Chapter 2367 — Blinded by Panic
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"Ah! You're here too? You bastard, didn't you say you were Chen Xi's father? That you wanted to treat her to a meal and tell her a few things? Why did I see her being taken away?" Foreman Zhu "had not expected" Zhao Guangyin to be here either; the moment he laid eyes on him, he jabbed a finger at him and began cursing.
"I... this..." Zhao Guangyin laughed inwardly—Foreman Zhu was quite the actor!
"Don't 'I' me! The situation is urgent. I secretly followed those people for a while, and I heard them say they want to use Chen Xi as a stake to curry favor with that gambling king Pu Huotai at the casino. Little Chen, think of something quickly—we can't let those scoundrels ruin Xiaoxi!" Foreman Zhu said urgently.
"Ah... Elder Zhu, what are we going to do..." Mother Chen asked in utter panic.
"Now the only way is to find someone to help us—see who can come to our aid!" Foreman Zhu began to set the trap, preparing to lead Mother Chen into the pit!
"Ah! I'm just a weak woman. I know no one. How could I compare to those rich and powerful gambling kings? Who could I possibly find to save Xiaoxi..." Mother Chen said helplessly.
"Wait—I just remembered someone! He's sure to have a way!" Foreman Zhu slapped his thigh as if recalling something important, and cried out.
"Who?" Zhao Guangyin and Mother Chen asked in unison.
"Wei Zhao!" Foreman Zhu finally uttered the name that had been awaited so long!
"Wei Zhao? Can he help?" Mother Chen was grasping at any straw. Hearing Foreman Zhu mention Wei Zhao, she instinctively felt that he should be able to help—after all, Wei Zhao had helped their family a great deal. Perhaps he really did have a way!
According to Chen Xi, Wei Zhao had extensive connections in Songshan City; he even knew people in the Gu Group, so he must have a way! In her panic, Mother Chen did not stop to think it over. She simply picked up the phone and dialed Wei Zhao's number...
Wei Zhao held his phone, turning over in his mind the incoherent torrent Mother Chen had just poured out. Though it was muddled, he had understood the gist: Chen Xi had been taken, brought to this very casino where he now stood, and someone was using her as a stake to gamble against the Southeast Asian gambling king Pu Huotai!
Or rather, this person, in order to curry favor with Pu Huotai, had taken the initiative to offer Chen Xi to him...
Though the story Mother Chen told was, in Wei Zhao's eyes, riddled with holes: Chen Xi's father, whom she had not seen for years, had appeared and taken Chen Xi away; then the father's enemy had appeared and seized Chen Xi; and then Chen Xi's father had come knocking at the door...
The whole chain of events was indescribably bizarre! Where had Chen Xi's father found her? How did he know where Mother Chen lived? And why would Chen Xi go to dinner with a stranger? Most astonishing of all, Foreman Zhu, a skilled fighter of the early Earth rank, had simply watched as Chen Xi was taken—and then run back to testify?