Ah Le saw Huang Donglai was about to "cut to the chase" and immediately smiled, "May I ask what's the matter?"
Huang Donglai also quickly responded, "A few days ago, a melon peddler got stabbed on Da Di's turf. The person who did the stabbing... was acting under your orders, right?"
With a question like this, given Ah Le's character, he naturally wouldn't simply answer yes or no. He just smiled and said, "Master Huang, where did you hear such a thing?"
But Huang Donglai didn't play into his Tai Chi-like deflections, and casually picking up his chopsticks while picking up food, he replied bluntly, "Is it me asking you, or are you asking me? What does it matter where I heard it from? I'm asking if it was your doing. Is that so hard to answer?"
His words were truly discourteous, as if a government officer was interrogating a criminal.
One of Ah Le's underlings, upon hearing this, could no longer stand it...
