Shaking her head, the woman with a refined demeanor replied meaningfully, "It means nothing! I was asked by a friend to tell you..."
"Don't bother! You can't complete that task!"
"Because, this was a setup! A setup designed specifically for you!"
A setup designed for me?
While feeling extremely surprised, a very bizarre thought suddenly surged into my mind.
Could it be that Yun Jin knew from the start that Yu Shuang's approach was ill-intentioned, and while playing along, she was secretly finding another way?
If that were the case, then all the things I suspected earlier would be explainable.
It seemed that the path Yun Jin secretly found led to Ying Baolin.
I and Yu Shuang were both eliminated.
Of course, all these deductions must be based on the premise that what the refined woman just said was true.
If she was playing a game of deception, then it was just a few useless words.
From the current situation, I was more inclined to believe the latter possibility.
Because the first sentence the refined woman spoke was the biggest flaw!
If she and that young woman were indeed people arranged by Yun Jin, how could she have revealed her identity so easily?
After all, Yun Jin now considered me her archenemy!
Therefore, I didn't immediately engage in conversation but remained silent.
Seeing this, the refined woman glanced back at the women's restroom door and quickly said in a low voice, "Listen! I don't have time to explain the details here, because it's too involved and complicated!"
"But remember one thing, everything I said just now is true!"
"The reason I'm choosing to help you is mixed with personal feelings!"
"So, if you want to break out of this predicament, remember to act according to my signal later!"
"I can help you defeat Shen Lingyu and widen the gap in her total ranking to outside the top ten."
"But you must cooperate with me unconditionally and guarantee that you won't reveal my information to anyone afterward!"
I hadn't paid attention to anything the refined woman had said earlier, but her last sentence made me involuntarily shocked again.
What on earth was going on?
Just when I had finally made some sense of things, I became confused again, and even more so.
Hearing the sound of flushing from the women's restroom behind her, the refined woman immediately quickened her pace and said, "My name is Fan Yinxin!"
"Chen Xiang, I know why you've come this time, and I also know your purpose in traveling from Anhai County in Jiangsu Province to Xingjia and Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province."
"Including what you've done during this period, I know it all!"
I didn't let my guard down against the refined woman named Fan Yinxin, and instead asked coldly, "And then? What are you trying to say?"
Seeing my continued vigilance and hearing the sound of high heels on the floor from the restroom, Fan Yinxin quickly said four words.
"Stealing the heavens and changing the sun!"
Immediately after, as the women's restroom door behind her was pulled open from the inside, Fan Yinxin took a deep breath, her eyebrows sternly furrowed as she stared at me, saying, "Chen Xiang, right? We'll take it as it comes – let's see!"
With that, she turned and walked towards the gambling table.
At this moment, the masked woman whom Fan Yinxin called Shen Lingyu also pushed the door open.
As if hearing Fan Yinxin's parting words, Shen Lingyu also looked at me and said coldly, "After the next round starts, I won't give you the slightest chance to turn things around!"
Before her words had completely fallen, Shen Lingyu turned and left with a frosty expression.
After the two women left, I walked directly to the washbasin, turned on the faucet, and splashed cold water on my face repeatedly, trying to make myself more awake.
To be honest, this setup tonight might not be the most dangerous I've encountered, but it was definitely the most mentally taxing and difficult to figure out... bar none!
I still had no idea who was good or bad, who was genuinely helping me, and who was truly trying to harm me.
Fortunately, Fan Yinxin had given me a crucial piece of information before she left.
The card-switching skill: Stealing the heavens and changing the sun!
I vaguely remembered Uncle Tuo saying that besides a few enemies, the people most familiar with his card-switching skill were all the members of his team.
Therefore, the identity of the refined woman, Fan Yinxin, was not hard to guess. It was one of two options.
Either she was Uncle Tuo's enemy, or she was his former teammate.
If it was the former, then her so-called help must be a way to harm me.
But if it was the latter, then...
As I stood by the sink in thought, a waiter quickly walked up behind me and said respectfully, "Excuse me, sir, you need to hurry up!"
"This is the second time I've come to rush you. The大会 has explicit regulations that contestants cannot spend too long in the restroom!"
"If you have a third instance of this situation, your subsequent participation qualification... will unfortunately be canceled!"
Upon hearing this, I didn't waste any more words but turned and walked directly towards Table One.
...
After I took my seat, the game at Table One continued.
Earlier, the plump dealer had been peeking at me from the corner of his eye several times while shuffling the cards.
I knew very well that from this moment on, he would be closely watching my every move.
If I made any move, he would immediately pause the game.
So, I decided to play it safe and wait, as there was still over an hour left in the competition.
Anyway, my current ranking in this small table was second, which was enough to hold on for a while.
Thus, another half hour passed.
There was one hour left until the finals ended.
A new round began.
In this round, I received a very good hand, two colored Qs and Ks.
When it was my turn to speak, I directly bet thirty thousand chips.
No one outside folded, and everyone called.
After discarding one card, the plump dealer began dealing three community cards.
A mixed-color 10, J, Q.
This set of three community cards was very good, and I could already form a straight with potential for both ends.
In this round, Fan Yinxin, who was in the small blind position, picked up a chip worth one hundred thousand and threw it onto the table after thinking for a moment.
The person in front of Shen Lingyu automatically passed.
When it was Shen Lingyu's turn, she chose to call without hesitation.
The turn came to me, and I also called.
After collecting all the chips, the plump dealer immediately started dealing the fourth turn card.
It was another Q!
Suddenly, I had another way to form a hand.
Three of a kind, or a full house.
Fan Yinxin chose to check, passing the betting initiative to the people behind her, which seemed like a tactic to advance by retreating.
However, others did not easily take the bait.
It was Shen Lingyu who suddenly bet one million.
Betting so aggressively before the river card was even dealt meant her hole cards were definitely not small.