Chapter 25: The Zhongshan Wolf
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Xu Kai overestimated Ji Zhaode.
Ji Zhaode, the pseudo-cheating master, only knows how to shuffle new cards that are in order. He won't shuffle cards that are out of order.
This was a game of Landlord between "friends", so it was impossible to change a deck of cards after every hand, right? So, although Ji Zhaode always found excuses to change the cards, on average, it would take at least ten hands to change the cards.
Moreover, it is not always Ji Zhaode's turn to shuffle and deal the cards every time.
This also means that Ji Zhaode can only stack the cards once after playing more than 20 hands. The rest of the time, everyone basically relies on luck and skills.
After they started playing, everyone including Xu Li and Dong Ni discovered that Xu Kai was very good at playing Landlord. He could win all the cards he was supposed to win, and he would always end up losing the least of the cards he was supposed to lose.
And every time Ji Zhaode played cards, Xu Kai would divert the blame or lose at the smallest cost.
Compared with Xu Kai, Pan Xiaowei is not only a bad card player, but also a pure blind-eye player. If he doesn't lose, who will?
In this way, after playing for more than two hours, Xu Kai had won nearly 1 million.
Ji Zhaode also won, and he played well and knew how to code the cards, so he won more than Xu Kai. He won almost 1.5 million.
The result was obvious. Pan Xiaowei lost alone, and he lost nearly 2.5 million.
This was something Pan Xiaowei had never expected before playing Landlord.
Not long ago, at Ji Zhaode's request, Pan Xiaowei transferred 1 million yuan to Ji Zhaode and 500,000 yuan to Xu Kai through a private bank.
Now, Pan Xiaowei was almost as bad as the amount he lost, he had become a complete idiot - Pan Xiaowei's tie had been torn off by his annoyance, his hair was messy due to his own scratching, he looked like a completely different person from the noble young man he was before.
Seeing Pan Xiaowei's dejected look at this moment, Dong Ni quietly moved away from Pan Xiaowei and leaned towards Xu Kai, who was always calm and composed.
Seeing Pan Xiaowei in such a state of disgrace, Xu Li was terrified: "If my brother hadn't played cards well, he would have ended up like this!"
Considering Pan Xiaowei's status, Ji Zhaode felt that it was not a good idea to win too much money from Pan Xiaowei, so he suggested: "It's getting late, let's play three more games, and then go have lunch. If they are willing to play, we can continue playing in the afternoon if they still can't come to a conclusion."
Xu Kai said indifferently: "I'm fine."
Pan Xiaowei didn't think that three rounds of poker would be enough to win back the 2.5 million he lost, so he said, "Three rounds won't be enough. Let's play another 30 rounds."
Seeing that Pan Xiaowei had lost so much that he even lost the composure he was proud of, Dong Ni somehow touched Xu Kai, hoping that Xu Kai could help Pan Xiaowei - although Dong Ni didn't know how Xu Kai could help Pan Xiaowei, Dong Ni had an inexplicable trust in Xu Kai.
To be fair, although Pan Xiaowei has many problems, he is not a bad person.
Moreover, Xu Kai’s enemy was not Pan Xiaowei, but Ji Zhaode, who was plotting against Xu Kai.
So Xu Kai shuffled the cards while saying, "Doudizhu is not like other games. Winning or losing in three or two rounds is enough. There is no need to play thirty or fifty rounds. Besides, didn't Brother Ji say that if we have nothing to do in the afternoon, we can continue playing."
Seeing Xu Kai talking to Ji Zhaode, Pan Xiaowei looked at Xu Kai with resentment.
This glance made Xu Kai regret helping Pan Xiaowei: "Damn it, this kid turned out to be an ungrateful person!"
But the cards had already been dealt, and it was too late for Xu Kai to regret.
Ji Zhaode unfolded the cards and looked at them, then said calmly, "My name is Landlord."
Pan Xiaowei saw his own cards clearly and immediately became excited: "What cards do you have? Landlord?"
Ji Zhaode just didn't want to offend Pan Xiaowei, not because he didn't dare to offend Pan Xiaowei who could only rely on his father. He said calmly: "Even if I have nothing, as the head of the family, I want to call you the landlord. Can I, my young master Wei?"
Pan Xiaowei was immediately retorted by Ji Zhaode.
"Okay, you can yell, and I can kick you." Pan Xiaowei gritted his teeth and said, "Kick!"
"I'm kicking, do you want to follow me?" Pan Xiaowei turned his head and asked Xu Kai.
"I kick too." Xu Kai said with a smile.
"Back kick."
Ji Zhaode remained unmoved and directly turned over his cards.
The tension was already so high before the fight even started, and Xu Li and Dong Ni were both very nervous.
Looking at the cards in Xu Kai's hand again, Xu Li and Dong Ni were so frightened that they dared not even breathe.
