Chapter 571

These past few days, the guests in the Jincheng Casino have been much fewer, and there are more and more rumors in the city, saying everything.

But all the rumors have only one core—

The pattern of the underground world of New Jincheng is about to undergo huge changes.

People don't know when the casino will be attacked, and they don't dare to take the risk of gambling here.

Bad business is like fate telling Bandi in another way that he must do something.

Gao Li has been very depressed these past few days, constantly getting himself dead drunk at home.

After all, as a father, at such a critical moment, he not only couldn't help Shi Dong, but could be said to have forced Shi Dong to make a terrible choice.

He knew his approach was the most correct, but it also made him more painful!

Only alcohol, nicotine, and even Fengyuan grass could soothe his current pain.

"Go see your uncle, comfort him, and bring him back."

"Remember to tell him that you, I, all of us need him."

Fleming nodded. Gao Li also lived in the manor and had a separate house. It took a few minutes to get there.

When Fleming pushed open the room, he could smell the strong smell of tobacco and alcohol in the room, as well as some strange smells.

Gao Li sat on the floor, leaning against the sofa leg, looking exceptionally haggard.

He heard footsteps, looked up at Fleming, squeezed out a smile, and raised his wine glass shakily. "Come and have a drink with me."

Fleming looked at him for about ten seconds before walking over, grabbing the wine bottle from his hand, unscrewing the cap, and pouring it over his head.

Wine that costs hundreds of dollars a bottle poured on a person's head is actually no different from those cheap wines. Gao Li closed his eyes, constantly opening his mouth to breathe, and constantly blowing away the wine.

A bottle of wine was poured out, and Fleming picked up another bottle, unscrewed it, and poured it on.

The wine fell on Gao Li's wet scalp, making the drunkenness on his body gradually subside quite a bit.

"The family is facing the biggest crisis in history. I know you are very painful about losing Shi Dong, and I am also very painful!"

"He has been my good brother since he was a child, always taking care of me. I am more angry and sad than you!"

"But I know that now is not the time to let anger and sadness defeat us!"

"We still have to face challenges, face responsibilities, and there are many things waiting for us, Uncle Gao Li."

"You should cheer up. We have to defeat Lanse and then snatch Shi Dong back from their hands."

"If he is still alive, he definitely wouldn't want you to be like this."

Gao Li's eyes were very red. "I killed him." That last sentence of his that day was almost using plain language to tell his son "you shouldn't continue to live," which was very cruel!

Fleming bent down and grabbed his collar, pulling him up. "So, he sacrificed himself for you to be in this terrible state now?"

"Can you fucking not make his death so wasteful?"

"Can you think about how we can take revenge on Lanse?"

"Does sitting here and getting yourself dead drunk have any effect on revenge?"

"Do you intend to let him die for nothing?"

A series of questions made Gao Li's mentality change slightly. He looked at Fleming's eyes full of anger, and the two stared at each other, not giving an inch.

After a while, he straightened up and wiped the residual wine from his face. "You're right, I should cheer up, at least not let him die meaninglessly."

"I'm going to change my clothes."

Fleming nodded, walked to the side of the sofa and sat down, while having people remove the trash from the table.

The words he just said were not completely manufactured tones; those were also his true thoughts.

His relationship with Shi Dong was better than his relationship with anyone else, because Bandi and Gao Li were very good brothers, so their children naturally played together since they were young.

Shi Dong might not be so outstanding in his studies, but for children of their background, whether they have a good learning ability is not important at all.

Shi Dong took good care of Fleming and had always protected him.

Hearing the news of Shi Dong's death, he was also very sad.

But he knew that now was definitely not the time to be sad!

After more than ten minutes, Gao Li, who had already changed into a set of clothes, came down from upstairs, his wet hair draped behind his head, making him look much more spirited.

"I'm going to his villa to get some things back."

Shi Dong also had a villa of his own in the Bay Area. He also lived in the manor, but sometimes he would live in the villa.

After all, he is still a "young man" now, and he also has his own needs and private life. He can't bring a girl or several girls to the manor every few days.

His elders live here, Bandi, Gao Li, and other family members; this place is "sacred."

So he would do those things in his own villa. Most others also have such villas, including Fleming. Fleming nodded. "No problem, I'll go with you."

