Chapter 183 Then Let’s Be (1/2)
Chapter 183: Then Let’s Bet
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The people betting with him sighed with regret and disappointment. The two pretty ladies anxiously stood on their toes. ”D*mmit, why did we lose?”
”Hey, have you girls seen that friend of mine?” Li Du asked.
The redhead’s eyes widened. ”Which friend?”
Li Du pointed to the seat that Lin Ping had been sitting on. ”This one. The one that was with me placing the bets. Where did he go?”
The redhead said with a serious look, ”What are you saying? When was there anyone here? Didn’t you come here by yourself? The one placing those bets was you, wasn’t it?”
The blondie said as well, ”Yeah, mister, did you lose too much, and now you’re not in the right mind? You’ve been betting by yourself this whole time.”
Li Du rubbed his chin and looked at the girls, saying with a smile, ”Stop joking, where did my friend go?”
”We don’t know what you’re talking about.” The redhead shrugged with an innocent expression.
”Perhaps this guy is really in shock from the loss. He had been winning, but now he’s finally lost.”
”It’s understandable. He really lost a lot.”
If it wasn’t because of his own faith in his mental state, Li Du might have really thought that he was having a mental breakdown!
Everyone claimed to never have seen Lin Ping; everyone said that he had been gambling by himself.
All of them looked serious, and Mr. Li almost believed them. Good thing that he took out his phone to check, and the message and call records remained on the screen.
He could not understand; what was Lin Ping trying to do?
He didn’t want to bother with this anymore. He shook his head and wanted to leave, but the boxman in charge of the game held him back and said with a smile, ”Sorry, sir. You’ll have to make your payment before leaving.”
Li Du pointed to the chips on the table and said, ”I lost, just take those away then?”
”Sorry, those are not enough.” The boxman was suntil smiling politely.
Li Du creased his eyebrows and said, ”Not enough? What do you mean?”
The boxman said, ”You’ve placed your bets for a one-to-five payout; losing means that you’ll have to pay for five times the original bet.”
”A total of one million dollars,” the dealer added.
Li Du’s expression flickered a few times, and soon, he understood what had happened.
He had been set up by Lin Ping, or, more precisely, by some organization. Those people had premeditated this plan to set him up.
From the call from Lin Ping, to entering the casino, when playing Sic Bo with the two girls, to the eventual, huge loss. This was a trap, taken each step at a time to drag him down into the pits.
The two girls and the people around all belonged to the organization, including the boxman and the dealers. They were cooperating together to set him up.
He calmly said, ”I guess you’ll also say, that I didn’t have a companion with me. That I was placing all the bets by myself, right?”
The boxman displayed his professional smile, ”Of course, what are you talking about? You were placing the bets all by yourself. We all saw it, didn’t we?”
Li Du tried his best to remain calm, and then realized that he could have very well been set up by this casino itself.
He said, ”How much do I owe you guys now?”
”The total amount you need to pay is one million dollars. On the table, there is a total of 200,000 dollars worth of chips, so 800,000 remaining.” The boxman continued wearing his professional smile.
Li Du said, ”No need to smile anymore. I might not be able to hold myself back from punching you in the face.
”That’ll make things even more complicated, sir,” The boxman said proudly.