Chapter Eighteen: The Casino Displays Its Power

  Watching the girl's back as she walked away, a wave of heartache surged up in Liu Yi's mind. He felt that today, no matter what, he had to get to the bottom of things, so he hastily chased after her and stopped her.

  "What...what are you doing?" The girl was apparently startled, not expecting Liu Yi to catch up.

  "Don't be afraid, I don't have any other intentions, I just want to help you. Can you tell me what's going on?" Liu Yiru's eyes looked at the girl like still water.

  "We met by chance, why did you want to help me?" The girl asked in puzzlement.

  "Because you remind me of a friend, I couldn't help but want to help you." Liu Yi's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness. "Alright, can you talk about what's going on now?"

  The girl paused for a moment, then began to tell her story: "My name is Ying Cai'er. I was originally a high school student, but my father was a gambler who was addicted to it like his life depended on it. Despite losing repeatedly, my mother advised him many times, but he wouldn't listen. In the end, he lost everything and our family fell apart. My mother left him, and that was several years ago."

  At this point, Ying Er's voice was slightly choked. "One day, my father lost a bet and returned home to find that there was nothing left in the house to gamble with. In the end... he actually used me as collateral and gambled me away. But... but he still lost. The people from the gambling den came to our door to collect debts, and I had no choice but to do this to pay off the debt."

  Seeing Liu Yi's furrowed brow, Ying Cai'er said again "I really am being forced to do this, I have no choice..."

  Liu Yixin's head was now furious to the extreme, thinking that there was such a beastly father, simply worse than pigs and dogs. The blue veins on his arm were bulging, and he roared, "What are you still doing with this kind of person? Hurry up and leave him!"

  "Ying Cai'er sobbed 'But... but he is my father after all.'"

  Liu Yi was speechless for a moment, this girl should be a kind-hearted one, such a father still didn't abandon her, so he secretly decided to help her out "Where is that casino? Can you tell me?"

  Ying Cai'er saw Liu Yi wanting to go to the casino and hastily stopped him, saying "You... I know you're kind-hearted, but don't be reckless either. I'm telling you, that casino is very shady, they're all underworld figures, you can't afford to provoke them."

  Liu Yi pretended to be honest and waved his hand, saying "Don't worry, I just want to go gamble a few rounds, maybe if I win some money, I can redeem you back."

  Ying Cai'er saw the situation and reminded him again, "Nine out of ten gambles are deceitful, you'd better be careful not to lose everything like my father..." At this point, she choked back another sob.

  "I'm just using some spare money to try my luck, maybe I can help you out." Upon hearing Liu Yi say this, Ying Cai'er finally put her mind at ease and led Liu Yi towards the casino.

  This casino was indeed hidden and heavily guarded, unexpectedly located in the basement of a hotel. At the entrance of the stairs, several burly men were standing guard, and when they saw two people approaching, they immediately blocked their way and asked "What are you doing here?"

  Liu Yi casually replied, "Big brother, I just have an itchy hand and want to try my luck. Hehe." As he spoke, he pulled out dozens of old man heads from his pocket and shook them at the robust man.

  The strong man saw that they had business and naturally wouldn't block them, so he let the two of them go in.

  Down the narrow stairs, after a few more turns to the left, the two finally arrived at the casino. The casino was not small in scale, with a large hall filled with all sorts of gambling machines, and people crowded around each machine. Looking further inside, there were also VIP rooms, luxury suites, etc.

  Liu Yi and Ying Cai'er walked up to the bar, exchanged two thousand chips, and started wandering around.

  Seeing a table surrounded by people, Liu Yi also wanted to squeeze over and take a look. After finally squeezing to the side of the table, Liu Yi saw that the crowd was pressing down on the chips in their hands, shouting "Big, big, big" "Small, small, small". It was obviously something about betting on big or small.

  The croupier picked up the rake in his hand and shouted "One, three, six, big ten!"

  At this time, a thin and weak gambler next to him shook his head and cursed, "Damn it, it's big again! I've been betting small for several rounds, how can it always be big? I don't believe in this evil anymore, I'll bet on small!"

  Liu Yi took a look and found that the majority of people were betting on the small side, while only a few were betting on the big side. This way, the casino would definitely make a profit without losing. After careful consideration, it seemed that this was not the case either. There should be another trick in here, possibly something controlling the points, and each time it would lean towards those who bet less.

  Liu Yi thought of using his X-ray vision to take a closer look at the dark box operation, focusing on the bottom of the cover, only to discover that there were several movable tongues underneath, which could change the number of dots on the dice before the cover was lifted. But by then, all the gamblers had already placed their bets! This casino was indeed sinister, no wonder Ying Cai's father lost everything he had.

  "Come on, come on, place your bets! The winning ticket will be announced soon!" The lottery official urged everyone to place their bets.

  Liu Yi looked at the scene in front of him, thinking about how he could win money. Seeing that the number of people betting big and small was roughly equal, Liu Yi thought to take a look at what would happen this time.

  "Open! Three sixes, leopard, banker takes all." The croupier's face revealed a hint of an eerie smile. The gamblers cursed in unison, "Damn it, this is so weird, why can't we ever win?"

  The official said with a serious face, "This is your bad luck. You don't have good fortune, who can you blame?" The crowd couldn't find any reason and had to give up.

  Liu Yixin thought that at this time, there was no hope of winning anyway. Even if he guessed correctly, the casino would secretly change it, so he turned around and walked towards another machine.

  At this time, Liu Yi saw a roulette wheel not far away. On the wheel, there was a ball that gamblers threw in and couldn't see anymore. The ball spun inside for several laps and stopped at a pattern. Those who bet on this pattern won. Although it's fun to play, there aren't many players because the betting amount is limited, with a minimum of 2 yuan and a maximum of 2000 yuan, and the payout ratio is 1:5.

  Liu Yi thought, others can't see inside, but he could see it himself, so he first tried with 100. Liu Yi threw the ball in and started staring carefully at the bottom of the turntable. He saw the ball turning a few laps inside and was about to come out from the banana pattern's fork, then immediately pressed down, and indeed, the small ball appeared on the edge of the banana pattern.

  Liu Yi held the 500 yuan he had just won, smiled at Ying Cai and said "Hehe, my luck is still pretty good." He then threw the ball again, won 2,000 yuan, and bet it on the tangerine pattern. This time, he won a total of 10,000 yuan.

  Looking at the chips in Liu Yi's hand, Ying Cai Er was shocked and stared blankly, this winning money is simply like playing, it's too magical.

  Liu Yi continued to take out 2,000 and pressed down... In a short while, he had already gotten tens of thousands of yuan. However, he didn't know that at this moment, someone was watching him from the monitor.

  In the monitoring room, two colleagues in charge of watching the scene were staring at Liu Yi on the screen and sighed to each other, "This guy is too amazing, how did he guess which one was correct?"

  "Are we going to report this to the boss?" another fellow asked.

  "Right, let's report to the boss quickly!" The short guy's partner hurriedly dialed the boss's phone number. "Hello, boss? There's a godlike person in our casino who wins at everything he bets on, what should we do?"

  The person on the other end of the phone was also stunned, "What kind of bet is this? Impossible!" He thought to himself that all the machines in his casino had been adjusted to have the lowest probability, so how could someone keep winning? He then ordered, "Bring him to my office, I want to see what's special about this guy."