Banged up and in a tight spot, he wore a mournful expression as he looked at Zhu Ge, negotiating:

“Zhu Ge, he asked me to flip it. If anything happens, please don’t blame me…”

Zhu Ge fell silent.

Sitting in the chair, motionless.

Meanwhile, Qing San threatened the banger again.

“Stop fucking dawdling, flip it now!”

The banger could only carefully extend his hand.

Fumbling through the pile of money.

Zhu Ge’s complexion grew increasingly ugly.

The fat man was also frowning deeply, his face ashen.

Both knew.

Once the card springing device was flipped out.

Forget about demanding money from Qing San.

Forget about whether Tao Hua and the banger deserved an explanation.

Just their reputations in the circle would be completely ruined.

But the banger flipped for a long time.

And found nothing.

“Qing San, there’s nothing?”

The banger asked Qing San.

Qing San was utterly puzzled.

The fat man and Zhu Ge were also baffled.

“It’s impossible, check them one by one…”

The two had lost a lot before.

There was only about twenty thousand left in the pile of money.

The banger simply spread the money, bill by bill, on the table.

The crimson banknotes covered the card table, emitting a tempting red glow.

The last bill was laid out.

But still, there was nothing.

Qing San was completely dumbfounded.

He stared blankly at Zhu Ge.

Although Zhu Ge was full of doubts.

He still calmly stood up.

Looking at Qing San, he asked:

“Do you have anything else to say?”

Qing San was too nervous to speak.

But his eyes were scanning over Zhu Ge’s body.

There was no place left around the card table to hide anything.

He suspected that Zhu Ge had hidden the device on himself.

Of course, Zhu Ge understood what Qing San meant.

At this moment, although he didn’t know where the card springing device had gone.

He knew it definitely wasn’t on him.

He slowly began to unbutton his shirt.

Throwing the shirt on the table.

There was nothing inside.

Next, he unbuckled his belt.

He took off his pants and threw them to Qing San.

“Check for yourself!”

At this point, Zhu Ge was left in only his underwear.

“Or should I have Sister Hua leave, and I’ll take off my underwear too, for you to inspect?”

Zhu Ge said coldly.

Before Qing San could speak.

Tao Hua immediately chimed in:

“Hey, why should I leave? What haven’t I seen? Zhu Ge, I didn’t expect you to be so well-endowed…”

Saying so, she giggled.

Tao Hua was in a great mood after winning money.

She teased Zhu Ge while enjoying the spectacle.

Qing San’s face had lost all color.

This outcome was beyond his expectations.

He kept muttering to himself.

“It’s impossible, how could this be? Absolutely impossible, I clearly saw it before…”

Qing San was completely desperate.

Although he had a dagger in his hand.

He knew it was useless against Zhu Ge.

“Clang”

The dagger in Qing San’s hand fell to the ground.

Of course, he had thrown it voluntarily.

Qing San was defeated.

Failing to catch Zhu Ge and the fat man cheating.

Pressuring the banger was pointless now.

Suddenly.

The fat man beside him lifted a chair.

And smashed it towards Qing San.

With just that blow, Qing San collapsed to the ground.

“You fucking dare to accuse us of cheating, want to check my clothes too?”

Blood slowly trickled from Qing San’s head.

And this scene sent chills through my heart.

This is gambling.

This is the gambler.

They call each other brothers and friends in normal times.

But now, because of gambling.

They tear off their masks and fight fiercely.

Wishing to kill each other.

So, the saying goes.

A gambler’s loyalty is nonexistent, a casino’s compassion is absent.

Ten gambles, ten deceits, not gambling is winning!

How they would deal with this, I no longer wanted to know.

Leaving with Tao Hua and getting into the car.

Tao Hua was very happy.

She quickly counted, having won over two hundred and thirty thousand.

She took out five stacks and handed them to me.

Tao Hua said flirtatiously:

“Here, baby, this fifty thousand is yours…”

I frowned, took the money, and said coldly:

“Call me by my name! I’m sick of that nickname!”

Tao Hua laughed.

She didn’t care at all.

With a seductive face, she cooed:

“Don’t say just calling you by name, for helping me win so much. I’d even call you daddy. Chu Liu, why not sleep over at Sister Hua’s place, and we continue tonight?”

Continue?

I sneered inwardly.

This game seemed stable.

But in reality, undercurrents were swirling.

Zhu Ge and the fat man had long known Qing San was cheating.

Qing San also knew they were cheating.

But no one had spoken out.

I guessed that the fat man suddenly exposed Qing San today.

Probably because he lost his head after losing too much.

Luckily, I didn’t catch any cheating today.

Otherwise, lying on the ground now.

Might have been Tao Hua and me.

But I was still very interested in that Zhu Ge.

I asked Tao Hua:

“What’s the story with that Zhu Ge?”

Tao Hua answered while driving:

“Do you know what a ‘Red Stick’ is?”

Red Stick?

I had heard Master Liu mention it before.

In the early years, the biggest gang in Hong Kong was the Triads.

The Triads had a huge influence in Hong Kong.

Later, the influence spread to Guangdong province.

Some underground gangs claimed to be branches of the Triads.

And the Triads’ top enforcers were called Red Sticks.

To put it plainly, they were the head thugs.

More formidable than a Red Stick was a Double Flower Red Stick.

But I didn’t know what this had to do with Zhu Ge?

Seeing that I was silent, Tao Hua continued:”Brother Zhu used to be a notorious enforcer in Guangdong province!”

“Why did he come back?”

“He crippled the boss and then ran back here…”

Huh?

I was somewhat speechless.

Such enforcers are truly invincible.

Instead of taking down his opponent, he ended up crippling his own boss.

“So what’s he doing now?”

I asked again.

“He’s overseeing a couple of gambling dens around Zhong Street. Don’t be fooled by his skinny frame, like a monkey; I heard he’s ruthlessly fierce. Didn’t you see how he scared Qing San into that state today?”

“Does he have a lot of power?”

I probed a bit more.

But I had to understand these things.

If I had figured out Centipede’s background last time,

I wouldn’t have been kidnapped by him and suffered a loss in the dark.

“He’s got a few younger brothers under him, but it’s not a big force. Just helping out a few nightclubs, overseeing the gambling dens. Makes a little money each month…”

I nodded.

“Forget about them, how did you tell Sister Hua you knew the cards?”

Of course, I couldn’t tell her that I memorized the sequence of cards by watching them shuffle.

So I casually lied:

“That Poker was a trick deck, I happened to have used one before…”

I intended to brush it off casually.

But unexpectedly, Sister Hua immediately exclaimed loudly:

“Impossible!”

“What’s wrong?”

“That Poker, I bought it myself. I directly bought two cases and stored them at Fatty’s place. How could it be a trick deck?”

I broke out in a cold sweat.

I didn’t expect to be caught lying by the very person involved.

“Maybe the supermarket gave you the wrong ones. Or, someone switched them!”

Tao Hua didn’t pursue it further, just muttered.

“With that said, we really can’t play this game. Not a single damn thing is reliable…”

It’s best not to play.

Even if we did, I would absolutely not accompany her again.

Without gambling skills, unable to find a good game, and unable to cover up afterwards.

Cooperating with her.

Sooner or later, there would be trouble.

I couldn’t possibly go to sleep at Tao Hua’s place.

Back at home, lying in bed.

I was still unable to sleep.

In my mind, the shadows of two people kept flashing by.

Brother Zhu, and Li Dabiao.

Tonight, was the first step in my revenge against Li Dabiao.