Chapter 537

The woman was named Su Ya, from Guangxi. She had the face of a typical woman from the two Guang regions: high and prominent cheekbones, a wide mouth, and two sparse, messy eyebrows; her eyes seemed to lack any spirit. Only after seeing Chen Meng did a glimmer of hope flash in her eyes, which then vanished immediately.

When Su Ya was young, she followed her uncle to Macau. Because her paperwork was incomplete, she never obtained Macau residency and was an undocumented person in Macau.

Su Ya's uncle had a friend who ran a casino and had several VIP halls at the Lisboa. Su Ya's uncle spent his whole life working in gambling halls. He never married, and bringing Su Ya over was his way of leaving himself an heir.

Su Ya grew up in gambling halls, accustomed to seeing all kinds of gambling techniques and scams. When she grew up, she naturally became a dealer in the gambling hall.

When Lao Can went to play at Su Ya's gambling hall, it was her very first day on the job. She dealt the cards wrong a few times and called out the wrong numbers a few times. The losing side started throwing things and cursing, and Su Ya, who didn't want to cause trouble but felt too uncomfortable being scolded, muttered softly, "Please show some decency, sir."

Who would have thought that this one sentence would poke a hornet's nest. The loser stepped onto the gambling table, grabbed Su Ya's hair with a backhand, dragged her to the floor, and started kicking her.

Lao Can was the one who had been winning money; he was smoking a cigarette and watching the loser throw a tantrum without saying a word. Seeing Su Ya kicked to the ground, he finally stood up from his chair, grabbed the loser's clothes across his chest, and urged, "Let it go, she's just a little girl, she doesn't know any better."

The loser wouldn't let it go and insisted on beating Su Ya until she was black and blue. The gambling hall's security guards didn't dare to stop him because this person was a cadre from the mainland, a regular at the gambling hall who was always very generous with his money; he was the gambling hall's bread and butter. Therefore, no one dared to offend him.

Lao Can didn't know the background and acted out of chivalry, so the two glared at each other, and finally, they were separated through the coordination of the gambling hall.

Su Ya was spared a beating and from then on, she took Lao Can to heart.

Lao Can was not a gambler, but a man of extraordinary skill in cheating. He specialized in gambling for others and once created a record of winning 50 million in one go. On the island of Macau, he could be considered a prominent figure.

It was fated that his life would end; the grudge he had formed with the mainland cadre could never be resolved. Lao Can didn't care; he only returned to the mainland a few times a year anyway, and even if he did, it wasn't certain he would run into his enemy. Lao Can's cheating methods were known to everyone, but no one could find any flaws, so Lao Can lived very freely; as long as he sat at the gambling table, there were no winners except him.

The mainland cadre found a master from somewhere and arranged to gamble against Lao Can at Su Ya's table. In the first few rounds, both sides relaxed and didn't use any tricks, but later Lao Can realized that the person gambling against him was no ordinary person. So he became cautious and used his cheating techniques, but the other party was just waiting for him to make a move. Sure enough, as soon as Lao Can moved, he was caught red-handed and was bled on the spot in the gambling hall.

Cheating in a casino is the most hateful thing, just like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts to beat it.

After a beating, Lao Can was bleeding from his seven orifices, his hands and feet were broken, and his skull was shattered.

In the end, they cut off one of his fingers, soaked it in hydrogen peroxide, and said they wanted to build a golden display case to exhibit his finger in the center of the gambling hall to warn future generations never to have crooked thoughts.

Su Ya witnessed Lao Can being beaten, but as a weak woman, she could only watch helplessly without daring to make a sound. It wasn't until Lao Can was thrown out of the gambling hall and was crawling on the street with his last breath that Su Ya made up her mind to save his life.

Su Ya knew Lao Can's residence and also knew he had a beautiful woman. When Su Ya carried Lao Can to his residence, she found his door wide open, and there was no sign of the woman at all. Entering the room, she saw a mess everywhere and realized that the woman had heard about Lao Can's trouble and had taken the gold, silver, and valuables and disappeared.

Lao Can suddenly became penniless; he didn't have the habit of saving money. According to him, his bank was in the casino; whenever he needed money, he would go in and play a few rounds and could live comfortably for a few days.

The money was gone, and the man was about to die, so Su Ya hardened her heart and simply took Lao Can back to her home, nursing him carefully for a period of time, and finally managed to save his life.

