Chapter 239 You Are the Third
All three floors of Xiaoyaofang are spacious.
The lobby on the first floor is the most crowded and noisy.
The second floor is composed of private rooms for distinguished guests, and sometimes when the guests get too excited, they might start quarreling.
The third floor was generally quiet, with occasional wailing from someone, but it would soon die down.
Hao Ren and Su Zhizhi followed the steward up to the third floor and entered the room at the end of the floor.
Upon entering the room, the first thing that catches your eye are two landscape paintings in light ink hanging on the wall. In the paintings, clouds and mist linger among the peaks, and a hermit leisurely fishes by the stream, listening to the gurgling water.
There was a set of old pearwood table and chairs in the room, with a few dishes and a jade pot filled with wine on the table.
Wan Liang Jin sat on a pearwood chair at the top, with a four-fold carved screen behind him.
On the screen are the aphorisms of famous officials.
Elegant, very elegant.
As soon as Hao Ren and Su Zhizhi stepped in, Wan Liangjin's skinny face broke into a smile:
"Brother Hao, your visit to my Xiaoyaofang is truly an honor worth ten thousand taels of gold."
Wan Liang Jin spoke enthusiastically, but he had no intention of getting up to greet him. He just sat there quietly.
"This is your daughter, right? Please take a seat."
Hao Ren didn't hesitate and sat down at the table with Su Zhizhi:
"This is my first meeting with Boss Wan. It's an honor for me to be called 'good brother' by Boss Wan. Boss Wan is well-informed and found out my identity so quickly."
Wan Liang Jin laughed: "I have to ask, after all, not everyone can lose tens of thousands of taels in Xiaoyaofang without blinking an eye."
Hao Ren glanced at the painting on the wall:
"I didn't expect Boss Wan to like calligraphy and painting and have such a refined hobby."
Ten thousand taels of gold: "It's not a hobby. They were just things that other people used as collateral and never got back."
Hao Ren knew Su Zhizhi must be hungry at this time, so he picked up some food for her:
"Zhizhi, eat some food to fill your stomach. You can eat this meal without worry."
"I still want to go home for dinner." Su Zhizhi said this, but still took a big bite of the braised pork.
Wan Liang Jin looked at this father and daughter and found them more and more interesting:
"Don't worry, little girl. Once your family sends the money you owe, you can go home with your father."
The meaning of the words is already very clear.
No matter who you are, don't even think about leaving until you pay the money.
Hao Ren gave a helpless smile: "We have to send someone back to inform them."
"Don't worry, brother Hao. I've already sent someone to your house. You can just eat and drink well and rest here." Wan Liang Jin took a bite of the food slowly. "Brother, you know I won't do anything to you, so you let Miss Ling eat without worry."
Hao Ren took a sip from his wine glass. "It's only fifty thousand taels. Boss Wan, there's no need to attack me over such a small sum."
Wan Liang Jin: "Brother, you lose more than you win. If I don't invite you up, how long will you keep losing?"
"That depends on how much money Boss Wan is willing to let me owe. If Boss Wan is willing to let me owe 100,000 or 200,000 taels, I can probably lose even more."
Hao Ren smiled with a hint of sarcasm:
"Boss Wan is really calculating. He's lending money in the gambling house. The money will be doubled and returned to you in one go."
There was not a trace of shame on Wan Liang Jin's face:
"I didn't force you to do it. You asked to borrow it yourself."
There were only four people in the room at this time, Hao Ren, Su Zhizhi, Wan Liangjin and a servant.
Wan Liang Jin leaned back in his chair comfortably:
"The steward who brought you in just now, the servants serving tea and water downstairs, and the odd jobs in Xiaoyaofang, have all been raised by me for more than ten years since they were young."
Wan Liang Jin looked at Su Zhizhi and said, "Little girl, do you know where they come from?"
Su Zhizhi took a bite of the chicken leg and swallowed it: "You bought it from a human trafficker."
Wan Liang Jin shook his head and nodded:
"Yes and no. They were all lost to others. Their elders lost all their money and were left with a mountain of debt. They personally handed their children to me, kneeling and crying, begging me to let them pay off the debt. I was kind enough to accept them, and from then on I had their indentures."
"I never forced anyone, nor did I rob or rob anyone. They all did it voluntarily." Wan Liang Jin smiled proudly.
Only now did Su Zhizhi feel a little scared.
They punish the villains in Black Bandit Mountain by making them work like slaves, but those people are not willing; but Xiaoyaofang makes people sell themselves to work like slaves, but those people are willing.
Wan Liang Jin: "Little girl, I've noticed you just now. If you're willing to do this, you'll definitely become a casino expert."
Su Zhizhi: "You also thought I cheated just now? But I was just lucky, so I won."
Wan Liang Jin shook his head again:
"No, I've already interrogated Kuaishou Zhao and know you two didn't collude to cheat. You just got lucky. And I know that not only are you lucky, you're not greedy for the money on the table. You're willing to stop when you win big."
Wan Liang Jin glanced at Hao Ren and continued to tell Su Zhizhi: "If your father hadn't taken over your business and lost all the money you had, you might have been able to return home with 100,000 taels tonight."
The servant poured wine for Wan Liang Jin and could feel that the boss was very happy today and talked a lot.
Wan Liang Jin was indeed happy, not because he was happy to catch Hao Ren, a piece of fat meat, but because he was happy to see Su Zhizhi:
"I, Wan Liang Jin, started gambling when I was five years old. In the past forty years, I've only seen two people win twenty rounds in a row and then stop. And you, little girl, are the third one."
Extremely rare.
Su Zhizhi casually asked, "Who are those two people?"
Wan Liang Jin only said: "One of them is me. I am at the gambling table and have my luck."
He didn't mention who the other person was, and the topic was only about Su Zhizhi:
"Little girl, do you dare to bet with me again? If you win the fifty thousand taels your father owes, it will be written off. If you lose, you can stay here and learn how to gamble from me."
A few dice appeared in Wan Liang Jin's dry branch-like hand at some point.
The glass dice are crystal clear, and the dots on them are all dotted with gold.
When it comes to Su Zhizhi, Hao Ren's eyes darken slightly, and he immediately said:
"Boss Wan, money is easy to talk about, it doesn't matter how much I lose, but I only have this one daughter, Boss Wan, don't make the wrong decision."
Hao Ren said this while looking at Su Zhizhi.
Things developed a little bit off expectations. Although he successfully attracted Wan Liangjin's attention and met him, he didn't expect that Zhizhi would be seen as a good candidate to learn gambling.
I’m not afraid that Zhizhi will be snatched away by someone else, but Zhizhi is still young and might be tempted by someone.
Fortunately, Su Zhizhi reassured her old father and said firmly:
"No gambling."
Wan Liang Jin fiddled with the dice in his hand and looked at Su Zhizhi:
"Are you afraid of your father and that's why you don't agree? You should have seen that the best way to make money in the world is gambling."
Su Zhizhi ate half full and took out her Flying Eagle handkerchief to wipe her mouth clean:
"No, even if I were to gamble, I wouldn't bet on myself. Besides, gamblers always lose money, but the casino never does."
Su Zhizhi narrowed her eyes, as if she was thinking of something fun:
"According to our way of doing things, if you really want to make money, you shouldn't gamble with me. You should take over the gambling house from me."
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