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Chapter 2: The Cloud Pine Casino

  Looking at my appearance, Sun Baozi was also startled and came over to support me, saying: "Lazi, are you okay? What just happened?" As he spoke, he followed my gaze and looked over, seeing only a single black street lamp, with nothing else out of the ordinary.

  Nothing special was found, Sun Wuzi turned his head and continued to say to me: "Lazi, I'm not saying it's you, what did you see just now? Why are you sweating so much! What did you see that scared you like that?"

  At this time, my heart was "thumping" non-stop. After calming down, I glanced at Sun Dawei and Xiao Heshang, and squeezed out two words from between my teeth - "Guangren". At this moment, Huang Ran drove up in his big Cherokee to our side.

  After seeing my appearance, Huang Ran also understood what had happened. He turned around in place and didn't find anything unusual before asking me: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

  I felt dizzy at this time, took a look at Huang Ran and said weakly: "Get on the bus first, we'll talk about it later"

  At this time, my cold sweat had already soaked through the clothes inside, and I couldn't help but shiver when the cold sweat blew. Grabbing the car door, I wanted to open it and get in, but I couldn't muster up any strength. In the end, it was Sun Baozi who came over to help me open the car door, and then he and Xiao He Shang helped me into the car.

  After we were done, before Huang Ran could ask, Sun Peng said: "Laozi, not that I'm saying it, but just now was Guangren alone or with someone?" When Sun Peng mentioned Guangren, I saw from the rearview mirror inside the car that the muscles at the corner of Huang Ran's eyes twitched irregularly a few times, and his gaze involuntarily turned towards me. Only after discovering that I was also looking at him did he somewhat unnaturally shift his gaze back to the road ahead.

  I nodded and replied to Sun Qiang, "There's another one, but both of them used their skills to conceal their faces. If it weren't for Guangren speaking, I wouldn't have recognized that one of them was him."

  After hearing my words, Sun Baozi also took a glance at Huang Ran from the rearview mirror. He paused for a moment before saying: "What about his hair? Laizi, think carefully, what color was the other person's hair? Was it red?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, I immediately understood who he was referring to. The events that occurred during my coma period over the past few days all revolved around a red-haired man. However, just now, both people were hiding in the darkness, and it was really impossible to see any obvious physical characteristics. I shook my head and said: "I only saw two black silhouettes, as for what characteristics, I really couldn't see."

  I paused for a moment. It wasn't until then that I felt the chill from earlier had almost dissipated, and after calming my nerves, I continued: "Great Sage, what exactly is that red-haired person? Is there something you haven't told me?"

  At this time, Sun's signature smile reappeared on his face, and the former deputy director of the Public Opinion Bureau said with a grin: "They are all some messy things, we'll talk about it later when we have a chance. Let's get through this hurdle first."

  As he spoke, Sun Baozi took out his mobile phone and dialed a number: "Yiyi ah, it's not me saying this, but why are you still awake in the middle of the night? At your young age, how can you scold people... Don't hang up the phone... Brother, I have something to ask you. Has that Wu Da Ge on your floor come back yet? He hasn't come back, right? So when he left, did he leave any contact information like a phone number with you? You do, don't you... He doesn't want me to say it, especially not tell me..."

  Sun Baozi's every sentence was blocked by Shao Yiyi, and finally he politely said a few words before hanging up the phone. Huang Ran looked at Sun Baozi through the rearview mirror and said: "Yesterday someone saw a person in Yunnan who looked very much like Wu Renyi, that person was about to enter Xishuangbanna, at this speed, it's impossible for him to come back now."

  Sun Baozi played with his phone while exchanging a glance with Huang Ran in the rearview mirror, saying: "Old Huang, can your intelligence network also be used by me? Not that I'm saying it, but although the Public Opinion Bureau and Committee have been withdrawn, I feel like we're at a disadvantage. We've got nothing to gain from this deal, while you inherited such a large business from the Committee. Now there are people all over the country gathering information for you. Can't your resources be used for our business too?"

  Huang Ran smiled slightly and said, "It's not as serious as you say, it's just a few consulting firms and credit investigation companies. They were industries under the committee a few years ago, but now they are all independent enterprises. I'm just a major shareholder. If you want to use their resources, I can help arrange it for you. However, this will be settled separately, and at most, I can give you a discount."

