Chapter 147 — The Long-Awaited...
Years of Heartflutter · Page 435 of 501
864. Investigating Zheng Shaopeng (Part One) "There seems to be something questionable about this man's background. I don't know whether he has any designs on your family's casino, but he himself is certainly not clean." Yang Ce did not put it so bluntly, because he did not yet know how to explain it to Huang Yan—the matter was too complicated to be set out in a few words.
"Ah?" Though Huang Yan took little part in running the casino, she had heard that someone in her family's casino had a questionable background—and he was a consultant whose authority was not to be taken lightly.
In the running of a casino, apart from the manager, the consultant also had a considerable say, for while the consultant might not be an expert in management, he was absolutely an expert in gambling technique, and so many of his opinions simply had to be taken into account.
"Then I'll have someone bring you the file right now." Huang Yan did not dare delay. Having heard Yang Ce out, she at once picked up the phone and called the casino's manager.
"Uncle Zhang, it's Lele." Huang Yan spoke to the person on the other end.
Manager Zhang was the general manager of the Huawei Casino, Xuanming Zong. When Yang Ce had investigated Zheng Shaopeng earlier, he had familiarized himself with the casino's other personnel structure, and so he knew of this Xuanming Zong. But as the man had nothing to do with the whole affair, Yang Ce had not investigated him further, and knew only his name.
"Lele? Is there something you need?" Xuanming Zong recognized the voice at once as that of the Huang family's eldest daughter, and did not dare be negligent.
"Manager Zhang, come to my room. I have something to discuss with you," Huang Yan instructed.
At this moment Huang Yan was every inch the daughter of a great house, giving orders to those beneath her. Yang Ce watched her with interest; the Huang Yan of this moment was truly quite different from the one of a moment ago.
Only Yang Ce knew that although Huang Yan was innocent, raised from childhood in a great family, she had seen and heard a great many things, and knew well how to speak to the people who worked for her family.
"All right, the general manager will be here shortly. You can ask him then," Huang Yan said to Yang Ce.
Before long, a knock came at the door from outside the room.
"Come in." Huang Yan sat up in bed and smoothed the hair at her brow, making herself look a little more presentable.
Yang Ce had unlocked the door just after the phone call, so when Xuanming Zong pushed at it from outside, the door swung open at his touch.
"Eldest Miss, you wanted to see me?" Seeing that there were others in the room, Xuanming Zong changed his form of address from the private "Lele" to "Eldest Miss."
By rights he was Huang Yan's elder; Xuanming Zong had worked for Huang Yan's father since long ago, right up to the present, so calling her "Lele" was perfectly natural. But now that outsiders were present, to call her that might invite ridicule for not knowing his place—or even for presuming on his age—so before outsiders Xuanming Zong still addressed Huang Yan respectfully as "Eldest Miss."
"Yes, it's he who has something to ask you. The details you two can discuss yourselves." With that, Huang Yan walked over to the computer desk, switched on the monitor, and began playing on the computer as if no one else were there.
"Hello, Manager Zhang, is it? My surname is Yang—Yang Ce." Yang Ce smiled and extended his hand; Xuanming Zong shook it.
Having run so large a casino, Xuanming Zong had long since trained a pair of keen eyes. He had not noticed anything when he first entered, but now he had some inkling of the relationship between Yang Ce and Huang Yan—the two were certainly close, most likely lovers.