Since Yu Shuang had already shown up and revealed herself, I had no choice but to accept this best-of-three dice game.
However, when gambling with a woman as intelligent as Yu Shuang, one must never let her lead from the start, allowing her to dictate and change the rhythm.
After a brief moment of contemplation, I added a sentence to the dice rules she had proposed earlier.
"The rules are fine, but shouldn't we change the stakes?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Shuang's expression stiffened slightly, and she asked in a low voice, "How do you want to change it?"
"It's very simple!"
After exhaling a puff of smoke, I looked Yu Shuang up and down and said with a smile, "The money I won was through my own skill. There's no reason for it to end with you simply saying 'you can take it away' after I win."
"Therefore, this condition needs to be changed!"
"Let's change it so that after winning the gamble, not only can I take all the money away, but I'll also take you with me!"
"As for the losing condition, it remains as you proposed! What do you say? Do you agree?"
Seeing my gaze lingering on her, a sharp glint of coldness flashed in Yu Shuang's beautiful eyes.
Then, with her eyebrows raised in a cold fury and her teeth clenched, she replied, "Fine! I agree."
"If there are no other issues, shall we start now?"
Having successfully provoked Yu Shuang, my objective was achieved. Without another word, I nodded, signaling her to go first and shake the dice for me to guess.
Seeing this, Yu Shuang immediately picked up the dice cup with a cold expression, threw six dice from the nearby tray into the cup, and began to shake it.
Although Yu Shuang's dice-shaking technique seemed casual, I knew she was trying to mislead me based on the rhythm and the dice-shaking incantations.
If I wasn't mistaken, she wanted to appear angry and impulsive to lure me in, making me lower my guard.
As always, just like when we first met, Yu Shuang always went straight for the opponent when she entered a game, not just the superficial win or loss.
Having been tricked by her before, I naturally wouldn't fall for it again this time.
However, I still put on a show of disdain, raising my eyebrows and letting out a cold snort, as if I thought her dice-shaking skills were subpar.
After about half a minute...
The moment the dice cup landed on the table, before Yu Shuang could even ask, I gave my answer.
"A straight, twenty-one points!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Shuang directly reached out and opened the cup.
123456, it was indeed a straight, and exactly twenty-one points.
Seeing this, Yu Shuang's face showed a look of astonishment, and her brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.
I knew that Yu Shuang wasn't genuinely surprised by the skill I displayed.
She must have already learned about it from her previous matches with Da Fei and Gu Lingfeng.
It was just six dice at the ordinary dark light level, so there was no reason for her to be so surprised; she was purely putting on an act to confuse me.
Of course, I was also acting.
By pretending to be arrogant and condescending, I wanted to hook Yu Shuang in return.
Uncle Tuo once told me that to become a top-tier cheat, one must think long-term about the game, not just focus on the gambling table, but consider all aspects.
It's a pity he won't see these changes...
...
After guessing Yu Shuang's points, I took a deep breath and started shaking the dice myself.
Taking out another set of dice from the tray and picking out six to throw into the cup, I completed a series of flashy starting moves that fit my persona and began shaking the cup vigorously.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Since the role I was playing in front of Yu Shuang was that of a hot-blooded and arrogant young man, I decided to fully display the showy personality that most arrogant youths possess.
After shaking eighteen times with a steady rhythm, I slowed down my hand and gradually reduced the shaking force.
Within a few seconds, the sound of the dice moving up, down, left, and right in the cup became lower, no longer as noisy and chaotic as at the beginning, until finally, the sound inside the cup almost completely disappeared...
Bang!
The moment the cup landed, there was silence inside, no longer making any sound.
Seeing this, Yu Shuang's delicate eyebrows furrowed even tighter, and the fingers of her right hand, which held the cigarette, began to tremble slightly.
Everyone present, except for me, probably felt that Yu Shuang was showing weakness before the battle.
Little did they know, the queen bee was not as fragile as she appeared!
After releasing the dice cup, I looked at Yu Shuang and smiled, "Miss, you can start guessing."
As soon as I spoke, the surrounding gamblers involuntarily turned their gazes towards Yu Shuang.
All the male onlookers looked at Yu Shuang with anticipation, hoping she could guess correctly.
This phenomenon was understandable, as men naturally admired beautiful women!
She stared intently at the dice cup for over a minute, until the expression on her delicate face became increasingly serious...
After heavily pressing the cigarette, which had burned down to the filter, into the ashtray, Yu Shuang said coldly, "I can't guess it, you... win!"
This outcome left everyone present stunned into silence.
Especially Shi Jianguo and Leng Shuang, who were following behind Yu Shuang, had looks of disbelief on their faces.
To be honest, if I didn't know Yu Shuang inside and out, I might have actually believed that she couldn't guess the points I had shaken.
But now, I would just watch their performance quietly.
I had to admit that the tactic of showing weakness was used masterfully by Yu Shuang!
Not only did she put in a great effort to pretend she couldn't guess my points, but she also pulled her subordinates into cooperating with her.
Brilliant! Truly brilliant!
Thus, the first turbulent and treacherous dice game concluded with my complete victory.
Next, we entered the second round.
Since Yu Shuang had directly chosen to concede in the first round, this round became extremely crucial.
If she lost to me again, she would truly lose both money and face.
Of course, results like 2:0 could only be fantasized about in secret.
I knew very well that Yu Shuang would not let me win so easily in this round.
As expected, at the beginning of the second round, Yu Shuang immediately used a move called "Whale Swallowing Ten Thousand Miles," sweeping all eight dice, totaling 6+2, into the dice cup.
Then, with her little finger and ring finger slightly raised, while her thumb, index finger, and middle finger tightly gripped the dice cup, she began to shake it up, down, left, and right.
In the eyes of outsiders who didn't know any better, Yu Shuang's technique was like that of most female dealers, habitually raising her fingers, and there seemed to be no abnormality, but...