I did not directly answer Su Liuli's question, but instead kicked the ball back, asking, "Then who do you want me to help?"
"You? Or Xiao Tianyu?"
"Me!"
Su Liuli blurted out without hesitation, "Xiao Tianyu's methods are extremely despicable and shameless. If you help him once, he will come asking for a second and third time without any bottom line..."
"When you are no longer willing to help, or when your usable value is completely drained, he will definitely abandon you without hesitation!"
"If you choose to help him under pressure, even if you don't have to worry about your personal safety for the time being, you will likely not have a good end afterwards."
Hearing this, I chuckled and asked back, "Heh heh~ What about helping you? Will you let me have a good end?"
"To be able to make both you and Xiao Tianyu interested at the same time, and to be a gamble that you must participate in, the benefits involved are likely so great that you would fight each other to the death, right?"
"In such a deep gamble, if you let an outsider like me, who doesn't belong to any camp, participate, can I get away with it afterwards?"
Su Liuli did not rush to answer, but remained silent for a while.
I did not urge her either, just waited quietly.
After a long while, Su Liuli said in a very serious tone, "Since you have concerns about your personal safety, I'll make a long story short."
"If you are willing to help me win the gamble, besides splitting the winnings equally, I will also transfer half of the shares of the Liuli Nightclub and that underground casino under my name to you! Also..."
"From now on, if you, Chen Xiang, need any help from me, Su Liuli, just ask!"
Hearing this, I immediately fell into deep thought...
Su Liuli has said it to this extent. If I still can't figure out what the gamble is about, I don't need to be in the underworld anymore.
Other than the Gambling King Competition, I can't think of any other gambling competition that would make Su Liuli offer such generous terms.
Or rather, it's a direct spot in the main competition.
For the Gambling King Competition in Macau, wealthy patrons from the mainland with connections and channels will have their subordinate cheats participate by skipping the preliminaries.
This is not due to a lack of confidence in their subordinates, but because there are indeed many hidden masters in the preliminaries.
Most people do not want to fail in the first round of the preliminaries, so they rack their brains to participate in various gambling games and competitions in the folk that are officially recognized and linked to the Macau Gambling King Competition.
Therefore, I deduced that Xiao Tianci was likely following the old path of Ying Baolin, by organizing large-scale events that meet international gambling standards to secure a spot in the main competition of the Gambling King Competition.
As for the number of spots, it is unknown, but it is likely not more than ten.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have found someone like me, who has no background, to participate.
Understood, I understand everything.
At this stage, the only opportunity for me to come into contact with Xiao Tianci is the gamble mentioned by Xiao Tianyu and Su Liuli.
In other words, if I want to see Xiao Tianci, that gamble... I must go!
Since I have to go, I already have the correct answer in my mind as to who to help and who not to help.
Frankly, I'm not particularly concerned about the money or shares Su Liuli mentioned.
But from the price she offered, I saw full sincerity.
Offering half right away is equivalent to giving me a complete one of the two venues.
Just for a spot in the main competition, and it's not even certain that I can win.
Who has this kind of boldness to gamble now for the future?
Of course, a large part of the reason Su Liuli is trying her best to win me over is because she knows I have a feud with Xiao Tianyu.
Originally, I only had a grievance with Xiao Tianci. But ever since Xiao Tianyu kidnapped Cheng Minglang and Zhu Wenjing, especially Zhu Wenjing, an outsider, it could be considered that I also have a feud with him.
Now that Su Liuli is willing to pay a high price to ask for my help, I can take this opportunity to thoroughly test her attitude, and then form an alliance and unite our front.
What happened in Wenzhou tells me that fighting alone is not feasible, because two fists are no match for four hands.
It's also useless to talk about feelings and relationships, because people's hearts are selfish and indifferent.
Only sincere cooperation centered on interests can go further.
...
Returning to my senses.
I did not give Su Liuli a clear answer directly, but instead asked, "Where is the location of the gamble?"
"It's at Tianci Tower."
Pausing, Su Liuli continued, "Strictly speaking, what I'm asking you to represent me in is not an ordinary gamble, but a competition!"
"This competition is very important. The top five contestants who win will get direct qualification to the main stage of the Gambling King Competition!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but mutter in my heart: Do I need you to say it? I already guessed it!
But only five spots, isn't that a bit too few?
But then I realized that in terms of fame and wealth, Wenzhou is far from comparable to Longxi.
Therefore, five spots are just right.
To be fair, Su Liuli is indeed very cautious. She only revealed the truth of the gamble to me now.
After a moment of thought, I looked at Su Liuli and asked, "If I stand on your side, after the gamble is over, can you guarantee that I can meet Xiao Tianci?"
"Yes! But we'll have to change places!" Su Liuli replied very concisely.
I know what Su Liuli means by "change places." If I choose to help her compete for a spot in the main competition, it means I will openly stand on the opposite side of Xiao Tianci and Xiao Tianyu.
Under such circumstances, after the competition, let alone meeting, whether I can get out intact is a problem.
So, without hesitation, I nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you! But it has to be soon!"
"No problem!"
As if thinking of something, Su Liuli suddenly said, "Chen Xiang, I don't want anyone other than you and me to know about tonight's matter!"
"Also, you can pretend to agree with Xiao Tianyu, because... I will participate personally!"
Hearing this, I immediately understood Su Liuli's plan.
To use a popular saying from later generations: This woman is not a good person!
She has a hundred and eight minds!
Her suspicious nature makes her not fully trust me yet.
Therefore, she played a "feint to the east and attack in the west" strategy as a safeguard.
On the surface, she asked me to represent Tianci Tower in the gamble, but in reality, she is colluding with me behind the scenes to strike a blow against the Xiao brothers at the most critical moment!