"This must be...Master Dong, a rare guest indeed!" It was Liang Lisheng, who had arrived early and was greeting people at the mountain gate.
Master Dong released the second-in-command, Weng Hua, but still held Chen Rou's wrist, reaching out from afar: "Vice Chairman Liang."
Liang Lisheng has been suffering from gout these past two days and can't walk, so he's being helped by Ahui. He told Ahui, "Go and help Old Master Dong quickly."
He struggled down the steps with his cane, saying, "Without Master Dong in charge, Kowloon would be in chaos in no time, and the brothers would have no rice to cook tomorrow. You are the bread and butter of the Kowloon brothers, how did you find the time to come up the mountain?"
That was just polite talk. Mr. Dong smiled and said, "The wharves in Hong Kong are bustling with people and goods. Every day, the British send at least a hundred refugees. If it weren't for Mr. Leung overseeing things and chasing them away one by one, or a hundred by a hundred, Kowloon would have become an international garbage dump long ago. Especially those maggots from Indonesia, they multiply into a whole nest. Thanks to you, Mr. Leung, the brothers in Kowloon can still get a bite to eat. Otherwise, who knows what Kowloon would be like now."
What they said may have been polite words, but they were also true.
For decades, Hong Kong served as a refugee reception center. If it weren't for the ruthless and decisive methods of these powerful figures, who used the "If I don't go to hell, who will?" approach to keep Kowloon in check, it would have been hell.
Master Dong was in an exceptionally good mood today. He had only intended to donate ten thousand or so incense money when he came, but now he was prepared to donate one hundred thousand. However, as long as Liang Lisheng was around, his mood would not be good.
Although Liang Lisheng's legs hurt, his arms did not, and he was surprisingly strong.
As Master Dong approached, he grabbed Chen Rou's hand, which was supporting her, and forcefully pried it off, pulling Chen Rou behind him: "Master Dong, how can you be so inconsiderate?"
Seeing his beloved granddaughter being dragged away, Grandpa Dong's eyebrows and beard stood on end.
But Liang Lisheng wasn't afraid of him. Instead, she grabbed his hand and said, "Our third aunt's family has had a lot of trouble. These past few days, she hasn't been able to eat or sleep well because of her family's problems. She's become so thin that she's practically skin and bones. Please don't bother her. My eldest brother instructed that today, when she comes up the mountain, she only needs to do two things: sleep peacefully and eat peacefully to recover her strength!"
So, after such a rare chance encounter, we're about to part ways?
Master Dong wasn't just unhappy, he was extremely unhappy. Although he had no reason to lose his temper, given his personality, he would find a reason to do so. But wait, Liang Lisheng, that old fox, wouldn't speak plainly, much less speak nonsense.
He said that something happened to Chen Rou's family, which made her unable to eat or sleep well. So, why doesn't Master Dong just resolve the matter?
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