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"Uncle Yu, how did it go? What's the outcome?"

With such an incident occurring, Li Hui had no mind to continue with other matters. He hurriedly dispersed the crowd at Bihai Pavilion and also notified the still unaware Li Rui to come over.

A safe this large disappearing in such a short time, Li Hui couldn't believe someone actually managed to steal it without anyone noticing.

Despite being unable to figure out how the safe vanished, it was clear to him that one person couldn't possibly have removed it by themselves; it was very likely still inside Bihai Pavilion.

As for the scene of the high-stakes gambling, no one knew who leaked the news, but many immediately sensed something abnormal, which led to the gambling being unable to continue, resulting in a helpless dispersal of the crowd.

But the problem was, although the gathering was dispersed, the deposits, including many checks and cash the wealthy people brought and had converted into chips, were not yet collected when Li Hui ushered them out of Bihai Pavilion.

Of course, Li Hui spoke in a very normal manner, stating that a serious incident had occurred at Bihai Pavilion and an internal handling was temporarily needed. The wealthy guests could obtain an IOU from Bihai Pavilion, and after the matter was resolved, every penny would be returned to them.

All these wealthy guests knew the background of Bihai Pavilion very well and naturally didn't believe Li Rui would run off with their money. If this caused a stir, the Li Family would also be unable to bear it.

Of course, also because of Li Rui's overwhelmingly powerful influence, these people didn't dare to offend him easily, and thus they each took an IOU and left.

Yu Zheng and Ye Ping naturally also left together, meeting up with a calm-faced Qin Fang before they all drove off together.

On their way, Qin Fang couldn't help but ask with a laugh.

Yu Zheng was a long-standing Asian Gambling King. His gambling skills had reached Master Level, and he could play tricks on the cheats easily, let alone those less skilled wealthy players.

"Didn't win much, just over thirty million..."

Yu Zheng said with an indifferent smile. Due to time constraints and not wanting to stand out too much, he won bit by bit. Yet over those nearly forty to fifty minutes, he had still managed to win over thirty million.

Of course, such an amount didn't mean much to Yu Zheng. Back in the day when he was the Asian Gambling King, his gambling stakes were counted by the billions, and that was over a decade ago, before inflation and the rise in value of the RMB.

"Heh, that's not bad at all, a tidy little profit..."

Qin Fang chuckled nonchalantly as if the thirty million plus was just a small sum of money.

"Oh? Xiao Qin, did you manage to get more than me?"

Yu Zheng, though he was a helper found by Qin Fang, only knew Qin Fang planned to target Li Rui's Bihai Pavilion but was clueless about the specifics of the plan.

However, based on the reactions from various aspects of Bihai Pavilion, this matter was likely very complicated.

Now, hearing what Qin Fang said, the sly Yu Zheng immediately knew there was an issue. Moreover, Qing Fang's move was definitely ruthless, otherwise Bihai Pavilion wouldn't have caused such a big commotion.

If thirty million plus was just small money, then what Qin Fang got this time must be an unimaginable large sum...

"A conservative estimate would be over a hundred million, but as for the exact amount, I'm not too clear myself. I'll have to tidy things up and see after we get back..."

Qin Fang smiled while driving, simply making a comment.

Although he temporarily couldn't open the safe, Qin Fang had Scouting Skill, he couldn't, however, examine the inside of such a large safe through it.

But Li Hui's big reaction already made it clear that the contents of the safe were definitely substantial... moreover, Qin Fang had already inquired before that all the deposits from the high-stakes gamblers were locked inside this safe.

Qin Fang hadn't seen how many wealthy individuals participated in this round of high-stakes gambling, but dozens was the minimum count. With each person's deposit being ten million, this added up to several billion.

Plus, if Bihai Pavilion's private funds were included, the amount was even larger... especially since there might be some of Li Rui's unseemly items in there.

Had it not been for these items, Li Rui wouldn't have needed to specifically custom-make such a safe.

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Qin Fang and his group easily got away, mainly because Li Hui couldn't possibly hold everyone back. Many of those people were highly influential, and should a commotion arise, even Li Rui backing him would feel quite the headache.

Moreover, these people couldn't have possibly stolen such a large safe, and keeping them would risk leaking the incident. If all of them were to take their money back, Li Hui would not be able to produce it, even if he were to strip himself bare.

