After a long silence,

Uncle Tong finally said coldly:

“Fine, five hundred thousand, I’ll pay it! Can I take the person away now?”

“What are you talking about, Old Tong. Even if you didn’t pay, I couldn’t stop you from taking the person. Haha, right?”

Boss Zheng’s smooth talk

made Uncle Tong’s teeth itch with hatred.

But he couldn’t lose his temper yet.

He could only turn to Tong Lingling and say:

“Take this disgraceful trash and leave!”

“Take care, Old Tong. Next time you come, let me know in advance, I’ll cook some good dishes, and we can have a drink!”

Boss Zheng sent them off with a hearty laugh.

Li Dabiao left unscathed.

But I felt no regret.

On the contrary, I was somewhat pleased.

Because I knew.

A dog can’t change its habit of eating shit.

He’ll gamble again after a few quiet days.

As long as he gambles,

I’ll have the chance to lead him into the abyss.

Seeing the matter resolved, Old Hei and I also prepared to leave.

Just as we were about to say goodbye to Boss Zheng,

Boss Zheng took the initiative to say:

“Come on, you two lads, let’s have a chat. Everyone else, out…”

Chen Xiaoxue looked at me uneasily.

Although Boss Zheng had been all smiles just now,

the way he hid a knife behind his smile

was even more chilling.

Seeing Chen Xiaoxue not moving, Boss Zheng immediately turned to her, smiling and asked:

“Aren’t you leaving? Do you want to chat with me too?”

“No, no, you guys talk…”

Chen Xiaoxue immediately shook her head.

She glanced at me and pushed the door open to leave.

In the room, only Brother Zhao, Boss Zheng, and the two of us remained.

Old Hei didn’t take it seriously.

He sprawled on the sofa, legs crossed.

He said to Boss Zheng:

“Uncle Zheng, who was that Tong guy just now? He even chopped you before, didn’t he?”

Boss Zheng chuckled and countered:

“Little Hei, who’s the biggest name in Harbin North, do you know?”

“The Zou Family, of course!”

“Who else?”

“The Qi Family?”

Boss Zheng nodded, speaking leisurely:

“Right, Zou first, Qi second, Feng Mei third. In this patch of Harbin North, anyone who walks the world and makes a crooked living has to give way to these three families and show some respect. And this Tong guy, he’s Qi Ye’s driver. Don’t underestimate his role as a driver; he’s one of Qi Ye’s closest confidants…”

As Boss Zheng spoke, he suddenly offered me a cigarette.

I took it.

And he, with a meaningful smile,

Old Hei nodded slightly.

“Got it, Uncle Zheng. If there’s nothing else, we’ll be taking off. We’ll invite you for a drink another day and listen to your stories…”

Saying this, Old Hei and I stood up.

But I knew.

This Boss Zheng would definitely not let us go so easily.

Sure enough, Boss Zheng patted his plump belly, smiling and said:

“What’s the rush? Won so much money, are you eager to go out and split it?”

Old Hei might be simple, but he wasn’t stupid.

He could tell there was a hidden message in Boss Zheng’s words.

But he immediately laughed and said:

“Of course we have to split it! But not with you, Chef Zheng, haha!”

Boss Zheng also laughed heartily.

“Ah, if you don’t give it, then you don’t give it. Consider this money as a deposit I’ve paid!”

A deposit?

Old Hei glanced at me.

I was also taken aback.

What exactly was this smiling tiger, Boss Zheng, up to?

Old Hei deliberately said:

“How did this become your deposit when it’s money we won?”

Boss Zheng, with a cigarette in his mouth, just smiled and didn’t speak.

“Don’t you know how the money was won?”

Brother Zhao suddenly spoke up.

I turned to look.

He was sitting in a corner,

holding an apple in his left hand

and a cleaver in his right,

peeling it swiftly.

Brother Zhao was particularly skilled with the knife.

His apple peeling was fast,

and each slice he peeled was as thin as a sheet of paper.

Such skill couldn’t be mastered in less than three to five years.

Truly impressive!

But I knew even more.

His actions at this moment were a veiled threat to Old Hei and me.

Old Hei’s brow furrowed, and he immediately stood up straight, shouting at Brother Zhao:

“What do you mean how we won? We won fair and square! What, you want to keep the money?”

Old Hei

As he spoke,

the apple in Brother Zhao’s hand

was reduced to just a core.

He put the apple core in his mouth

and chewed it with relish.

“We won it fair and square, but with the skill of cheating!”

One sentence

made Old Hei suddenly panic.

Although he trusted my swindling techniques,

he didn’t know if my skills could evade the hidden cameras.

At this time,

I couldn’t let Old Hei speak anymore.

I looked up at Brother Zhao and asked indifferently:

“Who cheated?”

“You!”

Brother Zhao chewed on the apple core, staring straight at me.

“Evidence?”

“What if I produce the evidence?”

Brother Zhao’s eyes carried a hint of coldness.

“What do you want to do?”

“How about taking your hands?”

I looked at my hands and nodded lightly.

“Fine. But what if you can’t produce any evidence?”

“You tell me!””I want your knife!”

The reason I wanted his knife was because I saw a “Zhao” character engraved on the blade.

People from the world cherish their knives.

But a knife, especially one that has tasted blood, is an ominous object.

To engrave one’s own surname on the blade shows his affection for the knife.

Sure enough, Brother Zhao hesitated.

He stared at me, silent for a long time.

I dared to make this bet with Brother Zhao because I knew he was bluffing.

I was confident in my skills.

To capture my cheating speed with this DV is difficult, as hard as reaching the heavens!

Of course, with how things have developed until now.

If they still don’t suspect me of cheating, then they’re really fools and shouldn’t be running a casino.

But, as the saying goes.

Evidence, everything depends on evidence.

But where is the evidence?

Suddenly, Boss Zheng burst into laughter again.

“You young people, with your knives and hands. Come here, sit with me and watch something…”

Old Hei glanced at me again.

He was asking me what to do next.

And I, without changing my expression, sat back down on the sofa.

I really wanted to see what this smiling tiger was up to.

Picking up the remote control.

Boss Zheng pressed a button on an old television.

Immediately, a clear image appeared on the screen.

But the content being played made my heart skip a beat.

It was the scene of my first visit to the card room, playing Rummy with Centipede.

Old Hei had told me that there were no surveillance cameras in his gambling den.

Indeed, there were none.

But I didn’t expect that his hidden lights and staff.

All had micro DVs hidden on them.

This was mobile surveillance.

The video was paused at the moment I shuffled the cards.

Boss Zheng suddenly pressed slow motion.

Taking out a deck of poker, he began to imitate my shuffling, matching the image on the TV.

As he shuffled, he chuckled and said:

“Actually, I know that there are quite a few swindlers lurking in my den. But as long as they don’t go too far, I usually turn a blind eye. After all, no fish swim in clear water…”

Saying this, he turned his head to look at me.

He let out a sinister laugh.

“I started cooking at eight, touched gambling at eleven. Normally, I know all the swindler’s shuffling techniques. False shuffle, jump shuffle, cross-cut. Even more advanced ones, like the Clubs hand, figure-eight shuffle, perfect shuffle method, I can also spot the tricks. But with yours, I’ve been watching for days, even at the slowest speed, I still can’t understand…”