Chapter 778: Valentine’s Day (C)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Tian Donghua nodded and accepted the kindness of Nie Dayu. However, he also understood that the influence of the Tian Family didn’t affect Song Jiang, so Nie Dayu doing this now was indeed giving face to the Tian Family.
However, this one million yuan that he took was also the limit. If he lost again, Nie Dayu wouldn’t give him any more money.
Yang Ming didn’t know how Tian Donghua got so serious with the young man. It seemed that the two didn’t know each other, and there was no history nor hatred.
Soon a million yuan chips were placed on Tian Donghua’s side of the table. After Tian Donghua got the chips, he said, “Let’s continue.”
“Okay, but, the deal is that the game is over once someone loses all their chips on this table. I’m not here to gamble, just to relax.” The young man said in a decent and polite manner. Tian Donghua looked at the young man’s chips, In addition to those that he won from me, there were another million more, which means that the opponent’s chips are twice as many as mine.
After some hesitation, Tian Donghua nodded. “This time we play Casino War [1]. How about that?”
They played Stud just now, but Tian Donghua saw that the other had more chips than himself. He was afraid that he couldn’t bet under this suppression, so he proposed a change of play.
The young man on the other side didn’t care. He shrugged his shoulders and said, “Up to you. Anyway, it’s still a game.”
The rules of Casino War were very simple. Each person draws a card from the deck and then opens it to see whose card was bigger. Each bet was one hundred thousand.
“What happened?” Yang Ming whispered to w.a.n.g Xue who was on the side.
w.a.n.g Xue was also powerless. She shrugged her shoulders and said with a helpless expression, “When we played roulette, the young man was there. The young man was lucky and won several rounds. I said casually, ‘His luck is better than you…’ As a result, Tian Donghua became a narrow-minded child. He had to compare himself with that person to see who is luckier.”
Yang Ming was dumbfounded. He didn’t expect that it was because of such a small thing. In this regard, Tian Donghua was not too much of a man. He was really narrow-minded. However, this also reflected that Tian Donghua cared a lot about w.a.n.g Xue.
It may be that Tian Donghua’s luck was terrible today. He had some trouble when renting the boat ride this morning. His luck took a bad turn and lost a lot during the game. In a blink, only around two hundred thousand chips remained.
At this moment, Tian Donghua’s face turned red. Apparently, it was caused by nervousness. Yang Ming found it funny. The Tian Family was considered a big family, and the Tian Family’s grand young master would actually be flushed with anger over this little money.
However, according to Tian Donghua who wanted face, he probably wouldn’t give up after he lost these chips. Yang Ming shook his head and decided to help him.
He patted Tian Donghua’s shoulder from the back and smiled. “Old Tian, let me play for you.”
At this moment, Tian Donghua was unhappy. Why did he have such a stroke of bad luck? He suddenly turned around and saw Yang Ming. He heard that Yang Ming wanted to replace him, so he nodded and agreed without a thought.
Tian Donghua was also afraid that he would lose all his money and his face would be lost. However, if Yang Ming replaced him, it was fine. If the game were lost, it was lost by Yang Ming. His face wouldn’t be too bad. If the game were won, it would be better. Anyway, Yang Ming was on his side. You honor one; you honor them all.
So Tian Donghua quickly stood up and gave his seat to Yang Ming.
Yang Ming sat down with a smile and said to the young man on the other side, “I am going to play for my friend. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Of course.” The young man nodded. “Your friend is a little agitated. It is time to calm down.”
Although what the young man said was true, Tian Donghua was displeased after he heard it. He snorted and hoped that Yang Ming would defeat him completely.
The dealer brought out a new deck of cards. He presented the deck for Yang Ming and the young man to inspect it. Then he began to shuffle the cards. After that, the playing cards were placed face-down on the table.
“You should go first.” The young man said to Yang Ming. In Casino War, the first one to draw the card had a bigger chance of winning than the one who drew it later. After all, there was only one biggest card, the Ace of Spades.
Yang Ming treated the first round as purely a test, so it didn’t matter at all. He didn’t use his special abilities. Anyway, there were still two hundred thousand chips in his hand. There was still a chance to turn over his losses.
Yang Ming drew a poker card and placed it in front of him. The young man was surprised by Yang Ming’s decisiveness. He nodded in approval and drew a card.
The two men opened the cards in front of them almost at the same time. As a result, Yang Ming had a 3 of Clubs, while the young man got a 10 of Hearts. The young man won, and Yang Ming only had one hundred thousand yuan in chips left.
The second game started. Yang Ming didn’t dare to neglect this time. This time, the young man first drew his card. Yang Ming saw that he took a Jack of Clubs, and Yang Ming casually drew a King of Diamonds out.
