My hand rested on the dice cup.

Slowly, I lifted the lid.

When opening the dice cup, one must avoid being hasty.

Because a slight carelessness could knock over the dice.

The dice cup began to lift bit by bit.

The people standing beside me could already see the five dice standing upright.

Only the last one remained.

Soon, the points on the top would be visible.

Everyone was watching intently.

Suddenly, my hand trembled.

The edge of the dice cup hit the dice column.

With a “clatter”, the stacked dice instantly fell over.

Six dice scattered across the gambling table.

At this scene, Nine Fingers laughed.

A cold smirk hung on the corner of Gao Zhiqiang’s mouth.

Zou Xiaoxian frowned slightly, her face full of dissatisfaction.

Only Su Mei, with her hands clenched, sighed regretfully.

The casino dealer took away the five hundred thousand chips in front of me.

Five hundred thousand, just like that, gone.

I lost.

I lost thoroughly.

And I didn’t have any extra words to say.

I calmly stood up and walked to the side.

Nine Fingers glanced at me, his face full of disdain.

“Such petty tricks, how embarrassing!”

Then, he asked Su Mei.

“Is there anyone else now?”

All the skilled dice players in the casino had already tried their luck.

No one could possibly beat Nine Fingers now.

Suddenly, Zou Xiaoxian picked up a dice.

Looking at Nine Fingers, she said with a smile that was not quite a smile:

“Come, let’s have a round. Just one dice…”

Everyone was taken aback.

Could it be that Zou Xiaoxian also knew the Swindler techniques?

This was something I hadn’t expected.

Zou Xiaoxian didn’t use a dice cup.

She picked up the dice and casually threw it onto the gambling table.

Four points.

It was clear.

Zou Xiaoxian didn’t use any techniques.

Betting like this with Nine Fingers.

Even if she had billions of wealth, it wouldn’t be enough to cover her losses.

“It’s your turn…”

Zou Xiaoxian looked at Nine Fingers calmly.

Nine Fingers gave a faint smile.

He casually threw the dice.

Six points.

“You lost!”

Zou Xiaoxian stood up.

“Our game was to see who got the lower points! You got six and I got four, so, I won!”

With that, Zou Xiaoxian walked towards Nine Fingers.

And Nine Fingers burst into laughter.

Pointing at Zou Xiaoxian, he said with a somewhat doting tone:

“You little girl, you were naughty when you were young, and you’re still naughty now, hahaha…”

Zou Xiaoxian also had a sweet smile on her face.

When she reached Nine Fingers, she immediately hooked his arm.

“I don’t care, I won, Uncle Tian lost, right?”

“Right, right, right! Uncle Tian lost, lost to you, you little rascal…”

Uncle Tian?

So Zou Xiaoxian and this Nine Fingers, Uncle Tian, had known each other for a long time.

It was clear that Uncle Tian came here to gamble.

He must have been specially invited by Zou Xiaoxian.

“Uncle Tian, you’re still as sharp as ever, your Swindler techniques are still so powerful. Why don’t you come and help me? Please, Uncle Tian?”

Zou Xiaoxian pouted.

She looked innocent and lovely.

Uncle Tian laughed heartily and said directly:

“Even if I wanted to help you, let’s not talk about whether our family’s old man would agree. If your two brothers found out, wouldn’t they turn the sky upside down? Let your Uncle Tian live a few more years…”

What seemed like an ordinary sentence.

But it revealed the discord between the Zou siblings.

Although Uncle Tian refused.

His tone was still doting.

He patted Zou Xiaoxian’s hand and said again:

“But don’t worry. Just do what you want to do. If something really happens, can Uncle Tian just stand by and do nothing?”

Zou Xiaoxian was still pouting, pretending to be angry.

But when Uncle Tian said this, she immediately broke into a smile.

“Uncle Tian is the best to me!”

Then, Zou Xiaoxian pointed at the people in the room and said:

“Uncle Tian, I invited you here today to test the skills of these new dealers. You’ve basically seen them all, can you give me some feedback…”

Everyone finally understood.

