Chapter 69: Fifth Sister Wins Money

  Xiao Fei heard that Wu Mei and the others were upstairs, so he got up and headed upstairs. Wang Fa Cai didn't stop him, but instead sat on the sofa, watching with a silly smile.

  Hei Zi didn't know what Wang Fa Cai was laughing at, he just felt that something was off about him. Hei Zi didn't have time to think much, Zhu Xiao Fei had already reached the stairs, and he hurriedly chased after her.

  Hei Zi followed Zhu Xiao Fei upstairs while paying attention to the movements of the people hiding on the floor, and found that the hidden people were just observing them without taking further action.

  The villa has three floors in total. Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei don't know where Wu Mei and the others are, so since no one is leading the way, the two can only search for themselves.

  Just as I was about to walk along the corridor on the second floor, Wang Facai shouted from the living room downstairs: "He's on the third floor."

  The two of them walked up the stairs again towards the third floor. They had only gone halfway when they heard a faint noise coming from the third floor, and it got louder as they went further.

  The two of them followed the sound and came to the door of a room at the far end of the third floor. The door was closed, and the sound was coming from inside.

  Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei pushed the door open and went in. There were seven or eight people inside, surrounding a tea table playing cards, apparently playing Exploding Flowers. Wu Mei and Huang Mao were among them, all of whom were very focused on their game, none of them noticing Hei Zi and his companions.

  Xiao Fei was so excited to see Wu Mei that he took two steps forward, but Hei Zi quickly pulled him back and whispered in his ear, "Take a closer look before you say anything."

  The two of them also gathered around the tea table to watch.

  Five people were playing, all sitting on the sofa, while the other three stood watching, Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei also standing beside them.

  Xiao Fei focused on Wu Mei, carefully examining her face. Wu Mei looked very spirited and seemed to be in a good mood, apparently not having suffered any abuse.

  Wu Mei and Huang Mao sat facing each other. In front of Huang Mao, there was nothing, while in front of Wu Mei were several stacks of money, totaling around 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

  Wu Mei seemed to have drawn a good hand, with over 10,000 chips piled up in the middle of the table. Huang Mao had no cards in front of him, while the others were hesitating and looking at their own hands, Wu Mei smiled triumphantly as she waited for them to make a decision.

  "Ah, come on, be a man and make it quick, don't drag it out like a woman." Fifth Sister urged with a pleased tone.

  The fifth sister's next home finally made a decision: "Two thousand, I'll follow."

  Several others reluctantly handed over their cards after taking a last look at them, and it was now the turn of Wu Mei to speak. Wu Mei picked up a stack of money and said: "Five thousand."

  The fifth sister's next door hesitated again and decided not to follow him. He accompanied a smile and said, "Fifth sister, let me see your trump card?"

  The fifth sister nodded and said: "Okay."

  That person was about to stretch out his hand when Wu Mei said: "If this is the last one, I won't play anymore today and let you see it."

  The man's hand withdrew again, and it seemed he wanted to continue playing.

  Wu Mei triumphantly retrieved all the money from the tea table, calmly rearranged it in front of her and began to shuffle the cards. Unintentionally, Wu Mei raised her head and saw Zhuo Xiaofei staring at her. Her movements froze, she hadn't expected Zhuo Xiaofei and Hei Zi to come.

  "You, how did you come?" Wu Mei was clearly very excited.

  Xiao Fei was just bursting with emotions, thinking of many things to say to Wu Mei, but now she can't utter a word. She simply stares at Wu Mei, her eyes feeling a bit sour.

  Hei Zi took out his mobile phone and threw it on the tea table, saying: "Call home and report safety."

  Wu Mei picked up the phone and nodded silently. Several people who heard Hei Zi's words knew what they were here for, someone said: "Wu Mei, since you're free today, treat us to a big meal."

  The fifth sister nodded and said: "After finishing the phone call, we'll go."

