Return of the King, Dominating the City

Chapter 1703 - 1597: Following the Bet

"Oh? So are you planning to disguise yourself as a man or a woman?" the Queen asked.

"A man, of course. I don’t have any weird preferences like that! Besides, make me look handsome!" Song Yun replied.

"No problem!" said the Queen, pulling Song Yun into the room and closing the door.

Not long after, the door was reopened.

A shockingly handsome man appeared in front of the door.

The man’s jaw was chiseled like a knife, his hair was vibrant, giving him a very cautious look. With a slightly turned-up nose, he seemed quite aristocratic, looking about twenty-six or twenty-seven, in the prime of his youth!!"

"Song Yun, since I helped you with the makeup, you have to help me later!" the Queen said.

"Help you? How am I supposed to help? Help steal something?" Song Yun asked.

"No need for that. Later you’ll play the role of an overseas Chinese, and I’ll be your woman. Of course, I’ll take the opportunity to flirt with that Sam when you’re not paying attention. What you need to do is get Sam to gamble with you! That’s all! Winning or losing doesn’t matter!"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Song Yun asked.

"Yes, it’s the best plan. Few men resist a bit of side action. If I manage to lure Sam in, I can get close to him, making it much easier to get that document!"

"But won’t you have to sacrifice your looks? What if he takes you to his room and wants to...you know, what would you do?" Song Yun asked.

"Hehe, are you concerned about me?" the Queen laughed.

"Of course not! I’m just asking casually."

"Haha, actually, you don’t need to worry. Once we’re in the room, I’ll knock him out. At that moment, his bodyguards can’t possibly stay by his side, right? Then I can steal the stuff and make a clean escape!"

"What about me?" Song Yun asked, "Once Sam comes to, the first person he’ll look for is definitely me!"

"Then you can just remove the makeup and go to my room, and I’ll change your appearance again. It’s that simple."

"True!"

And so, Song Yun and the Queen, two former comrades-in-arms, embarked on another collaboration.

The Queen held Song Yun’s hand, her face showing a hint of lazy indifference, while at this moment, Song Yun was wearing casual yet noble attire, his eyes carrying a faint disdain.

The two walked into the largest indoor casino on the cruise ship.

In this casino, there are many things to play with, from simple games of big or small bet, to roulette, to blackjack. If you can think of it, you can gamble on it."

"Where’s the target?" Song Yun asked quietly.

"Southwest, thirty-five degrees, it’s the fattest one," the Queen said, observing the surroundings without drawing attention.

"Let’s go and play over there." Song Yun with a smile approached the roulette area where Sam was.

It seems Sam likes to play roulette!

Song Yun pretended to casually browse around and ended up next to Sam, where beside Sam stood several black-suited foreign men, each over six feet tall, with a menacing aura. Song Yun was confident that with his current self, he could only break even when teamed up against these men.

Sam’s identity seemed to be indeed quite noble.

"Come on, place your bets, place your bets! You can bet on odd or even, upper or lower half, or even choose a specific number!" a waiter called, spinning the roulette, with a small steel ball rolling between the numbers.

"We don’t have chips!" Song Yun suddenly realized he hadn’t exchanged any chips.

"No problem." The Queen handed a black chip to Song Yun, saying, "This is the highest denomination—ten thousand. I have several of them here, so go ahead and bet!"

"Did you exchange these?" Song Yun looked at the five or six black chips in total and asked.

"Of course not, these are fake," the Queen whispered.

"Fake? Aren’t you afraid of being caught?"

"Heh, my skills aren’t just in makeup; I can make things up too. I guarantee no one can tell. Of course, when they go to cash out, there’ll be scanning devices and they might find out, but we’re not planning to exchange money, just to play here!" the Queen explained.

"That’s true!" Song Yun nodded, taking the chip handed by the Queen.

In this round of roulette, Song Yun did not place a bet but merely watched how the foreigner named Sam played.

Sam seemed to like gambling on individual numbers, an approach with high odds, nearly 1:20, meaning if you bet ten thousand yuan and hit it, you’d win two hundred thousand. Unlike Song Yun’s black chips, Sam’s were yellow, rumored to be worth ten thousand each.

After watching a few rounds, Song Yun realized Sam had rather good luck, winning once out of five tries, each time with one yellow chip.

On the sixth round, Song Yun placed a bet.

Song Yun wasn’t knowledgeable about gambling and only knew simple card games like landlord, but such a casino wouldn’t offer that, so he had to play along. Of course, saying he was playing casually was an understatement—not playing strategically would mark him as a fool.

Song Yun threw a black chip and chose the same betting style as Sam, directly picking a number, and the number he chose was the same as Sam’s!

Most gamblers here bet thousands or hundreds, so Sam’s ten thousand per bet was a sizable gamble. Song Yun’s ten thousand chip instantly attracted all eyes, especially when they noticed the alluring woman beside him.

Sam’s attention was also drawn by Song Yun’s bold move. His gaze swept over the Queen, and Song Yun could almost see the fervor in Sam’s eyes as if a wolf had spotted a woman walking alone at night.

It seemed that this American indeed had a fondness for Shen Zhou people, Song Yun quietly thought.

The roulette quickly came to a stop.

Unfortunately, it did not land on Song Yun’s bet number, and ten thousand yuan was gone just like that.

The second round began, and Song Yun again waited for Sam to place his bet before throwing a chip to gamble on the same spot as Sam.

This time, Sam glanced at Song Yun twice but still said nothing.

The result was unfavorable once more.

The third, fourth, and fifth times.

For five consecutive rounds, Song Yun bet identically to Sam, piquing Sam’s curiosity about Song Yun. Amidst the excitement, Sam remained silent.

The sixth time.

Song Yun, same as Sam, placed the chip on number 6 and casually watched the roulette spin.

Finally, this time it hit!

Song Yun directly collected 20 black chips! That means 200,000!

Excluding the previous loss of 50,000, Song Yun netted a profit of 150,000!