Xu Nuo stretched out her long legs and sat down opposite Lin Zheng.
"You risked your life to come here, but you're still thinking about my brother!"
"Haha~~~" Lin Zheng looked at Xu Nuo and laughed loudly: "Nuo, I've always seen how clever you are since you were a child, but people die for money, and birds die for food! I've seen too much of this over the years! I'm getting old, and this is the only family I have left. I just want to see him doing well!"
"Uncle Lin doesn't trust me?"
Xu Nuo picked up an orange from the table and played with it in her hand.
"How can I trust you? You grew up right under my nose. No one knows better than me what you've heard, seen, and learned!"
"Uncle Kelin, you must trust me! I won't harm him!"
"Why should I believe you?" Lin Zheng stared at Xu Nuo, pressing her relentlessly.
"I would never harm him! Never!"
Xu Nuo finally raised her head and looked Lin Zheng in the eye.
"You know, I like him!"
Lin Zheng, however, seemed to find it amusing and sneered twice: "That's exactly what I'm afraid of! I don't want to pursue the matter of you seducing Lin Yan, but you must leave him. He needs to get married and have children; he has a bright future ahead of him! He's different from you and me! People like us, covered in filth, must stay away from him!"
As Lin Zheng spoke, a look of loss and sorrow appeared in Xu Nuo's eyes. Normally, no matter what happened, he could pretend very well, but here, he didn't want to pretend anymore!
"Uncle Lin is right! But there's one thing you can't do: if you just wanted me to leave Ye Linyan, you wouldn't have risked coming to find me yourself!"
In less than a minute, Xu Nuo's expression changed again, and he smiled wickedly.
"What you can't do, I can! And since you're here, you're betting I'll help him! You knew all along that I'd help him no matter what!"
"I can help you with your future! After this is all over, come over to my place..."
"I have no way out! And I don't need a way out!"
Xu Nuo smiled and stared intently at Lin Zheng: "But I need your cooperation!"
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The two talked until late at night. When Xu Nuo came out of the old residential area, he glanced at his phone and realized that it was already past 1 a.m.
The night owl silently followed from behind, hands in his pockets, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
When to make our move?
Xu Nuo stretched, looked up at the sky—no stars, no moon—and her fox-like eyes crinkled into a smile.
"A dark and windy night, a night for murder!"
Ye Linyan declined the unimportant social engagements that evening and took the three sets of information about foreign universities home. Not seeing Xu Nuo at home, she placed the information on the coffee table in the living room.
He went into his study and began to look through the gray industries that had started a few years ago. He knew he had to get rid of them as soon as possible!
It wasn't until late at night that Ye Linyan finally closed the thick ledger, his head still spinning from looking at it!
Wang Jinfeng is right. Everything else is manageable, but the casino in the east of the city, besides its casino business, also has smuggling dealings with the Burmese and Lin Zheng, involving huge sums of money that are quite conspicuous! It's going to be difficult!
If they don't send someone out, the casino in the east of the city won't be able to explain themselves! Sooner or later, they'll be in deep trouble!
A figure popped into Ye Linyan's mind: a leopard!
He's been managing the casino in the east of the city, but he's a cunning and shrewd man, not someone to be trusted! Who knows, he might turn on you one day!
Xu Nuo had always handled all the dealings with Lin Zheng personally, and Ye Linyan wasn't sure exactly how much Leopard knew!
Thinking of Xu Nuo, Ye Linyan glanced at her watch and realized it was already past 1 a.m. He still hadn't returned. She picked up the phone to call him, but then put it down after thinking about it.
After pondering for a while while holding his phone, he dialed Wang Mingwu's number.
"Ah Wu, how much do you know about the casinos in the east of the city?"
Ye Linyan had hardly ever been to the casino in the east of the city. At first, Xu Nuo handled everything himself. As things got more and more complicated, Wang Mingwu would go over to help. Once it was fully established and stable, it was this Leopard who managed it.
Wang Mingwu was someone Ye Linyan met when he was fighting in underground boxing matches at an underground casino. Wang Mingwu had saved Ye Linyan's life back then. After returning to the Ye family, Wang Mingwu stayed by Ye Linyan's side. Wang Mingwu was straightforward and honest and was always trusted by Ye Linyan.
Wang Mingwu had clearly just been woken up, and after a moment of stunned silence, he replied:
"It's alright, but in the last two years, Leopard has cultivated a few trusted confidants, and there are some deeper things that I can't access!"
Ye Linyan opened the document containing information about the leopard and looked at it.
"Starting tomorrow, you'll go to the east of the city and find out everything about it! Try your best not to let Leopard find out anything. Tell everyone that Xu Nuo is busy and you're taking over his position!"
"OK!"
If they want to completely clean up the casino in the east of the city, they still need to inform Lin Zheng. There are still many desperados there, and they need to send them out!
Leopard is probably not a good person to deal with. Let's wait until Wang Mingwu goes there tomorrow and see what news he has before we think about it. It's not something that can be resolved in a day or two!
Compared to the casinos in the east of the city, Yunduan doesn't have any problems. The problem is, if Xu Nuo leaves, who will take over Yunduan?
Pressing his throbbing temples, Ye Linyan decided to take a shower and get some sleep first, and then figure out a solution tomorrow.
After getting into bed, Ye Linyan noticed that it was almost 2 a.m. and Xu Nuo still hadn't returned. He called him, but surprisingly, Xu Nuo didn't answer his call for the first time. He didn't hang up, but there was no answer!
I was thinking of calling Shao Rui in the cloud again, but then I thought better of it. He often didn't get home until early in the morning, so he might already be on his way back.
With the floor lamp on for Xu Nuo, Ye Linyan, exhausted from looking at the account books all night, fell asleep almost immediately.
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Inside a private room at the East City Casino.
The leopard's somewhat fat body lay on the ground, a section of white bone protruding from its left leg, dripping blood!
Xu Nuo sat lazily in the chair, holding an apple and taking small bites.
"Young boss...you tacitly approved of this back then, you can't...you can't put all the blame on me now...what about the big boss..."
"Big boss? Who's the big boss here! I'm the one who calls the shots here, inside and out! You don't even know who your boss is, you really deserve it!"
Xu Nuo looked down at the person on the ground, whose face was pale and covered in sweat from the pain.
“You…” The leopard squeezed its triangular eyes and rolled them around before it could understand the meaning behind Xu Nuo’s words.
Xu Nuo swallowed the apple in his mouth, bent down slightly with his elbows on his knees, and looked at the leopard, saying:
"I remember telling you to focus on your job and stay away from things you shouldn't touch! How dare you sell drugs in the business! And secretly trade with those people over there, do you think I'm blind?"
After Xu Nuo's antics and words today, Leopard realized he was likely doomed tonight. He dropped the pretense and launched into a tirade against Xu Nuo:
"Pah! Screw your promise! You think you're the boss just because we call you 'little boss'? That's just what the brothers say behind your back! You're nothing but Ye Linyan's dog, a dog that can only warm his bed..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Nuo kicked the leopard in the face, and the leopard immediately fell to the ground, its mouth full of blood and foam.
"You say I acquiesced back then, so be it! But now I'm denying it, what can you do about it!"
Xu Nuo pulled out a tissue and slowly wiped the bloodstains from the toe of her shoe with her hand.
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