"Technique," Draco said confidently, then made a grasping motion in the air. "My technique conquers all."
But coupled with his recent record of a hundred consecutive losses,
This confidence seems somewhat ridiculous.
"What other trick could there be?" Diana was even more confused. "Slot machines are all pre-programmed; all you have to do is insert a coin and pull the lever."
"Just tell me, are you going to do it or not?" Draco asked directly.
He didn't want to explain further.
"We... we'd better not send money to the casino..." Diana thought of her husband, her mind a jumbled mess.
After struggling for a moment, she tried to dissuade him. "How about we do something else? Like..." Her mind raced.
"For example, I can be your companion! I can help you experience all the activities on the cruise ship! Isn't that much better than gambling!"
"Are you sure you can do it?" Dra asked with a doubtful look.
"I can!" Diana nodded eagerly. "I can go for a walk on the deck with you, watch the show, have food..."
"These are all secondary," Draco interrupted her. "There's a formal dinner ball on the ship in a few days, the kind where you have to wear formal attire." He then looked her up and down, observing her simple clothes and the canvas bag she was carrying. "How's your dancing?"
"Huh?" Diana was taken aback, then her face flushed red. A ball? A dress? Dancing? She and David had been busy making a living since they got married, and she had never participated in such an event before.
"I... I can cook..." Her voice trailed off.
"Pfft—" Draco couldn't help but burst out laughing, his shoulders shaking with laughter. "Cooking?" he repeated, "On this cruise ship full of chefs?"
Seeing him laugh incessantly, Diana's face flushed bright red.
I still feel a little wronged.
I felt utterly useless, unable to even dance, and could only stand awkwardly in place, completely at a loss.
"Besides cooking, what else can you do?"
What else could she do? Diana was dumbfounded.
Then she felt even more disappointed. She had married David after graduating from high school and they worked together to save money, hoping to build a house.
Besides being good at housework and budgeting, she can haggle over a few cents at the market and keep everything in her cramped rented room perfectly organized...
But all of this seemed insignificant on this luxury cruise ship, and in front of this man of extraordinary birth.
Suddenly, she realized that besides cooking, she couldn't find another skill she could be proud of.
A deep sense of inferiority welled up in my heart again.
Seeing her hesitation, Draco's smile faded, and he said seriously, "Just do as I say. Be my assistant, and you don't need to worry about anything else."
"But... but if you don't win any money, won't I also not get a share, and will I be working for nothing?" Diana bit her lower lip and whispered her concerns.
She simply couldn't believe it.
A streak of 99 consecutive losses can be reversed in an instant.
"You still doubt my abilities?" Draco asked, staring at the slot machine in front of him. "Want to make a bet with me?"
"What are we betting on?" Diana asked curiously.
"I'll bet you'll win the next round," Draco said, tapping the slot machine table lightly with his fingers. "If I lose, I'll give you $1,000 in cash."
1000 dollars! Diana's heart skipped a beat.
This 1,000 yuan is a huge sum of money for them; even if it can't make them richer, it can at least alleviate their immediate crisis.
However, she then felt a warmth in her heart.
This wasn't a bet at all; this person was clearly using a plausible excuse to secretly help her through her difficulties.
He said that because he was afraid that giving her money directly would hurt her pride.
For a moment, Diana felt that Draco was too gentle and kind, so kind that she was somewhat at a loss for words.
"What if... what if I lose?" Diana asked, not wanting to take someone else's money for nothing, even in this way.
Draco was taken aback by her question, then looked her over, considered her predicament, and thought seriously for a long time before realizing that he had nothing he wanted her to give him.
He then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you don't need to pay anything. Just consider it a game I'm playing with you."
Just then, a bystander, always eager for drama, suddenly walked over and interjected, "I have a suggestion!"
He winked at the two of them and said, "If your wife loses, how about letting her ask for a kiss in public?"
"Get lost!" Draco's face darkened instantly, and he spat out, "She's not my wife!" His tone was clearly displeased and warning, "She has a husband!"
Diana, upon hearing the words "kiss," blushed instantly, wishing she could disappear, but at the same time...
Draco's remark that she had a husband stirred a complex emotion within her—a gratitude for being respected.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I spoke too quickly and didn't understand the situation. I offended you!" The man was startled by his sharp eyes and imposing manner, and then shrank back and slipped away.
After running a distance, he muttered to himself:
"She's not my wife... so why are you protecting her so much..."
Not a wife? She has a husband? The surrounding onlookers were also excited by this sudden reversal.
This seemingly innocent and pitiful woman came looking for this handsome man who looked very rich...
It also involves loans, gambling agreements...
This is such a huge amount of information that some people are already imagining a melodramatic story. "Poverty-stricken couples face endless troubles, and a beautiful wife seeks help from a mysterious tycoon to save her family."
"Ignore these people, they just love to stir up trouble, don't take it to heart," Draco told Diana.
However, Diana was caught in a struggle.
Asking for a kiss... that's going too far with the bet.
However, if she refused, it seemed she had nothing else to lose, and rationally speaking,
He's just lost 99 games, so the probability of him winning the next one is very small. This bet seems to be him indirectly helping himself.
If I refuse out of shyness, wouldn't I be letting him down? Wouldn't I be extinguishing the last glimmer of hope for myself and my husband?
"Okay, I agree. We'll stick to the bet."
She had assumed Draco would agree, but to her Draco, he firmly refused. "No, that bet is null and void."
Draco's firm refusal, on the contrary, stirred a stubborn streak in Diana, gently arousing her competitive spirit and making her even more determined to agree to the bet.
"Watch closely." Draco said no more, turned to face the slot machine, and pulled the lever as he had done 99 times before, waiting to fail.
Then, true to his word, he gave her 1000 yuan.
It's clear that Diana is a kind and honest woman who deeply loves her husband, but she's currently struggling with life's difficulties. Draco just wants to help her and doesn't want to embarrass her.