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"Because of you, my underling, Ol 'Five, lost his life. A gambling den was burnt to ashes, and now that you've paid my debt, it's all right, is it possible?" Rich Man Yang suddenly slammed the table, and the barbarians standing on both sides thrust their spears towards Xia Li.

Sun Chun embraced Xia Li's slender waist, and thrusted a few silver needles from his left sleeve towards Rich Man Yang's face.

Rich Man Yang was so frightened that he immediately grabbed the other barbarians and placed them in front of him to protect himself. A few silver needles flew out and pierced into the eyes of the few barbarians blocking in front of Rich Man Yang.

"Catch them!" "Faster!"

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one on the first floor, the two of them quickly ran out of the house and into an alley where no one was chasing. Only when they saw no one chasing them did Xia Li let out a sigh of relief.

He only remembers the grudge we had from before. This time, it's already difficult for us to repay the debt, but fortunately, I brought the notes out in advance. If he accepted the notes and repudiated the debt, even if I had a hundred mouths to speak of, I would not be able to do so.

"This is a bad debt. He never intended to let you go." Sun Chun stood at the side as a cold sternness flashed across his eyes, the corner of his mouth pressed into a straight line.

"To deal with this kind of person, only people with fists stronger than his would be able to subdue him." Xia Li unintentionally said. Thinking up to here, she already had a way to resolve this issue. She grabbed Sun Chun's hand, asking for his opinion.

"I plan to let Yang Xuechen negotiate with the Rich Man Yang to settle this matter."

"Yang Xuechen is a businessman, he will not meddle in other people's business, and will not do business with loss money. Before you want to do it, think twice."

"Go back first. I will think carefully about how I can settle this matter. If I must go and beg Yang Xuechen, even if I have to pay the price, I will concede."

Sun Chun's hand that was hidden in his sleeve tightly clenched, and without saying much, he grabbed Xia Li's hand, and left the alley.

When Xia Li and Sun Chun came to the town in the morning, she had heard about the matter of Rich Man Yang being violently beaten up at night. She was extremely shocked, and when she thought about how Rich Man Yang had been secretly brought to the wilderness by someone and starved for several days and nights, she felt that there was someone secretly helping her.

"What are you thinking about?" Sun Chun stood beside her and asked.

"Nothing, I'm just a little surprised." Xia Li smiled, he was becoming more and more curious, and then there were those people who saved her at the Gold-ranked Gambling Casino, who were they? Were they the same people?

"There they are!" Following a burst of urgent shouts, a few people from the bet house ran towards Xia Li's direction.

When Xia Li saw those familiar faces, he subconsciously moved closer to Sun Chun and looked at him with a solemn expression.

"What do you want to do?" Sun Chun's face was full of vigilance as he held Xia Li's hand and asked these brawny fellows.

"You misunderstand, our lord. Today, we are here to invite you two back to the gambling den to settle the debt that the Xia family owes our lord. From now on, the two families have nothing to do with each other."

"We believe you, that's why we have a ghost. All of you, scram!"

"Grandaunt, we beg of you." The few barbarians kneeled in front of Xia Li and kowtowed to her. Their hands clasped in front of them and they knocked heavily on the ground.

This time, Xia Li was determined, and did not bother with them anymore, pulling Sun Chun away.

"Aunt, if you don't believe me, you can kill me with this blade." The leader of the barbarians actually took out a dagger and handed it over to Xia Li, requesting her to test its authenticity.

"What the hell are you guys playing? Yesterday, you were so arrogant that you wanted to eat me! Why did you suddenly come begging for help today?" Xia Li threw the dagger in his hand and retreated two steps, his face filled with suspicion.

"Aunt, did you hear about our lord being beaten by a mysterious man last night? Master said that if we don't shake hands with you and end this debt with you, those people will take our lord's life!"

The boorish man knelt on the ground and tried to explain with all his might, just in case Xia Li didn't believe him.

"What should we do?" Xia Li didn't have an idea for a while and asked Sun Chun who was beside him.

"Listen to your own thoughts." Sun Chun stood at the side, he did not plan to intervene, his gaze was cold as he looked at a gold gambling house not far from them, the corners of his mouth raised in ridicule.

"Aunt, from now on, you and our grandpa will make up and settle the debt. From now on, don't you have a big backer in the Red River Town? No one will dare to offend you in the future, isn't that also a good thing for you?"

Xia Li held Sun Chun's hand tightly and leaned close to his ear, whispering: "I intend to talk to Rich Man Yang again, to see if I can resolve this matter."

"If you want to do it, then do it, and I'll be by your side." Sun Chun patted her shoulder as he encouraged her.

Xia Li looked around, then looked at the few brawny men kneeling on the ground: "Then let Rich Man Yang come to the nearby tea stand, it can only bring four or five people, if there are more, we will leave."

"But, our lord can't go down." The boorish man said with a sad face.

