Thinking of this, I didn't say a word. I stood up straight and walked step by step to the fat man.
Before the other party could figure out what I intended to do, I boldly reached out, grabbed the fat man's left arm, and then forcefully flung it back!
*Snap!*
With a crisp sound of cards hitting the table, the real card that the fat man had concealed in his sleeve instantly appeared!
Only then did the fat man and the dealer standing beside him realize what had happened.
The fat man, his body beginning to tremble, was suddenly filled with immense horror.
Caught red-handed!
It was obvious that he was panicking!
Ignoring the flustered fat man, I pointed at the card that had fallen from his sleeve and said with a serious expression, "My friend, can you explain yourself!"
"Why do you have playing cards on you? Are you perhaps performing magic for us?"
Although the fat man was panicked, he wasn't so panicked as to admit defeat immediately.
"I, I... explain what!?"
"I don't even know what's going on!"
"Xiao Yang, what is your brother up to?"
Without any preamble, the fat man began to shift the blame.
Of course, he had to shift the blame! Twenty million was no small sum, and Yang Yuan Yuan wasn't a fool. If she were to truly acknowledge it, the consequences would be unbearable for him.
Unfortunately, Yang Yuan Yuan was unmoved.
With just a look, the two bodyguards standing behind her immediately rushed towards the fat man and pinned him down firmly.
Just as the two bodyguards were about to search the fat man, the dealer standing beside them quickly called out, "Wait a moment!"
"Boss Yang, please wait a moment!"
It was only later that I discovered the dealer was problematic, and I hadn't had time to notify Yang Yuan Yuan.
Therefore, unaware of the truth, she immediately chose to have her bodyguards stop.
Seeing this, the dealer secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
He pointed at the fat man, then at me, and said loudly to Yang Yuan Yuan, "Boss Yang, I normally shouldn't speak up about such matters."
"But in the spirit of working diligently and serving clients well, I've decided to come forward."
"If Boss Yang believes me, then I can testify... that card wasn't found on this gentleman!"
"The card fell from your friend's hand! He was trying to frame this gentleman!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Yuan Yuan smiled.
And I smiled along with her.
It truly was a case of finding something you weren't looking for!
Earlier, I had been contemplating how to make the fat man confess and help me identify the dealer after I had subdued him.
I hadn't expected this guy to be so impatient and jump out so readily!
As soon as he finished speaking, the dealer realized that Yang Yuan Yuan's gaze towards him had changed.
Under these circumstances, anyone with a bit of sense would know what was going on.
My act of catching the cheat must have been secretly authorized by Yang Yuan Yuan.
I wasn't Yang Yuan Yuan's friend, but her hired helper!
Today's gambling match was a setup to catch a cheat!
If he hadn't jumped out to frame me earlier, the matter might have ended with the fat man being caught red-handed, but now it was different.
Clearly, the dealer had finally realized that he had been too eager and hasty.
After thinking it through, the dealer, unable to vent his anger at Yang Yuan Yuan, clenched his fists, stared intently at me, and made no attempt to hide his hostility and rage.
Ignoring the dealer's angry gaze, I directly pulled the fat man, who was being held by the bodyguards, to his feet and began to search him...
In less than a minute, I found and threw onto the gambling table a total of nine bee playing cards that the fat man had concealed on his person.
Picking up one of the cards, I looked at the dealer and said with a playful smile, "My friend, since you said that card fell from my hand, then what explanation do you have for these cards that were hidden on his person?"
"It's not as if I could have stuck them to him so openly when he wasn't paying attention, right?"
"As you can see, one card was hidden in his crotch!"
"No matter how skilled I am, I couldn't possibly hide a card so closely in his crotch, could I?"
Upon hearing this, the dealer, who had just been clamoring that I was framing the fat man, was instantly silenced by my words.
He hadn't expected me to be so well-prepared, nor to know the exact locations where the fat man had hidden the cards.
But since he had already stepped forward, he couldn't remain silent at such a crucial moment.
Otherwise, it wouldn't just be the fat man who would be ruined in this gambling match tonight!
With this thought, after a moment of struggle and hesitation, the dealer suppressed the anger in his eyes and turned to me with a fake smile, "I apologize, sir! I was mistaken earlier!"
"Now it seems that it was indeed this fat boss who was cheating!"
Hearing this, the fat man's eyelids twitched fiercely.
He knew this was the dealer's prelude to distancing himself and abandoning him.
At this, the fat man instantly exploded.
"Damn you, Kang Muru! You're crossing the bridge and burning it behind you, aren't you? Fine, I'll risk it all!"
As he said this, the fat man was extremely agitated, and even the whites of his eyes were filled with fierce, fine bloodshot veins.
No longer struggling or resisting, the fat man directly aimed his gun at the dealer named Kang Muru and said to Yang Yuan Yuan, "Boss Yang, I'm not a real estate boss at all, nor did I come to talk business with you. I'm a cheat!"
"Five months ago, on a gambling ship, Kang Muru found me and said there was a big money-making game, and asked if I was interested! Later, I..."
Before the fat man could finish, Kang Muru lunged forward.
"Damn you! Don't you dare spread lies!"
As soon as he spoke, Kang Muru angrily raised his hand, preparing to slap the fat man.
Seeing this, I couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
I hadn't even exerted myself yet, nor had I applied any significant pressure, and they were already turning on each other!
It seemed my earlier concerns were unfounded.
The temporary partnership between Kang Muru and the fat man had clearly never considered the possibility of their scheme being exposed.
But then again, I felt that something might not be quite right.
I remembered Yang Yuan Yuan saying that before she asked for my help, she had hired two cheats, but they had both come up empty-handed.
Logically speaking, even if those two cheats were less skilled, as long as they had a basic understanding of the situation, there was no reason they wouldn't have seen through this setup.
Could it be that there was something else going on here?
Unfortunately, before I could ponder further, Yang Yuan Yuan coldly ordered her bodyguards, "Take both of them away!"
"Especially that dealer! I want to personally question the person in charge of this gambling ship about how your Ying family... treats their guests?!"