Taichu Yandao: Starting from the Villain

"You took the bait!" Zhao Rui was happy in his heart, but pretended to be casual on the surface, saying: "Well, if it were me, I wouldn't take it this time."

The lady followed his words and really put nothing in, waiting for the next one.

Soon, a new round began, and the lady asked again: "What about this one?"

Zhao Rui coughed lightly and said, "This time, you must bet on the three big prizes, and the others are up to you."

The so-called three-card jackpot requires that the player's two cards and the dealer's hidden card are exactly the same in both suit and number.

The lady hesitated for a moment, and finally placed a red chip.

Seeing this, Zhao Rui immediately said, "You have to bet at least ten dollars. You may not get such a hand even if you bet thousands of times."

The lady was a little hesitant, but she still followed his instructions and added another five-dollar chip.

The game of cards started quickly. The dealer's own upcard was a ten, and the upcard dealt to the lady was a nine.

"Okay, it's nine!" Zhao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes moved to the lady's hidden card, and he prayed silently in his heart:

"Nine! Nine! Another nine."

After a moment, the dealer gently turned over the lady's hidden card, and it was exactly as Zhao Rui expected, a nine.

"Okay!" Zhao Rui blurted out.

At the same time, cheers broke out all around:

“This one has hope!”

"It's already halfway to the win, just look at the dealer's hidden cards!"

Amid the excited gazes of the crowd, the dealer's hand finally moved to the last banker's hidden card.

Zhao Rui's breathing gradually became rapid. He stared at the dealer's hands. Every tiny movement, even the trembling of hair and the barbs on the nails, did not escape his eyes.

The card bent slightly, and a red nine was turned over.

“Ah…ah…I got it…” The lady covered her face and screamed as if she was having an orgasm.

A moment later, nine hundred spirit stones flew in front of the lady. He was in a panic and didn't know how to organize them for a while.

After a while, she calmed down and took out two blue chips to tip the dealer.

Zhao Rui seized the opportunity and coughed lightly.

The noble lady only then realized that this was all thanks to Zhao Rui, and immediately took out two green chips and said, "Daoyou is amazing, I give you these chips as a token of my gratitude."

"How can I do this? I didn't make any investment." Zhao Rui evaded the question for a moment, then continued:

"I just didn't have good luck today, so I didn't get on the table. How about this, Daoist friend, use these 40 dollars and play another hand next to me. Whether you win or lose, I will count it as a token of my appreciation for Daoist friend's kindness."

The noble lady nodded and asked, "How do you want to play? Just tell me, Taoist friend."

"Just go all in on blackjack. The big prizes don't come that often."

The lady did as she was told and put all her forty chips on blackjack.

The game started quickly, and the hand that the woman played for Zhao Rui luckily won with 19 points over the dealer's 18 points.

This time, Zhao Rui was no longer polite. He took the chips and said, "It seems that this is God's will. I'm sorry."

He put away his chips and still stood there observing, giving the lady hints from time to time.

After a while, Zhao Rui failed to guess correctly several times in a row, which made the lady frown.

Zhao Rui looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do. A voice behind him said, "Master Zhao, I finally found you."

The person who was speaking was wearing a black skirt with flowers on it and a velvet hairpin with pearls and jade. She was extremely beautiful, but there was a hint of fatigue in her gem-like eyes. It was Shen Chenqing.

Zhao Rui was wondering how to get out of this situation, but when he heard Shen Chenqing's voice, he was so happy that he immediately clasped his fists to the noble lady and said, "Sorry, my friend is looking for me, so I'll take my leave now."

As he spoke, he pulled Shen Chenqing up and moved away from the gambling table as quickly as possible.

Zhao Rui took five or six steps and suddenly felt a strong force on his hand.

He quickly turned his head and found that Shen Chenqing's other arm was being held by a fat woman in silk.

"What is this...?" Zhao Rui asked.

Shen Chenqing blushed, lowered his head and said, "Master Zhao, lend me sixty spirit stones!"

The fat woman glared and shouted, "You should take care of your wife. It's not right to borrow money and not pay it back. No matter who comes today, the money must be paid back."

"Don't shout yet. How many spirit stones does she owe you?" Zhao Rui raised his eyebrows.

The fat woman smiled happily, stretched out her thumb and little finger, and gestured: "It's quite a lot, a full sixty spirit stones!"

Zhao Rui felt bitter, but he took out three green chips and said, "You two are even, let go of your hands."

The woman took the chips, let go immediately, snorted coldly and walked away.

Zhao Rui's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was bleeding.

He spent a lot of effort and finally got 80 chips, but he didn't expect that he would be down 60 before he even started.

Shen Chenqing's cheeks were flushed, and a faint smile hung on the corners of his mouth. He lowered his head and asked, "Master Zhao, thank you... Um, can you lend me another ten chips? I will pay you back when I win money."

Zhao Rui frowned, but before he could think of a way to refuse, a voice suddenly rang out beside him, saying, "I finally found you two. Help us, help us."

The person who was speaking was naturally Qian Xiaoyi. He was sweating profusely, and a hint of green could be seen in his gloomy face.

Zhao Rui's left cheek twitched unconsciously, and a bad premonition came over him.

"Friend Zhao, please lend me two hundred yuan. I have been poisoned. If I don't pay you back, I'm afraid I won't live long." Qian Xiaoyi said.

Behind him, a monk in armor said, "I didn't force him. He took the poison voluntarily, so I lent him the money. We agreed to two months, and it's already been three months. If I don't get the money today, even the gods and gods can't plead for me."

Zhao Rui released his aura beyond the Great Perfection of Qi Training, and said, "My fellow Taoist, don't do anything to the extreme. How about you give him another half month?"

The soldier was shocked, but finally said, "No, I have already given him a month's worth of antidote once. He must pay me back today."

Zhao Rui took out a piece of green chips and said, "Here are twenty of them, which are used as interest. In half a month, he will definitely return you two hundred spirit stones. I, Zhao Rui, will guarantee him. If he doesn't return it, you can come to me when the time comes."

The soldier hesitated for a moment, took the chips, and said sternly: "Okay, for your sake, I will give you another half a month. If you don't have it by then, I won't be able to help you even if I say the sky is broken."

He threw out a pill bottle and walked away.

Qian Xiaoyi took the pill bottle, uncorked it, tilted his head back and swallowed a pill.

Soon, the green color on his face disappeared and gradually returned to normal skin color.

"Friend Zhao, is this a delaying tactic? Otherwise, you can lend me two hundred..."

"I don't have any spirit stones anymore."

Qian Xiaoyi was shocked and asked, "Didn't we get so many purple gold beads in the beginning? How could there be no spirit stones?"

"Where's your knife?"

Qian Xiaoyi was embarrassed and after a long pause, he said, "I have already pawned him. I wanted to redeem him after winning some spirit stones!"

Zhao Rui turned to look at Shen Chenqing and asked, "What other jewellery and magical instruments do you have?"

"I gave them all to the sisters I played with!"