Chapter 3452 — Bai Weituo Gets into Trouble (2)
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Bai Weituo had not wanted to go in the first place, but he could not withstand the two of them working on him without pause. If he refused, he would have nothing he could do anyway—he could not even manage a private moment with He Meiyue. The pair clung to their room like sticking plaster, dragging them off here and there every single day, or else keeping them up late over midnight snacks and card games, never leaving Bai Weituo the slightest opening.
In truth, Bai Weituo understood their meaning and their thinking well enough; it was simply that no one said it aloud. It was all tacitly understood, and there was little he could say about such a matter. Since they had come along, this situation had been unavoidable.
That was why Bai Weituo had agreed to go and have a look at the casino. The advantage, after all, was that Zhang Duopan would be footing the bill.
Bai Weituo was a poor student, and Bai the ringleader would not give him much pocket money either, so having a big spender like Zhang Duopan pick up the tab was something he was quite happy to see.
The Youmiao Casino was one of the larger casinos in the area. It had only opened in the past decade, and so its décor was rather lavish.
The four of them took a taxi from the hotel to the Youmiao Casino. Their outfits marked them at a glance as tourists, and before long a waiter acting as a guide came to receive them.
"You four are here sightseeing, I take it? So is it just for fun, or do you want to try your luck? If it's just for fun, I'd suggest playing the slot machines on the first floor and the like," the waiter introduced them warmly.
"Mm, we're here traveling, but money's not an issue. Exchange a good amount of chips for me!" Zhang Duopan said.
"Certainly, no problem at all. But I'll need the four of you to show some identification—a passport, or your local ID, something like that. I have to register your ages; by regulation, we're liable to a penalty if minors enter the casino," the waiter said.
"Oh, so much trouble!" Zhang Duopan casually pulled out his student card—luckily he always kept it in his wallet, and he had left his passport at the hotel. Then he said, "The four of us are all classmates. Looking at one should be enough, shouldn't it?"
"That works too..." The waiter nodded. So long as these people really were of age, there would be no problem. In truth, it was not as though someone checked every day; it was merely a precaution against the worst.
"Then exchange some chips for us!" Zhang Duopan produced a credit card and said.
"Certainly, sir!" the waiter said.
The four of them took their chips and went in to play. Meanwhile, over in the surveillance room, a man was looking at the registration data synced to his computer when his eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly picked up the telephone and dialed a number.
"Tu Feng, what is it?" A vigorous, powerful voice came through.
"Greetings, Sect Master Kun. As you instructed, I have been keeping watch on guests from Donghai City in Huaxia. Today there happen to be four guests, and one of them is from Donghai City!" Tu Feng was the manager of this casino and a core member of the Youmiao Sect.
The Youmiao Sect was a very large local gang, and the Youmiao Casino was naturally the sect's property as well. Its sect master was named Kun Cun. In his early years he had been a subordinate of a great priest in the Miaojiang region, from whom he had learned some gu sorcery and wicked mental techniques. After that great priest fell from power, he fled to this part of Southeast Asia and founded the Youmiao Sect.
It was only that one of his disciples, a man named Pu Huotai, had gone to Donghai City in Huaxia to temper himself, and afterward all word of him had ceased. After waiting a long while with no sign of the man's return, Sect Master Kun instinctively felt that something must have happened to him.