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The Bihai Pavilion was the hiding place for Fan Ning, a location chosen that was truly difficult to deal with.

The feud between Qin Fang and the Li Family, although not completely public, was more or less an open secret, known by many.

Li Feng had been sent to prison by Qin Fang, and Gu Tong directly lost his life over it.

Qin Fang had always been puzzled as to when Li Rui would make his move against him. Without dealing with the threat of Li Rui, Qin Fang could never settle down in his heart.

However, Qin Fang himself hadn't expected that Li Rui hadn't been dealt with, and now he had gained another enemy in Chen Weilian.

Chen Weilian had kidnapped Fan Ning, fully aware that Li Rui wanted to make a move against Qin Fang, yet he deliberately placed Fan Ning in Li Rui's Bihai Pavilion. It seemed to be an attempt to incite and exacerbate the conflict between Qin Fang and Li Rui.

Qin Fang did not know what the relationship between Chen Weilian and Li Rui really was, even though Chen Weilian had once claimed he'd heard of Qin Fang's name from Li Rui; the credibility of that was quite limited.

The Hanhai Chen Family, although merchants, that did not mean they were inferior to the Li Family behind Li Rui.

The assets of the Hanhai Group were worth tens of billions, and that was just the domestic industries; it was said that their overseas assets were even more colossal, yet the Chen Family always kept a low profile, and few knew the details.

However, Qin Fang now knew that the Chen Family had some extraordinary connections with the Little Island, and he even suspected that the organization was essentially the Chen Family.

The Hanhai Group was involved in many industries, including electronics, machinery, real estate, biomedicine, etc., all covered. Although its headquarters were in Ninghai, it didn't have many projects there.

In contrast, the Li Family's holdings were quite substantial. The Li Family had operated in Ninghai for twenty to thirty years, always being the local powerhouse. Despite repeated suppression from higher-ups causing their influence to falter, decades of connections remained potent. With the support of provincial-level leaders, the Li Family's decline was there but still quite resilient.

Just in terms of assets, the Li Family couldn't compare to the Hanhai Group.

This had little relevance for the time being; it wasn't something Qin Fang needed to be concerned about. He didn't want to get involved in the shadowy struggle between Chen Weilian and Li Rui.

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Knowing the way to solve the problem, Qin Fang only had two choices laid out in front of him: either go to Chen Weilian to retrieve the person or directly go to the Bihai Pavilion to get the person.

Chen Weilian, a man whom Qin Fang only had a brief encounter with, seemed very sly by the way he did things. The likelihood of him admitting to this affair was zero; for Qin Fang to get him to hand over the person, he would have to use some extreme method like the Evil-Scaring Needle to force him, and the outcome of that was still hard to predict, fearing that Chen Weilian might turn ruthless and go for a lose-lose scenario.

This wasn't out of the realm of possibility since Chen Weilian was in cahoots with a spy organization that consisted of strictly trained and brainwashed individuals who, when cornered, really could do anything.

Storming into the Bihai Pavilion was a viable option, but it was equally dangerous. Angering Li Rui aside, there was a chance the man might directly order a stealth attack on Qin Fang from behind. Qin Fang could ignore most dangers, but he hadn't reached a level where he could disregard bullets, so he had to proceed with caution.

Of course, that was just one possibility. Mainly because Qin Fang had never interacted with Li Rui and only knew him by what Tang Cheng and Ning Weiqiang had relayed: the man was ruthless but magnanimous, making a sneak attack unlikely.

Between the two options, Qin Fang leaned more towards the latter.

In the end, Qin Fang decided to give it a try.

Without time to rest, he rented a car, dressed up a bit, and went to surveil the Hanhai Group.

Qin Fang trailed them for a whole day and fully realized Chen Weilian's caution, never once being alone. Outside the office, there were always four bodyguards close by, all Level 4 experts. Qin Fang would struggle against just one, let alone four...

Unless Qin Fang resorted to shooting, there was no chance of abducting Chen Weilian, so in the end, he had to abandon the first plan.

Bihai Pavilion.

As night fell and the once-desolate Bihai Pavilion buzzed with life, all sorts of lights began to twinkle.

The spacious parking lot swarmed with luxury cars of all kinds, resembling a high-end car exhibition, in no way inferior to Elite Salon and perhaps even surpassing it.

Well-dressed people of all sorts sauntered into Bihai Pavilion and were immediately greeted by provocatively dressed women who offered their companionship.

Unlike ordinary nightclubs filled with blatant eroticism, although Bihai Pavilion offered all sorts of services, most were discreet. Li Rui had significant influence in Ninghai, but he wasn't so blatant that it couldn't be overlooked by the police.

