The next day, Song Ziqing got up very early.
She couldn't sleep all night, her mind filled with thoughts of Kowloon Walled City. She desperately wanted to go there in broad daylight!
She wanted to figure out why the ring space reacted strangely when she mentioned Kowloon Walled City; this was the first time she had ever felt the ring space's anthropomorphic emotions.
Lin Chengyu noticed that Song Ziqing's appetite for breakfast was noticeably lower than usual, and guessed what she was thinking.
He quickly told her about the news he received from the hospital late last night: "Qingqing, your guess last night was really right! That woman really doesn't have long to live, but she doesn't have an illness!"
She had one kidney ruptured and had numerous marks on her body indicating she had been violently beaten. Last night, she was hit by a car, which worsened her condition, preventing a potential kidney transplant and ultimately leading to her death.
Song Ziqing felt very sad after hearing this. She thought of the woman's tightly closed eyes, but her features were quite beautiful, and she felt sorry for her.
She felt she should do something for her, that she couldn't let her die in vain.
"I'm going to Kowloon Walled City. I'm going to find that murderer and avenge that woman!" Song Ziqing said firmly.
Lin Chengyu looked at her, feeling very worried. He knew that Kowloon Walled City was a very dangerous place, full of gangsters and criminals who were desperate and capable of anything.
"Qingqing, you'd better not go. It's too dangerous there. Even with me and the bodyguards with you, I still don't feel safe." Lin Chengyu still wanted to make a last-ditch effort.
"No, I must go. The ring space has been acting strangely because of Kowloon Village, and I want to go and investigate the cause," Song Ziqing said.
Upon hearing her words, Lin Chengyu knew that she had made up her mind, and even the ring space was behaving abnormally, which piqued his curiosity.
“Okay, Qingqing, I’ll go with you. But you have to promise me you’ll be careful, don’t be impulsive, and don’t take any risks,” Lin Chengyu said.
Song Ziqing looked at him, deeply moved. She knew he was doing it for her own good. She nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you. We'll go together, and we'll definitely find the murderer and the reason for the anomaly in the ring's space."
After finishing breakfast, the two set off for Kowloon Walled City. Throughout the journey, Song Ziqing remained silent, pondering whether his time-travel experience could bring more positive changes and progress to Hong Kong.
Lin Chengyu didn't say much, but silently held her hand, giving her strength and comfort.
Soon, they arrived at the entrance to Kowloon Walled City. It was a bustling area with numerous shops and entertainment venues, teeming with people and vehicles. But deep within the walled city lay chaos and darkness. There, gangs and criminals controlled everything, engaging in all sorts of illegal activities.
Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu cautiously entered Kowloon Walled City. They searched everywhere for clues about the murderer. They asked many people and looked in many places, but found nothing.
Just as they were feeling disappointed, they suddenly heard a seven or eight-year-old boy looking at them with tears in his eyes: "You, are you looking for my mother? Where did she go? I looked for her all night yesterday!"
The little boy's face was filled with fear and helplessness, and his eyes were red, clearly from crying for a long time.
Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu exchanged a glance, both feeling a surge of sympathy and pity. They knelt down, gently stroking the little boy's hair, and asked, "Little friend, what's your name? What's your mother's name?"
The little boy sobbed, "My name is Xiaolong, and my mother's name is Ahui. They say she's a whore, but my mother isn't a whore. She's an honest woman who looks for work."
She was taken away by a man a few days ago, who said he would give her a good job. But I waited for a long time, and she didn't come back. I went to ask those people, but they all said they didn't know. So I had to come out and look for her myself.
Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu felt a pang of sadness. They couldn't bear to tell the little boy the cruel truth that his mother was dead, so they could only comfort him.
"Xiaolong, don't worry, we'll help you find your mother. By the way, Xiaolong, don't you have a father? Where did your father go?"
"I... I don't have a father anymore. My mother said my father was a hero who went to the battlefield to protect the country!!"
Xiao Long hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He gripped Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu's hands tightly, afraid they would abandon him.
"Do you still know the man who took your mother away?" Song Ziqing still wanted to find out the murderer who injured Ahui's kidney through him.
"I... I would recognize that man if I saw him. However, I don't know his name."
Xiao Long's face was scrunched up like an old man's, and he regretted not asking the man's name when he saw him with his mother.
"Can you take us for a walk around Kowloon Walled City now? We want to get to know the place, and we also want to look for the man who took your mother away!"
Song Ziqing still wanted to find out the man's identity and why he would bully a woman like Ah Hui.
Xiao Long, realizing he still had a use for him, nodded happily and agreed: "Great! I've lived in Jiucheng Village for two years and I know this place very well. I'll take you around to see the place and find that man, and ask him where he took my mother!"
Kowloon Walled City, surrounded by Carpenter Road, Lok Sin Road, Tung Ching Road, Tung Tau Tsuen Road and Junction Road, covers an area of about three hectares and has tens of thousands of residents. It is a place where restaurants, teahouses, opium dens, dental clinics, Western medicine clinics and all other industries can be described as all-encompassing.
It's practically a city within a city; you can live there without ever leaving the village, as you have everything you need.
This area has a unique environment, being the only lawless zone in Hong Kong. Gradually, it became an anarchic den of thieves, resulting in a long-standing mix of good and bad elements, making it a scourge on the city. Many people who committed crimes in Hong Kong or other countries fled here, settled down, and because there was no law to govern them, drug trafficking, smuggling, murder, and robbery were rampant.
As the group walked through the area, they frequently saw people chasing others with knives, openly using drugs, and even carrying guns on their waists. Seeing this, Song Ziqing suddenly realized that he was still too timid.
Moreover, it's too serious. In the 1960s, people's thinking still needed to be changed. After all, guns were legal in Hong Kong, especially since Lin Chengyu had a security company, which meant that it was legal for their bodyguards to own guns.
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