This is the true nature of a Gambling King in modern society.
He possesses some inherent skill.
Card counting, memorizing cards, mental calculation, psychological warfare—a combination of various methods, plus cooperation from others, can essentially make him invincible.
These are the tactics of a true Gambling King in society.
But they are not omnipotent.
Compared to the Gods of Gamblers, Tyrants of Gamblers, Knights of Gamblers, and Saints of Gamblers depicted in films and TV shows, they are simply incomparable.
So, once Chen Feng disrupted his plan, even the most formidable Gambling King lost his confidence.
Chen Feng had the right to cut the cards.
Therefore, Xu Shuhua could only brace herself and start cutting the cards from the twenty-third card.
After cutting the cards, she began dealing.
He Yingsheng's expression grew serious.
...
The first card was a face down card.
The second card was a face up card.
He Yingsheng had a Jack of Clubs.
Chen Feng had a Six of Spades.
On the surface, He Yingsheng had the higher card.
In a normal game, He Yingsheng could place a bet.
However, their game wasn't normal; there were no chips, so they either chose to concede or continued dealing cards.
Neither of them looked at their bottom card.
Then, the third face up card was dealt.
He Yingsheng got a Two of Spades.
Chen Feng got a King of Hearts.
He Yingsheng's expression became increasingly stiff.
Xu Shuhua, who was dealing, also had sweaty palms.
With this card cut, her role was effectively gone; the two men's hands were purely a test of luck.
Such a gambling game was actually meaningless.
But there was no other way.
This was a life-or-death battle, with a pair of hands and a pair of eyes as the stakes.
No one dared to breathe loudly.
The dealing continued.
The fourth face up card.
He Yingsheng got another Jack of Hearts.
And Chen Feng got a Nine of Diamonds.
He Yingsheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He was ecstatic.
In this kind of luck-based game, having a pair of Jacks was already very good.
After all, Chen Feng's visible cards were nothing special.
Finally, the last face up card was dealt.
He Yingsheng got an Ace of Spades.
Chen Feng got a Ten of Hearts.
All five cards were dealt.
He Yingsheng's cards were the face down card + Jack of Clubs, Two of Spades, Jack of Hearts, Ace of Spades.
Chen Feng's cards were the face down card + Six of Spades, King of Hearts, Nine of Diamonds, Ten of Hearts.
On the surface, He Yingsheng was winning.
A pair of Jacks.
Chen Feng's visible cards were all scattered.
Ultimately, it all came down to the face down card.
But if He Yingsheng's face down card could form another pair, then two pairs would be a sure win.
So, no matter how one looked at it, He Yingsheng had a greater chance of winning.
The atmosphere in the private room became incredibly tense.
Everyone stared at the two men at the gambling table.
Xu Shuhua finished dealing the cards and looked eagerly at He Yingsheng, praying that he could get another pair.
That would secure the win.
Then she looked at He Yingsheng.
He barely managed to suppress his wildly beating heart, looked at Chen Feng, and calmly said, "Mr. Chen, since we don't have stakes, shall we reveal our cards? From the looks of it, it seems Mr. He has a better chance of winning."
"Winning or losing isn't determined by words."
Chen Feng looked at him indifferently: "Mr. He, please reveal your card."
"Hmph."
He Yingsheng habitually used a face up card to cover his face down card, brought it close to him, slowly peeled back a corner, and nervously looked at the bottom card.
He silently chanted, "Another pair, another pair, another pair."
It was revealed.
The face down card was a small Eight.
So, He Yingsheng only had one pair, a pair of Jacks, with the other three cards being Ace, Eight, and Two.
His hand was not small.
He Yingsheng threw his bottom card onto the table and took a deep breath: "I have a pair of Jacks, Mr. Chen, please reveal your card. There's no need for theatrics. There's no skill involved here."
Chen Feng smiled.
His visible cards were King, Six, Nine, Ten.
Unless his face down card was a King, he would lose this round.
Xu Shuhua became nervous.
She vaguely remembered that at least two Kings were at the front, and one was at the very end.
They could all form a straight flush.
But there was one remaining, and she truly didn't know where it had been shuffled to.
