Chapter 47 Fight the Landlord
"Xiao Han, what shall we bet on?" Li Dapang walked over.
"Let me see." Xiao Han calmly glanced at Li Dapang.
"Mm!" Li Dapang nodded.
Xiao Han observed the gambling scene very calmly, and in the end, he set his sights on Fight the Landlord. A game of Fight the Landlord among three players used only one deck of cards, totaling fifty-four cards. Excluding the Landlord card, each player only had seventeen cards in hand. Xiao Han had a good chance of winning at Fight the Landlord.
Therefore, he took the initiative to find the casino manager and expressed his willingness to play Fight the Landlord.
Soon, the casino contacted two other gamblers who also wanted to play Fight the Landlord, and the three of them made up a table. On the third floor, no matter the type of gambling, the minimum was fifty thousand chips to start. Thus, Xiao Han had to be cautious and careful.
The table was large, effectively preventing cheating.
The dealer dealt the cards at a swift pace.
Xiao Han had a good hand and decisively picked up the trump card after getting the Landlord card. The trump card wasn't bad either—a small joker, an ace, and a jack.
He quickly assembled a pair of jokers, two pairs of twos, and a smooth run of cards in his hand. However, Xiao Han remained very composed. The two opposing gamblers appeared shrewd. Their eyes were fixated on Xiao Han's, as if trying to discern something from them. Soon, they realized they were wrong; although Xiao Han looked young, his calmness did not match his age.
"A pair of threes!" Xiao Han played his cards first.
His opponent followed suit immediately; Xiao Han's previous play had blocked the path for his small pairs with a pair of century eggs.
"A pair of aces!" Xiao Han didn't back down.
The two opponents hesitated, then laughed, "Young man, being too hot-tempered is not good."
"Young people need to be more spirited!" Xiao Han replied indifferently.
"Your move!" they laughed.
"A straight." Xiao Han immediately played a straight.
"Can't beat it!" The opponents shook their heads one after the other.
"Three jacks with an extra card!" Xiao Han said with a smile.
"Triple kings!" The opponent immediately snapped it up.
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"A pair of jokers!" There was already a hint of victory on Xiao Han's face. The pair of jokers was the highest card combination. No one could beat it.
The opponents immediately let out hisses of defeat. Xiao Han quickly threw down the last pair in his hand.
"Landlord wins!" The dealer immediately announced.
With a base of fifty thousand, plus a bomb, Xiao Han won two hundred thousand at once. When he received the chips, Big Fatty was so excited he almost jumped up. Earning two hundred thousand in one go—wasn't this money coming too easily?
Today, Xiao Han was quite lucky, and his hands were on fire. Plus, with his powerful brain, by combining his own cards with the three Landlord cards, as well as the opponents' playing style, Xiao Han was completely able to calculate what cards the opponents had in their hands. Now that he could work out the opponents' hands, Xiao Han's probability of winning was basically seventy to eighty percent.
Unless the cards were very poor, he would lose; otherwise, he was almost sure to win.
In one afternoon, the number of chips on Xiao Han's table grew more and more. From an initial seventeen or eighteen thousand to later seventy or eighty thousand, and at the most, it piled up to one million eight hundred thousand. The two opponents grew more and more anxious as they played, forming a stark contrast with Xiao Han's calm. A crowd had gathered around this table of Fight the Landlord.
Xiao Han holding tens of thousands of chips and earning up to one million eight hundred thousand in one go utterly astounded everyone.
Li Dapang was wide-eyed on the side, wanting to persuade Xiao Han to take the chance to leave. But Xiao Han seemed to have no intention of leaving and was very calmly responding to the game.
"Four fives, I blow you away!" The opponent was indeed restless.
Xiao Han used a pair of twos to easily draw out the opponent's bomb, laughed, and said, "Can't follow that!"
"You've got times when you can't follow?" The opponent glared at Xiao Han through gritted teeth, "Watch out, a straight!"
"Can't follow!" Xiao Han still chose to hold back.
"A pair of fours!" The opponent was already prepared to escape.
"A pair of sixes!" Xiao Han quickly played his small pair, and as long as he got past this pair of sixes, he would win.
"I eat you!" The opponent threw out a pair of aces. Since three twos had already been played, a pair of aces was considered the highest from how the cards looked.
"A bomb!" Xiao Han's mouth slightly curved upward.
To his opponent's great shock, indeed, Xiao Han nonchalantly threw out four threes.
The smallest bomb, Xiao Han had not dared to bring it out until now. And the opponent hadn't paid any attention to the emergence of threes on the table. They were suddenly bombed and stunned. At last, Xiao Han easily laid down his final card.
"Landlord wins!" The dealer said solemnly.
"Not playing anymore, not playing anymore!" The opponent stood up, his eyes bloodshot. Having lost over a million to that kid in one afternoon, he indeed felt very unlucky. The cards were good, but at every turn, they were thwarted by that kid Xiao Han. The other opponent, however, seemed quite composed.
He was wearing a wine-red suit, hair immaculate, not very old, roughly twenty-five or twenty-six years old, clearly some rich family's offspring.
Just as Xiao Han was getting ready to collect his chips and leave, the opponent stood up, smiling, "Hello, my name is Mo Shaocong. What do I call you, brother?"
