Jiulong's heart sank. His thoughts raced as he quickly sorted through all the clues that might expose him.

He immediately thought of Susan, but he couldn't show it too obviously, so he pretended to be calm, lowered his head, but a sharp, cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Bitch...

He was thinking to himself, but he had no choice but to respond to Huang Chunling, "President Chunling, I don't understand what you mean. Please explain."

Cao He was also unaware of the situation and didn't know which specific matter Huang Chunling was referring to. He couldn't appear too protective of Jiulong, so he could only wait and see.

Huang Chunling, however, was not fooled by Jiulong's feigned ignorance. She snorted and retorted, "You really don't know how I found out that you two were causing this mess behind my back?"

Although the woman was sitting, the aura she exuded was even more oppressive than when she was standing at a high place.

Jiulong glanced at He Dadong and Zhuang Qiang, and unconsciously swallowed.

Watching their underhanded actions, Huang Chunling shook her head in exasperation. "Jiulong, as a registered resident, you not only murdered your compatriots but also imprisoned them and even attempted to harm the interests of the Red Peach Casino! What is your crime?"

Jiulong stood up abruptly, explaining palely, "I didn't."

Seeing that he wouldn't give up until he saw the Yellow River, Huang Chunling said to her subordinates, "Bring him up."

Jiulong's eyelids twitched, and he unconsciously looked at Cao He, only to see that the latter had turned his head to one side.

A short while later, hacker Jihu appeared, carrying a small machine, following behind his subordinate.

Jiulong's eyelids twitched even more violently, because what Jihu was holding was the black-and-white screen monitor of the large computer in the secret room of the base.

Cao He's heart also exploded with a "boom".

His face was cold as he looked at the prisoner in the secret room, whom he had never seen before but had always known of, lost in thought.

Extreme Fox felt several gazes fixed on him and shrank his head further into his arms.

Huang Chunling immediately gave a warning look to everyone, then tried to keep her voice down as she said to Jihu, "Little brother, tell me what you told me. I'll stand up for you, so don't be afraid."

Jihu glanced at Jiulong, mustered his courage, and said weakly, "After I landed on the island, Jiulong locked me up. He locked me in a secret room in the red-light district base and made me crack a system."

"What system?" Wei Pingchang, the "Jack of Hearts," asked with a frown.

"The trading system of Red Peach Casino".

Jihu pursed his lips and lowered his head.

His words immediately caused everyone present, except for the three Long Dongqiang brothers, who were unaware of the situation, to gasp in shock.

People looked at Jiulong in shock, never expecting that he would set his sights on the Red Peach Casino.

The man continued, "Jiulong said that once I figure out the program code to transfer the money in the system, he will let me leave."

After speaking, Huang Chunling's subordinate took the display screen from Jihu and reported to the higher-ups: "This is the evidence found in the secret room of the office at the Jiulong base. Jihu has already shown us his operation."

"So, you've already finished writing that code?"

Cao He paused for a moment, then asked seemingly casually.

Jihu nodded. "Yes, I've already written it."

Cao He looked at him sharply, trying to find a breakthrough. "Since you've already finished writing, why are you still trapped in the secret room? Didn't you say he would let you leave?"

Extreme Fox hurriedly explained, "Due to the limitations of the parent system, this operation can only transfer the transaction amount of the day at most, which is actually meaningless. I, I'm afraid that if I give him the program, he will kill me to silence me."

If Jiulong could act now, he would definitely stab Jihu to death first. However, there were people all around, so he could only stare at Jihu with a vicious look.

Seeing this, Huang Chunling glanced at the bodyguards behind her out of the corner of her eye, and the bodyguards immediately stood around Jihu and her.

"Queen of Hearts" Sven Leigh continued, "So how did you escape?"

Extreme Fox quickly replied, "A few days ago, a group of people suddenly broke into the base, the door to the secret room suddenly opened, and the person guarding the door also fainted, so I took advantage of the chaos to escape."

Upon hearing this, Susan frowned in confusion.

When her people stormed into the office, the two guards had already fainted. Jihu said he escaped on his own. Could it be that they had attacked each other?

But Jiulong interpreted Jihu's words as something else entirely: Susan had sent people to create chaos and rescue Jihu, and now she was pretending to be innocent.

Jiulong clenched his fists tightly, looking like he wanted to lash out but didn't dare to.

Now that things have come to this, everything is clear. Huang Chunling took a deep breath and said to the other senior executives, "Everyone here has heard that, right? Jiulong, together with He Dadong and Zhuang Qiang, committed three heinous crimes, each deserving of death! I am punishing them impartially. Do you all have any objections?"

First crime: Jiulong imprisoned the residents of Hongtao and coerced them into working for him.

Second crime: Secretly contacting forces in the City of Spades, attempting to harm "10 of Hearts".

The third crime: plotting treason and coveting public property.

At this point, Huang Chunling glanced at Cao He.

She wasn't unaware of the close relationship between Cao He and the three Long Dongqiang brothers; she hadn't interfered before because nothing serious had happened. She considered it competition between subordinates, but now that it involved other cities and the interests of Red Peach City itself, she naturally wouldn't stand idly by.

Cao He lowered his head and remained silent.

Now that the exposure of the three Long Dongqiang brothers is a foregone conclusion, there's no point in him saying anything more; he can only choose to protect himself.

A chess piece can be discarded at any time.

He looked at Jiulong with a warning gaze, cold and ruthless.

Jiulong, who had originally wanted to fight for something, slumped into his chair in dejection.

He understood what Cao He meant.

He knew that the moment the Extreme Fox appeared, they were destined to be abandoned.

Jiulong felt a gloomy atmosphere before his eyes, and he vaguely heard Huang Chunling announcing the decision to dismiss them.

"Jiu Long, He Dadong, and Zhuang Qiang have violated regulations and seriously damaged the interests of Red Peach City. They are hereby dismissed from their positions in Red Peach City, their official resident status is revoked, and their identity cards are revoked."

In other words, they became the homeless people they regarded as worthless.

Upon hearing these words, Jiulong stood up in a daze.

He saw that He Dadong and Zhuang Qiang had been pinned to the table by the arriving bodyguards, who then found two identity cards, "7 of Hearts" and "8 of Hearts," on their bodies.

When he saw those people walking towards him, he suddenly came to his senses, took out the "9 of Hearts" from his pocket, and tore it into pieces in front of everyone.