Two Against Four

"Lawyer Lin!"

Qin Yao stood up in surprise and walked over.

Jiang He frowned and asked with some confusion, "You... why were you in there for so long?"

Lin Sizhi looked at her and said somewhat inexplicably, "The game rules didn't say you couldn't stay in there."

Jiang He was momentarily speechless. She wanted to say more, but quickly deflated and lowered her head in silence.

Qin Yao quickly explained, "Sister Jiang He, Lawyer Lin, neither of you are wrong. There's no need to argue over something like this.

"I'm sorry, Lawyer Lin. Because we were one person short earlier, we lost badly in the bet with Community No. 3. So Sister Jiang He probably thought having one more person would increase our chances of winning.

"But it's not your fault, don't take it to heart."

Jiang He sighed quietly, "I didn't say it was his fault either."

Lin Sizhi looked at the rules on the big screen. They were no different from what he had written in the proposal earlier.

"How did you lose?"

Qin Yao briefly explained the cause and effect of the multiplayer gambling table.

Lin Sizhi looked at the chips in his hand and fell into thought.

Qin Yao continued, "Lawyer Lin, what are you planning to do next?

"Why not just accept the loss? Either way, you lose 10,000 chips whether you play on the multiplayer table or not."

Lin Sizhi looked at the countdown on the big screen. "But there's still plenty of time, and sitting around doing nothing is pointless.

"Why don't we play a few rounds with them?"

Hearing Lin Sizhi's tone, Qin Yao couldn't help but be startled.

"Lawyer Lin, are you planning to gamble seriously with them?

"Please don't think that way. They are all very skilled, and...

"There are four of them, they have a lot of chips, and they cooperate well. You have no chance against four of them."

Lin Sizhi spread his hands. "But you lost 26,000 chips. Don't you want to win it back?"

The three looked at each other.

"Win? How can we win? By hoping our luck suddenly explodes? That's completely unrealistic," Jiang He shook her head repeatedly.

She and Su Xiucen were both dejected and just wanted to stay away from the gambling table at this moment.

Qin Yao hesitated. "I do! But... how can we do it?"

Lin Sizhi took a chip worth 2,000 from his pocket and fiddled with it between his fingers. "One person truly has no chance, but with two, there's still an opportunity."

Qin Yao looked at her dwindling chips. "But I only have 7,000 chips left."

Lin Sizhi was unconcerned. "It's okay, I'll wait fifteen minutes for you to get some."

Qin Yao was a little surprised. "Get some?"

"Yes," Lin Sizhi pointed to the chip exchange area nearby.

Jiang He couldn't stand it anymore and stood up abruptly. "Yao Yao, absolutely do not get carried away by gambling!

"Going to draw blood to get chips is too dangerous!

"If we leave now, we can still exchange for several thousand minutes of visa time, so it won't be a complete loss. But if you lose too much blood..."

Lin Sizhi remained noncommittal.

Jiang He became even angrier. "Lawyer Lin, are you a gambling expert?"

Lin Sizhi shook his head. "I'm not. In fact, I've never gambled before this. But winning the game isn't the only way."

Jiang He wanted to say more, but Qin Yao stopped her.

"Sister Jiang He, I believe Lawyer Lin has his reasons for doing this. Don't worry, I won't draw too much."

Jiang He sat back down somewhat angrily. Clearly, the idea of drawing blood for chips still made her instinctively resistant and repulsed.

"Once you go in, do as I say."

Before Qin Yao entered the booth, Lin Sizhi lowered his voice and gave a few simple instructions.

Qin Yao's eyes widened instantly. "Ah? You can do that?"

Lu Xinyi continuously flicked a chip into the air with her thumb, letting it land back in her palm.

Lu Mingxuan leaned back in his chair, somewhat bored.

He glanced at the time on the big screen again.

46:48

46:47

Time passed too slowly.

