It seemed that Li Sheng could read the thoughts in Li Sheng's mind. As Luo Qiwen reached out to cut the cards, a strange smile flickered across her lips.
Just as everyone, including myself, thought she would use the opportunity to cheat by manipulating the cards...
Luo Qiwen merely brushed her hand over the deck of cards in a very ordinary manner.
This scene immediately caused expressions of astonishment to appear in the eyes of Shen Mengqing and the others.
She didn't cheat!
It was just a normal cut of the cards!
What game was this woman playing?
To be honest, a casual brush like this, a mere passing touch, could not possibly involve any techniques.
I still remember Uncle Tuo once saying this:
When cheating at the card table, the hands will always make some subtle movements.
If there are none, it's definitely not cheating.
It's... a trick!
Judging by the situation, although Luo Qiwen saw through Li Sheng's thoughts, she chose to ignore them and simply cut the cards.
I have to admit, this woman played a clever psychological game!
At this moment, no one could guess what Luo Qiwen was thinking...
Getting back to the point.
After Luo Qiwen finished cutting the cards, Li Sheng began to deal them one by one.
Using the perfect segmented shuffling technique, Li Sheng dealt Shen Mengqing a good hand this time.
If you ask me how I knew this so clearly, it's because when he was dealing to Shen Mengqing, his hand suddenly paused slightly.
As a seasoned cheater, I know very well that people like us have no reason to stop their hands while dealing.
Even if it's just for a second, or even less than half a second, there's absolutely no need for it.
Whether it's shuffling, dealing, or cutting, pausing the movement is the easiest way to disrupt the original rhythm.
Unless, you have another motive!
Therefore, combined with Li Sheng's pause and the combined strength of the four of them, I could easily guess his true intention.
If nothing unexpected happens, this should be Shen Mengqing's idea.
Because Li Sheng, he really doesn't have the brains for it!
And it's likely that information was already released to Li Sheng at the end of the previous round.
When the opponent doesn't make a move, with the advantages of time, place, and people, if Shen Mengqing doesn't dare to draw her sword first... then what kind of "lantern holder" or "cheater catcher" is she?
Although I'm not entirely sure about Luo Qiwen's cards, I can infer a little about the other three.
If we analyze it normally without any unexpected situations, the three of them should all be money-losers!
After all, in the previous rounds, no one made a move easily; everyone was relying on luck.
Having finally obtained the shuffling right, it must be used to its full potential.
Moreover, this would help Shen Mengqing quickly accumulate chips.
...
After dealing the cards, and with Qi Bin, the first player, making a bet, the others began to call in turn.
The first round of cards, as expected, reached the limit of the blind bet, which was ten thousand.
When it came to the second round, Luo Qiwen did not blindly follow suit. Instead, she was the first to look at her cards.
This woman is very smart and very cautious.
After looking at her cards, Luo Qiwen, without the slightest hesitation, decisively folded.
The moment she folded, Luo Qiwen gave Shen Mengqing a look that was neither smiling nor frowning.
I knew that after seeing through Li Sheng's intentions, Luo Qiwen should also know who Li Sheng and the others were trying to protect.
As for Shen Mengqing, the person in question, when facing Luo Qiwen's gaze, she responded with an extremely rare and direct response.
With a smile, Shen Mengqing made a "bye-bye" gesture to Luo Qiwen.
I suppose Shen Mengqing was retaliating for the inexplicable cunning smile Luo Qiwen had shown when cutting the cards earlier.
Seeing this, I immediately realized that the second round... was a gamble that was almost an open scheme!
After witnessing Luo Qiwen's superb dice skills, Shen Mengqing decisively changed her strategy, aiming to lure the opponent into a trap.
Clearly, she had succeeded!
At this moment, even though Luo Qiwen could see everything, she was powerless to do anything.
Firstly, it was Luo Qiwen herself who agreed to the one-against-four challenge; no one forced her.
Secondly, the perfect shuffling technique is not considered cheating, which is universally acknowledged in the gambling world.
Finally, it's already a one-against-four situation. Isn't it normal for them to switch to a more open way of playing together to protect one person?
Betting and raising in a regular manner, then looking at the cards and raising again, and finally regrettably opening the cards and losing the bet, it's all perfectly reasonable!
To put it bluntly, this situation is like: I'm clearly playing you, what can you do about it?
Undoubtedly, Shen Mengqing won this round.
With all the chips combined, she won nearly two hundred thousand in one round!
If this momentum continues, after ten rounds, Li Sheng and the other two can take turns losing and leaving.
Next, Shen Mengqing, with four million chips, will go one-on-one against Luo Qiwen.
If Luo Qiwen still doesn't make a move, in a normal game, Shen Mengqing only needs to discard the bottom card and look at it every hand, and the probability of winning or losing will be at least fifty-fifty.
Before long, Luo Qiwen's chips will be depleted!
But, will the situation really proceed as Shen Mengqing had planned?
...
From the moment Li Sheng initiated the game, the subsequent rounds continued in the same "boiling frog in warm water" manner, proceeding in an orderly fashion.
Apart from Shen Mengqing, who kept winning bets, and Luo Qiwen, who steadily discarded bottom cards and looked at them, the million chips that Li Sheng and the other two had on the table had already "lost" at least half of them.
Of course, they weren't constantly losing.
Shen Mengqing would occasionally "give back" some chips to Li Sheng and the other two, seemingly trying to further wear down Luo Qiwen's patience through this cycle of winning and losing.
After all, the current situation was very favorable to Ruichi.
Just by dangling Luo Qiwen like this and constantly provoking her, there was definitely no harm.
At this moment, Luo Qiwen, who seemed unable to hold back any longer... finally chose to make a move!
Relying on Shen Mengqing's "give back," Lu Yong, who had picked up a bottom bet, had just finished shuffling the cards and passed them to the middle player when Luo Qiwen decisively made her move.
This time, her card cutting involved techniques.
Star Picking! Moon Grasping!
Earlier, I said something like this:
Star Picking, Moon Grasping, Heaven and Earth!
The first four words are gambling techniques.
The last four words are not something I made up to fit the scene.
Heaven and Earth is a very famous club, and those who understand will definitely know.
To go to this place, you need to pave the way with money!
And, it must be a lot of money to be effective!
The reason for putting the name of this club after Star Picking and Moon Grasping is because a famous cheater once won nearly ten million in a single hand using the Star Picking and Moon Grasping techniques!
Then, when this cheater was having a great time spending lavishly at the Heaven and Earth club, he said this sentence.
You must have already guessed which famous cheater uttered this sentence, right?
Yes, that's right! It was...