The Courtyard House: The story begins with He Yuzhu beating up the White Widow.

Zhang Hu quickly thought of He Yuzhu, then laughed and said, "Old Qu, you owed me a favor when we were fighting the Japanese, and you owed me a favor when we were fighting the Bald Head. Now you owe me another favor. You haven't paid off your past debts, and you're already owing new ones?! Tell me! When are you going to pay back all these favors?!"

Qu Hongguo laughed and replied, "I'm so rich I don't care about the debts. We'll talk about paying them back later!" Then, remembering the canned goods and grain, Qu Hongguo said, "How about this? We brought back quite a lot of canned goods and grain this time. How about we split it 50/50, each of us gets half! Aren't I generous enough?!"

Zhang Hu laughed and said, "Old Qu, you old rascal, you're not being honest! Don't think I don't know what kind of person you are! These canned goods and grains were probably obtained by my men, they just used your route to bring them back. I'm not the kind of person who's heartless. How about this! 30/70 split. You get 30, I get 70%!"

Qu Hongguo hurriedly said, "Old Zhang, you're too greedy!!"

Zhang Hu, with an air of "I've got you cornered," said, "What?! You think 30% isn't enough?! Fine! Then I'll give you even less!"

"Fine! Fine, I guess I'll just have to accept it! I guess I'm just unlucky!" At this moment, Qu Hongguo regretted making the call.

Seeing his secretary enter, Zhang Hu said, "Old Qu, I have to go now, I have things to do!"

"Okay! The goods have arrived, I'll let you know!" Qu Hongguo said and hung up the phone.

Zhang Hu put down the phone, looked at his secretary, and asked, "What is it?!"

The secretary said, "Director, this is a telegram that just came from Guangzhou. Zhao Songjun's group was blocked by the foreign patrol boats and the bald man's warships. They plan to take the Hongtai cargo ship directly to Singapore tonight in Guangxi Province. In addition, He Yuzhu's group has already arrived in Singapore."

"They're pretty quick, aren't they?!" Zhang Hu muttered, then said, "Tell Zhao Songjun to be extra careful. Make sure they arrive in Lion City on time. If they encounter any trouble on the way, safety is the priority!"

"Yes!" The secretary acknowledged the order and quickly left.

Zhang Hu lit a cigarette, took a couple of puffs, and thought to himself, "Now I can only pin my hopes on He Yuzhu and the other two."

Upon arriving in the city, He Yuzhu and his group got off the bus and found a restaurant to eat. Halfway through their meal, He Yuzhu told Hong Changxing and Lan Gongwang to continue eating while he went to the bar, greeted the owner, picked up the phone on the counter, and dialed a number.

The call connected shortly after: "Hello! Who is this?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Hello! Are you Mr. Li from Limingtang?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone before the reply came, "Yes, it is!"

He Yuzhu continued, "Mr. Li, I've come from my hometown. Your parents knew we were coming and asked us to bring you some local specialties from our hometown."

Dawn Hall then asked, "Where are you now?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Chinatown. We're having dinner now, and later we plan to stay at the Raffles City Hotel."

Li Mingtang said, "We'll meet in the lobby of the Raffles Hotel half an hour later. I'll be wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, a pocket watch around my neck, and black-rimmed glasses."

"Okay! See you in half an hour!" After saying that, He Yuzhu hung up the phone, returned to the dining table, pulled out a chair, sat down, and said, "Eat up!"

Hong Changxing and Lan Gongwang understood what He Yuzhu meant, so they didn't say anything more and quickened their pace of eating. About ten minutes later, He Yuzhu paid the bill and led Hong Changxing and Lan Gongwang out of the restaurant. After crossing the street, He Yuzhu led the two into the Raffles City Hotel diagonally opposite.

He Yuzhu walked to the service desk and asked, "Do you have any suites available?!"

The waitress glanced at He Yuzhu and said, "Sir, please wait a moment. Let me check for you!" Then she opened the logbook, looked through it carefully, and said, "Sir, there are three suites left."

He Yuzhu took out his Hong Kong ID card and handed it over, saying, "Get me a suite." Then, He Yuzhu took out a thousand US dollars from his pocket and placed it on the counter. Lan Gongwang and Hong Changxing also took out their Hong Kong ID cards and handed them to the waitress.

After registering the three men, the female server returned their ID cards and handed the room key and deposit slip to He Yuzhu, saying, "Sir, the suite is on the fifth floor. Take the elevator up there and turn left to the second room."

He Yuzhu raised his wrist to check the time on his watch and said, "Let's go up first!" With that, He Yuzhu led the two towards the elevator.

After going upstairs and entering the room, He Yuzhu closed the door and said, "You two stay inside. I'll stay outside." He then went to the balcony, looked around, and returned to the room, saying, "I'll go downstairs to wait for the person I'm meeting. You wait in the room. If you hear two long and two short knocks, open the door." With that, He Yuzhu went out.

After He Yuzhu left, Lan Gongwang couldn't help but ask, "Old Hong, where did He Yuzhu get so much money?!"

Hong Changxing looked surprised and asked, "Didn't you see it?!"

Lan Gongwang was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What did you see?!"

He Yuzhu was reluctant to bring people on missions because he feared some things would be difficult to explain. Sure enough, upon arriving in Hong Kong, He Yuzhu deliberately showed off his petty theft skills in front of Hong Changxing. Initially, Hong Changxing wanted to stop He Yuzhu, but when he saw that He Yuzhu specifically targeted foreigners, he turned a blind eye. Now that Lan Gongwang had asked, Hong Changxing recounted what he had seen to Lan Gongwang.

After listening to Hong Changxing's explanation, Lan Gongwang's face showed surprise, and he said, "There's such a thing?!"

Hong Changxing comforted him, "You know how much allowance we get for business trips. It's okay in China, but it's simply not enough abroad. Besides, the country is facing difficulties right now. We'll have to find our own way. He Yuzhu borrowed some more money from the foreigners when we got off the plane. Anyway, it'll be enough for the three of us for the time being."

He Yuzhu went down to the lobby and waited for a short while before a middle-aged man walked in. Seeing the man's attire, He Yuzhu immediately went up to him and asked, "Are you Mr. Li?!"

Li Mingtang sized up He Yuzhu, nodded, and said, "That's me!" He then asked, "You're from my hometown, right?!"

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "The things are upstairs, please come with me!" After saying that, He Yuzhu led Li Mingtang to the elevator door and pressed the button to go up.