Chapter 296 Looking for someone to rescue
Lu Chao was stunned by the question and turned to look at Cao Yuan beside him: "Do you have any silver on you?"
Cao Yuan's face was pale as he shook his head: "No...no, I just lost."
A full one thousand taels.
Cao Yuan felt extremely sad when he thought about the money he had lost by setting this trap for Lu Chao, but when he thought about what he was promised to get afterwards, he felt it was worth it.
After all, as long as Lu Chao is in hand, the Lu family will have to exchange it for silver.
Lu Chao was so angry that his eyes turned red. He looked at Cao Yuan for a long while, then reached out and took off his clothes. Cao Yuan was so scared that he crossed his arms like a young wife who was about to be molested.
"You...what are you doing?"
"This dress is made of fine material and is worth some silver. Let's use it as collateral. If we win, we'll have everything."
As Lu Chao spoke, he forcefully took off Cao Yuan's clothes and slammed them on the table. Then he quickly took off his own clothes.
"Come on, continue." Lu Chao yelled at the muscular man.
The people around were not surprised by Lu Chao's behavior. Not to mention stripping off his outer clothes, they had also seen people losing with only a pair of trousers left.
Lu Chao's actions aroused the interest of the crowd, and they all started to cheer excitedly.
The muscular man put down the banknote in his hand and laughed: "Boy, you are brave enough, I will help you." Then, he threw the dice into the bamboo tube and looked at Lu Chao in a very good mood: "How about you go first or me?"
"Me first!" Lu Chao gritted his teeth, then grabbed the tube and started shaking it with both hands.
An hour later, Lu Chao was stunned: "Impossible, come again!"
The man showed a fierce look: "Come on, but first pay back the 100,000 taels you owe."
Lu Chao's face suddenly changed when he heard this: "How could there be so many?"
The man impatiently shook the stack of papers in his hand and said, "What are you yelling about? These are all your signatures and pledges. Do you still want to deny it?"
Lu Chao was frightened by him and shuddered. He swallowed and said, "I'll pay you back when I win." He only knew that he kept losing, and the man wrote him an IOU every once in a while and asked him to sign it. As for how much he signed, his mind was in a mess at the time and he didn't even look at it carefully.
"You are playing tricks on me." The man slammed the table angrily and said, "Hurry up and ask someone to send the money over. Once you pay off your debt, I will play with you no matter what you want to do. Otherwise... Humph!"
Lu Chao wanted to say something, but he heard a heavy cold snort from the other party, and the muscles in his arm trembled, but the words that came to his mouth could not come out.
Suddenly, several younger brothers gathered around the man, staring at him fiercely.
Lu Chao felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet. He subconsciously went to look for Cao Yuan, but found that Cao Yuan had disappeared at some point.
Cao Yuan...where is he?
Lu Chao panicked and wanted to find Cao Yuan, but just as he took a step, he saw the muscular man's minions surrounding Lu Chao.
"You want to run, little brat?"
Lu Chao took a step back and shook his head in panic: "No... no, I'm just looking for my companion to raise money for me..."
When saying this, Lu Chao was obviously lacking in confidence.
The muscular man sneered at Lu Chao and said, "Do I look stupid?"
"Then what do you want?" Lu Chao was so scared that a grown man was about to cry.
I have never encountered such a thing in my life. I thought I was lucky and wanted to make some money, but I didn’t expect to lose so much.
One hundred thousand taels...
Even the Lu family can't come up with so much money.
Lu Chao felt that he was not far from death, and his legs were so weak that he could not stand.
The muscular man winked at his younger brother, who understood and turned away. Not long after, he came back with paper, pen and ink in his hand.
"Write it. Since you didn't bring that much silver, your family should be able to get it out. Ask someone to bring silver to redeem you. The first family at the head of Yangcun Village, otherwise I will kill you."
The rest of the people in the casino moved away from Lu Chao, fearing that they would get into such trouble. Some watched the show, while others continued to gamble on their own without caring.
Lu Chao was completely surrounded by fear. Under the ferocious gaze of the muscular man, he wrote a letter with a pale face and trembling hands.
Then he gave an address.
This is where he and Rongyin live now.
She didn't expect Rong Yin to raise so much money to save her, but wanted Rong Yin to find a way to meet Qiao Jingru.
In the critical moment, the only person Lu Chao could think of to save him was Qiao Jingru.
If his father knew that he lost 100,000 taels in gambling, not to mention that the Lu family couldn't come up with that much money, even if they did, his father might just treat him as an ex-son.
I didn’t even dare let my grandmother know.
The old lady is old, and if she gets excited, something bad might happen to her. It would not be a pity even if Lu Chao died a thousand times.
The muscular man handed the letter to one of the younger brothers, and then several of them carried him away.
The village where the gambling house was hidden underground was called Yangcun. When Lu Chao arrived at the first house at the entrance of the village, he was locked in a room. Two people were guarding the room, while the others were watching outside.
The room was filled with a musty smell, and occasionally a few mice would jump past Lu Chao's feet, scaring him so much that he screamed, causing the guard to scold him.
"You are afraid of even mice. Are you still a man? If I didn't think you have some value, I would really like to destroy you."
Lu Chao huddled in the corner, not daring to retort.
It was late at night, in this unfamiliar suburban area, and no one would know if he really died.
When Lu Chao thought that there was a high possibility that he would be left dead in the wilderness, he felt a chill down his spine.
outside the house.
A younger brother asked the muscular man: "Brother, if they can't raise the money, will we just wait?"
"That can't be possible. The way he's dressed, he looks like a young master from a wealthy family. Three days will definitely be enough to raise 100,000 taels of silver to redeem him."
"Then let's wait for three days. If we don't see the silver in three days, we will kill him."
"Keep a close eye on him these few days, don't let him run away."
"Don't worry, big brother. This is 100,000 taels. Brothers can't get along with anything but silver."
Lu Chao listened to the voices outside and his heart sank.
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On the third day, there was still no news of anyone coming to redeem Lu Chao. The muscular man walked into the room impatiently and kicked Lu Chao: "Boy, didn't you say someone was coming to redeem you? It's already the third day, where is that person?"
Lu Chao wanted to pretend to be dead.
The man snorted and punched and kicked him to vent his anger. Then he grabbed his collar and said with a fierce look, "Boy, are you looking for death in such a hurry?"
Lu Chao's pupils shrank suddenly and he shook his head quickly.
Who wants to die when you can live?
He also wondered why no one came.
Did Qiao Jingru no longer intend to care about him? Or was it that no one would believe that he was in danger just based on a letter?
Thinking of this, Lu Chao's face turned pale and he said hurriedly, "Wait, belt, take my belt and go again, someone will definitely come with silver."
That was made by Qiao Jingru herself. As long as she saw the belt, she would definitely come to save him.
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