Swish, swish, swish!
Without any hesitation, Shen Xiao finished writing the deed and pressed his handprint on it!
It wasn’t that Shen Xiao didn’t have suspicions; it was just that the stakes Ye Fan was betting had too great a lure. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
These were the very things his grandfather and the people behind him desired!
After the expert from the Ancient Martial Family his grandfather had invited had withdrawn, people from behind his grandfather had sent Martial Emperor Level powerhouses to sit in. Today, Shen Xiao would fight with all his might to put on a good performance.
“Is it acceptable now?” Shen Xiao looked at the two deeds lying in the middle of the table, not really caring about the one he had just written.
In Shen Xiao’s opinion, with the Thousands Technique expert they had brought back from abroad, dealing with an idiot, he believed today’s situation was a guaranteed win.
Qing Shaocheng had a Thousands Technique master by his side, having lost even his undergarments today. An idiot wouldn’t just allow himself to be manipulated?
Even now, Shen Xiao was completely unaware that the cards he thought were a guaranteed win had already been quietly swapped by Ye Fan.
“Of course it’s acceptable. Young Master Shen, please reveal your cards!” Ye Fan responded with a faint smile.
“Is there a need to reveal the cards? Young Master Ye, by agreeing to gamble with me and daring to step through this door today, you have already lost!” Shen Xiao confidently said, “I wonder, does the bet we agreed upon before count? I’ll take your life… Will your people resist?”
Shen Xiao fiddled with the dagger in his hand, staring coldly at Ye Fan.
If Ye Fan truly honored his promise and let himself be killed.
What a great achievement it would be; Shen Xiao dared not even imagine it.
To deal with the Ye Family, his grandfather, his allies, and those behind them had paid a tremendous cost. After the death of the ten core disciples, to contend with the idiot and the old man from the Ye Family, all vassal families set up in Cloud City had been nearly completely wiped out.
“Of course they won’t resist! This is the bet agreed upon with the deed; we naturally have to keep our word!” Ye Fan stared indifferently at Shen Xiao and continued, “So, if Young Master Shen loses, will you also honor your promise?”
You must be joking, Young Master Ye. I’ve said before, today, this is my turf, and I absolutely will not lose!” As Shen Xiao spoke, he glanced outside the private room’s door.
The Martial Emperor powerhouse behind his grandfather had arrived; with such a master present, Shen Xiao didn’t take Ye Fan seriously at all!
“Before the cards are revealed, anything can happen. Young Master Shen should clarify, if you lose, your grandfather, the Shen Family, and even your life, all belong to me, is that correct?” Ye Fan pressed the question again.
Seeing Ye Fan’s attitude, Shen Xiao began to feel a bit uneasy.
Why was Ye Fan so certain?
But the Thousands Technique expert he had invited had already signaled to him that everything was under Control.
A foreboding sense had started to creep up on Shen Xiao.
Nevertheless, Shen Xiao chose to believe in the methods of the Thousands Technique expert and continued stubbornly, “Of course! When I, Shen Xiao, spit, it’s as firm as a nail; my word is my bond!”
“Reveal the cards!” Ye Fan spoke again, his composure unsettling Shen Xiao.
“Fine, let’s reveal them! Young Master Ye, it seems you won’t give up until you’re at the end of your rope, heh… I have three As in my hand, the absolute best hand; what could you possibly have to win?” Shen Xiao flipped the cards on the table over and furiously slammed them down.
Qing Ruolan, standing beside Ye Fan, tugged on the corner of Ye Fan’s clothes, her face full of anxiety. Although she knew that Ye Fan, in his awakened state, must have a way to deal with this, she still worried.
Slap!
The cards slammed down on the table, revealing three clear Ks.
The scar-faced man responsible for dealing the cards was instantly stunned by such a hand.
The bodyguards behind Shen Xiao were also shocked.
“Young Master Shen, can’t you read? These are clearly three Kings, not three Aces,” Ye Fan said with a devilish smile. “The three Aces are right here with me, I am the one with the winning hand; I won the bet!”
Ye Fan lightly flipped over his cards, revealing three Aces to everyone present.
“What?” Shen Xiao looked at his own three cards in disbelief, completely dumbfounded, “How is this possible?”
“What’s going on? What the hell is going on? Damn!” Shen Xiao, agitated, charged at the card-dealer with the scarred face, grabbed him by the neck with both hands, and bellowed furiously, “Didn’t we agree that you would deal me three Aces? How did they end up with Ye Fan?”
“Young Master Shen, I… I don’t know either! During the shuffle, I had already set it up, and just before dealing, I even checked the cards at the bottom; the three Aces should indeed have ended up in your hands!” The man with the scarred face was puzzled, his pupils dilating and his face showing shock.
A moment before dealing, he had checked the cards, but why had they changed once dealt?
This can’t be possible!
Shen Xiao was furious for a few seconds, but seeing the confused look in the scarred-face man’s eyes, his heart gradually calmed down as well.
This master of sleight of hand was someone he had brought in from abroad for a high price, and Shen Xiao had worked with him many times before. He trusted his skill and his loyalty.
But now, given how the cards lay, it could only mean one thing!
“He cheated!” The man with the scarred face also arrived at the issue, a hint of shock in his eyes as he said to Shen Xiao.
“Ye Fan cheated?” Although Shen Xiao had thought of that too, he was still unsure, “But isn’t he just an idiot?”
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Who would believe such a thing if it were spoken aloud?
But now, with the cards as they were, if he admitted it, Shen Xiao’s life would be Ye Fan’s!
“Young Master Shen, a bet is a bet! I’ve won. According to what was agreed, your life is now mine, as are your grandfather’s and all of the Shen Family’s assets!” As Ye Fan spoke, he held Shen Xiao’s written pledge and was about to put it away.
But Shen Xiao suddenly pressed down on the pledge, speaking coldly, “Ye Fan, you cheated! You played dirty… This round doesn’t count!”
The typical case of a thief crying “Stop, thief”!
“I cheated? Young Master Shen, you can’t just say anything you want, show me the proof! Where exactly did you see me cheat?” The expression on Ye Fan’s face also began to darken.
If it wasn’t for the sake of setting up the Shen Family and Tang Family, Ye Fan would have already taken action.
“Bring up the surveillance, have the club staff bring up the surveillance. I want to watch the tapes!” Following Shen Xiao’s cries, the club staff members immediately brought in several computers, pulled up the private room’s surveillance footage and reviewed it at 10x slower speed – there were no issues. Reviewing at 40x slower speed, they still couldn’t find any evidence of cheating.
Even after examining the footage frame by frame, they still saw no sign that Ye Fan had cheated.
But both Shen Xiao and the man with the scarred face knew that the cards they had prepared had somehow ended up like this; definitely because Ye Fan or someone by his side had meddled.
But if you can’t find any evidence, what else can you say?
Thud!
Shen Xiao’s legs gave out, and he slumped directly to the floor!
A few hours earlier, Shen Xiao was ridiculing Qing Shaocheng for having lost his father, and now, Shen Xiao had lost his father, grandfather, and all of them to an idiot!
“Young Master Ye… please, I’m begging you not to kill me, okay? If you don’t kill me, I’ll buy you lots of candy, lots of delicious food!”
Until this moment, Shen Xiao still thought Ye Fan was nothing but an idiot!
He still believed that it was impossible for Ye Fan to interfere; if anyone had, it must have been one of the maids by Ye Fan’s side…