The croupier was forcibly taken away, unwilling and terrified.
She understood all too well what He Chen meant by "waste her."
Dragged outside by the bodyguard, no matter how much she pleaded, he remained deaf to her cries.
Until—
"Brother Yong, Brother Yong... please save me."
Bodyguard Ah Yong had just gone to find a doctor for He Ao and had only just returned when he saw the innocent croupier being dragged out.
He asked simply for the reason and learned that she had offended an important guest.
The innocent croupier looked at Ah Yong with pitiful eyes, attempting to sway him with her beauty.
Then, Ah Yong leaned in and coldly said something that filled her with utter despair, "You offended Shang Shaoyan, the South Sea merchant, and you still want to live?"
Shang Shaoyan, the South Sea merchant...
To the croupier, that name was too distant, too strange.
But in the span of a breath, she recalled all the rumors.
