infodatos Chapter 8 Liu Ding, who was set up
Chapter 8 Liu Ding, who was set up
Zhou Bapi reached out, and the person next to him handed him several dominoes.
He took it, skillfully concealed it in his sleeve, straightened his clothes, and went inside.
Inside the room, Liu Ding forcefully flipped the dominoes in front of him onto the table with a thud.
"Double Heaven! Slaughter! Hahaha..."
Liu Ding laughed so hard he almost fell over, then grabbed all the chips in the center of the table and gathered them in front of him, before downing the wine glass in one gulp.
His face was flushed, a thin layer of sweat beaded on his forehead, and his eyes were filled with the excitement of winning money.
"Young Master Liu has good luck!"
A tall, thin man with two mustaches across from him smiled obsequiously, pushed his cards aside, and winked at the person next to him.
That man was the dealer, and also Zhou Bapi's partner.
His surname is Sun, and his nickname is "Quick Hands Sun".
His skill in shuffling and changing cards is absolutely top-notch.
"Brother Zhou is here!"
Liu Ding noticed Zhou Bapi entering and greeted him.
"Oh, I had some things to take care of earlier, so I'm late." Zhou Bapi sat down at the table without making a sound.
He glanced at the table; the chips in front of Liu Ding were piled up like a small mountain, worth at least a hundred taels of silver.
He knew in his heart that half of these chips were brought by Liu Ding himself, and the other half were deliberately lost to him by Kuaishou Sun.
When raising fish, you always have to start by feeding them.
"Again! Again!" Liu Ding rolled up his sleeves. "My luck's out of control today, and none of you are getting away!"
"Young Master Liu, I'm having a lucky day too." Zhou Bapi took out some silver and placed it on the table, then nodded slightly to Kuaishou Sun.
Kuaishou's Sun Huiyi lightly flicked his fingers through the deck of cards, shuffling, stacking, and dealing the cards in one smooth motion, his movements fluid and seamless, leaving no trace of his skill.
The dice spun around in the cup a few times before settling, and the dominoes were dealt to each person one by one.
Liu Ding picked up his two cards and slowly rubbed them together in his hand.
He rubbed the cards slowly, like lifting a bride's veil. His expression changed as the cards were revealed, first tense, then expectant, and finally bursting into a burst of excitement.
"Land cards!" Liu Ding slammed his cards on the table and laughed heartily, "Today, the God of Wealth is living in my pocket! Come on, give me the money!"
Zhou Bapi laughed along, even though he lost a few small amounts of money. He kept saying "bad luck" but he was actually quite calm inside.
He glanced at Kuaishou Sun, revealing the dominoes hidden in his sleeve, and Kuaishou Sun returned the glance without making a sound.
For the rest of the time, Liu Ding's luck seemed to be choked, and he couldn't catch his breath.
He lost more than he won, and the chips in front of him dwindled like the receding tide.
It only took a little over half an hour to fall from the highest point to the lowest point.
"Again!" Liu Ding slammed the last bit of silver on the table, his voice no longer as strong as before.
Kuaishou Sun glanced at Zhou Bapi, who shook his head slightly.
In this round, Kuaishou Sun let Liu Ding win again, a small but enough win for him to recover some losses.
Like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood, Liu Ding sat up abruptly, clutching the silver he had won tightly in his hand, panting heavily: "I told you, my luck is still on; it's my turn to be the dealer."
As he spoke, he reached for the dice cup, but Zhou Bapi stopped him, gesturing with his eyes to the silver in front of him, and said, "Hey, Young Master Liu, don't rush. This little bit of silver you have isn't quite enough to be the dealer!"
Liu Ding looked at the silver in front of him. It wasn't much, only about three or five taels. If it were in the main hall on the first floor of the gambling den, this amount of silver would naturally be considerable, but if it were on the second floor, it would seem rather meager.
"This..." Liu Ding hesitated as he looked at the silver in front of him.
"Let me do it," Zhou Bapi said, reaching out to take the dice cup, his tone implying that he was "helping you out." But before his hand could even touch the dice cup, Liu Ding pushed him away.
"Take what?" A hint of annoyance at being slighted flashed across Liu Ding's face. The alcohol and gambling fever mixed together, making his ears turn red.
He tossed the three or five taels of silver in front of him aside and shouted to the gambling den waiter serving him, "Bring me two hundred taels of silver!"
A moment later, the curtain was lifted, and the waiter came in carrying a red lacquered wooden tray. On the tray were twenty silver ingots, each weighing ten taels, gleaming white.
Liu Ding's eyes lit up, and he was about to reach for it when the waiter stopped him, saying, "Young Master Liu, according to the rules of the gambling den, you have to sign and put your fingerprint on it first." As he spoke, he also took out a written agreement.
Seeing this, Liu Ding did not hesitate and directly signed his name and pressed his fingerprint.
He then gathered the silver coins from the wooden tray in front of him, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the dice cup, and shouted, "Come on, come on, I'll be the dealer again! Today I'll show you my true strength!"
Another half hour passed.
The silver in front of Liu Ding had dwindled to just a few taels again.
He didn't give up, and went to the gambling den again to get another three hundred taels.
At this moment, Liu Ding had only one thought in his mind.
Turn the tables, turn the tables, turn the tables.
Time passed,
Liu Ding continued to lose more than he won. He wiped the sweat from his face, rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, gripped the two dominoes tightly in his hand, and slowly rubbed them together between his fingertips.
The first one is a "long three", not very big, but not small either.
Liu Ding's heart leaped into his throat as he began to rub the second card.
Just then, perhaps due to excessive nervousness and sweaty hands,
The domino in his hand suddenly flew out of his hand and landed squarely on Zhou Bapi's hand.
Holy crap!
Zhou Bapi was hit like that, and his hand was in unbearable pain, so he instinctively shook it off.
The swing was so sudden and fast, it was purely a physical instinct, and he didn't even have time to control it.
But with that flick, several items fell out of his sleeve and landed on the table with a clatter.
These were the dominoes that Zhou Bapi had previously hidden away.
Looking at the dominoes on the table, Liu Ding instantly understood.
I've been set up!
"You fucking dare to cheat me?" Liu Ding looked at Zhou Bapi, his face full of anger.
Seeing this, Zhou Bapi naturally couldn't admit it.
His expression remained unchanged as he said, "You've mistaken me!"
As they were speaking,
Zhou Bapi picked up the discarded dominoes and hid them in his pocket.
Seeing this, Liu Ding smirked and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? Everyone saw it. What's the point of hiding?"
After saying this, he looked at the people next to him at the gambling table.
He thought he would get everyone's approval, but those people just kept their eyes down and didn't seem to care.
"Young Master Liu, we didn't see anything."
"Yes, Young Master Liu, you must have mistaken me for someone else."
......
"You're all in cahoots!" Liu Ding slammed his hand on the table. "You all conspired to frame me!"
He pointed at Zhou Bapi's nose: "You cheated! You cheated! Give me back my money! Otherwise, I'll report you to the authorities and send you all to jail!"
"Report to the authorities?" Zhou Bapi leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and said slowly, "Young Master Liu, if you want to report to the authorities, go ahead. But do you have any evidence that we cheated? Ask the people here, who saw that card fall from my sleeve?"
He glanced at Kuaishou's Sun and his two hangers-on.
"I didn't see it."
"I didn't notice."
"I don't know."
The three of them spoke in unison, as if they had rehearsed it.
"Fine," Liu Ding gritted his teeth, "You won't admit it, huh? You won't pay me back, huh? Then I'll take it myself!"
He suddenly reached out and grabbed at the pile of silver on the table.