Lee Chum Foon had been in the hinterlands for upwards of a decade before he suddenly decided to return to his hometown at the beginning of SENTIMENTAL SWORDSMAN, RUTHLESS SWORD. LCF was no fool: he likely anticipated that returning to town would cause trouble among Lung Siu Wan, Lam See Yam, and himself, and that's EXACTLY what happened. That being the case...why go back? What was he hoping to achieve?