277: This is probably not enough.

The next moment, the hesitation on Nala’s face melted like ice and snow, instantly replaced by immense surprise and ecstasy!

Her eyes lit up!

Although she only saw a corner, that unique pattern and color... that’s right!

It was it!

It looked like the pattern of a Q!

She didn't fully rub it open to confirm, but the corner gave her the feeling that it was a Q.

A preserved egg!

It really was a preserved egg!

Her husband hadn't lied to her!

It really was a leopard with three Qs!

They were going to win for sure!

This realization made her heart pound and her blood boil. Fearing that those around her would notice, she quickly pressed the card corner back with her finger, covered the card, and straightened up.

Atapong looked at the undisguised ecstasy on her face, smiled proudly, and whispered, “How is it? I didn’t disappoint you, did I? Shouldn’t you listen to me now?”

Nala was brimming with confidence at this moment, nodding repeatedly, a wide smile spreading across her face, her previous resistance completely gone.

“No, no, no! Husband, I’ll listen to you! I’ll listen to everything you say!”

She looked at Su Cha, immediately filled with contempt and certainty of victory.

“Isn’t it just gold? Bet! Bet it all! We have plenty of money to follow!”

With that, she deftly opened her branded handbag and pulled out several exquisite jewelry boxes. Opening them, she revealed gleaming, fashionable gold necklaces, bracelets, and rings, which looked much more stylish and valuable than Su Cha’s wife’s three golds.

She then unhesitatingly took off a substantial pure gold necklace from her own neck.

She slammed these gold ornaments, one by one, heavily onto the gambling table, making loud thudding sounds. They piled up next to the previous bets, glittering with a dazzling, almost blinding light.

Then, she raised her head, scanned the relatives and neighbors in the courtyard, and deliberately raised her voice.

“Dear relatives and friends, everyone is here today, please bear witness for us!”

Then, she suddenly turned to Su Cha, her eyes becoming fierce and malicious, squeezing out each word through gritted teeth.

“This gamble, you brought it upon yourselves! Today, if—any—one—backs—out—”

She deliberately dragged out her tone, then spat viciously:

“May they die a terrible death! Struck by lightning! May their whole family perish!”

Lei Jun had been coldly observing this escalating, increasingly out-of-control farce.

Seeing Nala’s performance, she had only two words in her heart: foolish.

These two, truly, are birds of a feather.

Equally shallow, equally arrogant, equally easily blinded by greed and arrogance.

Nala, merely based on a card corner, instantly transformed from indecisive to even more frenzied than Atapong. This change precisely exposed her ignorance and shortsightedness, and also revealed the fact that Atapong might not have absolute certainty.

If the card truly was three unyielding Qs, Atapong wouldn't need to use this method to persuade his wife; he alone would be enough to make the decision.

Nala’s malicious curses and vows made many people in the courtyard frown, feeling very uncomfortable.

“Hmph, what’s there to be proud of? The cards haven’t even been revealed yet, and she’s already cursing others?”

“Making such a venomous oath, it’ll be a sight to see if they themselves back out later!”

“Exactly! Don’t speak too soon! I don’t think Su Cha will necessarily lose!”

“These two, they’re truly cut from the same cloth, both so foul-mouthed!”

“Sigh, to have it come to this... why bother.”

Hearing his niece-in-law Nala utter such vicious vows, and then looking at the glittering pile of gold jewelry on the table, Wenchalong felt his heart had stopped beating.

“This... this, this, this... how did it come to this... Oh heavens...”

He slumped in his chair, his eyes hollow, as if he had already foreseen the tragic end of his son losing everything and his family falling apart.

“We’re all relatives... is it really necessary... to go for a life-or-death struggle... what can I do... how can I live...”

Compared to his father’s complete breakdown, Su Cha, though under immense pressure, exhibited an unusual calmness at this moment.

Perhaps his wife’s support gave him strength, or perhaps being pushed to the brink made him fearless. He coldly watched Atapong and Nala finish their performance.

“Good!”

“You’ve put up your gold jewelry, and you’ve made your venomous vows. So now—”

He stared at Atapong.

“Do you want to reveal the cards? Or do you want to keep raising the stakes until I can no longer follow?”

Atapong’s wife, Nala, heard this and let out an exaggerated sneer, as if she had heard a joke. She cut in front of her husband and said in a sharp voice.

“Reveal the cards? Su Cha, you wish! Reveal them now? Why?”

She crossed her arms, looking as if she had Su Cha completely cornered.

“We’re guaranteed to win! Why be in a hurry to reveal the cards? We have plenty of money! If you’ve got the guts, keep following! No matter how much money you have, we’ll see it through today! We’ll play until you’re bankrupt and can’t even cry!”

Atapong gave his wife an approving look, feeling extremely pleased.

Right! Don’t reveal the cards! If they revealed the cards now, and by some stroke of luck Su Cha had a big hand, he would lose.

Don’t reveal the cards, continue to pressure him with funds, forcing him to either keep raising the stakes,

Or voluntarily admit defeat and fold!

This was the most brilliant way to play!

Today, he absolutely had to make Su Cha, this arrogant scoundrel who didn't know his place, lose everything down to his underwear!

Otherwise, his hatred would not be appeased!

He seemed to already see Su Cha collapsing and admitting defeat under immense financial pressure, crying bitterly, and envisioned the beautiful future of the new house and all the gold belonging to him. A cruel and triumphant smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

Su Cha’s wife, Pinya, looked at the gold jewelry Nala had slammed onto the table, her brows slightly furrowed.

She wasn't blinded by anger like her husband; instead, she calmly and quickly made an estimation.

Although these ornaments looked more fashionable than her three golds and might be slightly heavier, even with that necklace, at the current gold and market prices... She looked up, directly at the smug Nala.

“Sister-in-law, these gold ornaments of yours, plus the ones before, converted to cash, I’m afraid... it’s not even 800,000, is it? Our wedding house is valued at 800,000, so you need to put up something of equal value. This, I’m afraid, isn’t enough.”

Pinya’s words made Nala’s face instantly freeze, then turn very ugly.

She shrieked, “You’re talking nonsense! My gold is all the latest style, and the craftsmanship is expensive! What do you know?!”

But in her heart, she was actually a little uncertain, because she probably knew that the total value of these ornaments was indeed still some distance from 800,000.

To save face and not lose the upper hand, she, as if out of spite, violently pulled off the gold bracelet she was wearing on her wrist.

With a fierce motion, she slammed it heavily onto the top of the pile of jewelry on the table with a “pa” sound, and glared at Pinya, shouting.

“Add this! That should be enough now, right? You with your shallow understanding!”