662: Chapter 75: Overwhelming Luck 662: Chapter 75: Overwhelming Luck Betting, or rather gambling—the fruits of victory that acpany risk are always much tastier than anticipated.
Boss Luo enjoys meeting all kinds of guests, such as the guest Liu Zixing, who has proposed a gamble with him.
The Liu family spans three generations, grandfather to grandson, all selling their family bonds here as if under a curse of reincarnation.
But the wish Liu Zixing proposes at this moment seems to be somewhat different—whether good or bad, it is undeniably different.
Being human is perhaps due to this.
“Is it…
not possible?” Liu Zixing asked nervously, looking at the club’s owner…
buying things seems fine, but bringing up a bet…
Is the other party planning to refuse?
“How could it not be?” Luo Qiu smiled slightly, saying: “No matter what kind of goods, it won’t be a problem.
It’s just that the definition of the bet is too broad, I hope you, the guest, can be more specific.
This way, it will be easier for the shop to give you a quote.”
It really is possible!
Liu Zixing’s eyes instantly lit up…
Even if he seemed so embarrassed right now—he came to this place, though he no longer felt the pain of having his ear cut off, from the outside he indeed appeared extremely wretched.
Yet at this moment, he seemed to be rejuvenated with a new vigor—that is the look of a drowning person upon seeing a floating piece of wood.
The hope for life is always the best embellishment of this club, bathed in soft candlelight.
Luo Qiu waved his hand and had You Ye invite Liu Zixing to sit down and serve him red tea, then said calmly, “Go ahead.”
“I ask you to gamble with me.” Liu Zixing’s mind was spinning rapidly, “But I need absolutely fair gambling, no matter what kind of project we’re betting on, it must be absolutely fair…
in other words, you cannot use your mysterious and bizarre powers to cheat.”
“Sure.” Luo Qiu nodded…
regardless of the guest’s requests.
Seeing the boss agree directly, Liu Zixing did not feel elated, instead, he calmed further…
because he knew one thing very clearly…
that even though he was so fervent now, he was still several levels behind the other in terms of confidence.
As a fervent gambler, Liu Zixing had not sensed a bit of the gambler’s essence from this boss, who could even be said to never gamble…
yet he agreed directly.
He did not care about winning or losing…
because this boss had extraordinarily horrible resources—such opponents are the most terrifying.
“Regarding the chips for both parties…” Liu Zixing took a deep breath while gazing at Luo Qiu, solemnly saying: “I hope that in your chips, you can include the family ties I’ve already sold.”
“I’m not sure what you intend to use to pay for the cost of gambling with me?
I’m concerned that what you pay might not meet the required chips.” Boss Luo said, “Everything demands sufficient payment…
However, I can guarantee there will be a reconstituted familial bond appearing as chips.”
The family ties Liu Zixing used to pay had long been tossed to the altar by Luo Qiu…
Of course, he could buy them back with his lifespan from the altar, but as a boss, that would unquestionably equal a loss.
Boss Luo, who liked going to the supermarket only on discount days, clearly did not intend to breach his frugality and thrift principles.
“Alright then.” Liu Zixing nodded, knowing he couldn’t ask for more…
for he was already at life’s final predicament, at this moment as long as he could battle for a glimmer of hope, he couldn’t ask for too much.
“I’ve decided…” he looked at Luo Qiu, firmly stating, “To trade my soul for the chance to gamble fairly with you!”
“Are you sure?” Luo Qiu said calmly.
“I’m sure!” Liu Zixing bit his teeth.
Luo Qiu nodded, softly saying: “Then, may I ask what you intend to use as your chips?
I would like to state that even in a fair gambling environment, it is merely an environment for gambling, this shop still wouldn’t accept worldly money as chips.”
“You don’t need to worry, I don’t have money at all.” Liu Zixing chuckled bitterly, then with a fierce face said, “My gamble capital is my life…
the time I am alive!
