Xianyu, whose real name is Yu Xian, is a young man in his early twenties, looking quite sharp.
This fellow is quite famous in Ruichi.
Because besides being a chip runner, he also holds multiple positions.
To put it in a nutshell: as long as he's paid, he'll do anything! He'd even sell his backside!
If you ask Xianyu to do his assigned duties, he'll guarantee to roll up his sleeves and get it done without a word.
But if you ask him to do something else, then I'm sorry... it's money first, then business!
However, in Ruichi, he's just an ordinary chip runner. His assigned duties are only to solicit customers and sign contracts.
So, to summarize: apart from soliciting customers and signing contracts, if you even ask Xianyu for a cigarette or a piece of tissue paper, this guy will talk money with you!
Only when he encounters a certain person does he completely rein in his money-grubbing demeanor.
That person is: me!
The reason Xianyu looks at me differently stems from the gambling match with Duan Kun over a month ago.
Using today's terminology... Xianyu is my super fan.
He admires me greatly and wants to learn the art of cheating from me.
Because Han Jinlun couldn't stand the quiet and came down to the first floor to wander around, I met Xianyu on the gambling ship.
It was precisely this move that unexpectedly saved me from a subsequent intricate web of schemes!
...
Since agreeing with Yang Yuan Yuan, I've been waiting for her call.
While I was idly chatting with Xianyu, at 9:48 PM, my phone suddenly vibrated.
No need to guess, it must be Yang Yuan Yuan.
I took out my phone and indeed, it was.
As soon as I pressed the answer button, Yang Yuan Yuan's slightly anxious voice came from the other end.
"Little brother, are you here yet? Everyone is here! If you don't come soon, don't expect me to invite you to play cards anymore!"
This was the excuse I had arranged with Yang Yuan Yuan, to attend the gambling match as a friend.
Since that cheater had already gambled with Yang Yuan Yuan several times, impersonating a bodyguard to get in was definitely out of the question.
The only way for me to bring both Cheng Ming Lang and Han Jin Lun in was to participate in the gambling match openly as Yang Yuan Yuan's friend.
"I'm here, I'm here, I'm already on the ship!"
"Don't rush me, I'll be there soon!"
After speaking, I hung up the phone.
After a few more casual remarks with Xianyu, I took Cheng Ming Lang and Han Jin Lun and headed straight for the VIP gambling hall where Yang Yuan Yuan was located...
As soon as I entered, I saw a stout middle-aged man sitting at the gambling table with a smile, his eyes shining as he stared at the chips on the table.
However, the moment I entered, this guy retracted his gaze.
From this posture, I knew that the person Yang Yuan Yuan suspected of being a cheater was most likely this fat man!
Eyes that shine at chips are either those of a desperate gambler or a cheater who is neither human nor ghost.
Gamblers would never mingle with bosses worth hundreds of millions.
Without a doubt, the fat man belonged to the second category.
To the fat man's left sat a middle-aged woman dressed in flashy attire, and to his right was a middle-aged man with a handlebar mustache but a receding hairline.
Besides them, there was Yang Yuan Yuan, sitting upright, and the dealer waiting boredly for the game to begin.
Shifting my gaze to the gambling table, I noticed that the dealer had not brought the card-dealing tools.
Clearly, he was only responsible for collecting the rake.
Seeing me enter, Yang Yuan Yuan looked up slightly and deliberately reprimanded me in a displeased tone.
Since Yang Yuan Yuan had already arranged to add players, the other three, including the fat man, expressed their understanding of my perfectly timed arrival.
After passing around cigarettes, I didn't say a word and sat down at the tail end, signaling Cheng Ming Lang to place my chips.
The chips, amounting to one million, were prepared for me by Yang Yuan Yuan beforehand, neither too much nor too little.
Thus, this strange gambling match, triggered by the hunt for a cheater, officially began...
Yang Yuan Yuan and the others were playing rotating dealer Bullfight.
Bullfight in casinos has betting limits.
According to Yang Yuan Yuan, the minimum bet here is a thousand, and the maximum is ten thousand.
What does betting ten thousand on Bull Bull mean?
If there's a Five Small Bulls, it's ten times the payout!
One million is only enough to lose ten rounds of Five Small Bulls!
In the first round, Yang Yuan Yuan was the dealer.
I didn't bet much, directly throwing a chip worth 2,000.
The others also bet one thousand or two thousand.
Only the fat man threw a chip worth ten thousand right from the start.
After everyone had placed their bets, Yang Yuan Yuan began shuffling and dealing the cards.
Soon, the winner of the first round was determined.
No Bull, No Bull, Bull Three, No Bull, Bull Seven.
With a hand of Bull Seven, the flashy middle-aged beauty won the first round.
It was clear that the fat man had not cheated.
In the next few rounds, although they were all full bets of ten thousand, the fat man still hadn't made a move.
Seeing this, I immediately deduced in my heart... the fat man most likely intended to make his move when he was the dealer.
With this thought, I slightly withdrew my attention from the dark, preparing to rest for a moment and watch him when he became the dealer.
But at that moment, I noticed an unusual detail.
Yang Yuan Yuan passed the dealer position to the middle-aged beauty. The dealer, who was responsible for collecting the rake, replaced our deck with a new one after collecting the water.
Originally, in rotating dealer Bull Bull games, replacing the deck after passing the dealer position was perfectly acceptable and nothing out of the ordinary.
But I saw that as the dealer bent down to take the cards from the drawer, he gave the fat man a very subtle glance!
Clearly, the dealer knew the fat man.
Seeing this, I immediately reviewed everything Yang Yuan Yuan had told me before, from beginning to end, in my mind.
Soon, I reached a conclusion.
No wonder Yang Yuan Yuan had confidently guaranteed that Ying Baolin would not ruin his reputation for a mere twenty million.
It turned out that the key to this scheme within a scheme was not Ying Baolin at all, but the dealer under him!
If I'm not mistaken, the setup to cheat Yang Yuan Yuan was most likely initiated by this dealer.
Dealers on gambling ships, like dealers in casinos, have fixed tables.
Especially in VIP rooms with minimum spending limits, they are usually fixed dealers.
Yang Yuan Yuan had booked this VIP room for over half a year, so the dealer must have been well aware of her background and assets.
If this dealer had indeed set his sights on Yang Yuan Yuan with malicious intent, then everything... would make sense!