護花近衛 - 第2432章 天降喜事 - 翰墨軒

"But the police have already got their results over there. It was our Fire Wolf Gang who kidnapped his daughter. What if Gambler gets angry and absolutely refuses to sell to us no matter what?" Little Innocent was a little worried too.

"So what if he knows? He sells whether he wants to or not. With the few men he has around him, going up against us is death!" An Liwen snorted. "If he's smart, he'll hand the casino over to me nice and obedient, and I'll even give him a fair price. Otherwise, heh heh!"

"True enough. Young Master Wen's way of doing things has always been overbearing!" Big Mule nodded. It really was just as An Liwen said — Gambler was no match for them. Even if they forced him to sell the casino, he'd have to sell. So what if it was a forced sale? Would he dare call the police?

So An Liwen had someone ask around for Gambler's phone number and gave him a call.

These past few days Gambler had been sick with worry. There were indeed a few bosses in the underworld interested in his casino, but they couldn't come up with the money all at once. They did say they could pay in installments — twenty million this year, and the remaining thirty million the year after.

The total price was still fifty million, but Gambler could never agree to that. It wasn't that he feared these people would default on the debt; it was that he feared whether the casino could even last until next year! At any other time he would naturally have agreed, but now that he had offended the Hidden Zhao family, who knew when they might send people to tear the casino apart? Then who would he collect his money from?

He wanted to sell it all at once for fifty million, then take the money and flee far away. By then, whatever problems arose with the casino would have nothing to do with him.

What Gambler hadn't expected was that the Fire Wolf Gang's local head in Donghai City would actually call him! To be honest, Gambler loathed the Fire Wolf Gang. It was the Fire Wolf Gang who had kidnapped his daughter. Although they had later put forward a scapegoat, Gambler, a man of the same underworld, knew perfectly well what was really going on behind the scenes.

Without the leader's permission, would the underlings dare do such a thing? Never mind a big, strictly disciplined gang like the Fire Wolf Gang — even a small gang wouldn't allow it! Would Gambler's own men dare hand out chips to customers and waive their gambling debts without Gambler's consent? Obviously not.

So Gambler understood very well that An Liwen was the mastermind behind it all. It was just that the police had no evidence, and there was nothing Gambler could do about him! Since he was no match for them, Gambler could only bow his head and, forcing himself to be patient, pick up the phone.

"Young Master Wen, you're calling me — is there something you need?" Gambler took a deep breath and said, bracing himself.

"Gambler, your casino's pretty profitable, isn't it?" An Liwen said in a flat, offhand tone.

Gambler's heart gave a slight start. He didn't know what An Liwen meant by that, but he still said cautiously, "Young Master Wen jests. My little bit of income — how could it catch Young Master Wen's eye? The Fire Wolf Gang does big business, while mine is just small-time stuff! Besides, Young Master Wen knows about my daughter being kidnapped before. I've had a run of bad luck; how could I have any money on hand? I'm up to my neck in debt!"

Gambler said this because he was afraid An Liwen might ask to borrow money from him or simply extort him, so he first made himself out to be pitiful.

"Oh? Gambler, in that case, I actually have a good idea." Hearing Gambler's words, An Liwen's eyes lit up. He thought to himself that this was a stroke of luck with no effort at all!

"Young Master Wen, what do you mean..." Gambler's heart instantly sank. He didn't know what wicked scheme An Liwen was hatching now.