After the dice were set, Qian Xin frowned slightly, his face turning a shade paler.
Clenching his fists, his eyes wide and bloodshot, Qian Xin stared intently at the dice cup on the table, wishing he could see through it.
Seeing his state, I calmly asked Qian Xin for the numbers and the total of the dice without any unnecessary words.
Upon hearing me, Qian Xin looked up, his face a mask of fear, and he seemed to want to speak but hesitated.
"I, I, I guess..."
After much stammering, Qian Xin still didn't dare to give a conclusion.
At this moment, even though his back was to Qian Xin and he couldn't see his expression or demeanor, Brother Feng and the other two sensed something was wrong.
Especially Brother Feng, who, remembering the bet from earlier, had a flicker of panic in his eyes.
Unable to sit still, Brother Feng immediately got up, rushed to Qian Xin's side, and asked with a grave expression, "Ah Xin, what's going on with you!?"
"Can't even handle four dice?"
Hearing this, Qian Xin, who was sitting opposite me, immediately replied with a crestfallen face, "Brother Feng, this kid is very strange."
"He changed his dominant hand at the last second before setting the dice."
"The power that a person's left and right wrists can unleash at certain specific time nodes is completely different! He..."
Before Qian Xin could finish, Brother Feng roughly interrupted him, saying urgently and coldly, "I don't want to hear this useless nonsense!"
"Just tell me, can you guess the numbers and the total of the dice or not!"
Shaking his head decisively, Qian Xin replied with a dejected face, "I didn't know he would switch hands, and after switching hands, his dice-setting motion was also very fast, completely disrupting my rhythm of listening to the dice."
"Even if I could guess the total correctly, I wouldn't be able to get the numbers right!"
"So, we lose this round..."
As Qian Xin uttered the word "lose," Brother Feng, who had been holding back, could no longer contain himself and began to curse loudly.
"Lose what! Lose your damn mother's coins!"
"This round doesn't count! Let's go again!!!"
At this, I was first surprised, then said with a half-smile, "What? Are you already trying to cheat?"
"You proposed shaking dice first, and now that your man can't guess the numbers and the total, it doesn't count?"
"Bullshit!!!"
As he spoke, the furious Brother Feng directly pointed at the dice cup and roared, "It's true that we proposed the game, but when you were asked to set the specific rules, you said you'd follow us!"
"But what's the meaning of you suddenly switching hands!? Ah Xin didn't switch hands just now!!!"
"And that over-the-shoulder move you made earlier... might even be suspected of cheating!"
"So, either we redo this round."
"Or, the first round is a draw, and we move directly to the second round."
Hearing Brother Feng's words, my expression immediately turned cold.
Taking a deep breath and forcing myself to calm down, I stared coldly at Brother Feng and said in a low voice, "Zhang Zifeng, is that your name? Honestly, I've never seen such a shameless cheat as you!"
"You didn't say anything when we made the bet, but once the game started, you suddenly told me you wanted to change the game and play dice."
"Fine! I'll go along with you."
"But now, when it comes to me, just switching hands to set the dice, you actually call me a cheat!?"
"If that's the case, then there's no need to continue gambling!"
"It's like the officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps! What a double standard!"
Hearing this, Brother Feng remained silent, his face cold, his eyes clouded with thoughts.
At this moment, Leng Meng, who had long since lost patience, rushed behind me in a fit of rage.
During her movement, Leng Meng's long, dark, and lustrous hair was tossed about messily, and the mountains on her chest heaved unstably.
After stopping, Leng Meng directly pointed at Zhang Zifeng's nose and cursed, "Draw, draw, draw... all you know is draw! Draw your damn stinky coins!"
"If you can't guess the result, then admit defeat!"
"We bet one round, we settle once."
"And no credit or debt is allowed!"
"So... the fifty thousand yuan and three fingers, neither of them can be less!!!"
Being yelled at at close range by Leng Meng again, although very angry, Zhang Zifeng suppressed his anger and did not retaliate.
Zhang Zifeng knew that the reason he had come up with this time had no basis and was completely untenable.
If anyone was to blame, it was his own greed.
Not only did he not stop after winning 200,000 yuan, but under the provocation of the opponent Su Yan and the intentional display of wealth, he chose to continue gambling.
And now, he was reaping the bitter consequences.
If Qian Xin admitted defeat, it would mean losing three fingers!
And the person who would lose these three fingers was none other than himself!
Zhang Zifeng naturally cared about this.
Because, for a cheat, fingers were as important as his own life.
If his fingers were gone, his financial path... would be cut off.
Even if he could train his other hand, as soon as he stepped out and onto a gambling table, whether in a card room or a casino, he would become the focus of everyone's attention!
Therefore, losing fingers was essentially cutting off a cheat's financial path.
The previous life of lights, music, and revelry would be gone forever!
It was no exaggeration to say that before losing his fingers, a cheat had one hand on the gambling table.
And the other hand was placed on the chests of various women, big or small!
If his fingers were really cut off... his conjugal bliss would be gone, and he'd have to make do with one hand for self-sufficiency!
Therefore, like celebrities, cheats lived under the watchful eyes of various people.
As long as nothing happened, it was fine, but once something happened, they were like rats crossing the street, everyone shouting to beat them!
...
Zhang Zifeng decided that no matter what, he would absolutely not let Qian Xin admit defeat.
After thinking it through, without paying attention to Leng Meng, Zhang Zifeng glared at me and shouted, "Do you dare to say that you didn't cheat at all when you shook the dice over your shoulder just now?"
"Even if you dare to say it, I don't believe it!"
"There is only one way to prove your innocence! That is... reveal the dice!"
After speaking, without waiting for my consent, Zhang Zifeng directly reached out and flipped open the dice cup.
Even though my reaction was quick, I still couldn't stop the prepared Zhang Zifeng.
A beat and a half slower than Zhang Zifeng, I could only watch as he flipped open my dice cup.
5, 5, 6, 6.
22 points, big.
Actually, my initial plan was the same as Qian Xin's, to try and roll a triple.
But the difference was, when I switched hands before setting the dice, the numbers I rolled with my left hand had undergone some subtle changes.
This subtle change was supposed to bring me victory and become an important turning point in tonight's gamble.
But with Zhang Zifeng revealing the dice, everything I had painstakingly calculated... turned into smoke!