"What are you saying? I'm just an ordinary gambler." Lin Yao denied it outright, but he was very curious as to how this man knew so much about Li Gennong's background. "There shouldn't be any problems. Besides, I'm not afraid of them."
The man paused, straightened up, and looked at Lin Yao carefully. Then he bowed and whispered, "I know you have companions. Besides the two bodyguards behind you, your relationship with that Mr. Tang is also quite special, right? But this is his territory. He can easily gather hundreds of people. You can't beat them. Anyway, you haven't lost any money, so don't think about the money you won. You have to be alive to spend it."
"Thank you, brother! I'm here to cause trouble. They won't give me the money this time, so I'm not afraid of them." Lin Yao was a little touched. It was rare to find someone who would speak frankly and offer advice in such an environment. This kind of thankless task would only bring him trouble and wouldn't bring him any benefit. "I know the boss behind the scenes is Li Gennong. That guy is bad. I need to talk to him about something."
The man didn't say anything more, just whispered "Take care," then left the gambling table and disappeared into the crowd.
The belated Guangyi Huo brought three cash checks, each for 13.5 million, and handed them to the three winners of the grand prize. With a warm smile on his face, he said, "Please come again next time, bosses. Haolong Club will always welcome you and your friends."
Without much formality, the three winners left together, seemingly becoming friends because of their shared cause. They entered the same elevator together, along with their respective bodyguards, making a total of nine people.
"Boss." Mr. Luo greeted the young boss with his lips, his back to the surveillance camera in the elevator. He admired the young boss greatly and wondered how Lin Yao knew that the last round would definitely be three, four, or six.
Lin Yao nodded slightly, still thinking about the kind man he had met on his way out. The man's expression had been even more unpleasant then, as if he were waiting for someone.
The elevator was moving rapidly downwards when suddenly it jolted and stopped between the third and fourth floors, and the lights inside suddenly went out.
Lin Yao gave a light snort, and immediately someone took action. There was a sound of glass breaking, and then the entire elevator was filled with light as someone took out a miniature emergency light and turned it on.
"Boss, what should we do?" Mr. Tang was the first to speak. He had performed well today and was in high spirits, not afraid of the other party's methods at all.
"It depends on the situation. If they don't have guns, start shooting immediately until Li Gennong comes out," Lin Yao ordered coldly, a fierce glint in his eyes. He would show no mercy to any force that could threaten his family's safety.
The elevator was full of their own people. Mr. Luo and Mr. Tang were naturally dressed as security guards, while the other guards were disguised as ordinary customers. They probably noticed the elevator's anomaly at this moment because they saw the three lucky gamblers among the crowd who were seeing them off. The group action was a plan that had been decided beforehand. The elevator's display stopped between the third and fourth floors, and the guards knew what to do.
The elevator lights suddenly came on and it resumed operation. This time, however, no one pressed any buttons, and the elevator automatically rose and stopped on the fourth floor.
The door opened, and outside the elevator was a spacious hall, clearly the kind of open-air gathering place. It didn't resemble a dance hall, nor a banquet hall; there was only a scarlet carpet with a circle of sofas of various shapes and other things that I couldn't name.
"This is the lobby of Haolong Club, where they hold unobstructed parties. The elevator doesn't go directly to the fourth floor unless a designated staff member swipes their card, in which case it will stop on the fourth floor." Ge Yong sensed the doubt in Lin Yao's eyes and explained in time. They all ignored the dozens of burly thugs gathered outside the elevator doors.
"Mr. Tang, Mr. Luo, Mr. Zheng, we meet again." A smug voice rang out, and the thugs parted to reveal Guang Yihuo with an arrogant expression. Beside him, Sang Biao crossed his arms, his violent expression even more pronounced. His gaze at Lin Yao and the others was like that of a cheetah staring at a dying rabbit, full of mockery.
The elevator began to vibrate slightly and continuously. Lin Yao knew that the other team members had broken into the elevator from the fifth-floor entrance and gathered at the top of the elevator space.
The team members disguised as Mr. Tang and Mr. Luo led their respective "bodyguards" out of the elevator first. Lin Yao stayed in front of the door and did not go out. They had to guard the elevator to prevent it from continuing to run, and also give the team members above enough space to jump down. Leaving a few people in the elevator was the best way to deal with the situation.
At this moment, everyone's tacit understanding reached its peak, and they found their respective positions without any prompting.