But the situation at Bihai Pavilion was completely different.

Upon learning of this situation, Li Rui, who was originally occupied with other equally important matters, almost didn't hesitate to abandon those and immediately came over.

"What on earth is going on?"

Li Rui's face had turned completely ashen. A serious incident had occurred right in his stronghold, Bihai Pavilion—a specially customized safe had mysteriously disappeared.

If not for the giant hole that now sat in the place where the safe was supposed to be, Li Rui would have never believed that such an incident had actually occurred.

But the fact was that the situation had changed, however much he didn't want to believe it or accept the reality before him, what he wanted to know most was—how exactly did the safe vanish?

"I really don't know what exactly happened. I was patrolling the casino at the time, when suddenly someone came to tell me that there was a strange noise in the office. I immediately rushed over, and as soon as I opened the door, I found that the safe had disappeared, leaving behind this huge hole..."

Li Hui was also in a wretched state. When he left the office, the safe was still intact, but within just a few minutes, the large safe had mysteriously gone missing.

It's not just Li Rui who was clueless and couldn't comprehend the situation; even Li Hui, who was directly involved, found it truly unbelievable...

"Did the surveillance reveal anything?"

Li Rui's expression was extremely ugly, and the look in his eyes as he turned to Li Hui was also unusual, but in the end, he said no more and continued to inquire.

To say he didn't suspect Li Hui would be impossible; after all, the safe couldn't just disappear without a trace. Li Hui had always been there, so he was the prime suspect.

But at the same time, Li Hui was also the least likely person to commit such an act.

Although Li Hui was a distant relative of the Li Family, he had gained Li Rui's deep trust. Only three people, including Li Hui, had access to open the safe.

If Li Hui had wanted to take action, he could have simply taken the items in the safe and fled long ago; there was no need to wait until now to do it.

Moreover, it was even less likely for him to take action and then stay behind—

Faced with such an incident, given Li Rui's ruthless methods, Li Hui was nearly certain to meet a grim fate. Li Hui wouldn't be so foolish as to jest with his own life.

"I've also reviewed the surveillance video several times; there's nothing abnormal..."

As he spoke, Li Hui played the video segment for Li Rui to scrutinize. Within that span of time, indeed, the surveillance cameras had not captured anyone appearing in Li Hui's office.

As for the safe, it was in a blind spot of the camera, naturally capturing nothing.

But here's the issue—the safe was so large that removing it would have required at least seven to eight people and a lot of tools.

Such a big commotion would have been impossible for the guards outside not to notice, and it would have been even less likely for the cameras not to catch any trace of it...

And yet, the result was just so. There were no leads, no discoveries, as if by some ghostly act, the safe had vanished into thin air.

Haunted?

Of course, Li Rui scoffed at such a notion, as any sane person would dismiss such an absurd suspicion.

Excluding that possibility, there was only one explanation left—there was an insider!

The first person Li Rui thought of was Li Hui, who stood trembling before him, though Li Rui had almost ruled out the possibility of his involvement earlier.

As the manager of the casino and a figure of considerable stature within Bihai Pavilion, Li Hui was also one of the three people with access to the safe.

Moving such a large safe from here wouldn't be an easy task; it would require a lot of people to dig it out. Others might not have access to the safe, but Li Hui did, and he could potentially recruit people to unearth it—an eventuality Li Rui, who seldom visited, would likely never discover.

As for the surveillance footage, being the person in charge here, Li Rui was well aware of all the blind spots. If one intended to tamper, it would not be difficult to fabricate false evidence.

Yet, Li Rui still felt it improbable for Li Hui to be involved. If there were more direct and convenient ways to act, why create such an upheaval?

Moreover, when the safe went missing, Li Hui was indeed patrolling outside in the casino—a fact that many could confirm.

Li Hui's office had always been locked, with no one entering or exiting...

"Could it really be haunted?"

Although Li Rui didn't believe in such superstitious nonsense, he still couldn't fathom a reasonable explanation. It seemed that the theory of a haunting was somewhat more plausible.

Right now, though, all he wanted to know was where the safe had been taken.

Without finding the safe, his mind wouldn't be at peace. Inside the safe were not only all the deposits for the gambling round, but also some items that could be extremely disadvantageous for Li Rui, such as the accounts of his gang members and some financial dealings with certain officials in Ninghai...

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