Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After He Lai finished gambling, he went upstairs.

Yu Shui came over quickly. Just now, she and the other ladies had seen He Lai gambling downstairs.

She was very happy to see He Lai win money.

"Silly girl, pay attention to your image." He Lai scratched Yu Shui's nose.

"Oh. That one... No, brother, you are so awesome. You beat that guy and ran away! I saw it from upstairs."

Yu Shui put down the hand that was holding He Lai and smiled.

"Well, these foreigners are a bit arrogant. Let them lose a little, so they won't be so arrogant."

He Lai said.

"Brother, how much money did you win?" Yu Shui asked curiously.

"Not much, probably a few million!" He Lai smiled nonchalantly.

"Ah, so many. Come... I also want to gamble once, is that okay?" Yu Shui said excitedly.

"Of course you can, but don't ask me for it if you lose it all!"

He Lai didn't stop him. If he didn't gamble in the casino, it would be a waste of his trip.

"Okay, then my sisters and I will go gamble."

"Well, let's go."

……

He Lai was upstairs watching people coming and going downstairs. Gambling is really magical, like a magic that makes people deeply addicted to it.

Winning can foster the desire to gain something for nothing; losing will make people try every possible means to win it back!

Human nature is greedy, and no one is an exception. It’s just that some people stand high and choose to manipulate gambling, while some people stand low and fail to recognize the reality.

The gambling king’s statement that not gambling means winning is just bragging. After all, he is the biggest banker and he wishes everyone in the world would place a bet!

As the saying goes, human nature cannot be changed and gambling will continue.

"Brother Wu, it's almost time, let's go." Fu Huo came over and reminded.

"Okay!" He Lai replied with just one word.

……

Several people came to the VIP seats, where many people had already gathered. They all came to take a look at the gambling king competition and see who would be the final winner.

Even Ye Han came, which surprised He Lai a little. After all, Ye Han had promised that he would never set foot in the casino again!

I don’t know what kind of agreement Fu Huo reached with him, otherwise He Lai thought Fu Huo would not agree to his appearance.

Everyone sat together, waiting for Fu Huo, the owner of the casino, to speak.

Soon Fu Huo came to the stage and announced the rules of the game and the list of contestants. Twenty-five people, including He Lai, were divided into five tables. A winner would be decided at each table, and then the final would be held. The winner would be the world's gambling king!

Soon a box with a number on it was carried out.

Each person draws a number, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, and is divided into five groups.

As a member of the Fu family, He Lai was naturally the first to draw the lottery, to prevent anyone from accusing him of cheating.

He Lai randomly took out a ball, number 25, which meant that He Lai would gamble at table number five.

The rest of the people also came out, drew their own numbers, and were quickly divided into groups.

He Lai looked at the list and saw that the people he was assigned to the same group with were:

Big Brother, the Soviet gambling king, Ivan Demidov;

The gambling king of South Korea, Cha Min-joo;

Philippines, Black Gambling King, Emilio;

Finally, there is the gambling king who lives a leisurely life, Kashiwagi Akio.

After being divided into groups, He Lai and his five companions sat down at a gambling table.

The dealers for this World Gambling King Competition are the most senior figures selected from the four major gambling cities in the world, ensuring fairness and justice. Of course, there are also some leading figures in the gambling world.

The game is stud poker, which is Hong Kong style five-card poker. Each player has 50 million chips, and if they lose, they are eliminated.

Since there was no outside gambling in the 1960s, winning or losing depended entirely on one's gambling skills and luck.

The gambling game started soon, with each player having 50 million chips, and everyone would be eliminated after losing!

In order to show off their card skills, everyone was playing in a fancy way when checking the cards, except He Lai who just waved his hands and did not touch the cards.

The competition was very strict, as each deck of cards was only used in one round of gambling, and each deck of cards was different. This effectively prevented people from cheating by memorizing cards, stealing cards, changing cards, sweating, and other tricks.

After everyone checked the cards, the dealer began to shuffle them. After asking someone to cut the cards, he officially dealt the cards. He Lai got an Ace of Spades, which was a good luck.

Ivan got a club J.

Che Minzhu got a seven of diamonds.

Emilio's is the Ten of Hearts.

Finally, Kashiwagi Akio got the King of Spades.

When the dealer saw that everyone had finished looking at their cards, he held out his hand and said, "Ace, speak!"

"One thousand then."

"Are you kidding me? The stakes are already 10,000, but they're still bidding 1,000! The Chinese are just stupid pigs!"

Kashiwagi Akio said disdainfully. The last sentence was said in Japanese, and he thought He Lai couldn't understand!

He Lai was immediately filled with nameless anger. How dare the devils be so arrogant!

"Ten million!"