Once Lao Can had his life back, it was absolutely impossible for him to enter a gambling hall again. All gambling halls had put up "no entry" signs for him; as long as he dared to enter, he would definitely walk in and be carried out.

Lao Can didn't dare to risk his life, and staying in Macau offered almost no way to survive, so he thought about returning to the mainland.

It was Su Ya who helped him find a way; the two took a smuggling boat, drifted on the sea for several hours, and stepped onto the land of the mainland.

Lao Can had no one left in his hometown and didn't know where to go upon returning to the mainland. Again, Su Ya came up with an idea, and the two returned to Su Ya's hometown, found a house to live in, and prepared to live the rest of their lives in peace.

After such a toss and turn, Lao Can discovered that besides Su Ya, no one else was sincere to him. So he proposed to Su Ya. Su Ya didn't think much about it, and the two invited a few relatives, had a meal, and that was considered a family.

Lao Can, now with a family, had nothing to do at home and would mix with a bunch of rural folks to play cards for a few dollars, winning more than he lost each time. This gradually made him famous until one day someone came to his door to ask Lao Can to come out of retirement.

Su Ya originally refused, but Lao Can felt that people asking for him proved he still had value. Besides, in his life, he couldn't do anything else but gamble.

When Lao Can left, he left Su Ya 200,000 yuan. The money was given by the person who came to invite him, counting as Lao Can's one-month salary.

Later, the incident of Lao Can building a Qilin Villa in Chunshan County occurred.

As Su Ya said this, her voice became lower and lower, to the point that I reminded her, "Can you speak a little louder?"

Chen Meng pushed me and said, "Can't you keep your voice down?"

I smiled awkwardly and said, "I really can't hear clearly."

Chen Meng rolled her eyes at me and said, "I'll tell you the rest."

It turned out that after Lao Can died, the news reached Su Ya. Hearing that Lao Can had died, Su Ya cried for three days, packed her bags, and came to Chunshan County.

She found the Qilin Villa, but they wouldn't let her in because the Qilin Villa had already been sealed by the Public Security Bureau and had seal strips on it.

Su Ya went to the public security authorities to look for answers and learned that Lao Can had died in his sleep, which she believed even less. Lao Can had survived with just one breath back then, and now that his body was perfectly fine, how could he have slept himself to death?

Su Ya was a person who insisted on the truth and clamored for an autopsy on Lao Can. But Lao Can had already been burned to ashes; if one wanted an autopsy, one would have to look for the air. Without the person, and not even a corpse to be seen, Su Ya felt it was suspicious and concluded that there must be something shameful about Lao Can's death.

So she went to the Public Security Bureau every day to make a scene and wrote materials to send everywhere. From Chunshan County to Hengyue City, everyone knew there was such a person as her. So everyone refused to accept her materials and wouldn't even let her in the door.

One day she went to the Public Security Bureau again and got into an argument with some people, and as a result, her hands were locked, she was beaten up, and thrown out.

Chen Meng happened to be passing by for an interview; she was a person who was extremely righteous and immediately helped Su Ya up and asked for the detailed situation.

The first news report on the drug and counterfeit money case in Chunshan County was published by Chen Meng, and the subsequent reports in the provincial newspapers and other media were all reprints of Chen Meng's original manuscript.

When Chen Meng encountered such a thing, she also felt that this matter was no small matter and that there must be a bigger secret hidden inside. For example, who was the person who invited Lao Can out of retirement? Where did they go now? Now, nothing was known.

But Chen Meng understood clearly that relying solely on Su Ya's strength, it would never be possible to find out the true face of the case. Adding her, they were equally helpless.

So she advised Su Ya to take it slow and be patient, and helped Su Ya rent a house and open this small stall at the alley entrance to make a living.

I listened to their narrative as if listening to a story, stunned for a long time before saying, "What should we do next?"

Chen Meng said bluntly, "If we had an idea, would we still need to find you?"

Her words startled me, and I immediately stated, "I can't manage this, and I don't want to manage it."

Chen Meng pinched me and said, "Chen Feng, this case itself has a thousand threads of connection with you. If you have no conscience, you can ignore it, but if you still have a shred of justice, you must manage it."

I sighed helplessly, "Mengmeng, how do you want me to manage it?"

Chen Meng raised her eyebrows, beckoned me to come over, and whispered in my ear, "I want you to send the materials to the higher-ups."