Chapter 72: 72. Setting Up a Scheme
The fat man’s face twitched even more upon hearing these words, a bead of cold sweat slid down his forehead.
"Screw you, what companion? You’re just a goddamn cheat!"
Chen Che smiled indifferently, "Buddy, your acting skills are lacking. I’ve watched you guys for dozens of rounds, and you’re clearly working together with that tattooed woman who was sitting here before, covering for each other.
You’ve each sneaked three rounds.
From the start, you two set up the scene, deliberately revealing to others as if you had big cards.
Raised the stakes a bit, others folded, indicating you could steal that round, and when I saw the cards, I tossed in fifty thousand.
You noticed from the expressions of the woman beside me and the guys behind me that I didn’t have big cards.
With your level of professionalism, you can easily catch those changing expressions.
So you concluded I was bluffing, is that it?
Then you deliberately argued with me, kept raising the stakes, and when it got hard to handle, the tattooed woman who left early put on an act..."
Chen Che reached out and flipped over the tattooed woman’s cards, revealing a set of nines, a lousy three of a kind.
"You two are just trying to cover up your tracks, and this tattooed woman even went so far as to make a false claim about her hand to mess up the rules, just to put psychological pressure on me, scare me off.
But my mental pressure is stronger than you think. That tattooed woman put on an act, pretending she had a three of a kind, if I bought it, that’d mean yours must be the same, and I’d naturally fold.
Seemingly disgusting you, making me not follow you to earn more money, but actually setting a trap for me.
In this game of Bluff, what that tattooed woman did broke the rules, so she left quickly after speaking, and then you laughed and exposed her real hand.
Acting as if afraid I’d fold, while in fact you couldn’t wait for me to do so.
This was all just psychological pressure you all set up.
If I really folded, you’d be able to smugly reveal both her bottom hand and yours to mock me, right?
But I’m not falling for it, I stuck to my hand."
"A calm professional player should have realized something was off by then. If I were you, I would’ve decisively folded, but at that moment, you’d already become a gambler, completely influenced by the gambling mindset.
You couldn’t let go of the chips on the table, decided to continue following, to keep applying pressure on me. You were gambling that I was bluffing too. Because the two companions next to me obviously weren’t professionals, you were betting my hand wasn’t strong.
Your hand, even if small, was still a pair of fives.
Anyway, there was still some chance.
Since so, I’ll play with you."
The surrounding gamblers slowly understood everything, looking at the white-faced fat man, all knew what Chen Che was saying was the truth.
In setting up scenes like this, as long as the other party didn’t cheat outright, unless they won to the point of enraging the other side, no one really pursued it.
The fat man’s lips trembled, staring intently at Chen Che, "How dare you...how dare you? What if mine wasn’t a pair of fives but a pair of eights? What if mine’s bigger than yours? You dare to follow like this? What if you lost? Do you know what consequences you’d face?"
"What do you think we’re doing? We’re gambling! Isn’t the thrill and excitement what it’s all about? Plus, did any of what you said happen? No, right? Because I won!"
Chen Che spread his hands, the fat man awoke as if from a dream, horrified and about to turn and leave.
But he was blocked by other gamblers who had lost their minds, and the casino’s security.
"Bastard, don’t run, give back everything you won, you f***er setting us up!"
"I didn’t cheat! You lost, tough luck!"
"Sir, you still owe us money."
The losing gamble didn’t scare the fat man too much, but the management of the casino did terrify him.
Chen Che didn’t care about these, he wasn’t here for gambling, he was here for investment and making money.
Owning the Candy of Listening to the Heart, he knew all the hands at the table crystal clear.
Unless these guys decided to stubbornly hold fast no matter what.
Then he’d decisively fold too.
After setting up for dozens of rounds, he won nearly 800,000 in one round.
"Tsk tsk tsk, gambling really is quick money, this is so much more than what I earn busting my ass in some doomed business."
Chen Che slapped Xia Na’s butt, "What do you think, Nana, admit defeat?"
"Boss! Awesome!" Bobby looked up to Chen Che full of admiration, holding the chips in his arms trembling with joy.
800,000 Beta Coins.
He wouldn’t earn that much even if he worked his butt off for 35 years.
Chen Che earned it back in less than an hour at the gambling table.
Xia Na just coldly snorted, "Consider yourself lucky."
[This guy does have some skills...just now with his high-spirited, commanding presence, why does he resemble my sister a bit?]
Chen Che heard Xia Na’s inner thoughts and chuckled, "Nana, don’t forget what you promised me."
"Hmph."
Xia Na rolled her eyes, grabbed Chen Che’s collar, and stood on tiptoe to kiss him. Chen Che was stunned, caught off guard, and felt his lips being blocked, a clumsy tongue trying to pry open his teeth.
In the end, led by Chen Che’s embrace around her waist, Xia Na’s body jolted like electric shock, her eyes widen, brows furrowed, seemingly surprised by this feeling of kissing.
Beside them, Bobby’s mouth hung open, a face full of shock.
His boss sure is bold...
More than a minute later, Xia Na fiercely pushed Chen Che away, wiping her lips in displeasure and frowning, "Such a smoky taste, really bad, not at all comfortable, don’t know why you people like kissing.
Alright, I paid my wager, nothing owed.
Don’t say I can’t afford to lose."
Xia Na crossed her arms, that pretty face showing no hint of shyness, only indifference.
Chen Che licked his lips, "Nana, you’re so fierce? Not shy at all kissing a guy?"
Not seeing a shy Xia Na made Chen Che a bit regretful.
Xia Na flipped a middle finger, "I’ll just treat it as being kissed by a pig!"
[Damn...why did my legs get weak just now...so uncomfortable...I didn’t activate Demon Pattern, why did I feel this electric shock sensation? No way, this is too uncomfortable, can’t kiss a guy again...]
Chen Che curled his lips, this little Nana wasn’t as calm inside as she showed.
"Aren’t you here to investigate? What’s with making such a big scene?"
Xia Na asked quietly.
"Isn’t this just the beginning?"
Just then, a butler in a tailcoat walked over to Chen Che, bowed, and said with a smile, "Honored guest, I am Ulat, the manager of Horus Grand Casino. We all witnessed your remarkable performance just now. With your courage and superb gambling skills, the Copper Level pool can no longer satisfy you.
I’m here to offer you our casino’s services."
A golden card was held out to Chen Che.
This meant Chen Che could enter the highest level, the Golden Gambling Pool.
Upon hearing the name Ulat, Xia Na was moved.
Is this the Black Bear’s superior?
Chen Che embraced Xia Na by the waist, accepting the golden card with a smile, "Thank you. Let’s go, let’s try a higher-level gambling pool."
"Enjoy your game."
Ulat watched the three of them leave, eyes tracking their disappearing backs, the smile on his face gradually fading.
A woman with a voluptuous figure in a cheongsam approached Ulat, asking, "Manager, he’s An Nishang’s plaything, and the girl he had on his arm is An Nishang’s right-hand. That follower is a team leader of the Special Operations Department. An Nishang’s Special Operations Department has already surrounded the grand casino, now with these three entering...
They must have ulterior motives.
Should we send someone to watch them?"
Ulat adjusted the bowtie at his neck, "Keep an eye on them... soldiers come, we block; water floods, we cover.
Send someone to hurry that damned silly bear, is he lying atop that mistress’s bed again?"
"Yes."