Chapter 35 You're a Dead Man

We have to wait for Old Man Zhou to catch him in the act.

"Okay, go talk to Dad."

It was unknown what Zhou Lang said to Old Man Zhou, and then Old Man Zhou came over and went with them to the gambling house in the town.

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There are two underground gambling houses in Longquan Town.

One is in the south of the town, and the other is in the north. There is no sign and they are not open for business. There are people guarding the door and most people don't dare to get close because they know what is going on inside and are afraid of being contaminated by bad things if they get too close.

Zhou Laosan was a frequent visitor to these two gambling houses. He first went to the one in Zhennan to try his luck.

Feeling unlucky.

Thinking that I would have no chance to visit this gambling house today, I went to the Zhenbei Casino.

We had a good start at the beginning and won a lot.

His twenty taels of silver turned into more than forty taels, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

I feel like the God of Gamblers is alive!

Mrs. Zhou said in the house that the thief only stole a dozen taels of silver from her, but that was not true.

She said it was too little.

There are about twenty or thirty taels!

Talking too much caused the people in the big room to complain again. Look, the coffin is so thick, but they didn't even take some out for Qinan to go studying.

They were all rolled out by Zhou Laosan.

I lost two taels of silver in a gambling house in the south of the town, and then I changed to another one, and my luck got better.

Win twenty taels in a row.

Zhou Laosan felt that he was extremely lucky today, so he started to gamble bigger and bigger, initially only betting half a tael of silver.

Later on, the bets were five or ten taels.

As a result, he hadn't even had time to warm up the money he won before he lost all the capital he had brought with him.

All the clothes on his body were stripped off, and he still wanted to gamble in his underwear.

Losing red eyes...

This type of gambler is the most common in gambling houses.

"If you don't have money, get out and give up your seat. There are other gentlemen who are going to try their luck."

The thugs deliberately wanted to leave him.

Zhou Laosan has tasted the sweetness of life, so naturally he is unwilling to leave.

"No, I have to catch up, I won't leave..."

"You have no capital now, how can you make up for it? We don't give credit in our gambling house."

Zhou Laosan stiffened his neck and said, "I want to borrow money from a loan shark. I will pay back the loan shark after paying off the principal first..."

The thugs looked at each other and said, "You can borrow money from a loan shark, but what can you pledge? You are a dead man with nothing. We in the gambling house will not lend you money. It would be like throwing money away."

Zhou Laosan said, "I am the son of the Zhou family in Taohua Village. My family is a wealthy family in Taohua Village. We have land and houses. I have a wife and children. How can I be a rotten life? If you lend me money, I will steal my mother's land deed and use it as collateral for you..."

This time, he didn't steal.

He picked it up and looked at it at first, but he was afraid that his parents would beat him to death.

Put it down again.

"Okay, come with us to sign the IOU..."

The thugs took Zhou Laosan to the counter next door to write a promissory note.

"How much do you want to borrow?" the man asked.

"Borrow fifty taels first!" Zhou Laosan made up his mind.

Fifty taels is enough. If you are lucky, you can win back a hundred taels with fifty taels.

After paying off the debt of fifty taels, he could also return the silver he had stolen from his family without anyone noticing, and still have twenty taels left to spend.

Zhou Laosan was just about to press his hand seal when suddenly, a loud shout interrupted his action.

"Evil creature! So you are really here!"

When Zhou Laosan saw it, his legs and feet went limp!

"Dad, why are you here?"

Old Man Zhou had never entered a gambling house in his life. Today was the first time. He heard Zhou Lang say that Zhou Lao San might be here, but he didn't quite believe it.

As a result, when they arrived and took a look, they really caught him in the act.

Zhou Lang and his wife were standing by to protect Old Man Zhou. Zhou Lang in particular was tall and slender, with a calm expression and extremely good looks. There was an air of nobility in his every move, which made people involuntarily make way for him.

Old Man Zhou took two or three steps forward and grabbed Old Man Zhou's ear.

"Tell me! Did you steal your parents' coffin book to gamble? Where's the silver?"

Zhou Laosan screamed like a pig being slaughtered, "It hurts, it hurts, Dad, if you have something to say, please let go and talk to me."

Everyone in the casino looked over and laughed at the joke.

Situations like this happen frequently.

The thug in charge of the casino saw this situation and said impatiently, "Old man, we are doing business. If you want to discipline your children and grandchildren, go outside."

Come forward to chase people away.

Zhou Lang stepped in front of Old Man Zhou.

A fierce aura emanated from him.

Lin Shiqi stood beside him and thought to himself, when it comes to showing off, Zhou Lang is the best.

In his previous life, Zhou Lang was a domineering boss with thousands of employees under him. When he went to the morning meeting, he could silence the whole place with just a glance.

The same thing happened when he attended various events: as soon as he appeared, everything became silent.

The casino thug couldn't help but shrink back.

Over here,

When Old Man Zhou saw that Old Man Zhou was only left with his underwear, he couldn't help but get angry and slapped him in the face, "Where's the money?"

Zhou Laosan still wanted to play dumb, "What silver, Dad!"

He was greeted with another slap in the face.

"Pretend! Pretend!"

Lin Shiqi said, "Mother has seen that it was you who stole it. You deliberately drugged father and mother. Mother said that she thought it was a dream at the time, but later she remembered that it was you, Third Brother, who did this..."

If he doesn't admit it, then I'll trick him.

Zhou Lang said that there was still a lingering smell of drugs on the window paper.

In the Zhou family, only Zhou Laosan can do such sneaky things.

Sure enough, Zhou Laosan is not a fool.

He immediately knelt down to Old Man Zhou and admitted his fault, "Dad, I was blinded by greed. I also wanted to do good for my family. I wanted to use some capital to earn more money for my family to honor my parents..."

Old man Zhou was so angry that he could not bear to lose face in public.

"Where's the silver? Give it to me and I'll spare your life!"

Zhou Laosan cried, "Dad, the money is gone, I lost it all..."

Lin Shiqi had sharp eyes and glanced at the IOU on the counter.

The words "Lao Zhou Family of Taohua Village" were vaguely written on it, except for the lack of a signature at the end.

She leaned over to Zhou Lang with her elbow.

He motioned Zhou Lang to look as well.

Zhou Lang's eyes were cold. After reading it, he stared at Zhou Laosan, who felt even more guilty.

"Dad, please forgive me this time! Or give me a chance and I will win the silver back..."

She hugged Old Man Zhou's legs and cried bitterly.

Old man Zhou was so angry that his veins were throbbing, and he wanted to seek justice from the people in the gambling house.

The person in charge of the gambling house came out. If it were an ordinary person, they would have kicked the Zhou family out rudely.

Today, I saw Zhou Lang, but I still can’t figure out where he came from.

They were not driven out.

Now Old Man Zhou is making excessive demands, asking the people in the gambling house to pay compensation.

They said,

"Old man, you are old, and you must be a person who abides by rules and reason. Your son is already in his thirties, an adult. He came here to play and satisfy his addiction. Winning and losing are common. He lost money, and you still want to go back. Are you deliberately coming to our gambling house to cause trouble?"