"Boss, are we really going to pay that guy back 7.5 million taels?" A clueless subordinate came over to express his concern.

"Give me back my mother!" Mei Chaofeng slapped him so hard he couldn't even get up.

He ran back to the room specially prepared for him in the gambling den with a gloomy expression, where a charming and beautiful figure was already waiting.

"Miss Qiao, you made me write this huge IOU. How do you plan to clean up this mess?" Mei Chaofeng closed the door, her tone already quite unfriendly.

“You know the situation back then. Would you have gotten through so smoothly if you hadn’t written it down?” The girl was naturally Xue’er. Seeing Mei Chaofeng’s face trembling, she comforted him, “Don’t worry, the IOU is in the hands of that good-for-nothing Zu’an. It’ll be easy to get it back.”

Mei Chaofeng frowned: "I'm afraid he'll hand over the IOU to the Chu family."

Xue'er shook her head: "Don't worry, Chu Chuyan has always been aloof and will definitely not take Zu'an's money; and Chu Zhongtian is an upright person, and the Chu family strictly prohibits gambling, so he will definitely not take this gambling debt. Speaking of which, when Zu'an goes back this time, he will not only not receive praise, but will also be severely punished by the Chu family, after all, he has committed a crime that the Chu family strictly prohibits."

“Even the heaviest punishment is just some family discipline. Do you think they’d actually kick Zu’an out of the Chu family?” Mei Chaofeng said resentfully.

Xue'er sighed: "7.5 million taels is a lot, but if it can successfully drive Zu'an out of the Chu family, it's not unacceptable."

Mei Chaofeng: "..."

He was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself, "You don't care about the money, do you? Do you know what 7.5 million taels means? You little brat, do you even know how much that is? You could hire an assassin for that price, or even take down the head of the Chu family. Do you really need to spend so much money to deal with a piece of trash like him?"

Fortunately, Xue'er's next words calmed him down: "Don't worry, I'll personally take action tonight. I'll not only help you get the IOU back, but I'll also kill that brat and eliminate any future troubles."

Mei Chaofeng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Miss Qiao." In fact, with his cultivation level, killing Zu An would be easier than crushing an ant, but Zu An was either in the City Lord's Mansion or in the Chu family, so he couldn't make a move. Now that Xue'er was taking action from within the Chu family, it would be much easier for her to deal with Zu An than for him to do so himself.

At this moment, not far from the Silver Hook Gambling House, at the Zheng family's residence, a beautiful woman in palace attire was brewing tea. Her fair and delicate face, with its soft profile lines as if drawn in a single stroke, was exquisitely beautiful. Her expression was extremely focused, and her eyes, clear as a spring on a rock, paired with her fair and jade-like skin, truly made her a woman of unparalleled beauty.

"What's wrong, Young Master Sang? You look so angry." The beautiful woman served a cup of tea to a man opposite her, her movements extremely elegant, exuding classical beauty in every gesture.

The man opposite her was none other than Sang Qian, who had just come out of the Silver Hook Gambling House.

"Miss Zheng's tea-making skills are truly superb." Sensing the other party's quiet and gentle temperament, Sang Qian felt his anxious mood calm down a bit.

The beautiful woman smiled slightly: "After we get married, I can make it for you to drink every day."

It turns out that this beautiful woman is Zheng Dan, the daughter of the Zheng family, one of the four powerful families in Mingyue City. The Zheng family has already made a marriage agreement with the Sang family, and she is now Sang Qian's fiancée.

Although it wasn't the first time he had seen her, a hint of amazement still flashed in Sang Qian's eyes. At first, he was quite unwilling when his father asked him to marry a merchant's daughter from Mingyue City, and he had argued with his father many times about it. But after seeing Zheng Dan, all his resistance and hesitation disappeared, because this merchant's daughter, whom he looked down on, was just too beautiful. Marrying such a woman didn't seem like such a bad deal.

"Thank you, Miss Zheng." Sang Qian tried to touch the other woman's hand as he took the teacup, but she subtly avoided it.

Zheng Dan parted her lips slightly: "Young Master Sang, after the wedding, I will do whatever you want to me, but now..." Her implication was clear: he should not do anything inappropriate to her before the wedding.

A hint of annoyance flashed in Sang Qian's eyes, but he quickly concealed it. The more the other party acted this way, the more his heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat. He even wondered if men were just like that, never treasuring things they got easily, but longing for things that were hard to get.

"Something happened at the Silver Hook Gambling House just now..." To cover up his embarrassment, Sang Qian gave a brief account of what had just happened.

A hint of surprise appeared on Zheng Dan's fair and perfect face: "Huh, the Silver Hook Gambling House actually let Zu An win 7.5 million taels? Rumor has it that this Chu family son-in-law is a good-for-nothing. It seems that the rumors are indeed unreliable."

Hearing the admiration in her tone for other men, Sang Qian felt a pang of discomfort: "Hmph, it's just bad luck. He only gambled twice, and I don't know how he got lucky."

Zheng Dan smiled, her rosy lips outlining exquisite lines. She guessed what the man was thinking and didn't say anything more to provoke him.

Sang Qian continued, "By the way, I came here today because I need your help with something."