Chapter 861: Li Yi’s Solution!

The night passed without incident!

Early the next morning, Li Yi woke up with a belly full of resentment and began making arrangements to head to Hong Kong.

After all, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and Li Yi had already prepared himself for some “fun.”

But when it came time to sleep that night, he realized his in-laws’ place was simply too small—it only had three bedrooms.

With the male and female bodyguards and several children included, there were a full 15 people in the household—far too many to fit.

Left with no choice, Jiang Xue and her mother-in-law had to take the master bedroom on the second floor with the two children, while the eldest sister, Juanzi, Zhang Feng, Yang Miao, and her eldest nephew Ruirui shared the second bedroom on the second floor.

As for Li Yi, he had no choice but to share a bedroom on the first floor with his father-in-law and Jiang Longyin. Zhang Ziqiang, Zhou Wen, Yang Zhiwen, and Xiao Wu fared even worse—they had to sleep in the living room on the first floor.

As a result, Li Yi’s plan to “get some action” was completely ruined.

Frustrated, he immediately decided to head to Hong Kong Island to stay at his own mansion, and then…

Soon, Zhang Ziqiang and Zhou Wen had everything arranged.

After breakfast, Zhou Rui arrived with several Jeeps and escorted Li Yi and his entire family to Lotus Pier.

Boarding and the voyage went smoothly—no typhoons or rough seas. They set sail just after nine o’clock, and the ship arrived in Victoria Harbour before ten.

As soon as they stepped off the pier, Li Yi saw Huang Lixing waiting for them at the exit, with Chen Chuhong and Huang Min standing beside him.

Upon seeing Li Yi’s family emerge, Huang Lixing immediately came over to greet them.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the group boarded the Huang family’s motorcade and headed for Cloudtop No. 1.

Upon returning to Cloudtop No. 1 and settling their luggage, Huang Lixing mentioned that Chen Chuhong had arranged a luncheon at the Mid-Levels villa to welcome Li Yi’s family.

Li Yi didn’t refuse the invitation and promptly took his family to the Huang family’s villa on the hillside.

Once they arrived, Li Yi realized that Li Futiao and Li Yunbao were also present.

Since there was still some time before the banquet began, Huang Lixing asked Chen Chuhong to keep Jiang Xue and the others company, while he took Li Yi and the Li Fuzhao father-son duo to the small reception room on the second floor.

After they had taken their seats, Huang Lixing spoke first: “Brother Li Yi, you left Hong Kong right after finishing your work yesterday, but there are still some matters that require your decision!”

“What’s the matter?”

“In this operation, aside from taking out a few hundred of those monkeys, we also captured several hundred prisoners. Captain Yan and the others don’t know how to handle them, so they’ve come to me for advice!” Huang Lixing explained.

Li Yi furrowed his brow and asked, “Old Huang, how do you usually handle triad prisoners?”

Huang Lixing replied immediately, “The ones we’ve encountered before were all locals—at the very least, Chinese. Usually, we just take out the die-hard leaders, recruit the foot soldiers, and take those who refuse to join out to international waters to dispose of them!”

“But most of the prisoners this time are South Vietnamese monkeys. They’ll never work for us, and we can’t recruit them either, so I have no idea what to do with them!”

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, “Killing them all is definitely out of the question, but letting them go isn’t good either—that would cause those gangs to lose their respect for us.”

“Here’s what we’ll do: eliminate all the leaders who’ve been deeply colluding with those Western devils, then select a few from the remaining foot soldiers, prop them up, and let them continue managing the South Monkey Gang!”

Huang Lixing frowned and said, “So we’re just letting them off the hook?”

“No way!”

Li Yi continued, “Count how many of them there are. Make them sign IOUs for 100,000 Hong Kong dollars each, and have them pay it back within a year.”

Hearing this, Huang Lixing burst out laughing. “Brilliant! Brother Li Yi, that’s a brilliant plan. How did I not think of that?”

Li Futao and his son were equally filled with surprise and admiration; this plan was indeed brilliant.

It avoided a bloodbath, dealt a severe punishment to those monkeys from the Banbanhaobang gang, and even made money—killing three birds with one stone.

