-Ren really is a police officer, shouldn't he recuse himself from this matter according to normal procedures?"

"Could it be that your police force is planning to send him undercover into the Ni family?"

clap clap clap!

He Chu clapped his hands lightly.

"As expected of Mr. Ni, whom I held in high regard."

"Your mind works really fast."

"Things are exactly as you guessed. There was a fool who wanted Ah Ren to infiltrate the Ni family."

"But speaking of which, it's all thanks to this idiot, otherwise Ah Ren might never have been able to wear this police uniform in his life."

"After all, his background and origins have always been an unavoidable problem."

"Of course, if you can completely clear the Ni family's name and put them on the right path, these things will no longer be a problem for Ah Ren."

Ni Yongxiao's face was grim, and he asked in a cold voice,

"Who exactly is the person plotting this behind the scenes?"

His eyes were cold and piercing, and his surging anger was almost bursting out.

His entire face was so dark it looked like it could drip water, filled with a terrifying ferocity.

He valued family ties more than anything in his life, and anyone who dared to mess with his family was truly touching his sore spot.

He Chu glanced at him calmly.

"Didn't you already hire an internationally renowned private investigator to find out the truth behind your father's murder?"

Ni Yongxiao's pupils suddenly contracted—how did the police know about this?

He kept this matter extremely secret, not even revealing a single word to his closest uncle and confidant Luo Ji!

A faint smile appeared on He Chu's lips.

"I believe that with your abilities, you will be able to get to the bottom of this matter sooner or later."

He raised his hand and clapped twice lightly, then spoke with a smile.

"Ah Ren kept glancing this way. I guess he was worried that we might start fighting if we disagreed."

Ni Yongxiao gently shook his head.

"I'm no match for Inspector Ho."

He Chu spoke bluntly.

"You really can't beat me. Practicing boxing and martial arts is just a hobby for you, but for me it's my livelihood and my profession."

"You can't use your hobby to challenge my professional skill of making a living, can you?"

A rare smile appeared on Ni Yongxiao's face:

"What you said makes perfect sense."

The two walked back into the house side by side. Lu Qichang immediately stood up and asked,

"Has everything been settled?"

Ni Yongxiao responded and spoke.

"The conversation went very smoothly, and everything that needed to be said was clearly explained."

He Chu turned to look at Chen Yongren and said,

"Now you can finally relax, right?"

Chen Yongren hung his head and remained silent.

He was Ni Kun's illegitimate son, and from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't feel any goodwill towards his father, Ni Kun.

However, this resentment does not mean that he harbors the same hatred and estrangement towards Ni Yongxiao.

The rights and wrongs of the previous generation are one thing, but the emotional entanglements of the next generation are a completely different matter.

Looking at Chen Yongren's flustered appearance, Ni Yongxiao suddenly felt a sense of warmth and joy.

He Chu then spoke again,

"There's one more thing I feel I need to make clear to Mr. Ni."

Ni Yongxiao was in a good mood at the moment.

"Just say what's on your mind, be open and honest."

He Chu turned to look at Lu Qichang beside him, who then stepped forward and spoke.

"Mr. Ni, we have another purpose for visiting today: to bring our colleague back to his unit."

Ni Yongxiao was suddenly stunned, his whole body stiffening.

"To take your colleagues home?"

His expression changed drastically in an instant.

"You police actually planted your own people in the Ni family's house?"