Mei Huaqi felt a chill run through her body, as if she would be frozen into an ice sculpture if she said the wrong thing. She hurriedly waved her hands to dismiss her men, and then said with a forced smile, "Miss Chu is joking. How could we dare to fight with Miss Chu? Those people are just blind."
"Then why were you blocking us from leaving? And what about the 50,000 taels of silver?" Seeing that there was no danger, Zu An jumped out again.
Seeing his smug look, Plum Blossom Seven felt a headache coming on. Now she finally understood how Plum Blossom Thirteen felt. This guy was really despicable, always acting like a bully, jumping around and causing trouble.
"Our Silver Hook Gambling House has a good reputation, how could we not pay? Someone, bring the silver notes to the young master." Plum Blossom Seven was clearly very unhappy, but he had to force a smile, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Anger value from the Seven of Clubs +344!
Fifty thousand taels of silver ingots would be too heavy and inconvenient to carry, so for such large transactions, banknotes were often used.
Mei Huaqi took the silver notes from his subordinate and handed them over: "Young master, please accept them." Although it hurt a bit to spend 50,000 taels of silver, Silver Hook Gambling House could still afford it if they gritted their teeth. If they ruined their reputation, everything would be over.
Seeing Zu An take the silver notes and start counting them one by one, Mei Hua Qi couldn't help but feel annoyed: "Young Master Zu, do you suspect that we're underpaying you?"
“Yes, that’s hard to say, it’s better to count them carefully.” Zu’an said as he handed half of the food to Chu Chuyan, “Wife, help me count them.”
Chu Chuyan turned away, clearly not wanting to get her hands on the dirty money from the casino.
Upon hearing Zuan's answer, all the casino staff were speechless, thinking to themselves how they wanted to punch this guy for his money-counting face.
Zuan noticed that he had received a series of anger points in the background. Although each person did not contribute much, the Plum Blossom Gang had a lot of people, and thousands of anger points were added to his account.
"Have you counted them all, young master?" the Seven Plum Blossom Ninjas asked angrily.
"Oh dear, I was counting just fine, but you interrupted me and I forgot again," Zu'an said in a startled voice, and then started counting again from the beginning.
Plum Blossom Seven: "..."
Where's my knife?!
Anger value from the Seven of Clubs +800!
Zuan counted the money again before saying with lingering satisfaction, "Counting money feels so good."
Mei Huaqi's heart was bleeding; that was their money! However, he was extremely shrewd and maintained a cheerful demeanor: "Young master, are you planning to leave?"
Zuan tilted his head, staring at him with a half-smile: "So you really want to stop us, my wife..."
"Oh no no no~" Seeing him bring up Miss Chu at every turn, Mei Hua Qi cursed inwardly and hurriedly waved her hand, saying, "Young master, please don't misunderstand. I just think it would be a pity if you didn't gamble a few more rounds and win more money since you're having such good luck today."
Hearing his words, Chu Chuyan frowned. It was clear that the gambling den was unwilling to let Zu An leave after winning money, and wanted to keep him to gamble a few more times so that he would give back all the money he had won before.
The tactic was so obvious that she didn't even bother to remind Zu An, thinking that anyone would see through it and refuse.
To everyone's surprise, Zu'an readily agreed: "I also feel like I've had exceptionally good luck today. Since you're so sincere in inviting me to win more money, it would be really unfair of me to leave like this. Okay, I'll gamble a few more times!"
"Sir, this way please!" Plum Blossom Seven was overjoyed. He was really afraid that the other party would just leave like this. Now that he had stayed, he would not only make the other party return all the money he had won by luck, but also make him owe a sum of money in order to show his methods.
When Chu Chuyan saw Zu An swagger back to the gambling table, her hand tightened in her sleeve. This guy knew it was a trap but still foolishly jumped in. No wonder the people in the city used to think that way about him.
Chu Chuyan's anger level increased by 233!
Her face darkened completely. She had initially looked at him differently because of what had happened before, but now she realized that he was still the same good-for-nothing she knew. It seemed that she had been overthinking things.
Thinking about it this way, she calmed down and followed along at a leisurely pace, without any emotional fluctuations.
Having learned from past mistakes, Plum Blossom Seven was not comfortable letting his disciples operate the equipment again, and instead took over himself.
"Oh, you're going in person now? Are you afraid of losing again?" Zuan said jokingly.
Mei Huaqi gasped for breath and said with a forced smile, "How could that be? This guy's mentality is not good, his hands are shaking now, he can't shake the dice; young master, you don't need to worry, you're lucky, I'm sure you'll win."
He sneered inwardly. Luck? Anyone who comes to the casino hoping to rely on luck will end up losing so much that their wife and daughters are sold into prostitution.
“I think your mouth must be blessed. I’ll take your good wishes and get started.” Zuan laughed as well.
Mei Huaqi tentatively asked, "I wonder how much you plan to bet this time, young master?"
Zuan waved his hand: "Of course I'll bet everything. How else would I live up to my style?"
Chu Chuyan frowned slightly, but did not speak to stop them. The gamblers around her were already shaking their heads in secret. Over the years, they had seen many people like this. They would get cocky as soon as they won a little money, but they would lose it all back to the gambling den before they could even enjoy it.
Most gamblers are driven by a desire to see others succeed. They watch the gambling table with a "let's have a good show" mentality, waiting for their opponents to lose all their money in the next round.
Mei Huaqi was overjoyed: "Young master is so generous and open-minded." He was worried that the other party might stop playing before he had even finished losing 50,000 taels, which would be a tragedy.
Now that I'm betting everything on a single win or loss, I can finally report back to the gang leader.
Zuan suddenly said, "You're not planning to cheat, are you?"
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