"This..."

The manager blinked and quickly understood the meaning behind Xia Xiaodie's words.

Xia Xiaodie, the second daughter of the Xia Family, had always enjoyed playing tricks on people, and this was not the first time she had done so.

"Hehe, Miss Xia, we are experienced in this matter. You've come to the right people. What do you say, this country bumpkin, do you want his hand or his foot?"

The manager chuckled and readily agreed, but Xia Xiaodie gave him a sharp look.

"Are you sick? Who's asking for a hand or a foot..."

Although she did not get along with Xu Fan, Xia Xiaodie was not so cruel.

She had lured Xu Fan here, but it was only to scare him a little.

"Just make him cry for me, understand? As for the money, I'll cover it later after I come back, got it?"

"This... alright, we'll do as you said, Miss Xia."

To the manager, Xia Xiaodie's so-called punishment seemed rather childish, but as she had instructed, he reluctantly agreed.

Xia Xiaodie nodded, craned her neck to look into the distance, and seeing that Xu Fan had not yet noticed anything here, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Remember, don't hurt him, understand? Just scare him a bit."

She definitely did not dare to stay at the scene of the crime any longer, so after repeatedly instructing him a few times, she slipped away.

"You two, go and call the bouncers over for me."

Having taken his orders, the manager was about to do Xia Xiaodie's bidding when he saw a group of people entering through the main gate.

"Hm? Boss? What brings you here today?"

After recognizing the people who came in, the manager put the matter aside and hurriedly greeted them.

The boss first scanned the gambling den and then said, "Go have a look, how is it? No troublemakers, right?"

"Hehe, Boss, your place, in all of Jinling, how many would dare to cause trouble here? But..."

"But what?"

The manager played coy, seeing that he had piqued the boss's curiosity, chuckled, and then said, "Just now, the second daughter of the Xia Family came by, and also..."

Wanting to gain favor with the boss, he immediately recounted the previous events in great detail.

The boss listened and didn't find it strange, nodded, and then said, "Since Xiaodie has instructed, then carry out her orders."

The manager chuckled, nodded, and led the summoned bouncers, then shouted, "Come on! Let's go and scare Xu Fan a bit."

"Wait a moment!"

Before the manager could leave with his men, the boss frowned and stopped him.

"Who did you just say?"

Seeing the boss's stern face, the manager involuntarily trembled, cracked a smile, and said, "Boss, Xu, Xu Fan... I just heard Miss Xia mention it, that person seems to be called Xu Fan..."

"Are you sure it's Xu Fan?"

"Yes, boss, I must have heard right."

Seeing the manager nod affirmatively, a cold smirk curled at the boss's lips, then he snorted, "Alright then, I'll handle this matter personally."

Saying so, the boss led the people and walked into the gambling den.

The manager stood on the side, utterly confused.

He just felt puzzled—how could his boss know a seemingly impoverished high school student who appeared to have a substantial grudge?

The boss had already walked far ahead, and he quickly turned his eyes around and immediately followed him.

...

Under his subordinate's lead, the boss and his crew headed straight for Xu Fan.

The imposing mannerism drew the attention of many bystanders, whose evil Qi made everyone instinctively feel that trouble was brewing.

"Humph, Xu Fan, what a coincidence? Are you playing with money here?"

Approaching from behind Xu Fan, the boss stepped forward alone and began to greet Xu Fan with a smile.

The voice was very familiar; Xu Fan, clutching a few chips in his hand, turned his head and arched an eyebrow.

He hadn't expected to encounter an acquaintance at a place like this today.

Chen Longhu.

Thinking about it, every time he met him, he had tricked him mercilessly, yet here he was, smiling so happily at him; Xu Fan thought, this guy is pretty open-minded, huh?

"Yo? Longhu, turns out you own this casino? Well, that's great, we just lost three hundred thousand here. Uh, let's just forget about it, huh."

Xu Fan chuckled and patted Chen Longhu on the shoulder like an elder, planning to default on the debt.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone around, Xu Fan's pat made everyone almost believe that he was some elder of Chen Longhu, causing Chen Longhu's shoulders to tremble with anger.

After clenching his teeth, he huffed and sneered, "Xu Fan, stop trying to be so damn familiar with me!"

"Three hundred thousand, just forget about it? Do you really think you're that close to me?"

The atmosphere in the entire casino chilled instantly at Chen Longhu's words, and as the men he brought surrounded him, Xu Fan chuckled and said, "Yo, why so angry? You know, getting angry all the time can lead to impotence."

"You might as well pay it back; after all, it's not me who owes it. Go ask Xia Xiaodie for it."

Sniffing, Xu Fan spoke with an indifferent look, thinking that Xia Xiaodie, being a wealthy and beauty, would hardly mind covering for him.

"Hmph, Xu Fan, are you kidding me? Who's Xia Xiaodie? It was clearly you gambling here, racking up a debt of three hundred thousand, and now you want to invent a person to offset the debt?"

"This..."

The manager was left dumbfounded, hardly able to keep up with Chen Longhu's blatant lies, blinking and then chiming in, "That's right! It was just you borrowing the money, there was no one else, stop bullshitting me!"

As the manager pointed at his nose and began to scold, Xu Fan was taken aback, instinctively looking around.

After scanning the area and seeing no sign of Xia Xiaodie, he came to a realization.

This damn girl wasn't just having a stomachache; she was clearly scheming against him!

"Damn it, I'll have to spank you later!"

Cursing at Xia Xiaodie under his breath, Xu Fan then looked over at Chen Longhu.

"Since that's the case, you tell me what to do, I won't make it hard for you. Besides paying the money, everything else is negotiable."

"..."

Xu Fan's magnanimous demeanor nearly drove Chen Longhu insane!

Remembering how this guy had embarrassed him at Yao Long's birthday party a few days earlier, Chen Longhu began to sneer repeatedly.

"Alright, Xu Fan, playing the rogue with me, huh? Not paying is also fine. You owe me three hundred thousand, one hundred thousand per hand, one hundred thousand per foot, you figure out which one you want to keep."

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