Chapter Forty-Eight: Before the Storm
It was completely dark, dark clouds were gathering and the wind was howling, the number of pedestrians on the road was decreasing, and the TV in the cafΓ© was broadcasting a rainstorm warning, and this year's No. 14 typhoon "Meranti" is expected to arrive tomorrow night. Homes have closed their doors and windows, supermarkets have been looted, and everyone is preparing for the storm, which is said to be the worst Category 15 typhoon in decades, with 100 millimetres of rainfall.
Zhao Lingyun was wearing pajamas just after taking a shower at home, blowing her hair and watching the report on TV, when suddenly there was a knock at the door, and it was none other than Lin Shaohua.
"What are you doing?" After leaving from the beach last time, Zhao Lingyun did not take the initiative to contact Lin Shaohua, and he was not in a very good mood.
"Beauty, do me a favor~" A unique dissolute smile appeared on Lin Shaohua's face.
"If you don't go, I'll call the police. Zhao Lingyun said and picked up the phone.
Lin Shaohua immediately pressed the phone, walked into the door with a smile, and closed the door with his backhand: "Oh, don't do this, just do me a favor, this may be related to Chen Zilong." β
Zhao Lingyun stopped when she heard Zhao Zilong's three words, and glared at Lin Shaohua with horizontal eyes: "If you dare to fool me, you will die." β
Lin Shaohua lowered his eyebrows and walked into Zhao Lingyun's bedroom naturally, Zhao Lingyun wanted to hold on but grabbed it: "Hey, that's my room! What are you doing!"
Coming to the bedroom, the whole room is very pink, the room is neatly cleaned up, there is a faint fragrance in the air, the computer display screen on the computer desk is still on, Lin Shaohua said: "Quick, help me check something, the KTV near the Tiger Video Game City, the monitoring of the VIP private room in the early hours of last Sunday night." β
"Where is the monitoring in the private room?" Zhao Lingyun replied reluctantly.
At this time, Lin Shaohua's phone rang, it was Huang Mao calling, since Long Jinbiao asked him to monitor Lin Shaohua, he has been helping him as a follower, and finally Lin Shaohua came here to ask for help: "Quick, help me check what happened that night, I'll answer the phone, soon." β
Tonight early morning is the opening of the grand gambling banquet, Long Jinbiao and others have planned this gambling game early, the news spread throughout the city, whether it is a gangster or a rich man, they are staring at this gambling game, the winner can not only get a lot of money, but more importantly, a kind of socialization, there is no place more suitable for black and white people to attend together than this gambling game.
Huang Mao called to urge Lin Shaohua to start the gambling banquet, and he needed to rush over as soon as possible, he was waiting for him at the convenience store next to Zhao Lingyun's downstairs, the wind was raging outside, it was estimated that he would not go over, and the traffic would not be able to go when the storm came, Lin Shaohua casually fooled two sentences and hung up the phone.
"Did you find it!" Lin Shaohua couldn't wait to ask Zhao Lingyun.
I saw Zhao Lingyun with a red face and red ears, looking at the naked pair of men and women on the computer screen, turning clouds and rain on the sofa in the private room, and scolding Lin Shaohua: "You are sick!
Seeing Zhao Lingyun pick up the pillow on the seat and smash it over, Lin Shaohua hurriedly explained: "Don't don't, don't! β
Zhao Lingyun's eyes were about to pop out, and he casually picked up another rag doll and smashed it: "Get out! pervert!"
"There's a gamble tonight! In the Tiger Video Game City, Long Jinbiao organized with Chen Zilong, tonight's event will definitely alarm the police, and then the black and white will inevitably be a big scene, and now Chen Zilong has completely given up his undercover identity and intends to help Long Jinbiao, if so, the most dangerous thing at that time is Zilong, and the black and white will kill him!" Lin Shaohua said word by word.
Zhao Lingyun looked at Lin Shaohua for a long time and didn't come back to his senses: "Zilong...... He...... Why did he do this? Won't he come back and be with me? He promised me!"
Lin Shaohua said: "If you want to know why he chose this, hurry up and help me check the video, it's too late, I need to know if Xiaoyu is lying, who she is standing at, the biggest variable tonight is her, if she can hand over the video evidence, the police can arrest Long Jinbiao and rescue Chen Zilong, if she is lying, she must have other purposes!"
Lin Shaohua briefly told what happened with Xiaoyu, Zhao Lingyun knew that time was pressing, so she took out a small vortex earbud from the drawer and threw it to Lin Shaohua: "This is an implicit earphone, which can be listened to and called, and it is generally not close to the close observation that you can't see it, you take it, I will help you find the video here, and contact you immediately if there is news." β
Lin Shaohua gave a grateful look, put on his coat and left quickly.
Storm warnings were broadcast on television and on various radios, and everyone was ready for the typhoon.
On the other side, An Yuyue and Su Ji didn't pay attention to the TV broadcast, and the two silently waited for Hatch to get off work.
