19 The Gloves Are Off (1/2)
Jun Xie gave a mocking smile and stood-up. ”Do you guys have more money to lose? If not… then I must go home and take some rest. I’ve won such a less amount of money even after investing so much of my time. It has been such a disappointment. What do you think, Miss Dugu?” Jun Xie knew that he had spoiled a part of the enemies’ plan.
”You can’t leave,” Li Zhen said in an anxious manner. Everyone’s minds – including Meng Haizou’s – had been frozen; so much so that they couldn’t even estimate the extent of their losses.
All of them had a better understanding of gambling than Jun Mo Xie. Moreover, they had all teamed-up in order to corner him. They were sure that Jun Mo Xie had consumed the drugs. In addition, they had tampered with the dice. Meng Haizou’s clothes had also been sprayed with a unique perfume to disturb Jun Mo Xie’s drugged mind. Yet, they had lost to Jun Mo Xie.
How could something like that be explained?
Was Jun Mo Xie really so lucky? But, he had scored only a few points higher than theirs in each of his game. This couldn’t have been a coincidence. However, they couldn’t explain how he had been cheating. Jun Mo Xie had consumed the drugs, and had turned his gambling skills into a complete mess to cheat. They felt as if they had seen a ghost.
Their well-thought plan involving Tang Yuan had gone smoothly at first. However, they hadn’t been able to proceed to the next step of their plan after their main target Jun Mo Xie had arrived. They had lost everything they had instead. How could they even think about going forward with their plan?
A trace of fear crawled into their eyes as they realized that they had failed to accomplish the assigned task.
They feared the gentle look on Li You Ran’s face more than the laugh of a demon since Li You Ran could issue an order to execute someone… or several people with the same ‘gentle’ expression on his face.
He was more dangerous than a demon!
”I want to continue the game. I still have a few assets left with me,” Meng Haizou spoke as he took off the accompaniment jade from his waist and threw it on the table.
”Hahaha… do you guys think that I’m interested in damaged property? You want to continue the game with such a useless item? I would rather go home and take some rest,” Jun Xie smiled and replied. He then shook his head and turned around to leave.
”Wait!” Meng Haizou shouted. He then looked at Li Zhen and the others and said, ”Show me everything you have.”
Li Zhen and the rest of people were aware of the consequences of the failure of their scheme. So, they hurriedly took off all the valuable possessions like precious stones, pearls, and other ornaments from their bodies.
”This is Tang Yuan’s personal sword and accompaniment jade. I wish to place a bet with these two. Their combined price is one-and-a-half-million liang. But, I’ll put its value only as one-million liang.” Meng Haizou looked at Jun Xie and said, ”Jun Mo Xie, I think you would like to win it back for your friend. Don’t you?”
Dugu Xiao Yi started blankly for a moment. She knew the origins of Tang Yuan’s sword and accompaniment jade. She understood that this was no more just a game. However, she wasn’t scared. She didn’t try to escape from the situation either. This situation was far too interesting.
Jun Xie looked at Tang Yuan and said, ”I’m not Tang Yuan. His possessions have nothing to do with me. They’ll become my possessions if I win this game. Then, I can do anything I want with them. I may throw them in the garbage… or I may give them to someone else. It has nothing to do with Tang Yuan. Why would I win them back for him? You people surely are a creative ‘lot’. Tang Yuan pawned these items for money. That’s none of my business. It won’t be my business… if he brings money to redeem these items later on.”