  Sun Baozi narrowed his eyes, glanced at Huang Ran, and then said: "Whether or not to give a discount is easy to say, it's not what I'm saying now. As long as we can find Old Wu's contact information, I'll add extra money, no problem."

  Sun Baozi finished speaking, and Xiao Heishang was just putting away the ten or so lunchboxes he had packed. He casually chimed in, "Since Wu Renyi is now unreliable, what about Er Yang? Why don't we call them over to respond to the emergency first?"

  Sun Baozi glanced at Xiao He and said, "In the eyes of Guang Ren and Hong Toufa, dealing with Er Yang and dealing with us is not much different. The two of them came and couldn't do anything, but they still took my appearance fee for nothing. With their appearance fees, I'd have to go drink northwest wind a few times."

  Looking at Sun Wukong, I hesitated for a moment and said: "Great Sage, it's actually not necessary to make a big fuss. If Guangren and the other wanted to do something to me, they would have done so earlier. They wouldn't have let me get on the car, and now that he's finally out, he can't even find a place to hide. He shouldn't bother me and look for trouble himself."

  After I finished speaking, Sun Baozi's eyes looked out the window at the scenery and didn't say a word. After a while, he slowly said: "It's not that simple, but there's no other way. Let's take it one step at a time, all recent work arrangements are cancelled. We'll talk about it again when Old Wu gets back."

  After he finished speaking, Xiao He's expression became strange. Looking at Sun Baozi, with a somewhat twisted expression, he said: "Really cancelled? You see this thing is set up, originally I just contacted a big job for you guys. In contact with a casino in Malaysia, you take a train trip, go to their casino and play a few rounds, you can get 5 million. The Cloud Pine Casino in Malaysia, air tickets, food and accommodation are all included. Little Baozi, think about it again, even if you go to Southeast Asia to avoid the storm, it's good."

  Sun Wenzong was somewhat moved by these words, but after thinking for a while, he still shook his head and said to Xiao He Shang: "Forget it, I'm not saying that if something happens in the country, we can still hide among people. We are all Chinese, maybe we can get away with it. But once we leave the country, it's hard to say. If Guangren and the others chase after us, even if Malaysia is mostly Chinese, they will still be able to pick us out from the crowd at a glance."

  As he spoke, Sun Baozi looked at Xiao He Shang with a hint of a smile and said: "For 5 million RMB, taking this risk is not worth it." When mentioning the 5 million, Sun Baozi's tone intentionally rose by a few degrees.

  After Sun Baozi finished speaking, Xiao He's expression on his face became strange. He looked at Sun Baozi with some doubt, hesitated for a while, and said: "Little Baozi, did someone tell you something? Forget it, I originally wanted to give you a surprise, so I'll just say it directly - 5 million US dollars, please go to Malaysia's Yunshan Casino to have fun. To be honest, if I hadn't quit gambling last month, even I would want to go."

  Sun Baozi narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiao He Shang, saying "Five hundred million US dollars, inviting us to eat, drink and have fun? Old Xiao, be honest. You don't think I'm a fool, do you?"

  At this time, Xiao He and Shang became evasive, hesitated for half a day before saying: "Actually, this is not a big deal for you. Last year, the casino signed an agreement with the local government to operate a railway line, in simple terms, it's laying a railway from the local area and operating luxury trains on it, all guests going to the casino can take it for free.

  The railway line had just started formal operation at the beginning of last year, but problems arose within a few days. For several consecutive days, passengers died unexpectedly on the train, and although it was later confirmed that these people died from sudden illnesses, the casino and railway operator did not have to take any responsibility. However, they could not withstand the fact that more people continued to die under unnatural circumstances.

  The local government could not stand this dead law, and later ordered that the railway line be suspended for half a year. Only after ensuring that there would be no more accidents did they allow the railway to reopen. During those six months, the family operating the casino invited countless religious figures to continuously perform numerous religious rituals.

  I thought it was foolproof, but on the first day the casino reopened, a local Datuk who had been invited by the casino died of a heart attack. I saw the video footage, and at the time, the Datuk was drinking in the bar, laughing and chatting with others, when suddenly he fell to the ground. When people nearby pulled him up, they found that the Datuk had already passed away. The autopsy report said the cause of death was a heart attack. We're all in this line of work, so I don't need to explain what a heart attack means, do I?

  He paused for a moment, took a deep breath and continued: "With the death of the Datuk, the image has become bigger. Originally, the local government wanted to permanently shut down this railway line, but the casino side made great efforts and finally turned things around."

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