Hong Kong Film: Jimmy? Please call me Councillor Li

Chapter 229 Bloodstained Heroes
A dimly lit room.

The neatly dressed man coldly wiped the silver pistol in his hand, his perfect loading and cocking movements as if he had practiced them countless times.

His eyes were cold, but beneath that coldness lay a touch of tenderness.

He is an assassin, yet he doesn't quite resemble one.

Xiao Zhuang (The Bloodstained Duo)

The door opened, and Xiao Zhuang cautiously drew his gun, pointing it at the doorway. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the person who came in was his old partner.

Having been an assassin for so long, he didn't even dare to relax while sleeping.

Perhaps, this is the fate of these people.

"There's a new mission."

Fourth Brother, Xiao Zhuang's partner and agent, is his contact person for missions, responsible for accepting missions and collecting money. Fourth Brother was once a notorious assassin in the underworld.

During a mission, he injured his hand and was never able to hold a gun again, so he became an agent instead.

As times change and progress is made, they gradually fade into oblivion amidst the tide of assassins.

This time, Fourth Brother brought a photo and placed it on the table.

The young and handsome man in the photo is none other than Li Jiayuan.

Xiao Zhuang glanced at the photo, his eyes filled with surprise and struggle. Clearly, he recognized the man in the photo.

He knew Li Jiayuan was a very good person, and he hesitated.

The principle of an assassin is to kill without asking about anything concerning the employer or the target. But Xiao Zhuang is more obviously a person with emotions and a sense of justice than other assassins.

Fourth Brother noticed his hesitation, so he told him the other party's price.

“Kill him, and you’ll get five million. You can take that money and Jenny abroad for treatment.”

When Fourth Brother mentioned Jenny, the struggle in Xiao Zhuang's eyes disappeared, and he became cold again.

Jenny is his girlfriend.

Years ago, when Xiao Zhuang was on a mission, he accidentally injured Jenny, causing him to lose his sight. Later, by chance, he met Jenny again and learned that his actions back then had accidentally injured an innocent person.

Feeling guilty, he secretly protected Jenny. He had already retired from his life of crime, but in order to cure Jenny's illness, he had no choice but to return to the front lines and take on new missions.

He is short of money now.

So when he heard about the five million reward, he decided to take on the task.

"I'll be there."

After his fourth brother left, Xiao Zhuang, torn by inner turmoil, drank alone. It wasn't that he hadn't killed people; the lives on his hands included those of both bad and good.

But as he killed more and more people, he became confused and questioned himself. Finally, under this torment, he decided to retire from the life of a criminal and was now forced to return to the life of a criminal.

He had once again turned his knife on a good person. He was helpless, but for Jenny's sake, he had no choice but to do it. He was not a good person, so if God wanted to take revenge, let him take it.

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Jiayuan Property Management, or more accurately, Jiayuan Group.

The company has successfully gone public, and the Jiayuan Group has been officially established. Li Jiayuan is preparing to hold a final press conference to announce this good news to the entire Hong Kong Island.

However, before that, he had an even more important matter to deal with, which was to deal with the four Ding brothers.

Gao Jin hurriedly returned to his office.

"Brother Yuan, I've found out some things and I'd like to report them to you."

"explain."

Gao Jin is now capable of handling things independently. Looking at his career trajectory, Gao Jin is the fastest learner and the most outstanding in handling business among all his former assistants.

For example, Hua Di and Gao Jin didn't think of developing their own network of informants in various industries, but Gao Jin did. He applied to establish a dedicated intelligence organization to collect key intelligence.

Li Jiayuan approved it. This intelligence organization was indeed useful. Gao Jin's regulations and operating model were very comprehensive, greatly enhancing Li Jiayuan's lack of information and filling a gap.

This alone shows how meticulous Gao Jin is.