  Wu Mei called home and told them about Hei Zi and Zhu Xiao Fei paying to bail them out. Er Jie told her everything, and after hanging up the phone, she said: "Hei Ge, Xiao Fei, thank you."

  Huang Mao knew the truth and stood up, grabbing Hei Zi's shoulders with both hands: "Hei Zi, thank you so much! I'll think of a way to return the money to you when I get back."

  "Hei Zi pretended to be reluctant and said, 'Xiao Ge, I also want you to return the money, but this is public funds. Alas, I don't have that kind of luck to get rich, if I want money, I can only earn it myself in the future.'"

  "What's with the public funds? Didn't you say Father didn't embezzle public funds?" asked Wu Mie, puzzled.

  "I'm not talking about the public funds of the mine, I'm saying that this money is our common fund for the three of us." Hei Zi said with a smile.

  The fifth sister looked at Hei Zi in surprise and then at Zhu Xiao Fei, saying: "How did we get so much money?"

  Xiao Fei smiled and nodded: "This is cash, there are still several million accounts that have not been settled, and there are also industries worth tens of millions."

  Hei Zi and the others said that from the time they started picking up ore in the open-pit mine to now, it had only been ten months. They hadn't expected to pick up so much money, this was something that neither Wu Mei nor Huang Mao had anticipated.

  Huang Mao listened to their words and excitedly said: "Hei Zi, I'll go with you guys to pick up the ore too."

  "Never mind, I'm not afraid of your old man breaking your legs."

  As soon as Xiao Secretary Huang mentioned it, he stopped talking. He knew that Hei Zi couldn't have picked up so much money from the mine, and if he did the same thing, his old man would break his legs at the very least.

  Xiao Fei looked at Wu Mei's face in front of the money and curiously asked, "Wu Mei, didn't you lose money and get detained by someone? How did you end up here playing around?"

  The fifth sister collected the money on the tea table and said, "I really lost 2 million. Later, they detained me and my brother here and asked us to ask our family for ransom. If we didn't give them the money, they would cut off at least two legs."

  "They didn't bully you, did they?" Zong asked with concern.

  "This won't do, this is the rule of the road, even if they cut off my two legs, they will still treat me with good food and drink, besides, there's also my master, for my master's face, they have to treat me well."

  The fifth sister mentioned her master with great pride and seemed to hold him in high esteem.

  "Who is your master? How can a master suddenly appear? Why didn't I know?" Zhuo Xiao Fei was even more surprised.

  Her master is the one who cheated her out of money." Huang Mao said discontentedly.

  "How to say, I'd rather lose with a good attitude. I lost to Master willingly and happily, it was worth losing. Even if I had to pay 2 million as tuition, I would be willing." Fifth sister seemed a bit unhappy.

  The next day after Wu Mei and her friends lost the gamble, Wu Mei's master found her and told her that she wanted to take her as an apprentice. At first, she didn't believe it, but after her master explained it to her, she finally understood. She realized that she didn't know much about gambling, and the reason she was able to win was because she was a naturally talented gambler, born once in a hundred years. People like her were very sensitive to gambling, and they could often win against ordinary gamblers, but if they encountered professional gamblers who truly understood how to gamble, their natural advantage wouldn't be of much help. From then on, there were only two ways for her to win money: one was to learn professional gambling techniques, and the other was to play small-time games and avoid people who knew how to gamble.

  The fifth sister was a person who did not want to admit defeat. She listened to her master's words and agreed to apprentice without hesitation.

  Wu Mei's master knew that Wu Mei couldn't stay here for a few days, so he just poured in the knowledge and practice methods needed for gambling every day, and the practice could only rely on Wu Mei herself afterwards.

  The fifth sister studied very seriously, and in these days she remembered all the teachings of her master. Through these few days of study, she systematically understood the art of gambling, and her ability to make money from it began to soar. To try out what her master had taught her, she practiced with the people in the village every day, but most of them were avoiding her after being beaten by her for several days.

  It wasn't until then that Hei Zi realized that the people hiding on the second and third floors were all hiding from Wu Mei.