"Please continue, Mr. Jiang." He Xiaoxiao softly spoke.

Jiang Chen looked at He Xiaoxiao and said indifferently: "Lü Fang disappeared in the Zhou Yi District ten years ago."

Lü Fang?

Hearing this name, Zhu Yan, Spirit You, and Ying Zi all had a change in their eyes and slightly furrowed their brows.

"Sister Fang came to our He Family with my stepmother ten years ago," He Xiaoxiao said in a light voice with a raise of her eyebrows.

"The Lu Family and the Triad have been searching for Lü Fang in the Zhou Yi District in secret for ten years, but there has been no news of her."

"In these ten years, Sister Fang has never left Haojiang. She used to be by my stepmother's side, and after I took over the family business three years ago, she stayed by my side."

"According to Family Head Lu Junsheng of the Lu Family, Lü Fang has a peach-shaped birthmark on her left chest!"

"Sister Fang has a burn scar on her left chest!"

The tacit confrontation came to a halt, and Jiang Chen looked at He Xiaoxiao appreciatively.

There was no need to say more, He Xiaoxiao already believed that Sister Fang was indeed Lü Fang!

"Miss?" Wang Meiqi looked confusedly at He Xiaoxiao.

"Meiqi, I'll explain to you later!"

He Xiaoxiao responded softly, frowning slightly as she looked at Jiang Chen: "Mr. Jiang, why would Lü Fang want to kill me?"

Wang Meiqi was startled and glanced at the corpse of Lü Fang on the ground, her thoughts racing, with a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"That's a question for your stepmother. I also want to know why she wanted to kill you, and you or He Zheng might be able to answer me that. It seems Manager Wang has also thought of something!" Jiang Chen said softly, glancing at He Zheng and Wang Meiqi.

He Zheng paused for a moment, surprised: "Me?"

He Xiaoxiao's gaze changed, a conjecture surfacing in her heart, her brows tightly knit.

"He Zheng, on the way here, you said you only have Qiangqiang as a true friend, and that you can only be your true self in front of Qiangqiang. Why is that?" Jiang Chen turned to look at He Zheng.

He Zheng's complexion changed slightly, and he lowered his head a bit.

"He Zheng, what's up? Big brother is talking to you!" Lou Qiangqiang nudged He Zheng.

He Zheng glanced at Lou Qiangqiang but did not respond.

"Hey, you..." Lou Qiangqiang started to speak, his eyebrows raising in dissatisfaction.

"Qiangqiang, don't talk."

Jiang Chen spoke up to stop him, looking at He Xiaoxiao and her brother, waiting quietly.

He Xiaoxiao looked up at Jiang Chen, understanding that Jiang Chen was giving them time to think. After looking at He Zheng, He Xiaoxiao said softly: "Mr. Jiang, let's step outside for a moment."

"Alright!"

Jiang Chen nodded slightly.

He Xiaoxiao, holding He Zheng's hand, got up and walked out of the resting room, with Wang Meiqi hurrying after them.

Once the three of them stepped out of the resting room, Jiang Chen turned to look at Lou Qiangqiang and said with a light laugh: "Qiangqiang, how much in chips do you have left?"

"I still have... one million and twenty-eight thousand," Lou Qiangqiang said somewhat sheepishly.

Zhu Yan looked at Lou Qiangqiang in surprise: "You actually won?"

"Not bad at all!" Spirit You showed a touch of astonishment in his eyes.

While Jiang Chen was talking to He Xiaoxiao earlier, they hadn't interrupted at all. Although they each had their doubts, none of them asked anything.

If Jiang Chen wanted them to know something, he would naturally tell them. Asking about what he didn't wish to disclose would be a mistake!

"What about you guys?" Jiang Chen turned to look at Yan Hu and the others.

"Lost everything!"

"Me too!"

"Same here!"

Yan Hu and the others spoke with a hint of embarrassment.

"Ah? You all lost everything?"

Lou Qiangqiang spoke with a gloomy face: "What's going on? When I used to want to win, I could never win, and now when I want to lose, it's so hard to lose. It's like seeing a ghost!"

Jiang Chen laughed lightly: "This isn't about seeing ghosts, but the casino doing it on purpose."

"The casino is doing it on purpose?" Lou Qiangqiang looked at Jiang Chen, puzzled.

Jiang Chen explained patiently: "Hu Zi and the others each had two chips, each worth a million. In the eyes of the casino folk, their way of betting shows that they're just here to play around, or to have an experience; not much else. Winning would be nice, but losing doesn't matter either."

"For such people, the casino will reap them directly, not letting them win money. Because if they do win, there's a high chance they might not come back again!"

"You're different, though. Although your total amount is less than theirs, you have a hundred chips. That's not the exchange method of someone who just wants to have an experience. Plus, with your not-so-cheap attire, to the casino folk, you look like someone who's taken money from home to seek thrills!"

"You only bet ten thousand each time, no matter if you win or lose, it's always like this. This gives the casino folk an illusion, thinking you're testing the waters. Moreover, they can tell you're not a newbie, but definitely not a pro either. Under such circumstances, the casino generally chooses to let out some line!"

"Let out some line?" Lou Qiangqiang looked at Jiang Chen, intrigued.

Jiang Chen nodded slightly: "Yes, let out some line, to play the long game. Let you taste a bit of success first, and then when you're full of pride, they'll cut you down hard! If it were a normal situation, would you think about winning it all back?"

"I... I would!" Lou Qiangqiang spoke honestly.

"Before you gambled, I told you to lose everything. Of course, you went gambling with such a mindset at first. But after you won and lost a few rounds, didn't you start thinking about winning a bit more?" Jiang Chen's words carried a deeper meaning.

"Uh... Yes!"

Lou Qiangqiang scratched his head, then hurriedly argued: "Big brother, it wasn't that I deliberately disobeyed you. I..."

"I know."

Jiang Chen waved his hand lightly: "This is an idea that spontaneously arises, a kind of human instinct for victory. And since it's money, it is what people find hardest to resist. You're young, have less experience, it's normal not to withstand the temptation."

"Many people enter a casino thinking, if they lose, then it's over, if they win a bit, then stop. But once they actually win money, they think about winning even more. After winning and then losing, they aim to win back their original investment. Once they win their stakes back, they recall how much they won at first and even if they've lost a bit, they believe they can win it back. By that point, they consider all the money they won before their losses as their own stake, not as won money!"

"Under such cycle, many end up getting deeper and deeper into trouble, and even if they lose everything, they still believe they just had bad luck and that they can definitely win it back next time. This is the greed in human nature!"

Lou Qiangqiang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly caught on, exclaiming: "Damn, all these are casino tricks?!"

"There are many tricks in a casino, and this is just one of them, also the simplest trick at that."

Jiang Chen looked straight into Lou Qiangqiang's eyes, seriously saying: "I don't oppose you playing here at Xiao Zheng's, but remember, you must not have the mindset of gain or loss. When you play in the future, don't think about winning, think about losing. Regardless of how many chips you have, only bet on one each time, keep doing that until you've lost all. Wait until the day you can keep losing without your heart wavering—that's when your mentality will have improved. Consider it a sort of alternative way to cultivate your mindset!"

"I understand!" Lou Qiangqiang nodded lightly.

Click!

Just as the two finished talking, the door to the lounge opened, and He Xiaoxiao and her brother returned.

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