Chapter Nineteenth: Betting One's Life

  Liu Yi was in high spirits, having already won tens of thousands. He couldn't carry all the chips himself, so he had Ying Cai'er help him with them. Just then, he noticed two people walking towards him.

  Two men walked up to Liu Yi and said, "Sorry to disturb you, sir. Our boss would like to invite you over for a chat about something."

  "What's going on? Do I have to go over there to talk about it? Can't you say it here?"

  The two of them hastily smiled and said, "We're also unclear about this, we hope you can cooperate with us."

  Liu Yi saw that things couldn't be delayed any longer, so he took Ying Cai'er with him and followed them to the so-called boss's office.

  On the rocking chair, a fat man with a big head and ears, full of oil on his face, was smoking a cigar. Looking at his neck, there was a thick gold chain, just like a local tyrant, and on his fingers were several gold rings.

  Seeing Liu Yi coming over, he turned around and faced Liu Yi "Hey, little brother, you're on a roll today, won quite a bit didn't you."

  Liu Yi glanced at the boss and replied indifferently, "It's okay, just so-so."

  At this time, the boss saw Ying Cai'er following Liu Yi in and suddenly sneered, "I said why you didn't sell yourself to pay back the money for so long, it turned out that you had tied up a big customer."

  Liu Yi heard this and coldly looked at the boss "How much money does her father owe you? I'll pay it back for him!"

  "This fat guy's beady eyes rolled around, and he said in a rough tone, 'Heh heh, not much, just 3 million, but now, it's been compounded with interest, already ten times more, 30 million! Are you sure you want to pay for him?'"

  Liu Yi's face sank, this three hundred thousand changed to three million, it was simply a scam! However, since he had already taken the plunge, he must solve this problem. He opened his mouth and said "How about this? You are the boss of this casino, naturally you are also a good gambler, why don't we just gamble once?"

  Fatty narrowed his small eyes and said, "Alright, what's the betting method?"

  "Shall we bet on big or small? Let's get someone to bring a deck of cards, pick out one to ten, ten cards in total. We each take three cards, whoever's numbers add up bigger wins, how about it?"

  "Alright, but what are you going to bet with?" The fat man's evil gaze was fixed on Liu Yi.

  "I just won tens of thousands, how about I put it all in?" Liu Yi asked, looking at Boss Huang.

  "Hahaha." The fatty suddenly burst out laughing. "This amount of money is not even worth looking at, how about we bet on something more thrilling? Let's bet your life! If you win, the debt her father owes will be written off in one stroke. But if you lose, you'll have to bring me your head on a platter. What do you say?"

  "Don't, you absolutely mustn't listen to him!" Ying Cai'er saw the fat boss wanting to bet Liu Yi's life and was suddenly shocked and pale, wanting to stop Liu Yi.

  Ke Liu Yi's eyebrows didn't even twitch as he responded in a loud voice, "Alright, since that's the case, I hope you keep your promise."

  The fat boss nodded and shouted for someone to go out and bring a sign.

  At this time, Liu Yi said again "No way, I don't trust your cards, I want to use my own. Cai Er, you go out and buy a deck of cards."

  The boss thought to himself, I've been in the casino for decades, and I still can't fall into your trap, you little brat, use whatever you have, and he agreed.

  Before long, Ying Cai'er came in with a deck of cards and took out the plum blossom one to ten, shuffled them, and placed them on the table.

  The fat boss smiled slyly at Liu Yi and said, "Then, let's begin." As he spoke, he reached out to touch the cards. Liu Yi used his X-ray vision to take a look and saw that the fat boss had actually touched a Plum Blossom Three. Thinking that this was a blessing from heaven, he directly moved the Plum Blossom Ten over.

  Fatso took a look at his own hand and suddenly lost confidence, only to pin his hopes on the next two cards. He stretched out his hand again to touch the cards, and this time he got the plum blossom nine. Fatso couldn't help but feel complacent, thinking that he should have a chance, what skills does this kid have, how can he possibly win against himself?

  Liu Yi saw that the fat man had actually touched Plum Blossom 9, so he didn't hesitate anymore and directly took away Plum Blossom 8. The last one, the fat man slyly smiled and touched another one, opened it to see that it was Plum Blossom 7, thinking that now he himself would definitely have 19 points, should be able to win this kid for sure, couldn't help but feel complacent with his mouth corners raised high.

  Liu Yi also saw that the third card was a seven, thinking to himself that he couldn't win too obviously, so he drew a Plum Blossom Two. This added up to exactly twenty points, just one more than the fat man's hand.

  At this time, the fat boss was still secretly delighted, thinking that he would see how Liu Yi died. Who would have thought that Liu Yi shouted "Deal the cards! Holding it in your hand for so long, aren't you afraid of holding it to death?"

  The fat boss snorted and threw the card on the table. "See that? 397, 19 points. You've lost for sure."

  Liu Yi hehe laughed and said "What a coincidence, I'm 28 years old, just a little older than you."

  The fat boss was stunned, never expecting that Liu Yi, this silly young man, had actually won against him. In an instant, the fat boss's ferocious face appeared "Hmph, you don't know what's good for you, let me tell you the truth, here, even if I lose, I win, come on, tie him up." The two henchmen beside him immediately pounced over.

  Liu Yi's heart skipped a beat, this dead fatty actually broke his promise, a surge of anger rose to his head "You dare not keep your word, since you're looking for death yourself, don't blame me!"

  With a leap into the air, Liu Yi flipped over the heads of the two men, kicking the shorter one with his foot. Instantly, the short man fell to the ground with a thud. The other fellow quickly turned around and pounced on Liu Yi again. Liu Yi shifted his center of gravity forward, dodging the fellow's fist, and suddenly punched him in the abdomen.

  The fellow let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground motionless. The fat boss saw this and hastily picked up the phone, preparing to call for more people to come in, but how could Liu Yi possibly give him that opportunity?

  He strode forward, kicking the phone out of the fat boss's hand with one foot and pinching the fat boss's neck with the other. "Aren't you going to kill me? Come on! Come and kill me!"

  The fat boss was now scared "Don't kill me, good fellow, spare my life!"

  Liu Yi saw the fat boss's lackey and sneered, "You dog, if I don't give you a lesson, you won't know your place!" After saying that, he gave the fat boss another punch. This punch happened to hit the fat boss's nose crooked, and fresh blood flowed out of his nostrils.

  "Good fellow, spare my life! I have an 80-year-old mother and young children at home. If you kill me, what will they do?" The fat boss begged Liu Yi with all his might.

  "Hmm, it's her business, what should we do?" Liu Yi said, pointing at Ying Cai.

  "Write it off in one stroke, definitely write it off in one stroke. From now on, I won't bother them again. You just be kind and spare me."

  "If I find out you're harassing them again, I'll make sure you die without a burial place!" Liu said domineeringly and then took Ying with him as he walked out of the fat boss's office.

  Liu Yi exchanged the chips for money and then gave it to Ying Cai'er, "Here, this money can let you return to school again."

  Ying Cai'er was already speechless with gratitude, repeatedly shaking her head "No, I don't want it!" But she couldn't resist Liu Yi's repeated insistence and could only accept it.

  "Sir, can you leave your contact information? I will definitely repay your kindness in the future." Ying Cai'er said with tears.

  Liu Yi wrote down his phone number for Ying Cai'er, saying "If you really want to repay me, study hard, that's the best way to thank me." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards the hotel where he was staying.