Chapter 41 (2/2)
Only at this moment did the Zhang Yongjin trio realize that their reaction was really losing their own composure.
“Big Sister Chief, I, Yongjin, and Wanjun took a trip to Walled Hill Village yesterday. We ran into this guy on the hilltop. We wanted to buy the games from this guy’s hands, but he refused, so we had a fierce discord. Therefore, we were so angry when we saw this punk again!” Xue Renfei knew that he had to deceive Zhang Deqin, and simply confessed some of the facts.
“Big Sister Chief, how could this punk be worthy to be called Master? As the saying goes, ‘Savages have always been coming out from barren mountains and wild rivers’. This punk has neither a worthy culture or personal quality. The only thing he has is brute force.” Recalling his car’s front cover that had been smashed, Hu Wanjun added the fuel to the fire with clenching teeth.
At first, Zhang Yongjin also had the thought to follow ridiculing Tang Xiu. However, when he saw from the corner of his eyes Tang Xiu’s faint teasing smile, a sudden chill struck him as his body unknowingly shivered, and he didn’t dare to speak anything.
“Fine, since people from both sides have come, let’s start the gamble. This old man still has to fly to Macau.” Jia Ruidao stared at Long Zhengyu and spoke with a discontented expression.
It was very obvious that after having heard the words from the Zhang Yongjin trio, Jia Ruidao felt that today’s gambling was a complete farce. Long Zhengyu asking Tang Xiu to come was completely to humiliate him, and not to win the gamble. Therefore, Jia Ruidao had borne a grudge towards Long Zhengyu.
Clearly perceiving the expression in Jia Ruidao’s eyes, Long Zhengyu’s heart slightly thumped. He was aware that Jia Ruidao had misunderstood him, and he also knew that he had offended this King of Gamble and its consequences.
But when he recalled that Jia Ruidao had long chosen to stand as his opponent, Long Zhengyu quickly turned calm and took it lightly.
“If Brother Tang has no objection, then let’s start the gamble.” Long Zhengyu didn’t explain more, but his eyes looked at Tang Xiu with an inquiring expression.
At first, Tang Xiu wanted to ask about the gambling type and rules, but he took the words that were about to speak out and swallowed them back.
Tang Xiu was well aware that if he asked, he would be laughed at, and this would also implicate Long Zhengyu and Long Zhenglin as they would be looked down by those people. So, he decided not to ask.
“It’s fine with me, we can start at any time.” Tang Xiu swept a glance at Zhang Yongjin and the others with a calm and tranquil expression. Not even the slightest bit of shame or anger could be seen on his face, but rather apathy in his tone.
Upon seeing Tang Xiu’s profound and unpredictable demeanor, Jia Ruidao snorted coldly, as he then rang the bell on the table.
“Little Bastard, do you want to have to compare the numbers, or do you want odd or even rules? Or do you want to play other games?” While waiting for the attendant, Jia Ruidao spoke to Tang Xiu with a condescending tone.
When he heard this “Little Bastard” words, a trace of anger flashed from Tang Xiu’s eyes. This remark was too harsh and rude.
“Old Bastard, choose one that you think you’re good at. So you won’t find any excuses when you have lost!” Tang Xiu found that he would be constantly bullied if he continued giving them any concessions. This time, he no longer flinched and stepped back, but began his fierce counterattack instead.
“YOU…!! Since you’ve readied yourself to your own disgrace. then let’s play Dice[1]. It’s simple, and won’t take too much time.” Jia Ruidao spoke in anger.
“I’m fine with it, I won’t ask more.” After hearing Jia Ruidao’s answer, Tang Xiu was overjoyed as he blurted out his agreement.
Tang Xiu was afraid that Jia Ruidao would propose a complex gambling play because it meant that he must spend more time to figure out the game’s rules and adapt to them. He was afraid that if it takes too much time in learning and adapting to the rules, he would lose the gamble.
Chinese Dice was another case all in all. Although Tang Xiu had never played this dice gamble, but he has seen it on TV, while he also had played it to pass the time when he and his classmates were visiting KTV to sing[2], so he was no stranger to this kind of gambling. For fear that Jia Ruidao would take his words back, Tang Xiu hurriedly complied when Jia Ruidao had just finished speaking.
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[1], Big or Small number dice, the raws wrote it, but i think its just only a simple dice game.
[2]
*[advantage]: by having their erection in contact with her
*[ cent bills]: China has cents in bills called jiao
*[Guoshu]: Guo here means country and shu means technique
*[ 190 centimeters]: Over 6ft tall
*[Lake Cui]: Cui Hu, also means Green Lake
*[hundred dyuan bills]: 100yuan is their biggest bill
*[Daoist Fierce Tiger]: The author of this novel
*[Noodles]: made of wheat
*[Rice Noodles]: made of rice
*[Zhang Tian Tian]: Tian means sweet
*[Bajiquan]: Also known as Eight Extremities Fist, but Bajiquan sounds nicer to me
*[Long Taos]: side characters in Chinese operas who perform acrobatics and fight scenes
*[12.47 to 13.07]: don’t ask me about the tree sap