"You wait here! I'm going in!" Gu Shouxin stopped the oxcart at the door, got off, and told the mother and her two daughters to wait.
"Dad, can I go with you? I... I want to see you pay back the money with my own eyes," Gu Xin said nervously.
Although saying this might sound like she doesn't believe her father, she wouldn't feel at ease unless she saw it with her own eyes.
“Okay. Xinxin will come with me, and Xiaolian and Niannian will watch the oxcart.” Gu Shouxin shook his head indifferently, reached out and took Gu Xin’s hand as they headed into the gambling den.
Having already searched several gambling dens, Lu Zheng, looking dejected, happened to be leading his horse from the street corner when he looked up and saw Gu Shouxin leading Gu Xin into the gambling den. At the entrance, Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian were on an oxcart.
As expected, they really were going to sell the core!
Lu Zheng led his horse over quickly.
He didn't act rashly. He first tied his horse to a tree outside the gambling den, then gave Cai Xiaolian and Gu Nian a cold look.
Cai Xiaolian thought to herself: "..."
"What a handsome young man! Mom, do you think he looks like XXX who debuted in 2019? It's just that his eyes are a bit cold!" Gu Nian exclaimed in amazement after Lu Zheng entered the gambling den.
“I vaguely remember the XXX you mentioned, but he doesn’t look like him at all. This young man has an air of nobility about him. Besides, your father and I both think he knows you.” Cai Xiaolian glanced at Gu Nian with a complicated expression.
If only she also had the original owner's memories.
"Huh? You know me? That's impossible! Didn't you tell me that the original owner only went to town occasionally to sell embroidery? She'd never even been to the county town before?" Gu Nian said in surprise.
“We’ve seen this young man twice already, and each time he stares at us like he knows our whole family. Anyway, neither I nor the Ninth Prince remember him. If we’re talking about people we know, it’s definitely you,” Cai Xiaolian said softly, glancing at the doorway.
"Could it be that you betrayed someone? You're quite attractive." Cai Xiaolian pinched Gu Nian's cheek.
"How could that be? The way he looked at me just now was like he wanted to kill me," Gu Nian said in surprise. "But even if it was love turned to hate, it has nothing to do with me! I don't know anything about it."
“That’s not right, Mother. There’s no one in the gambling den right now. This person went in, so he must be one of the people from the gambling den! Maybe he was sent to keep an eye on Father these past few days!” Gu Nian thought for a moment and then said.
“Oh, right. I thought he was just an ordinary young man before, but now that I see him, he’s very likely one of the people watching your father. Your father doesn’t know everyone at the gambling den either. Sigh, what a pity, such a handsome young man running a gambling den.” Cai Xiaolian sighed.
"Huh?" Gu Nian suddenly exclaimed, then got off the oxcart and moved closer to the gambling den. She then turned to her mother and said, "Mother, come and listen. Is there a fight going on inside?"
Cai Xiaolian quickly stepped forward and exclaimed in surprise, "They can even fight over returning money! Niannian, come on, let's go see what's going on!"
"Wait, Mother, grab the tools!" Gu Nian pulled Cai Xiaolian back, who was about to step forward, and then turned back to the oxcart to get a knife and a carrying pole.
The mother and daughter strode confidently through the curtain of the gambling den. There, they saw their little Xinxin being dragged out by the handsome young man, who kept shouting, "Let me go! Let me go!"
The young man pulled the person out without a second thought.
Meanwhile, Gu Shouxin is currently being besieged by a dozen muscular men who are wearing short-sleeved shirts despite the weather.
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