Chapter 164
The second floor was even quieter.
Then a group of people looked down.
Shen Jiao guessed that they wanted to see who was not afraid of death, so he waved generously to those who looked drunk and had red faces.
"Where are you looking? I'm right here!"
She can't blackmail anyone anywhere!
The drunken young master Lin Changxi glanced at her, then raised his head and thought for a moment before shouting, "Hey! Where's that portrait? Is she in it?"
"It looks like it. Look for it, look for it."
"Here, here."
The person above him shoved a piece of paper into his hand noisily.
Shen Jiao frowned instantly, took a sip of water from the bowl, and thought to himself: This is bad.
She originally wanted to provoke the man, ask him to come down by himself, and then take the opportunity to knock him out and take him away. After all, judging from what he had done, he must be an impulsive person, and if he was angered by someone, he would definitely want to take revenge on his own.
But unexpectedly, he actually had some brains.
I was so drunk that I couldn't even speak clearly, so how could I know who I could and couldn't mess with?
Shen Jiao looked at the silver and banknotes that were delivered to him in a short while, and felt a complicated feeling that was hard to describe.
"This is really all we have in our account. If you're not in a hurry, please wait a moment so we can get some more from the bank. We were ignorant and should have sent this filial tribute long ago. How could we wait for you to come in person? You deserve a beating."
This Lin Changxi can actually speak human language.
Alas, there are fewer and fewer stupid people in the world.
Shen Jiao was a little sad: "I've only been here a few days, and you already know who I am. You're quite well-informed."
"Well, this is a small place. Everyone would know who's coming in just half a day, not to mention a girl as graceful as this..."
"cough!"
Lin Changxi seemed to be about to say something, but the shopkeeper coughed and he immediately changed his words.
"Young man, a man as frail and weak as the young master..."
“Cough cough cough!”
The shopkeeper almost coughed up his lungs.
He just put away the smile on his face and said carefully: "Where is the young master?"
"We've all heard that the young master is here to meddle in other people's affairs... well, intervening in injustices is actually a blessing for the people. Haha, my father has already said that our Lin family will fully cooperate. You can check whatever the young lady wants to check. Even checking the account books is no problem, right, boss?"
When he talked about this, he looked at the restaurant owner with a guilty look on his face.
The man was very calm. He bowed and said to Shen Jiao, "Young lady, I believe you have heard something. Our business has grown so big that it is inevitable that we will attract jealousy and slander. My master expected that you would want to check, so he asked someone to prepare the accounts early. If you want to check, I will go and get them immediately.
If you want to ask anything else..."
He glanced at Li Yan and said without stopping, "Our Lin family will also fully cooperate."
"So frank?" Shen Jiao said without interest.
The shopkeeper replied righteously: "We have always been like this. We do business sincerely and live honestly. We never do anything that would cause us to have a bad conscience, so naturally we are not afraid of being investigated."
Shen Jiao didn't react to these well-prepared words, but Li Yan couldn't hold back any longer and slammed his clenched fist on the table.
"How dare you say that!"
He roared.
The shopkeeper seemed startled and asked in a puzzled manner, "Hey, what's the origin of this...? Is there any misunderstanding between you and us?"
"Misunderstanding?!" Li Yan was so angry that he wanted to stand up, but was held down by Shen Jiao.
"You don't recognize him? That's impossible. In a small place like this, anything that happens would be known in half a day. Besides, he has a long-standing grudge against you. How could you not know who he is?"
"This..." The shopkeeper and Lin Changxi looked at each other, then said innocently, "I really don't remember. Our Lin family has always been kind to others. How could we have ever had any grudges against anyone? Besides, this young man is dressed like this, and we can't even see his face clearly. We really... can't remember."
This is just pretending to be stupid.
"It doesn't matter if you can't remember," Shen Jiao said, holding Li Yan tightly. "All you need to know is that he was the victim. He accused your young master of using excessive force, resulting in one death and one injury. Not only did he not repent, he even deceived people and blackmailed them."
"Where did you get this from?" The shopkeeper was horrified, as if he suddenly remembered something. He pointed at Li Yan and said, "Now I remember, you're the thug? Back then, you pretended to be injured to extort money. Our young master took pity on you and didn't bother with you. He even persuaded the second master to continue to employ you and let you work in the gambling house. But not only were you not grateful, you found a charlatan from somewhere, ruined your health, and now you want to extort money. We didn't bother with you, but why are you talking nonsense now, talking ahead of the young master and the young lady?"
He looked wronged and wanted to argue with Shen Jiao: "Miss, please don't believe what this villain says. He..."
"Hey," Shen Jiao raised his hand and said, "You don't need to tell me all this. Keep it. My master wants your young master to reply. Since you say you have no guilt, I think it's okay for you to come with me. If you have anything to say, you can talk to the master first, okay?"
The shopkeeper looked a little hesitant, but in an instant he smiled: "This is also reasonable, what do you think, Young Master?"
"Ah, this..." Lin Changxi met his eyes and said loudly, "Let's go. We are not afraid to say that we are right. Just lead the way, young lady."
"Mr. Lin is so straightforward, let's go."
Shen Jiao jumped down from the table and waved away the tray of money. Seeing that the shopkeeper wanted to follow, he said, "Since it's just for questioning, Master Lin can go alone. The shopkeeper doesn't need to come along. Whoever else was there that day, please come too. However, our carriage is small and can't accommodate many people, so I'll have to ask you to bring your own carriage and follow behind."
Amidst the scattered responses, Shen Jiao raised her hand and said, "Young Master Lin, please come in."
"Please come in, young lady." Perhaps because he saw Shen Jiao's good tone, he felt relieved and was in the mood to be polite.
Tong Shenjiao and Li Yan rode in the same carriage.
As planned, Ma Qianli drove to Taihe Casino to meet up with Xue Shun and the others.
They easily found Mr. Lin Erye, the owner of Taihe Casino, and the other thugs in the casino that day.
These people all look fearless and have no guilt at all.
Shen Jiao was relatively calm, but Xue Shun's expression was really ugly.
Most likely they have already been asked questions.
I guess I got nothing.
When the people in charge in the hall saw these people, their expressions varied. Some understood, some raised their eyebrows, some were surprised, some were just watching the fun, but no one was afraid.
Shen Jiao knew from looking at them that this was not going to be easy, so he simply grumbled a few words to Xue Shun and said, "Thank you all for coming. It's time for dinner now. There's no rush to talk after we eat."
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