"You're quite the lad, I was originally going to let you go and take your winnings with you, but since you insist on charging headlong into trouble, you can't blame me for playing the villain!"
The gambling den boss was enraged by Ling Zhenfei's contempt and gave a meaningful glance to his two henchmen. Understanding his signal, they released the girl and attacked Ling Zhenfei.
As more and more spectators gathered on the street, to avoid unnecessary trouble, the two thugs needed to fight quickly and decisively to knock Ling Zhenfei down.
And Ling Zhenfei, just so happened to have the same idea!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The two big men showed fierce expressions, their fists cutting through the air with a whoosh, surrounding and attacking Ling Zhenfei.
However, the next second, with just a quick shift in stance and a slight use of his fists and kicks, Ling Zhenfei had the two big men, who had just appeared as fierce and malevolent as ever, dropping to the ground with a "thud," unable to get up.
Ah!
Watching this scene, everyone's eyes widened, letting out a chorus of startled gasps.
They truly couldn't believe that such a frail-looking young man possessed such formidable strength, capable of taking down two strong men with just a simple move!
Especially the gambling den boss and the girl, who were completely gobsmacked at the sight.
After a long pause, the gambling den boss finally snapped out of it and, like a frightened rabbit, grabbed his bag and tried to make a run for it.
"Thinking of running? Hehe, why don't you leave the money behind first!"
Ling Zhenfei's eyes flashed with a cold light, his body moving like lightning with a flying kick that sent the gambling den boss tumbling face-first to the ground, while also snatching the girl's bag back.
As the crowd of onlookers continued to grow, Ling Zhenfei knew he couldn't stay there much longer. Having just retrieved the bag, he immediately grabbed the still bewildered girl and started to run through the crowd.
"Hey, hey, they... they aren't chasing... where, where are you taking me?!"
Ling Zhenfei, holding on to the girl's hand, ran across several streets. The girl was panting heavily and couldn't run anymore, so she simply sat down on the curb to rest.
"This is yours, I'm giving it back to you; I'm leaving!"
Seeing that the gambling den boss had not caught up, Ling Zhenfei finally took a deep breath of relief, placed the girl's bag in front of her, and prepared to leave.
"Hey, you... don't leave!"
Seeing Ling Zhenfei about to go, the girl became anxious, quickly grabbing his hand, and clung to him like glue.
However, her attitude toward Ling Zhenfei was completely different from before: "Hey, hero, you saved me, and I don't even know your name! What's your name? Right, I'm Zhuo Yue!"
Hero... Uh!
Upon hearing Zhuo Yue refer to him in that way, Ling Zhenfei felt somewhat speechless, but her grip was so tight that he couldn't pull away and said with a frown, "My name is Ling Zhenfei, but I'm no hero. I only helped you just now because you lost money to me."
"Lost money to you? Haha, that's an interesting reason!"
Zhuo Yue's personality seemed to be very cheerful and mischievous, and she burst into laughter upon hearing his words. Batting her bright eyes, she chatted away with Ling Zhenfei, asking questions: "Ling Zhenfei, I thought my Cheating Techniques were quite good, but I didn't expect you to be even better!
Can you tell me, who taught you your Cheating Techniques? And your skills are not bad either, beating people as if it's a game. Hehe, I'm kind of starting to admire you now!"
"Right, you just said you would leave once you've won two hundred thousand. Do you urgently need money? If it's not enough, I have over a million here, take it all, just take it!"
"Alright, alright, I don't want to waste time with you here, the money I've won is enough, and I don't want more. I have to go now, bye-bye..."
Ling Zhenfei glanced at the time and noticed it was getting late. He couldn't be bothered to entangle with Zhuo Yue, who was like a hot potato, any longer, and while Zhuo Yue was still jabbering, Ling Zhenfei turned on his heels and ran...
"Hey, Ling Zhenfei, you bastard, don't run! I'm not a tiger, why are you running..."
Zhuo Yue was still speaking non-stop when he realized Ling Zhenfei had taken off, making him so anxious that he jumped up and down.
However, Ling Zhenfei was so fast that even if Zhuo Yue wanted to chase him, he was too hard to catch!
Ling Zhenfei, fleeing as if running for his life, shook off the clingy Zhuo Yue. Thinking it was inconvenient to carry around more than two hundred thousand, he decided to rush home as soon as possible to pay off the debt he owed He Lingxiu.
Ling Zhenfei had quickly calculated, and he had won a total of two hundred and eighty thousand from Zhuo Yue.
He planned, after returning, to pay off the one hundred and ten thousand external debt of He Lingxiu, and also give He Lingxiu twenty thousand yuan as nutrition fees for his father's treatment.
With the other more than a hundred thousand, Ling Zhenfei had already planned to use it as startup capital for his agricultural planting.
Ling Zhenfei had great confidence in the agricultural methods recorded in "Immortal Herbs Farming and Medical Classic."
He was planning to expand his agriculture business, and the few acres of family land were obviously not enough. He needed to lease more land for large-scale planting, which all required capital.
Walking around with two or three hundred thousand in his bag was awkward, so Ling Zhenfei decided to first deposit the amount he had with him into the bank.
He found a nearby Industrial and Commercial Bank, which was relatively remote. This branch was just a small part of the bank, and not many people were in it. Apart from a few clerks, there was only an old security guard in his fifties on duty.
Ling Zhenfei's bag contained more than two hundred thousand, bulging and conspicuous. As soon as he walked into the bank, he attracted the attention of the others.
Just then, several big men in a black Audi parked under the shade of the trees outside the bank had been noticing Ling Zhenfei for a while.
To be precise, they were eyeing the bag Ling Zhenfei was carrying.
Anyone carrying such a bulging bag into a bank would be an obvious signal of a cash deposit, even to a fool.
Watching Ling Zhenfei enter the bank, the big men in the car exchanged glances. One of them stayed as the driver while the other three got out of the car and hurried toward the bank.
These three big men did not look like good news at all.
Each one was carrying a cloth bag, and as soon as they burst into the bank, they quickly pulled stockings over their heads, each of their hands now holding a pistol. The way they entered the bank was like three wolves charging into a flock of sheep!
What they were about to do next was naturally as simple as it gets: rob the bank!
Bang!
As soon as the three robbers rushed in, the leader fired a shot into the air and shouted fiercely, "This is a robbery! Everybody get down and don't move!"
Clearly, these robbers had been scouting this bank for a long time. They knew it was in a remote location, with outdated security facilities and no surveillance outside—ideal for a heist!
Those who came to the bank to deposit money were mostly local merchants or wage workers. People who live by their daily routines, how could they have ever witnessed such a robbery scenario that you'd only see in movies?