Chapter 45 (1/2)

Chapter 45: Admitting Defeat

Translator: GravityTales  Editor: GravityTales

“Are you afraid? If you’re afraid, why don’t you admit defeat directly?” Long Zhenglin’s previous words suddenly attracted Zhang Yongjin’s attention as he quickly aimed his muzzle toward Long Zhenglin, mocking and ridiculing him.

“Ha, it’s simply the same with teasing. Only a few words from Grandmaster Jia and you’re already smug and conceited. You really don’t know about your own class!”

“Old ginger is spicier than young ones, Grandmaster Jia is really amazing.”

Xue Renfei and Hu Wanjun stared at Tang Xiu with a face full with ridiculing expressions.

But Tang Xiu turned a deaf ear to Zhang Yongjin and the others’ ridicules. He and Jia Ruidao looked at each other and then they took a dice cup and swayed it.

Although Tang Xiu had yet to speak, his actions conveyed countless words.

The moment Tang Xiu began to sway and shake the dice cup, Zhang Yongjin, Hu Wanjun and Xue Renfei seemed to have had their necks grabbed. They no longer said anything as their smile was frozen. Their awkward expressions turned more embarrassing.

With their identity, had they bumped into Tang Xiu in the street, they would have been disinclined to even glance at him.

But now, they were the ones who took the initiative to talk to Tang Xiu, while Tang Xiu simply disregarded them. This was basically a slap in their faces, and it made them clench their teeth in a bad mood.

However, they couldn’t do anything, since the gambling rules prohibited them. They could only wallow and drown in a sour, bitter, and aggrieved feelings.

Jia Ruidao looked at Tang Xiu with appreciation as he also picked up the dice cup and began to shake it.

The room turned quiet and silent in an instant. Leaving only the sounds of the dices that fiercely collided with each other in the dice cup.

One time, it was just like the sun that brightened up the sky. Another time, it was like a hurricane during stormy weather.

One time, it was calm and tranquil. Another time, it turned chaotic.

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Along with the swaying and vibrating wrists of Jia Ruidao and Tang Xiu, the room was filled with dice sounds. Sometimes the sounds burst in a rush, sometimes slow, and other times light. While some others turned heavy. Everyone’s heart also fluctuated, reflected by the tense expression on their faces.

Jia Ruidao and Tang Xiu tightly locked their vision at each other’s eyes. They didn’t pay attention to the dice cups in their hands.

When everyone in the room was almost suffocated, muffled “bang” sounds sounded twice. Jia Ruidao and Tang Xiu had put down their dice cups on the table.

“You go first, or I go first?” Jia Ruidao looked at Tang Xiu as he smiled and asked.

“Grandmaster Jia first.” Tang Xiu sent out a letting posture as he spoke in a respectful tone.

Although the two of them had just fought, but in fact, it was an exchange. The two of them, in the end, had even entered the mutual accompaniment realm.

After having these matches, not only had they deepened their understanding and became familiar with each other, but they also had forged a deep friendship. It was just like the proverbs said that talented people were able to acknowledge each other’s talent.

Upon hearing Tang Xiu’s words, a deep thoughtful expression emerged on Jia Ruidao’s face.

“4 points… ah no, 6 points.” Having been pondering for a long time, Jia Ruidao said a number. But he instantly changed the number when he said the number, while a strange expression emerged on his face.

Seeing clearly Jia Ruidao’s reaction with their eyes, Zhang Deqin and the others couldn’t help but become stunned and apprehensive.

Zhang Deqin and the others had a near-fanatical worship and trust for Jia Ruidao’s gambling ability. They also had witnessed his legendary gambling skills. But never once did they ever expect that Jia Ruidao would really have difficult times like this when gambling.

But now, they could see that Jia Ruidao was hesitating. Moreover, the person Jia Ruidao was facing now, was only an outsider, a green-rookie gambler. This unexpected situation made them agape.

“Grandmaster Jia, are you really sure about it? You don’t want to change again?” Tang Xiu did not immediately open the dice cup but asked with a ruminating expression.

“YOU… I won’t change!” Jia Ruidao almost choked and fainted the moment he heard Tang Xiu’s words. He thought that Tang Xiu was arrogant and rude, causing anger to surge deep inside his heart.

“Grandmaster Jia, I’m sorry, but your guess is wrong.” Tang Xiu really wanted to give Jia Ruidao another chance. But he was afraid that doing so would hurt Jia Ruidao’s ego. Therefore, he opened the dice cup in a natural and relaxed manner.

When Tang Xiu had opened the dice cup, Jia Ruidao’s complexion instantly turned deathly pale as his body trembled for a while.

Because the 6 dices in Tang Xiu’s dice cup were stacked into a pillar. Only the dice on top showed the points, as the rest were covered.

According to the dice game’s rules, in the case that the dices stacked and overlapped, then you only needed to calculate the points on the topmost dice. Thus, in this case, the impressive stacked points for Tang Xiu’s dices were 4, since it was the points of the topmost dice.

In other words, when Jia Ruidao guessed the points, his first guess was correct. But he was wrong on the second guess and insisted on picking the second, wrong guess.

“This old man has gone through ups and downs in every aspect of gambling for many years. Except losing games early in my studying career, never once have I encountered equally matched opponents within these 10 years in the Shuangqing Province. But today, this old man truly has understood the meaning of the saying that the younger generations will eventually surpass the old ones.” After having looked at Tang Xiu for a very long time, Jia Ruidao then turned away and left.

Only until Jia Ruidao had reached the building’s entrance did Zhang Deqin and the others react to what had happened.

“Ah, Grandmaster Jia, please don’t go. We have yet to know the gambling’s result.”

“Grandmaster Jia, please wait! You’ve not necessarily lost yet.”

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Zhang Deqin and Zhang Yongjin were the first ones to catch up with him and hurriedly spoke to retain him. Hu Wanjun hesitated for a moment before he also chased up. Only Xue Renfei left and stared at Jia Ruidao’s dice cup that had yet to be solved, for fear that Tang Xiu and his people would open and peep into it.