Chapter 829: The safe is recovered, and conflicts arise from all sides.
"Where did you see Brother Xiao? Didn't he go back upstairs with Shu Han?" Wu Chuyi also started looking around, his gaze finally landing on the entrance of that magnificent shop over there.
"I'm not too sure either, I just happened to see someone who looked a lot like Brother Xiao enter that shop." Xin Yiran also pointed towards that location.
Because the decor over there was truly eye-catching, and there were no other shops set up in the immediate vicinity, one would be drawn to their glittering, high-end decor almost at a single glance.
Yet, strangely enough, this shop didn't have a sign, and there were no advertising or promotional boards placed in front of it. The whole place, aside from looking high-end, was also a bit baffling.
Looking at it from the exterior alone, it was truly hard to judge exactly what kind of shop it was.
It seemed a bit like a bathhouse, and a bit like a KTV, but one could tell at a glance that it was the kind of high-end club only wealthy people would frequent.
"Wow, this looks so high-end. What is it for?" A few of them started to speculate.
"Why don't we just go in and take a look!" someone suggested directly.
Anyway, after the little game of guessing the cruise ship areas they played on the variety show earlier, they all knew that this side was also an entertainment area open to the public; there was absolutely no problem with them, as guests, wanting to wander around.
Moreover, the most impressive point was that because this area had been closed off previously, many of the guests playing the game at the time had assumed it was an internal staff area, and as a result, they had unsurprisingly guessed wrong.
Later, they found out that it was actually an entertainment area too, it was just that this section had a time restriction and could only open one hour after setting sail.
—Actually, it meant it could only open after the cruise ship reached the High Seas. They just claimed it had a time restriction based on the sailing duration.
"Anyway, this area is so huge that we might not even be able to explore it all in these few days. Since we're already here and have to wait for over half an hour, and that club is right across the way, it shouldn't be a problem for us to go in, look around for a while, and then come back out!" Wu Chuyi also said.
They were here to have fun, and with a group of young people gathered together, their ability to accept new things was even stronger. Consequently, the group walked straight in.
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Over here, Xiao He sat in a corner of the casino, silently observing the situation in front of him.
While a cleaning staff member was sweeping the floor, she accidentally knocked over a box under a table.
She originally thought it was a chip box that some guest had accidentally left behind, so she immediately crouched down and reached out to set the box upright again.
But the texture of the box in her hand was completely different. Their casino's chip boxes had a leather feel, while the one in her hand was smooth, and its overall size was completely different from their casino's standardized boxes.
So, she immediately pulled the box out—
A few minutes later, a large group of security personnel appeared in the casino.
Seeing the briefcase sitting perfectly on the table, the lead security guard finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. It was truly great; after making such a big fuss searching for so long, they had finally found the item.
"Where was this found?" He immediately asked the cleaning staff member. But the answer he got was not very useful.
Today, being the first day the casino was open, many new and old gamblers had come, among whom there was no shortage of people carrying chip boxes around. And since many people had passed by this table, almost no one would have any impression of this box.
So, the security guard could only take pictures of the box for record-keeping while using his headset to notify his superior that the box had been found. Finally, he picked up the box and thanked the cleaner: "Thank you very much for discovering it in time. Our boss will be very happy and will give you an extra tip later."
The middle-aged cleaner, who had a few strands of white hair at her temples, immediately bowed and thanked him happily.
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A few minutes later, in the upper hall.
Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng, who had been dark-faced the whole time, finally waited for the security personnel returning with the box.
Anhe Guanger felt a surge of joy upon seeing the box in the security personnel's hands and immediately rushed forward impatiently to snatch the box over: "Yes, that's it, that's it! This is the box we lost!"
CEO Anhe Muyie's expression was heavy; he was not as excited as Anhe Guanger appeared to be. Instead, he asked the security personnel very seriously: "Where was this box retrieved from? Has the person who stole the item been caught?"
