The beautiful woman wore a confident smile on her face as she looked at Lachlan with a triumphant expression. She grinned and said, “Hey handsome, I have 19 points! Looks like you won’t be able to beat me this round.”
“This time, I’m going for a big win. I bet five million, are you in or out?” Lachlan asked calmly, his eyes shining with excitement.
The rule for this blackjack game was as follows: the initial bet for both players was one million per round. After the first person’s points were revealed, they could choose to raise the bet, and then the other person would decide whether to follow or fold. If they folded, they would lose the initial bet of one million.
Knowing that the opponent had a higher score, it would be a timely loss to fold and lose one million.
Lachlan signaled the dealer to deal him the cards, his face showing no fluctuation in expression. “That’s not necessarily true!”
“It’s just five million, right? I’m in!” The woman’s eyes lit up as she chuckled, “You really have guts, I admire that.”
Once again, this woman was trying to bewitch Lachlan with her words. Her speech seemed full of admiration for him, aiming to make him more invested. It was all to set the stage for the upcoming gamble.
On the gambling table, sometimes it wasn’t just about luck and skill; it was often a psychological game. Ordinary male gamblers easily fell into the trap of being flattered by a beautiful woman and blindly following her bets. Otherwise, wouldn’t it make her look down on him?
Beside the gambling table, the spectators looked at Lachlan with eyes that seemed to say, “This guy is falling for it!”
“She’s deceiving him so easily, has he lost his mind?”
“She has 19 points, and he’s still following?”
Next, Lachlan received his first card, a 10, followed by a 6!
“I have 16 points, not bad, but still not enough to beat her,” Lachlan remarked.
“But if I ask for another card, it’s very likely to go over 21,” the woman smiled.
“Continue!” Lachlan signaled the dealer to deal another card.
“You still want to draw another card?”
“But whether you draw or not, the result will be the same.”
To everyone’s surprise, the third card turned out to be a three of diamonds.
“19 points? I didn’t expect this round to end in a tie,” the woman’s expression showed a hint of astonishment and a touch of disappointment. She thought she could win five million from Lachlan, but it ended in a tie.
The other spectators also shook their heads with regret. It seemed like they were all hoping to see Lachlan lose.
Just when everyone thought the next round would begin, Lachlan suddenly sneered, “Who told you it’s a tie? I’m sorry, but I’m going to win.”
“Dealer, deal me another card. I want one more!” Lachlan signaled the beautiful female dealer next to him.
As soon as he spoke, everyone froze, looking at Lachlan in disbelief.
The woman’s expression seemed intriguing. “You want another card? You already have 19 points. Drawing another card means there’s a 99% chance you’ll go over 21.”
“Are you intentionally trying to let me win? Five million, I have to admit, you’re quite generous,” she said, throwing a flirtatious glance at Lachlan, a hint of playfulness on her face.
In her eyes, Lachlan was just a fat lamb. Did he really think that a few teasing remarks would lead to something?
The others also looked at Lachlan with a mocking gaze, thinking that he was either infatuated or trying to impress the beautiful woman.
However, in the next moment, Lachlan shook his head and said, “You’re mistaken! I told you, I want to win! Even if there’s a 99% chance of going over, I’m betting on that 1%.”
“Deal!” Lachlan waved his hand grandly, displaying dominance and a hint of wickedness.
The dealer glanced at Lachlan expressionlessly and slid another card to him with a shovel.
Snap!
Lachlan took a brief look at the card and threw it directly onto the gambling table.
To everyone’s surprise, it was a dazzling red heart 2!
At that moment, everyone was dumbfounded.
The expression on the beautiful woman’s face froze in disbelief.
The others also had incredibly vivid expressions.
“What the hell, is this for real?”
“19 points plus two points, exactly 21 points?”
“This guy actually won?”
“He’s unbelievably lucky!”
At this moment, Lachlan grinned and dragged the beautiful woman’s five million chips towards himself. “Sorry, I won!”
“Do… Do you know that the next card is a 2?” The beautiful woman’s gaze turned sharp and intimidating as she stared at Lachlan coldly, questioning.
She even glanced at the dealer, her eyes filled with suspicion.
The dealer’s expression tightened, and she quickly shook her head, looking very innocent.
“I don’t know!” Lachlan chuckled, nonchalantly.
“How could you continue to draw a card? How is that possible?” the woman interrogated.
“Why not? What are we doing here? Gambling! I’m just gambling, just playing. So what? Heh, have you never seen such a crazy gambler like me?” Lachlan replied wickedly.
“You…” The woman’s tone faltered, and she took a deep breath. “Fine, let’s continue!”
On the gambling floor, losing control of emotions was the worst thing one could do. She tried to calm herself down.
She thought about it, and Lachlan couldn’t possibly know the cards. The deck of cards belonged to the casino, and Lachlan couldn’t have tampered with them.
Moreover, both sides had checked the cards before each round.
As for the collusion between the dealer and Lachlan, it was even more impossible.
So, she could only attribute it to Lachlan’s incredible luck. He was just a crazy gambler, nothing more.
Perhaps, he didn’t even care about the five million.
Just as he said, he was gambling, just playing.
It wasn’t uncommon for some gamblers to be like that.
What they sought was not stable winnings but the thrilling back-and-forth swings between winning and losing!
Perhaps, this “dandy” in front of her was that type of gambler.
Originally, the beautiful woman planned to let Lachlan win a little first, to entice his gambling spirit, and then she would start “slaughtering” him.
The previous round was just an accident in her eyes.
However, when she was full of confidence and believed that with her gambling skills, she could recoup her losses and even make Lachlan lose everything, she realized how wrong she was.
Lachlan continued gambling against the beautiful woman.
And she continued to lose!
Or rather, she lost more than she won.
Lachlan kept accumulating more and more chips, piling them up like mountains.
Although Lachlan showed some excitement when he lost, it was nothing compared to the amount of money he won.
The surrounding gamblers were delighted by the spectacle.
Even when the woman lost and suggested playing something else, the result remained the same.
No matter what they gambled on, she always lost more than she won.
In the middle of the game, she took 200 million chips from the casino, hoping to turn the tide, but she lost it all to Lachlan.
The woman felt that her state of mind had completely collapsed.
In a corner of the casino, the tough man’s face turned incredibly gloomy.
From the beginning to the end, the beautiful woman had lost nearly 300 million to Lachlan.
Wasn’t this supposed to be an easy prey? Wasn’t she supposed to fleece him?
“Mesosaurus, I… There’s a situation I want to report to you,” the tough man wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and called Quentin.
“Hmm? What happened?” Quentin asked on the other end of the phone, puzzled.
“The rich kid that Gilberto introduced turned out to be a tough one! Mermaid has lost nearly 300 million to him, it’s my… incompetence,” the tough man said with fear.
“I didn’t expect that instead of bleeding this kid, we…”
“Mesosaurus, I’m afraid you’ll have to take action personally to recover the losses,” the tough man said anxiously.
“Oh? So this Willis that Gilberto introduced is actually a gambling expert? And Mermaid fell for it?” Mesosaurus’s tone carried a hint of surprise.
In the next moment, he snorted coldly, “Keep Mermaid engaged as long as possible, minimize the losses. I’ll come to meet this kid later.”
“Yes, Mesosaurus,” the tough man responded, his voice trembling slightly.
The next moment, he sent a message to Mermaid’s phone. However, at that moment, the beautiful woman sitting at the gambling table had already lost her composure. The alluring and playful smile that had adorned her pretty face was nowhere to be seen. Her face had turned bright red, and her eyes reflected a mix of unwillingness and obsession, just like many ordinary gamblers. This woman had become addicted!