The two got into the car and soon drove out of the manor. At first, they were a little worried about whether they would be suddenly attacked, but after searching carefully these past few days, they found that Lanse didn't even have anyone watching them.

They were safe, but this was not good news, which meant that Lanse thought he didn't need extreme means to solve the Keda family.

The more confident Lanse performed, the lower the mood of these people, as if he was saying "you are dead for sure"!

Although there were situations where they made a joke, and those seemingly powerful enemies could only throw a light punch in the end, Bandi always believed that Lanse wouldn't be like this.

When Fleming's motorcade arrived at Gao Li's villa, he walked straight into the study. There was a safe in the study, and he knew the password.

And Fleming waited for Gao Li in the living room.

He thought it might take a while, but Gao Li came out after entering the study, with an expression on his face that Fleming couldn't describe clearly.

"They've been here, and they took some things from the safe!"

At first, Fleming didn't react, but soon he realized that the "they" Gao Li mentioned might refer to Shi Dong and Lanse's people. He didn't believe it at first, but soon chose to believe Gao Li's judgment.

"How... did you confirm it?"

Fleming quickly went to the second floor, and in Shi Dong's study, he saw the opened safe.

No mistake, no omission, read it all at once!

"Only Shi Dong and I knew where this safe was, and only we knew the password."

"It was opened, the things inside are gone, and look, it doesn't look like it was violently cracked."

Fleming glanced at the safe door; let alone traces of prying, there wasn't even a scratch!

The safe is hidden behind the bookshelf, which requires first opening the bookcase, then triggering two mechanisms, and then pulling the bookshelf open to reveal the safe behind it.

If they didn't know how to find it, those people would definitely have made a mess of the place, but it looked very tidy here.

They weren't sure if Shi Dong was dead or not, but he definitely said something.

"I'm going to kill him!" His expression was a bit distorted. He had been depressed for so long for Shi Dong's "death," but now he found that Shi Dong might not be dead, and he fucking confessed!

Fleming also realized that something was wrong and immediately asked him to go back together.

More than twenty minutes later, the two entered Bandi's office. Bandi was on the phone.

This was the only thing he could do for the family these past few days. He used to be proud of knowing those social celebrities and dignitaries; he knew this councilor, that representative.

He even knew senators.

But now, facts have proven that when a huge disaster breaks out, these people are of no use at all.

He saw the two of them and raised his hand to signal them to sit down first, but his attention was still focused on the phone. "... The presidential election only cost 30 million, and I have at least 20 million entering your hands every year."

"These funds are enough for a person to participate in the presidential election in two years, and now you want to abandon me!"

"... That's your business. My only requirement now is..."

Fleming sat in the chair opposite him. He knew this was a call to the Golden State side, and the person on the other end of the phone must be a senator.

Originally, he was thinking about Shi Dong's matter, but he suddenly saw a clear change in Bandi's face, and then he said gloomily, "I know, you guys consider it again," and hung up the phone.

He took a deep breath, but his mind was processing a lot of complex information. Now he knew that Senator Cleveland was using the profits generated by the casino license in his hands to conduct some gold-dollar social activities in advance.

So the pressure on his backer's side was also very great. He said very straightforwardly on the phone that he didn't want to help, but was completely unable to help.

Moreover, that senator didn't just transport benefits to him from the Likai State; the entire federal Socialist Party state was transporting benefits to Congress.

It's just that he shares a little more in some states and a little less in others.

Even if Bandi is finished, he can still share this part of the benefits, it's just that he is no longer the one taking the big share.

Wanting to solve Lanse from Congress is simply impossible.

Thinking of this, he was full of fire. These years of funds were really fed to dogs that couldn't be tamed.

Then he looked at Fleming and Gao Li sitting opposite him, took a deep breath, and just as he was about to comfort Gao Li, Fleming said, "Shi Dong is not dead."

Bandi was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face. He also had true feelings for Shi Dong. If this nephew could not die, that would definitely be the best.

"How do you know this news?" He took a cigarette, and the ashtray in front of him was full of cigarette butts and ash. "Do you have an informant in the Lanse family?"

Gao Li said with an ugly face, "He brought Lanse's people back to his villa and took some things away."

Bandi, who had already lit the cigarette, maintained the posture of lighting it. If it weren't for the flame slightly shaking, some people might think it was a static state at this time.

He stared at Gao Li, as if asking—

"You fucking aren't joking with me, are you?"

(End of chapter)