Chapter 59
"Ayao?" The fat man who said he was going to organize the second round of competition came back within two minutes.
He first stared at Luo Jingyao, who raised her head from the sofa when she heard the sound, for a second, then quickly raised a smile, walked to his desk, and observed the furnishings on the desk inconspicuously. The smile on his round face became even more sincere.
"What? Are you so nervous? Are you doing some illegal business secretly and afraid that I'll find out?" Luo Jingyao said with a smile, but she lowered her head to drink tea again after she said this, so it was difficult to tell whether she was joking or not.
Eric could only laugh dryly. "Don't you understand what kind of person I am? I will never touch anything illegal or criminal!"
"I came back to ask you, who is that friend you mentioned this afternoon?"
Luo Jingyao's eyebrows suddenly jumped, but she pretended to be confused. "Huh? He's just a blogger who makes a living online. What happened to him?"
"No, it's okay." Eric waved his hand, his expression showing nothing unusual. "I just think he's incredibly lucky. Such a wimp made it to the second round. I wonder if he'll get beaten to tears in the end."
"We agreed that anyone who dares to play this will always bear the consequences. If that kid gets beaten so badly that his mother can't even recognize him, don't come to me for an explanation."
"Don't worry, my relationship with him is not that good." Luo Jingyao put down the teacup and said comfortingly.
"I feel much more at ease now that you've said that." Eric glanced at the wall clock and waved at her. "Let's go. The second round of drawing lots is about to begin. I'll take you there."
Luo Jingyao stood up obediently and followed the man silently.
On the way to the lounge for the second round of drawing numbers, she analyzed the hidden meaning of Eric's incoherent words just now.
Is he angry or scared?
If the facts were really as he guessed, Eric was secretly engaging in online betting under the guise of organizing an event at the club, and Wu Yugang and the other man had obviously faked the fight before, it might have caused the man to lose a lot of money, so it was natural for him to be angry.
But we cannot completely rule out the possibility that Eric noticed something was wrong with Wu Yugang. After all, bloggers seem to be used to taking photos wherever they go to accumulate materials.
This club was organizing underground black matches under the guise of a regular fighting event, which was not something that could be tolerated in public. If it were to be exposed, the consequences would be disastrous. It was understandable that Eric felt scared and asked a few more questions.
Thinking about this, Luo Jingyao couldn't help but think of the deceased Cheng Yinan.
If Wu Yugang could even get here, what about Cheng Yinan, his close friend? It wasn't impossible. Was he killed because he came here to fake a fight?
Bullshit.
She quickly rejected this idea. If she was caught pretending to fight, at most she would be beaten so badly that she couldn't take care of herself, but it shouldn't be fatal.
So Cheng Yinan wants to expose the online lottery that is closely related to underground black games?
Before she could figure out what was going on, the club staff came to her holding the familiar box.
She randomly drew the number 8. After putting away the number plate, she habitually glanced around the lounge and saw that the older woman who had also survived the previous round was also holding the number 8 and smiled at her in a friendly manner.
After returning the other person's smile, Luo Jingyao found a chair to sit down, and used the action of wrapping the gauze on her hand again as a cover to look for Wu Yugang among the people passing by.
Still without much effort, she saw the man standing next to a locker in the northwest corner of the lounge.
Wu Yugang was discussing something with a big guy at the moment, with a pleading look on his face. Unexpectedly, the big guy shook his head like a rattle, pushed him away and left.
He shouted twice in vain trying to keep the other person, but ultimately failed. The man leaned against the locker beside him in dejection.
"What? Did your request for cooperation in a fake fight fail?"
The unexpected laugh made Wu Yugang's hair stand on end and his back felt cold. He raised his head in panic and saw Luo Jingyao's familiar face.
After taking a deep breath, the man insisted, "What is Coach Luo saying? I don't understand."
"Tsk!" Luo Jingyao snorted sarcastically, "Your acting is terrible, brother. I can see it. How can you, the boss, not see it?"
"After making the first profit, you still want to make a second one? I advise you to quit while you're ahead. The consequence of being too greedy is that you will end up with nothing left."
She intended to warn him, but he expressed doubts about her purpose.
After all, in Wu Yugang's opinion, she had a good relationship with Eric, and she might have come here to trick him.
Luo Jingyao sighed helplessly and immediately raised her eyebrows: "Indeed, you shouldn't think of me as a good person. How much did you earn last time? Give me half and I won't report you."
"Ah?" Wu Yugang's eyes widened instantly, his face full of surprise, and he even suspected that he was hallucinating.
After all, she was a righteous physical trainer of the police force yesterday, but today she has changed into someone else. Not only did she come to play underground games, but she also started blackmailing people.
This gap is indeed quite big.
"What? Money's a little tight lately, and you just came to my door." Luo Jingyao looked him up and down with disdain: "Or do you want me to call the boss over right now? It doesn't matter if there's no evidence. People in this business never talk about evidence."