Although she didn't remember, the probability of Chen Feng's face down card being a King was very low.
Therefore, he could win.
Everyone's eyes were on Chen Feng.
Chen Feng's hand simply swept across the table, without even looking, and he casually tossed it onto the table, while smiling, "Do you believe I have a pair of Kings?"
Slam!
The face down card was flipped over.
It was indeed a King.
It was precisely the King of Diamonds that Xu Shuhua had missed.
So, Chen Feng had a pair of Kings, and he won.
A round of applause immediately erupted from the audience.
Even Yu Jinhua couldn't help but stand up and shout, "Well done, Mr. Chen."
Liang Wanqiu also stood up, excited.
Her eyes were red.
She wanted to cry.
Was Chen Feng just lucky, or how did he do it?
Why did he know it was definitely a King without even looking at the bottom card?
It was too bizarre.
Across the gambling table.
He Yingsheng was dumbfounded, his mind a blank.
He suddenly felt a stinging pain in his heart.
What was going on?
He couldn't even win a single hand?
Was he relying on gambling skills or luck?
Was he that strong?
He Yingsheng couldn't understand, and by now, he no longer had the 'kingly' mindset he had when he first entered.
Still talking about being kingly?
He was now increasingly sliding towards the abyss of having his hands chopped off.
Chen Feng looked at He Yingsheng with a calm expression, casually threw the playing cards on the table to the floor, and said indifferently, "You still have one chance."
He Yingsheng was truly anxious and roared, "Change the deck!"
A staff member came to change the cards.
The second round began.
He Yingsheng stared at Xu Shuhua with a terrifying gaze, signaling her to shuffle the cards well, to absolutely shuffle them well.
If she couldn't remember them again, he would really have his hands chopped off.
This time, Xu Shuhua truly concentrated with all her might, desperately trying to remember the position of an entire deck of cards.
Soon, the shuffling was complete.
Xu Shuhua looked at Chen Feng: "Mr. Chen, will you cut the cards again?"
"No, I won't."
Upon hearing this, Xu Shuhua immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
She was secretly pleased.
Just as she was about to deal the cards, Chen Feng suddenly said, "No need to deal the cards."
"What?"
Xu Shuhua was stunned.
Chen Feng looked at He Yingsheng and smiled, "Dealing cards like this isn't challenging enough. Since Mr. He is known as the Gambling King, why don't we just draw cards directly? Each person draws five cards. Then we compare who has the higher hand, how about that?"
He Yingsheng: "..."
He was about to go mad.
Why did this kid always cause trouble?
Couldn't they just gamble properly?
Seeing He Yingsheng's distorted expression, Chen Feng couldn't help but smile, "What's wrong, Mr. He? You don't want to change the rules? Is it because your wife has already shuffled the cards for you?"
"You're talking nonsense."
He Yingsheng, infuriated, stood up directly.
As the current Gambling King, he was very sensitive to outsiders accusing him of cheating.
Unless you caught him in the act.
He could cheat.
As long as you didn't see it, it didn't count.
That was the rule.
Chen Feng smiled leisurely, "Since Mr. He doesn't care about the order of the shuffled cards, then let's change the rules. We'll draw ourselves, each person draws five cards."
"Mr. He, this is the second round of the second gambling game."
"You better think carefully."
"This is your last chance."
"If you lose, you won't even have a chance to play the third game of mahjong, right?"
"If you lose this round, you'll have to have your hands chopped off."
"So, Mr. He, don't trust your wife's methods too much; her little tricks can't escape my eyes."
"You choose."
"If you don't change the rules, I'll just cut the cards randomly. You'll still lose then."
"If you change the rules, your fate will be in your own hands. This last round, it's up to your destiny."
He Yingsheng's forehead was drenched in sweat.
He was influenced by Chen Feng's words.
Upon careful thought, it seemed to be the case.
It was the last round.
If he lost this round, there would be no chance to play mahjong.
Damn it!
He had been careless.
Why did he put mahjong last?
Damn it!
The stinging pain in He Yingsheng's heart became more and more obvious, and his face became paler and paler.
After two minutes of consideration.
He Yingsheng suddenly nodded, "Alright, change the rules."