Chapter Fourteen: Exploding Golden Flower!

  He Liang handed over ten bundles of cash to Chen Dashi and said, "This is for you!"

  Chen Dasheng took it over and placed it in front of him, neatly stacked, neither more nor less, exactly ten bundles, totaling one million.

  Liu Yunshi looked at the 100,000 yuan in front of Chen Daxing, her face wanting to cry but unable to shed tears. Is this really the price of my body? It's only 100,000.

  He Liangdao said, "Speak up, how are you going to gamble?"

  Chen Dasheng thought for a moment, stretched out one hand and pushed it onto the table. The mahjong tiles on the table suddenly fell to the ground with a loud crash, clearing the surface of the mahjong table.

  He Liang was somewhat puzzled, but Chen Dashi said, "I heard you're a famous mahjong player, playing mahjong takes too much time. I won't gamble with you on mahjong, ask the boss to bring out a deck of cards, let's play a game of Bullfighting!"

  "Haha!" He Liang's mouth curved up, saying, "Alright, as you wish, let's play Exploding Gold Flower!"

  He said, He Liang patted his hand, "Boss, bring that deck of cards!"

  "Alright!" Boss Li Pangzi responded from afar and quickly ran over with a deck of poker cards, putting them on the table before attempting to leave.

  Chen Dasheng beckoned Li Pangzi with a wave of his hand, "Boss, don't go, I don't trust anyone else, you come and deal the cards!"

  "Ah!" Li Baozi's whole body trembled, and he immediately dryly laughed, looking at He Liang. Chen Dajun's words didn't count, it had to be said by He Liang for it to be valid.

  He Liang nodded slightly and did not express any objection. Li Baozi then nodded in agreement, opened the poker cards in front of both of them, his hands shaking slightly, it was clear that he was a little scared.

  Chen Daxing didn't play mahjong with He Liang, not just because mahjong was troublesome. After Chen Daxing received the inheritance of the Giant Spirit Tribe, his brain became much more useful than before, and he analyzed things more comprehensively. Using a mahjong table to play poker, he wasn't afraid that his opponent would cheat at the table. He Liang was known as a master of mahjong, so he must have some cheating techniques up his sleeve. Even if he wanted to cheat, it wouldn't be possible for him to use mahjong cheating techniques while playing poker.

  Playing against Jin Hua is more about luck, courage and wisdom. Chen Da Sheng believes he doesn't lose to anyone in these aspects, and with Li Pang Zi dealing the cards, he's not afraid of anyone cheating on the cards, unless Li Pang Zi and He Liang are colluding together.

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  Li Baozi opened the signboard, picked out the ghost card and advertisement card, threw them aside, and said to the two of them, "You two, what's the game?"

  He Liang glanced at Chen Dashi, indicating that he should take charge, but since it was usually Chen Dashi who took the lead, this time he let He Liang have the opportunity, "You do it!"

  He Liang didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Each dish has a base price of 1,000 yuan per household. The minimum bet for each round is 1,000 yuan, with no upper limit. As for the fuel cost, it's 5,000 yuan for a large plane and 3,000 yuan for a small plane. How about that?"

  Chen Daxing thought for a moment and said, "I think it's still capped at 10,000 yuan, after all, I only have 100,000 yuan on hand. If you bet 200,000 yuan at once, I won't have enough money to follow!"

  After all, Chen Dashi didn't have much confidence in his heart, so he set a limit of 10,000 to avoid losing everything at once.

  "Alright! Deal the cards!" He Liang had no objection and directly ordered Li Pangzi.

  Li Baozi nodded and quickly shuffled the cards.

  Exploding Gold Flower is a poker game that many people play. The gameplay is simple, with each player being dealt three cards and then comparing their sizes. This is a game for speculators and adventurers, where one can either go to heaven or hell in an instant.

  The first round of cards was dealt quickly.

  Chen Dasheng and He Liang each threw out 1000 yuan as a bottom price. Li Pangzi said to Chen Dasheng, "You speak first."

  "Ten thousand!" Chen Dabai didn't even look at his card and directly grabbed a stack of banknotes and threw them onto the table.

  "Hey, what are you doing?" Liu Yunshi saw Chen Dasheng spend so lavishly, losing 10,000 yuan in the first round, and immediately panicked, hastily taking back the 10,000 yuan. "What's wrong with you? The cards haven't even been dealt yet!"

  Chen Daxing helplessly glanced at Liu Yunshi, but saw Liu Yunshi awkwardly smile at He Liang, reluctantly pulled out a 10,000 yuan bill from the stack and threw it onto the center of the table. "I... we'll go with 100 yuan!"

  Everyone's face twitched violently, and Chen Dabing was even more embarrassed. Li Baozi hurriedly reminded, "Miss Liu, each bet must not be less than 1,000 yuan!"

  "Ah?" Liu Yunshi's face suddenly turned as bitter as a cucumber, unsure of what to do.

  "How about it, are you still playing or not?" He Liang looked at Chen Da Sheng with some impatience.

  Chen Dasheng snatched the stack of banknotes from Liu Yunshi's hand and threw it onto the table in the middle, "Don't be on familiar terms with women!"

  "Chen Dasheng, you've killed me!" Liu Yunshi was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood. With a total of only 100,000 yuan, if Chen Dasheng continued to play like this, he would probably lose everything in just one round.

  "Poetry sister, stop messing around!" Guo Hui hastily stepped forward and pulled Liu Yunshi, although he didn't know if Chen Dasheng could win, but this was his last straw to cling to.

