When Ruan Chen arrived, Tao Ran was waiting for her at the entrance of the venue below, and casually handed Ruan Chen a Peppa Pig mask.
Ruan Chen pushed it back with a look of disgust, "It's ugly, I don't want it."
Tao Ran patted her on the back of the head and complained, "What's there to complain about?" Then she took off the fairy mask from her own face and put it on Ruan Chen's face, while she put on the Peppa Pig mask herself.
Two boxers were facing off on the stage. Tao Ran pulled Ruan Chen to a slightly higher spot where they could overlook the entire arena. "Look down there, see for yourself."
Ruan Chen spotted Fu Chengyu immediately. He had booked a private booth to watch the boxing match, and there were several empty wine bottles in front of him.
At first glance, it seemed like he was all alone, but upon closer inspection, there were seven or eight people scattered around Fu Chengyu, all watching his direction as if they were just waiting for him to give the order to overturn Ye Zian's place.
Ruan Chen had dealt with mercenaries before and could tell at a glance that these people were all skilled fighters, and their hands might not be clean either. He just didn't know if Fu Chengyu was blinded by losses today, or if he had seen through the trap set by Ye Zian and Fu Jianzhi regarding the Jin Gang Garden land.
“He’s gambled himself crazy.” Tao Ran answered Ruan Chen’s question. “I just checked the other gambling dens under the Ye family and asked a few of my friends. Starting five days ago, Fu Chengyu has lost a total of about 200 million yuan at various places. I don’t know how many times he has mortgaged his properties.”
"The owners of all the venues knew that this young master had gone wild and that he owned real estate, but no one said a word. In the end, they all agreed to let the Fu family step in and cover it up, so they could all make a fortune in silence."
Ruan Chen never expected that Fu Chengyu could create such a surprise on his own.
Initially, she orchestrated the luring of Fu Chengyu into the casino as bait for the later Jin Gang Garden land deal. Ruan Chen's true aim was to make those who received dividends from the Fu Group return all their money.
But ultimately, it wasn't about manipulating these shareholders; it was about making Fu Chengyu shoulder this debt—didn't he think he was good at manipulating people's hearts and draining the Fu Group's wealth? Then let him reap what he sows and take the burden of this debt upon himself.
Ruan Chen never imagined that a scion of a prestigious family like Fu Chengyu would fall into such petty tricks as gambling, especially given the Fu family's deep-rooted history and heritage. It was only natural that Ruan Chen would pay close attention to this aspect of disciplining future generations.
After all, for someone like Fu Chengyu, who comes from a privileged background, gambling is far more despicable than any other game that can stimulate dopamine secretion.
With Ruan Chen around, Tao Ran felt much more at ease and started chatting with her about how she had been doing abroad all these years. She complained that Ruan Chen was really heartless, having not heard a word from her all these years.
Ruan Chen grew impatient with his nagging and said nonsensically, "Oh, actually, I've been participating in the highest-level national scientific research projects all these years. Our goal is to save the planet, and based on the principle of confidentiality, we can't contact anyone."
That's utter nonsense.
But Tao Ran excitedly slapped Ruan Chen on the shoulder, making Ruan Chen stumble. "I knew it! When your brother said you were going to study abroad, he kept saying the signal was bad and he had too many classes. I told him that a genius like you would definitely go save the world. That's what someone like you should be doing!"
Ruan Chen: ......
She silently pried Tao Ran's hand away, "If you really have nothing to do, you can find a proper job, or you can make a comeback as an actor."
Tao Ran: "That won't do. My husband doesn't want me to show my face in public anymore. A man should act like a married man after marriage, at the very least he should take care of his family."
He complained, but his words were full of boasting.
"By the way, who is your sister-in-law?" Ruan Chen asked casually.
"I'm introducing you to my colleague, someone I met at work."
"You met while filming?"
"Oh no, we met when we were working as waiters at a bar."
Ruan Chen was so shocked by the answer that she almost bit her tongue, but she felt relieved after a moment. That's life. If everything were to conform to common sense, it would be boring.
Although the two were chatting, they were actually keeping an eye on what Fu Chengyu was doing.
After the match ended, Fu Chengyu got up and walked to the betting counter. At the same time, two of the people he had called over walked towards the arena.
Ruan Chen frowned. "Aren't all the boxers in Qingye registered? Are these two in the system?"
At this moment, the broadcast began to announce the identities and past achievements of the two people. Tao Ran listened for a moment and shook his head at Ruan Chen, "They are not our people. They are impersonators. Fu Chengyu also has his own connections and channels. I don't know how he got our internal list."
"That means they're going to fix the match."
"What do you say? Boss Ye is entertaining guests in the back tonight. If you're okay with it, then we won't trouble Boss Ye." Tao Ran knew that in Ye Zi'an's heart, Ruan Chen was absolutely in charge.
"How much did he bet?"
“I bet 13 million directly on number 19—and it was an IOU from our place,” Tao Ran stretched. “Number 19—not this fake one, but the real number 19, the odds are 1 to 11.”
"He's planning to make a quick buck and run."
"What do you mean, Xiaobai?" Tao Ran's eyes lit up when he saw Ruan Chen start warming up. "A big shot like you who saves the world is personally getting involved? This imposter who got beaten up is really lucky."
Fu Chengyu's hands trembled as he nervously held the wine glass.
To avoid arousing suspicion from the people at Qingye Bar, Fu Chengyu even gambled away several million yuan first.
He no longer cares about calculating how much money he owes. In any case, in a few more months, the land in Jin Gang Garden will be worth at least ten times more, so this amount of money is just a small fraction of what he owes.
However, his gambling debts at several small venues were about to expire, and he really couldn't make any money. Since the small venues were difficult to deal with, Fu Chengyu thought of coming to the Ye family's venue to make a quick buck.
He was still mentally calculating which establishment to repay the money to once he got his hands on it, when he heard a gentle female voice on the loudspeaker say, "Now, please welcome our Number Nineteen and Number Three to the stage. Number Three hasn't graced our Qingye Bar with his presence for quite some time. Our old friends should still remember the legend of Number Three, Bai Xingdi, from ten years ago..."
Fu Chengyu wasn't paying attention. Of course he knew that Number Three hadn't appeared for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to have someone impersonate Number Three.
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