"My name is Xiao Han." Xiao Han said with a smile.
"Judging from your accent, you sound like you're from Z Province in the Mainland?" Mo Shaocong asked curiously.
"Yes, that's right." Xiao Han looked at the other party in surprise.
"I'm from the provincial city of Z Province." Upon hearing this, Mo Shaocong burst into laughter, saying, "I never expected to meet a fellow townsman in Macau. That's quite something."
"I'm from LJ City." Xiao Han hastily shook hands with him.
This was Xiao Han's first time engaging socially as an adult. When out in the world, mingling in society, one had to understand some social etiquette to some extent. Seeing that Xiao Han was young and feeling an instant rapport, Mo Shaocong smiled and said, "Brother Xiao Han, how about... we find a place to have a couple of drinks?"
"Sure." Xiao Han nodded.
"Let's go, I'll take you!" Mo Shaocong said with a laugh.
"I need to exchange my chips first," Xiao Han hastily said.
"Okay." Mo Shaocong waited at the entrance.
Xiao Han quickly headed to the third floor's exchange. The third floor's exchange supported cash and card transactions. Fortunately, Xiao Han had brought the new bank card he had specifically acquired, as if he had anticipated winning money in Macau. However, what he hadn't expected was how easy it was to win money in Macau. He had won over two million in just one afternoon.
It was simply too outrageous. This could only mean that Macau casinos were full of wealthy but naive gamblers.
After deducting the handling fee and commission, two hundred and twenty-eight thousand was transferred to Xiao Han's bank card from the two million and thirty thousand won.
"This is awesome!" Li Dapang danced around in excitement and said, "Xiao Han, I've never seen so much money in my life."
"Me neither!" Xiao Han laughed.
"Oh my God, with so much money, how are we going to spend it?" Li Dapang said excitedly.
"Over two million seems like a lot, but it's actually not," Xiao Han glanced at Li Dapang and said, "To the wealthy, this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket."
"Impossible!" Li Dapang refused to believe.
The two headed towards the main entrance. At the entrance, Mo Shaocong was smiling warmly at Xiao Han with a cigarette in his mouth.
Upon exiting, an Alphard minivan awaited outside. A man in a white shirt and black suit hastened to open the car door, respectfully saying, "Young Master Mo!"
"To Central!" Mo Shaocong replied, adding, "I'm going to take my friend out for drinks."
"Yes!" The suit-clad man immediately nodded.
Xiao Han and Li Dapang followed and got into the car. Li Dapang sat in the back row, while Xiao Han and Mo Shaocong sat in the middle two most comfortable seats. Mo Shaocong laughed, "Xiao Han, you're quite good at cards."
"Just so-so, it's just my lucky day today," Xiao Han chuckled and said, "Big Brother Mo, seeing as I've won some money today, why don't I treat you tonight?"n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
"Ha ha..." Mo Shaocong laughed out loud, "Brother, the money you've won today doesn't count for much in my eyes. And besides, I'm a few years older than you, how could I let you pay?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiao Han nodded repeatedly.
Xiao Han could tell that Mo Shaocong's status was likely not simple. Having the ease of coming and going in a casino, and talking with such wit and humor, he was clearly someone of wealth or nobility. However, as for the sensitive topics of identity and background, Xiao Han would absolutely not take the initiative to pry.
Nowadays, with the tight atmosphere in the country, no one wanted to expose their identity in a casino.
The car sped on the freeway, and half an hour later, they arrived at their destination.
Macau Central Road had several high-end bars. It was the time of dusk, and the streetlights were all lit. Central's nightlife was considered the most beautiful in Macau. Li Dapang was excited, snapping photos with his phone, having never seen such a beautiful night scene before, so it was natural for him to be thrilled. Xiao Han, on the other hand, was much calmer.
"Brother Xiao, this isn't your first time in Macau, is it?" Mo Shaocong asked.
"First time here!" Xiao Han looked at Mo Shaocong, saying, "And it's also my first time in a casino."
"I wouldn't have guessed it." Mo Shaocong laughed.
"You're kind to say so." Xiao Han laughed awkwardly.
"Looking so composed on your first visit to Macau, one can imagine you must be someone who's seen the world," Mo Shaocong said with a slight smile.
The car arrived at the bar, where there were plenty of handsome men and beautiful women at the entrance. Macanese had a rich nightlife; the young men and women here had a habit of hitting the bars. Stepping through the main entrance, one could hear the boisterous rock music from inside. The bar manager enthusiastically greeted Mo Shaocong.
"Young Master Mo, would you like a girl to accompany you today?" The bar manager greeted Mo Shaocong with a smile.
"The usual!" Mo Shaocong strode in, completely disregarding the bar manager's enthusiasm.
"Got it!" The bar manager immediately nodded.
Xiao Han and Li Dapang were first-timers in a bar, where they saw many attractive and sexy girls. Many came directly to the bar to unwind after work, and of course, there were also girls employed by the bar to entertain guests.
Mo Shaocong led Xiao Han and Li Dapang straight to a sofa area. Once seated, the bar manager brought over a line of girls.
"Xiao Han, which girl do you want?" Mo Shaocong asked.