There are 3 Qs in the hole.
Ji Zhaode put away his cards, thought about it, and then played three 8s, leaving nothing behind.
Pan Xiaowei threw out three 9s.
"I can't always control my own accomplices." Xu Kai said with a smile.
"You don't care, I do, four 3s."
As soon as Ji Zhaode threw out four 3s, Pan Xiaowei couldn't wait to throw out four Ks.
Ji Zhaode looked at the cards in his hand and said, "I'll bear with you for a while."
Pan Xiaowei immediately threw out three tens with a J.
"Pass." Xu Kai looked at Ji Zhaode.
Ji Zhaode hesitated for a long time, and finally threw out four Qs.
Who would have thought that Pan Xiaowei would swing his arms and hit four Aces, then challenged him: "I only have two cards left!"
After saying that, Pan Xiaowei flipped open the two cards in his hand and showed them to Ji Zhaode.
Ji Zhaode calculated in his mind that if he let Pan Xiaowei go now, he would lose two kicks and four bombs, 640,000 per person, which would basically be a waste of his time today.
So Ji Zhaode threw out two kings: "King bomb."
Pan Xiaowei didn't expect Ji Zhaode's cards to be so strong. He began to regret: "Did I play too hard?" Then he became a little worried: "If I lose this time, I will lose another 1.28 million. I don't know if the money in my card is enough?"
Xu Kai closed the cards and said, "You have the highest card, please play your card."
Ji Zhaode threw out five cards: "7, 8, 9, 10, J, I only have two cards left."
Seeing this, Xu Kai took out 12 cards slowly and said with a smile: "Four 4s, four 5s, four 6s."
Then, Xu Kai threw out the remaining five cards in his hand: "Three with two."
Seeing the three 7s and two Js on the table, Ji Zhaode's pupils shrank suddenly! Over there, Pan Xiaowei saw this dramatic scene and jumped up and down excitedly, shouting: "Eight bombs! Eight bombs! I win! I win! I win!", like a madman.
Xu Li and Dong Ni were also extremely excited!
"My big brother won!"
"Pan Xiaowei and Yu Qingyun won, great!"
On the contrary, Xu Kai, who had truly secured the victory, still had a smile on his face, looking free and easy.
Seeing this, Dong Ni couldn't help but look at Xu Kai carefully! In the case of Pan Xiaowei as a comparison, Dong Ni felt that Xu Kai was really handsome, while Pan Xiaowei was far behind.
"One kick costs 20,000 per person, two kicks costs 40,000 per person, one bomb costs 80,000 per person... eight bombs costs 10.24 million per person!"
"Brother Zhaode, please pay."
Pan Xiaowei looked at Ji Zhaode with anticipation.
This time, Ji Zhaode no longer had the bright smile on his face. He said angrily, "Why are you so anxious? Would I, Ji Zhaode, still rely on you two juniors for this little money?"
"There are still two rounds left. Keep playing and we'll settle it when we're done."
Ji Zhaode said in an unquestionable tone, and then he took out a new deck of playing cards: "That deck is too bad. It caused me to lose more than 20 million. Change it to a new one."
Ji Zhaode looked at Xu Kai again: "I lost more than 20 million. It's not too much to let me be the banker, right?"
"Please." Xu Kai said with a smile.
Ji Zhaode had never been as focused as he was this time when he shuffled the cards before, and Xu Kai also saw that Ji Zhaode's forehead was covered with sweat.
From this we can see that Ji Zhaode was really nervous this time.
It's understandable if you think about it. Although Ji Zhaode is rich, he lost more than 20 million in one go. No one would be able to remain calm about it, right?
Perhaps sensing Ji Zhaode's strangeness, Pan Xiaowei interrupted and said, "Brother Zhuang Yu can give it to you, but you have to let Brother Yu ask for the cards first, right?"
"I don't want it."
Without waiting for Ji Zhaode to speak, Xu Kai picked up the cards, glanced at them casually, and said directly that he should not stop Ji Zhaode from saying anything.
Pan Xiaowei, who was sitting below Xu Kai, unfolded the cards and immediately showed his joy. Without even a second thought, he grabbed the bottom card and said, "I'm the landlord!"
"Are you sure you want to be the landlord?" Ji Zhaode asked with a grim face.
Pan Xiaowei said provocatively: "Even if I have nothing, as the second family, if the first family doesn't want to be called the landlord, I want to be called the landlord. Is that okay, my brother Zhaode?"
Ji Zhaode said with a fake smile: "Okay, I'll kick." Then he looked at Xu Kai: "Do you want to follow?"
"I followed him when he kicked you. How could I not follow you when you kicked him? I kicked you too." Xu Kai said in an impartial manner.
Pan Xiaowei said arrogantly: "If you guys don't kick me, I'll kick you too!"
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(End of this chapter)
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