Chapter 36: Pretty Lucky (1/2)
Just when Xu Cheng was out of options, Shen Yao immediately came over and stopped him. “You won’t be able to win. They are the ones operating this casino, so they are obviously going to stomp you when it comes to gambling.”
As a rebellious little princess, Shen Yao certainly knew about the four gates, so she didn’t think Xu Cheng should get involved in this when the chance of winning was close to zero.
“How would you know if I don’t give it a try?” Xu Cheng replied.
“With all the pro dealers here, you think you can get the last laugh? There are fifty tables here, and each one has an expert dealer operating it. How are you, a noob, going to go up against them?” Shen Yao frowned. “Listen to me, don’t get involved. No matter how rampant West Gate is, they won’t beat up your police friend in public. At most, they will beat him up in the back and then report him and get him fired.”
“Do you think it’s easy to get a job at the police bureau?” Xu Cheng rolled his eyes at Shen Yao and said, “After losing this job, where do you think Zhang Ruian can go for another stable job like this one? You think everyone’s living comfortably like you? You won’t understand the hardships of ordinary people.”
“Hey, you really don’t know how to be grateful, don’t you? I’m trying to help, and a pitiful man certainly has a reason to be despised. This guy’s an officer, but he was brought in by the people of West Gate without a choice, so he obviously did something he wasn’t supposed to.” Shen Yao said, “I don’t have anything against you giving two hundred thousand yuan away to a family you just met, but West Gate is not something you should offend.”
Xu Cheng looked at Zhang Ruian who was terrified and had his mouth taped. He looked very lost and was looking at Xu Cheng as if he was begging. At last, Xu Cheng gritted his teeth and said to the middle-aged man, “How do you want to play?”
“This is 100 yuan of chips, and I will give you half an hour. If you can come back to me with 100,000 yuan worth of chips, you can take him out of here.”
“Isn’t this BS?” Shen Yao felt the difficulty was way too high. Although everyone gambles to make an easy profit, who can profit 1000 times their original amount? Maybe with ten or twenty thousand yuan, you could get lucky and then come out with a hundred thousand yuan or so, but winning a hundred thousand yuan in thirty minutes with just one hundred yuan? That’s basically impossible!” Immediately, Shen Yao felt like these people were basically bullying Xu Cheng. “I think even the pros you have in this casino can’t accomplish this.”
The middle-aged man just snorted, “If you don’t have the balls to play, then just get lost.”
Xu Cheng asked, “I can play at any of the tables on the first floor?”
The middle-aged man shrugged his shoulders. “Yep.”
Xu Cheng directly took the chips from that guy’s hand.
He came out of the office, and Shen Yao chased over as well. “Are you crazy?”
“Not yet. If Zhang Ruian was fired because he was violating some policies, I would have nothing to say. However, it’s unfair if he gets fired because of a trap set by someone that was trying to get back at me. I want to give it a shot,” Xu Cheng replied.
Shen Yao sneered, “Once you put that 100 yuan down, you have at least a fifty percent chance of losing. Once you lose, it’s game over, and even if you win, that’s only 200 yuan. Those guys want you to make a hundred thousand in half an hour.”
“Then what happens if I win 200 with 100, and doubling that 200, I get 400, then 800, then 1600, and then so on?” Xu Cheng asked.
Shen Yao laughed mockingly, “The best gamblers in the world probably can’t even do it; your plan doesn’t tolerate any loss, because you are going all-in everytime. How can you be certain that you won’t lose even once when it comes to gambling? Unless you cheat. But then again, you think you can escape their eyes? Before, I thought you were arrogant and hard to read, but now I think you are just too dumb for me to be able to read what’s in your mind.”
Xu Cheng certainly wasn’t dumb. He had something to rely on, and it was his sensitive hearing.
Ignoring Shen Yao’s nagging on the side, Xu Cheng came over to a table that was playing guessing the dice. He sat down and saw 3 and 6 on the two dices. When the dealer covered up the dices with a cup and started shaking it, Xu Cheng’s ears immediately locked onto the frequency of the dices rolling inside. He faintly closed his eyes, submerging his whole body and heart into trying to feel the situation inside the cup.
Finally, after the dealer put down the cup, he shouted, “Buying big or small?”
The people around the table made their bets, and Xu Cheng pushed his chips to the big side.
Shen Yao didn’t even dare to look and only turned around when she saw Xu Cheng leaning in to take his 200 yuan worth of chips. But, everyone could get lucky once, so she still didn’t have too much hope for Xu Cheng.