Chapter 247 Gambling

In the following days, Ning Wei had been taking care of Shen Zhou at his residence. However, Shen Zhou's attacks were too frequent and he needed a lot of medicine. Moreover, his body was always in a very weak state. Ning Wei was very anxious when she saw his condition. She cried and asked, "Brother Zhou, do you want to go to the hospital? Let's go to the hospital to get some medicine?"

Since contracting AIDS, Chen Zhou has completely lost all his energy. He lay in bed listening to Ning Wei's crying, with a numb expression on his face.

Ning Wei held his hand tightly: "Brother Zhou, please believe me, okay? Let's go to the hospital for treatment. This disease is really not a problem."

Chen Zhou shook Ning Wei's hand away and angrily shouted, "Get out of here! Don't stay here with me."

Ning Wei was pushed to the ground. Of course, she did not struggle to get up. She just sat on the ground, looking at him and crying.

"Brother Zhou, is it still... impossible for you to forgive me?"

Chen Zhou said in a cold voice: "What do you think? You should know why I became like this!"

Chen Zhou pointed to the door: "Get out! Get out!"

Ning Wei had never seen him like this before. Seeing his anger and his cold eyes, she put her hand on her belly. "What about... the child? Brother Zhou, don't you want this child anymore?"

Chen Zhou pointed at the door and said, "Abort the child! Abort the child!"

He said angrily.

Ning Wei sat on the ground, looking at his hateful expression, feeling a pang of pain in his heart.

He actually said such words to her.

Of course she still sat on the ground without moving.

Chen Zhou shouted again: "Get out!"

Ning Wei finally couldn't bear his gaze anymore, so she could only crawl up from the ground, and finally rushed out of the room holding her stomach.

Chen Zhou, lying on the bed, looked at Ning Wei who ran away without any reaction. He just leaned on the bed, feeling the discomfort in his body.

At this time, his cell phone rang at the bedside. After hearing the vibration of the phone, he looked towards the phone and saw a familiar name.

He did not hang up the call like he did last time, but instead held the phone in front of him and looked at it for a long time.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but no one knew what that smile meant.

Finally, after ringing for a long time, the phone returned to silence again as before. This time, Chen Zhou did not throw the phone aside as he did before after the call ended.

He tried to reply a text message to the person on the other end. After typing a line of text into the text message, he wanted to send it, but his fingertips stayed on the screen for a long time, and he deleted those lines of text.

He never sent the text message. His hand finally slid down weakly, and the phone flew out of his hand and fell beside him.

…

After Ning Wei left Chen Zhou's residence, he never came to Chen Zhou's place again. Chen Zhou lived alone in his residence for about three days. After three days, he took the initiative to call Zhou Shiran.

Since sending Chen Zhou to the hospital, Chen Zhou has not contacted Zhou Shiran for a long time.

Since Zhou Shiran hadn't received any task from above, he naturally hadn't thought about contacting him recently.

When his call came, Zhou Shiran didn't want to answer it, but after thinking for a few seconds, he still answered it.

"Hey, brother, how are you doing these days? Are you feeling better?"

Chen Zhou said on the phone: "It's a bit boring, let's meet."

Chen Zhou really regarded Zhou Shiran as his friend.

During this period, the two often ate and played together.

But when Zhou Shiran heard his words, his brows furrowed. After a few seconds, he smiled and said, "Of course it would be nice to meet, but I might not be free today. How about tomorrow?"

Zhou Shiran was afraid that he would drink again, so after a few seconds of silence, he said, "But you're not well yet, so I think it's better not to drink. You should rest for a while first."

"I'm not drinking, I just want to chat with you and talk."

Zhou Shiran found his words a little strange.

He chatted with him?

Although Zhou Shiran was puzzled, he still said, "Okay, sure. If you want to chat, I can accompany you anytime."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

After the two hung up the phone, Tan Yan hurriedly asked, "Brother Zhou? Should we tell the Shen family about his situation? This is AIDS, a deadly thing, even more serious than smoking."

In fact, Zhou Shiran has been thinking about this problem these days. He has not yet informed Xu Jie of the whole situation of the sinking boat.

He didn't know how the Shen family would react after he told them about this matter, so he hadn't made any rash decisions until now.

