Chapter 2433 — The Winter Trip Begins
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"Good, then the casino is yours, Master Wen. I wish you a booming business..." The Gambler Brother was inwardly overjoyed.
"I'll send someone to hand things over to you shortly, but to ensure the Fire Wolf Gang's smooth takeover, you mustn't announce to the outside world that the casino has been sold. Just say you've handed it over to your subordinates to manage." An Liwen feared that a sudden change of owner would cost him a portion of his clientele — after all, many people came to play on the strength of the Gambler Brother's reputation built up over the years. With a new owner, the regulars would be unfamiliar, uncertain whether the casino would still be safe in the future, so An Liwen decided to keep the news under wraps.
"That... no problem." The Gambler Brother gave a bitter smile. He had wanted to say that if the change of hands wasn't made loudly and publicly, the Hidden Zhao family might just come after him — but on second thought, he kept his mouth shut.
Had it been anyone else, the Gambler Brother would have dropped a hint of warning. But as for An Liwen — this creature who had kidnapped his daughter and extorted twenty million from him — he would be happiest if the man fought the Hidden Zhao family to the bitter death!
Besides, he was about to flee far away. What did he care whether An Liwen landed in trouble? Trouble would be best!
This played right into a grand trap Wei Zhao had laid. Wei Zhao had been busy of late — cultivation, the winter trip, and a trial at the Xuandan Sect — with no time to oppose the Hidden Zhao family and the Fire Wolf Gang.
With his current strength, it wasn't that Wei Zhao could not defeat them, but dealing with just the Hidden Zhao family would already be a strain, let alone fighting on two fronts. Most importantly, he did not yet know whether someone else stood behind the Hidden Zhao family and the Fire Wolf Gang. Better to use a little scheme and let the two of them tear into each other first.
Things were developing exactly as Wei Zhao had predicted. Little Pure and Innocent accepted the Gambler Brother's holdings with ease. Clutching his sixty million in deposits, the Gambler Brother gave a few instructions to the casino's lobby manager — telling him to report directly to Little Pure and Innocent from then on — and then, overjoyed, fled with his daughter in a flash, leaving Donghai City.
That money, together with his previous holdings, was enough to let him and his daughter live out the rest of their lives in comfort. Once they assumed false names and went into hiding, who would know he had once been the Gambler Brother?
Once Little Pure and Innocent took over the Gambler Brother's casino, it began turning a profit — and a decent one at that. Little Pure and Innocent was delighted and reported the progress to An Liwen.
An Liwen was pleased as well. He reflected that the Gambler Brother had at least shown a bit of sense in letting the casino go. The profits weren't enormous, but it was at least a long-term, stable income investment — even while An Liwen rested, the casino kept earning. Having gotten a taste of the sweetness, An Liwen decided to shift his gaze toward fixed assets.
A business with no capital outlay brought in money fast, but such ventures were hard to find and couldn't be done anytime and anywhere. So this sort of steady money-making enterprise came into An Liwen's sights...
In the blink of an eye, Saturday arrived — the day of the Biology Department's winter trip at Donghai Engineering University.
Wei Zhao looked at his classmates with their bundles and bags and could not help smiling faintly. It seemed that after this spell of campus life, though he had gradually blended into this comfortable existence, there were still differences in the details.
Every other student in the class had a backpack stuffed with snacks, fruit, and drinks, while Wei Zhao carried nothing at all — utterly unencumbered.