Hearing the words "stole the item," the veins on Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng's forehead couldn't help but throb; he was clearly very unhappy that such a thing had happened on his ship. But there was no way to make CEO Anhe Muyie change his wording.
The security personnel reported in a matter-of-fact manner: "Very sorry, Mr. Anhe, we did not discover any suspicious individuals stealing items, and this box was found beside a gambling table in the central casino."
"Casino? Gambling table?" CEO Anhe Muyie was stunned for a moment, then immediately glared at his unreliable nephew.
And Anhe Guanger, who was holding the box, was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook his head to defend himself: "No, I didn't. I did go to the casino, but I definitely didn't take the box over there!"
But such a defense was too pale; instead, it exposed his own itinerary and was instantly seized upon as an opportunity by that old fox, Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately looked at the security personnel with a suggestive expression: "Did you not discover any clues from the surveillance footage?"
The security personnel received the hint from their employer, fell silent for a moment, and said somewhat hesitantly: "Very sorry, sir, the casino is a special area with fewer surveillance cameras installed, so we cannot confirm whether Mr. Anhe Guanger was carrying a box when he entered at that time."
OK, it's done! Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng was very satisfied with the security personnel's clever response.
The person had been to the casino, and then the item appeared in the casino—what did that mean? It meant this matter was not the fault of their Xiangsheng Cruise Ship! There was simply no thief on their ship at all!
It must be that this islander brought the item to the casino himself, got carried away gambling, and forgot about the item. Now, after the fact, he was deliberately putting on the appearance of a victim here! —Regardless of whether the truth was like that, in any case, this matter could not be a problem for their Xiangsheng Cruise Ship, nor could it be a problem for their Bao Family!
Seizing this opportunity, Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng immediately felt triumphant, his chest even puffing out quite a bit. He glanced coldly at the two islanders beside him and said in a sarcastic tone:
"So Mr. Anhe Guanger was also in the casino just now. Why didn't you tell us earlier? That way, we could have conducted a more precise search! Look at the result—after spending so much effort and causing such a big commotion, the item was found in the casino after all."
"I hope that next time Mr. Anhe loses something, you can first check it yourself, instead of immediately asserting that there is a thief on our ship."
Subsequently, his gaze also flickered towards the people from the Dong Family on the side, and he continued to warn: "Head of the Dong Family, since they are guests invited by you, you should do your best to maintain the guests' mood, rather than bringing the guests along to spread anxiety to other guests."
Although this evening party was co-hosted by the three families, the relationship between these three families was not as good as it appeared on the surface. Wasn't this time just proof of that?
A guest's item went missing, and the Dong Family immediately turned around and pressured him with these two islanders, raising all sorts of demands for their Bao Family to take responsibility. Hehe, take responsibility my foot!
Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng didn't buy that act at all, and he was even less afraid of offending Zirong Group; after all, the fields they were involved in had nothing to do with real estate, and there were no conflicts of interest between the two sides. If not for the sake of saving face, he would have wanted to call a small yacht and kick this group of people off the ship.
The smile on Dong Zhizhuo's face stiffened. Chen Yuehui glanced sideways at this guy beside her who was useless and only caused trouble, then smiled and stepped forward to apologize to Shipping Tycoon Bao Xingsheng.
But just at this moment, the islander on the side suddenly started shouting again: "But this isn't right, this password isn't right, now we can't open this box!"
"What?" This time, CEO Anhe Muyie's expression finally turned so gloomy it was as if ink were about to drip from it. He immediately pushed his nephew aside, strode to the briefcase, and began to enter that string of passwords he knew by heart.
The next moment, a bright red screen warned of an incorrect password. And with this second opportunity used up, the briefcase, which only had three chances to enter the password, was about to enter locked mode. —Therefore, they only had one last chance to enter the password. Once successfully locked, this combination lock would enter a 48-hour cooldown state.