In fact, he had never intended to kill Chen Zhou. He just wanted to do as Xu Jie said and destroy him.

But now, the man is completely ruined, and things are completely out of his control.

He never imagined that the woman actually had AIDS!

His younger brothers have tried all kinds of food here, but none of them has been infected with the disease.

Who knew that this Shenzhou would have such bad luck that he won the prize after only touching one.

He had complicated feelings towards Shen Zhou at this moment. He knew clearly that he really treated him as a brother, but he was the one who caused him to step into the whirlpool step by step.

He frowned and didn't respond to Tan Yan for a long time.

Tan Yan also kept looking at him, waiting for his decision.

After taking a few long puffs of his cigarette, Zhou Shiran finally spoke, "Let's find a suitable opportunity to talk about it. This is indeed a serious matter, so we all need to be careful."

Now since the two knew that Chen Zhou had contracted an infectious disease, they were a little afraid to get close to him, fearing that they would be infected as well.

After that day passed, the next morning Zhou Shiran received another call from Chen Zhou, who asked him if he was free.

Having agreed to meet him yesterday, Zhou Shiran naturally didn't dodge anymore. Moreover, he seemed to really want to meet and chat with him, so he replied on the other end of the phone: "Sure, see you in the morning?"

"See you at the casino."

"Okay." Zhou Shiran responded directly.

After the two hung up the phone, Zhou Shiran said to Tan Yan beside him: "Let's go."

Tan Yan knew who he was going to meet, and when he heard what he said, he could only respond.

Afterwards, the two of them went to the casino to meet Chen Zhou.

After arriving at the casino's main entrance, Zhou Shiran received another call. This call was naturally from Chen Zhou. He said on the phone, "Come upstairs. I'll be waiting for you in the private room on the second floor."

Zhou Shiran responded again: "Okay, we're downstairs."

After he hung up the phone, he winked at Tan Yan, who quickly followed.

When the two arrived at the box on the second floor, Chen Zhou was sitting at the table waiting for them.

When Zhou Shiran saw him, he walked up to him and put his hand on Tan Yan's shoulder: "Brother, are you okay? Are you in a bad mood?"

He saw that Chen Zhou's expression was not so bright.

Chen Zhou, who had been in a daze the whole time, raised his head when he heard Zhou Shiran coming. His dazed face was now filled with a hint of a smile. "Why should I be in a bad mood? I just haven't played cards for a few days, so I called you guys over to play and kill some time."

When Zhou Shiran heard this, his eyebrows fell silent for a moment. Then he asked, "Playing cards?"

Chen Zhou asked the waiter who came in to open a bottle of red wine. After giving these instructions, he stood up from the sofa and took the initiative to go to the bar to get a few red wine glasses: "It's my treat today, you can eat and drink as much as you want."

Seeing that he was in poor condition, Zhou Shiran walked over again and put his hand on his shoulder: "Don't. Brother, we can play cards today, but no drinking. You should rest first."

Zhou Shiran was determined not to drink with him.

Chen Zhou also saw that he had no intention of drinking today, so he did not force him. Instead, he put down the red wine glass in his hand.

Zhou Shiran could see that he was in a complicated mood, so he asked, "Are you really in a bad mood?"

Chen Zhou asked Zhou Shiran to come today because he wanted to find someone to talk to and relieve his mood. His face was heavy: "It's okay, it's okay not to drink."

But after he finished saying this, he then asked, "Want to play cards?"

Zhou Shiran saw that he really felt that he was in a bad mood and seemed to be in urgent need of finding something to relieve his mood. Naturally, he did not refuse his proposal again. He said, "Sure, we can play cards."

He looked towards Tan Yan, who quickly sat down at the table and said with a smile, "Brother Zhou, don't be unhappy. There are no obstacles in life that cannot be overcome. You have such a good life, and we can't even envy you."

Chen Zhou ignored Tan Yan's nonsense. He sat down at the table and waited for Zhou Shiran to come to the table.

Although Zhou Shiran didn't want to play with him today, he still sat down at the table in the end.

Just as Tan Yan was about to pick up the cards, Chen Zhou stared at the table for a while, then said, "Let's play bigger today."