Naturally, Yang Ming won. In the next few games, Yang Ming began to maintain the winning momentum. In the blink of an eye, the chips in front of him increased.
Yang Ming wasn’t a fool. He wouldn’t win every game. If that was the case, it wasn’t about the problem of luck! But now, Yang Ming won twice and lost once. In this way, no one would doubt anything.
“Let’s do this. We now have about the same amount of chips respectively. Let’s have one more round. Winner takes all. If this continues, a day won’t be long enough for us to play.” Yang Ming was annoyed after he played for a while, so he recommended this.
The young man also noticed that Yang Ming’s luck was much better than that of the previous one. It was not easy to win against Yang Ming. So when Yang Ming made this suggestion, the young man hesitated slightly and nodded. “Okay, winner takes all. No matter who wins or loses, we won’t play anymore, okay?”
“Of course, no problem.” Yang Ming shrugged. “You should notice that I’m not a good gambler.”
“Okay, who should draw first?” asked the young man.
“It doesn’t matter. You first.” Yang Ming said to the young man.
“Okay, since you set the rules, then I will draw the card first.” The young man didn’t refuse. Because Yang Ming had suggested the winner takes all, it was normal for the young man to draw the card first.
This time, the young man was obviously more cautious than previously. When the dealer shuffled, he began to stare at the cards in his hands. He was also cautious when he drew the card. He felt the card for a moment before he drew the card.
Because it was the last game, there was no need to conceal it. So after the young man had drawn the card, he directly revealed it on the table.
The audience was amazed! Even Chen Mengyan, who didn’t care much about it, couldn’t help but voice out an ” Ah .” Tian Donghua also showed a helpless expression! This was because the young man actually got an Ace of Spades. That was to say, in this deck, this was the biggest card. Nothing could be bigger than this one.
In other words, the outcome of this game had been fixed. Yang Ming had no need to draw anymore.
When he saw his own card, the young man smiled and said, “Sorry. Thank you for letting me win.”
Yang Ming didn’t expect the young man’s last luck to be so good that he could draw such a card! He secretly regretted not drawing the card first. However, when Yang Ming was about to give up, he suddenly saw one of the playing cards. A sly smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his lips.
So, Yang Ming simply drew one from the rest of the cards. From Yang Ming’s action, everyone thought he had given up.
Tian Donghua depressingly swore, “Such bad luck, he actually lost!”
Yang Ming glanced at the card in his hand. Although he didn’t have to do this at all, he already knew the contents of the card. He did it to fool people! After Yang Ming saw the card, he snapped it back on the table and turned his head to Nie Dayu at the side. “Manager Nie, is there music?”
Manager Nie was baffled and asked, “What music?”
“The music when the G.o.d of Gamblers, Gao Jing, won the World Gambling Champions.h.i.+ps.” Yang Ming said seriously, “The reason behind this is that when everyone thought that the G.o.d of Gamblers had lost, he would turn defeat into victory. Then that piece of music would start to play…”
“What?” Manager Nie had an inexplicable expression. “Why do you want to play this music?”
“You don’t understand? If you put this music on, I will win!” Yang Ming had a look of confidence.
Nie Dayu listened to Yang Ming’s inexplicable request and suddenly became troubled. He didn’t know what Yang Ming meant. Was it a joke, or was he serious about this? Or, was Yang Ming not in the right state of mind?
Everyone else looked at Yang Ming like a fool. The victory had already been decided. They didn’t know why Yang Ming was still talking so much. They thought that Yang Ming was at the final struggle, so they couldn’t help but cast a contemptuous look. Didn’t he know that the more he behaved like this, the more people would look down on him?
“Forget it. If you don’t have it, I will do it myself…” Yang Ming stood up and said, “Actually, I’m the apprentice of the G.o.d of Gamblers, Gao Jing…”
” Ah ?” The crowd was amazed.
“I have two brothers, Dao Zai and Xing Zai, and you can call me Yang Zai!” Yang Ming exaggerated, “In a moment, you can yell, Yang Zai, Yang Zai, I love you…”
The audience was stunned. Even the young man on the other side had an astonished expression.
“Okay, everyone, look carefully.” Yang Ming suddenly stood up and turned the card in front of him.
” Pa ,” the card turned over, and the audience was hushed. They looked with an inexplicable expression at the card that Yang Ming turned over.
This card was actually a “subst.i.tute card” in the deck!
The so-called subst.i.tute card is actually a white card with the suits – Spades, Hearts, Clubs, and Diamonds printed on it. Next to the suits is empty s.p.a.ce so the number can be filled in yourself.
In case of accidentally losing a card in the deck, the manufacturer made a subst.i.tute card to be temporarily used. There would be one in each playing deck.