Li Jian-Qiang's younger twin brother. Qian De served as a "shadow" for Li Jian-Qiang, assuming the duties of head of the Zheng Dao Hui while his elder brother focused on his family. It appears that, aside from Li Jian-Qiang's aide, Chief Chén, no one else in the organization was aware that there were two "Master Li"s. Qian De was instrumental in bringing his brother and his future wife, Lin Xiang Ping, together, and he even persuaded his brother to have a child rather than neglect his family. As Ryo later observes, without Qian De's intervention, Xiang-Ying would never have been born. Ryo was also close friends with Qian De; they would spend time drinking together whenever Qian De visited Japan (Ryo even claims he picked up all his bad habits from Qian De, though it could just as easily be the other way around). Ryo's history with the Li family extended even further back, to when Li Jian-Qiang hired him to rescue his brother from the jungles of Cambodia, 22 years prior to Qian De's death.
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