All In?

"Two million each? You bosses sure are loaded!" Zhuang Xin picked up the IOUs from the table, his calm gaze sweeping over everyone present.

The five girls all had reddened eyes. They clutched the tablecloth and lowered their heads without saying a word.

They had never expected that coming here to borrow some money would turn into this.

"And who might this be?" Ma Guan, the owner of Teng Hui Hotel, wore a dark expression as he stared at Zhuang Xin, his tone unfriendly.

Zhuang Xin had no intention of being polite with him. They wanted to play? Cards, was it? Then he would play with them.

He picked up the glass of red wine in front of Qiu Qi and drained it in one gulp. Then he touched the cards on the table and sneered. "How big do you gentlemen want to play?"

"I asked who you were. Kid, didn't you understand me?" Ma Guan was no harmless character. More than a dozen bodyguards were eating in the two private rooms nearby. At a single word from him, they could seize Zhuang Xin immediately.

Zhuang Xin curled his lip. "I asked how big you wanted to play. Didn't you understand? Do I have to repeat myself a third time?" His voice grew colder as he felt the three cards and continued, "San Gong, right?"

"That's right!" Ma Guan had a cigarette hanging from his mouth as he spread out his cards.

Eight points!

This round was worth seven hundred thousand. If they lost...

Those girls would not be able to repay it even if they sold themselves.

And that was not seven hundred thousand in total, but seven hundred thousand each!

Ma Guan was the banker. With five girls, that made three and a half million!

He had looked into these girls. They ran a clothing store and had set up a warehouse for wholesale business.

Recently, who knew what kind of luck they had stumbled into? They had actually secured a storefront in New World Mall and landed a major order, leaving them in urgent need of money.

But with such a small business, even if they worked themselves to death all year, they would only make a few hundred thousand at most.

Now they were buried in debt and had no capital. Trying to repay it would be nothing but a fool's dream.

In the end, they would have no choice but to sleep with them.

Then these men would give the girls some money and keep them as mistresses.

They had used this method plenty of times.

Over the years, they had gotten their hands on who knew how many girls.

"Ei-eight points..." Qiu Qi stared at Ma Guan's cards in shock.

She had looked at her own cards. She only had three points.

When they had first arrived, she had won a few rounds. After that, she had not received a hand higher than five.

"Zhuang Xin, why don't... you leave? You'll get into trouble because of us." Qiu Qi was afraid now. If this continued, they would really be finished.

She had already made up her mind. Once she went back, she would package up the warehouse and storefront for transfer. That should be enough to repay the money.

At worst, she could start over from scratch!

The other girls looked ashen as well. Their hands were no bigger than Ma Guan's either.

Only Zhuang Xin smiled faintly and laid out his cards.

Nine points!

Qiu Qi's eyes widened when she saw the total.

That was impossible. She had drawn the cards herself, and she had looked at them.

They clearly had not been worth nine points.

But...

Zhuang Xin spread his hands. "Sorry, boss. You lost."

"Lost?" Ma Guan could not help laughing smugly. "I've beaten eight players. What does it matter if I lose to you? Four girls, two million eight hundred thousand!"

"Two million seven hundred thousand?" Zhuang Xin did not care in the slightest. Instead, he slumped back in his chair. "If we're playing, let's play bigger. Take fifty million from my card. I'll play a few rounds with you!"

"Fifty million?"

Looking at Zhuang Xin's composed face, the group of bosses was genuinely bluffed.

Could someone who casually took out fifty million to gamble possibly be ordinary?

Their expressions shifted uncertainly. In the end, Ma Guan said, "You say you have fifty million, and that means you have fifty million? I could say my card has a hundred billion. Who would believe that?"

"You don't believe me? Isn't this your hotel? Have your people bring over a card machine and swipe it once. Then you'll know."

"Fine, we'll swipe it!"

Ma Guan was not one to hesitate. He immediately made a call and had someone bring over a card machine.

Once the card was swiped, the hotel manager who had brought it over was stunned.

There really was fifty million!

And more than that—the displayed balance was as high as 1.5 billion.

That expression alone was enough for Ma Guan and the others to understand.

This kid really dared to put that much money on the table?

"Fine! You've got guts. Since you want to play, I'll play with you." As one of the tycoons in the hotel industry, Ma Guan was definitely not someone afraid of trouble.

Even if he had set up Qiu Qi's friends this time, he would never admit he was wrong.

"Isn't it just fifty million? I can write a check and get fifty million too!" Ma Guan took out his checkbook and quickly wrote down the amount and his name. He tossed a fifty-million check onto the table.

"This place is too cramped. The private room next door has a dedicated card room."

Ma Guan stood up and led the way. The moment he entered the card room, he called out, "Bring the chips!"

Crash—

The manager carried over a large box and dumped a pile of high-denomination chips worth tens of millions onto the table.

As fifty one-million chips were dealt out in front of him, Zhuang Xin lightly tapped his fingers against the tabletop.

Qiu Qi had never seen such a spectacle. She had never imagined that Zhuang Xin would so casually take out fifty million to gamble.

Was this really the Zhuang Xin she knew? The ordinary, even somewhat withdrawn Zhuang Xin from school?

The girls who had come with Qiu Qi also gathered around her, staring at Zhuang Xin in shock.

"Qiu Qi, who is he? Is he the friend you called? He's way too rich."

"Yeah! If I had a boyfriend like that, I'd be willing to do anything he wanted."

The girls were all dumbfounded.

Handsome and rich.

Generous with money, and he had even thrown out fifty million to help Qiu Qi out of this predicament?

It was obvious he truly intended to play. There was not the slightest hesitation.

Ma Guan's face darkened completely. He had thought he would merely scare Zhuang Xin into backing down.

He had not expected this kid to be so stubborn!

"Deal!"

Knowing there was no way back, Ma Guan pushed out fifty million in chips and had the female manager deal.

Zhuang Xin merely smiled without speaking. He pushed out twenty chips—twenty million in total. He threw money around without batting an eye, his face as calm as still water.

It was as though he had pushed out not twenty million, but a pile of scrap paper.

"You!"

This time, Ma Guan was truly frightened.

Twenty million.

And he had simply pushed it out?

That money was enough to let an ordinary person rise to the top in a single step and live comfortably for the rest of their life.

"You're something else!" Ma Guan drew a sharp breath and pushed out twenty million as well.

He refused to believe that a kid this young could have that much money.

After so many years in Juncheng, he had practically monopolized large-scale dining.

He himself had lost count of how much money he had made.

"Well, Boss Ma is certainly generous." Since Ma Guan was giving him money, Zhuang Xin naturally would not refuse. Once the female manager dealt the cards, he flipped his over without even blinking.

Nine points!

Seeing the cards, Ma Guan's hand trembled. He was so stunned that he did not dare reveal his hand.

Was twenty million just gone like that?

"What? Too scared to play?"

"Scared? Who the hell do you think you are? Why would I be scared?" Ma Guan slapped his cards down. Eight points.

He cursed loudly and threw the cards onto the table.

Eight points!

Under normal circumstances, that was already a very high hand.

Calling it a guaranteed win would not have been much of an exaggeration.

Who could have known Zhuang Xin would reveal nine points first?

The twenty million in chips was pushed over to Zhuang Xin!

Zhuang Xin smiled without speaking and raised a hand to stop the female manager. "Seventy million!"

Crash—

The moment those words fell, the room fell silent.

You could hear a pin drop!

Seventy million?

Were they sure this was not child's play?

Even gambling was not played like this.

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