Chapter 58

Bai Xuechao then looked at Zhou Chenhao and the others' cards.

Zhou Chenhao was dealt an Ace of Hearts and a 7 of Clubs, his points could be counted as 8 or 18.

Gong Ting was dealt a Queen of Spades and an 8 of Spades, adding up to 18 points.

Ling Feng's face-up card was a Queen of Diamonds.

Looking at it this way, everyone's points seemed to be quite high; on the surface, the visible totals were already 18 and 19.

When Ling Feng was shuffling, Bai Xuechao could only vaguely see the points of some cards due to the angle, but based on his technique, he roughly knew that the other party was learning from Gong Ting to shuffle the big cards to the top, only that it was a bit of a failure.

In Blackjack, the real big cards should only be J, Q, K, 10, and A. A 9 was already pushing it, yet he managed to shuffle up numbers like 7 and 8, so there were probably other numbers as well.

The first person to take a card was him. He thought for a moment and said: “Stand.”

Bai Xuechao planned to let this round go, not cheat, and leave it to fate to see if he could get lucky and win with 19 points.

His decisive stand surprised Ling Feng a little. Ling Feng thought he would cheat to stabilize the situation.

Next, it was Zhou Chenhao's turn to take a card.

Zhou Chenhao, relying on the fact that he had an Ace that could be counted as 1 and wasn't afraid of busting with one card, said: “Hit.”

Ling Feng pushed a card to Zhou Chenhao.

Unexpectedly, it was another Ace.

Xiao 6 said with a bit of regret: “Ah, Host, it would have been great if you had gotten that card.”

Bai Xuechao didn't mind and said calmly: “It's fate.”

Zhou Chenhao started to struggle after seeing the card. If this card was counted as 11, he would now have 19 points; if it was counted as 1, he would have 9 points. Even if he got another 10-point card, he would still have 19 points, the same as Bai Xuechao.

The ideal outcome would be for him to exceed 19 points, reaching 20 or 21, and for Ling Feng to have the same number of points. This way, he could both tie with him and win Bai Xuechao's game coins.

But one didn't need to think to know how slim this hope was.

After struggling for a few seconds, Zhou Chenhao said: “Stand.”

Actually, he didn't mind. Even if Ling Feng won against him, the game coins would just be transferred from his hands to Ling Feng's, not lost to someone else.

Now there were two 19s on the table.

When it was Gong Ting's turn to take a card, all three people on the field were looking at him.

Gong Ting's points were the lowest on the field, except for the dealer whose points were unknown. It was dangerous for him not to take a card, but even more dangerous to take one, because even if Ling Feng's shuffling technique was not skilled, the cards on top were mostly high-value ones. He couldn't bet on the probability of getting a small card. If he wanted to secure a win in this situation, or at least a tie—

He had to cheat.

After making his decision, Gong Ting glanced at the person sitting opposite him.

The white-haired young man was resting his chin on one hand and looking at him. On that delicate and pale face, his beautiful, ruby-like blood-red eyes held a faint smile.

After their eyes met, Bai Xuechao tilted his head slightly, as if to say, "Let's begin, I look forward to your performance."

Gong Ting unconsciously straightened his back, completely unaware that he was like a good student in front of a teacher. Perhaps he hadn't even realized himself that he somewhat admired Bai Xuechao's cheating skills.

“Hit,” Gong Ting said.

Ling Feng pushed a card towards Gong Ting. The card slid across the table and stopped between him and Gong Ting.

Gong Ting reached out to touch the card, the trajectory of his fingertips forming a slight arc above the table. After getting the card, he fluidly flipped it towards himself so that only he could see the face, while others could only see the back.

“Ha, I'm really lucky,” Gong Ting curled his lips into a smile after seeing the card.

Then, he switched the card to his other hand, pinched both sides of it, and placed it down face up as if to display it, his fingertips pressing on the center of the card.

The suit and value on the card was a 2 of Spades.

Adding to Gong Ting's previous points, he had just surpassed the other two, reaching 20 points!

Ling Feng's pupils shrank as he carefully recalled what cards he had shuffled to the top. He just couldn't control which specific card was shuffled up or to which exact position, but his memory was good, and he could roughly remember what cards he had shuffled up.

