"Leng Xiangwen found a loophole," Zhuang Qiyan said.
"How could there be a loophole?" Song He found it inconceivable. "Those Gambling Games had been tested over centuries by countless idiots who had lost everything. Their rules were practically as unbreakable as theorems."
"Do you remember what I just said? Leng Xiangwen discovered that the rules of the old Gambling Games were full of traps. They really were unbreakable," Zhuang Qiyan said. "But there were new-style Gambling Games."
"The casino regularly introduced new ways to gamble to attract gamblers to try them out. It was like a restaurant coming out with new dishes. Whether they tasted good or bad, there would always be curious people willing to try them."
"Leng Xiangwen saw the rules for one of those new Gambling Games. He didn't notice anything at the time because the client had come downstairs, and he was busy discussing business with him."
"The deal wasn't finished that day. The client was like an archaeologist studying bamboo slips from a Han dynasty tomb, scrutinizing the contract practically character by character. The process dragged on for an extremely long time, so that night Leng Xiangwen could only sleep in a guest room at the casino."
"But he'd taken stimulants, so he couldn't sleep. He was wired. His thoughts were a mess, and he suddenly remembered the rules of the new Gambling Game he'd seen that day. He found them fascinating because the mathematical principles behind most Gambling Games were simple, while the mathematical model hidden behind this new set of rules was extraordinarily complex."
"Since he couldn't sleep anyway, Leng Xiangwen sat up and used paper and pen to work out the mathematical model behind those rules. The more he wrote, the more complicated it became. The depth of the mathematics involved stunned