Chapter 17: The Old Man
Five years ago, the casino was still changing, and the new generation of gambling families led by Yin Qiu gradually emerged in the casino, especially after the new world of gambling king competition, Yin Qiu defeated dozens of long-famous gambler masters such as gambling gods, gambling thieves, gambling immortals, gambling emperors, gambling queens, etc., and won the title of the new gambling king.
At that time, everyone in the casino only recognized the gambling king, and they all respected the gambling king, and Yin Qiu almost won half of the casino with his thunderous means, and no one could control it.
But just two years after Yin Qiu won the title of gambling king, Yin Qiu disappeared from people's field of vision out of thin air, everyone in the casino speculated, some people said that Yin Qiu met the biggest enemy in this life, and retired after losing the gamble, and some people thought that Yin Qiu had practiced gambling skills like fire and innocence, and it was difficult to advance half a step, so Yin Qiu decided to go to the mainland to seek a stronger opponent, and it was even said that Yin Qiu was chased and killed by the enemy, and the body had been thrown into the open sea.
There are different opinions, and there is no one definitive answer, but one thing is for sure, Yin Qiu did disappear, and in the next three years, no one saw Yin Qiu again, and his field was also divided by other gamblers.
In the third year of Yin Qiu's disappearance, Xiaoxi was only twenty years old at the time, still an ignorant girl, she had just become an adult, and she still had some longing for the future, but a bad news really brought Xiaoxi back to reality, Xiaoxi's father was chased and slashed on the street, with dozens of knives, lying on the street, when Xiaoxi rushed to the hospital, his father was already dying.
The hospital asked Xiaoxi to hand over a 200,000 operation fee, which is an astronomical amount for Xiaoxi, where can she come up with 200,000 medical expenses since she was a child, and the hospital also pointed out that this 200,000 yuan is only the first expense, and there are hundreds of thousands of follow-up expenses waiting for Xiaoxi to come out.
The family was in ruins for a while, and the police arrested those gangsters, but where could these street gangsters get the money, and the eldest brother of one of the gangsters knew about it, and actually led someone to sweep the street gambling stalls run by Xiaoxi's family, and warned Xiaoxi not to call the police, which can be said to be worse for Xiaoxi's family.
Just when Konishi's family was at the end of the road, a mysterious person donated 200,000 yuan for Konishi's father's surgery, and the mysterious man never showed up, but sent the money to Konishi through a foundation, and the mysterious man later gave Konishi another 150,000 yuan for Konishi's father's follow-up treatment.
In Xiaoxi's heart, this mysterious man is her father's life-saving benefactor, she has no way to repay her, as long as the mysterious man speaks, even if she is willing to be a cow and a horse, after all, this mysterious man not only saved her father, but also saved her own family.
However, this mysterious person never appeared in Konishi's life, as if it had never happened, Konishi's father was discharged after half a year in the hospital, and the family was in a small restaurant in the casino for Konishi's father after being discharged.
On this day, Xiaoxi's family was happy and reunited, originally happy, the family should be happy, but at this moment, Xiaoxi received a mysterious text message, the content of the text message is an address and two pictures, the picture is two transfer pictures, one of which is a bill for 200,000 yuan transferred to the foundation, the date of receipt is three days before the date when Xiaoxi received the donation from the mysterious person, and the second transfer picture is a bill for transferring out 150,000 yuan.
This surprised Xiaoxi, she was not afraid to repay the favor, because the mysterious man saved her father and her own family, even if she sold herself, she would repay the favor to the mysterious man, but the text message came too suddenly, after all, the mysterious man did not have any contact with himself except for transferring thirty-five to himself, this time he suddenly sent the contact address to himself, obviously to repay his kindness, Xiaoxi did not dare to call the shots, he could only tell his parents about these things.
After hearing this, Konishi's father sat in his place and did not move for a long time, then picked up a crude cigarette, lit the fire, and smoked silently.
When a cigarette was almost finished, Konishi's father said slowly, "People are our saviors, if he wants us to repay, we should do everything we can to repay him." ”
Konishi got his father's instructions, nodded, and went out of the hotel without saying anything, waved a taxi and ran in the direction of that address.
Seeing Xiaoxi walk out of the hotel, Xiaoxi's father frowned slightly, his face was full of worry, Xiaoxi's mother was beside him, and after a long time, he timidly asked, "Xiaoxi is okay this time, will it be your ......?"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Konishi's father and said, "No, I haven't gambled for a long time, and even Master doesn't know where I am." ”
After the two finished this conversation, they stopped talking, and were silent for a while, as if time was condensing, and at this time, Xiaoxi's parents could only look at the door of the hotel.