All my existing minutes and seconds, years, days, months…
That is my chips!!”
“Alright.” Luo Qiu nodded, “Then, when do you plan to start and…
what to bet?”
“Just now.” Liu Zixing glanced at the maid beside him, although she was exquisitely beautiful, in the eyes of a gambler, such beautiful things are not worth as much as a piece of chips on the table, so he directly said: “Give me a coin!”
You Ye easily fetched a most ordinary coin and delivered it to Liu Zixing’s hand.
He picked up the coin and examined it carefully for a while before asking, “How much gamble capital do I have?”
Boss Luo said indifferently: “The money you owe the casino cannot be paid back.
But the casino won’t really take your life because, for them, it means getting nothing.
However, they will maximize the exploitation of your value.
After that, you will be sold for hard labor.
Hmm…
Forty years later, you die from exhaustion due to overwork.
Therefore, you have forty years of gamble capital.”
“This…
is my future?
Forty years!” Liu Zixing’s face changed dramatically, suddenly hearing of his future tragic destiny, a fear from the depths of his heart erupted—because this place can do anything, he didn’t even need to doubt the authenticity of what this boss says!
“Because you don’t have the courage to mit suicide.” The boss stated calmly.
Liu Zi moved his lips but couldn’t say a word.
Yet, Liu Zixing’s gaze suddenly brightened, eyes smiling, under tremendous pressure, his thinking leap speed incredibly increased, “It seems before even starting, I have already gained.”
Boss Luo said indifferently: “How do you see that.”
Liu Zixing solemnly said: “My future…
this time I learned about my future without any cost, didn’t I?
If in a normal situation, I’m afraid I’d need to pay an unusually large price to foresee my future, right?
Yet now, because you had to calculate my gamble capital, you had to tell me.”
“The guest is really smart.” The maid Ms.
Ren added another cup of hot tea for Liu Zixing, gently praising.
Boss Luo neither affirmed nor denied, sipping from his cup, then said: “So then, the guest plans to bet using the coin toss method, correct?”
Liu Zixing pondered for a moment, cautiously said, “If I want to leave safely from Brother Panther and his group, how much should I wager?”
“Guest, could you specify whether you intend to pletely resolve this matter or just hope to leave without regard for what happens afterward?” Luo Qiu said calmly.
“The latter!” Liu Zixing quickly said…
evidently, the former requires a larger wager.
“In that case…
Please wager ten days of life as the stake.” Luo Qiu said with a gentle laugh.
Liu Zixing nodded, then directly extended his palm in front of Luo Qiu, revealing the coin the maid delivered, “Then, let me toss…
I choose the side with the word ‘public’!”
“Words.” Luo Qiu smiled, and just when Liu Zixing was about to toss, he suddenly said: “Guest, you mentioned absolute fairness…
So, it also means you need to maintain fairness.”
Liu Zixing’s face slightly changed, paused his hand that was about to toss the coin, then flicked the coin with his thumb.
The silver coin was spinning rapidly upward in the air, making a buzzing noise.
The two rapidly rotating sides seemed to transform into black and white, one side representing him and the other representing the boss, one side like hell and the other symbolizing heaven.
When the potential energy of the coin’s ascent was finally exhausted and it began to fall, Liu Zixing couldn’t take his eyes off it.
He instinctively intended to reach out and catch it…
catch his fate.
He had long been holding his breath, with sweat covering his forehead…
finally, the coin landed on the back of his hand.
Liu Zixing gulped instinctively, his hand trembling as he slowly moved it away…
The result was out.
…
…
The sound of fierce dogs was no longer loud, but in this room filled with dark red light, there were still so many fierce dogs.
They were just lying on the ground asleep, ready to wake up at any moment…
Liu Zixing also came back to his senses.
Returning suddenly to such a sinister place from a mildly lit environment made him highly unfortable, while the pain of having his ear cut off returned to him once more, causing extreme disfort.
