428: Chapter 427: No One Leaves Today!
428: Chapter 427: No One Leaves Today!
“Brother Xiao, just watching is so boring.
Why not play a few hands yourself?”
While Ning Fan was gambling with the Korean girl, inside a private room, a tall man was fawningly inviting Xiao Jianming.
This man was the casino’s Gold Badge enforcer Longyan, who had mixed in Jianghu before, considered a second-tier expert, and nowhere near as capable as Xiao Jianming.
Although he was second-tier, he had no issues managing a casino.
A few years after being recruited by Wen Kuohai, Longyan had made quite a name for himself.
In the casino, almost everything that needed a firm hand was under Longyan’s direction.
Besides Wen Kuohai, Longyan was the man whose words carried the most weight, and he was quite renowned in this place.
Xiao Jianming, who had been preoccupied with other things, responded only after hearing Longyan’s voice.
He looked around and felt the place was full of foul air; he had no interest in staying there and politely declined, “Forget it, I don’t play.”
Xiao Jianming knew Longyan, having saved his life before, and Longyan was well aware of Xiao Jianming’s prowess, a first-rate expert.
Since then, Longyan had been seeking opportunities to suck up to Xiao Jianming.
Using the pretext of repaying a debt of gratitude to get close to Xiao Jianming, the latter couldn’t find a good reason to refuse him.
Over time, Xiao Jianming had become a regular at the casino, frequently invited over by Longyan.
“Well then, let’s…”
“Brother Long, there’s trouble!
Someone is smashing up the place!”
Before Longyan could finish, a blond kid rushed into the private room and yelled.
Longyan’s face darkened, and the next second he roared at the blond kid, “Can’t you fucking knock before you come in?!”
He was entertaining a guest here, and this interruption by the blond kid was just making them a laughingstock.
“What exactly happened?
Can’t you guys handle it?” Longyan calmed down a bit, noticed the panic of the blond kid, along with his injuries, and finally realized that something was amiss.
“It’s like this…”
The blond kid immediately explained the situation to Longyan, who, upon hearing it, stood up in a rage.
“Damn, what kind of trash dares to cause trouble here?
I’ll cripple them!”
Fury blazed in Longyan’s eyes, but then he looked apologetically at Xiao Jianming.
“Brother Xiao, I’ve got a bit of a situation here; I’ll be right back!”
“If it’s urgent, go ahead.
You know what, I’ll come with you.”
Xiao Jianming thought for a moment.
Since it was boring to stay here anyway, he might as well accompany Longyan to see what was happening, just to enjoy the spectacle.
Longyan was overjoyed at hearing this; Xiao Jianming offering to come was exactly what he wanted.
How could he refuse?
So, Longyan led Xiao Jianming and a group of enforcers from the private room to the one where Ning Fan and the others were.
At the same time, Ning Fan had already won the third round of gambling, and the Korean girl Liu Yunzhen had completely collapsed, overwhelmed by a profound sense of defeat, and eventually she slumped despondently on the gambling table.
“Now you owe me money.
Excluding the first game, I won the last two rounds, totaling two million.”
Ning Fan nonchalantly tossed the playing cards onto the gambling table.
Seeing that Liu Yunzhen had crumbled and would definitely not be able to continue playing, he decided to leave.
Of course, before going, he would naturally take the money he had won with him.
Standing next to Ning Fan, Lan Kexin, as well as Lan Haishan behind them, were very excited.
In just a short period of time, not only had he settled Lan Haishan’s gambling debts, but he had also reversed the situation and won two million from the casino.
Wen Kuohai wiped the sweat from his forehead and clenched his teeth.
“This…
Dragon Eye, why aren’t you moving faster!”
Wen Kuohai had been indecisive, a look that clearly showed he had no intention of paying up, but as soon as he saw Dragon Eye arrive with his people, his face changed immediately.
“Winning money?
Whether you win or not, I’m the one who decides that!”
Wen Kuohai had already turned hostile on the spot, and Dragon Eye and the other thugs didn’t need any further explanation.
They immediately closed the door and encircled Ning Fan and his party.
“What are you trying to do?
We can forget about the money, but as per the agreement, my dad’s debt should be cancelled out!”
Lan Kexin, seeing that things were escalating, didn’t want to cause more trouble for Ning Fan and stood out, hoping to calm the situation.
But Wen Kuohai would not let them leave so easily; he had never planned to let Ning Fan and his party leave in the first place.
“Hmph, thinking of leaving?
Delusional!
I’m telling you, no one is leaving today.
Kill all the men, and I’m taking this woman!”
After saying that, Wen Kuohai started to leer at Lan Kexin.
At this moment, Xiao Jianming was completely bewildered.
He had not expected to encounter Ning Fan here.
By the time he realized what was happening, Wen Kuohai had already made it clear that he intended to put Ning Fan and the others in mortal danger.
Xiao Jianming furrowed his brow, ready to step forward and settle the matter for Ning Fan and his party.
The last time Huo Qiuran was attacked, he had walked through Ghost Gate Pass.
If it weren’t for Ning Fan, he and Huo Qiuran would probably have died.
Xiao Jianming had always remembered this debt of gratitude, and because of that incident, his impression of Ning Fan had greatly changed.
Ning Fan also noticed Xiao Jianming at this time.
He looked over and gestured with his eyes to stop Xiao Jianming from acting.
Seeing this, Xiao Jianming nodded.
He slowly moved to the side, distancing himself from Dragon Eye and the others without any of them noticing their movements.
Seeing Wen Kuohai’s fierce expression and his lecherous gaze at Lan Kexin, Ning Fan sneered, “What a complete turncoat, behaving like a child throwing a tantrum at your age.”
“Still mouthing off when you’re about to die.
I know you can fight, but even if you’re a dragon today, you’d have to coil for me!”
This was Wen Kuohai’s turf, and with Dragon Eye, a skilled fighter he had hired, Wen Kuohai believed that no matter how powerful Ning Fan was, he was just one person, against his Gold Badge enforcer Dragon Eye and the rest of the thugs, there was only a dead end!
Ning Fan shook his head and picked up the teacup from the gambling table, sipping gently.
“Pfft, I’ll let the people go, but this tea too…
tsk tsk…” Ning Fan made a face of disgust, ignoring Dragon Eye who had already approached him.
“Kid, do you freaking not know how to write the word ‘death’?!”
Dragon Eye shouted, and with Xiao Jianming also present, his attitude was even more arrogant.
Unfortunately, what Dragon Eye didn’t know was that Xiao Jianming hadn’t paid any real attention to him from the beginning, and if there were a need to act later, he would be helping Ning Fan, not him.
Ning Fan shook his head, with no intention of acknowledging Dragon Eye.
“Seeking death!”