Young Master Shen's Savage Face-Slapping, Tian Heng Is Going to Lose His Mind

It had come too suddenly.

He—had he heard wrong? Were his ears playing tricks on him? Then Tian Heng looked toward the Xu Family Head.

The other man also looked utterly stunned.

"What did you say?" Tian Heng asked. "Did Young Master Shen lose or win?"

Tian Shijiu said, "Young Master Shen won. Won sixteen thousand gold coins!"

That hammered it home.

In an instant!

Tian Heng seemed to have been struck by lightning, almost losing all response at once.

Sixteen thousand gold coins? An astronomical sum! His Prosperity Place gambling house only earned about that much in an entire year.

And even all the money earned by the other four gambling houses combined might not be as much as Prosperity Place alone.

Now it had all been lost to Young Master Shen? Not only had they failed to kill Young Master Shen, they were instead about to have a layer of skin flayed off by him.

But... how was this possible? How superb were Tian Shijiu's gambling skills? He had no equal in all of Xuanwu City! And this was at Prosperity Place, entirely Tian Shijiu's home ground. He could win with his eyes closed.

Even if the God of Gamblers came in person, the only outcome would be losing until even his underpants were gone.

No matter how much imagination Tian Heng had, he could never know that Young Master Shen had X-Ray Vision and could see through every card face. What was the God of Gamblers worth, anyway?

"How did you do it? You lost to a piece of trash?" Tian Heng suddenly grabbed Tian Shijiu by the throat and roared.

He lifted the man clean off the ground.

Tian Shijiu could hardly breathe, tears pouring wildly as he said, "I don't know! It was completely like seeing a ghost. Young Master Shen won every single hand!"

Tian Heng said, "Did he cheat? Did he pull a trick?"

"No, and that's exactly why it was like seeing a ghost!" Tian Shijiu cried.

Tian Heng abruptly looked toward the Xu Family Head, his voice trembling. "Brother Xu, didn't you say this Young Master Shen was a good-for-nothing piece of trash? How does he recognize obscure characters nobody understands, and now even gamble so fiercely?"

Tian Heng's face twitched again and again.

"That vile beast—why won't he just die?" the Xu Family Head hissed.

At this moment, Xu Qianqian walked out and said, "Father, Gang Leader Tian, there is no use getting angry here. Why not go to the scene and see what exactly happened? Then you can adapt to the situation."

That was right. That was the logic.

Tian Heng got up and left at once, heading for his own Prosperity Place gambling house. He did not want to waste even a quarter of an hour.

Just what had Young Master Shen trampled his Prosperity Place into? Xu Qianqian's voice came from behind him.

"Gang Leader Tian, don't forget, the City Lord's Manor and the Prefect's Manor are your backers!"

After Tian Heng heard this, his heart settled slightly.

That was right. With these two backers, there was still room to stir up wind and waves.

He directly mounted his horse and charged quickly toward Prosperity Place.

Only a quarter of an hour later, his fine horse arrived before the grand and luxurious gates of Prosperity Place.

At this moment, the entire gambling house was already a sea of people and a mountain of crowds.

Seeing Tian Heng arrive, countless gamblers and onlookers surged forward like a swarm of bees, saying, "Owner Tian is here! Someone who can make decisions is here! Pay us! Pay us!"

The Incomparably Handsome Young Master Shen walked out and smiled at Tian Heng. "Gang Leader Tian, I trust you've been well. You came at just the right time. I won nineteen thousand gold coins from your gambling house. Go ahead and cash it out."

"Oh, right. These few hundred people also bet along with me and won seven thousand gold coins. Gang Leader Tian, cash theirs out together too."

What? It wasn't sixteen thousand gold coins? It had become nineteen thousand again?

And these few hundred gamblers had also won seven thousand gold coins by following Young Master Shen?

Added together, that was twenty-six thousand? Hearing this terrible news, Tian Heng's vision went black, and he nearly fainted.

Twenty-six thousand gold coins!

Honestly speaking, that was already more than half of Tian Heng's savings.

That was right, he raked in gold every day.

But he was not the only one earning that money. He had to split it with many people.

And he also had to feed several hundred men. His expenses were huge.

If his gambling house lost these twenty-six thousand gold coins and had to cash them out, it would not merely hurt his muscles and bones. It would be... almost bankruptcy.

But if he did not cash them out, his casino's reputation would be swept into the dirt. Who would come gamble here in the future?

A full while passed before Tian Heng finally recovered, and he clearly saw Young Master Shen's extraordinarily pretty little pale face.

You vile beast, how can you be so vicious? Yesterday, when Young Master Shen had threatened him, Tian Heng had not taken it too seriously.

He had even wondered what methods Young Master Shen would use against him. Tian Heng had imagined many, all of them strategies and tricks that looked profound, mysterious, and unfathomable.

He had never expected Young Master Shen's move to be this shameless, this direct.

Say he cheated? Turn the tables and accuse him first? If this had been before, before Young Master Shen had even won a hundred gold coins, his legs would have been broken and he would have been thrown out.