  Liu Yunshi stamped her foot heavily and retreated to one side with gritted teeth.

  "It's your turn to speak, Lao Hei!" Li Kunzi turned his face towards He Liang after Chen Daxing placed his bet.

  "Don't go!"

  He Liang took a deep look at Chen Dashi and directly threw away his cards, not choosing to follow the bet, allowing Chen Dashi to win a thousand yuan.

  Chen Dashi's mouth curved up, and only then did he reveal his own hand to take a look. It turned out to be a pair of Qs, which could be considered a pretty big hand, but he had no idea what He Liang's hand was.

  He Liang looked at Chen Dashi's card, and a faint arc appeared at the corner of his mouth. Although he hadn't seen his own cards either, he was very clear in his heart that it was a very bad hand, not worth competing with Chen Dashi.

  Liu Yunshi patted her chest, looking like she had narrowly escaped disaster. Fortunately, Chen Dajie had won, and Guohui let out a sigh of relief. Looking at Chen Dajie's unchanged expression, he felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

  Right after the second card was dealt, it was He Liang's turn to speak. He picked up his card and looked at it, a hint of a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. He directly picked up a stack of cash and said, "10,000!"

  "Is he also betting 10,000?" Chen Daxing's heart tightened, and from He Liang's face, it was impossible to tell whether he was confident or bluffing.

  Chen Dasheng picked up his own cards and took a look, two 3s and one 2, the smallest possible small pair.

  Go or not? After a brief thought, Chen Dashi decided to bluff and directly followed with 10,000. After all, it was a pair, although small, but losing would be a pity.

  "Haha! I'll add another 10,000! Kid, let me remind you, the money in your hand isn't a lot!" He Liang saw Chen Dashi follow the bet, and without hesitation, he threw in another 10,000.

  He Lian didn't seem to be backing down, Chen Daxing felt a bit intimidated. Indeed, he didn't have much money on hand, and the small pair wasn't worth going all out with He Lian over. The 10,000 yuan he had just bet was also an impulsive move. He dared to guarantee that even if he added another 10,000 yuan, He Lian would still follow suit.

  "No way!" After some thought, Chen Dashi decisively gave up.

  He Liang gave a faint smile, and waved the three cards in his hand at Chen Dasheng. Chen Dasheng took a look, and his face suddenly became radiant. The cards in He Liang's hand were surprisingly the same as his own, also two 3s and one 2.

  "Haha, kid, you only know that Lian Ge is a mahjong master, but unfortunately, you don't know that Lian Ge started out playing poker. You're actually brave enough to play 'Exploding Gold Flower' with Lian Ge? That's simply asking for death!" Seeing Chen Da Sheng lose a round, Bai Yi Ah Hu suddenly burst into loud laughter.

  "Come on!" Chen Dasheng let out a long sigh and ignored Bai Yutu's words, instead letting Li Pangzi continue dealing the cards.

  In the following games, Chen Dashi had wins and losses, but when he won, it was often just a small amount of money, while losing was a big loss. When his cards were good, He Liang wouldn't follow, but when his cards were bad, He Liang would stubbornly follow, rarely making mistakes.

  "No way!" Chen Dashi originally wanted to bluff He Liang with a bad hand, but unexpectedly lost another 200,000 yuan.

  The 100,000 yuan in cash he had was now down to just over 40,000. Chen Dasheng's forehead was sweating profusely. At this rate, the remaining money would soon be gone too.

  "He seems to be able to see through my cards!"

  Chen Daxing looked at He Liang, but He Liang had a relaxed and mysterious expression. Chen Daxing could even see a hint of disdain in his eyes.

  "Has he cheated?" Chen Dabing's two eyebrows were tightly furrowed together. He had suggested playing Exploding Gold Flower, and had already anticipated that He Liang might cheat, but with his keen eyesight, he hadn't detected any suspicious signs of cheating from He Liang, unless...Li Baozi was the problem.

  With this idea in mind, Chen Dashi's eyes carefully examined He Liang and Li Kuai's bodies, wanting to see if they had any secret signals.

  "What? Is he... is he cheating?"

  Just as Li Baozi started to shuffle the cards, Chen Dasheng finally discovered that He Liang's two eyes were staring at the cards in Li Baozi's hand.

  Li Baozi shuffled the cards at an incredible speed, each card flying out of his hands and reassembling in a flash, the surroundings were extremely quiet, with only the sound of "dada" echoing, but He Liang's sharp eyes didn't even blink once.

  "He really is counting cards!" Chen Dabing suddenly realized, no wonder this guy seemed to be able to see through his own cards, it turned out he was counting cards.

  Being able to memorize the sequence of fifty-two playing cards in an extremely short period of time requires not only a heavenly memory, but also super strong eyesight. Hei Liang is not simple at all.

  Having figured out the joint, Chen Dabing's heart sank instead. The cards had all been seen through by his opponent. Was there any point to this gamble anymore?

  Unexpectedly met a master, He Liang is absolutely a professional gambler, no doubt about it, this game I will definitely lose.

  Chen Dasheng clenched his fists tightly, originally intending to use underworld tactics to win back the money Guo Hui had lost, but it seemed necessary to take some measures, directly using violent conquest?

  "Wait!"

  Just as Li Baozi finished washing the cards and was about to let Chen Dasheng cut them, Chen Dasheng suddenly waved his hand and stopped him. The people next to him, including Liu Yunshi, were all startled by Chen Dasheng's sudden loud voice.