Li Yi smiled and said, “That’s because you’ve already stepped out of that underworld quagmire and don’t want to handle this matter by the underworld’s rules. Otherwise, to you, those people would be nothing more than a few hundred sacks in the open sea!”

Huang Lixing nodded. “That’s true. In the past, when faced with something like this, I would’ve most likely wiped them all out and taken over their territory. But this time, I didn’t do that—I didn’t even think about it!”

“Heh, that’s a good thing!” Li Yi said.

“Hmm, right. We also seized a massive amount of cash, goods, and assets from those monkeys this time. How should we handle that?” Huang Lixing asked again.

“How much?”

Huang Lixing replied immediately, “As for the money, there’s roughly seventy million. Two million of that was given to them by those foreigners—they hadn’t even had a chance to split it up before it fell into our hands.”

“Then there’s a portion of gold, jewelry, and accessories, along with some houses, storefronts, and cars. The rest consists of five small casinos, twelve mahjong parlors, two hotels, and over a dozen hair salons running prostitution rings!”

Li Yi thought for a moment, then said, “Keep all the money, gold, and jewelry. Once it’s all converted to cash, inject half into the company as development funds, and distribute the other half among the brothers who participated in this operation. From now on, no matter what operation we undertake, the spoils will be divided according to this rule!”

“Alright, but what about the remaining businesses? Should we also—”

Before Huang Lixing could finish his sentence, Li Yi cut him off: “No need. Return all those businesses to the South Monkey Gang. After all, if we don’t give them these assets, how are they supposed to make money for us?”

“Alright, let’s handle it just as you said!” Huang Lixing replied.

“Alright…”

At that moment, Li Futiao spoke up: “Brother Li Yi, my eldest and second brothers came to see me yesterday, asking me to plead for mercy on their behalf with those foreigners.”

“I know those bastards deserve to die a thousand deaths, and you certainly won’t let them off easily, so I didn’t want to get involved in this. But the terms they’ve offered are very generous, so I felt I should still bring it up with you. As for whether to agree to their request, that’s your decision!”

Li Yi nodded and said, “Alright, I’d like to hear exactly what terms those foreigners have offered!”

“The Sassoon family approached my eldest brother, saying they’re willing to pay 2 billion Hong Kong dollars to have your past forgiven…”

Before he could finish, Li Yi said in a deep voice, “Pipe dream. It’s not even two hundred million pounds—how dare the Sassoon family even bring that up!”

Li Futao nodded and continued, “The Henry family approached my second older brother. They said the family had no knowledge of Henry’s actions, and that Henry was merely an accomplice in this matter, so they hope Brother Li Yi will show mercy.”

“Is that all?”

“Oh, right. My second brother also said that if Brother Li Yi is willing to let Henry off the hook, the Henry family is willing to compensate you with 200 million Hong Kong dollars, plus the Henry family’s friendship!” Li Futiao said.

Li Yi’s lips curled slightly as he sneered, “Old Li, tell those foreigners for me that I’m not interested in the Henry family’s friendship. If they want me to let Henry off the hook, don’t even bother offering less than a billion!”

“Alright!”

Li Futao continued, “Also, we’ve received a telegram from London stating that representatives of the Sassoon family have arrived there to facilitate the extradition of Gusta and the others back to the United Kingdom for trial, and many political figures have come forward to express their support.”

“Hmph, they want to go back to stand trial? No way!”

Li Yi continued, “Yunbao, get in touch with Sandy and have their family pull some strings. We absolutely cannot let London get involved in this!”

“Alright, I’ll send a telegram to Sandy in a moment!” Li Yunbao replied.

“Alright, then I’ll put some pressure on the Governor’s Office. If they dare let Gusta go back, it’s time for a new governor!” Li Yi said coldly.

Hearing Li Yi’s domineering words, everyone in the room was slightly taken aback.

Although they didn’t know when Li Yi had become the one calling the shots at the British Government House, they knew he wasn’t joking when he said that.

Just as everyone’s thoughts were running wild, a series of “knock-knock-knock” sounds came from outside the door, followed by Chen Chuhong’s voice: “Dinner’s ready!”

Huang Lixing immediately said, “All right, we’ll be right down!”

He then urged everyone to hurry downstairs…

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