Qin Fang entered through the front door, swaggering in. He wasn't a celebrity, and not everyone recognized him; he was just treated as an ordinary guest.

But Qin Fang couldn't really consider himself an ordinary guest; he was here for a rescue.

Rescuing someone from Li Rui's turf was not something just anyone could manage. Qin Fang had prepared to draw Li Rui's attention, or rather, he meant to do it deliberately.

"Where's the casino?"

To catch Li Rui's attention, Qin Fang didn't have many good options, and the only thing he could proudly present was his gambling skills. So, Qin Fang was quite blunt; upon entering, he couldn't care less about the hostesses and directly asked where the casino was.

The beautiful woman in charge of receiving Qin Fang was slightly surprised before she felt a stack of bright red banknotes being stuffed into the cleavage that was slightly exposed at her chest.

"Take me to the casino, and all this will be yours..."

Not just one stack; Qin Fang casually flung several stacks of banknotes. Although the woman hesitated for a moment, she couldn't resist the temptation of money. She nodded her head and led Qin Fang through several doors before they finally entered a very spacious hall filled with various gambling equipment.

"This is yours now..."

Qin Fang stuffed all the banknotes into the woman's clothing and went straight to the chip exchange window, where he exchanged for chips worth one hundred thousand.

Money wasn't something he lacked at the moment, but he wasn't about to just give Li Rui a free ride. One hundred thousand wasn't much to speak of, nor was it too little – losing it wouldn't hurt, but winning could make someone cry.

With these one hundred thousand chips in hand, Qin Fang first went over to the Russian Roulette. It was on this game that he had once helped Xiao Nan turn his luck around after losing over a hundred thousand, and today Qin Fang planned to start here.

Qin Fang wasn't in a rush to place his bets. Instead, he watched several rounds, getting a good grasp of the roulette patterns and the dealer's methods of trickery before he began to place his bets.

"Number 13, one hundred thousand!"

One hundred thousand was nothing more than a small token.

Compared to the more subdued betting at Elite Salon, Bihai Pavilion was much more extravagant. After all, those who came here were wealthy tycoons to whom one hundred thousand was really not much money.

Of course, even with their wealth, none of them would simply throw one hundred thousand into the water. Qin Fang's behavior, however, undoubtedly revealed such an impulse.

The dealer was slightly startled at the bet of one hundred thousand but seeing that Qin Fang was just a greenhorn who hadn't fully matured, he didn't care much. He accepted the bet and began the game.

The roulette wheel started spinning, and shortly thereafter, the metal ball shot out from one of the holes, sliding non-stop on the wheel. As the roulette gradually came to a halt, the metal ball also slowed down, finally landing on a number.

13!

It really was number 13!

In Russian Roulette, betting on a single number multiplies the stake by 36. This meant Qin Fang's one hundred thousand bet had just turned into three million six hundred thousand.

Such luck was nearly defying the heavens.

The other gamblers who were playing Russian Roulette couldn't help but look at Qin Fang in amazement. Three million six hundred thousand was no small sum for them either, but what truly amazed them was Qin Fang's incredible luck.

Although the dealer's face turned somewhat dark, a casino always has winners and losers. If only losses were allowed and not wins, who would come here to gamble?

"Place your bets! Place your bets!"

The dealer paid out all the chips, especially Qin Fang's three million six hundred thousand, which certainly stung, but money that had to be paid was paid. After completing the transaction, the dealer started a new round of betting.

"Number 24, three million five hundred thousand!"

There were those who were ruthless, but none quite as much as this.

They just watched as Qin Fang, smiling, picked out a chip worth one hundred thousand from the pile, which was his initial stake, and then placed the remaining three million five hundred thousand on single number 24.

Whoosh~~~

Now they'd really stirred up a massive scene.

Russian Roulette was never the first choice for high stakes because the chances of hitting a single number were too slim, which is why the payout for a single number was the highest at 36 times.

Three million five hundred thousand on a single number bet.

If it didn't hit, it didn't matter. After all, losing three million five hundred thousand was just that, and it was money Qin Fang had just won anyway—he wouldn't be heartbroken.

But if it did hit, that would be three million five hundred thousand times 36, which meant a payout that would break a billion...

The Li Family was wealthy, very wealthy indeed!

Bihai Pavilion was also making money, a lot in fact, with the casino being its biggest profit center. Even so, a good day's takings might reach ten million, but this was no Macau or Las Vegas with their large casinos.

But when it comes to paying out a billion...it's likely no one in the casino would dare to take that lightly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for it on qidian.com; your support is my greatest motivation.)

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