Seeing that Lin Yao's group remained silent, Guang Yihuo's expression turned cold. "Hand over the checks and state your identities and purpose."
"Haha, I'm here to cause trouble." The team member disguised as Mr. Tang stood with his hands on his hips and loudly responded to Guang Yihuo's words. His arrogant and roguish appearance made him look like a true gang leader.
"Call Li Gennong out; we want to see him," Mr. Luo said calmly.
"You fucking want to die!" A thug with dyed golden hair yelled and rushed over, about to make a move. But when he saw that Guangyi Huo and the boss Sang Biao behind him didn't say anything, he immediately increased the force of his attack and kicked at Mr. Tang, who was standing at the front.
Ouch!
Three seconds later, the thug who made the first move was lying on the ground with dislocated shoulder joints and twisted legs, curled up on the ground groaning in pain.
"Hmph!" Sang Biao snorted loudly. Upon receiving their boss's order, his men immediately swarmed forward and charged at the security guards. Some of them even drew their machetes and daggers as they rushed forward.
The battle is about to begin, and will end just as quickly.
In less than a minute, all twenty-odd thugs from Haolong Club who participated in the beating were lying on the ground groaning in pain, completely incapacitated, and some of them even fainted.
Sang Biao's eyes narrowed as he sensed something was wrong. There were only six people on the other side, and only four of them had actually made a move, yet they had subdued all of his twenty-odd henchmen. Their ruthless and cunning skills clearly indicated that they were no ordinary people. Even if he personally went into battle, he would not fare well. He could lose to any one of the four opponents.
With a series of thuds, a large number of people jumped down from the top of the elevator. Many of these people were disabled, but they were all agile and quick-witted, and instantly gathered around Mr. Luo and Mr. Tang.
"Get your weapons!" Sang Biao shouted. At this moment, he could not afford to think again, and at the very least, he could not tarnish Brother Long's reputation.
A click sounded, and a dozen or so thugs around Sang Biao pulled out guns, while the rest of the thugs each held a dagger, a military-grade dagger.
"Stop! Don't shoot! Put your guns away!" A voice suddenly rang out from behind the security guards. Lin Yao, who had already moved to the elevator door, suddenly realized that the person who shouted was the same person who had advised him to escape, the kind-hearted man with the furrowed brow.
"Director Zhang, why aren't you up there playing a few rounds? What are you doing here?" Guangyi Huo said sarcastically, clearly not taking the man he called Director Zhang seriously.
"Guangyi Holmium! You dare to fire a gun in front of the police?" Two men stood on either side of Director Zhang, one of them, slightly older, shouting, "Director Zhang is here, aren't you afraid of being charged with illegal possession of firearms?"
"Hmph, what ability does a mere deputy director of a district branch have to make me afraid?" With the gun backing him up, Guangyi was very confident. So what if the other party was skilled? Could he fight off bullets? "Director Zhang, I advise you to go back to where you came from, go up there and have some fun, find a girl to relieve your pent-up desires. You're meddling too much."
Seeing that things had taken an unexpected turn, and that the other side actually possessed so many guns, Lin Yao could only whisper a few words to Ge Yongbanan before heading towards the standoff.
The security guards spontaneously cleared a path. Although they didn't understand why the boss would personally risk his life in such a critical moment, they obeyed the order and let the boss pass, seeing that the captain had no further instructions.
Lin Yao walked to the front, a smile spreading across his face as he faced the dark muzzle of a gun.
"I want to see Li Gennong."
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Chapter 161 Taking the Initiative
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"Kid, I think you're tired of living. You'd better go back to your mother's womb and go back to your cage." Sang Biao coldly squeezed out a sentence, looking very smug in front of his subordinates.
“If Li Gennong doesn’t show up, I will hand over the things I accidentally obtained at Tianyi Villa on May 21st to the relevant departments tomorrow. By the way, I have a lot of these things. You can try to destroy them. I can keep sending them over.” Lin Yao’s expression was indifferent, completely ignoring Sang Biao’s threat. However, his eyes were fixed on Guang Yihuo, who was Li Gennong’s true confidant and strategist. Only through him could Li Gennong be lured out.
The glint in Guang Yihuo's eyes vanished in an instant, and he regained his gentle and refined expression, completely losing the characteristics of a Wudao person. He seemed like a kind construction worker. "Mr. Zheng, what are your requests? If Yihuo can make the decision, there is no need to disturb Brother Long, and it will not delay your dinner."