Chapter 827: Lucky Bead
Soon, Xiao He composed himself and placed the two glass bottles into his pockets.
He didn't need to worry about the glass bottles breaking; he had observed them earlier and realized the material was extraordinary, making them nearly impossible to shatter under normal circumstances.
They were likely some form of advanced technology.
However, maintaining the low-temperature environment was difficult. Xiao He was very worried that their reproduction rate was too fast, and that the things inside would start hatching one after another before he even got off the ship.
Perhaps he should find a bucket of ice water to keep them chilled once he went out. While not as effective as the low-temperature environment inside the safe, it was better than nothing.
As Xiao He pondered this, he continued to examine other items in the cabin, eventually letting his gaze fall upon some hotel soap stacked on a shelf.
He walked over to the shelf, picked up a few mini bars of soap, carefully weighed them in his hand, and then unwrapped one, broke it in half, and weighed it again in his palm.
With Xiao He's precise control, a pile of soap chunks, roughly the same weight as the two glass bottles, was placed into the safe.
Finally, Xiao He stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the safe in front of him, and sighed with some regret: "It's a pity the tools here are so primitive; otherwise, I'd definitely throw two bottles of sulfuric acid in his face."
It was a real shame he couldn't set up a small trap to spray someone.
For such treacherous scum, they deserved to be shown the iron fist of justice.
With a sense of regret, Xiao He closed the safe and reset the password using higher-level permissions.
Very good. Now, even if they found the safe, they definitely wouldn't be able to open it.
Xiao He glanced at the surveillance feed on his phone, then turned and walked out of the cabin, carrying the case.
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Dong Huai's internet connection started lagging again.
This immediately made him feel uncomfortable, as he had been immersed in the joy of gambling.
But no matter how many times he refreshed it, the phone screen remained frozen.
His gambling addiction, already stimulated and itching, was now left with no outlet.
"Tsk, this crappy ship of the Bao Family, what the hell is this!"
Finally, unable to endure it any longer, Dong Huai couldn't help but start cursing.
Fortunately, at that moment, he glanced at the pitch-black sea outside the window and checked the time, suddenly realizing they had reached the High Seas.
"We've actually reached the High Seas?" Dong Huai muttered. His eyes, already bloodshot, sparked with a sick, brilliant light again. "That's fantastic!"
Wasn't the whole reason he boarded the ship to go to the casino?
Since the signal on his phone was bad, why didn't he just go play at the physical casino?
Besides, the main reason he was willing to come along on the Xiangsheng Cruise Ship this time was to be able to enter the casino here openly.
Otherwise, he would have stayed at home to continue gambling online.
Regardless, enjoying the sound of chips clinking and cards shuffling in person was always intoxicating.
Only in this situation could Mrs. Dong not interfere with him.
Thinking of the casino, Dong Huai's frustration with the lagging internet vanished instantly, and he climbed out of bed to leave.
However, just a few steps after leaving his room, the door to another room in the hallway opened, and someone walked out.
It was a young man with a crew cut, looking to be in his twenties, with a hint of Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng in his features.
Seeing Dong Huai come out, he immediately greeted him: "Yo, isn't this Dong Huai? It's rare not to see you directly at the casino."
Dong Huai looked over at the sound and immediately greeted him back: "Brother Wenqi, long time no see!"
Bao Wenqi was the acknowledged fourth son of the Bao Family and also a son whom Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng had publicly acknowledged. However, his mother wasn't the original wife but someone married later. Still, he held a legitimate status, so he was completely different from the hidden illegitimate children like Bao Wenyu.
Because of this, his personality was more arrogant, and he had developed many bad habits. He was the same type of person as Dong Huai, often causing trouble outside and picking up bad vices. The two were fox friends—partners in crime—who had a decent relationship.
The fact that Dong Huai had picked up gambling recently was naturally something he learned from Bao Wenqi.
However, later on, Mrs. Dong noticed something was wrong and put him under restrictions, not allowing Dong Huai to leave the house, so he had self-taught himself the path of online gambling.
Thus, under these circumstances, Dong Huai hadn't realized at all that the cruise ship had successfully arrived at the High Seas, so naturally, he hadn't rushed to the casino the moment it opened.
However, Dong Huai was a bit curious: "Brother Wenqi, why aren't you at the casino either?"
The two of them were birds of a feather, both equally addicted. In their earlier years, they could play other things, but later, due to the major investigation into the Chen Family, the upper echelons of Hong Kong became terrified, so they had been forced to keep a low profile for a long time.
"Oh, I was just going to find my big brother—"
Bao Wenqi put his arm around Dong Huai's shoulder and whispered in a very chummy manner, "My brother recently got a batch of Luck-Boosting Beads. It's said the quality this time is excellent, and the effects are especially potent. I was thinking that our gambling luck hasn't been great lately, so I grabbed two spots."
After finishing, he didn't forget to pat Dong Huai, giving him a "you know what I mean" look: "Don't say I'm not good to you!"
"Luck-Boosting Beads?" Dong Huai asked, half-doubting. "You people in the Bao Family always like to mess around with this superstitious stuff. Does this thing actually work?"
The older generation of the Dong Family was quite superstitious, but after Mrs. Dong took power, she focused more on practical matters, and Dong Zhizhuo was a lazy man, so by the time it reached their younger generation, they hadn't really been exposed to these things.
"It works, of course it works!" Bao Wenqi patted his chest and said confidently, "Don't you doubt it! Several big shots who boarded the ship this time are also here for this. If it weren't for the incident with your Chen Family affecting our business back then, maybe our Bao Family would have already had our luck turned around and become the richest people."
"Tch! What Chen Family or not Chen Family, I am a member of the Dong Family!"
Dong Huai sneered.
"Hey! Just tell me one thing, are you going or not!"
Bao Wenqi scoffed.
"Go, of course I'm going! My gambling luck has indeed been terrible lately. If this doesn't turn my luck around, I'll smash up your family's ship!"
Dong Huai sneered and followed in Bao Wenqi's footsteps: "When?"
"No rush, no rush. Let's go to the casino and play a few rounds first. Some Japanese person on the ship lost something today, and it's caused everyone to search everywhere, delaying our business here. It's so annoying! Fortunately, the master said we could change the time; otherwise, I'd want to throw those two Japanese people into the sea."
Hearing that a Japanese person had lost something, Dong Huai, who had been holed up in his room gambling, froze for a moment, then frowned: "A Japanese person lost something? When did this happen?"
"Just a little while ago, and they are still searching everywhere now! I don't know who did it, but I hope they find it quickly so it doesn't delay our affairs."
Knowing this, Dong Huai suddenly became distracted. Following Bao Wenqi, he responded absentmindedly: "Indeed, hmm, yes, that's right."