Seeing that she was about to leave, Wu Yugang subconsciously reached out and grabbed her.
With her back to the man, Luo Jingyao rolled her eyes speechlessly. It was indeed much easier to be a bad person than a good person these days.
If you try to be a good person, people will suspect you of having bad intentions. If you become a bad person, people will immediately believe you are truly bad and stop worrying about anything else.
"Have you thought it through?" Luo Jingyao turned around and asked casually.
Wu Yugang gritted his teeth and said, "I only made 20,000 yuan, and I have to give half to that guy just now, so I can only give you 5,000 yuan."
"Are you kidding me?" Luo Jingyao raised her hand unceremoniously and poked him hard on the shoulder twice, pushing him back onto the locker. Then she ordered in a tone that brooked no refusal, "Open the betting software. I want to see it with my own eyes."
"..." Wu Yugang seemed to want to struggle, but when he saw the person opposite him playing with the phone in his hand as if threatening, he immediately dropped his shoulders and surrendered.
Even though he was unwilling, in order to be able to leave here safely today, he still reluctantly took out his mobile phone and opened a short video website.
While he was operating, Luo Jingyao kept staring at the phone screen.
The other party was indeed watching a live broadcast room called "Haoqing Club No. 3". The difference was that Wu Yugang clicked on the homepage of this account and entered a fan group with obvious entry requirements.
Everyone in the fan group was muted, with only QR codes hanging in the dialog box. The moment Wu Yugang entered the fan group, the administrator sent out another QR code image almost at the same time.
After carefully observing the frequency, Luo Jingyao discovered that the QR code in the group was refreshed about every two minutes.
It is reasonable to suspect that the owner uses an overseas proxy IP, and the address is constantly changing. Once the time is up, the previous QR code cannot be used to enter the website, which greatly increases security.
Wu Yugang skillfully downloaded the QR code to his mobile phone, scanned it, and entered.
The moment the website was successfully opened, Luo Jingyao was almost blinded by the colorful screen on the homepage.
As Wu Yugang fell down, she saw several live broadcasts of the ring and confirmed that it was the first group of the second round that was taking place outside the lounge.
There is a red and blue columnar pattern on the right side of the live broadcast screen, which should represent the support rate and odds of the two contestants.
Guilty conscience clicked on 'My Center' in the lower right corner, Wu Yugang hardened his heart, closed his eyes and handed over the phone. The result of a bet he had placed not long ago suddenly appeared in front of Luo Jingyao.
Because it was an upset, the odds were relatively high. In addition, the man invested 100,000 yuan at one time, and in the end he actually got more than 400,000 yuan.
"Is this the five thousand yuan you mentioned?" she asked in an inexplicable tone.
Wu Yugang looked embarrassed and hesitated with a look of pain on his face: "Should I transfer your share to your card or...?"
"Let me take a look at my odds first." Luo Jingyao was obviously not in a hurry.
The man obediently entered the 'Upcoming' page and saw the information of her and another female contestant. The current odds were one to one.
It seems that Eric deliberately concealed her basic information, probably hoping to make a fortune by pulling off an upset in the finals.
In addition, judging from the website, the resolution of the live video was not very high-definition, so the chance of someone recognizing her was naturally reduced to a minimum.
No wonder this guy comes to invite her every now and then, he really can't hold it in well.
Gnashing her teeth, she waved her hand proudly, "Place a bet for me on my share of the finals later."
"...Bet on you to win?" Wu Yugang asked cautiously.
"Bet on me to lose."
The man was even more confused. "The odds are very low. Even if I win, I won't make much money."
Luo Jingyao sneered. She didn't want to make money at all.
As the old saying goes, you earn money at the gambling table and spend it at the gambling table, don’t even think about taking a penny home.
The fact is, how could she dare to really take the blackmail money? After following the Special Case Investigation Team for so long, she should have some awareness.
From now on, regardless of whether Wu Yugang placed a bet or not, the money would circulate in his account and had nothing to do with her.
If the other party really places a bet, he can also help her cheat that fat guy. This way, she will not lose anything.
Just as the two men gathered together to plot, the staff's anxious shouts came from the door: "Number eight! Number eight! Number eight!"
Luo Jingyao stopped paying attention to Wu Yugang and turned around and walked quickly out the door.
Good advice cannot persuade a damned ghost, the rest depends entirely on him to figure it out on his own.
This time, she and the female contestant were assigned to Arena No. 3, and there was still the dazzling light above their heads that made them dizzy if they looked at it for any longer.
Raising her right hand and clenching it into a fist, she gently touched the fist extended by the woman opposite her. However, Luo Jingyao unexpectedly found a familiar face among the group of distorted faces below the ring.
She was so surprised that she even opened her mouth.
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