Chapter 30 (2/2)

Even though he said he was going out for some fresh air, once he got outside, he turned the corner to a house on the right. Hei Ge, the one who played them last time, was sitting over there eating ramen with a head full of sweat. Hearing him come in, Hei Ge didn’t even lift his head and asked, “How’s it going?”

The man, who had just claimed to be Hei Ge’s brother, instantly backed down. Bending down, he handed him a glass of water, playing up to him. “We’re almost there Hei Ge.”

That was when the muscular man lifted his head, his stern face looked menacing, drastically different from the smiling, inviting person from before.

“If it’s almost there, then it’s time to rein in the line. Who knows how much we can squeeze out of this kid.”

“Don’t worry, I heard that his father was a white-collar in a company, there shouldn’t be too much but definitely enough. Don’t worry Hei Ge.”

“That’s good, if nothing come out of him, then throw him into the ocean to feed the fishes.”

The man smiled and bowed in succession, “Roger that.”

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if looking at a sheep ready to be slaughtered.

And that sheep was wholly unaware still.

“I lost again?!! How I’m I so unlucky today!!”

“Do you need more money?”

“It’s, it’s okay, I already borrowed so much from you.”

“You already reached pit bottom with your luck, I don’t believe it’ll go any worse. If you’re scared then don’t go any further, it’s your loss, not mine.”

“Then, then how about another ten thousand?”

“How is ten thousand enough! A hundred thousand! Xiao Zi, don’t worry about it, you’re brother’s got money. I don’t believe you can’t make this flop!!!”

“Alright, a hundred thousand it is!”

This hunt had been going on for too long, now it was finally time to reel it in.

Yang Xiao played till his eyes were bloodshot, but in the end he still lost everything. By the time everyone left, the man beside him kneeled down and said, “You’re really unlucky.”

Yang Xiao nodded blankly.

“Well, whatever. Seeing that you lost so badly, I’ll round it to a whole number, but when are you planning on returning this money you borrowed?”

Yang Xiao was dumbfounded, “Re-repaying?”

The man stared at him, “What? You want to chicken out?”

Yang Xiao quickly shook his head, “No, that’s not what I meant. I just wanted to ask, how much did I borrow in total?”

It was only then did Yang Xiao felt his legs shaking.

“Not much, not much, just this amount.” The man said as he raised one finger up.

“Ten, ten thousand?”

The man smiled, “The last round you just lost ten thousand, you think it’s only that much?”

Yang Xiao’s legs shook even more, “A hundred, a hundred thousand?”

The man continued to shake his head.

Now Yang Xiao was dumbfounded, “Then it’s a million?!!”

“A million one hundred and eighty thousand. Your bro here is nice, I won’t ask you for the hundred and eighty thousand, but when are you going to return that million?”

“Aren’t we brothers though?”

The man smiled, “Even brothers have to have a clean account. There’s no point getting familiar now is there?”

Yang Xiao’s eyes widened as he realized he had been tricked. “You tricked me?!!”

Slap!

The man he had called brother for more than a week just gave him a mean slap across the face. His eyes squinted and he wore a menacing expression, “Tricking you? You’re kidding me right? What? Now that you lost, you forgot about the money you borrowed? So the money I lent you isn’t money or something?”

Yang Xiao started seeing stars with that slap and instantly chickened out, “I’ll return it! I’ll return it! Just let me go back, I’ll definitely think of a way to repay you!” No matter what, he needs to leave first.

But the man saw through him instantly and said, “A million wasn’t a small amount so you do need to think about it, but before you go, sign this.” The man took out a piece of paper. On there, in black and white, it was an IOU, with Yang Xiao borrowing a million dollars today and will repay this amount in ten days. At the bottom, it even had the lender and borrower.

Yang Xiao shrunk back. If he signed this, his life was over.

Then the man hit another slap across his face, making both sides equally swollen. “You don’t want to sign it? Okay, if you don’t sign it, leave me two of his fingers.”

With that, two people carrying knives really walked up step by step towards him. Before it touched his finger though, Yang Xiao made a noise like a pig about to be butchered and yelled, “I’ll sign it! I’ll sign it!”

Then, he wrote down his name on the paper.