novelraw Chapter 822: Leopard Number Six
Chapter 822: Leopard Number Six
The evil dragon would take at least ten minutes to arrive, and not starting now would certainly not satisfy the crowd, so Ah Guang still gave the croupier a look.
"All bets are final, open!"
The croupier knew that the number inside the dice cup was high, so he wasn’t giving up yet, still using spiritual power when lifting the cup, trying to change the number on the dice.
This time, to ensure success, he increased his spiritual power by quite a bit!
But unfortunately, the number that came out was still a high fourteen!
The scene erupted into uproar!
Ling Feng was expressionless, but the gamblers were different, each one as ecstatic as if injected with chicken blood!
Tens of thousands, and even hundreds of thousands, in bets doubled in an instant—today they struck it rich!
Ling Feng smiled and said to the croupier with an impassive face, "Trouble you for the chips, I need them!"
"..."
The croupier glanced at Ah Guang, saw him nod ever so slightly with a stern face, and counted out 256,000 in chips to hand over to Ling Feng.
After receiving them, Ling Feng kept a single 100,000 chip and gave the rest to Ah Lan.
"This..."
Ah Lan was dumbfounded; although she knew he was helping her, she hadn’t expected it to be so quick, so easy!
"Stop with the hemming and hawing, after repaying the debt, remember this, cherish life, stay away from scumbags!"
Ling Feng said, then turned his head to Ah Guang, "Hey, can I take that IOU now?"
"Alright."
Ah Guang gritted his teeth, his heart filled with reluctance!
Ah Lan had some beauty, and they had lured her in using a scumbag’s sweet nothings, subsequently trapping her with schemes and then forcing her to repay the debt.
The currency exchange rate between Mianluo Country and Huaxia Currency was 1 to 1. something; for a girl, that amount of money was already considerable.
Ah Guang’s routine was to control her through the debt, then force her into the flesh trade to repay it!
Once trapped, with the high debt and interest, it was impossible to repay in full!
If they had succeeded, Ah Lan’s life would have been ruined, and her end would have been terribly tragic!
Yet the people of the evil dragon would suffer no loss at all; with just one woman, they could exchange it for huge profits, an incredibly lucrative business!
Now that the plot had failed, of course Ah Guang was very upset!
However, with so many people around, openly breaking the agreement was definitely not an option—the evil dragon still had to maintain a good image; otherwise, a bad reputation would mean no more gamblers in the future!
So Ah Guang could only produce the crumpled IOU and hand it over to Ah Lan.
Ah Lan hurriedly stuffed the pile of chips into his arms, snatched the IOU, tore it up, and feeling it wasn’t satisfying enough, she shoved it into her mouth and ate it!
The place fell silent as everybody watched the scene, their thoughts unknown.
After swallowing the IOU, the huge weight on Ah Lan’s heart finally lifted. She turned to Ling Feng, knelt down, and kowtowed three times with loud thumps!
"Thank you for saving my life. You are my savior. May I know your honored name?" Ah Lan said, as if reborn, her face streaming with tears.
"His name is Ling Feng. Go back and take this as a lesson. Then get back to work and don’t come to places like this again," Feng Ling said.
"I understand."
Ah Lan nodded, stood up, took a few more glances at Ling Feng, and left the gambling den.
It wasn’t that she was heartless; although she hadn’t expressed her gratitude enough, she also didn’t want to stay in this hellish place any longer!
In the future, not to mention entering, even if she passed by here, she would detour around it, not even giving the place a second glance!
After resolving the issue, Feng Ling looked up at Ling Feng, "Shall we leave?"
"What’s the hurry?"
Ling Feng chuckled, "After losing so much money, these guys definitely won’t let it go easily. Instead of that, why not go for something big?"
"Huh?"
Feng Ling paused for a moment, watching as Ling Feng took his seat again!
Everyone else, like her, thought it was over, but he wanted to continue!
So those gamblers who had just tasted sweet victory also sat back down, clamoring for the dice cup game to continue!
The croupier looked helplessly at Ah Guang, whose face had turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, thinking, when is the boss going to arrive?
The shouting from the gamblers grew louder, and he began to feel the pressure. He had no choice but to nod, signaling the croupier to go on!
After shaking the dice cup three times, the croupier placed it on the table, then said to the crowd, "You can place your bets now!"
The gloom from before was now replaced by nervousness; he didn’t even dare meet Ling Feng’s gaze!
It was clear that no matter what he tried, the outcome was inevitably what Ling Feng wanted; he had no power to control it!
The stronger the opponent, the less confident he felt!
The gambling table was silent, and many from other tables had come over to watch the fun, quickly surrounding the table three layers inside and three layers outside.
Everyone’s eyes were on the 100,000-chip in Ling Feng’s hand, curious to see where he would place it!
As soon as he bet, everyone else immediately followed suit!
But Ling Feng didn’t act immediately; instead, he looked down at the prize reminder on the gambling table.
Betting big or small offered one-to-one odds, while betting on specific numbers varied, ranging from two times to twenty times the bet.
Betting on triple sixes also offered different odds, with a win on that bet paying out sixty times the stake.
Seeing this, Ling Feng smiled and placed his chip on the triple sixes.
"Uh..."
The people at the scene were stunned.
Betting big or small was one thing, betting on triples was quite another challenge.
Everyone knew the chances of rolling triples were extremely low, let alone the least likely triple sixes?
Some gamblers even started to second-guess Ling Feng’s intentions!
Was this young man afraid of offending the casino and deliberately losing the remaining 100,000 back to them?
That possibility wasn’t out of the question, and in fact, it seemed quite likely!
After all, most of the gamblers here knew who the casino owner was.
Having won over 250,000 from the casino, and paid off a 150,000 debt for that woman, he might be looking to lose the money back to keep Evil Dragon’s face, as well as to create an exit strategy for himself!
People’s eyes flickered, many thinking this was highly probable!
Those who wanted to follow his bet suddenly held back, then slowly withdrew their hands.
The croupier looked at the crowd, "Last call for bets, if no more bets, I’m going to open the cup!"
"Go ahead, they don’t dare to follow!" Ling Feng said indifferently.
With no choice, the croupier glanced at Ah Guang again.
Cold sweat had appeared on Ah Guang’s forehead by now. Just what was Ling Feng up to? Was he intentionally losing, or was he confident that he’d roll the triple sixes?
If hit, the casino would have to pay out six million!
That was a considerable sum of money; the Evil Dragon’s businesses combined didn’t earn that much in a day!
In the awkward silence, a cheerful laugh came from the door, "Am I late? Is it time to open the cup?"