“Brother Yuan, I found out that Ding Xiaoxie from the Ding family hired an assassin to kill you. I’m doing everything I can to track down this assassin. So far, I’ve found someone called Fourth Brother, who is very likely the one who’s involved.”

The glove is the assassin's contact. Professional assassins are different from rats. Rats are outlaws, while assassins have a profession. They have dedicated agents, also called gloves. Usually, a glove may have many assassins, all in single-line contact. Assassins do not know each other, only their names.

There is also a cooperative model where one person and one glove are used. Compared to the rat, the killer is more professional, since the rat can only run away after killing someone.

For a killer, killing is more like performing an art, emphasizing making a clean getaway—that's what professionalism is all about.

"Fourth brother?"

Li Jiayuan suddenly thought of Li Ying, the police officer from the Bloody Duo, whom he had met before.

In his story, there's a glove called Fourth Brother, and Fourth Brother's assassin is Little Ma. No, it's Little Zhuang.

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

"After you find them, do not act rashly, do not kill anyone, and bring them to me."

"why?"

Gao Jin was puzzled. Should he show mercy when dealing with an assassin?

"Not all assassins are bad; there are good ones too."

Yes, in Li Jiayuan's eyes, Xiao Zhuang is a completely good person who is not bad at all. This person can protect Jenny because of his own accidental injury, and he will not hesitate to expose his whereabouts in order to send a strange little girl to the hospital.

He was more humane than many people, so Li Jiayuan also wanted to meet this legendary figure.

Moreover, it seems he has never actually encountered a role played by Chow Yun-fat, perhaps due to his collecting habit.

"Oh, right, tell Zhang Bao that they can start making their move."

Li Jiayuan removed the pen cap and threw it on the table as if he were handing over a death sentence. He stood up and looked at the scenery downstairs with a deep gaze.

——Ding family

The four Ding brothers gathered together. Now that things had come to this, there was nothing left to hide. Ding Xiaoxie explained everything that had happened to his two younger brothers.

Ding Yixie has already hired someone to kill Ruan Mei. This matter cannot be kept secret and will be discovered sooner or later. When that happens, it will be the end of the Chung Ching Society.

Ding Xiaoxie couldn't possibly hand over his younger brother, so there was only one way.

That means killing Li Jiayuan. Once Li Jiayuan is dead, everything will be negotiable.

Even if their Zhongqing Society is eliminated, at least one person will be buried with them.

Such behavior is something only Ding Xiaoxie would do; he is a madman, an even bolder madman than Ding Yixie.

The four Ding brothers are waiting for a reply from the assassin.

Three days have passed since they hired an assassin to kill someone; today is the day to make their move.

The atmosphere at the Ding family's home was unusually quiet.

"Brother, the person you found should be fine, right?"

Ding Xiaoxie shook his head.

"This person has never made a mistake."

"Then what are you still worried about?"

Ding Yixie was overjoyed to receive a definite answer. He thought that he was about to avenge his great enemy. Once Li Jiayuan was dead and without his protection, the Fang family and that woman would not be able to escape.

Ding Xiaoxie knew what his younger brother was thinking and sighed helplessly. He was thinking about how Chung Ching Society should face the storm after Li Jiayuan's death. That's right.

Even if Li Jiayuan had three heads and six arms, could he escape a bullet? He was certain that Li Jiayuan would die, but this was not the end. After Li Jiayuan's death, his underlings would definitely avenge him.

How to get through this period is what they should be doing.

Apart from Xiaoxie, the other three brothers were all very happy.

"Brother, why are you looking so worried? We can deal with the rest later. There's always a way. Anyway, Li Jiayuan is dead tonight, so the Fang family will be at our mercy."

Mentioning this, a strange light gradually appeared in Ding Xiaoxie's eyes; he thought of Fang Ting.

That bitch! He sincerely invited her to dinner to apologize, but she ignored him completely.

Since that's the case, once he's eliminated Li Jiayuan, he won't need to maintain that hypocritical politeness anymore.

(End of this chapter)