Chapter 25 (1/2)

Chapter 25: Refusing the Toast, Only to be forced to Drink

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

Su Xiangfei wasn’t the only one who had a foolish expression in the face. The other two classmates behind him also fell into the same predicament.

“Tang Xiu does really go out of the door and tread his step on. He could actually win so much money in the Game Hall. I have visited the Game Hall so many times, but this is my first time seeing someone win so much money in the Game Hall.”

“This is what’s called an idiot’s luck. If Tang Xiu’s brain was normal, he couldn’t have won so much money.”

Su Duanxin and Tan Liquan were watching Tang Xiu with a face full of envy. They wished that the one who had won the money was not Tang Xiu but them.

“What does Tang Xiu have to deserve being envied, huh? His grades are the bottommost for the entire year. With the problem with his brain, not only would he fail to enter university, he would also face problems in the future. Don’t tell me that you think these 20,000 game coins could let him eat and drink for a lifetime?” Su Xiangfei stared at his two followers and spoke out of disdain.

Su Xiangfei didn’t notice that he was talking with a voice mixed with a sour taste.

Although Tang Xiu also noticed Su Xiangfei and the other 2 classmates’ presence, and even heard that they were talking about him; however, Tang Xiu didn’t put their words in his heart, since he simply didn’t have time to pay attention to them.

A few minutes later, Tang Xiu’s vision locked to another slot machine inside the Game Hall.

Judging from this slot machine’s rules to win the prize money, it would need to swallow at least another 100 game coins before it can spit out game coins. But Tang Xiu had long calculated the odds of this slot machine would give.

“100 game coins in exchange for 8,000 game coins, this seems to be a quite a worthwhile transaction.” Tang Xiu murmured and then unhurriedly stood behind the slot machine’s queue.

If Tang Xiu had just entered the Game Hall, he would be reluctant to spend 100 game coins to play slot machines, but Tang Xiu had won 18,000 game coins today and then received more than 3,000 game coins, so he simply didn’t care about these 100 game coins.

Since Tang Xiu’s action had stirred up the Game Hall and attracted a lot of people’s attention, it made many people subconsciously encircle around Tang Xiu when he began inserting game coins again; even Su Xiangfei’s trio were no exception.

Regarding the onlookers who were standing in a circle and watching, never once did Tang Xiu care about them. He just slowly filled the game coins into the slot machine in front of everyone, and then pressed the spin button.

At first, everyone also had wild expectations from Tang Xiu, since they thought that because Tang Xiu could win twice, and then he would be sure to win the third time.

But when everyone saw Tang Xiu continuously insert coins into the slot machine for 20 times, and didn’t hear nor see any sounds, the onlookers gradually scattered.

“I thought a God of Gamble came here, but I didn’t expect he was also trying his own luck.”

“It’s because we were thinking too much, playing slot machines is, of course, dependent on luck. How the hell could it depend on skills to win? Otherwise, the boss would be in extreme deficit.”

“Bah, pretending to be so unpredictable, as if he’s like the God of Gamble’s reincarnation. Damn, I really wasted my feelings in vain.”

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Upon hearing the incoming comments, voices, and complaints in his ear, Tang Xiu mouth slightly pouted upwards even though his face also exposed a trace of a teasing smile expression, because this was precisely the effect that he wanted.

He knew that amongst those onlookers that stood around watching him, not only were real onlookers there, but several employees from the Game Hall must also be mixed in amongst them. And they obviously wanted to watch as to how he used his tricks to hit the jackpot.

Along with Tang Xiu’s repeatedly losing game coins, nobody suspected anything about Tang Xiu’s jackpot winning.

But this fact also made Tang Xiu alarmed, this Game Hall was obviously not like how its boss had shown the generosity on the surface. On the contrary, this Game Hall was very stingy and narrow-minded, and it seemed that the Game Hall’s background was even more complicated.

When Tang Xiu had inserted 113 game coins into the slot machine, it finally exuded pleasant cheers, and then a large number of game coins sprayed out.

“What the hell, it couldn’t be, right? He hit the jackpot again?”

“How could he be so awesome?”

“If we also count the baldy who won the prize money before, this dude has hit the jackpot for 3 times today, this luck is way too ridiculous!”

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After Tang Xiu hit the jackpot, the previously scattered crowd once again flocked to his side and looked at him with burning hot eyes.

It had to be said that of Tang Xiu’s first jackpot was but only luck, then Tang Xiu’s help for the baldy to hit the jackpot could be called as a coincidence. But Tang Xiu’s third jackpot’s hit definitely couldn’t be explained as only luck and coincidence.

“Eldest Brother, you are my Eldest Brother. Can you teach me how to play the slot machines?” When Tang Xiu was cleaning up the game coins leisurely, the baldy suddenly squeezed out from the crowd and grabbed Tang Xiu’s arm as he began to beg excitedly.

Previously, when Tang Xiu was on that slot machine, this baldy only grabbed dozens of game coins and had long spent all of it, then he suddenly saw that Tang Xiu won again. This baldy started to see Tang Xiu just like a celestial being, and immediately pestered Tang Xiu without hesitation.

Regarding this baldy’s brazen and familiar behavior, Tang Xiu subconsciously knitted his brows and was slightly regretting helping that baldy before.

But Tang Xiu also quite appreciated this baldy’s fervent and frank attitude, so he didn’t make things difficult for him and instead joked and teased him, “Ah, the casino certainly will lose its brilliant light because of your baldness. If you can keep your hair, you also will be able to win.”

Having finished his words, he didn’t wait for the baldy for the answer. Tang Xiu got up and left.

Behind Tang Xiu, the baldy slowly stroke his smooth and slippery bald head as he saw Tang Xiu leave and looked at his back, while his face showed a thinking expression.

_“I’ve won 30,000 game coins from this Game Hall. In the end, should I continue playing, or quit while I’m ahead?”_ After he exchanged more than 8,000 game coins in his hands for paper money again, Tang Xiu glanced at the Game Hall’s boss, whose face was fully covered with a tense expression, as if he was falling into a tangle.

“Little Brother, this is my little regard, please receive it.” When Tang Xiu had yet to make up his mind, the Game Hall’s boss—Li Kanglong—quickly took out a stack of paper money from the drawer and handed it to Tang Xiu, with a face full of a pleading expression.

Tang Xiu was frozen for a moment and then understood the boss’ thought.