The next day.
While Wang Haoran was out cruising in his Cullinan, he received important information from the Detective Agency regarding Chu Bai's whereabouts.
Chu Bai had entered an Underground Casino.
"Looks like I guessed right."
Wang Haoran was not surprised by the news.
Having read countless web novels, Wang Haoran knew that protagonists with an X-ray Vision Ability generally had two ways to make money quickly.
One was Gambling Stones, and the other was gambling.
There were no Gambling Stones venues in Qingling City. To gamble on stones, one generally had to travel out of town.
That was too much trouble.
Wang Haoran immediately told the driver to head for the Underground Casino.
About fifteen minutes later, he arrived at his destination.
Judging by the time, Chu Bai had already been gambling for a while.
But Wang Haoran was in no hurry.
Chu Bai came from a poor family, so his capital had to be limited. With so little money, winning thirty thousand yuan would certainly take some time.
Besides, as the protagonist, Chu Bai might not have been exceptionally clever, but he definitely was not stupid. Even if he could win thirty thousand in a short time, he would not do so. It would draw too much attention.
Wang Haoran entered the Underground Casino's chip exchange counter.
A young woman dressed provocatively asked:
"Handsome, how many chips would you like to exchange for?"
"Five hundred thousand."
"F-Five hundred thousand? Are you sure?"
The young woman froze.
This Underground Casino was not very large. Even gamblers who exchanged fifty thousand yuan in chips at once could be considered major clients.
She had never seen anyone exchange five hundred thousand yuan in chips all at once.
"Use the card. The password is six sixes."
Without wasting words, Wang Haoran handed over his card.
The young woman operated the machine with a try-it-and-see attitude.
The transaction went through.
It actually worked?
Overjoyed, the young woman had a colleague take over her counter before coming out to personally receive Wang Haoran.
Someone exchanging five hundred thousand yuan in chips at once was a super VIP client!
And judging from his clothes, he looked like a wealthy Young Master who had just arrived.
What a fat sheep!
"Handsome, what would you like to play? I can introduce you to the games." The young woman was all enthusiasm, pressing her boneless body toward Wang Haoran.
But before she could touch him, Wang Haoran stepped sideways.
The disdain in his eyes was obvious.
The young woman felt awkward for a moment and straightened back up.
"I don't like the games here. I want to gamble my way. Five hundred thousand in chips, one round to decide the winner," Wang Haoran said.
"Handsome, this is a small place. With stakes this high, I don't think any gambler here would take you on," the young woman said blankly.
"You can ask your boss whether he is interested."
The young woman immediately went to pass along the message.
A few minutes later, she returned and led Wang Haoran into a private card room.
A bearded man sat beside the gambling table. There was a long scar on his left cheek, and he did not look like someone to provoke.
"Friend, I'll take the bet. Tell me, how do we play?" Scarred Man narrowed his eyes at Wang Haoran.
Wang Haoran had someone bring over a new deck of cards.
"Three Card Poker. But each person gets only one card. Whoever has the higher card wins."
Without cheating, this method was entirely a matter of luck.
Scarred Man gave Wang Haoran a deep look. After hesitating for a long while, he finally said, "Fine."
After the deck was shuffled, Wang Haoran and Scarred Man each drew a card.
Wang Haoran remained calm and did not rush to look at his card.
Scarface Man looked composed, but he was actually rather nervous inside.
He had run a Casino for many years and had gambled with plenty of people, but this was the first time he had played a single round with stakes this high.
Scarface Man carefully revealed his card. When he saw that it was an Ace of Hearts, he nearly leaped from his seat in delight.
For Wang Haoran to win, his card would have to be the Ace of Spades.
But the odds of that were far too low.
"Your turn to reveal your card. I don't believe you got the Ace of Spades!" Scarface Man said.
Wang Haoran lifted a corner of his card and took a look, and his expression immediately turned strange.
He had not expected his luck to be this good.
Unfortunately, he was not here to win money.
"Looks like my luck was a little worse. You win." Without revealing his card, Wang Haoran pretended to be angry and tossed it into the full deck.
