Lao Yen Tai is Sing Soo-Ling's older half-brother and second in command of the Chinese gang.
Appearance[]
Lao wears a red vest with a black shirt, ripped pants, and brown colored shoes.
Personality[]
Lao is not seen very often so his personality is not very clear. Lao appears to be very loyal, when Ash kills Shorter Wong, Lao's former boss, Lao is shown to resent Ash, and wants to kill him. Lao is very protective of his younger brother, Sing, and he often does everything he can to protect him. Though Lao does kill Ash in the manga (Ash's status in the anime is unknown) it is shown that Lao won't kill for no reason. Lao refuses to kill Eiji for Yut Lung because Eiji has done nothing wrong.
History[]
Mostly unknown. Lao was Shorter Wong's and Sing Soo Ling's Second in Command. Lao and Sing are half-brothers who have the same mother.
Story[]
He arrives with Sing to gauge whether a rival gang wants to start a war.
Later on, when the Chinatown Gang along with Ash's Gang are pursued by Yut Lung's men, Lao is captured along with most of them. He kicks Sing into the river to allow him to escape. Later, Yut Lung blackmails Lao into helping him, claiming that if he does, he can save Sing from potentially being killed by Ash.
Relationships[]
- Sing Soo-Ling: He is Lao's younger half-brother that he wants to protect. Just like Ash would do anything to protect Eiji, Lao would do anything to protect Sing. He puts his life at risk to help Sing escape from Yut-Lung's men and he even agrees to help Yut-Lung kill Eiji because he wants to save Sing.
- Ash Lynx: Lao is known to heavily resent Ash due to Ash having killed Shorter, although he never knew the true reason why. Because he never knew why, Lao did not like Sing having anything to do with Ash and would try to keep them apart.
- Yut-Lung: Yut-Lung blackmails Lao into helping him by telling him he can save his younger brother Sing. However, Lao appears somewhat distrusting of Yut-Lung and his methods as they include targeting those who have not done anything wrong toward either himself or the gang.
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Quotes[]
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