Tan Yan looked towards Zhou Shiran. When Zhou Shiran heard what he said, he said, "There's no need for us brothers to make such a big deal out of it."

"Not exciting enough, add some more."

Chen Zhou's words made Zhou Shiran not know how to respond. He replied: "Okay, just tell me how much you want to increase the bet."

"Three times."

Normally they play quite a bit, it's considered medium-sized, but now that they've tripled the stakes, it's a bit risky.

Tan Yan and Zhou Shiran exchanged glances again, and thought, since I'm already here, let's have fun.

The two agreed to Chen Zhou's proposal and thought about just playing a few games together and then calling it a day.

But for some reason, Chen Zhou had bad luck today. Every hand he dealt was bad, and he lost a lot right at the start. However, Zhou Shiran and Tan Yan had very good luck.

Seeing that Chen Zhou's luck was so bad, Zhou Shiran reminded him: "Chen Zhou, your luck is not good today, let's not play anymore. We can play in a few days."

Chen Zhou, who had won many games of cards before, had never seen such luck before. He was so frustrated by his loss that he was unwilling to leave. Adding to his bad mood, he had no intention of stopping after hearing what Zhou Shiran said. He said with a cold face, "Let's play. What's there to be afraid of?"

He actually raised the stakes again.

This way of escalating the situation made Tan Yan a little scared. He looked at Zhou Shiran again, trying to find a solution.

Zhou Shiran thought it was still early, so he continued to play with him.

Because the stakes have increased, Zhou Shiran and Tan Yan are no longer just playing around, but are playing the game seriously with Chen Zhou.

After all, who would have less money first? They are people who are greedy for money. It is difficult to stop them from wanting to win more when there is a silly young master who gives them money.

So the game lasted from morning to afternoon.

After playing until the afternoon, Tan Yan's hands began to tremble as he held the cards, because he had never calculated how much money Shen Zhou had lost, and the commission from the table was getting higher and higher.

It was so high that even Tan Yan was frightened when he heard the number.

Chen Zhou had not calculated how much money he had lost. He had asked the people at the casino to withdraw money from him many times. He always had a strong desire to win, and he just wanted to use time to turn defeat into victory.

But the further he went, the worse his luck became, and the more money he lost.

Many people who came to the casino came to tell him that the balance in his account was insufficient.

At this time, Zhou Shiran suggested: "Chen Zhou, forget it, let's stop here today."

Chen Zhou had already lost all his mind after losing everything. He asked coldly, "Why? You want to run away after winning the money?"

When Zhou Shiran and Tan Yan heard this, they naturally had nothing to say.

After all, they are indeed winning a lot now.

Chen Zhou was unwilling to end the game, so it had to continue.

Afterwards, Chen Zhou went to the casino to get some money in advance.

After the three of them played until late at night, Chen Zhou lost all his fortune.

Zhou Shiran and the others had long since given up on playing with him and tried to persuade him again: "Chen Zhou, stop playing."

Chen Zhou, however, had a cold face and replied in a very bad tone: "Are you afraid that I won't have anything to lose to you? Let's play a bigger game."

He just wanted to win back what he lost, so he threw a watch on the table and said, "Go on."

Tan Yan was also unwilling to leave. After all, this was a rare opportunity to find a fool. He looked at Zhou Shiran and said, "Brother Zhou, since Master Zhou doesn't want us to leave, let's continue playing."

Zhou Shiran thought, Chen Zhou was so ungrateful, so there was no need for him to show mercy.

After all, who would complain about having too much money? He sat down on the chair and said, "Okay."

He also started adding chips to the table.

Tan Yan only felt that today's card game was becoming more and more thrilling. He looked at Chen Zhou, who had already lost his mind, as if he was looking at a lamb to be slaughtered.

He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll follow too."

Tan Yan also followed Zhou Shiran and added more bets to the table.

The battle situation escalated again in an instant.

Chen Zhou thought his luck would change by midnight, but who knew that as he played further, he could no longer see the cards in his hand clearly.

Sweat broke out on his forehead and he felt dizzy.

So he started smoking one cigarette after another, like a madman.

The fog rose from the top of his head and formed into balls, tightly wrapping around his face. The fog was like a hand of death.