Basil Jaak not recognizing Colby wasn't unusual, as the radiant Colby now looked drastically different from the feeble Colby on his sickbed, especially considering Basil Jaak had only caught a fleeting glimpse of him then.
As for Colby not recognizing Basil Jaak, it was even less surprising.
After waking from his coma, Colby was immediately sent back to Hong Kong by Chester, so he never saw Basil Jaak.
The reason Colby knew that it was Basil Jaak who had saved him was because he heard it from Chester later.
Nevertheless, no matter what, the little trouble called Basil Jaak was out of the way for Colby. Regardless of Shaw's influence, he did not dare to challenge Colby. After all, his stake was nowhere near the combined ownership of the Chester family.