Losing five hundred thousand yuan at once did not pain Wang Haoran in the least.
It was only pocket money, anyway.
There was still over three hundred thousand yuan left on his card.
If he ran out, he could just call his bargain-bin parents.
Before long, another million yuan in pocket money would arrive.
Across from him.
Scarface Man finally let out a full breath of relief, while also rejoicing at earning five hundred thousand yuan in one go.
"Friend, you were playing so big that I thought you were a cheat here to smash up my place."
"I'm not a cheat. But I did see a cheat enter your Casino just now." Seeing Scarface Man bring it up, Wang Haoran picked up the thread and turned to the main topic.
This was his true purpose.
Losing five hundred thousand was only to make himself familiar and earn some goodwill.
That would make the conversation easier.
"The rules of my Casino are simple. Anyone who dares to cheat loses a hand. Who is this cheat you're talking about? Once I catch him, I definitely won't let him off." Scarface Man radiated killing intent.
"You have surveillance cameras here, right?"
"Of course. That's essential."
"Then could you show me the way?"
Very soon, Scarface Man led Wang Haoran to a surveillance room.
There were dozens of high-definition feeds from the Casino in the surveillance room. Every gambling table and every gambler could be observed.
Whenever a game was underway, someone was specifically assigned to watch the feed.
First, to prevent anyone from causing trouble; second, to guard against cheating.
For those who ran Casinos, reputation was extremely important.
They utterly despised the existence of cheats.
"That's him."
Wang Haoran found Chu Bai in one of the surveillance feeds.
He was playing at a big-or-small betting table.
"Replay the footage and see if there's anything suspicious," Scarface Man ordered.
The staff in the surveillance room examined the footage frame by frame, but found no signs of cheating.
"Friend, there's nothing wrong with the person you mentioned," Scarface Man said with a frown.
"He is the personal disciple of a top-tier cheat. His techniques are too brilliant. Even if you stood beside him and watched carefully, you still wouldn't be able to tell, much less from surveillance footage." Wang Haoran began bluffing.
"You can have someone check how much capital he had when he came in, and how much he has won now," Wang Haoran suggested.
Scarface Man immediately had someone look into it, and the results came back quickly.
When Chu Bai arrived, he had exchanged twelve hundred yuan in chips. He had played at five tables, though he had only been playing big or small. So far, he had played roughly nineteen rounds.
His record was ten wins and nine losses.
Those numbers looked perfectly normal.
Chu Bai had indeed been very cautious in order not to draw attention.
But some things could not be hidden no matter how careful one was.
He had won sixteen thousand yuan!
An average record, yet he had won so much money.
Clearly, he won big and lost small.
"This kid's luck is way too good, isn't it?" Scarface Man asked suspiciously.
Gambling luck was a mysterious thing. Some gamblers occasionally had incredible streaks of luck and kept winning money.
Scarface Man had seen that sort of situation before.
"His luck is good, and I'd guess it will keep being good until he has won at least thirty thousand yuan," Wang Haoran said casually.
"What do you mean by that?" Scarface Man grew puzzled.
"I heard that many cheats make rules for themselves to avoid risks, and I happen to know his rule." Wang Haoran noticed Scarface Man's brow knotting tighter and tighter, and knew the time was about right. Pretending to check the time, he continued:
"The last time I played at another Casino, I happened to learn about that cheat. I saw him here today, so I mentioned it in passing. It actually has nothing to do with me.
I still have things to do, so I'll be leaving first. I'll come play again next time."
After saying that, he ignored Scarface Man's questions and left the Casino directly.
After Wang Haoran left, Scarface Man had someone keep an eye on Chu Bai.
Sure enough, just as Wang Haoran had said, Chu Bai's luck was truly good. His chips kept increasing, until he had won around thirty-five thousand yuan before finally stopping.
He really was a cheat!
"People at the entrance, stop that little brat in the white T-shirt with the crew cut!"
Scarface Man gave the order to his underlings through the walkie-talkie.
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