Uncle Tian was actually invited by Zou Xiaoxian to assess these dealers.

This was also normal.

After all, the casino had just opened and hired so many people.

Zou Xiaoxian was not very clear about their Swindler techniques.

Uncle Tian first looked at the few dealers, then said:

“These few are okay, their skills are passable. They can be used to guard the house. Keep them for now…”

Guard the house?

Are these dealers or watchdogs?

Uncle Tian’s words made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

He was a member of the Swindler Sect.

His words evaluating the younger generation of the same path sounded a bit harsh.

Then, he pointed to Gao Zhiqiang and said:

“This one is good, his technique is not bad. He has some resemblance to the Gambling King of Shandong province. But his technique of ‘One Pillar Holding up the Sky’ is not practiced correctly…”

Gao Zhiqiang obviously didn’t expect Uncle Tian’s evaluation of him to be so high.

He immediately stood up and respectfully said to Uncle Tian:

“Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Tian, I will practice more!”

Uncle Tian nodded slightly.

Then, he looked at Zou Xiaoxian and said with a chuckle:

“I’ve said and done what I should. You little brat, isn’t it time to let Uncle Tian go?”

Zou Xiaoxian was still holding Uncle Tian’s arm.

She swayed a little.He pointed in my direction with his chin.

“Uncle Tian, what’s the rush? And him, you haven’t mentioned him yet…”

Only then did Uncle Tian turn to look at me.

He snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

“His skills are not refined, and he carries an air of arrogance. Such a person will never achieve greatness. We don’t need him!”

Uncle Tian’s words.

Made me sneer in my heart.

Arrogance hinders greatness.

Doesn’t he know that there’s a saying, ‘great talents mature late’?

I could feel.

The happiest person right now was Gao Zhiqiang.

Not only did he get Uncle Tian’s approval.

I was also belittled by Uncle Tian.

He could now firmly secure his position as the top Swindler in this gambling den.

And the one with the most complicated expression was Su Mei.

She didn’t say a word throughout.

Just occasionally glancing at me.

Zou Xiaoxian saw Uncle Tian off.

Everyone dispersed.

Su Mei glanced at me and said lightly:

“Come, to my office!”

Just like before.

Su Mei sat in her boss chair.

And I, sat on the sofa next to her.

I lit a cigarette and took a big puff.

Su Mei then began to speak:

“Do you know who this Uncle Tian is?”

I shook my head.

“Old man Zou, that is, Xiaoxian’s father, was able to establish this century-old business in Harbin North. Two people played an indispensable role. These two were the left and right arms of old man Zou. One was called Six-fingered Ghost Hand, and the other was Uncle Tian, known as Nine-fingered Heavenly Cripple. Haven’t you heard of them?”

I shook my head again.

I wasn’t lying.

I really had never heard of these two before.

“When old man Zou opened his first casino, there was a Swindler from outside the region who cheated in the gambling den. He was later caught and had one of his hands chopped off. This triggered a crazy retaliation from the Swindler Sect outside the region. It is said that overnight, dozens of Swindlers came from outside the region. But in old man Zou’s gambling den, only the Six-fingered Ghost Hand and the Nine-fingered Heavenly Cripple were there. Yet they still managed to defeat all the Swindlers. This made it so that there were almost no Swindlers in old man Zou’s gambling den ever again…”

I nodded slightly.

I used to enjoy the old stories of the world that Master Liu told me.

Now listening to Su Mei, it felt different.

“Actually, Xiaoxian has always wanted to find someone like Uncle Tian and Ghost Uncle, an expert who can hold down the fort. But she has never found one. After all, real experts are not so easy to find. But after meeting you, I always felt that you could do it. That’s why I recommended you to her…”

I remained silent.

Suddenly, Su Mei changed the subject.

Her expression also became cold and aloof. She asked me:

“What do you think of Uncle Tian’s Swindler techniques?”

“Not bad, he’s an expert!”

“Then tell me, why did you deliberately lose to Uncle Tian today?”

I was taken aback.

I couldn’t help but look at Su Mei quietly.