The cards he shuffled up definitely did not include a number as small as 2, unless his memory had a problem!

Ling Feng pressed his hand firmly on the table, his deep-sea blue eyes staring at Gong Ting as he said in a deep voice: “You cheated.”

“Where's the proof?” Gong Ting still had a smile on his face, his attitude frank.

He secretly kept an eye on Bai Xuechao out of the corner of his eye.

Bai Xuechao was still in the posture of resting his chin on his hand and tilting his head to watch the show, looking as if he had no intention of catching him cheating. It was unknown whether he had discovered his cheating or not.

As if seeing through Gong Ting's thoughts, Bai Xuechao's gaze shifted to the pile of cards in the middle of the table.

That was the discard pile.

—He's been seen through!

The cards from the end of the previous round were collected by Gong Ting and placed in the middle. When he was collecting the cards, he took the opportunity to hide the 2 of Spades—his face-up card from the previous round—and then, when he switched hands after looking at the card just now, he stacked the 2 of Spades from his other hand on top.

Yes, stacked on top.

Except for Bai Xuechao, no one discovered that the card he had just put down was actually two cards.

He didn't know how Bai Xuechao had managed to hide the card after swapping it in the previous round, and without any stacking motion at all. Because even when playing cards were stacked, they were still two cards; a slight carelessness would cause them to shift and be exposed. Therefore, placing two cards required skill, and with Bai Xuechao's movements, two cards would have long since separated.

Although he hadn't figured out Bai Xuechao's technique, he could use the stacking technique to face others' accusations of him cheating.

He didn't know if it was because he was used to being caught cheating by Bai Xuechao, or perhaps Bai Xuechao's indulgent attitude towards his cheating put him at ease, but he actually didn't feel the slightest panic at his cheating skill being seen through. Instead, he had a feeling of "as expected, I was found out again," and a sense of humiliation from being let off.

Damn it, were his cheating skills this terrible? To be seen through by Dongfang Bubai once again.

Only the Ling Feng in front of him could help him regain some confidence.

“Your sleeve,” Ling Feng pointed to his arm, which was bent at the elbow and resting on the edge of the table. His tone was firm but he didn't forget his manners, “Please show me.”

Gong Ting was a little excited: “Sure!”

He raised his wrist, the cuff of his jacket facing Ling Feng directly. There was nothing inside.

The shocked and bewildered expression on Ling Feng's face pleased Gong Ting greatly. He finally knew how Dongfang Bubai felt when he failed to catch him cheating.

How interesting.

It would be even better if he wasn't the one who failed to catch the cheater.

Because he was too happy, he even took the initiative to extend his arm: “Do you want to touch it? Check inside?”

“...No need,” Ling Feng said.

There was nothing left to understand. Gong Ting was so brazen, there was definitely no card in his sleeve. But his knowledge of where cards were hidden after cheating all came from when Gong Ting was trying to catch Bai Xuechao before. He didn't know where else cards could be hidden besides the sleeve. Recalling Gong Ting's actions just now, there was no place to hide a card.

Ling Feng was still inexperienced. He never would have thought that Gong Ting had put down two cards together.

And they were using four decks of playing cards for the game. Four identical cards further increased the difficulty for him to realize that this 2 of Spades was actually one that had been used before, and so he missed it.

But he missed it, Zhou Chenhao hadn't.

Sometimes, an instinct-driven, naturally black-bellied person really had something.

Zhou Chenhao just felt that Gong Ting's action of placing the card just now was a bit strange. He pinched both sides of the card, his fingertips resting in the middle, and the speed at which he placed the card was slightly slower than before. At first glance, there was no problem, but it gave him an indescribable weird feeling.

“Wait, can I take a look at the card you put down?” Zhou Chenhao raised his hand like a primary school student.

Gong Ting smiled, but his heart skipped a beat.

What's with Zhou Chenhao? Did he see that he stacked the cards? Impossible, if he had seen it, he wouldn't be asking, but would have directly flipped it over to expose him.

But no matter what, what should he do now? He was about to be discovered.

