A prominent "Q" card with a human head appeared on the table.
Seeing this, Shen Mengqing, without a word, revealed the other four cards one after another.
A, A, A, 2.
Coupled with that "Q" face card, it formed a hand with no "niu" (a pair or combination of cards that sum up to 10 or a multiple of 10).
After Shen Mengqing finished revealing her cards, I also decisively flipped over my five cards one by one.
K, K, K, K, A, a bomb hand.
It was obvious that Shen Mengqing had lost.
At this moment, the smile that had been on Shen Mengqing's lips instantly vanished without a trace, replaced by an extreme look of disbelief.
"When did you switch my cards?"
Upon hearing this, I lit a cigarette. After exhaling a long stream of smoke, I said in a deep voice, "I knew you wouldn't let me win."
"At the same time, I also knew that if I drew the five highest cards, there would be no such thing as a draw."
"And you drew first, so..."
"I just needed to keep a close eye on you."
"Sneakily switching five cards right under your nose might be a bit unrealistic. But switching one card is not that difficult."
"When a person thinks they've already won, that's often when their guard is most relaxed!"
"To use your own words."
"From the moment you started underestimating me, you... you had already lost!"
What is growth?
Growth is a series of silent transformations. It involves pain, setbacks, risks, and failures!
But it also includes enlightenment and clarity after transformation!
In fact, from the moment I entered the room, I knew that Shen Mengqing was undoubtedly the person Yun Jin had arranged to test me.
And the only one who could test a con artist would be another con artist.
Therefore, from that moment, I concluded that Shen Mengqing was a con artist! And a very skilled one at that.
When gambling against such a high-level con artist, not a shred of carelessness or oversight is allowed.
The reason is that such con artists primarily rely on their tricks during a game.
So, no matter what the opponent says or does, one should not believe them easily.
Once you believe, it means you've fallen into their trap!
Therefore, from the very beginning of the gamble, I blocked out Shen Mengqing's words and focused all my attention on how to break the game.
As long as the game was broken, victory would naturally follow.
As it turned out, I... succeeded!
The process wasn't really complicated.
It can be summarized in one sentence.
The art of conning is the art of the con artist!
Without revealing any techniques, she directly pointed out my methods, intending to con and mislead me with her confidence and composure. Shen Mengqing was more difficult to deal with than I had imagined.
If I had followed her line of thinking and focused on drawing cards, I would have likely lost miserably.
So, from the start of the game, I abandoned the idea of winning cards.
Since I wasn't thinking about winning cards, my attention naturally wasn't on drawing cards.
From beginning to end, the person I observed the most in secret was Shen Mengqing!
Because I knew that the biggest hand was already firmly in her grasp!
Research shows that when a person clearly feels that their opponent's skill is inferior to their own, and the situation is already a sure win, their guard is often involuntarily lowered.
Therefore, after seeing Shen Mengqing give me a dismissive look, I employed a small trick during the subsequent card drawing process.
"Feint in the open, attack in the dark!"
Do you remember when I drew my second card and lit a cigarette because I wasn't feeling well?
From the second card to the fifth card, while I was drawing cards openly, I secretly used an opportunity to flick ash to switch Shen Mengqing's first drawn card.
The reason it went so smoothly was not only because Shen Mengqing had already lowered her guard against me, but also because she was too confident.
So confident that after drawing five cards, she didn't choose to stack them, but instead laid them out one by one.
If Shen Mengqing had stacked the cards from the beginning, it would have been very difficult for me to switch her cards.
And the options would have been limited, only being able to switch the top card.
But now, four of the five spread-out cards were Aces.
An 80% chance. If I still managed to pick the wrong card, then I deserved to lose!
From a psychological perspective, many human behaviors are predictable.
For example, drawing cards.
Since Shen Mengqing was aiming for a sure win, her opening move would definitely be four Aces, with a 2 as the final card.
She wouldn't start by drawing a 2 and then drawing Aces one by one, would she?
And scrambling the order to draw randomly is even less likely!
Because memory is very much about patterns.
Even if a person has excellent short-term memory, it will gradually fade over time.
Therefore, if one can draw four Aces first, no one would be foolish enough to draw a 2.
As memory fades, you can't draw the card you want just because you want it.
And the 2... is replaceable.
The rule for "Wu Xiao Niu" (Five Small Niu) is that the sum of the points of the five cards must be less than 10.
Without a 2, there can be a 3, 4, or 5.
So, without guessing, I knew that the card Shen Mengqing drew first must be one of the four Aces.
After confirming this thought, the ashes I had deliberately not flicked came into play.
As I drew the card, my right hand holding the cigarette tilted slightly, and the accumulated ashes automatically fell.
The moment the ashes scattered, my palm flipped over, and with my thumb and index finger pinching the corner of the card, I flicked the drawn card directly onto Shen Mengqing's first card in front of her, completely covering it.
At a distance of less than thirty centimeters, my flying card could still maintain its accuracy and precision.
At the same time, my arms were slightly raised during this process.
Especially my left arm. Under the guise of flicking ashes onto the card pile, I intentionally used my left hand to flick the ashes, blocking Shen Mengqing's line of sight and drawing her attention.
Fortune favors the bold; success is found in the details!
Performing a con under the nose of a high-level con artist is a very dangerous act.
But often, the more dangerous the act, the greater the reward!
The prerequisite is: absolutely no mistakes!
Fortunately, I succeeded!
...
After explaining, I stared at Shen Mengqing expressionlessly, wanting to see her reaction.
Anger, disappointment, shame, annoyance, etc.
I had expected her face to show at least one of these expressions, but to my surprise...
After a brief moment of astonishment, Shen Mengqing looked at me calmly and sighed, "I, who have played with eagles all day, have been blinded by an eagle?"
"Little brother, this eagle of yours is truly formidable and tough!"
After saying that, Shen Mengqing broke into a smile.