At the time, the opened lock of the dog cage was a pleasant surprise to him!
Liu Zixing held the wound on his ear with one hand, pushed open the door of the cage, crawled out, and then tiptoed to relax his breathing, quickly opening the door on this side, and leaving.
Brother Panther seemed no longer in this dog farm, and the remaining few subordinates were in another room in the kennel, playing cards and drinking beer.
Liu Zixing carefully ran past these people, his heart pounding wildly all the way, escaping this place — there was no way around it, after all, the stakes he bet were too small, thus he could only win such a chance to escape, and throughout the process, he couldn’t receive any help.
Yet, even just this small opportunity…
it was won after losing four times!
After losing forty days of life, he won this chance from the boss on the fifth round, equivalent to exchanging forty days of life for this opportunity…
It seemed that even though he had used up his soul, he still had longevity as bargaining power…
and he instinctively chose to gamble.
Simply because, gambling allows for small bets to win big.
Liu Zixing didn’t know whether it was worthwhile or not, he just started a desperate run after leaving the dog farm, only slightly relaxing after escaping to the mainland — on a road on the outskirts of the district.
He didn’t see a road sign, unable to temporarily determine the exact location.
Liu Zixing was too exhausted, leaning against a lamppost, gasping heavily.
He looked at the light bulb of the street lamp above, slightly dazzling, unable to see the strands of white hair already appearing in his hair.
Hahaha!!!
But he propped himself up and stood with the lamppost, laughing alone on the deserted road between the mountains.
Perhaps because of the brush with death, perhaps the melancholy, or perhaps simply because at this moment, only the flying insects entwined around the bulb kept him pany.
Or even…
who knows?
He stopped his laughter, then reached into his pocket…
pulling out a coin.
Bet on heads or tails, with absolutely fair conditions, and each win or lose has a fifty percent chance.
“Boss, please e out!”
Luo Qiu’s silhouette seemed to emerge from the darkness, appearing silently at the edge of the lamppost light, “Customer, may I ask what you intend to bet this time?”
Liu Zixing shook his head, stayed silent for a moment before asking, “I need great luck, if I were to purchase it with my life, how much life would it cost?”
“Great luck?
Please be more specific,” Luo Qiu replied calmly.
Liu Zixing thought for a moment and said, “The kind where no matter what you guess, you get it right!
Just strong luck, good fortune!”
The boss under the mask squinted slightly, softly asking, “Then, how long would you need it to last?”
Liu Zixing was taken aback…
Clearly, this boss couldn’t be easily swayed by his words…
Also, it was obviously not feasible to casually acquire a lifetime’s strong luck, “Then, just for one day.”
“Five years,” Luo Qiu offered straightforwardly.
Essentially pressing five years of luck into this one day.
Liu Zixing gritted his teeth and asked again, “Then if I were to bet, what’s the stake?”
Boss Luo calmly said, “A bet with six months of life is enough.”
Liu Zixing was stunned, instinctively saying, “Such a big difference?”
Luo Qiu chuckled lightly, “Of course, given that the condition of absolute fairness between you and me in gambling was agreed upon in advance…
So no matter what kind of luck it is, when gambling between us, it can only be nullified.
Of course, the customer can also change this absolutely fair environment with a larger price…
I hope you can provide it.”
Liu Zixing looked disappointed, having to suppress his wishful thinking…
He once again tossed the coin into the air, quickly declaring, “I’m still picking heads!”
The coin once again spun upward, rotated downward, and finally, with a snap, was pressed onto Liu Zixing’s hand…
His palm slowly moved away at last.
When the side of the coin facing up appeared before the boss and Liu Zixing, Liu Zixing’s eyes widened immediately, his breathing growing rapid.
At this moment, Boss Luo laughed softly, “The current time is one twenty-three and fifteen seconds in the morning…
So, before this time tomorrow, make sure to enjoy your luck.”
Before early morning tomorrow…
powerful luck!
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