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Chapter 312 Lawyer Hong secretly reports Han Chen

Li Yan lit a cigarette and took a deep puff. The slightly salty sea breeze carried away the smoke. Although Li Yan himself did not have such a hobby, cigarettes and alcohol were the most common media for interacting with people. Sometimes those big guys and superiors would also pass on cigarettes to show goodwill.

In this era, there was no health awareness like later, and people were promoting the ban on smoking and the idea that smoking is harmful to health everywhere!
Over time, Li Yan also learned to smoke, but he was not addicted to it and sometimes he smoked just to cope with the situation.

About ten minutes later, a figure walked out of a car in the small parking lot at the back. He was tall and thin, wearing a coat with a stand-up collar and a hat with the brim pulled down low, completely covering his face.

The figure looked around carefully and walked towards Li Yan's direction.

"Hello, Sir Li." The man in black walked up to Li Yan and greeted him.

Li Yan turned his head and looked for a while, then said with some amusement: "Isn't this Lawyer Hong? What's wrong with you?"

"You're acting like a fugitive. If you have any problem, just come to the police station and find me. After all, we've known each other for five or six years, so we can be considered old friends."

"You asked me to come here in the middle of the night, and acted so sneaky. I wonder if you thought we were meeting?"

Lawyer Hong looked at Li Yan with complicated eyes and sighed: "The world is unpredictable. You are in such a high position now, but you still treat me as a friend. With you calling me an old friend, my trip today is not in vain."

Before Li Yan could ask, Lawyer Hong said, "I came here today to ask for your help. I hope you can help me out since we have known each other for so many years and we had some friendship back then."

Although it was night, Li Yan could still see from the bright lights of the city in the distance that Lawyer Hong looked haggard and listless, with puffy and bloodshot eyes, and a decadent look.

There was none of the high spirits and complacency he had at the cocktail party two nights before.

I wonder what happened in just two days to make this lackey look so miserable?

"Tell me, what is it?"

"As long as it does not violate laws and regulations, does not violate moral ethics, and does not violate my interests, I will try my best to help if I can."

Li Yan said this half seriously and half jokingly, because he could see that Lawyer Hong seemed very nervous and scared.

While talking to himself, he kept turning his head to look around, fearing that there were unknown people lurking in the darkness.

"Actually, I came here today to seek cooperation with you, or rather, I came to surrender?"

Li Yan raised his eyes and was stunned for a moment: "If you want to stay on your own, you should go to Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station or West Kowloon Police Station. There are police officers there to receive you. If you come to me, I don't have such a duty."

"Also, you mentioned cooperation again. What do we have to cooperate on? You've got me confused!"

Li Yan was well-informed. After seeing Lawyer Hong's attitude tonight, his embarrassed look of wanting to say something but stopping himself and his short two sentences, he probably guessed what this guy was going to do.

To put it bluntly, Lawyer Hong is scared, so he wants to be a traitor like me. However, this time he is doing it for the police, so it can be considered as turning from evil to good.

In the original drama, when Lawyer Hong found out that the Ni family was going to be in trouble, he got off the boat immediately to protect himself. Li Yan knew this guy's character.

However, from this point, it can also be seen that although Lawyer Hong is not a good person, he is definitely not involved in deep trouble, so he dares to avoid disaster with a legitimate reason.

Otherwise, would Ni Yongxiao let him off so easily?

"I know a lot about Han Chen, including some things that are not allowed to be seen in public. For various reasons, I cannot appear in the police station. Moreover, this is definitely a great achievement for you, which is good for both of us. In addition, we have a previous friendship, so it is better to take care of you than to give it to others. Therefore, I hope to cooperate with you."

Li Yan asked calmly, "Do you want me to cooperate with you in my personal capacity, or as the head of the West Kowloon Serious Crime Unit?"

"Is there any difference between the two? Aren't they both you?" Lawyer Hong was a little confused.

"Of course. If it's the former, then I can't guarantee your interests. It can only be an exchange. My official status cannot endorse your current behavior. Our cooperation is only a private act and is not protected by law. If one day you fail, I have no obligation to save you;"

"If it's the latter, then even if you cooperate with the police, today's conversation will appear in the official records of the office of the head of the serious crime squad. I have the obligation and responsibility to be responsible for your personal safety. What you did will also become evidence in court one day."

Li Yan explained: "You are also a lawyer, you should know the difference very well."

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Lawyer Hong was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and nodded silently.

Li Yan curled his lips in disdain. This Lawyer Hong clearly wanted him to provide protection and convenience for his current behavior in his private capacity. He also wanted to regard his current behavior as turning from evil to good after Han Chen got into trouble in the future, and defend his evil deeds in court.

Li Yan was not a pushover either. He said that because he wanted Lawyer Hong to provide inside information in the name of self-defense and surrender without giving any benefits, without negotiating with him, and without agreeing to his unreasonable demands. At the same time, if he was careless and had to sacrifice Lawyer Hong for the sake of the "overall interests", he would not feel guilty. Both of them were thousand-year-old foxes who wanted to put the other into their own little sacks.

