Hu Qingquan was immediately stunned. He was usually honest and never gambled, nor did he ask Hu Qinghai about gambling. He had no idea where there were casinos, let alone which casino Hu Qinghai would gamble in.

"Father, Mother, I'll go out and ask around. Maybe I'll find out."

"Alright, go ahead. You might actually find him, but be careful."

"I see."

Hu Qingquan left without even eating, rushing off to inquire about Hu Qinghai's whereabouts.

That evening, Lin Qingyan wanted to visit Old Man Huo and Old Woman Huo. She prepared some food, and since Grandma Lin was bored at home and also wanted to go, she took Grandma Lin with her.

After more than half a year of treatment by Lin Qingyan, Old Man Huo's headaches have been completely eliminated. He is both grateful and admiring of Lin Qingyan.

"Little girl, you're amazing! Even I, an old doctor with decades of experience, am incredibly impressed. Your future is limitless, absolutely limitless!"

Grandma Lin had visited the cowshed a few times with Lin Qingyan before. Old Man Huo noticed that Grandma Lin was always in a mad state. Could it be that Lin Qingyan also couldn't do anything about Grandma Lin's madness?

“Little girl, I’ve always had a question. This old woman has been with you for quite a while now, and she looks like she went crazy halfway through her life. Don’t you have any way to cure her?”

"Grandpa Huo, I've already examined Grandma. Her mental state is mainly caused by amnesia. Moreover, there are no external injuries to her head, and I observed her emotions and speech, and I didn't find any signs that she had been mentally stimulated."

Grandpa Huo, I don't know if you've ever heard of hereditary amnesia, but I suspect my mother-in-law suffers from hereditary amnesia, which can't be resolved with medication or external treatments.

"Hereditary amnesia?" Old Man Huo frowned upon hearing this. "I've never heard of such a condition before."

"This is just a hypothesis I've set up. It excludes other causes of amnesia, and this is the only one that makes sense."

Old Man Huo nodded: "If that's the case, is it possible that one day her amnesia could suddenly be cured?"

"That's possible."

While the two were talking, Granny Lin came over and grabbed Old Man Huo's beard, causing him to grimace and yell in pain.

"Let go! Let go!"

Granny Lin plucked out two of Old Man Huo's whiskers before releasing him, then twirled the two whiskers in her hand and blew them to the ground with a "poof."

He shook his arm dismissively, "It's not fun, not fun at all."

Old Man Huo clutched the spot where he had been pinched, "It hurts so much! And you still say it's not fun, that catching mice is fun? Why don't you learn from the cat and go catch mice?"

"Catch the mouse!" Grandma Lin seemed to have found a new fun game. "I'm going to catch the mouse, I want to catch the mouse, I want to become a little kitten." She raised her two paws and meowed.

Lin Qingyan pulled her along: "Mother-in-law, we should go home."

Grandma Lin still raised her paw and nodded her head: "Meow~"

Lin Qingyan instructed her mother-in-law, "Once we're outside, we mustn't make any more noise."

Grandma Lin nodded with her mouth tightly shut, "Meow~"

On the other hand, Hu Qingquan secretly inquired with people in the village who were on good terms with Hu Qinghai, and finally learned about an underground casino in a neighboring village that Hu Qinghai frequented.

To prevent Hu Qinghai from losing the jade pendant, he quickly went to the village to find the gambling den.

The two villages are about three or four miles apart. Hu Qingquan is fast on his feet and eager to get the jade pendant back. He arrived at Willow Village in less than twenty minutes.

Following the address of the underground casino provided by Hu Qinghai's friend, it looked like a dilapidated house from the outside, but inside it was dark and deserted.

He was unaware that these casinos frequently changed locations to evade police investigations and only started gambling very late at night.

Hu Qingquan thought that Hu Qinghai's friend was deliberately lying to him, and he clenched his fist in anger.

He searched the village for a while longer but did not find any more casinos.

He then knocked on the door of a member of the commune, wanting to ask about the whereabouts of the casino. The member immediately spat at him: "So you're a gambler. I'm going to tell our brigade leader to have the militia arrest you."

"No, no, I'm not a gambler. I'm just asking around because I'm looking for someone inside."

"Pah, that sounds nice, but it's just an excuse. We don't have any casinos here. You gambler, trying to ruin our village? I'm going to have you arrested."

"No, I'm really not a gambler, I'm just looking for someone."

Hu Qingquan was terrified that the man would actually call the militia to arrest him, so he quickly ran back to his village.

He searched all night but couldn't find Hu Qinghai, and didn't know what had become of the jade pendant.

Hu Qinghai, if you dare to lose my jade pendant, I'll beat you to death the moment I see you.

After he left, the villager went out and immediately went to the homes of several other villagers, telling them about his conversation with Hu Qingquan.

"Could this person be a spy sent from above to spy on our casino? Looks like we can't gamble tonight."

"It's very likely that the person may seem simple-minded on the surface, but he's definitely more than that."

"We need to take precautions as soon as possible. If we are wiped out in one fell swoop, our entire brigade will be implicated."

"Yes, yes, yes, quickly inform the others that they should stop gambling for the next few days and see how things go."

It was early morning, which was supposed to be the opening time for the casino in Willow Tree Village, but Hu Qingquan's visit made the gamblers take precautions in advance. The casino, which was bustling yesterday, was completely silent today.

When Hu Qinghai arrived at the casino full of excitement, he found it completely quiet and deserted.

He waited for a while, but still no one came.

"Could they be under investigation?"

He left feeling disappointed.

But he didn't give up his gambling idea. He was in high spirits because he had a lot of money. If he wasn't allowed to gamble a few rounds today, he would probably go crazy from holding back.

A long-time gambler will naturally not frequent just one casino.

Perhaps due to his growing ambition, he decided to stop going to the small casinos in the village and go to the big casinos in the county town.

Yes, he just wants to be bolder.

Since he lived and ate in the county town, it was more convenient for him to gamble.

He returned to the county town as quickly as possible, found the casino he had visited before, and started gambling. Because he had a hundred yuan to his name and wanted to win big, he placed large bets.