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"What Poisoning"

"No way! Who would poison us"

"Damn it, who the hell is so ruthless to want to kill us with poison"

"It's probably pesticide. It’s likely that the villagers here did this, but haven’t we been getting along fine with them"

"Not only have we not offended them, our production team has actually brought in a lot of money for their village!"

...

Everyone was getting quite agitated. It’s understandable; this group nearly got poisoned by someone, how could they not be upset

"Little Rascal, is there really poison" At this moment, Liu Meng asked as well.

Hearing her question, everyone fell silent for a moment and looked at Xia Tian, waiting for his answer. After all, in their eyes, Xia Tian was already an authority figure on this matter, so what he said should be true.

"I think so. After they finish cleaning, I'll go in and find out where the poison was placed," Xia Tian casually remarked.

"Hey Xia Tian, should we report this to the police If we do, shouldn't we stop them from cleaning now It seems like it would destroy evidence." At that moment, Zhai Yuan couldn’t help but ask in a small voice. She then shyly added, "I’ve seen TV shows where they say something similar."

"Why report to the police Just make the perpetrator drink the poison himself," Xia Tian replied casually. "Let them continue cleaning but don't move any of the food or other items inside; I’ll be able to figure out where the pesticide was placed."

“Yuan Yuan, even if we report it to the police, they won’t arrive soon. It’s late at night now and they might not come until tomorrow. From my perspective, there's no need to call the police; let Xia Tian handle this,” Dai Jin whispered to Zhai Yuan.

However, Liu Meng pulled on Xia Tian: "Little rascal, I don't think they'll be able to clean the place up anytime soon. Why not go play at that casino for a bit and come back later"

"Alright," Xia Tian didn’t really care whether he looked into who had poisoned them or went to gamble; Liu Meng wanted to go, so naturally he would accompany her.

Seeing that Xia Tian agreed, Liu Meng pulled one hand on Xia Tian and the other on Zhai Yuan: "Yuan Yuan, quickly lead us there!"

Zhai Yuan, who had nearly been poisoned by pesticides earlier, didn’t really want to go back to a casino for fun. But being dragged along by Liu Meng, she could only reluctantly comply. She thought to herself that this Dream Sister was truly heartless as always; no matter what happened, she wouldn't care one bit. Could it be because her chest is big, so her heart must also be large

With Zhai Yuan going along, Dai Jin naturally followed too, and thus their original plan to head to the casino wasn’t stopped by the pesticide poisoning incident.

About ten minutes later, the four of them arrived at this underground casino hidden in a civilian residence. Because both Dai Jin and Zhai Yuan were regulars there, they entered smoothly. Soon after, Liu Meng abandoned Xia Tian and went off to play with Zhai Yuan.

"Bro, you must not find these small casinos appealing" Seeing Xia Tian standing there looking rather bored, Dai Jin couldn't help but ask.

Dai Jin wasn't playing either right now. After what had just happened, he really didn't have the mood to play.

"I always win when I gamble; it's not fun." Xia Tian casually said.

Dai Jin was a bit speechless. Was there actually someone who disliked winning money If he could always win at gambling, perhaps he would spend his days at the tables.

"Bro, I'm going to play for a while, do you want to join" After staying around for a while and seeing others getting red-faced and neck veins bulging from intense betting, Dai Jin's urge to gamble was quickly stirred up.

"You go ahead. I'll just watch." Xia Tian wasn't interested in it at all.

Dai Jin didn't say anything more and immediately sat down at a gambling table.

Meanwhile, on another table, Liu Meng was quite enjoying herself. Unfortunately, her luck at gambling was rather poor. While Xia Tian always won when he gambled, she typically lost nine out of ten times. In no time, most of her money had been lost.

Of course, Liu Meng didn't lose much; the place only accepted cash and Liu Meng didn't have a lot on her either, just a few thousand.

"Little troublemaker, come over here quickly!" After losing all her money, Liu Meng thought of Xia Tian.

The summer had passed, and Liu Meng immediately felt around his body, not out of any intention to take advantage of him, but rather to retrieve all the cash on him.

After robbing Summer of his cash, Liu Meng continued with her gambling. Unfortunately, there wasn't much money on Summer—less than ten thousand dollars—and Liu Meng's luck at the tables hadn't improved at all; it had even worsened further such that she now lost every single time she gambled. It didn’t take long for Liu Meng to lose everything she had robbed from Summer.

"Little rascal, I'm out of money again, what should we do" Liu Meng pouted her lips, saying, "I still haven't had my fill!"

"Sis Liu, actually gambling isn’t very fun. Why don’t we stop and go back home," Summer wasn’t worried about the money but really found it meaningless.

