All In?

"Two million per person? You bosses are quite wealthy!" Zhuang Xin picked up the IOU from the table, his gaze calmly sweeping over everyone present.

The five girls had red eyes, gripping the cloth on the table, heads bowed in silence!

They hadn't expected things to escalate to this point just by coming to borrow some money.

"And who is this?" Ma Guan, the general manager of Teng Hui Hotel, stared at Zhuang Xin with a grim expression and an unfriendly tone!

Zhuang Xin wasn't going to be polite. If they wanted to play? Play cards, right? He'd play with them.

He picked up the red wine glass in front of Qiu Qi and drank it in one gulp. Then, he felt the cards on the table and sneered, "I wonder, sirs, how big are you playing?"

"I asked who you are? Kid, didn't you understand?" Ma Guan was no pushover. The two private rooms next door had over a dozen bodyguards eating. If he gave the word, they could grab Zhuang Xin immediately!

Zhuang Xin curled his lips. "I asked how big you're playing, didn't you understand? Do I need to repeat myself a third time?" Zhuang Xin's tone grew colder, feeling his three cards. He continued, "San Gong, right?"

"That's right!" Ma Guan, with a cigarette in his mouth, spread out his cards.

Eight points!

This round was for seven hundred thousand. If he lost.

These girls wouldn't be able to pay it back even if they sold themselves.

Note, it wasn't seven hundred thousand in total, but seven hundred thousand each!

Ma Guan was the banker. For the five girls, that was three million five hundred thousand!

He had inquired about these girls. They had opened a clothing store and set up their own warehouse for wholesale.

Recently, they must have gotten lucky, securing a storefront in the New World Mall and landing a big deal, hence the urgent need for money.

However, for such a small business, even working themselves to death year-round, they'd be lucky to earn a few hundred thousand.

Now they were drowning in debt and lacked capital. Repaying the money was a pipe dream.

The inevitable outcome was nothing more than sleeping with them.

Then, they would give these girls some money and keep them as mistresses.

They had used this tactic many times.

Over the years, how many girls had fallen prey to them?

"Eight, eight points..." Qiu Qi stared at Ma Guan's cards, dumbfounded.

She had seen her own cards; they were only three points.

Since they had arrived, they had won a few rounds at the beginning, but after that, she hadn't gotten a card higher than five.

"Zhuang Xin, maybe... you should leave. This will cause you trouble," Qiu Qi said timidly. If this continued, it would really be over.

She had already decided to pack up and transfer the warehouse and storefront. That should be enough to repay the debt.

At worst, she could start all over again!

The other girls looked ashen. Their cards were also no match for Ma Guan's.

Only Zhuang Xin smiled faintly and laid out his cards.

Nine points!

Seeing the score, Qiu Qi's eyes widened.

This was impossible. She had touched the cards and seen them.

They weren't nine points.

But...

Zhuang Xin spread his hands and said, "My apologies, sir, you lost."

"Lost?" Ma Guan couldn't help but laugh triumphantly. "I've won against eight people. What's losing to you? Four girls, two million eight hundred thousand!"

"Two million seven hundred thousand?" Zhuang Xin didn't even bat an eye. Instead, he slumped back in his chair. "If you want to play, let's play big. Withdraw fifty million from my card, and I'll play a few rounds with you!"

"Fifty million?"

Looking at Zhuang Xin's calm and composed face, the group of bosses was genuinely taken aback.

Could someone who could easily produce fifty million to gamble on a whim be ordinary?

The expressions of the group flickered. Ma Guan finally said, "You say you have fifty million, so you have fifty million? If I said this card has a hundred billion, would anyone believe me?"

"No! Isn't this your hotel? Why don't you have someone bring a machine over to swipe it? Then we'll know!"

"Swipe it, then!"

Ma Guan wasn't one to back down. He immediately made a call, asking someone to bring a machine.

When the machine was brought over, the hotel manager who arrived was stunned.

There really was fifty million!

And not only that, the displayed balance was as high as 1.5 billion.

This sight alone was enough for Ma Guan and the others to realize.

This kid was actually willing to bring out that much money to gamble?

"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 certainly not someone who shied away from trouble.

Even though Zhuang Xin's friend had set this up, he wouldn't admit he was wrong.

"So what if it's fifty million? I can write a check for fifty million too!" Ma Guan took out a checkbook, scribbled down the amount and his name, and tossed a fifty-million-dollar check onto the table.

"This place is too small. The private room next door has a dedicated card and board game room."

Ma Guan stood up and led the way. He entered the private room and immediately shouted, "Bring out the chips!"

Clatter~

The manager carried a large box and pushed a pile of chips, each worth tens of millions, onto the table.

Zhuang Xin looked at the fifty one-million-dollar chips distributed in front of him, his fingers lightly tapping the table.

Qiu Qi had never seen such a scene before. She had also never imagined that Zhuang Xin would casually bring out fifty million dollars to gamble.

Was this still the Zhuang Xin she knew? The ordinary, even somewhat reclusive, Zhuang Xin from school?

The girls who had followed Qiu Qi also ran to her side, looking at Zhuang Xin in shock.

"Qiu Qi, who is this? Is he a friend you called? He's so incredibly rich."

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

A group of girls were dumbfounded.

Handsome, wealthy.

Generous with his money, and willing to spend fifty million to get Qiu Qi out of trouble?

It was clear he was serious about playing, without any hesitation.

Ma Guan's face turned dark. He had initially thought he could just scare Zhuang Xin into backing down.

He didn't expect this kid to be so stubborn!

"Deal the cards!"

Ma Guan knew there was no turning back. He pushed out fifty million in chips, and the female manager began dealing.

Zhuang Xin smiled without saying a word, pushing out twenty chips, a full twenty million. He bet big, his face calm and composed.

It was as if what he pushed out wasn't twenty million, but a pile of scrap paper.

"You!"

Ma Guan was truly startled this time.

Twenty million dollars.

He just pushed it out like that?

This money was enough for an ordinary person to soar to the heavens and live a life of ease forever.

"You're something else!" Ma Guan gasped and pushed out twenty million as well.

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

He had been in Juncheng for so many years, almost monopolizing the large-scale catering industry.

He himself couldn't even count how much money he had made.

"Oh! Boss Ma is generous." Zhuang Xin certainly wouldn't refuse money being sent his way. After the female manager dealt the cards, he flipped his over without batting an eye.

Nine!

Looking at his cards, Ma Guan's hand trembled, and he hesitated to reveal his own.

Had twenty million just gone?

"What? Scared to play?"

"Scared? Who do you think you are? I'd be scared?" Ma Guan flipped his cards. He saw an eight.

He immediately cursed and threw his cards onto the table.

Eight!

Normally, that was a very strong hand.

It could be said to be a guaranteed win with little deviation.

Who knew Zhuang Xin would reveal a nine beforehand?

The twenty million in chips was pushed to Zhuang Xin's side!

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

Whoosh~

As soon as he said this, the room fell silent.

You could hear a pin drop!

Seventy million?

Was he sure this wasn't a game of make-believe?

Even when playing cards, you didn't play like this.

Going all-in right from the start?