Two Against Four

"Lawyer Lin!"

Qin Yao stood up in surprise and went to meet him.

Jiang He frowned and asked in confusion, "You... how did you stay in there for so long?"

Lin Sizhi looked at her, somewhat baffled. "The rules never said I couldn't stay in there."

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

Qin Yao hurriedly explained, "Sister Jiang He, Lawyer Lin, neither of you is wrong. There's no need to argue over something like this. Sorry, Lawyer Lin. We were one person short just now, so we lost badly to Community No. 3 at the betting table. Sister Jiang He probably thought that having one more person would improve our odds. But it isn't your fault, so don't take it to heart."

Jiang He silently sighed. "I never said it was his fault."

Lin Sizhi looked at the rules on the big screen. They were exactly the same as what he had written in the proposal before.

"How did you lose?"

Qin Yao briefly explained what had happened at the multiplayer betting 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 don't we just accept the loss? Either way, whether we go to the multiplayer betting table or not, we'll lose ten thousand chips."

Lin Sizhi looked at the countdown on the big screen. "But there's still plenty of time. Just sitting around is boring. Why not play a few rounds with them?"

Hearing the tone in Lin Sizhi's voice, Qin Yao was startled.

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

"Don't think like that. They're all very good, and...

"There are four of them. They have a lot of chips and work well together. You have no chance in a one-against-four."

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

The three women looked at one another.

"Win them back? How? By hoping our luck suddenly explodes? That's completely unrealistic." Jiang He shook her head repeatedly.

She and Su Xiucen both looked dejected. Right now, they only wanted to stay far away from that betting table.

Qin Yao hesitated. "I do! But... how?"

Lin Sizhi took out a 2,000-value chip from his pocket and flipped it between his fingers. "One person really doesn't stand much of a chance, but with two people, there's still an opportunity."

Qin Yao looked at the few chips she had left. "But I only have 7,000 chips."

Lin Sizhi did not mind. "It's fine. I'll wait fifteen minutes. Go get some more."

Qin Yao was surprised. "Get some more?"

"Yes." Lin Sizhi pointed toward the Chip Exchange Area nearby.

Jiang He could not stand it any longer and abruptly rose to her feet. "Yaoyao, don't get carried away from losing!

"Drawing blood just to win your money back is too dangerous!

"If we leave now, we can at least exchange it for a few thousand minutes of Visa Time. It won't be a total loss. But if we lose too much blood..."

Lin Sizhi neither agreed nor disagreed.

Jiang He became even angrier. "Lawyer Lin, are you some kind of gambling expert?"

Lin Sizhi shook his head. "I'm not. In fact, before this, I'd never gambled before. But winning the game doesn't only have to rely on gambling."

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

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

Jiang He sat back down angrily. Clearly, exchanging blood for chips still instinctively repulsed and frightened her.

"Once you're inside, do as I say."

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

Qin Yao's eyes instantly widened. "Huh? We can do that?"

Lu Xinyi continuously flicked a chip into the air with her thumb, then let it fall into her palm.

Lu Mingxuan lounged in his chair in boredom.

He looked at the time on the big screen again.

46:48

46:47

Time was passing far too slowly.

More than ten minutes had passed since they had effortlessly defeated Jiang He. With nothing to do during that time, the wait had become unbearably dull.

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

Lu Mingxuan had only gotten halfway through his sentence when Lu Xinyi interrupted him.

"Never underestimate any opponent."

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

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

Whether inside the game or outside it, Lu Xinyi had established absolute authority.

If Lu Xinyi had not laid out such a meticulous plan from the beginning and toyed with those three stupid women from the other community, they could never have won so easily.

Suddenly, Lu Mingxuan noticed that Lu Xinyi had been staring at the young man from Community No. 17, the one who had been the last to emerge from the cubicle.

"Old Lu."

"Yeah?"

"What do you think he was doing in that cubicle for so long?"

Clearly, Lu Xinyi was very curious about it.

Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment. "What else could he have been doing? He could only have been betting against the Chip Exchange Machine."

Clearly, that answer did not satisfy Lu Xinyi. "Would someone really be stubborn enough to play so many rounds of a game with such low odds of winning?"

Lu Mingxuan pondered for a moment. "Oh... maybe he didn't play that many rounds. Maybe he just took a long time to think? After all, there's no time limit for thinking when betting against the Chip Exchange Machine. And if he got lucky and won once, getting a little taste of success might have been enough to make him keep trying his luck against it."

Lu Xinyi was still not completely convinced. She turned to look at the Chip Exchange Area on their side and fell into thought.

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

Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment. "There's no need, right? You already drew 400 ML of blood. You really shouldn't draw any more.

"There aren't any reliable medical facilities in the community. Losing too much blood would not be worth it.

"Most importantly, the odds of winning that game are just too low."

Unlike the others, Lu Xinyi had directly drawn 400 ML of blood from the start, then played four rounds against the Chip Exchange Machine.

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

That had made her abandon the idea of continuing.

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 round with you?"

Lu Xinyi looked at the countdown on the big screen.

46:13

"No problem." After a brief moment of thought, Lu Xinyi agreed with a smile.

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

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

Although Lu Xinyi was curious about why Lin Sizhi had been able to stay in the cubicle for so long, no matter how she thought about it, betting against real people offered better odds and greater returns.

Lu Xinyi had played four rounds against the Chip Exchange Machine and lost them all.

But against Lin Sizhi, it would be four against two. Their odds of winning would be much higher.

And judging by the previous round, ten games would not take much time. It would probably be over in around fifteen minutes.

After finishing this round, they would still have about half an hour left. There would be plenty of time.

They could still study the Chip Exchange Machine afterward, and there would be more than enough time for that.

Compared to that, chips that were easier to secure should take priority.

Everyone sat down at the betting table again.

Lu Xinyi looked Lin Sizhi up and down and asked in confusion, "You seem very confident, but it's two against four now. You know what the odds of winning are, right?"

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

"Besides, probabilities at the betting table are all meaningless.

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

"I've always been confident in my luck. I built up plenty of good karma just now, so it's about time my fortunes turned around."