I am the Holy Poisoner, the Empress advised me to calm down

"It's Brother Long from the underworld. You should have heard of him." The leading man thought Lin Fan was scared.

"I've heard of it." Lin Fan smiled. "You guys wait here. I'll have your boss come over."

After saying that, Lin Fan took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, it's me. You have several people here collecting debts, you'd better take care of them." Lin Fan said a few simple words and hung up the phone.

The three men looked at each other, wondering what Lin Fan was up to.

Ten minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard in the stairwell. A bald man ran up, panting.

"Big brother!" The three men immediately called out respectfully when they saw the bald man.

The bald man's face turned pale when he saw Lin Fan: "Mr. Lin...Mr. Lin, why are you here?"

The leading man looked confused: "Brother, do you know him?"

"Know him? I know him more than that!" The bald man slapped the leading man on the head. "Do you know who he is? He is someone that even Brother Long and I must treat with respect!"

After hearing this, the three men's legs went weak.

"Mr. Lin, it's my subordinates who are ignorant. Please don't bear grudges." The bald man said tremblingly.

Lin Fan looked at Wang Xiaojun, then at the old man, and said, "I will repay the principal of this debt, but I won't pay any interest. Come back in three days to collect the money."

"Yes, yes, we'll do whatever Mr. Lin says." The bald man nodded quickly.

"Also, don't harass this old man and his son anymore," Lin Fan added.

"I understand. We will never bother you again." The bald man felt as if he had been pardoned.

After saying that, the bald man left in disgrace with his three men.

The old man and Wang Xiaojun stared at Lin Fan blankly, unable to speak for a long time.

Liu Ying was also shocked. She didn't expect Lin Fan to have such power.

"Young man, who... who are you?" the old man asked tremblingly.

"I'm just an ordinary person." Lin Fan said calmly, "Uncle Wang, let's go inside and talk."

The old man quickly opened the door and let Lin Fan and Liu Ying in.

The furnishings in the room were simple but clean. The old man poured tea for the two of them and then sat on the sofa.

"Xiaojun, come here." The old man called his son.

Wang Xiaojun walked over with his head down, looking like he had done something wrong.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I..." Wang Xiaojun was about to speak when he was interrupted by the old man.

"You don't have to apologize to me. If you have to apologize, apologize to this young man. If it weren't for him, you would be finished today." said the old man.

Wang Xiaojun looked at Lin Fan, hesitated for a moment, and then bowed deeply. "Thank you, Mr. Lin."

"You're welcome." Lin Fan waved his hand. "But I want to ask, how did you end up owing so much money?"

Wang Xiaojun blushed. “I… I like playing mahjong, but I lost a lot of money.”

"Are you sure you lost because of your poor skills?" Lin Fan asked.

"Of course!" Wang Xiaojun suddenly perked up. "I've been playing mahjong for over ten years, and my skills are pretty good. Those people are my friends, there's no way they're cheating."

Lin Fan and Liu Ying looked at each other and both saw the clues.

"Are you really sure they won't cheat?" Lin Fan asked again.

"Absolutely not!" Wang Xiaojun vowed. "I, Wang Xiaojun, have been playing mahjong for so many years. I've seen all kinds of people. If someone is cheating, I can tell at a glance."

Lin Fan smiled. "How about this? Take me to meet your friends and we can play a few rounds of mahjong together."

Wang Xiaojun's eyes lit up: "Really? That's great! I'm just looking to make a comeback!"

The old man frowned beside him: "Xiaojun, do you still want to gamble?"

"Dad, this is not gambling, this is entertainment," Wang Xiaojun defended.

Lin Fan looked at the old man and said, "Uncle Wang, don't worry. I won't let Xiaojun lose money again."

The old man looked at Lin Fan, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

Wang Xiaojun brought Lin Fan and Liu Ying to a seemingly ordinary teahouse. On the surface, it was a place for drinking tea, but in reality, it was an underground mahjong parlor.

"Xiaojun, you're here!" A fat man came up to greet him enthusiastically. "Are you bringing friends here to play today?"

"Yes, Fatty, this is my friend." Wang Xiaojun introduced.

The fat man looked at Lin Fan and Liu Ying, a gleam in his eyes: "Okay, let's get started."

Soon, the mahjong table was set up. Besides Lin Fan and Wang Xiaojun, there was also the fat man and another tall, thin man.

"Let's just play something small." Lin Fan said.

"That won't do!" The fat man waved his hand, "Xiaojun, this is your friend's first time here, we have to do something big to make it more interesting."

Wang Xiaojun hesitated: "But I don't have much money now."

"It's okay, just owe it to me first. We are friends anyway." The fat man said generously.

The mahjong game began. Lin Fan appeared to be a novice, but in reality, he was secretly observing the three players' movements.

In the first round, Lin Fan deliberately lost some money. Wang Xiaojun also lost a lot.

"Brother Lin, your luck isn't very good." The fat man said with a smile.

"Yeah, I'm not very good at playing mahjong." Lin Fan pretended to be helpless.

The second round began. This time, Lin Fan observed the three people's movements more carefully.

Just as the fat man was drawing the cards, Lin Fan noticed a very subtle movement of his fingers.

"Interesting." Lin Fan thought to himself.

In the third round, Lin Fan finally saw through their tactics. It turned out the fat man and the tall, thin man were in cahoots. They used secret finger signals to communicate, and even secretly swapped cards as they drew them.

The fourth round began. Just as the fat man was about to change his cards, Lin Fan suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

"What are you doing?" Lin Fan asked coldly.

The fat man's face turned pale in an instant: "I...I didn't do anything."

"Nothing." Lin Fan pried open the fat man's fingers and took out two mahjong tiles. "Then what is this?"

Wang Xiaojun was completely stunned when he saw this scene: "Fat Brother, are you...are you really cheating?"

Seeing that the truth had been revealed, the fat man simply threw in the towel and said, "So what?"

"Why did you lie to me? Aren't we friends?" Wang Xiaojun asked angrily.

The tall and thin man sneered, "Friend? Do you really think we consider you a friend? We approached you just for your family's thousand-year-old ginseng!"

"What thousand-year-old ginseng?" Wang Xiaojun looked confused.

"Why are you pretending to be confused? Didn't you say that your family has a thousand-year-old ginseng?" said the fat man.

Wang Xiaojun then remembered that he had mentioned the ginseng in his home to these people when he was drunk.

"So you set up a trap to deceive me just for that ginseng?" Wang Xiaojun was furious.