What kind of situation is this?
Villains gathering for a meeting?
“What should we call you, little one?”
Cui Heyuan was very beautiful, with a somewhat effeminate appearance. His long, narrow eyes were shimmering with moisture, and when he relaxed, he was enveloped in a soft glow.
He tilted his head and stared into Shang Yan’s eyes, his gaze sweeping over her face without any aggression, just a light, indifferent look, as if he were describing her appearance.
Shang Yan lowered her eyes, not answering his question, and went straight to the point, asking, “What do you want with me?”
Xie Heng glanced at her, raised an eyebrow, quite cautious.
“Oh, I want to make a bet with you. How about it? Name your terms!” Cui Heyuan obviously didn’t mind that Shang Yan had ignored his question and cheerfully stated his purpose.
He was a straightforward person; he had seen too many roundabout ways, and it was rare to meet somone so direct, which he liked very much.
Name her terms?
Shang Yan’s beautiful eyes lit up. She met Cui Heyuan’s slightly raised gaze, her mind racing.
These villains were loaded; losing hundreds of millions was nothing to them, so it shouldn’t seem unusual.
Although these aristocratic scions were portrayed as incredibly powerful by novel authors, Shang Yan was quite confident in her gambling skills. At the gambling table, she dared to claim second place, and no one dared to surpass her.
So she quickly asked, “What do you
want to play?” Cui Heyuan hadn’t expected Shang Yan to agree so quickly. Although this little girl had shown courage beyond her years on the roulette wheel, her cleverness wouldn’t be enough on the second floor.
“Blackjack, how about it!”
“Okay.”
Shang Yan agreed without hesitation.
She really knew how to pick; blackjack was the first game she’d learned.
Wei Yanji paused in his drink when he heard Shang Yan’s decisiveness. He glared at Cui Heyuan, annoyed, thinking the boy was bullying a child.
“Why don’t you ask what the minimum bet is at the table first? Just in case he’s trying to rip you off?”
Upon hearing this, Cui Heyuan threw a cushion from the sofa at him. “What are you talking about? Do you think I’m that kind of person?”
He turned to Shang Yan and smiled. “How about this, we won’t play big, just a small bet of 200,000?”
“Not good.”
After Shang Yan said this, the private room fell into an eerie silence. Xie Heng remained standing quietly, rarely speaking, observing Shang Yan’s every move.
Cui Heyuan blinked twice, his expression somewhat strange. Was 200,000 too much? But this kid had won at least several million down there.
Wei Yansi was in a good mood seeing Cui Heyuan’s setback, silently giving Shang Yan a thumbs up in his heart. It was the kid’s cleverness that had dealt with this old man.
But the next second, Shang Yan’s words almost made him spit out the red wine in his mouth.
“I was just about to say, the minimum bet is 10 million, I won’t play if it’s less.”
Wei Yansi: ? ?
Cui Heyuan: Huh?
Xie Heng: Wow (^ ^)
Shang Yan checked the time when she went upstairs. It was already past midnight, and there was still more than an hour and a half left. It was all those idiots downstairs who wasted her time. She was winning slowly in blackjack, so she had to increase her bets to complete the task and go home.
“Okay, okay, do whatever you want.” Although Cui Heyuan was a little shocked by the kid’s tone, he quickly agreed.
Anyway, once the kid lost, he would stop. He didn’t want the kid to go home with a lot of debt and get beaten up. He still had that much kindness in him.
Wei Yansi’s eyes were now full of admiration when he looked at Shang Yan. Putting everything else aside, she really dared to gamble. With this kind of attitude, she must be a big sister at school!
After agreeing on the rules, they went to the card table. Shang Yan casually picked a seat and sat down. Xie Heng, who hadn’t said anything, pulled out the seat next to her. Shang Yan looked up at him, and Xie Heng smiled back.
Seeing the caution in Shang Yan’s eyes, Cui Heyuan chuckled and teased, “Little sister, be careful of him. He just won a piece of land from me.”
Land? Tsk, Shang Yan curled her lip. Rich people are different; others gamble with money, they gamble with land.
The dealer was a handsome young man. Sitting at the table, he smiled and tore open six new decks of cards in front of them. His skillful shuffling was very pleasant to watch, like listening to a sleep aid video.
Four cards were randomly removed from the top of the deck shoe. The dealer placed them face down in the discard box, not to be used. These four cards were discarded.
After shuffling, the young dealer left his seat, and Cui Heyuan took his place. He sat down with a grin, his tone rising and falling, “I’m the dealer, everyone please place your bets~”
, the four placed their chips. Shang Yan didn’t put all her chips in this time, only the minimum bet of ten million. There are rules for playing roulette, and naturally, there are rules for playing cards.
After everyone placed their bets, Cui Heyuan accurately flicked his cards from his shoe. His smile remained unchanged, and his movements were swift, showing he was a seasoned player.
Each person received two cards, with Cui Heyuan as the dealer. He had one face-up card, the Queen of Spades, which counted as ten points.
Shang Yan glanced at her cards: a 3 of Diamonds and an 8 of Hearts.
Xie Heng wasn’t in a hurry to look at his cards; instead, he observed Shang Yan’s expression. From watching her play roulette on the second floor, Xie Heng had felt that this girl was extraordinary, composed and collected.
After being called up to the second floor, this thought became even more certain. It was unusual for a girl who was at most eighteen years old to be invited to a gambling game by the casino owner.
Sitting among a group of seasoned gamblers, she displayed an entirely relaxed demeanor, which seemed utterly illogical. An ordinary student would never dare to sit here.
Moreover, this girl had obtained an invitation through technical means; what was her purpose in entering the casino?
Noticing someone watching her, Shang Yan was somewhat annoyed. She turned her head back, “Why are you looking at me? Are the cards on my face?” They
were both villains; she wasn’t afraid of Xie Heng at all. What could be more terrifying than the male and female leads throwing her into prison and making her a government employee?
Xie Heng slightly opened his mouth, then laughed, shifting his gaze to look down at his cards, “Sorry.”
Rarely hearing Xie Heng being retorted, Cui Heyuan and Wei Yanji exchanged a glance and burst out laughing.
“Yeah, why are you looking at me? Even if I’m pretty, I won’t let you see me! Ah Heng, want some cards?”
Xie Heng was sitting in the first position. Anyone sitting here had to have a good mentality, because he was the one who had to bear the most psychological pressure in the game. After asking for cards twice, Xie Heng raised his hand to stop playing, and it was Shang Yan’s turn next.
Cui Heyuan smiled and said, “Sister, come on.”
His tone was so cheeky that Wei Yansi next to him rolled his eyes. He was really a fox, always acting like a flirt.
Shang Yan lightly tapped the table with her index finger. Cui Heyuan understood and flicked a flying card, the 8 of diamonds. Now she had three cards in her hand, a total of nineteen points, which was a good hand.
Shang Yan raised her hand, palm down, and waved it lightly.
This meant to stop playing.