Chapter 214 Casino
Over the years, Gu's mother had heard her in-laws complaining about their troubles quite often.
The two young masters of the Su family are both in their mid-twenties, but they have not yet gotten married.
This has become a major worry for the Su family elders.
They were wondering what kind of celestial beauty could have captured the heart of the young master of the Su family.
But who could have imagined that such a good thing would fall into the lap of his own daughter?
At this moment, I saw the two of them drinking tea and eating in the pavilion.
All the beautiful phrases like "golden boy and jade girl," "talented man and beautiful woman," and "a match made in heaven" swirled in Gu's mother's mind.
After admiring the scene in the pavilion in the courtyard, Gu's mother, accompanied by Gu's father, turned around and saw Su Xiangwan and Gu Yanxiao walking down the stairs hand in hand.
Gu Yanxiao was holding her toddler grandson in her arms.
In that instant, Gu's mother felt that no beautiful words in the world could describe her happiness at that moment.
In contrast to the harmonious and happy life in the Su residence.
Gu Jianjun, however, felt that his life had been going wrong lately.
Because after burying Old Master Gu, she suffered a lot of anger from Gu Yanxiao's family.
Gu Jianjun turned around and went to drink with his usual cronies. After a few drinks, he started cursing and swearing.
At first, people criticized Old Master Gu for retiring so early, which led to his precious son getting into trouble recently, and no one helping him clean up the mess.
After scolding Old Master Gu, he started scolding Gu Yanxiao.
They cursed Gu Yanxiao for being a heartless bastard. If he had just gone to Huo Chang'an and the others and said some good things about Gu Yanfeng, and pleaded for him, Gu Yanfeng wouldn't have been executed.
After scolding Gu Yanxiao, he started scolding his older brother Gu Jianguo.
He cursed Gu Jianguo, who, as his own elder brother, showed no regard for brotherly affection and stood by and watched his beloved son be executed.
He just criticizes whoever he can find, as if the whole world has wronged him.
He was surrounded by a group of cronies, drinking and playing drinking games while echoing his words.
No matter who he criticizes, he's always applauding.
It greatly satisfied his desire for catharsis.
After everyone had drunk enough, they started playing cards.
As before, Gu Jianjun continued to win less and lose more.
However, he didn't lose by much, so he didn't take it to heart.
This betting game continued until the early hours of the morning.
Gu Jianjun returned to the old house, reeking of smoke and alcohol, and went straight to sleep.
Before falling asleep, I was still half asleep, thinking that I would make a good plan after I woke up.
How can we catch that little brat Niannian, torture him properly, and avenge my son?
Gu Jianjun didn't sleep for very long.
Just as his snoring was deafening, a gambling buddy named Gou Dan suddenly showed up at his door and told him that he had found a great place to have some fun.
"A good place to go?" Gu Jianjun yawned, rubbing the sleep from the corner of his eye, and asked, "What good place to go?"
He always remembered that he had important things to do that day, and he wouldn't bother getting involved unless it was a really good place.
"Just come with me, would I ever harm you?"
Gu Jianjun saw that he spoke so convincingly that he didn't refuse.
And what Gou Dan said was true; he was taken to an extremely lively underground casino.
As soon as he entered the door, Gu Jianjun, who had been yawning and listless, felt his spirits lift.
Who would have thought that such a wonderful place was hidden in the very heart of the capital?
"How is it? Brother Jianjun, isn't this place I brought you nice?" Gou Dan said with a smile, looking at Gu Jianjun whose eyes were shining.
"Great, great, Gou Dan, you're really something! I never thought you'd have such a good spot hidden away. Come on, let's go play a few rounds!"
After saying that, Gu Jianjun abandoned Gou Dan and started placing bets.
Seeing Gu Jianjun suddenly become engrossed, Gou Dan looked at the dealer who was shaking the dice, smiled ingratiatingly at him, and then disappeared into the crowd.
Although Gu Jianjun was excited at first, he was still somewhat cautious and did not place a large bet.
But as he won more and more money, his already limited caution was completely thrown to the winds.
They placed increasingly larger bets, and even after losing all their money, they started mortgaging their belongings.
After losing the last game, he wanted to pawn something, but he found that he had nothing left to pawn.
"How could this happen? How... how could I have lost so much?"
At this moment, Gu Jianjun finally came to his senses.
Looking at his house, which had already been mortgaged, his face immediately turned extremely ugly.
In particular, he not only gambled away all the money he had earned from mortgaging the house, but also incurred a gambling debt of 10,000 yuan.
The dealer, holding the IOU, looked at him with a half-smile and asked, "Gu Jianjun, right? We've taken your house, but how are you going to pay back the remaining ten thousand yuan?"
Despite it being the dead of winter, Gu Jianjun was still covered in a cold sweat.
Looking at the IOU with his blood-red handprint on it, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"This...this, I...I..."
He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to do.
Looking at Gu Jianjun's disheveled appearance, the dealer sneered, his voice full of threat: "If you can't come up with the money... then we'll have to chop off one of your fingers and collect some interest first!"
"No...don't chop off my fingers! I have things at home, I'll go get them to pay off the debt!"
Gu Jianjun was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, begging for mercy repeatedly.
The dealer looked at him with amusement, and his smile became even more enigmatic after he said he had something to pledge.
“Really, as long as… as long as you let me go back to get my things, I can pay off the debt with two, no, three times the value of the goods.”
Gu Jianjun swore and cursed repeatedly, his face turning pale with anxiety.
Looking at Gu Jianjun, who was in such a sorry state that he looked no different from a dog, the dealer suddenly chuckled and lazily raised his hand and waved it: "Since that's the case, I'll give you two hours to go back and bring back something to pay off your debt!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Jianjun felt as if he had been granted a pardon and immediately got up to run away.
"Wait!" the dealer called out to him, looking at his stiff body, and sneered: "Remember, it's only two hours. After two hours, it won't be as simple as just a finger!"
Yes! Yes!
Startled, Gu Jianjun didn't dare to delay and hurriedly ran towards the old house.
However, what he didn't expect was that after he finally managed to run back to the old house...
Before he could even catch his breath, he witnessed a scene that horrified him...
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