In the Opposite Seating private room, the spectators who had been preparing to leave after a meaningless match instantly perked up upon hearing those words.
Wei Guang held a heavy bag of gold in both hands, studying the two people in the arena with great interest and a faintly mocking smile.
Four clerks, in particular, stared at the Long-haired Man with greedy, eerie glints in their eyes.
Though down on his luck, Gu Qingyun still retained a shred of reason. He fixed the man before him with bloodshot eyes, then let out a hoarse laugh after a long while.
"Crippled Ji, do you really think I'd fall for that?
"I have nowhere left to go. My mind is a mess—how could I possibly beat you?
"Don't think that because I've lost miserably, I'll throw everything away. I haven't lost so badly that I'd abandon my bottom line."
If Gu Qingyun had merely suffered from bad luck at first, then his continued losses over such a long period, along with the crushing amount of gold coins he had lost, had gradually eaten away at his sanity.
That was precisely why he had kept losing to Hou Guisheng, gambling away every last bit of room for error.
Even so, he still was not a true "gambler." He understood where the line was.
Ji Li had come all the way from Toy Town to Disk Game because he had set his sights on Gu Qingyun.
Having lost to this extent, Gu Qingyun could hardly be considered a "person" anymore. He was now a starving wolf, and the slightest scent of meat would be enough to manipulate him.
Talking tough was useless.
When Ji Li lifted the hem of his clothes, took out a bulging bag of gold, and tossed it onto the table,