Li Yan was sure that the other party might have a device like a recorder on him. As a lawyer, collecting evidence is almost an instinct.

When Lawyer Hong heard what Li Yan said, he immediately fell into a dilemma. He struggled for a while and seemed to understand his situation. He raised his head and said decisively: "Then I will surrender myself."

Li Yan smiled slightly. It was just as he expected. Character determines destiny!

In the final analysis, this Lawyer Hong is a speculator without any principles. He dares not commit a real capital crime, but dares to walk in the gray area and constantly plays edge balls to gain benefits for himself.

He is lucky!

Li Yan took out a recorder from his pocket and shook it in front of Lawyer Hong: "In this case, I will record our conversation. You don't want to go to the police station, maybe you have your own concerns, but as the head of the serious crime team, I am doing this to be responsible for you."

"This is also evidence that you have turned from evil to good. It may serve as evidence in your favor in court in the future."

"Lawyer Hong, you don't mind, do you?"

Lawyer Hong didn't show any surprise on his face. He nodded and said meaningfully, "Of course I don't mind. We are all lawyers. No one would neglect this."

Li Yan's next words were very official: "Lawyer Hong, since you have evidence that Han Chen committed a crime, why don't you go to the police station and report it openly? Instead, you asked me, the head of the serious crime team, to come out. The handover will be in a week, and I'm very busy right now."

"It's 11 o'clock at night now. Usually at this time I'm working overtime at the police station. I work day and night, working hard and tirelessly to protect the millions of citizens of Hong Kong Island. I will do my best until my death."

"Although I had some friendship with you when I was an undercover agent. But you asked me to come to the Lion Pavilion on the top of Mount Taiping in the middle of the night. If you didn't know, you would think we were doing something secretive."

Li Yan's words sounded strange, but Lawyer Hong knew it well. Li Yan was explaining the time, place, and background of the conversation. However, the other party shamelessly put so many labels of being loyal to his duties on himself, which still made Lawyer Hong's face look a little weird.

Perhaps people who are lawyers have no shame no matter what industry they are in?
Lawyer Hong laughed at himself secretly, and then said seriously: "Mr. Li, please forgive me for being so presumptuous. I dare not go to the police station. It's not that I don't want to go, but because I suspect that Han Chen has planted an undercover in the police force."

"If he finds out about my presence, I might be killed. I hope you can understand this, and I also hope the police can consider my situation."

Lawyer Hong gave a reasonable explanation.

"Oh, you said Han Chen has planted a mole in the police force. What does he want to do? He is so bold and reckless. Tell me, who is it?" Li Yan became furious when he heard this, and shouted angrily with righteous indignation, revealing the hatred of evil and uprightness of a righteous policeman.

When Lawyer Hong saw Li Yan's pretentious attitude, he felt a little unnatural.

Boss, this is testimony, okay?
Be more serious and natural. Don't make it seem like you're filming a comedy or a movie. That seems too fake, doesn't it?
The judge must have felt uncomfortable listening to that!

But Li Yan now represents the police, and he is at best just a tainted witness and has no right to demand anything from the other party. Lawyer Hong sighed silently.

Although the other party is not very serious, his identity is not a problem after all. This kind of conversation can be regarded as evidence. Maybe one day in the future, I can rely on this thing to reduce my guilt.

"Sir Li, I'm sorry, I don't have any evidence, just some of my own guesses, so..."

Li Yan was immediately dissatisfied and said, "No evidence? Just guessing?"

"Lawyer Hong, you are a professional lawyer and you should know the legal procedures. This cannot be considered as surrendering yourself. We cannot investigate our colleagues just based on your words and put everyone in danger."

"I understand. I came here today to report some of Han Chen's illegal activities. For example, he is now forming a society, collecting protection fees, opening a gambling den, selling olives, lending money at high prices, and illegally importing and exporting laundry detergent in huge quantities."

"I've seen several people who were against him disappear in the society and never show up again."

Li Yan asked, "We have received reports from other citizens about what you said, but after our investigation, we found that none of these places belonged to Han Chen, and he didn't even have any relationship with these people on the surface. So, we only called him in to assist in the investigation, and finally let him go."

"The illegal import and export of laundry detergent is just your one-sided story. If there is evidence, I can arrest this person right now. If not, I can only say that we will investigate the clues you provided."

"As for the people you mentioned who were against him, they mysteriously disappeared in the end? Do you mean that those people were killed by Han Chen? Are you sure that's the case? Do you have any evidence?"

Lawyer Hong looked embarrassed, and finally shook his head helplessly. Thinking that he was recording, he quickly said, "There is no evidence, just some clues. These are just my private speculations based on my daily contact with Han Chen."

"But I am not here for these things today. I am here to file a record with the police to prove that I have reported these illegal acts, so that I will not be implicated in the future when Han Chen's criminal group is investigated by the police."

(End of this chapter)