Right now, he was the son-in-law of Earl's Manor. Who in Xuanwu City would dare touch a single hair on his head? At this moment, not only were the four warriors from Earl's Manor standing behind Young Master Shen like tigers watching their prey, several hundred gamblers were also rallying around him.

Despicable Young Master Shen, huh?

Winning by himself wasn't enough; he had dragged several hundred gamblers into winning with him.

Now Young Master Shen had become their hero, and for the sake of their own interests, these several hundred gamblers would advance and retreat together with Young Master Shen.

"Pay up," Young Master Shen said. "Gang Leader Tian, a personage as great as you surely isn't thinking of refusing to settle your debt, are you?"

Tian Heng's face twitched again and again. He truly wanted to chop down with one palm and beat the shit right out of this pretty boy Young Master Shen.

But he didn't dare. He couldn't!

Then, as if changing faces in an opera, Tian Heng revealed another warm smile and said, "Young Master Shen, shall we go inside and talk?"

Young Master Shen thought for a moment, then nodded. "All right."

Then Tian Heng and Young Master Shen walked into Prosperity Place.

Those several hundred gamblers refused to have it. What if Young Master Shen and Tian Heng reached some unspeakable deal and sold them out? "You can't leave! You can't leave! Exchange the chips and pay the money before you leave!" countless gamblers shouted one after another.

Normally, when they saw Tian Heng, they were like mice seeing a cat, but right now, they had strength in numbers, and they also had Young Master Shen, the son-in-law of Earl's Manor, as their backbone.

Besides, gamblers could throw away even their lives for money.

When gamblers won money, they had no idea what fear was.

Young Master Shen said, "Please rest assured, everyone. I absolutely will not sell out your interests. I will definitely give you all a satisfactory explanation."

"Right! Everyone trusts Master Shen."

"Master Shen is the son-in-law of Earl's Manor. How could he possibly fool us?"

"Master Shen, I love you!"

Damn, what had mixed into the crowd here? And just like that, Young Master Shen and Tian Heng entered Prosperity Place.

The four warriors from Earl's Manor stayed close at every step and followed them in together. Then the doors of Prosperity Place shut tight! ...

After entering Prosperity Place, Tian Heng's smile immediately vanished, his face covered in icy coldness.

"Young Master Shen, your methods really are vicious," Tian Heng sneered. "In order to force me to cut off my own arm, in order to make me break both legs of my adopted son Tian Shisan, you actually sank so low as to come gamble. Do you not want Earl's Manor's reputation anymore?"

"Earl's Manor's reputation is naturally necessary," Young Master Shen said seriously. "But my reputation, Young Master Shen's, can be done without!"

"To someone like me, Young Master Shen, what is reputation? A burden, that's what! If my reputation were good, doing one bad thing would ruin me completely. If my reputation is rotten, then when I do one good thing, everyone praises me to the skies—amazing, Young Master Shen the prodigal son has returned."

These few sentences instantly choked Tian Heng speechless.

Damn it, when a man was shameless, he was invincible.

Tian Heng said, "All you want is to force me to break Tian Shisan's legs, isn't it?"

Young Master Shen nodded and said, "That's right."

Tian Heng said, "You want to use these nineteen thousand gold coins as leverage to force me to cut off my own arm? Utterly laughable. Am I, Tian Heng, such a shortsighted person? If I break Shisan's legs, what I lose won't merely be two legs, but my authority as well."

Tian Heng had run rampant through Xuanwu City's underworld for many years. Of course he wasn't stupid; he knew the stakes involved.

"Once I do that, everyone will know that I, Tian Heng, lost to a mere little Live-in Son-in-Law like you, and my reputation will be swept across the floor," Tian Heng said coldly. "For a person like me, once I lose my fierce reputation, who will fear me in the future? If money is gone, it can be earned again. But if reputation is gone, then it's over."

By now, Tian Heng had completely calmed down. He picked up his tea and took a sip. "So, Young Master Shen, you want to use nineteen thousand gold coins in exchange for me breaking Tian Shisan's legs? Then you're thinking too much. I'm not that stupid, and you don't need to daydream."

Seeing that Tian Heng had finished his tea, Young Master Shen immediately filled it back up for him. With a sincere expression and a warm voice, he said, "Gang Leader Tian, you've wronged me terribly. When did I ever have such a plan? There's no such thing."

Tian Heng sneered, arms folded, glaring coldly.

He would like to see what other tricks Young Master Shen had up his sleeve. He would just watch him perform; it was as if he had seen through Young Master Shen's plan at a glance.

This vile creature forgot loyalty at the sight of profit. After winning so much money, all he could think of was cashing it in; he had long since thrown the matter of breaking Tian Shisan's legs beyond the highest clouds.

Tian Heng decided that it was impossible for Young Master Shen to take away these nineteen thousand gold coins. Nineteen hundred was more like it. And even then, Young Master Shen would have to open his mouth and beg before he would give him that money.

"I never thought of using these nineteen thousand gold coins to exchange for Tian Shisan's legs at all!" Young Master Shen said. "What I mean is this: Gang Leader Tian, not only do you have to pay me the nineteen thousand gold coins I won, you also have to break both of Tian Shisan's legs!"

Fuck! I'll kill you, you pretty boy!