The first installment,

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"Arrange for the money to be returned to those people immediately, and while you're at it, give each of them a membership card to Bihai Pavilion..."

It wasn't just his prominent identity that allowed Li Rui to firmly hold the throne as the overlord of the Ninghai Underground at such a young age; his abilities were also quite terrifying. He quickly thought of a solution.

Why did those people go to the gambling event organized by Eighth Elder?

Beyond being somewhat familiar with Eighth Elder, what mattered more was that they valued Li Rui's reputation, yet they didn't qualify to gamble at Bihai Pavilion, so they had to settle for the next best thing.

Now that they had suffered heavy losses, Li Rui returned the money to them and also issued them membership cards to Bihai Pavilion, essentially granting them the privilege to enter Bihai Pavilion's casino to gamble.

As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep. Li Rui had returned the money, but it wouldn't take long for it to flow back into his hands from Bihai Pavilion's side.

With just a bit of time wasted, not only did Li Rui salvage his reputation, but he also made money again...

"Understood!"

The person nodded immediately. With Li Rui's approval, it would be much easier to handle their side of things. They promptly exited and hurried to take care of the matter, to prevent the spread of this adverse incident and protect the reputation of both Li Rui and Bihai Pavilion.

"Who exactly did this?"

Although a solution had already been proposed, Li Rui was never one to take a loss lying down. With this group of mysterious people having infiltrated Ninghai and robbed him once, there was the possibility they could do it a second time.

Forty million was not a small amount; with that kind of money, one could easily open a decent nightclub. But now, not only was it snatched away for nothing, Li Rui was also forced to cough up the money to fill this gap, which was utterly unacceptable to him.

"Could it have been Tang Cheng who sent people to do this?"

From the intelligence he had gathered, this group acted like the wind, with extraordinary speed and strong intentionality. They struck and left without dragging their feet, which seemed very much like the work of professional mercenaries or even a military operation.

In Ninghai, there were only a few who could mobilize such a group of people, and the one with whom he had enmity was Tang Cheng.

But...

"Impossible! He isn't that foolish."

Li Rui quickly dismissed this possibility. Although Tang Cheng had a troop under him and could mobilize them for minor tasks, a blatant robbery like this was criminal...

Tang Cheng's status had its limits; he wouldn't resort to such excessive measures over a minor rift between two people. If discovered, not only would Tang Cheng be finished, but the entire Tang Family would also be severely dragged down.

This was similar to Li Rui, who virtually monopolized the underground power of Ninghai. Everyone knew he was the overlord of Ninghai Underground, but none of his properties were registered under his name; even those with the surname Li were rare...

This was to avoid such over-the-line incidents from implicating the Li Family, which stood behind Li Rui. That would be a genuine catastrophe.

Upon this realization, Li Rui felt even more that something was amiss with the situation.

After a moment of hesitation, Li Rui walked back to his desk, opened a drawer, took out a card and a mobile phone, inserted the card, turned on the phone, and then dialed a number.

"How are those two people doing now?"

Once the call connected, he didn't mention the recipient's name or any title, simply asking this question straightforwardly.

"All is normal."

That was the simple response from the other end of the line.

"Get them to handle something! Eighth Elder has run into trouble, have them find the people responsible..."

Li Rui fell silent for a moment, but ultimately decided, and spoke into the phone.

"Understood!"

The respondent's answer was still very concise, just two words before the call was directly ended, seemingly showing little respect for Li Rui.

Yet Li Rui didn't mind; a slight smile appeared on his previously gloomy face.

"No matter who you are, if you dare to touch my things, my people, you will pay an incredibly heavy price!"

Lying quietly in his office chair, Li Rui's lean silhouette was almost invisible. He sat facing the tempting night view outside the window, the brightly lit Ninghai metropolis.

...

Qin Fang naturally had no way of knowing how many cards Li Rui held, especially since he was thousands of miles away in Jincheng.

Chen Da and his group acted with extreme stealth and speed; they were very efficient. Coupled with Wei Suo's full surveillance, Qin Fang hadn't found any oversights.

As for whether Li Rui would suspect that Qin Fang was related to this incident, that was up for him to guess.

But Qin Fang knew well that once the news of his survival leaked out, Li Rui would surely link the two events together, and perhaps he would realize it was all orchestrated by Qin Fang.

But did Qin Fang care?

Clearly not!

From the beginning, they were on opposing sides. From the moment Li Feng tried to kill Qin Fang, Qin Fang's relationship with the Li Family was beyond repair.

It was just that Li Feng's attempt to kill Qin Fang backfired, resulting in Qin Fang throwing Li Feng into prison. As Li Feng's older brother, Li Rui was even more eager for swift retribution against Qin Fang, but he had never gotten the chance to do so.

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