"No way! I want to play more, after I’ve played enough, then I’ll stop!" Liu Meng began to act spoiled.

Summer felt a bit helpless for a moment and was thinking of ways to get some money when suddenly a voice came from the side, "Miss, do you need a loan Here we provide short-term loans without any guarantee required. Just write a promissory note, and I can give you cash immediately."

"Sure! Give me one million yuan first," Liu Meng readily agreed.

The person who offered the loan was a man in his forties with a bald head and a rather sleazy appearance. Seeing that Liu Meng asked for one million yuan straight away, he was taken aback but quickly grinned: "Miss, if it's your first time borrowing from us, the maximum we can offer is ten thousand."

"Then just give me ten thousand then," Liu Meng didn’t seem to care about this.

"Alright, please write a promissory note according to this template." The bald man immediately pulled out a notebook and handed Liu Meng a pen, pointing at the sample on the page as he spoke to her.

"I only borrowed 100,000 yuan, why are you saying I owe you 150,000" Upon looking at the template, Liu Meng became somewhat unhappy.

"Miss, that's interest. As long as you pay back by this time tomorrow evening, it'll be fine," the bald man said without changing his expression.

"Sis Mengmeng, Sis Mengmeng, don't borrow! This is usury!" At this moment, Zhai Yu ran over and hurriedly advised.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I have money; it's not a problem with usury. I can afford to pay it back," Liu Meng didn't seem too concerned—she just needed money for her gambling addiction.

"Sis Mengmeng, it’s not as simple as you think!" Zhai Yu tugged at Liu Meng and whispered in her ear: "This guy is from the casino. They lend money to gamblers with incredibly high interest rates. A few days ago, someone in our village borrowed their money for gambling; eventually, they lost all of their compensation, and his wife committed suicide out of desperation!"

"Bro, what Yuanyuan said is true. It's best not to borrow from these usurers, even though I know you're fearless. There’s no need to cause unnecessary trouble," Dai Jin then got up from the gambling table and walked over: "I still have a bit of cash here; maybe you can make do with it for now. If that's not enough, we'll go to town tomorrow and withdraw some money."

"This amount isn't even enough!" Liu Meng wasn’t too pleased. "I'm not afraid of usury! If they cause me trouble, I’ll punch them up!"

"Miss, are you going to borrow or not If not, then forget it; I’m busy," the bald man began urging.

"Sis Meng, do you really want to keep playing" Xia Tian asked somewhat helplessly at this moment.

"Well, I've never played before!" Liu Meng pouted.

"Alright, I'll help you get the money." Xia Tian had no choice but to say this as he looked at Dai Jin. "Hand over your cash first; I’ll go and win some money for Dream Sister to play with."

"Bro, you need to take action yourself! Alright then, it's all up to you!" Dai Jin immediately got excited and quickly took out the cash from his pockets, handing it to Xia Tian.

"Dream Sister, wait a moment. I’m going to win some money for you; let you play until your heart’s content." After taking the money, Xia Tian told Liu Meng before heading towards the gambling table.

"Sure!" Liu Meng instantly became happy and glared at that bald man. "Hey, I don’t want your money anymore! I hate loan sharks the most!"

Zhai Yuan was speechless; Dream Sister had just planned to borrow from a loan shark but now she suddenly hates them. She changes so fast.

The bald man saw that his business was going nowhere and his face turned somewhat unpleasant.

After a few minutes, when he noticed Xia Tian winning big time with tens of thousands in winnings within a short period, his face became even more unpleased. However, after several more minutes passed, his expression improved as he realized that Liu Meng quickly lost all the money Xia Tian won on another table.

Half an hour later, the casino situation turned rather strange: only two gambling tables were still in use; Xia Tian and Liu Meng became the main players at these two tables. Xia Tian kept winning here while Liu Meng continually lost there. Whenever Liu Meng ran out of money, she would ask Xia Tian for more to continue losing. This odd balance between wins and losses allowed the casino to remain neutral because Liu Meng eventually returned all the money back into the casino.

However, soon after, the casino noticed something wasn’t right as many people started following Xia Tian's bets due to his consistent winning streaks, causing the casino’s losses to increase.

"Ahem, brother, it's getting late. You should probably head back now" Finally, the bald man approached Xia Tian and patted his shoulder while also pointing towards Liu Meng not far away. "Having a big star as your girlfriend, don't waste such an opportunity at night!"is with the Three Young Master later!" At this moment, Zheng Zhongheng didn't have time to dwell on these thoughts and quickly drove back to the Zheng Family Security Company.After about ten minutes,...