Chapter 115 Suspicion

  Everyone who plays mahjong knows it's addictive.

  Especially for beginners, novel things, the thrill of winning and losing, are easy to get beginners hooked.

  And if this newcomer keeps winning money, he will be even more fascinated.

  Now, Li Xie has fallen in love with Mahjong this game.

  From playing mahjong with Jinzhi and others to now, it has been three days in a row.

  For three days, Li Xie has almost won every hand, his facial muscles are about to cramp from smiling!

  Although he had only 100,000 gold coins at the bottom, Li Xie roughly calculated that he had won at least 1.8 billion gold coins!

  "Full house! All the same suit! 1.5 million each! Haha... Come on, let's continue!"

  Nowadays, Li Xie no longer needs Kano to teach him. He has fully grasped the rules of this mahjong game and is even more skilled at winning money.

  And he doesn't mean to take a rest either!

  But it's just three days in a row, what does that mean to a Kyuketsuki who can survive for at least a month without eating or drinking?

  And on Jin Zhi's side, the three of them didn't seem like ordinary people either. They accompanied Li Xie for three days and three nights, yet they were still full of energy.

  Jin Zhihe smiled: "The evil leader's luck is really too good, as expected, the prize for new players in Mahjong."

  "Hahaha... it's just luck! That's my unlucky beast that I often give gold coins and fine wine to, of course, it's lucky! Li Xie laughed loudly at the three: "I like you guys, really like you, hahaha, look, losing so much money and not making a big deal out of it, tsk tsk, seems like your families are incredibly wealthy, come on, let's continue!"

  "Haha, it's just a small amount of money, as long as the evil lord is happy, that's all that matters. Come on, let's continue." Gando Bao said with a smile.

  Kano behind Li Xie's back suddenly shrunk his pupils and fell onto Li Xie's back, fainting!

  Li Ye was shocked and quickly supported him: "Kano, what's going on? Zein!"

  Zayn Nadir cautiously looked around, making sure everything was okay. After checking Kano's pulse, he furrowed his brow and shook his head, saying: "I don't know what's going on, maybe it's just fatigue or something else."

  Jin Zhi and three others hastily gathered around Li Xie's side. Jin Zhi anxiously said, "I'll immediately ask the priest to come and take a look."

  "Hurry up!" Li Xie urged.

  At this time, Kano slowly woke up, weakly saying: "Sir, Kano...Kano just feels a headache and dizziness, it's nothing, let Zain support me back to rest, Sir you continue playing cards, don't worry about Kano."

  "What nonsense!" Li Xie shouted: "Go! Go back and rest! Zeen, help Kano."

  Dai Ze En Na De helped Kan Ou up, and Li Xie bowed to Jin Zhi: "These past few days have been enjoyable, but it seems my attendant is unwell. I think we'll stop here for today. I need to check on my attendant, or else I won't be able to fight with a clear mind."

  "The evil lord cares about his subordinates, and they admire him!" Jin Zhigong clasped his hands together and instructed Jin Li, who had been waiting in attendance: "Send the evil lord back, and immediately instruct those below to prepare a sacrifice at the hotel for the evil lord's followers to recover from their illness."

  "Yes, sir!"

  Li Xie was originally winning money and feeling great, but Ka No suddenly fainted. He had no mood to do anything else, so he took Ka No back to the hotel. The ritual that Jin Zhi instructed would arrive soon, and after checking, there was nothing serious, but Ka No still looked dazed and weak, which made Li Xie very worried.

  Although Kano was just a follower of Li Xie, from Li Xie to the mainland of the gods, Kano had always been by Li Xie's side, with feelings that were much deeper than those of a follower.

  "Is everything really all right? Why is he still in this state?" Li Xie anxiously asked the priest.

  "The doctor said: 'His body is fine, it's probably just mental fatigue, he'll be okay after some rest, don't worry.'"

  Li Xie nodded: "Okay, you don't go back either, stay at the hotel, if there's anything, I can find you anytime."

  "Yes!"

  "Jin Lili, arrange for this priest's accommodation, then go and report to Lord Jin. If there are any plans for today, cancel them first. I'll take a look at my attendants before deciding what to do next."

  "Yes!" Jin Lirai responded with a voice, and led the sacrifice out of Kano's room.

  Take outsiders out, Li Xie shook his head: "Still a Seventh-Order Sword Saint, not even three days of playing cards and you're dizzy. Go back, you'd better cultivate well for me!"

  Li Xie's words were educational, but his tone was mostly concerned.

  Kano looked towards the door and saw that it was closed with no noise outside, then suddenly sat up and said in a low voice: "Sir, Kano was pretending!"

  "Huh?" Li Xie was unclear and inexplicably annoyed: "I'm winning money, you're pretending to be a bird! You made me worry for nothing!"

  "Shh......" Kano hastily said: "Sir, there's a problem! Kano can't help but pretend!"

  "Is there a problem?" Li's eyebrows furrowed, and he said in a low voice, "What problem?"

  "Sir, you don't understand cards, it's normal that you can't see clearly, but Kano shouldn't have realized it now! Fortunately, sir, one sentence woke up Kano. Sir, Jin Zhi has a big problem, and the two people who play mahjong with you also have problems!"

  Li's eyebrows were deeply furrowed: "Speak clearly."