Even though Gong Ting now had nearly 600 million game coins again, being fined 100 million for cheating wasn't too painful for him. But what he cared about now was that his cheating technique was about to be seen through by someone like Zhou Chenhao who didn't know how to cheat at all!

While wondering if his cheating skills had really regressed or were just that bad, he had to maintain his composure and smile: “You may.”

In fact, he had already written a 500-word essay of curses in his heart.

“Let me do it.” Bai Xuechao suddenly spoke. He turned his head to look at Zhou Chenhao and explained, “You and Ling Feng are together. If you go and flip it, you'll be suspected of colluding with Ling Feng to frame City Lord Gong, but I'm different.”

His true purpose only now began to reveal itself: “I've caught City Lord Gong cheating twice, and City Lord Gong has also tried to catch me cheating. It's impossible for us to be accomplices, and I'm not with you guys, so it's fairest for me to flip it.”

From the moment he caught Gong Ting cheating, everything had been going according to his "script."

By doing this, he could both create an image of being opposed to Gong Ting, and also make Gong Ting bet his life and special ability according to his wishes. The next step was to use the "he and Gong Ting are on opposing sides" as a cover, to get Gong Ting to cooperate with him to win all of Zhou Chenhao's game coins.

With just a little hint, Gong Ting, who wasn't stupid, would understand.

He had already sent a "friendly" signal by not catching Gong Ting's cheating earlier. Now, another opportunity had presented itself.

After Bai Xuechao finished speaking, Ling Feng thought for a moment and said: “Okay.”

It was indeed as Bai Xuechao had said.

Bai Xuechao didn't look at Gong Ting's expression at all. He got up from his seat, walked on the pitch-black void to Gong Ting's side, and reached for the card.

His position was quite clever; his slender and thin body slightly blocked Zhou Chenhao's view. The moment he took the card, he flipped it over, rubbed it twice on the table, and then flipped it back again. The face of the card was still that 2 of Spades.

Neither Ling Feng, who was watching from the front, nor Zhou Chenhao, who was to his side and rear, saw what Bai Xuechao had done.

Only Gong Ting knew the value of this move by Bai Xuechao!

In the instant he flipped the card, he had "sucked" that 2 of Spades into his palm, gently holding it against the curve of his palm. He had rubbed the card without letting the one in his palm fall, and then accurately stacked it back when he flipped the card back, without the slightest deviation!

Gong Ting was inwardly shocked, but he showed no sign of it on the surface.

He glanced at Ling Feng, then at Zhou Chenhao, and said with a triumphant smile: “I didn't cheat. I'm really sorry to disappoint you.”

Why did Dongfang Bubai help him?

Because both Ling Feng and Zhou Chenhao had made the act of catching someone cheating, this time the failure was recorded by the system for both of them, displayed on the edge of a small screen that no one paid attention to.

Ling Feng flipped over his face-down card, which was a King of Clubs. Added to the Queen of Diamonds from before, it was 20 points.

Only Gong Ting, who also had 20 points, tied and didn't lose.

Both Bai Xuechao and Zhou Chenhao had 19 points and lost to Ling Feng.

The big screen updated.

【City Lord: 583,333,334】

【Player A: 203,333,332】

【Player B: 343,333,331】

【Player C: 870,000,003】

Finally, it was Bai Xuechao's turn to be the dealer.

He glanced at Gong Ting, who still had a thoughtful expression, and knew it wouldn't take long for the other party to figure it out.

His hands moved smoothly as he shuffled the cards, even performing a few fancy shuffles.

The playing cards fluttered between his long and beautiful fingers like a magnificent performance, finally stacking obediently together, held in his hand to be dealt to the other three.

Bai Xuechao's face-up card was a Jack of Spades. He pretended to look at his face-down card, then, without waiting for Zhou Chenhao to say hit, he directly flipped over his own face-down card.

His face-down card was an Ace of Spades, one of the two Aces he had hidden before.

And the other face-up card, the Jack of Spades, was the card he had swapped out earlier.

The two cards added up to exactly 21 points.

Bai Xuechao picked up these two cards, held them vertically against his lips. On his beautiful face, those pigeon's blood ruby-like, brilliant and beautiful red eyes held a smile.

He sighed softly: “Black Jack.”

Black Jack, 21 points.

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