"Do you still think that no one cares about you? Hatch spent almost all his money to buy you a birthday present, and he owes the boss a debt, and you can see how he survives his dinner, a bowl of instant noodles for lunch. Su Ji saw that An Yuyue hadn't recovered from his surprise yet, "And you, just throw it away in front of him and replace it with you, what would you think?"
"Don't talk about it, I'll go back and find out now. An Yuyue bit her lip slightly, and there was a trace of remorse in her eyes.
Su Ji drank the last sip of milk, got up and said, "Let's look for it tomorrow, it's time to go and greet someone from work." β
Saying that, the two walked out of the cafΓ© and came to Hatch, who had just come out of work, and Hatch did not feel any surprise or surprise, but had a blank face, which was completely different from the smile he had when he faced the guests just now.
Hatch didn't seem to care about An Yuyue's arrival, and walked away silently after taking a look. An Yuyue asked Su Ji in a low voice: "He won't be still angry, right?"
Su Ji shook his head: "I've never seen him like this, I guess I'm angry, you go up and talk to him and apologize." β
An Yuyue nodded, kept up with Hatch's pace, walked for a while, Su Ji kept walking behind the two, An Yuyue didn't say a word, she didn't know how to apologize, for her who was pampered since she was a child, her father taught her how to pay attention to etiquette, but only in public and on important occasions, An Yuyue in private is just an ordinary wayward high school student.
"That...... This afternoon's events ......," An Yuyue had just spoken, and Hatch suddenly stopped, and the two almost collided. Hatch didn't stop talking because An Yuyue, but he saw a familiar person in the distance - Huang Mao.
In the distance at the door of the convenience store, Huang Mao stood there looking at his mobile phone and walked around. Su Ji also saw Huang Mao's figure from a distance, pulling An Yuyue, and the three of them carefully hid behind a car to observe.
"Is he waiting for someone?" An Yuyue was also impressed by Huang Mao, after all, he was the gangster who kidnapped him.
Hatch's eyes were very calm and calm at this time: "Here it is." β
The three of them looked over against the strong wind, Lin Shaohua walked slowly from a distance, Huang Mao stepped forward to say hello, and the two said a few words briefly and got into a black car and prepared to leave.
An Yuyue asked suspiciously, "Isn't that Brother Shaohua, why did you walk with Huang Mao?"
Hatch walked to the front of the road, stopped a taxi and said lightly, "Just follow and see." β
An Yuyue was stunned: "Why are you following?"
Hatch opened the car door, pushed An Yuyue and Hatch in, and said very calmly: "Lin Shaohua will not have anything to do with the people of Hongyun Club for no reason, just now when I was collecting things, I heard that there is a gambling banquet tonight, and it is estimated that it has something to do with this matter." β
After that, one car followed one car after another and set off for Tiger Video Game City.
At this time, the weather became more gloomy, with tiny raindrops floating in the sky, and by the time the vehicle arrived at the video game city, the rain had already covered the entire ground, and the thunderstorm was great, and with the help of the storm, the rain fell like a waterfall, and the sound of beating on the ground was like a drum.
ββββ Tiger Game Cityββββ
After getting out of the car, the three of them secretly hid in the corner to follow Lin Shaohua and Huang Mao, they walked into the video game city, which was full of noisy sounds, coin-casting, King of Fighters, racing cars, dancing machines, shooting all kinds of machines, today happened to be Friday, there were many students coming, and a large number of gangsters and the like were playing here.
looked around in the video game city, but there was no trace of Lin Shaohua and Huang Mao.
"What about the people, why are they gone?" Su Ji looked left and right, but did not find Lin Shaohua's figure.
An Yuyue shook her head: "I also looked for them over there, but I didn't see them, why did you suddenly lose them?"
Hatch stood not far from the front desk: "They did come in from here just now, I have also seen the toilets, they have not been to the front desk, they must still be here, either they are hiding in the machine, or they are ......" Hatch looked around and stared at the surveillance overhead, "Or there is another passage here." β
Hatch's performance tonight was very calm and calm, his eyes were exactly the same as the last time he was in the hospital, deep and cold, and even his voice seemed very calm, which made Su Ji feel wrong, he had never seen Hatch like this, at first he thought it was just because An Yuyue lost his gift and was angry, but now it seems that it is not so simple, but Su Ji has no clue, silently observing Hatch's every move.
There are a lot of surveillance cameras in the video game city, and it is enough to install two or three in the general store, but there are at least five or six here, and this underground is a casino, and the monitoring here can not only monitor the situation above, but also give the guards below a sight to prevent the police or other people from visiting, and this video game city happens to be a place used to launder underground black money.
Hatch looked up at the surveillance, wandered between the various surveillance rooms, and finally found several common sight points of the surveillance, and moved the karaoke room in a row. Mobile K song room is a relatively new product in the past two years,You can see such a song room in all streets and alleys and shopping malls,The shape is like a telephone booth,One by one,There are blinds inside and outside to block the realization of the inside and outside,Singing at a time,Two people only need a few dollars to enjoy the sound effect of a private room,The sound insulation effect is not bad,Very suitable for decompression and entertainmentγ
There is no difference between the K songs in this row, but there is only one song room, there is no curtain, and you can see that the song ordering platform inside is not lit, Hatch took a closer look, opened the door and said: "This is it, let's go." β
Sure enough, the platform of this song room is fake, and it is a door from the handle next to it, and generally speaking, normal people will not choose a machine without curtains and without turning on, so this has become the best way to enter and exit the underground casino.
