Chapter 2431 — An Liwen Falls for It
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The week passed quickly. Every day that week, Wei Zhao found time to practice unleashing the seventh stance of the Raging Fire Fist, and at last he had gone from clumsiness to relative proficiency. The seventh stance of the Raging Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, however, was not so polished—he could only just manage to unleash it.
But Wei Zhao was in no hurry. After all, progress every day was better than none. In truth, he knew he had been a little too impatient this time. If he had slowed down before unleashing the seventh stance, it would have come naturally, as easily as reaching out his hand. But he had only just broken through to the peak of the mid Earth rank and had only just unleashed the sixth stance when he began working on the seventh—clearly a bit rash. That he had come this far at all was thanks to that all-purpose martial technique.
And ever since the incident in the cafeteria, when You Panhu and Kang Jinglong had set a little street girl to trap Wei Zhao, failed, and nearly exposed themselves, the two of them had been much more subdued over the past week. After class they no longer hovered around Wei Zhao, and during lessons they kept quiet and gave him no trouble.
But Wei Zhao did not let down his guard. He knew exactly what these two were like. Their forbearance at this moment might well be brewing a larger scheme—who knew what they were preparing to pull now.
Wei Zhao guessed that if they were going to make a move, they would likely choose this winter outing. Discipline would be looser on an outing, and Leader Bai would not interfere much... And as for An Liwen, sure enough, just as Wei Zhao had predicted, after Qiu Lingshan left, he sought out Big Mule and Little Pure.
"The casino business is quite profitable. There's one right here in Donghai City, and I intend to take it over." An Liwen had indeed been tempted. "Little Pure, you've had about enough experience. I'll leave the casino business to you to run on your own this time. Any problem with that?"
"None at all. Thank you, Young Master Wen!" Little Pure was overjoyed. Running a casino might not be as easy as following An Liwen around all day, but the profits were enormous. The casino raked in a great deal every month; as long as Little Pure skimmed a little for himself, it would be more than enough to live on. And from what An Liwen said, he did not seem opposed to his doing so—so of course Little Pure was delighted.
"Mm. In the next few days, I'll go see Brother Gambler and take the casino off his hands," An Liwen said.
"Young Master Wen, if we go and buy the casino just like that, will Brother Gambler agree?" Big Mule asked after a moment's hesitation.