Chapter 96 - A chance encounter (2/2)

“I… and Yumi really only saw each other twice.” I think about it and say carefully, “I don’t really know her very well. Just because my ex-boss used to know her, so I got know her too. Then when I lost my job, Yumi met me by chance, knowing that I had no job at that time, she introduced me to work for you. It was just a coincidence.”

Say these words. I’m also uneasy, but then I comfort myself that what I said was not a lie. It just hides some details.

Nanny, after all, is a very smart woman. She hears that there’ss something vague in my words and her eyes are staying on my face for a while, but she doesn’t ask me any more questions.

I drive out of the city to the eastern suburbs and then onto the road leading to the casino.

Although this is only my second time here, but more than one month ago, the last time I came here, it was really left a deep impression to me!

To the left is a private high-end villa residential area. To the right, live along the road and drive to the clubhouse area.

At the daytime, the scenery here is much better than what I saw last time in the night.

The hill next is all green. The weather is pretty good. Our car is slowly entering the club area. The security guard at the door sees Nanny’s membership card and let us get in.

Nanny is a member here too. But thinking of the mysterious background behind her, I’m not surprised at all.

Crossing the clubhouse area during the day, the environment here undoubtedly looks clearer.

There is a completely European sculpture fountain surrounded by four or five intersections in front of us. The signs show the way to the racetrack, the golf course and so on. And the private hotel which was impressed me is right ahead!

That night, Juan was standing there to take me into another world far from my previous life, and today I am here again… Of course, I remind myself that Juan does not belong to here anymore now. I need to be more careful.

“Here it is. Just drive in.” Nanny is pointing to the hotel’s underground parking lane. A white card is shown at the door. The security guard in black immediately retreats to the roadside and bows down to let us go.

I remember Juan told me that the underground parking spaces here are fixed members, and Nanny gives the number of the parking space is actually the most inside of the separate garage! I am somewhat shocked.

Seems that Nanny’s membership level here is quite high!

From the elevator to the fourth floor of the hotel, here is a café BAR. But it seems few people there. Entering the door, I see Minister Kim and two men are sitting there chatting, each of them with a cigar on hand. And there are two women are sitting at the same table, young, beautiful, well-dressed, dressing in very expensive and decent clothes, with noble and elegant gesture.

“Miss Fang!” When Minister Kim sees us from afar, he stands up immediately. Then he’s greeting with me, who’s standing beside Nanny: “Oh, our god of gambling is here too!” After that, he stretches out his arms and comes to hug me warmly.

I’m somewhat surprised that Minister Kim is so enthusiastic. This guy has a very straightforward look, sharp edges and corners on his face. His face if full the smile, a pair of bright eyes look very energetic. I hear him say to me: “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time, and I’ve always wanted to play with you again!”

Then he almost throws Nanny aside, pulls me to the other two men and say: “Let me introduce Nonda Park, my friend, is also a famous master in Jeju Island Casino. I take him here for sightseeing this time!” I take a look at that man. He is a very ordinary looking man, in his thirties, of medium stature. I can’t see any features from his appearance. The only thing that I notice is that he is pretty tall. There is an occasional flash of light in his eyes. He is a Korean, and he seems don’t understand our language. So, he just nods to me and shakes my hand.

“This is an old friend of mine. I didn’t expect him to travel here this time. He just met me yesterday.” Minister Kim is pointing to the last man and saying with the smile, “Hey! Why are you still sitting there? Don’t hide! Are you shying like a woman? Come on!” He pulls up the man. I just look at him, and am frozen!

He is tall and slender, with a standard model figure, a handsome face, with a calm and indifferent smile in his eyebrows. This man is: Winson Lee!

Winson is looking at me with a calm expression on his face: “Hello, Chen Yang, we meet again.” Then he reaches out hand to shake with me.

I just come back to myself and say: “Hello, Mr. Lee.” Then I shake hands with him.

“Do you know each other?” Minister Kim is somewhat surprised. But then he’s saying with laugh, “No wonder! You are all good gamblers. It’s not surprising that you know each other. Alas! Winson, you have such a good friend, why didn’t you introduce to us?”

Winson squints at me and has a little fun in his eyes: “I didn’t know Chen Yang is a gambler. We haven’t known each other for a long time.”

Then Winson turns to Nanny, and he looks at Nanny’s bright and moving beauty. His eyes are slightly dazed. Then he calms down, with a slight smile on his lips, he says softly: “Hello, madam. I’m Winson Lee.”

Nanny doesn’t react much. She just says lightly: “Deep Blue Entertainment, Nanny Fang.”

Minister Kim seems to be in high spirits. He’s laughing and saying: “OK, now that we’re all here, there are so many masters here, we should have a good time today!”

Nanny interrupts him with a grin: “Minister Kim, you won’t call me here just to play cards, will you? Let’s negotiate the business first.”

Unexpectedly, there is a sly look in the eyes of Minister Kim. He’s laughing: “It’s still early, too early! Business can be talked about slowly, not in a hurry. How do you say, Miss Fang?”

Winson is smiling at me and saying: “Chen Yang. I didn’t expect to meet you here. You haven’t come to me for tea these two days!”

I grin bitterly: “Too busy, vulgar things entangled.”

“But I really didn’t expect you to be a gambling expert. Don’t deny it. Minister Kim won’t lie.”

Minister Kim is laughing and saying immediately: “Exactly! To be honest, I played with Chen Yang once. That scene, now every time thinking of it, still let me be cold sweating! I’ve never lost so badly!”

Then Minister Kim introduces the two beautiful women beside him.

Both of them are Korean beauties who have been standing by since we came in just now. They’re quietly waiting for our greetings to be over. When they hear Minister Kim’s words, they just take a step forward. Their faces are not unhappy at all, still smiling.

It is said that Korea is a country with a very serious patriarchal social habits, and it seems it is true. Women’s status is far lower than mens.

They introduce themselves. These two beauties are from Minister Kim’s company. One is in charge of performing arts training and the other is in charge of public relations.

With these two beautiful women who are exquisite in appearance and make-up, they are all outstanding in appearance, but they just make me feel… strange.

Well, all of a sudden, I’m struck by the fact that most beautiful women in Korea have cosmetic surgery. Are these two the same?

But I just look at two Korean beauties for a while, Nanny on my side immediately has a sour look in her eyes. I quickly turn around my eyes.

Winson is always smiling peacefully, but I’ve learned about this guy. He is absolutely a man of hiding.

“Mr. Lee, do you like playing cards?” I ask him with a smile.

Before he speaks, Minister Kim claps him on the shoulder: “He? He’s a pervert! Riding horses, playing balls, tasting wine, cigars and playing chess in gardens, this fellow can play any game well. As for playing cards, he is a gold member of the Asian Bridge Association. You say do he know how to play cards?”