Aware of the various possible risks, Lin Yilong decided to purchase engineering insurance and took out forestry insurance for his forest land.

Another £35,000 expense.

After a meeting with the engineering manager and a field trip, Mr. Lin and Nils met up with Mr. Alex, a 40-year-old former owner of a cold drink shop, a law classmate who worked in Cardiff, in the city centre – and after the three broke up for dinner, he took the train back to London to Paddington Station.

Lin Yilong went to Wales with hope, and when he returned, he was disappointed and exhausted and lost £35,000. Lin Yilong was not particularly discouraged, and before leaving for Wales, he received an official letter from the Department of Agriculture informing him that the subsidy he had applied for had been approved, with the first total amounting to £77,000.

If there were no Lebanese or Syrian-owned restaurants and shisha cafes near Paddington, Paddington would be the ideal location for Lin Yilong to call home - Paddington Station in north-west London is the starting point for the London and Wales railway, and it is also the starting point for Lin Yilong's flight to Heathrow Airport, and the rent is not very outrageous - but because there is no suitable housing near Paddington and it is very noisy, Lin Yilong has found a suitable place to live in Surrey, which is more than ten kilometers away.

It was nearly two o'clock in the morning when Lin Yilong arrived in Paddington, and there was no suitable way to get him back to his home in Surreyshire. The accumulated tiredness and boredom and hunger want to find a place to recreation.

Lin Yilong decided to go to the spinach center.

For some reason, the kitchen staff in Chinese restaurants in London are always closed on Tuesdays. That way, after work on Monday nights, these employees always visit the spinach establishments around them, which happen to be not far from Paddington.

Spinach was cracked down on by British law enforcement in the second half of the 19th century, and only slowly recovered after 1961 – it was because of the revival that it led to the malaise of greyhound racing and horse racing – and in the 21st century, although most Britons were not interested in the spinach industry, it was still used as a primary pastime by some newcomers from the East.

Lin Yilong only went to see the excitement when he was a master's student, and after losing 50 pounds, he never visited it again for six consecutive years, the first reason for this was that he was in the legal profession, and staying away from these places gave the impression of being cautious, secondly, it was all entertainment, video games or movies were more interesting than spinach, and finally, there was the most realistic reason - he had no money: now that he was suspended from practice, the ban on entertainment activities that affected his professional reputation was lifted. Anyway, he has the blessing of various abilities from a distance, and he will not lose no matter what.

After changing 20 one-pound chips, Lin Yilong picked a "Black Jack" table that had just shuffled the cards: ashamed to say that he lost 15 pounds in ten minutes during the blind audition, and then relied on the remaining 5 chips and various off-court means to kill all sides, and replaced the dealer with one.

The people around saw that Lin Yilong's side was more prosperous, and they followed Lin Yilong to place bets.

Lin Yilong didn't win much, only 50 times, this 980 pounds is really a drop in the bucket for the spinach center, and even if Lin Yilong wins again, it will not have a big impact on the center's finances. However, although Lin Yilong only invested 10 pounds at a time, Lin Yilong won all the time, even when the cards were not good, he did not lose - this is unbearable. The manager can't allow betting behind Lin Yilong, and he still understands the truth of the wall falling down and everyone pushing.

Blackjack's rules are simple, as long as the hand is less than or equal to blackjack and closer to 21 than the dealer is the dealer. However, even if a player plays with the dealer, he can open all 8 player seats to play with the dealer if the player has enough chips – using different techniques, and can even sacrifice two or three seats in exchange for the whole situation. When several other players step in, they lose control of the entire board because they can't determine the value orientation of the other players. So, in terms of such a probability, there are no professional players who can guarantee to make money, let alone Lin Yilong who has changed a few players at the same table but can still play Lin Yilong.

Therefore, when the players at the same table only followed Lin Yilong to bet and no one else continued to bet except Lin Yilong, Lin Yilong's card table was closed, and when many people paid attention to what Lin Yilong was going to play next, Lin Yilong ordered a hamburger and fries and went to the balcony to enjoy it alone.

The balcony was on the top floor of the building where the spinach center was located, and no one came up except for a few smokers, and at this time of four o'clock in the morning, there were even very few smokers.

"Mr. Lin. The spinach manager also came to the rooftop, and because of the real-name registration, he had already obtained Lin Yilong's identity information.

Lin Yilong didn't make a sound, but gestured to invite the manager to take a seat.

"Your first time at our spinach center?" asked the spinach manager.

Lin Yilong nodded, still chewing on the bacon cheeseburger vigorously in his mouth.

"Then why doesn't Mr. Lin go and take a look somewhere else?" said the manager, but the threat in his words was already overflowing.

"It's just too late, no train to change home, just have fun. Lin Yilong said casually.

"I see, do we need to provide transportation to send Mr. Lin home?" The manager hoped that Lin Yilong would leave.

"That's a good feeling. Lin Yilong said, "But before leaving, I want to know about a person, and there is information that he has appeared near here." ”

"Can you keep it a secret?" said the manager.

"I can assure you that I have nothing to do with your spinach center when I get this news. Lin Yilong did not give the manager a chance to play diplomatic rhetoric, and continued, "I would like to know how John Whitehouse is doing. ”

"Which one?" The spinach manager found that he couldn't let Lin Yilong leave directly, but it seemed that the name Lin Yilong mentioned was a little familiar to him.

"John Lloyd Whitehouse. Lin Yilong repeated, "I wonder how he got his sister involved in his debts." ”

When the spinach manager heard Lin Yilong's words, he lit a cigarette in front of Lin Yilong and smoked it in front of Lin Yilong. Lin Yilong endured the discomfort of the smell of smoke and waited very patiently for him to finish smoking.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you that. But in the end, the spinach manager still refused to tell Lin about Katie's brother.

It would be wrong to say that the manager knew nothing about the asset company that provided services to the spinach center, which was a creditor of Katie's brother, and that most of the loans were taken from the ATMs provided by the spinach center.

Lin Yilong was not actually interested in the whereabouts of Katie's brother John, but he felt that the manager would definitely let Katie know about his doubts - whether it was intimidation or conversation - Lin Yilong's purpose was to let Katie know that he was investigating the matter.

Even if there is a guarantee, most normal people will feel that it is very strange for a debt company to lend nearly 400,000 pounds to a college student, and since the loan agreement has Katie's endorsement guarantee in black and white, it can make people believe that Katie knows at least some of the reasons, both deep and superficial. But after all this time, I don't know if Katie is still silent about this matter for privacy protection or some other reason. As a protector, Lin Yilong is not convenient to ask directly in person, but he can use such a roundabout way to remind Katie that she needs to trust her protector completely.