chsdbacks Chapter 186 Li Laohu goes offline, Li Li calls.
Chapter 186 Li Laohu goes offline, Li Li calls.
Those who manage to rise to a certain position are all shrewd and calculating.
Huang Dacheng put on a great show today. If Liang Bixin causes any trouble in the future, he can use this auction as an excuse to get away with it.
The three of us sighed for a while, then said nothing more.
We're just spectators, witnesses. As for Fatty Lin and Liang Bixin, let him play around. Would Young Master Li really cause him trouble over this?
Even if they come looking for trouble, we're not afraid; we'll just deal with it.
Back at the villa, I quickly washed up and took a nap.
Three hours later, she got up to examine the gambling king's pulse and perform acupuncture.
After the acupuncture, I went back to my room and took a nap.
I was sound asleep when my phone rang. I picked it up, answered it groggily, and heard a sobbing voice on the other end, "Thirteenth Brother, I don't have a dad anymore!"
I woke up with a start, glanced at my phone, and saw it was Xiaoli.
"What did you say?"
Coming to my senses, my heart tightened.
"Thirteenth Brother, I don't have a father anymore!"
Li Li repeated it again, and she, who had been sobbing softly, could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
I didn't say anything, I just listened quietly.
After crying for about two minutes, Li Li went from sobbing to whimpering.
"I don't have a dad anymore!"
Li Li repeated the sentence through sobs, her sadness overflowing through the phone.
I had no idea how to comfort her, so I could only listen.
Li Li kept crying and muttering to herself until, after what seemed like an eternity, the phone went silent.
I glanced at it; she had hung up.
I thought about it and then made the call.
The phone rang twice and was answered.
"Thirteen!"
Before I could speak, Third Master's voice came over.
"Third Master?" I was a little surprised.
"Xiao Li is with me. She just fainted from crying, so don't worry!" Third Master said.
"Oh, I see!" I nodded.
"You can stay in Hong Kong Island without worry. In a couple of days, once Xiao Li has calmed down, I'll have her call you!" Third Master said.
"good!"
I replied with one word and hung up the phone.
After hanging up, I stared at my phone for a while, then got out of bed and went to find Long Nier and Fatty Lin.
"With Li Laohu dead, things are bound to change in Hedong!"
After I finished my phone call, Fatty Lin asserted.
"I don't know if things have changed, but I'm sure of it now: Third Master brought us to Hong Kong Island because of Li Li!" I said.
We already knew that Li Li had a special destiny.
That son of a bitch Li Yunfei gave Third Master an idea a long time ago, telling him to use Li Li's destiny to achieve great things.
The reason it wasn't confirmed before was because two years had passed, Third Master hadn't made any moves, and Li Laohu was still alive and well.
Now that Li Laohu is dead, his death means one thing: Third Master is about to take action.
Most importantly, Li Li is now being isolated from the outside world by Third Master under the guise of taking care of her.
There's nothing we can do right now, even if we go back to Beijing it won't make a difference.
We don't know where Li Li is!
With Third Master's influence, hiding someone would be too easy for him.
Moreover, what right do we have to request an audience with Li Li?
friend?
"Crazy, there's nothing we can do right now except wait, wait for Li Li to call us!" Fatty Lin said, rubbing my shoulder.
"Yes, I know!"
I let out a breath.
Li Li has a special destiny, and it's not something that Third Master can accomplish in a short time by using Li Li to absorb luck.
Now that things have come to this point, the only thing we can do for Li Li is to minimize the harm she suffers when she faces the backlash in the future.
Three days later, I received a call from Li Li.
She is in much better condition than last time.
She told me that Third Master took good care of her and said he would come to Hong Kong Island to see us when he had time, so we shouldn't worry.
What could I say to Li Li after she said that? I could only tell her to take care of herself and not to overthink things.
"Nier, Fatty, what do you two think?"
After hanging up the phone, I looked at the two of them.
"What can I say?"
Fatty Lin scoffed and said, "They say they're doing well and have people taking care of them. What can we do? Just let it be!"
"Brother, we can't get involved in Little Fox's matter right now!" Long Ni'er said.
"I know!"
I let out a breath, still unable to forget the image of Li Li when I first met her, huddled in a corner like a frightened little rabbit.
I wanted to help Li Li, firstly because I felt sorry for her, and secondly because Li Laohu had given me money.
However, everyone has their own destiny. I've done what I was supposed to do, and the rest is up to fate.
Time flies, and the end of the month is fast approaching; the new year is just around the corner.
Li Li called me in advance to wish me a Happy New Year, saying that she was going home to reunite with her mother.
I subtly mentioned Third Master, and she ended up talking for five minutes about how good Third Master was to her, as if she had been brainwashed.
What else can I say now that things have come to this?
After hanging up the phone, Long Nier and Fatty Lin still held the same opinion: to wait and see.
That night, we celebrated the New Year with the fourth wife's family.
The fourth wife's children treated the three of us with respect.
I'm more interested in the fourth wife's youngest daughter, the one born to Lydia Shum.
She seemed a bit out of place among the fourth wife's children, especially fond of clinging to her younger brother who was five years younger than her.
At that time, I had no idea that a few years later, this youngest daughter would be scheming against her future sister-in-law, causing unrest in the four households.
After the New Year, a new year begins.
On the afternoon of New Year's Day, the three of us were discussing where to go when Mary called.
Firstly, she wanted to say hello, and secondly, she wanted us to treat her benefactor.
"Benefactor? Who is it?"
When Mary said that, I suddenly became interested. Not only me, but Fatty Lin and Long Nier also came over.
"Big boss, here it is!" Mary exclaimed.
"Mary, are you talking about the old boss of the water room?" I asked.
"Yes!" Mary said.
"He's your benefactor?" I was a little surprised.
Having lived in Hong Kong Island for so long, I wouldn't say I know everything about the Hong Kong triads, but I'm pretty much familiar with them.
Whether it's the four or five major triads rumored to be in Hong Kong, one of them will always have a "water house" (a derogatory term for a criminal organization).
After Wan Kuok-koi went to prison, the gambling king's current business partner in Macau is Shui Fong.
"Yes, my benefactor!" Mary nodded in acknowledgment.
"How did he do you a favor?" I asked, a little curious.
Big Boss Fa is the mastermind behind the Water Room, and the recent leaders of the Water Room are all his protégés.
"When the photo incident broke out back then, he got my negatives back and gave them to me!" Mary said.
"Wasn't it said that Chan Wai-man, the 14K double-flower red stick, wanted to get it back?" I asked curiously.
"Chan Wai-man is also known as Chui-shui-man. He has some influence, but not enough. Back then, it was a big shot who stepped in to help me get the negatives back!" Mary said.