Chapter 95 Casino
Shen Bailin was holding Shen Ruyi and playing Pai Gow, smiling happily.
He had won a lot of money in the past two days, so he was more generous to Shen Ruyi and even bought her a candied haws.
But Shen Ruyi never liked to eat these. She held the candied haws with a pursed mouth, not knowing whether to throw it away or not.
On this side, the casino manager came and looked at the table full of chips won by Shen Bailin. There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he still smiled, "Second Master Shen is here again. You have good luck today."
"Good, very good." Shen Bailin threw the cards on the table, "I won, I won again, quickly bring all the chips."
Seeing his smug look, the manager sneered, "If winning by cheating is considered winning, then I don't need to run this place anymore."
"What do you mean?" Shen Bailin was a little annoyed, "I got this good hand purely because of my good luck!"
"Bah!" The manager came up and grabbed Shen Bailin's sleeve.
As a result, he actually pulled out several cards and dice of different suits.
The manager weighed the dice and said, "I have been doing this for at least 18 years, if not 20 years. I can tell the severity of the problem by just touching it."
"There's cat guts in this thing, and the weight isn't right!"
"I don't even know where this came from!" Shen Bailin was a little anxious.
He didn't have these things with him at all, so how did they end up on him?
"Someone must be jealous of me because I won the money!" Shen Bailin shouted loudly.
But no one spoke up for him.
If they hadn't lost money to Shen Bailin in the past few days, they would have been unhappy with him.
Or they are the people in this casino, so naturally they are of the same opinion as their own manager.
"Let me tell you, according to the rules of our casino, since you cheated, you have to return all the money you won today, and not only that, you have to pay a fine."
"How dare you bully others like this? Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like this?"
Shen Bailin rolled his eyes at the steward.
The manager was already angry, and this provocation made him even more angry. He threw all the chips in front of Shen Bailin to the ground.
"I tell you, you have to give me the money whether you want to or not. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving us."
Hearing this, Shen Bailin's face darkened. He no longer cared about Shen Ruyi. He put Shen Ruyi on the card table, put his hands on his hips and started scolding her.
"I am from the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, and the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion is a favorite of the current emperor. If you offend me, it is equivalent to offending the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion."
"Can you afford to offend the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion?" Shen Bailin straightened his back.
Although the more he talked, the more empty he felt.
After all, his relationship with the first wife is getting worse and worse.
The manager laughed when he heard this.
"Do you think we are stupid?"
"You are from the second branch of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion. It is well known that you had previously framed your brother's family for treason."
"Isn't it already kind of your elder brother not to eat your second wife alive?"
"You still have the nerve to use the name of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion to deceive people. You really bring shame to your father!"
When Shen Bailin heard this, he couldn't hold back his anger.
The back that was straight just now seems to be unable to straighten up now.
"Give me money! Don't even think about leaving without me!" the manager yelled.
Shen Bailin mustered up his strength and took a step forward.
However, he was pushed hard by the steward, and he staggered and fell to the ground.
When everyone saw his ferocious look, they immediately burst into laughter.
Shen Ruyi was speechless watching this farce.
How could her father be so stupid?
It's fine to gamble, but if you don't change the place every day and try to win money from the banker all day long, it will definitely irritate people.
Now look what happened. Someone is looking for you and you haven’t even taken the money yet to get away.
What should we do in this situation?
Shen Ruyi cried loudly, hoping to attract her father's attention and stop him from arguing with others.
But Shen Bailin only became more annoyed the more he listened, "Shut up, why are you crying!"
Then he got up and continued to push and shove the manager.
When Shen Ruyi saw this scene, she was too lazy to cry.
Well, she had no choice but to let her stupid father be beaten.
As she expected, Shen Bailin started getting beaten not long after the argument.
Those thugs in the casino are no pushovers.
Shen Bailin was knocked to the ground in just a few hits.
"You still dare to shout? Take out the money and I will spare you." The manager stepped on Shen Bailin's back.
Shen Bailin was lying on the ground gasping for breath with a bruised face and nose, unable to utter a single word.
Upon seeing this, the manager waved his hand and ordered the thugs to come forward and search the man.
The thugs searched around and snatched all the banknotes on Shen Bailin.
"I'm telling you, this little money is not enough for you to pay the fine. Give me something personal and I'll have someone from your family deliver the money."
After hearing this, Shen Ruyi burst into tears.
"Daddy."
Her crying attracted the attention of the steward.
The manager's eyes turned, he pulled Shen Bailin's jade pendant and put it in Shen Ruyi's arms, then handed Shen Ruyi to the thugs.
"Go find someone from the second branch of the Shen family and ask them to bring five thousand taels of silver."
Shen Ruyi heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that she had been successfully used as a token of trust.
Fortunately, her method of crying to attract attention worked.
That way she could be sent home and not have to waste time here with this stupid dad.
A quarter of an hour later, the thugs rode fast horses to send Shen Ruyi back home, and also told Qin Hanyan about their request.
When Qin Hanyan heard the amount of five thousand taels, she almost fainted.
Her personal maid quickly pinched her Ren Zhong point.
"Ma'am, you have to hold on!"
"Hurry, hurry and find the old lady." Qin Hanyan took a deep breath and quickly carried Shen Ruyi to find Old Lady Shen.
"Mother, find the banknote Berlin gave you. He's been detained by the casino."
"They want five thousand taels of silver to let him go!"
"The thugs said that he has been beaten so badly that he can't even get up. If this continues, I'm afraid..."
Qin Hanyan burst into tears before she could finish her words.
Old Mrs. Shen was dumbfounded.
Although she loved money, she was also afraid of losing her only son.
But even if she wanted to, she couldn't come up with the money.
"Where did I get five thousand taels?"
"Didn't Berlin give you a lot of money two days ago?" Qin Hanyan was a little anxious, "Are you still holding on to the money at this time?"
"Is money more important than your son's life?" Qin Hanyan asked.
"What are you talking about!" Old Mrs. Shen was furious.
"My son only gave me two thousand taels in total. I spent some of it on food and clothing, so now I have only two or three hundred taels left."
"Two or three hundred taels!" Qin Hanyan was stunned.
She never expected that given their family's current situation, Mrs. Shen would be so ruthless in spending money.
"Then what should we do?" Qin Hanyan started crying again.
After thinking for a moment, Mrs. Shen gritted her teeth.
"Well, I'll risk my reputation and ask the eldest wife for money!"