Chapter 2366 — Taking the Offensive
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Whoever could open a casino like this must be no ordinary person; most likely some underworld boss of Donghai City. But Wei Zhao had no intention of kicking over the tables and making trouble. Gambling was a matter of one willing to stake and one willing to take; so long as no one cheated and no one was coerced, Wei Zhao did not care to play Spider-Man.
Shen Yushu played for a while, winning some and losing some. But at this point, Shen Yushu's clever mind and her knack as a "discoverer of Shu" came to the fore, and she began to study the patterns of the slot machines. In truth, any computer-controlled gambling machine would always follow certain patterns—only, an ordinary person could never discover them... Zhao Guangyin walked into this dilapidated old residential district and could not help but frown. Were it not for his father's wishes, he would never in his life have come to a place like this. Yet all he felt was disgust, not a shred of guilt. Chen Xi and her mother were as good as strangers to him; whether they lived or died was no concern of his whatsoever!
The hidden Zhao family was an extremely patriarchal clan, and this was precisely why Zhao Qibing, an illegitimate son, could rise to prominence while Chen Xi could only sink to become a cauldron vessel used as a gift.
"Knock, knock, knock..." Zhao Guangyin rapped on the somewhat battered security door. The decaying smell in the stairwell filled his heart with even greater disgust. What a godforsaken place!
"Who is it?" Mother Chen asked, rather puzzled. Today was Sunday; Chen Xi had gone with Grandpa Zhu to scavenge for scraps and pick through trash, and at this hour no one should be coming to call.
"It's me..." Zhao Guangyin did not know how to describe his own identity. He could only force down his inner disgust and, putting on a helpless look, gave a bitter smile. "Xiao Xi's father..."
"What..." Mother Chen's expression froze. The hand about to open the door stopped at once. Slightly dazed, she lowered her head with trembling care and peered through the peephole, and through it she saw a face that made her heart ache, that she had worried over, and that yet carried with it a touch of resentment...
It really was him! Mother Chen did not even know his name, nor who he was. She knew only that he had raped her, then casually tossed her a few thousand yuan to send her on her way, and afterward she had never seen this man again!
So Mother Chen would never in her wildest dreams have imagined that this man would appear before her once more. Was it fortune or misfortune? Mother Chen was kind-hearted, but upon seeing this man again, appearing out of nowhere at her doorstep, her excitement gave way to nothing but vigilance!
How had he found this place? And after all these years, for what reason had he come? The key question was: how did he know Xiao Xi's name? After all, when she had given birth to Xiao Xi, this man had known nothing about it!
"What... what do you want? I don't know you..." Mother Chen said instinctively.
"Open the door. I've come to talk about Xiao Xi," Zhao Guangyin said to himself: You cheap woman, still putting on airs? Don't know me? If not for the family's grand plan, do you think I'd be willing to come looking for you?
"Xiao Xi... what's happened to her?" Mother Chen was startled. Hearing that it concerned Chen Xi, she could not be bothered to doubt Zhao Guangyin's purpose any longer. With a clang, she pulled the iron door open! RQ