The crisp snap of fingers echoed, and my brain instantly crashed, losing control!
Though it lasted only a second or two, when I came to, a card had appeared before Wang Mingxuan! The Ace of Spades! Blackjack!
And a card had also appeared before me!
However, it was a useless single three.
According to the rules of Blackjack, if the player gets a blackjack and the dealer does not, the player wins 1.5 times the bet.
Since Wang Mingxuan had a blackjack and I didn't, it didn't matter whether I hit or could hit 21.
Blackjack was the highest in 21, and I had to pay him 1.5 times the chips Wang Yangming had bet.
Therefore, in the first round, I got off to a bad start.
I wasn't too bothered by this initial setback.
Instead, I was more concerned about whether Wang Mingxuan had done something unspeakable to me during those two or three seconds when my brain had crashed.
I clearly remembered shuffling the cards multiple times at the beginning to firmly imprint the exact positions of the 32 Aces in the deck.
Why was the memory of the remaining 31 Aces in the eight decks now a blank in my mind?
Not only that, but why had the single three, which should have been dealt to Wang Mingxuan to give him a total of thirteen points, suddenly appeared before me!?
Unfortunately, before I could ponder further, I heard Wang Mingxuan say, "Kid, what are you dawdling around for!?"
"Can't you see I've already placed my bet? Hurry up and deal the next card!"
Upon hearing this, I could only set aside my doubts and begin dealing the second hand.
Before dealing, I glanced up slightly and saw that Wang Mingxuan had directly raised his bet to one hundred thousand chips.
Judging by his demeanor, he intended to press his advantage.
Seeing this, I immediately tensed up, putting all my focus on the game. But to my surprise…
At the exact moment the first card was dealt, Wang Mingxuan snapped his fingers again, and my brain involuntarily crashed!
The images swirling in my mind before it completely shut down… were of the first cards dealt to both of us.
I remembered that Wang Mingxuan's card was the Queen of Hearts, and I had received a Club 8.
When I came to my senses, next to Wang Mingxuan's Queen of Hearts, there was a bizarrely an Ace!
As for me, I had a single ten.
Eight plus ten made eighteen points.
Undoubtedly, I had lost again.
And this time, it was even though I had already been alerted and was on guard.
With no memory of the Aces, I had unknowingly dealt Wang Mingxuan a blackjack.
This was like a ghost story!
Such a bizarre way of losing made my scalp tingle. Wang Mingxuan had won one hundred and fifty thousand, including his bet, for a total of two hundred and fifty thousand.
In just two hands, Wang Mingxuan had already raked in 165,000.
If this pace continued, I would be wiped out in at most ten hands.
For the third round, Wang Yangming again bet one hundred thousand chips.
However, this time, he didn't snap his fingers again.
This was because the first card I dealt him was not a ten-point card that could form a blackjack, but a single seven.
But even so, I still didn't win this round.
The reason was that Wang Mingxuan's second card was a ten-point card, and after getting seventeen points, he chose to stand.
As for me, I had a poor start, receiving a ten-point card as my first card, but my second card was an awkward and fatal pair of sixes.
According to the rules, the dealer with sixteen points must hit.
As a result, another single six sent me to the heavens!
So Wang Mingxuan won again! And he had won three consecutive games!
This scene immediately caused the onlookers in the lounge to erupt, with many of them openly mocking me to the best of their ability.
Especially Xiang Tianhua, who had a past grudge with me, sat in the front row and laughed heartily without any shame: "Hahahaha!"
"I thought you were so amazing, Chen Xiang! This is it!?"
"If you can't pull any tricks, you might as well surrender now!"
Yu Shuang, also sitting in the front row, looked quite confused and suspicious.
Her doubtful gaze suggested she never expected me, whom Ying Baolin had so highly regarded and promoted, to lose three consecutive hands of Blackjack to Wang Mingxuan.
Ignoring Xiang Tianhua's taunts and Yu Shuang's suspicion, I stood still without a word, my mind racing as I began to think and search for any possible ways to break the deadlock…
…
Seeing the growing gloom in my eyes after I started thinking, Wang Mingxuan said with a smug smile, "Heh! I thought your gambling skills were so brilliant? Here's a word for you!"
"Vulnerable, nothing more!"
The last eight words were filled with mockery and arrogance.
Hearing this, I frowned and replied, "Don't speak too soon, the gamble… isn't over yet!"
"Haven't you heard that 'winning the first round isn't winning, losing the last is losing'?"
"The one who can laugh until the end is the true winner of this gamble!"
Before Wang Mingxuan could speak, Xiang Tianhua, watching from the front row, couldn't help but interject, "A pig with green onions in its nose – what are you pretending to be?! If you can't do it, you can't do it!"
"Do you think this is a gambling movie where you're suppressed first, then rise, and then make a comeback?"
"Wake up, Chen Xiang! Stop dreaming!"
Hearing Xiang Tianhua's words, I immediately pointed at him and said coldly, "I'm gambling with Wang Mingxuan, do I need you to butt in like a meddling dog?"
"Has your broken hand healed? Do you think you're capable again?"
"If you really think so, come on up! Let's have another one-on-one!"
"The loser has their hand broken! Do you dare to gamble?"
"If you don't dare, then shut your stinking mouth that spews filth!!!"
My words immediately made Xiang Tianhua's face turn pale with anger. Enraged, he blurted out, "They say you pick on the soft ones, and it's true!"
"You only dare to bully me!"
Hearing this, I retorted, "You know you're a soft persimmon? I thought you didn't know!"
"It seems you have a clear and deep understanding of your current position!"
As soon as I finished speaking, the entire venue burst into laughter.