  "They're adults, they lose money, but they lose it in a very suspicious way. Whenever you play cards, there's bound to be emotions involved, especially when losing money. No matter how rich or poor you are, continuous losses, even if it's just small amounts of money, will still make you feel terrible. But these people lost for three days and yet they're still smiling, completely unbothered, this isn't about losing money, this is a deliberate attempt to give the adults their money."

  "Send me money?"

  "Yes! Lord, Kano is certain that for these three days, it's not that you're lucky, but rather someone has been secretly helping you, letting you win!"

  "Let me win? Sending me money for no reason? Humph!"

  Li Xie narrowed his eyes and thought back on the few days he had been in Pingdu City. At first, Jin Zhi had sent him money, but they hadn't discussed anything important, and then he came to play mahjong.

  Li Xie originally thought it was a joint effort to swindle the two wealthy men's money, but if the other party intentionally lost, then there's something fishy going on!

  "Jin Zhi should know that I'm a good person, with money to spend, and I'll stay as long as he wants, without even thinking about leaving! He must want me to stay in Pingdu City for a few more days!" Li Xie finally figured out the key point, but was still somewhat unclear: "What does he want me to do by keeping me in Pingdu City? Just give me money?"

  Zayn Nad said coldly: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If I give you benefits for no reason, it's because I want to get even more benefits from you."

  "Meow!" The little cat on Li Xie's head also agreed with Zayn's statement.

  Li Xie's eyes gleamed with cold light: "There is no free lunch in this world, and Jin Zhi will not give me money for nothing. If he wants to build a relationship, he should be more inclined to discuss official business instead of delaying it. No matter what his purpose is, one thing is certain - he doesn't want me to leave Pyongyang too early! Let's go! Order the guards, we're returning to Chrysanthemum City!"

  Li Xie couldn't determine Gold's purpose at this time, whether it was good or bad. He had a worry in his heart, worrying that Gold would join hands with the Panshan family of the Hunting Leopard Corps.

  Perhaps Jin Zhi did not dare to do anything to Li Xie, but Li Xie was more worried about the safety of Chrysanthemum City.

  Li Xie was even worried that there would be an ambush on the way back.

  Although these may be groundless worries, Li Xie still decided to return immediately instead of letting Jin Zhi continue to detain him.

  Since he had decided to leave, Li Xie brought his guards to bid farewell to Jin Zhi. Although he suspected that Jin Zhi had an ulterior motive, he couldn't just walk away in uncertain circumstances.

  It's said that Li Xie is leaving, and Jin Zhi didn't stop him for even half a day. Instead, he showed a regretful expression: "I wanted to keep the Lord of Evil here for a few more days, but I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry to leave. However, since the Lord of Evil cares about his subordinates, and it's not good for me to detain him, let me see the Lord of Evil out of the city instead."

  "No choice, my chronic illness has flared up again, and I just found out it's an old problem from childhood. I need to head back to Chrysanthemum City ASAP, or there won't be any medicine to suppress it. Although I don't want to leave Pingdu City too quickly, well, we have a long future ahead of us, and I'll come visit often later on... just hope the Lord of Golden Castle doesn't get tired of me coming too frequently, haha..." Li Xie saw that Jin Zhi seemed to have no other intentions, and couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious of his own paranoia. But to be safe, he decided to head back to Chrysanthemum City for now. If Jin Zhi really didn't have any other intentions, Pingdu City was close by, and he could always come back later."

  "Alright, alright, Ping'an City welcomes your evil lordship at any time."

  Jin Zhiyi escorted Li Xie out of the North Gate, and they bid each other farewell. After walking a distance with his guards, Li Xie turned to Kano beside him and said: "It seems that if Jin Zhi had an ulterior motive, our sudden departure would have disrupted his plans, and he should have tried every means to keep us here. But now, he has escorted us all the way, and I see that apart from being reluctant about my leaving, he doesn't seem to have any other emotions. Jin Zhi probably didn't have any ulterior motives; we were just overthinking."

  Kano rubbed his head and said with a hint of apology: "Sir, it seems I was overthinking."

  "No big deal, it's always good to be careful. Especially with your fainting act, it was great! Next time we're in a similar situation, let's set up a secret signal, hehe... Li Xie rubbed his spatial ring on his finger, the corner of his mouth rising high: "This trip may not have achieved our main goal, but we've gained quite a bit of gold coins, at least 200 million! Haha, Pyongyang City, I'll be coming back often!"

  "Meow!" Li Xie's little kitten on her head also nodded vigorously, pawing at the necklace made of space ring strings around its neck, and closed its eyes contentedly. It had gained quite a bit too!

  On the other side, Jin Zhi led Li Xie to bid farewell, but did not immediately return to the city. Instead, he stood still and watched as Li Xie went far away. Beside him, Jin Li came over and said: "Sir, have they discovered something?"

  Jin Zhilian sneered, "They won't be able to do anything even if they find out. The other side just needs me to keep Li Xie for three days and everything will be arranged properly. Li Xie has already stayed for four days, he's had a good run!"

  "Sir, aren't you afraid he'll escape?" Jin Lirang's face showed a worried expression.

  "His escape means our Pingchuan City is in danger."

  "Just in case, sir, shouldn't we prepare for his possible escape?"

  Jin Zhi sighed and stopped talking, his eyes fixed on the troops in front of him, with a hint of helplessness, worry, and hope.

  I hope that army marches into the endless abyss.

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