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"Oh, is that so? It was Manniang who looked down on me... Please don't take offense, Miss Xiao..." Mandala hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

However, Xiao Ran helped her up while she was bowing.

"No need. Since Manniang has said she's a law-abiding citizen and apologized properly, we can't bully her, can we?"

Overjoyed, Mandala quickly replied:

"Yes, yes! Miss Xiao is truly magnanimous!"

"I dare not accept such praise. If we are talking about your words, only Pei Shaoqing is worthy of such a statement. Don't you agree, Pei Shaoqing?"

Xiao Ran suddenly looked at Pei Yun, her eyes carrying a faint smile.

If he hadn't met Xiao Ran, he might have thought she was an easy-going and understanding girl. But after the incident on the dirty street, he had to understand that this girl was vengeful and held a grudge, and the way she was looking at him now…

Pei Yun coughed and said:

“Manniang, you were indeed wrong today. Let’s go back to the Dali Temple for investigation.”

Mandala was astonished and hurriedly asked, "Why? Miss Xiao isn't holding it against you anymore!"

Pei Yun glanced at Xiao Ran, only to see her looking at him with some surprise, but there was a hint of schadenfreude in her eyes.

“That’s how the laws of Jing Kingdom are. You broke the law last time. What did you tell me back then? You said you would correct your ways, but have you?” He looked at Duan Li and Nangong Ming, then looked away and walked towards Mandala, handcuffing her wrists.

"Come with me."

Mandala saw that the handcuffs were already on, and there was nothing she could do. The gamblers who had stood up for her earlier fell silent, looking away as if to say that they did not know Mandala.

After that, Mandala was taken away by Pei Yun's adjutant, Xiao Lu.

Pei Yun stepped forward, cupped his hands in apology, and said, "I have failed in my duties and have made the young master and Miss Xiao laugh at me."

"It's nothing," Xiao Ran replied.

Pei Yun glanced at Duan Li again, then addressed the gamblers in the room:

"Let's all disperse for today." He looked back at them and said, "I, Pei, will also take my leave now."

"and many more."

Pei Yun was taken aback and asked, "Is there anything else, Miss Xiao?"

Have you seen a middle-aged man in red?

Pei Yun pondered carefully and recalled the man who had rushed to find Gui Fu in a panic when she saw him in the lobby on the first floor. He seemed to be the one dressed in red.

He nodded and said, "I've seen him. I tied him up with Ghost Axe."

Xiao Ran paused for a moment, then asked, "Could you release him?"

He exchanged another glance with Nangong Ming and said:

"We've come to Linglong Casino today to find him."

……

The moonlight, like water, slowly poured into a small alley outside the Linglong Gambling House. This was once where the gambling house dealt with those who had lost everything. At this moment, some people, stripped naked, lay sprawled on the ground, shivering in the cold autumn night. Even Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a chill upon seeing them.

Gongsun Bo walked deeper into the alley, where there were fewer people.

"I'm so sorry, I never expected those people would dare to lay a hand on my son, and I'm so sorry to have troubled you to make this trip," Gongsun Bo said apologetically.

Xiao Ran gently shook her head, but her thoughts drifted back to what Gongsun Bo had just told her.

"Why don't you tell your son the reason?" Xiao Ran asked.

Gongsun Bo shook his head with a wry smile, his gaze fixed on the sliver of moonlight filtering in from the alleyway exit not far away.

"Luo'er... he won't agree."