As soon as the door opened, there was a long passage, and the walls on both sides of the passage were hung with colorful flashing neon lights, and the moment the door opened, the sound of sound from the ground and the cheers of the crowd were heard, and the air was filled with the smell of alcohol and hormones, and the three of them looked at each other and walked down cautiously.
The stairs down are not narrow but very long, and there is a bend in it, and when you pass through this bend, it happens to be the second-floor platform of the underground casino, with a panoramic view of all the scenes, and the second-floor platform used to be several passages, which have all kinds of private rooms, and you don't have to think about it to know what these private rooms are for, there is gambling, there is pornography. Further down is the entire casino lobby, which is dazzlingly lit and crowded with people.
Su Ji, Hatch and An Yuyue hid in the corner of the staircase very cautiously.
"Yo, all of you tonight, please be quiet and listen to me. The sound of Long Jinbiao came from the stereo in the casino, the sound of music and the noise of the crowd stopped abruptly, and Long Jinbiao stood on the second-floor platform not far from them: "Tonight is an important event in our casino, we specially held this grand gambling banquet, some people may come here, some people, maybe they don't know, so I will officially introduce tonight's event!"
An Yuyue saw that Lin Shaohua in the crowd was sitting on a chair in the rest area of the hall on the first floor, and pushed Hatch with his arm: "Hey! Brother Hua is there!"
Lin Shaohua sat there alone and leisurely, his expression was very natural, but no one knew the voice on the other end of his ear: "Lin Shaohua, you are really a beast, she will frame her for drugging you when you sleep, do you want to be ashamed!"
"She didn't take the drug, couldn't it be, couldn't I? I wasn't drunk at that time, I couldn't control myself......" Lin Shaohua shook the wine in his hand and muttered.
Zhao Lingyun turned off the video at the other end of the house and transferred it to the casino monitoring: "Who do you think you are, the male god who has fascinated thousands of girls, a beautiful woman from other people is drunk and pounces on you, you will naturally spoil others, I have seen a scumbag, I have never seen such a stinky and shameless scumbag like you! Let me tell you, my monitoring has been hacked, the situation on your side is clear, hurry up and find out Zilong for me." β
Lin Shaohua didn't speak, slowly took a sip of wine, thoughtful.
ββ¦β¦ So the winner tonight can not only win a prize of 50 million, but also get the right to use this casino, as for what this casino is for you, it depends on how you run it, if you tear it down and build a food city, I have no opinion, hahaha. Long Jinbiao continued to talk about the content of the event.
Hatch said: "This gamble has been planned for a long time, it is by no means what it seems on the surface, Long Jinbiao will not give such a big gift to a contestant he doesn't know for no reason, even if he wants to do it against Hong Zhaotian, Lin Shaohua is not the kind of person who is short of money to come to the casino, he has been in contact with Huang Mao just now, and he must be helping Long Jinbiao do things." β
An Yuyue said in surprise: "How could Brother Hua be in the same group as Long Jinbiao? He also helped us before." β
Hatch replied, "It's not necessarily whether it's a human or a ghost. β
Long Jinbiao continued to speak excitedly about his wonderful activities: "Then this feast, if it is just a gamble, it will not be interesting, so we specially set up a game to ββββ the plan of the Grim Reaper." The game is played by only three people, and the first round of the game 'Big and Small Worlds' is played. Knock out one person from it. In the second round, twelve people participated in 'Infernal Affairs', from which six people were eliminated, and in the third round, one winner was selected from six people, and of course only one winner received 50 million and this casino. The specific rules of each round of the game will be told to you at that time. Oh, and by the way, I forgot to tell you that this game can only be played by thirteen people, and the qualifications are your bankroll. In the next twenty-four hours, the top thirteen are eligible to participate in whoever gets the most money in the casino. Your funds have also been converted into chips, which will be counted by the system and displayed on the big screen behind me. β
Saying that, the big screen behind Long Jinbiao shows everyone's name, avatar and corresponding chip funds: "After twenty-four hours, the top thirteen players in the fund will start the 'Grim Reaper's plan', during this time, everyone can play their own projects, remember that you have only one purpose, that is, to win all the money of the people around you! No matter what means are used, but this is also a rule, no stealing, no robbing, once found, directly dragged out to feed the dogs." β
"One last point. Long Jinbiao's voice slowly lowered, as if he was roaring from hell: "Those who have lost all their money can come to us to borrow money, and one person can borrow twice, one hundred thousand at a time." But the interest is 100 dollars per hour. If you can't afford it, then you don't want to get out of here. Of course, I don't want a few rat droppings to ruin it at this feast, so if I catch it, hmph, don't even want to get out of here completely. Finally, I wish you all a good enjoyment of this feast, see you in twenty-four hours, the game is ...... Let's go!"
The game begins! Outside, a thunderclap resounded through the sky.