Female Novel
Chapter 284
Harold looked unwell when he lost the game. Now, he had to give sixty million all by himself.novelbin
He tremblingly took six pieces of chips out of his stack as if it was not the chips but his heart.
At that moment, it was not a gambling technique showdown, but a competition to see who had astronger heart. Casper worriedly looked at Harold’s ashen face as if the latter would faint in the nextsecond.
When it came to the last two rounds, it was all silence. Eugene stopped smoking and stared at thecards on the table like a scanning machine.
Harold glanced at Michael, signaling the latter to give him a cover so he could start cheating.
It would be dangerous and risky to cheat in front of Eugene. However, he reckoned that even King ofCheats was just a human, and a human could naturally be distracted. Once Eugene lost his focus,Harold would risk it all in desperation.
Yet, Michael’s facial expression revealed his reluctance. How can I distract Eugene when he has his fullattention on the table?
Michael trembled uncontrollably as Harold stared at him threateningly.
Casper was aware of their eye contact, but he did not speak out. If he could notice these little tricks ofthem, Eugene must be alert as well. Noticing that the latter wasn’t making any moves, Casperremained silent.
As long as they keep their little tricks off the cards, everything will be fine. If they have special abilitiesthat allow them to share their cards with each other using their brainwaves, I will have no choice but toadmit defeat.
But the truth was, the cheaters had their own signals to report their cards using their facial expressions.Though it was very complicated, it could be as precise as the Morse code. Casper was new to this, soit was obvious that he would not know about that.
“Ouch!” Michael screamed suddenly and slumped to the ground holding his belly. Casper gave him aquick sidelong glance, but Eugene never flinched a bit with his eyes fixed at the table.
He is such a tough nut to crack. Harold panicked. But to play along with Michael’s act, he quickly stoodup and asked, “What’s the matter, Michael? Is it your usual stomachache?”
Casper frowned slightly. Stomachache at this moment? They are up to something!
“Stop acting. Sit back and continue playing seriously!” Casper raged at Michael. Feeling helpless,Harold helped Michael to get up and return to their seats. Harold could not find any chance to cheat asEugene had never shifted his gaze away from the table, even for a second.
However, Eugene got his chance instead.
He stared at his cards. He had one tile that was useless as it couldn’t be connected into anycombinations. However, at the turn of events, that single tile had become his trump card to winningafter he switched it for a different one in secret. He could win at any time now.
As of now, the game payout was calculated according to the player’s points. The minimum bet was tenmillion, and players were betting hundreds of millions now. So, a winning of a million wasn’t considereda big win.
Harold had no idea that his little scheme had backfired. Eugene asserted a lot of pressure on him, andhe couldn’t stop wiping his sweat. Harold was so stressed that his judgment was no longer sharp. Helost his focus on the game.
Initially, Casper was thinking of lending Eugene a hand in winning the game. However, after taking aglance at Eugene’s next move, it was apparent that he was one step from winning the game.
“I don’t need you to light my cigarette for me. Do you understand me?” Eugene looked at Terrence andspoke suddenly. He then swept a meaningful glance toward Casper.
This is such an obvious signal. Doesn’t need help to light up the cigarette? He’s trying to say he canwin the game by himself, right? Casper mused.
At the thought of that, Casper almost smacked himself in the head. What was I even thinking? HelpEugene? That’ll be doing something that’s not necessary. The object of the game is to get the mostpoints. The object of each hand is to get rid of all the cards in hand. If I help him win this game bykeeping the most cards in my hands, I will have the biggest face values, which will cause me to losepoints. Now, it seemed obvious that there were only two teams gambling on the table, which were teamHarold and team Eugene. It didn’t matter if Eugene or Casper won the game, as they could win all ofthe chips. However, if Casper held the most cards, he could lose the game and pay out all his chips tothe others. So, he should try to lay off most of his cards and remain the smallest values in hand.
After finally coming back to his senses, he started thinking about how to reduce his cards. Eugenewould win the game anyhow. So he would just let Harold be the one with the most cards in hand.
On the other hand, Harold gave up the hope of winning the game but tried hard to reduce his cards aswell.
Luckily, all of the Joker cards were on the table, so Eugene would not win easily by using the wild cardsto represent any card in a meld.
The game continued until the players almost ran out of cards. The crowd was nervous when Eugenepicked up his last tile. However, the man was smiling.
“Harold, Lady Luck’s on my side,” Eugene teased. Just like that, he had won big.
Harold and his men had no idea Eugene had cheated by swapping his useless tile when he andMichael put on their little show earlier.
“Two hundred and ten million…” Harold mumbled in shock. Then, he quietly gave out his chips worthseventy million.
“It’s the last round. Anyone wants to say anything?” Eugene lay back against his chair and lighted uphis cigarette. He then asked, “By the way, Harold, how many assets do you have here?”
Harold gave him a cold glare. “It’s none of your business. I don’t need you to worry about that. I can stillafford it. Come on, win or lose, let’s finish the last round.”
Eugene nodded and said to Casper, “Did you hear that? Prepare your multi-hundred million assets.Harold is going to play seriously right now.”
Casper wondered what multi-hundred million assets he had. But he could not say that, so he replied,“Just a few hundred million? It’s nothing to me.”
Eugene then said to Michael, “I almost finished my packet of Hemsworth. Why don’t you buy meLiesfield back then?”
Michael glared at Eugene. “You said you wanted a good one. Isn’t Hemsworth cigarettes better thanLiesfield?”
“Well, I think I’ve changed my mind. I want Liesfield cigarettes right now. Do they sell them?”
Michael ignored Eugene, but the latter seemed to be unusually demanding. “Hey, are there any? Ifthere are, I can get one when I head out later.”
“Yes!” Michael huffily replied.
It’s the last round. Win or lose. Live or die. Instead, this wicked Eugene remains so calm and unruffled.Apparently, he wants to infuriate Harold and Michael on purpose. It’s definitely clever to mess withsomeone’s heart and mind first.
Casper was proud that he learned something new from the gambling geezer. However, he did not knowthat the conversation between Eugene and Michael was insinuating something else.