More than ten minutes had passed since they easily defeated Jiang He. They had nothing to do during this time and were bored waiting.

"These opponents are too stupid. If the opponents in the gallery are all at this level, then..."

Lu Mingxuan was interrupted by Lu Xinyi halfway through his sentence.

"Don't underestimate any opponent."

Although Lu Mingxuan was much older than Lu Xinyi, he could only bow his head and say obediently, "Yes."

Even though they had only been in Community No. 3 for one day, everyone admired Lu Xinyi from the bottom of their hearts.

Whether in or out of the game, Lu Xinyi had established absolute authority.

If Lu Xinyi hadn't devised such a meticulous plan from the beginning and played the three stupid women from the opposing community like a fiddle, they wouldn't have won so easily.

Suddenly, Lu Mingxuan noticed that Lu Xinyi's gaze had been fixed on the young man from Community No. 17 who was the last to come out of the booth.

"Old Lu."

"Hmm?"

"What do you think he was doing in the booth for so long?"

It was clear that Lu Xinyi was very curious about this.

Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment, "What else could he be doing? He must have been gambling against the Chip Exchange Machine."

This answer clearly did not satisfy Lu Xinyi. "Would someone play a game with such a small chance of winning many times? Is there anyone that stubborn?"

Lu Mingxuan pondered for a moment, "Oh... he might not have played many games. Perhaps he just took a long time to think? After all, there's no time limit for thinking when gambling against the Chip Exchange Machine.

"Besides, if he was lucky and won once, getting a taste of it would be enough to support him in gambling a few more times against the Chip Exchange Machine, despite his disbelief."

Lu Xinyi was still not completely convinced. She turned her head to look at their own chip exchange area and fell into thought.

"I want to go in and take a look again," Lu Xinyi said.

Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment, "There's no need for that. You've already drawn 400ml of blood. It's best not to draw any more.

"The community doesn't have reliable medical facilities. Losing too much blood would not be worth the gain.

"The most crucial point is that the winning odds in this game are simply too low."

Unlike the others, Lu Xinyi had directly drawn 400ml of blood from the start and played four games against the Chip Exchange Machine.

She had originally wanted to play a few more games, but she lost all four games after the cards were dealt.

This also made her give up the idea of continuing to play.

Just as Lu Xinyi was hesitating, she noticed Lin Sizhi and Qin Yao walking over.

"Hello, my name is Lin Sizhi.

"Could we play a game with you?"

Lu Xinyi glanced at the countdown on the big screen.

46:13.

"No problem." After a brief moment of thought, Lu Xinyi smiled and readily agreed.

During the remaining game time, she actually had two choices.

She could either continue to draw blood for chips and gamble against the Chip Exchange Machine, or gamble against Lin Sizhi and Qin Yao.

Although Lu Xinyi was also a little curious why Lin Sizhi could stay in the booth for so long, no matter how she thought about it, gambling against real people had a higher chance of winning and a greater return.

Lu Xinyi had gambled against the Chip Exchange Machine for four rounds and lost all of them.

However, if she gambled against Lin Sizhi, it would be two against four, and the winning odds would be much higher.

Furthermore, based on the situation in the previous game, playing ten games wouldn't take too much time, and it could be finished in about 15 minutes.

After finishing this game, there would still be about half an hour left, which was plenty of time.

She would have enough time to study the Chip Exchange Machine then.

Relatively speaking, chips that were easier to secure should take priority.

Everyone sat down at the gambling table again.

Lu Xinyi sized up Lin Sizhi and asked with some confusion, "You seem very confident, but you are two against four now. You should know the probability of winning, right?"

Lin Sizhi spread his hands, "What can I do? No matter how I try to persuade them, the other two are unwilling to come back.

"Besides, the odds at the gambling table are all illusory."

"In the end, it all comes down to luck.

"I've always been confident in my luck. I've accumulated quite a bit of good karma just now, so it's time for my luck to turn around."