He Lai said with a gloomy face, and then threw 10 million chips in front of Kashiwagi Akio.

He no longer had the desire to act cool like the gambling god Gao Jin, and all he wanted was to beat that little Japanese devil out of the water!

Ten million chips landed on the ground, and the four looked at He Lai. Although their money basically belonged to the forces behind them and they didn't care about the ten million, today's gambling chips were only fifty million! He Lai took out one-fifth of it at once, leaving them no room for surprise.

Several people began to re-examine their cards, and soon everyone except Kashiwagi Akio, who was having a good time, discarded their cards. After all, there was no need to determine the winner in the first round.

"I'll follow! We, the Yamato people, have plenty of money!"

The three knew that Kakui was angry at what Kashiwagi Akio said, and thought to themselves that young people are still too young after all.

With the second card, Kakui got a Q of clubs, and Kashiwagi Akio got a K of hearts, forming a pair of Ks.

"K pair talking!"

"Ten million!"

Kashiwagi Akio smiled evilly and threw out 10 million chips!

"I'll follow! I'll be ten million older than you!"

He Lai threw out 20 million chips with an expressionless face.

"I'll follow!"

Kashiwagi Akio was ecstatic. He thought Kakui would fold immediately when he saw the two Ks on his hand, but he didn't expect him to dare to raise the bet. Naturally, he was more than happy to do so.

The third card was dealt, and Kakui got a Queen of Spades, and Kashiwagi Akio got an Ace of Diamonds.

"Hey, why is this Ace here? Haha..."

Kashiwagi Akio held up the A card, shook it towards He Lai, and said with a smile.

"The Ace of Diamonds speaks!"

The dealer gestured.

"Yoshi! Ten million!"

Kashiwagi Akio continued to take out 10 million chips and threw them out.

"I'll follow!"

He Lai didn't hesitate at all and placed the bet directly.

When the dealer saw that the two men had placed their chips, he dealt the last card.

He Lai didn't hesitate and directly turned over the cards. It was another Queen of Hearts! It formed a three-Q card!

Kashiwagi Akio rubbed the fifth card on the gambling table again and again, and it took him a minute to reveal his hole card.

"Wow, three queens! That's not small! How come I only have two pairs?"

Kashiwagi Akio turned over the fifth card, which was an Ace of Hearts, and said something indifferently.

"Three Qs talking."

"Ten million." When Kakui saw Kashiwagi Akio's two pairs of cards, he pretended to hesitate for a moment and said the three words "ten million" hesitantly.

"Haha, you seemed quite arrogant at first, why did you become so arrogant in the end?"

Kashiwagi Akio laughed.

"How funny! What am I saying? Look carefully, I am more powerful than you! If it wasn't just 50 million, I would beat you to death!"

He Lai said in a pretended fierce tone.

"Oh? How about we bet on an off-court game?" Kashiwagi Akio said jokingly as he looked at Kakui's frustrated look.

"What's the matter with on-site or off-site? I've already bet 50 million chips. What? You don't plan to follow?" He Lai pretended to be scared.

"Why are you afraid?"

"I'm afraid? I've never been afraid since I was born! How could I be afraid of a little devil like you? I can't kill you!"

He Lai shouted.

"Okay, then let's make an off-site bet! Let's bet fifty million dollars! Do you dare?"

Kashiwagi Akio said that after all, he guessed that Kakui's hole card was an Ace, but his gourd was bigger than his.

"Tsk! You said 50 million, then it's 50 million! Do you have that much money? I said 100 million US dollars, do you dare to bet?"

He Lai crossed his legs and said with a look of disdain.

"Okay, one hundred million dollars, that's one hundred million dollars! I'll make a bet with you."

Kashiwagi Akio was so happy that he didn't expect Kakui to dare to raise the bet.

"Tsk, you little Japanese, do you have 100 million US dollars?" He Lai waved his left hand and said a little guiltily.

"Then let's seal the deal first! Does anyone here have any objections?" Kashiwagi Akio stood up and said.

"You guys made a private bet, and we have no right to interfere. If you insist on making the bet, we can be witnesses."

An old man in the gambling world said.

"Mr. Wu Qiang, are you sure you want to accept Mr. Kashiwagi Akio's off-site bet? You have three queens and he has AK two pair."

The old man still asked a question. He also thought that He Lai’s trump card must be an Ace, so he wanted to give He Lai a hint in this way.

"I got it!" He Lai said casually.

"Okay then, let's put the cards on the table! Now no one can approach the gambling table." The old man sighed. He didn't expect He Lai to not listen to his advice at all and insisted on taking the bet, so he had no choice but to put the cards on the table!

Soon, four big men stood beside the gambling table with machetes in hand, their arms spread out, forbidding anyone to approach.