However, Fade didn't stop there. He took out the dice and smashed it on the table.

Among the shattered pieces, there were three similar black wafers.

As Fade brought the brown wafer closer to the black wafer pieces, they attached themselves to each other like magnets.

"Mr. Li, please explain. What is the meaning of this?" Fade glared at Eden and questioned sternly.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They stared at the wafers in disbelief and then at Eden.

Eden was under extreme pressure. Sweat trickled down his forehead as he stuttered, "I, I don't know what's going on either. This has nothing to do with me. "It's none of your business?" Fade snorted. "Hiller was here at your invitation, yet you say it's none of your business. Do you think I'll believe you?"

"I, I didn't invite him. He was from the cruise ship and has nothing to do with me." Eden was still explaining.

However, a deep voice rumbled from the crowd, "Mr. Li, I have records of all the casino staff

and Hiller is not on the list."

At the sound of the voice, everyone turned and saw that it was the owner of the cruise ship and organizer of the party, Cooper.

Earlier, Eden claimed that Hiller was a staff member of the cruise ship, putting the blame on Cooper. Naturally, Cooper would jump to his own defense at this.

Now that Cooper had shown himself, Eden did not dare to act rashly. He could only defend himself. "Well, it was a misunderstanding. Anyway, this Hiller has nothing to do with me."

Eden was adamantly denying it.

However, Fade had other ideas in mind.

Fade held the knife on Hiller's arm and applied a light pressure. Fade said, "Tell me, who are you working for? Every time you lie, I'll cut off one of your fingers."

Hiller stared into Fade's pupils and knew that he was not joking. Sweating profusely, he answered, "I'll talk, I'll talk. Please don't cut off my fingers."

Hearing this, Eden snapped anxiously, "Hiller, choose your words carefully."

Normally, Hiller would have been terrified of Eden, but in these circumstances, his fear of Fade was stronger. Shakily, he confessed, "Mr. Li invited me to the party so that I can use my skills to help him win more money. It was he who ordered me to cheat."

As soon as he finished his confession, everyone's expressions changed dramatically.

Eden frantically denied, "You're defaming me. I didn't do it. You're slandering me."

Hiller took out a recording pen from his chest pocket and said, "This is the conversation from when Mr. Li asked me to help him cheat. You can hear it. It's all arranged by him."

The recording was played and Hiller appeared to be telling the truth.

Suddenly, the whole room went silent. Everyone stared at Eden, disgusted, particularly the ones who had gambled with him previously. Eden was furious and upset.

After all, he was a well-known person in Jade City. Losing money was not a big deal to him, but if he was found to be running a gambling scam, his reputation would be ruined.

At that moment, everyone was glaring at Eden.

Fade stared at Eden and said icily, "Mr. Li, do you have anything else to say now?"

Eden was as pale as a ghost. He knew that there was no use defending himself, so he simply gritted his teeth and said, "Since I'm caught red-handed, I have nothing to say. However, I won't let you do anything to me."

Eden shamelessly looked at Fade with his arms crossed. It was obvious that he was going to go back on his word.

Fade stared at Eden frostily, "Do you mean that you are not going to honor your bet?"

Eden said, "No. What can you do about it?"

"How confident of you!" Fade laughed. "Do you really think I won't do anything to you?"

Eden looked at Fade and said, "I'm from the Li family. If you dare touch me, the Li family will not let you go."

Fade frowned and waved his hand, saying, "I've heard this too many times. Your son, your nephew, and even Sasha said the exact same thing. However, it was all useless."

After that, Fade pinned Eden's hand on the table. The sharp blade cut into his fingers. He asked coldly, "Are you still reluctant to pay up?"

"I..." Eden was trembling, but he was still reluctant to admit it, "You, you wouldn't dare, I am from the Li family..."

However, before he could finish, Fade applied pressure on the blade, severing Eden's thumb.

Subsequently, he positioned the blade on Eden's ring finger and asked, "Shall we continue?"

Veins bulged on Eden's forehead from the pain. He looked at Fade lividly and shouted, "You! How dare you..."

Without waiting for him to finish, Fade severed the next finger. Blood spurted from the severed digit as Eden almost fainted from the overwhelming pain.

"Willing to pay up yet?" Fade asked indifferently.

At that moment, Eden was truly terrified. He nodded quickly and said, "I'll pay up, I'll pay!"

"Give me the money!" Fade shouted.

Eden handed out all his chips saying, "Here, it's all yours."

Fade glanced at him and said, "I believe this isn't enough?"

Eden's face tensed up and he said, "There's around twenty million there. I don't have that much cash on me."

"Only twenty million? What about the remaining hundred million?" Fade sneered disdainfully. "In lieu of money, you should sign an IOU." Fade motioned, and Lily handed him a pen and a piece of paper. Eden didn't dare to refuse. He could only nod. "I'll do it, I'll do it!"

However, his right hand was missing two fingers.

It would be impossible for him to hold a pen, let alone sign an IOU.

In the end, Lily wrote up the slip, and Eden put his fingerprint on the IOU in his own blood.

Immediately, Fade put the slip away and let go of Eden. He said indifferently, "Get out of here!"

Eden ran off, enduring the pain as Director Huang and the others followed behind him. Hiller was also taken away by Cooper's men.

With a smile on his face, Fade turned and left with Lily and Nita.

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