Chapter 2432 — A Windfall from the Heavens

"But the police have already got their results over there. It was our Fire Wolf Gang who kidnapped his daughter. What if Gambler gets angry and absolutely refuses to sell to us no matter what?" Little Innocent was a little worried too.

"So what if he knows? He sells whether he wants to or not. With the few men he has around him, going up against us is death!" An Jianwen snorted. "If he's smart, he'll hand the casino over to me nice and obedient, and I'll even give him a fair price. Otherwise, heh heh!"

"True enough. Young Master Wen's way of doing things has always been overbearing!" Big Mule nodded. It really was just as An Jianwen said — Gambler was no match for them. Even if they forced him to sell the casino, he'd have to sell. So what if it was a forced sale? Would he dare call the police?

So An Jianwen had someone ask around for Gambler's phone number and gave him a call.

These past few days Gambler had been sick with worry. There were indeed a few bosses in the underworld interested in his casino, but they couldn't come up with the money all at once. They did say they could pay in installments — twenty million this year, and the remaining thirty million the year after.

The total price was still fifty million, but Gambler could never agree to that. It wasn't that he feared these people would default on the debt; it was that he feared whether the casino could even last until next year! At any other time he would naturally have agreed, but now that he had offended the Hidden Zhao family, who knew when they might send people to tear the casino apart? Then who would he collect his money from?

He wanted to sell it all at once for fifty million, then take the money and flee far away. By then, whatever problems arose with the casino would have nothing to do with him.

What Gambler hadn't expected was that the Fire Wolf Gang's local head in Donghai City would actually call him! To be honest, Gambler loathed the Fire Wolf Gang. It was the Fire Wolf Gang who had kidnapped his daughter. Although they had later put forward a scapegoat, Gambler, a man of the same underworld, knew perfectly well what was really going on behind the scenes.

Without the leader's permission, would the underlings dare do such a thing? Never mind a big, strictly disciplined gang like the Fire Wolf Gang — even a small gang wouldn't allow it! Would Gambler's own men dare hand out chips to customers and waive their gambling debts without Gambler's consent? Obviously not.

So Gambler understood very well that An Jianwen was the mastermind behind it all. It was just that the police had no evidence, and there was nothing Gambler could do about him! Since he was no match for them, Gambler could only bow his head and, forcing himself to be patient, pick up the phone.

"Young Master Wen, you're calling me — is there something you need?" Gambler took a deep breath and said, bracing himself.

"Gambler, your casino's pretty profitable, isn't it?" An Jianwen said in a flat, offhand tone.

Gambler's heart gave a slight start. He didn't know what An Jianwen meant by that, but he still said cautiously, "Young Master Wen jests. My little bit of income — how could it catch Young Master Wen's eye? The Fire Wolf Gang does big business, while mine is just small-time stuff! Besides, Young Master Wen knows about my daughter being kidnapped before. I've had a run of bad luck; how could I have any money on hand? I'm up to my neck in debt!"

Gambler said this because he was afraid An Jianwen might ask to borrow money from him or simply extort him, so he first made himself out to be pitiful.

"Oh? Gambler, in that case, I actually have a good idea." Hearing Gambler's words, An Jianwen's eyes lit up. He thought to himself that this was a stroke of luck with no effort at all!

"Young Master Wen, what do you mean..." Gambler's heart instantly sank. He didn't know what wicked scheme An Jianwen was hatching now.

"Gambler, since you feel the casino isn't profitable, and you're short of money right now, you might as well sell the casino to me," An Jianwen said. "I've been thinking of opening a casino myself. I figured that once I open one, I'll inevitably take business from you, Gambler. After all, you're a senior figure in Donghai City's gambling circles, so I'm giving you a heads-up. But now, since you feel the casino is hard to run, just let me run it — that way we avoid hurting our relationship through competition!"

An Jianwen was talking pure nonsense. How could he open another casino? Even if he wanted to, he had no one on hand who understood the business. In a casino, from the dealers to the waiters, everyone needs professional training. Where would An Jianwen find the time to look for people to train?

Besides, there were the gambling equipment and the customer base — An Jianwen would have to worry about all of that, and he had no mind to open another casino! The reason he had his eye on Gambler's casino was precisely that the dealers, waiters, and gambling equipment there were all ready-made. He wouldn't need to expend any effort; he could just take it over and start making money.

He only said this to scare Gambler: if you don't sell to me, I'll open a casino myself, and don't come crying when I steal your customers.

"Huh?" Gambler was stunned. He hadn't expected good fortune to fall from the sky, and it left him a little dazed. He began to suspect An Jianwen had some scheme hidden in it. "Young Master Wen, you... you're not joking, are you?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" An Jianwen heard something off in Gambler's tone and took it for fright, which made him immensely pleased with himself. "Gambler, I, An Jianwen, am a very busy man. I have no time to joke with you."

"This... then Young Master Wen, you mean..." Gambler fought hard to keep himself from laughing out loud and asked cautiously.

"That casino of yours — I've been there to play before. Judging by its scale, it's worth about fifty million. If you're straightforward about it, I'll give you sixty million. Yes or no, give me a straight answer!" An Jianwen's valuation was fairly accurate, and he didn't want to waste words with Gambler, so he said it directly.

"Sixty million... this..." Gambler hadn't expected An Jianwen to offer so much! His psychological price had been fifty million, and forty million would have been fine if it meant same-day cash payment. He didn't want a long night of many dreams — but he never expected An Jianwen to be so generous!

"What, you think it's too little?" An Jianwen snorted, somewhat displeased. "Don't be greedy. If I take this money and open another one, you won't be where you are now!"

"I..." Gambler wanted to say, how is this me thinking it's too little? I think you're giving a bit too much. After I take the money, you won't come after me with people to hack me to death once something goes wrong, will you? But then he thought that he was about to flee far away, and of the sixty million, twenty million was money he had already put out before. Wouldn't that make it exactly equivalent to forty million? That happened to match Gambler's psychological price perfectly. Truly, good fortune had fallen from the sky!

"You don't agree?" An Jianwen's cold, sinister voice rang out again.

"I... agree..." Gambler took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, and said, "However, I need cash, because I owe people money and have to pay it back as soon as possible!"

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