The crowded Chang An Street was bustling with people. It was an extremely lively scene. There was a casino on one side of the street.
"Your Royal Highness just shamelessly bragged that you wanted to gamble just now. Why, are you scared now?" A triangular-eyed, middle-aged man with a frivolous look smiled coldly at the young boy in blue sitting in front of him.
"Me scared? What a joke!" Qi Shaoyang"s face was fierce as a tiger as he sneered in disdain.
"Young master, don"t bet anymore. If the old master finds out, we…" The little servant following behind Qi Shaoyang who looked sallow said as he pulled Qi Shaoyang"s sleeve, nervously trying to persuade him.
"Shut up!" Qi Shaoyang yelled angrily at the servant, and then looked back at the middle-aged man and continued, "But I"m very busy today, I have no time to gamble with you." With that, he got up and turned to leave.
"Hehe, I didn"t expect that Your Royal Highness, who had always been known as a dandy young man, was also a timid person." Seeing that Qi Shaoyang was leaving, the triangular-eyed man was still not in a hurry. He sneered in disdain and ridiculed.
"You!" Qi Shaoyang"s footsteps immediately stopped. His expression was sullen.
Qi Shaoyang was very annoyed to see the people around him pointing and gossiping. If he knew this was going to happen, he would not have bragged just now. Well, now they would laugh at him if he did not gamble. Yet if he gambled, he was not proficient in gambling and was sure to lose. And if he really lost the 50,000 gold, his father would definitely kill him!
He was conflicted.
Qi Shaoyang"s glossy eyes spun as he thought about the different plans in his mind. Suddenly, his eyes swept to a flas.h.i.+ng figure by the street. His face gleamed brightly, and a burst of ecstasy appeared in his eyes.
"Wait for me, I will come back immediately!" Once the sentence fell, he slipped away.
Zihou was strolling casually on the street. She came out today to try her luck and find an extremely hard material to make a dagger.
Since the Nine-Section Purple Bamboo was too hard, if she wanted to make it into a silver needle, the tools of ordinary materials were not adequate. Only tools made of extremely hard and special materials could do it. In addition, she now urgently needed a dagger for self-defense.
Except, just as she had reached a place similar to a casino, she was swept away by a gust of wind before she could even see the hanging sign.
"Qi Shaoyang, are you crazy?" Suddenly pulled into the casino, Zihou frowned lightly and glared unhappily at the smiling Qi Shaoyang who seemed rather obsequious.
"Boss, isn"t it just because I"m so excited to see you again?" Qi Shaoyang smiled brightly, trying to curry favor.
"Who is your boss?" Zihou rolled her eyes and was a little speechless at Qi Shaoyang"s greeting.
"Why, Your Royal Highness, are you going to ask for help?" The middle-aged man watched Qi Shaoyang return with a woman and immediately smiled with mockery.
"Yes, this is my boss. She"s my helper, I"ll let her bet with you instead of me." Qi Shaoyang snorted heavily, confident, and proud. To him, although his acquaintance with Zihou was only one short day in the mountains, he unconditionally believed that there was nothing she could not do. As long as Zihou helped him, then there would be no problems.
"Hmph, what can a girl like her who is still a child without fully-grown hair even do. Your Royal Highness really has a unique view that makes people admire." The triangular-eyed man snorted heavily. In his opinion, Zihou was just a beautiful girl with no skills. How could she be his opponent in gambling?
"Who are you calling a child without fully-grown hair? Do you think everyone is like you, an animal with a whole body of hair? Oh, calling you an animal is already a compliment. For someone who is so ugly and wretched, you are a beast at best!" Zihou"s hands hugged around her chest, and the corner of her mouth turned up into an evil arc.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was stunned. They never imagined that such words would come out from the mouth of this beautiful young girl.
However, what surprised them even more was how the words did not sound strange from her. Instead, they sounded elegant to them.
"Boss, you are so awesome!" Qi Shaoyang made a heart shape and winked at her, causing Zihou to roll her eyes silently at his exaggerated and bulls.h.i.+t appearance.
"You stupid girl, who are you talking about?" The middle-aged man slammed the table and got up, staring at Zihou with a vicious look. The murderous intent in his triangular eyes eagerly wanted to rip Zihou to shreds.
