Shang Yan raised her hand, palm down, and waved it lightly.
This meant she was stopping.
Xie Heng watched her move, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes. This seasoned player clearly wasn’t a novice at playing cards.
Wei Yansi had blown his hand and couldn’t help but sigh, mercilessly mocked by Cui Heyuan for his insatiable greed.
Finally, it was the dealer’s turn. Cui Heyuan’s smile froze after looking at his cards, his voice clear and bright in the private room.
“One point, dealer has seventeen points.”
In the game, the dealer must stop if their hand is 17 points or higher. Cui Heyuan was stuck at seventeen, his luck was terrible.
The dealer stopped, and Shang Yan and Xie Heng revealed their cards.
Xie Heng’s were: Jack of Hearts, 3 of Diamonds, 2 of Diamonds, 5 of Hearts, a total of twenty points.
Shang Yan looked at his cards and raised an eyebrow. His luck was really good.
So in the first round, the player who busted and the dealer lost, with a 1:1 payout. Xie Heng and Shang Yan each won ten million in this round.
At the start of the second round, Shang Yan again put in ten million chips, and Xie Heng responded with ten million as well.
Cui Heyuan, having lost the previous round, simply took in twenty million chips this time, intending to recoup his losses. “Watch how my luck explodes this round and I’ll win all your money!”
“Great talk, you’ll be quiet when you hit seventeen again.” Wei Yansi mercilessly exposed him.
“Hey! Why don’t you admit you were greedy? If you hadn’t been greedy with that hand, it would have been a tie.”
Although Cui Heyuan was arguing, his hands weren’t affected; he turned over one of his cards.
“ACe, eleven.”
Xie Heng asked for two more cards, but was mercilessly busted. He didn’t seem to care, leisurely sipping his drink, his mind focused on peeking at Shang Yan’s cards.
Cui Heyuan chuckled. He’d rarely seen Xie Heng bluff before, and teased, “What’s wrong, Aheng? You’re starting to get greedy too?”
“Maybe,” Xie Heng smiled, “I’ve caught your luck.”
“Hahahaha!”
“Hey! Why do you say that!”
Shang Yan had two eights. A smile played on her lips beneath her mask. She decisively made a gesture, then pushed out another ten million chips as an equal bet.
Cui Heyuan understood, “Split the cards.”
the initial two cards have the same value. You can choose to split them into two separate hands and add a bet equal to the original wager for each hand, then play each hand separately.
Cui Heyuan watched Shang Yan’s actions and suddenly laughed, “Little sister, you’re quite skilled. I really thought you went to the wrong place in the elevator. You just came here to play casually?”
“To win money.”
This reason was novel, and Wei Yan couldn’t help but ask, “Is your allowance being cut off at home?”
He didn’t think the girl in front of him was short of money, because someone short of money wouldn’t seek out the light, let alone know so much about cards. The only possibility was that her allowance had been cut off by her family, so she came to the casino to win some money.
Shang Yan flipped over the two cards that had been dealt, one Ace and one 3 of hearts. She made a gesture, which Xie Heng saw, and the corners of his lips curled up.
A glint flashed in Cui Heyuan’s eyes, his voice carrying a hint of confirmation, “Double the bet.”
Shang Yan pushed out another ten million chips, her movements smoother than even these seasoned veterans.
“I owe someone money, and I have to
pay it back.” “How much?”
This time Xie Heng asked, his elbow resting on the table, his dark eyes fixed on Shang Yan’s, a few wisps of hair falling across her delicate, full forehead.
Shang Yan was usually very easy to talk to at the gambling table, because most of her attention was focused on calculating her cards, so she was always willing to answer any question.
“A few hundred million.”
“Huh?!”
Cui Heyuan’s hand trembled, almost dropping the cards. A few hundred million? He scrutinized Shang Yan again; she definitely had the air of a student. Had she blown up the school building?
Recalling the shattered enamelware in Shang Yuanlin’s study, Shang Yan felt a throbbing pain in her backside.
Another card, the 9 of diamonds.
Shang Yan stopped playing, satisfied.
When it was Wei Yansi’s turn, he behaved himself this time, stopping when necessary and knowing when to stop, even though that idiot Cui Heyuan kept provoking him, he pretended not to hear.
Xie Heng pondered for a while after hearing Shang Yan’s words. Was she really here to win money? No other purpose?
He pursed his lips and asked softly, “Can you tell me how you got your invitation?”
He still asked.
Shang Yan lied without blinking, “I got it from someone else.” Of course, “someone else” was herself.
The villain Xie Heng chuckled at this answer and didn’t ask any more questions, which surprised Shang Yan. So far, this villain’s personality seemed quite nice.
and the image of a ruthless killer, cunning, calculating, and cold-blooded man who disregards brotherhood described in the novel seem completely unrelated.
Cui Heyuan’s name card was the 3 of hearts, and his face-down card was a six. If he could draw another ten or six, his chances of winning would be very high.
So after drawing his card, he carefully turned it over, “Ten points!”
“Oh hahahahaha, my luck is so good! Thank heaven and earth, thank the God of Wealth, thank my father and mother, thank my ancestors…”
Before even turning over his card, he had already thanked the whole world, as if he was certain to win this round.
Xie Heng slapped him on the head, physically stopping him, “Shut up, turn over your card.”
Cui Heyuan’s card was nineteen points.
Wei Yansi sighed, turned over his card, seventeen points.
When it was Shang Yan’s turn, all three people’s eyes were focused on her card, and even Cui Heyuan, who hadn’t been nervous for a long time, felt a sense of tension.
Shang Yan smiled and flipped over two decks of cards, one for nineteen points and the other for twenty.
Upon seeing these cards, Cui Heyuan almost suspected she was cheating. What kind of luck was this? She’d played several rounds and the lowest bet was nineteen points every time. Was she blessed by the God of Luck, or had Lady Luck descended upon her?
Wei Yan couldn’t help but clap. “So, downstairs just now, were you sure you’d win before you bet?”
This was a question all three of them were curious about. So far, they were about 80% certain that she would win, but Shang Yan shook her head.
“Not entirely sure, about 98%.”
Xie Heng asked, “And what about the remaining 2%?”
Shang Yan took off her hat, her soft hair, pressed down inside, was a little flat. She casually tossed it aside, revealing her striking features. Cui Heyuan, a man who had seen countless women, raised an eyebrow, instantly confirming that she was a beauty in the making.
She slowly said, “The remaining two percent is just me being modest.”
Her words were arrogant and quite presumptuous. Even Cui and Wei, who knew she had some skill, were taken aback by her tone. Xie Heng lightly tapped the table, her lips curving into a smile at her boastful appearance.
Good, if you have the ability, you should talk big like that.
In just this one round, Shang Yan won forty million, bringing her principal back to fifty million. Now she had almost reached a small goal, but it was still too slow.
Actually, being the dealer had a wider winning margin, so the four of them agreed to take turns being the dealer. They could have called a dealer, but Shang Yan refused because she wanted to win big when she was the dealer.
After several rounds, everyone had wins and losses. Cui and Wei were good at cards, but they were still at a disadvantage against Shang Yan. Xie Heng, on the other hand, won a few, but his skill level was unknown.