"Alright, let's not talk about it anymore." Xia Li acted as if he was going to leave, and the brawny fellow at the side immediately begged: "Alright, I'll talk to our grandpa, and try my best to convince him."

"Remember, Noon, we will meet at the tea stand here. If you do not come, we need not meet again in the future." After Xia Li finished, he pulled Sun Chun and left.

The few barbarians looked at each other, not daring to waste time. They quickly reached an agreement and ran back to the gambling den to report to Rich Man Yang.

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At this time, in the Gold Dueling gambling house, Rich Man Yang, who had been beaten with twenty lashes and drank the cold wind the whole night, was lying lifelessly on the bed.

The servant girl stood at the side and handed Jiang Tang in the bowl to Rich Man Yang one spoonful at a time. The boss stood at the side and looked anxiously in the direction of the door, as if he was waiting for someone.

A group of boorish men ran to the second floor of the gambling house with their heads covered in sweat. They waved at the boss, and the boss walked over and gathered with a few others. After muttering for a while, the boss walked in with a heavy face.

Rich Man Yang pushed the servant girl who was feeding him the soup away and waved towards his boss. His arm extended and pulled the wound on his back, causing him to grimace in pain.

"Master, I really have something to tell you. The person I sent just now brought that damned girl's message. She wanted you to personally come to the tea shop and clear all the debts that you owe. She also wanted you to bring no more than five people."

"Cough, cough …" Rich Man Yang was so angry that he was coughing non-stop, his face was completely red, and it took a while before he managed to calm himself down, "This stinking girl … "I have to push myself even further!"

"Master, actually, you can sit in the palanquin. This subordinate will accompany you. If you have any words, this subordinate will negotiate with that girl on your behalf."

The boss thought for a while before giving his suggestion to Rich Man Yang.

"Cough …" Rich Man Yang's face was full of anger. He closed his eyes and panted for a while, feeling the burning pain on his back. In the end, he compromised and nodded to his boss.

"Okay, you... "Say it for me."

At noon, Xia Li and Sun Chun punctually sat in the tea stand and asked the waiter for a pot of tea. The two of them drank the tea and waited for Rich Man Yang and the others to arrive.

Not long later, Xia Li saw four brutes carrying a palanquin towards her. Beside the palanquin, was the boss of the gambling house.

"Don't care what kind of tricks they have to do to capture the Rich Man Yang in our hands. That way, we will have hostages in our hands too, don't be afraid of them."

Sun Chun held back his laughter and solemnly nodded: "Okay."

The two of them had just finished discussing, Rich Man Yang's sedan chair was already in front of the two of them, the boss bowed and opened the curtain in front of Rich Man Yang's door, Xia Li glanced over, Rich Man Yang was lying on a corner of the sedan, behind him was a thick layer of cushion, his eyes were drooping, his lips were slanted, he looked extremely dejected, but his hand was tightly holding onto a contract for the payment of the instalments.

As if noticing that Xia Li was looking at him, Rich Man Yang tried his best to open his eyes. With trembling hands, he grabbed onto a corner of the palanquin and sat upright, staring at Xia Li.

The big boss bent down to approach the Rich Man Yang, who whispered a few sentences into his ear. The big boss nodded his head again and again, took the contract from the Rich Man Yang's hands, put down the palanquin curtain, and walked towards Xia Li.

"Our lord's body is not feeling well, I will represent him today. "Our lord's intention is very clear. If you bring the four hundred and fifty silver taels here, I will write off this contract and our two families will have no relations to each other ever again."

Sun Chun stood at her original position, looked around, and nodded at Xia Li, indicating that she was not surrounded by people lying in ambush, then scuttled over to Rich Man Yang's palanquin. Taking advantage of the few barbarians' inattentiveness, she pulled Rich Man Yang out from the palanquin, and grabbed both of his arms.

Rich Man Yang's back was injured, and his arm was suddenly locked by Sun Chun as he screamed in pain.

"Put..." "Open!"

"What are you all doing!" The boss smashed the teacup in his hand and glared at Xia Li.

"In order to prevent you from becoming demons, what if I give you the silver? What will you do if you go back on your word?" Xia Li asked his boss.

"Then if I give you the contract, can you cross it out yourself? But you have to give me the banknotes in your hands at the same time! " The boss became anxious too. As he spoke, he pushed the contract in his hands towards Xia Li.

"En!" Rich Man Yang saw his actions and became even angrier, shaking his body continuously. His anger soared to the sky and was about to be angered to death by his boss's foolish actions.

Xia Li did not hold back, he immediately took the contract from her, took the brush he had prepared beforehand from the table, dipped it in ink, and cut the debt and signature on the contract, and drew a big cross with his own signature on the contract.

After that, under the boss's anxious waiting, he walked over to Rich Man Yang and stuffed the silver notes into Rich Man Yang's arms. Then, he tore up the two instalments contracts in front of Rich Man Yang.

"Why didn't you give me the banknotes!" The boss ran in front of Xia Li and shouted unhappily.