“It’s pretty good,” I said. “It’s Oscar-worthy. I almost thought you were going to slap me.”

"I really wanted to do it at the time, but then I couldn't bear to do it, so I decided to postpone it."

"Haha, you did a great job this time. After the mission is accomplished, you will be a great hero and be worshipped by our Black Tiger Gang."

"Well, when will the net close?"

"For the past few days, no one has lent me money. Next, I will start borrowing money from the short mule."

It was true that no one would lend me money. Everyone could see my plight. Even the Black Tiger Gang was complaining. The crisis was clearly getting bigger. But I was so desperate that I still went to the Golden House every day. I was so poor that I could only exchange ten chips a day. And I didn't know where I got the 100,000 yuan from. There were more and more creditors, and my phone was ringing every day.

On the day I decided to confront the dwarf mule, something happened that almost disrupted my plan.

Here's what happened. That day, I changed ten chips as usual and went in to gamble with the short mule. For nearly a month, the short mule came every day, and he seemed to like seeing me in such a miserable state. Ten chips were not enough to play, and I lost everything in less than ten minutes. As usual, I raised my head to borrow money, but everyone lowered their heads again, trying not to meet my eyes.

"Director Ma, lend me some money."

"Ah, I don't have any money either. I'm waiting for next month's salary."

Damn, if you live for the salary, why would you come to this place every day to have fun?

"Boss Wu, lend me 500,000 yuan and I'll pay you back tomorrow."

"Alas, business has been slow recently. Brother Hao, please forgive me."

I asked for more than a dozen in one go, but they were all rejected for different reasons. My reputation in the Golden House was ruined, and no one would lend me money anymore. I felt desperate, lowered my head and gasped, and he sounded like he was faintly angry. The short mule said, "If you don't have money, I'll go play with others." As he said that, he collected the chips on the table and prepared to move to other tables.

"Wait..." I called him and was about to ask him to borrow money. Suddenly, with a "bang", a box of chips was placed in front of me. I was startled and looked back, only to see Su Beibei standing behind me. Su Beibei opened the box, revealing the colorful chips inside. "Here are 100 chips, Hao, you play first." After saying that, Su Beibei turned around and left.

I looked at the chips in front of me and was stunned for a moment. These 100 chips were enough for me to play for a while, and the time to confront the short mule would be delayed. But for a person who has lost a lot of money, the normal reaction should be to take it immediately and use it for himself.

I hesitated for only three seconds before I slammed the table and yelled, "Take your chips back!"

Su Beibei stopped for a moment, and the Golden House fell silent. Su Beibei turned around and said, "This is my own money, not a loan from the Golden House. Brother Hao, you can use it first, and don't have to pay it back in a hurry."

"You want to hurt me?" I said in a sarcastic tone, "You are having your period, but you give me money to play cards. Do you think I haven't lost enough?"

There are all kinds of rules and taboos in the casino. I have been here for nearly a month and I know a little about them. One of them is that if a woman who is menstruating touches the chips, she will lose. This is of course superstition, but the old gamblers believe it firmly.

Su Beibei took a deep breath. She was indeed having her period, and I knew that because I saw the brown sugar water next to her when I was exchanging chips. Girls don't drink brown sugar water for no reason. I bet that the chance of her having her period was 80%. And judging from her expression, I felt that my bet was 100% right.

"Okay, okay." Su Beibei sneered, walked over quickly, took the chip box away, and walked out of the golden house again.

"Tsk." I sneered, "What a vicious woman, she actually wanted to add insult to injury. Fortunately, I didn't fall for her trick."

No one in the room said anything, everyone lowered their heads and played with their own things. Shorty stood up and said he was going to the toilet, then walked out the door. I saw the opportunity and followed him out the door. The toilet in the Golden House was very dirty, and I went in as soon as Shorty unbuttoned his pants.