38: That ridiculous college student?
In the gambling hall on the second floor, there was a deathly silence of despair.
"It's over... everything is over..."
Chu Tianbiao sat slumped on the ground, his eyes staring blankly.
The arrogance he had earlier had long since drained away, leaving him a trembling mess.
Chu Jiaojiao was even more frightened, her face pale as she gripped her brother's sleeve, trembling uncontrollably.
In this one hand, they hadn't just lost the three million in cash they brought; they had also racked up over three million in high-interest loans. Combined with previous losses, the total was nearly ten million!
More fatally, according to the rules of the underworld, if they couldn't pay back the money, they would have to use their territory as collateral.
If the businesses in Harbin were handed over to these people from Hong Kong Island, it would be like inviting a wolf into the house!
From now on, the Three Kings of Ice City would likely become two kings and a ghost.
Several bodyguards were pinching Chu Xiong's philtrum, and he finally managed to catch his breath.
His face was as pale as paper, his eyes dull and defeated, looking as if he had aged ten years in an instant.
"Dad! What do we do now?" Chu Tianbiao asked with a sob in his voice.
"What do we do? What can we do?! It's all because of the useless trash you two brought!"
Chu Xiong cursed weakly, but his heart was cold as ice.
This time, he had lost everything. Not only was the money gone, but the prestige he had built over decades had been trampled to pieces in a single night.
Broken Finger Qiang sat in his chair, watching as his men cleared away the severed limbs from the floor, all while looking down at the defeated group with the contempt of a victor.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. How tragic."
"Boss Chu, if you really don't have the money, then sign those transfer contracts now."
"Go home early and play with your grandkids. The waves in the underworld are too big for old men."
...Meanwhile, in the lobby on the first floor.
It was a completely different scene.
Bustling!
Explosive!
Even insane!
The wave of heat almost seemed ready to blow the roof off.
"Triples! It's triples again!!"
"Three sixes! A clean sweep!!"
"Holy crap! The God of Wealth has descended!!"
Hundreds of gamblers surrounded a dice table, their eyes bloodshot, veins bulging on their necks, waving chips and screaming hysterically.
In the very center of the crowd.
Lin Chuan was still wearing his black trench coat, leaning lazily against the gambling table.
He toyed with a few high-value chips in his hand, a signature faint smile playing on his lips.
By now, Chu Yueli had completely abandoned her image as a refined young lady.
She clung tightly to Lin Chuan's arm, her face flushed with excitement like a little girl who had just received candy.
In just the last ten minutes or so.
She had witnessed a miracle!
After Lin Chuan brought her inside, he didn't go to the second floor.
In Lin Chuan's words, he didn't want to go up there just to be insulted. After all, no one in the Chu family besides Chu Yueli believed in him, so there was no need to offer his kindness only to be met with cold indifference.
If he was going to the second floor, Broken Finger Qiang would have to be the one to invite him up.
At first, Chu Yueli didn't know how a nobody could get Broken Finger Qiang to invite him up.
Now, she knew.
By crashing the place!
Starting from a 10-yuan chip.
Lin Chuan hadn't lost a single hand!
And every single time, he bet on the most obscure outcomes with the highest odds!
"Lin Chuan! What are we betting on this time?" Chu Yueli's eyes sparkled as she looked at him, her voice full of anticipation.
"Well..."
Lin Chuan glanced at the dealer, who was drenched in sweat and whose hands were trembling.
The dealer had just secretly pressed a mechanism to change the dice.
But to Lin Chuan's system perception, such a small trick was like an amateur acrobat performing before an elephant.
"Let's stick with 'Big'."
Lin Chuan casually pushed forward half of the mountain of chips in front of him.
"But this time, we're not betting on a specific total. Let's go with 'Any Triple'."
Any Triple!
That meant all three dice would show the same number!
Whether it was ones or sixes, as long as they were all the same, the payout was 24 to 1!
The probability of this wasn't much higher than winning the lottery.
"Any Triple?!"
The gamblers following Lin Chuan's lead hesitated for a moment, but seeing his confident gaze, it was as if they had been brainwashed.
"Damn it! I'm in!"
"I'll bet on whatever this master bets on! I followed him for three rounds just now, and I've already made enough for a down payment on a house!"
"I'm in too! All in!"
Clatter!
More than half the people at the table pushed their chips into the "Any Triple" box.
The dealer's face turned green instantly.
If this bet won, the house would lose everything down to their underwear!
He instinctively wanted to press the mechanism again to scramble the dice.
Just then.
Lin Chuan's finger lightly tapped the table twice.
"Tap, tap."
It was an extremely faint sound.
Yet it seemed like some kind of command.
The dealer discovered to his horror that the button for the mechanism, which usually worked every time, had actually failed!
No matter how he pressed it, there was no response!
"Open it! What's the holdup? Can't you afford to lose?!"
"Open it already!"
The surrounding gamblers began to jeer.
The dealer had no choice but to brace himself and tremblingly lift the dice cup cover.
Everyone's gaze focused instantly.
The three pure white dice lay quietly in the center.
Three sixes!
Triple sixes!
The red dots were blindingly bright!
"Holy shit!!!"
"It really is triples!!"
"We won! We won again!!"
The entire first-floor lobby erupted in a tsunami of cheers.
Chu Yueli was so excited she jumped up, completely forgetting her modesty, and hugged Lin Chuan, giving him a hard kiss on the cheek.
"Lin Chuan! You're amazing!"
"How did you do it?"
Lin Chuan touched his cheek and chuckled. "Luck, just good luck."
"This isn't just good luck; he's treating the casino like an ATM!"
An older man nearby who had won big slapped his thigh in excitement.
"Young man! You must be a god!"
In just over ten minutes.
Lin Chuan had won over five million with Chu Yueli!
In this kind of game, a winning streak meant the winnings would keep piling up and doubling, making it incredibly thrilling.
And the other players following his bets had collectively won at least several million from the casino!
Even for a place like West Street Restaurant that raked in money daily, this was a massive sum!
"What's going on?"
"What's all that noise downstairs?"
Broken Finger Qiang on the second floor was finally alerted by the commotion below.
A lackey running the floor rushed up in a panic, drenched in sweat, his face looking worse than if his father had died.
"Brother Qiang! Something's wrong!"
"Someone's crashing the place downstairs!"
"It's a young Mainlander with a woman."
"That kid is eerie! He wins every single dice roll! He's either betting on specific triples or any triple!"
"Our mechanisms have all failed!"
"In less than twenty minutes, he's already taken over ten million from our establishment!"
"What?!"
Broken Finger Qiang stood up abruptly, crushing the cigar in his hand.
"Over ten million?"
"Where did this expert come from? Who dares to provoke me on my own turf?"
He instinctively thought it was a savior hired by Chu Xiong.
But on second thought, those useless members of the Chu family were all right here.
"What does that young man look like?" Broken Finger Qiang asked with a dark expression.
"He's quite handsome, wearing a black trench coat. The woman is very beautiful and looks a bit familiar..."
The lackey thought for a moment, then suddenly pointed at Chu Jiaojiao, who was slumped on the floor.
"She looks a bit like her!"
Chu Jiaojiao was stunned.
Chu Xiong and Chu Tianbiao also looked up sharply.
That's Yueli?!
"It's Yueli? Then the young man with her...?"
A flicker of incredible light suddenly erupted in Chu Xiong's cloudy eyes.
Could it be... that Lin Chuan?!
That rural college student he had looked down upon and driven away like a joke?!