"Brother Yan, Boss Shen won't kick us out, will he?"
In the darkness, Guo Limin followed close behind Wang Yan and asked uneasily.
"Don't worry. If anyone gets kicked out, it'll be me. What's it got to do with you? Just focus on your work. Don't get any wild ideas just because you saw me win twenty-five thousand in three hours and start thinking about trying it yourself. You'll die badly. You saw that boss, right? That was only the beginning. Do you know what'll happen next?"
"No."
"Once the boss loses all his money, they'll lend him money so he can keep playing. If he loses that too, he'll be meat on the chopping block. If they want him dead, he'll die."
"Can't he just refuse to borrow?"
"You say that now, but when you're really in that situation, you'll definitely borrow." Wang Yan smiled. "You were standing behind me, cheering until your throat was hoarse. Now think about the boss. He could win hundreds of thousands in a single round. He'll keep thinking that the next round will win him back another few hundred thousand. With that thought in his head, he'll keep playing and playing, winning and losing, until finally, he loses everything. But he'll feel like he was only this close to hitting it big.
"At that point, how would you have the time to think about anything else? There'll be only one thought in your mind: I was so close. One more round. I'll definitely win the next round and earn it all back, principal and interest. Then he'll be finished. His family will tear down their house and sell their land to pay off his debts. It's not far from home, but whether he'll even make it back alive is another question."
"Brother Yan,