Konishi got into a taxi, turned around, and turned into an alley, this is the urban shantytown, most of the residents who live here are the lowest residents of the city, Konishi lived here for the first two years, but later moved to another shantytown with his father's work.
Konishi turned left and right, and finally stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden door, this is the address in the text message, the dim and dilapidated street lamp flickered next to the door, Konishi swallowed his saliva, slightly calmed his mood, and then prepared to knock on the door.
Just when Xiaoxi's hand was raised, the wooden door suddenly opened by itself, and a sharp and piercing sound came from the crack of the wooden door, "squeak......" Xiaoxi was startled, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
At this moment, a hoarse old voice sounded in the room, "Since you are here, come in and sit down." ”
Xiao Xi's frightened forehead broke out in cold sweat, her long eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, she didn't know how she walked into the room, almost one step at a time, her whole body trembled and walked in.
The shantytown house is like an old-fashioned tube house, with a door and a room, the room is very small, very dim, and the furniture is very simple, a simple small wooden bed, a cloakroom, and a mirror, just these things, the room is still very damp, and as soon as you enter the room, there is a musty smell rushing into your nose.
Xiaoxi entered the room, looked around, and found an old man on the bed, with gray hair, unkempt beard, wrinkles on his forehead and eyes, bloodless face, coughing from time to time, and even coughing up blood, there was a basin at the head of the bed, when the old man coughed up blood, he would spit into the basin, the basin was already full of blood and saliva, and a disgusting smell of blood emanated from it.
Konishi stammered, "Yes...... You called me here? ”
The old man couldn't get out of bed, stared at the ceiling with empty eyes, and didn't answer Konishi's question, as if Konishi didn't exist.
Konishi took another tentative step towards the old man, and asked carefully, "Did you call me?" ”
"Yes." The old man's voice sounded like a voice from hell, and his throat squeezed out extremely small sounds, and after he finished speaking, he coughed again.
Konishi hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the old man, sat down on the bed, and then patted him on the back to make him breathe a sigh of relief.
The old man exhaled heavily, his face was much better, and he said, "Do you know why I called you here?" ”
Xiaoxi shook her head, she never thought that the life-saving benefactor of her family turned out to be the poor old man in front of her who no one cared about, but no matter who it was, she came with the mood of repaying her kindness, so now she didn't speak, just listened to the old man's narration.
The old man didn't care about Xiaoxi, but just said to himself by himself, "I called you here because I want you to help me do something." ”
Konishi asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The old man said slowly, "In another year or two, there will be a young man who will come to the casino, you go to the gambling company to apply for a dealer, you will meet the young man in the casino, I only need you to get close to the young man, always follow the young man, if necessary, I will let you know what to do, do this well and you will repay the favor." ”
Xiao Xiliu frowned slightly, "Young man, what is his name." ”
The old man replied, "His name is Duan He." ”
Xiaoxi silently recited Duan He's name in his heart, and then asked, "Old man, I don't know him." ”
The old man smiled slightly, as if he used all his strength to say, "You know, but you don't remember, when you see him, you will naturally know who he is, he is a very unique man, a very attractive man, you just need to get close to him, help me when necessary, even if you repay the favor, I will use all the money to treat your father, and I don't estimate that I will not live this year, I can't stare at you by that time, but if you are a good boy, I hope you understand the truth of Entu's retribution." ”
Xiaoxi hurriedly said, "Old man, don't say that, if Xiaoxi takes you to live in my house, Xiaoxi will take good care of you and let you spend your old age in peace." ”
The old man waved his hand, smiled slightly, touched Xiaoxi's head, then took out a chip from his pocket, handed it to Xiaoxi's hand and said, "Xiaoxi, bring this, this is a meeting gift from grandpa." ”
Konishi pinched the chips in his hand, it was an ordinary chip, and there was no value engraved on the front and back of the chips, if it was usually Konishi, he would feel strange, but now, the seriously ill benefactor in front of him was about to pass away, Konishi's eyes were filled with tears, and soon, the eyes were not fighting for tears.
The old man carefully wiped away tears for Xiaoxi and said, "People will always go to another world, don't be sad, you go, remember, in a year or two, a young man named Duan He will appear in the casino of gambling thieves, you approach him, and help grandpa when necessary, grandpa will be at ease even if he dies." ”