Mu Jinyu nodded slightly after listening to Ah-Biao's subordinate's account.
Wen Rou indeed hadn't lied to him.
The debt her father had incurred was indeed not much, and if it weren't for that Blond Thug targeting her, raising the interest to an extortionate level, and also demanding a protection fee, she would have been able to pay it off very quickly.
Since she hadn't lied to him, and it was just about ten thousand yuan...
Mu Jinyu looked down at the large bag of casino chips he was holding.
If it weren't for Wen Rou, he might not have found this gambling house, and since he won 1.1 billion, helping her repay ten thousand yuan was just a drop in the ocean.
Thinking this way, Mu Jinyu took out a casino chip worth ten thousand yuan, tossed it to Ah-Biao's waiting subordinate, and said indifferently, "We're even."
"Yes," Ah-Biao's subordinate nervously accepted the chip, glanced at Ah-Biao, saw him nod, and then pocketed it.
He then took out the IOU signed by Wen Rou's father and handed it to Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu couldn't be bothered to take it, and said indifferently, "Just tear it up, remember the debt is paid, and don't go harassing my friend anymore."
Ah-Biao snatched the IOU, tore it up in front of Mu Jinyu, while assuring, "Doctor Mu, rest assured, no one will bother your friend again in the future."
Having smoothly resolved the issue at hand, and ensuring no one would bother Wen Rou again, Mu Jinyu had no desire to stay any longer and was ready to leave.
However...
Mu Jinyu looked down at the pile of casino chips he was cradling, then looked up at Ah-Biao with a smile that was not quite a smile and asked, "Brother Biao, my friend's gambling debt has been repaid, can I now take away the money I won alive?"
"You can..." Upon hearing this, Ah-Biao nearly cried, his heart bleeding, yet he had to pretend not to care and said, "Of course you can, we who run gambling houses always value honesty. Doctor Mu, since you had the ability to win so much money, how could we possibly dare to renege?"
Earlier when his subordinate went to check on the gambling debt owed by Wen Rou's father, Ah-Biao had already learned from Li Heshan that Mu Jinyu had won 1.1 billion in the gambling house!
He was so angry he almost spat blood!
Now that Mu Jinyu brought up the topic again, he couldn't deny the debt. After agreeing, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became inside.
Damn it, if it weren't for his cousin meddling with Mu Jinyu's friend for no good reason, Mu Jinyu wouldn't have come here, causing him to lose 1.1 billion.
That's the equivalent of two Thousand-year Ginsengs!
This guy, there's no way to let him off without breaking his dog legs.
Even his sister coming to persuade him was useless!
Ah-Biao's face wore a casual smile, but inside he was frantically cursing!
"If that's the case, then I'll go settle the accounts at the front desk."
Mu Jinyu didn't mind Ah-Biao's ugly expression, stood up after speaking, and patted his butt, heading for the door.
"I'll accompany you!" Ah-Biao suppressed the frustration in his heart and quickly said.
"Up to you." Mu Jinyu didn't stop him.
He knew that since he had won so much money, if he didn't have a gambling house big shot accompanying him, the tea house cashiers at the front desk above might not dare to convert it into cash.
Li Heshan followed them with a distressed look on his face.
Mu Jinyu walked down the stone steps back to the tea house. Surrounded by Ah-Biao and Li Heshan, he slowly made his way to the front desk.
The waiters, who had previously been indolent and hadn't taken a proper look at Mu Jinyu, became frightened upon seeing Ah-Biao and Li Heshan, and greeted them apprehensively, "Brother Biao, Brother Shan..."
Ah-Biao waved them off, signaling them to go about their business and not to disturb them.
After the waiters took their leave, their eyes shone with a peculiar light upon seeing Mu Jinyu surrounded by the two high-ranking men at the center.
They were very curious about Mu Jinyu's identity and also deeply regretted having been cold to Mu Jinyu earlier.
If they had been a little nicer to him earlier and caught the eye of Mu Jinyu, wouldn't they have transformed from mountain chickens to phoenixes by now?
Alas, they couldn't recognize Gold Inlaid with Jade, and there's no pill in the world for regret.
Mu Jinyu was unaware of the thoughts of these waitstaff; even if he had known, he would have only found it amusing and ridiculous, not taking it seriously at all.
Approaching the front desk, Mu Jinyu looked at the cashier, who was nervously unsettled, and tossed the stack of invoices he was holding onto the counter, saying, "Exchange for prizes."
This underground casino, in order to avoid cash gambling, from beginning to end, except for the step of buying tea that required money, the rest of the processes did not involve cash at all.
When gamblers inside the casino won money and didn't want to play anymore, they could come to the front desk and ask the cashier to exchange for prizes.
The cashier wouldn't exchange the invoice amounts directly for equivalent cash to the gamblers. Instead, under the guise of 'the more you buy, the more gifts you get, returning the kindness to loyal customers', the cashier would offer the gamblers a variety of large gifts for buying more tea leaves.
For example, if you brought out invoices worth one million yuan, the cashier would give you gold bars totaling one million yuan in value, or luxury car redemption vouchers for you to pick up from a 4S shop, or even a house that could be transferred to you.
In short, under the pretext of 'buying more to receive more, a big return for appreciation', the cashier gave out gifts equivalent to the value of the betting chips.
And because the casino hadn't involved cash gambling from beginning to end, even if the police came to make arrests, they wouldn't be able to do anything since no cash gambling took place; it was all just entertainment with invoices.
Moreover, with the powerful backing of the casino, no one ever came to check, and everything remained peaceful and undisturbed.
"Oh... okay!"
Seeing Mu Jinyu come to exchange gifts with invoices, the cashier glanced at Ah-Biao and Li Heshan and then hurriedly began to fumble through and tally the total value of his invoices.
One hundred yuan here, a few three thousand yuan ones, some tens of thousands, and several worth millions...
Shortly after, the cashier had figured out the total and was greatly shocked.
1.1 billion and one hundred yuan!
My god, could this be any more exaggerated?!
She had some recollection of Mu Jinyu; after all, there weren't many gamblers who just drank tea worth one hundred yuan. She remembered that Mu Jinyu didn't seem to have been in the casino for very long, right?
How could he have won 1.1 billion so quickly?
Or is it possible...
...that he had stolen someone else's invoices?!
"The invoices are fine, exchange them for him!" said Ah-Biao when he saw the cashier was significantly startled.
"Oh oh, sure, it's just..." the cashier nervously complied, then with a troubled look, said, "It's just that I can't really make change for 1.1 billion yuan!"
Ah-Biao said, "No problem, just find a gift worth one hundred million yuan to exchange, I'll handle the rest of the billion."
"Okay," the cashier agreed.
At that moment.
One of the subordinates Ah-Biao had sent out earlier rushed into the teahouse, panting heavily.
"Brother Biao, I've brought you the keys and the property deed for the King of the Building in Seaview Garden," he said.
The few waitstaff pretending to clean couldn't help but prick up their ears, curious to know how much Mu Jinyu had won to merit such actions from Brother Biao.
Brother Biao took the items handed over by his subordinate, then passed them to Mu Jinyu, saying, "Doctor Mu, this is the King of the Building I bought in Seaview Garden a few years back. It cost me over six hundred million yuan at the time, but now it's worth one billion. Please, take it."
Upon hearing this, the waitstaff stood frozen, the mop in hand clattering to the ground with a loud snap.
In the utterly silent teahouse, the sound was particularly distinct.