Huang Feixiang, who inexplicably became the biggest winner, grinned from ear to ear, "Brother Yu, it's time. How about... we call it a day?"
"My treat tonight, let's all have a blast!"
Hearing this, Wang Yu was so angry that he slammed the table heavily.
After taking the last puff of his cigarette and exhaling slowly, he gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "Damn it, no more bullets! Let's stop here for today! We'll continue another day."
With that, without saying goodbye to anyone, Wang Yu got up and left.
As he reached the door, Wang Yu suddenly stopped, then turned back, looked at me with hatred in his eyes, and said, "I'll be back in three days!"
"Xiangzi, if you've got the guts... we'll settle it at the card table!"
"If you're a coward, then don't come to Baole's place anymore!"
"Not just Baole, you don't have to set foot in any of Liangshan's card rooms anymore!"
Wang Yu's words made me shake my head and chuckle repeatedly.
The reason he was taking all his anger out on me, besides his existing prejudice, was that I kept cutting cards for Huang Feixiang.
In fact, strictly speaking, it should be Huang Feixiang who kept shamelessly asking me to cut cards.
And I, following Huang Feixiang's lead, would cut him a good hand every now and then.
Since the card cutting was well-prepared during the initial stages of the game, when Wang Yu's luck was at its best, no one suspected me. They all treated me as a guiding light.
What made Wang Yu furious was that Huang Feixiang, following suit, asked me to cut cards and then transferred all his luck to himself.
But in reality, if you were to count the biggest beneficiary of my card cutting, it should have been Wang Yu himself.
Because not only did I cut him many "Golden Flowers," but I also cut him the only "K Leopard" in the entire game, which was also the only hand where the win or loss directly exceeded ten thousand.
But Wang Yu, already deeply mired, couldn't remember all this.
This is what happens when a person evolves from an ordinary gambler to a gambling addict.
In the eyes of a gambling addict, all they ever see is their own benefit.
When they win money by asking you to cut cards, they become boastful and brag to you.
Once things go wrong and they start losing money, they'll think you've cheated them and harmed them.
In summary, when they win, it's their skill; when they lose, it's your fault, blaming heaven, earth, and air.
Gambling addict, gambling addict, in the end... neither human nor ghost!
Wang Yu's threatening words, in a deeper sense, meant that he was unwilling to have lost money without winning from me, and he was also worried that I wouldn't come to Baole Card Room anymore.
Little did he know, I was here specifically for him.
Having figured out his ulterior motives, I retorted in a provocative tone, "No way, Xiao Yu!"
"Your friend won your money, not me! What's the point of taking your anger out on me?"
At this moment, Yu Shuang also opportunely chimed in to fuel the fire, "Exactly! Xiao Yu, it's normal to win and lose when playing cards."
"Since you lost, why not take a couple of days to rest and recover. Then, we'll talk. There's no need to be so impatient."
Why are gambling addicts called gambling addicts? It's because their thoughts are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people!
After experiencing the feeling of winning or losing over ten thousand in a single hand for the first time, Wang Yu was already deeply addicted and unable to extricate himself.
He stubbornly believed that the reason he lost was simply because he couldn't fully grasp his luck and seal the deal.
Next time, next time... it won't be like this!
This is the psychology of a gambling addict.
They always fantasize that luck will accompany them, believing that in the next game, as long as luck strikes, they will definitely be able to seize it!
Then they will win back all the money they lost, and even win more!
They don't realize that the word "luck" is precisely the culprit that causes them to fall into an abyss!
If they don't wake up, they will forever be trapped in a vicious cycle, constantly losing money, losing money, losing money...
Until they lose everything and still don't realize it.
Of course, not all gambling addicts are completely unaware of this, nor do all gambling addicts realize it after losing everything.
It's just that those who know pretend not to know.
And those who realize it are already too late.
...
Yu Shuang's seemingly劝慰 (quànwèi - comforting) good words were undoubtedly pouring oil on the fire for Wang Yu.
As a gambling addict, recouping losses and seeking revenge is an urgent matter! As long as they have capital, they will basically do it immediately. How could they be willing to wait?
Ignoring Yu Shuang's words, Wang Yu cast a resentful glance at me and gritted his teeth, "Xiangzi, you cut off my luck. That's why I'm fixated on you!"
"In three days, whether you come or not, I'll be waiting for you here!"
"I don't care how powerful you are outside, if you don't show up... then from now on, you can never, ever appear in Liangshan Town again!"
Pointing at me and leaving this harsh threat, Wang Yu left in a huff.
Seeing this, including the big winner Huang Feixiang, Wang Yu's few hangers-on also left the card room one after another.
In the empty private room of the card room, only Shi Jianguo, Yu Shuang, and I were left.
Looking through the glass window and seeing Wang Yu and his group leave, Yu Shuang finally found a seat.
Before I could ask her why she changed the plan, I heard her say to Shi Jianguo first, "You go out first, and close the door behind you."
"Okay."
As Shi Jianguo agreed and walked out of the private room, closing the door behind him, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside.
Then, Shi Jianguo whispered to Yu Shuang through the door, "Sister, A Yao is here."
Upon hearing A Yao's name, Yu Shuang's face immediately showed a surprised expression, and then she frowned and replied, "Let him in."
Shi Jianguo's suddenly lowered voice, along with Yu Shuang's reaction and expression, made me realize immediately: there was something going on here!
Creak, creak...
With the sound of the door opening and closing, A Yao's ordinary face and thin figure instantly came into my view.
After entering, A Yao did not sit down.
Standing straight, A Yao stared at me with his cold and somewhat sinister eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Didn't we agree that I would play this hand? Why did you lie to me?!"
Although A Yao was looking at me when he spoke, I knew his words were actually for Yu Shuang.
"Because I'm the boss, it's that simple!" Yu Shuang replied coldly.
"I don't believe you!!!"
Taking his gaze off me, A Yao then stared at Yu Shuang sinisterly and pointed at me, asking directly, "Is it because of him!?"