32: Chapter 32: The Prelude to Slaughtering the Pig!

Soon, the third round of cards was about to begin.

At Long Aotian's instruction, the dealer swapped in a fresh deck of cards and asked, "May I ask the three of you, who will shuffle this time?"

Long Aotian naturally raised his hand and set his half-smoked cigar aside, signaling that he intended to shuffle the cards himself.

This time, he was going to get serious!

"Wait!"

Ye Fan suddenly spoke up.

Long Aotian frowned and asked, "Do you want to shuffle?"

Ye Fan smiled, the corners of his mouth curling up, and gestured toward the dazed Chu Xiao, saying, "Let him shuffle! We are all experts! He is the only one playing for the first time! That way, it will be a bit fairer!"

His subtext was clear: since we're both cheaters, let's not cheat!

By comparison.

Although Ye Fan despised Chu Xiao, after weighing the pros and cons, he decided that the person most suitable to shuffle... was Chu Xiao!

Hearing this, Long Aotian stared at Ye Fan with an expression that suggested he was looking at an idiot, then laughed and tossed the deck in front of Chu Xiao, saying, "Brother Chu, you shuffle!"

Chu Xiao was left between laughter and tears; he picked up the cards, gave them a perfunctory shuffle, and returned them to the dealer.

The dealer took them and immediately began dealing.

This round.

Chu Xiao did not continue to bet blind; instead, he took a casual look at his cards and folded.

Long Aotian didn't bet blind either; he glanced at his hand and folded immediately.

Ye Fan won again!

Unfortunately, no one called or bet blind in this round, so there was only the 3 million base pot.

For the next few rounds, Chu Xiao did the shuffling.

Because Ye Fan did not trust the dealer, and even less so Long Aotian, he insisted that Chu Xiao handle the shuffling.

One round! Two rounds! Three rounds! ...

Soon, half an hour had passed.

Chu Xiao, Ye Fan, and Long Aotian had each had their wins and losses, but no one had won much, because no one was mindlessly betting blind anymore; generally, they would look at their cards as soon as they were dealt.

The surrounding gamblers were starting to feel bored!

Previously, a single round involved wins and losses of hundreds of millions, but now, a round was worth at most twenty million, which was hard to find interesting.

Long Aotian sneered inwardly; he had long since seen through Chu Xiao's intentions and was certain that Chu Xiao would make Ye Fan lose everything and hit rock bottom in some future round.

He was naturally happy to watch the show!

By this time, Ye Fan had won so much he was numb; he felt his luck was great today, and even looking at Chu Xiao seemed a bit more pleasant.

He thought to himself, although this Chu Xiao was annoying, he didn't deserve to die, so maybe he should just let him off!

Just then.

A brand new round of cards began.

It was Chu Xiao's turn to speak first; he yawned, casually tossed a 5 million chip onto the table, and said, "This is boring. I'll bet blind this round! Let's liven things up for everyone!"

Hearing this, Long Aotian immediately perked up; he knew Chu Xiao was finally going to slaughter the pig, so he laughed and followed suit, "Since Brother Chu is betting blind! Then I must naturally follow!"

Watching both parties bet blind.

Ye Fan was overjoyed; he certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to bet blind.

After all, having already won so much, as long as he played steadily from now on—not seeking big wins, but just ensuring he kept the chips in his hand—he would be making a huge profit.

However, when he saw the cards in his hand!

He was completely jolted!

Three Aces!

It was another set of three of a kind, and the highest ranking one in Zha Jinhua at that!

To draw this hand!

It meant there was no possibility of losing!

It seems the God of Wealth is really looking after me today; I must go to the temple to pay my respects later.

Ye Fan thought this, then calmly tossed out two 5 million chips and said, "I call!"

He thought he had managed his expression perfectly.

Little did he know.

Long Aotian had already seen through everything and was sneering coldly in his heart, "You idiot, you will definitely lose everything this round."

Just as he was preparing to continue betting blind to help Chu Xiao slaughter Ye Fan and take his money.

He saw Chu Xiao look at his cards with complete indifference and curse, "What kind of crappy hand is this? It doesn't even add up to thirteen points! Forget it!"

Folded?

What was going on?

Wasn't it agreed that we were going to slaughter the pig for the new year!

Long Aotian frowned, then lifted his own cards to look; 2-3-5, absolutely worthless.

The air was silent for a few seconds.

Long Aotian couldn't quite figure it out and even suspected that he might have guessed wrong.

Could it be that he had been imagining things all along?

Was this Chu Xiao actually just a spoiled second-generation rich kid who knew nothing about gambling?

That couldn't be!

He had no reason to have misjudged the person!

"Next player, please speak!"

The dealer pressed the bell to remind them.

Long Aotian looked up at Ye Fan and saw that the kid's eyes were shining with anticipation—yes, it was definitely the gleam of anticipation.

It seems this kid has a very strong hand!

"2, 3, 5, worthless! Fold!"

Long Aotian tossed his cards onto the table and casually pulled out a cigar to put in his mouth.

Ye Fan: "...!"

What?

Both parties folded?

I drew the biggest Ace three-of-a-kind, and you both folded?

Ye Fan was almost spitting blood; the anticipation he felt just moments ago had turned into intense frustration. With such a huge hand, and with the players before and after him being super, super fat sheep, he hadn't won any money!

He had drawn the best hand, yet his opponents had both folded!

There was nothing more miserable in Zha Jinhua than this.

Ye Fan really wanted to shout, "My hand is an Ace three-of-a-kind!"

However, the dealer had already collected all the cards and handed them back to Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao continued to shuffle.

Chu Lingyin raised her chubby little hand and said, "Big Brother, Big Brother, let me shuffle!"

"Alright! Then you shuffle!"

He handed the cards to Chu Lingyin.

Under everyone's gaze, Chu Lingyin began to shuffle, then dealt the cards without any tricks.

This round.

It was Ye Fan's turn to speak.

Perhaps because he was so frustrated just now, Ye Fan didn't even look at his cards; he directly tossed out a 5 million chip and, feeling depressed, lit a cigar.

Long Aotian pondered for a moment; the reason he had come forward to invite Chu Xiao to play cards today was to let Chu Xiao win money, cultivate Chu Xiao's gambling nature, get Chu Xiao addicted to gambling, and then have a high-stakes game with him.

Unfortunately, after playing for over half an hour, all the money had been won by this kid, Ye Fan.

Long Aotian certainly wouldn't be foolish enough to continue betting blind; wouldn't that just be giving money to Ye Fan!

Thus, he picked up his cards and took a casual look.

Three 2s caught his eyes.

Three of a kind!

The smallest three of a kind!

Long Aotian blinked; he first looked at Chu Xiao, then looked at Chu Lingyin.

The cards had been shuffled by Chu Lingyin; there was absolutely no possibility of any cheating!

So this three of a kind...

Was something he, Long Aotian, had drawn based on his own luck!

Long Aotian didn't even think about it; he directly tossed out two 5 million chips: "I call!"

Chu Xiao immediately laughed and said, "Since Brother Long has called, then I must follow for two rounds! I'll bet blind!"

One party called, one party bet blind.

Ye Fan came back to his senses; he didn't want to be a sucker and continue betting blind, sending money away, so he lifted the corner of his cards to take a look.

At this look, he was thrilled!

He saw that the cards in his hand were actually three 3s!

Another three of a kind!

Although it was a very small three of a kind!

But when you draw a hand like this, even if it means losing everything, you have to call!