[Today’s Intelligence 02]:

You had contact with Lin Ranran yesterday and gained related information—

Lin Ranran’s father, Lin Wei, was set up by four card-playing friends.

He will lose all his property tonight and incur massive online loans.

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"Lin Ranran’s gambling father really hasn’t changed his ways..."

Seeing the second piece of refreshed intelligence, Jiang Tao was speechless.

The last time he was back in his hometown, he refreshed information that Lin Ranran’s father, Lin Wei, would be arrested for gambling for the 10th time.

Out of goodwill, he told Lin Ranran about it.

Lin Ranran quickly informed her father, allowing him to avoid a disaster.

Because of this, Lin Ranran’s fondness for Jiang Tao greatly increased, recognizing him more as her "brother-in-law."

It wasn’t long before her father was gambling again, and this time he was set up by card-playing friends.

Not only will he lose all his property, but he will also incur massive online loans.

Pitiful people must have something despicable about them!

Honestly, this matter has nothing to do with Jiang Tao; he can completely ignore it.

However...

Thinking of that girl who calls him Brother Jiang incessantly every time they meet.

Jiang Tao, in the end, softened his heart.

If Lin Wei takes on those massive online loans, it will inevitably affect Lin Ranran.

Yuan Mengjie, her boyfriend, probably wouldn’t just stand by and watch his girlfriend’s family fall into ruin.

"Just this one last time, I’ll help you this once, but there will be no next time."

A second chance is possible, but not a third or fourth.

Once he made up his mind, Jiang Tao focused his attention on the name "Lin Wei."

The next second, a system interface appeared with a middle-aged man not too tall, slender, and with a few similarities in appearance to Lin Ranran.

On the screen, the man’s eyes were fervent, and his expression was very excited.

He looked just like those desperate gamblers on television.

[Lin Wei: 136XXXXXXXX]

Lin Wei’s phone number quickly appeared above the character.

Jiang Tao was too lazy to call Lin Wei, directly composing a message on his phone and sending it over.

As for whether Lin Wei believes him, that’s Lin Wei’s problem.

After sending the message to Lin Wei, Jiang Tao turned his attention back to the system interface to check the last piece of intelligence.

[Today’s Intelligence 03]:

You had contact with Jiang Yi yesterday and gained related information—

The book "Guitar Self-study in Three Months" Jiang Yi purchased online is a special book.

Once ownership is obtained, learning from it can acquire the "System Level Guitar Playing" skill.

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"Hmm, another skill-type book!"

Seeing the last piece of intelligence, Jiang Tao’s eyes instantly lit up.

Just yesterday, he got his hands on the System Level Culinary Skill, and hadn’t had a chance to practice it yet.

Today, another special book on learning guitar was refreshed.

As the saying goes, many skills won’t burden you.

Although currently useless, it might come in handy for demonstrating in the future.

"I’ll have to find a chance to get my hands on this book someday."

After refreshing the three pieces of intelligence, Jiang Tao closed the system interface with a single thought and prepared to sleep.

Buzz—

The phone he had set to silent suddenly buzzed once, and the screen lit up.

Jiang Tao picked up the phone and saw a call from an unmarked number. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

It was Lin Wei calling!

Jiang Tao immediately guessed why Lin Wei was calling.

Nothing more than to ask who he is and how he knew that Lin Wei was being set up.

Being a stranger to each other, Jiang Tao couldn’t be bothered to explain too much to a hopeless gambler, directly hanging up the call and then shutting off his phone.

Anyway, he no longer needed to rush to work; he basically slept in until he naturally woke up each morning.

Turning off his phone wouldn’t affect him at all.

He casually tossed the phone onto the bedside table.

Jiang Tao rested his head on the pillow, reached from behind to embrace Xu Li’s waist, and started sleeping.

The effect of [Insomnia Terminator] was the same as [Deep Sleep Mode].

Jiang Tao was off to dreamland in less than a minute after lying down.

Meanwhile.

kilometers away from Bai Gezhuang District.

In a residential compound in Gao Family Manor, Ping County, in the bathroom.

Lin Wei looked at the hung-up call, his eyebrows furrowing into a frown.

"Shutdown?"

"Who on earth is this person?"

Smoking a cigarette, Lin Wei compared the number that sent him the message,

recollecting the entire poker game process with his card friends tonight.

As the saying goes, "Those involved are confused, and those watching are clear."

Entrenched in the gambling scene, Lin Wei initially just felt that he was "unlucky" tonight.

From drinking with his buddies at the restaurant after 9 PM until now.

In barely over three hours, he had lost more than 30,000, averaging a loss of 10,000 per hour!

Honestly, an hour ago, Lin Wei was already at the point of losing his head and going overboard.

By this point, he wasn’t even thinking about winning tonight.

He was only hoping to recoup a bit, to lose less would be a godsend.

Yet the result was losing more and more, from over 10,000 to over 20,000, and now 30,000.

Upon seeing the message from Jiang Tao, Lin Wei instantly felt as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped on his head.

His high-strung emotions cooled down considerably.

Then, under the guise of going to the bathroom, he stepped out alone, intending to call Jiang Tao to confirm.

However, Jiang Tao simply wouldn’t answer his call.

"Are those four in cahoots?"

After arriving at the "answer," the more Lin Wei thought about it, the more suspicious tonight’s incident seemed.

Though unable to contact the person who messaged him nor confirm the source of the information,

Lin Wei now somewhat believed that he was indeed set up.

Those four were friends Lin Wei played with regularly, and they knew each other quite well.