"I"m talking about the person who replied!" Zihou raised her eyebrow and replied nonchalantly, indifferent to that man"s malice.
"Do you wanna die…"
"Stop talking nonsense. Spit it out, what are we gambling?"
The man wanted to say something but was interrupted impatiently by Zihou. At that moment, he suppressed his killing intent with all his might. His fierce eyes sank, and he smiled coldly. "Doesn"t this stupid girl here know who I am?"
Zihou glanced at the man like he was a fool and sneered in a very careless tone. "As if I care who you are!"
Zihou"s indifferent att.i.tude made Triangular eyes" face turn pale. He was unable to breathe in or out and almost suffocated from anger.
"You fool, my master is the invincible gambling saint of his generation. He is undefeatable in gambling in all of West Capital! If you gamble with my master, you are looking for death!" A young man who claimed to be the apprentice of the triangular-eyed man said with his nose pointed towards the sky, looking all proud.
Zihou glanced coldly at the arrogant young man, her gaze filled with intimidation. The proud man seemed to be shocked by Zihou"s cold eyes. He looked at her in horror and gulped. His body could not help but take two steps back.
"Gambling Saint?" Zihou flicked her fingernails, leaned on the table in a different position, and slowly spit out the two words in a lazy tone. Her laid-back posture, coupled with her indifferent att.i.tude, was full of charm and made people unable to look away.
This fascinating scene did not last long as Zihou"s breath suddenly became sharp. She turned around, raised her leg, and stomped heavily on a stool as she said loudly in a clear voice, "If you are the Gambling Saint, I"m the Gambling Saint"s Madame!"
One foot on the ground, one on the stool, the image of the tough queen was fully fleshed out.
Her extremely arrogant words echoed in the ears of the people at the scene. On top of that, looking at the powerful scene in front of them, their jaws were all hanging open out of shock.
"This woman is so st.u.r.dy, she claimed to be the Gambling Saint"s Madame…"
"How powerful!"
"This woman is so arrogant, is she not afraid that the Gambling Saint will make her lose miserably?"
"…"
There were a lot of discussions, and they had different opinions about Zihou"s strong behavior.
"Gambling Saint"s… Madame…" Qi Shaoyang"s eyes widened and he looked at Zihou inconceivably. His respect for Zihou rose. In this world, Zihou was probably the only woman who would dare to call herself Gambling Saint"s… Madame!
She was too powerful and domineering!
She was indeed his boss!
"Hurry up, what do you want to gamble? Madame is in a good mood today, I will accompany you!" Zihou looked down at the triangular-eyed man like he was an ant. She was arrogant and insolent.
"You stupid girl, since you want to die, I will fulfill your wish. As for what to bet, just follow the bet between me and Your Royal Highness just now and gamble with stones. If you lose, you will hand over 5,000 gold." Triangular-eyed gritted his teeth and wished to grind Zihou into powder. But at the same time, he was extra confident. He knew his gambling skills very well. He believed that a young brat like Zihou could never be his opponent.
"And what if you lose?"
"Hmph!" The triangular-eyed man snorted heavily. His nonchalant expression obviously showed that he did not feel like he would lose.
"If you win by chance, you can take ten pieces of any stone in this casino!"
"You"re such a shameless person. Five thousand gold for ten pieces of stone. Why don"t you go rob someone?" Qi Shaoyang couldn"t help but scold.
This person was really scheming. If they lose, they were obviously not proficient in gambling. Even if ten pieces of stone were taken away, what were the chances that they would take away anything good?
"Have you ever seen a shameless beast?" Zihou looked at Qi Shaoyang as if she was looking at an idiot.
"Uh…" Qi Shaoyang froze for a moment, then he understood and smiled cheaply. "I have lived so long, but I have never seen such a shameless beast, hehe."
The dialogue between the two caused sparks in the eyes of the triangular-eyed man and he slammed a fist down.
"How about this, I"ll add another 100,000 gold. If you lose, this casino is mine. Do you dare to gamble?" Zihou"s provocative eyes fell on the triangular-eyed man and she smiled casually.