Free Web Novel“Sorry, Miss A Hua, Miss ALi said she doesn’t know you.”
Hearing the Rabbit Girl say this, A Hua’s face turned pale, and her heart skipped a beat as if it had been fiercely squeezed.
“How is that possible? Did you really confirm with her properly? Could it be that you found the wrong person? Or, or...”
A Hua had many things she wanted to ask, but perhaps because there were too many questions, they all rushed up at once and got stuck in her throat, making her unable to say a complete sentence.
How could this happen? What exactly happened to Miss during the time she disappeared? Is she okay now? A Hua thought.
Facing A Hua’s barrage of questions, the Rabbit Girl smiled and politely replied, “I’m very sorry, guest. I have confirmed with Miss A Li repeatedly, and she said she indeed does not know you.”
A Hua stepped forward two steps, grabbed the Rabbit Girl’s shoulders with both hands, and said anxiously, “Impossible, impossible! How could Miss not know me? Please, help me again...”
Seeing A Hua’s hands gripping the Rabbit Girl tightly, her fingers slightly digging into her flesh, Lu Yibei frowned slightly and pulled her back, “A Hua, don’t cause trouble for others. It has nothing to do with her.”
“I...” A Hua turned her head to look at Lu Yibei with slightly red eyes, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Although she was burning with anxiety at the moment and wished she could immediately go upstairs to find Jiang Li, she also knew very well that this Entertainment City was not a place where she could act recklessly.
Otherwise, her Miss would have already applied to the Night Watch for reinforcements to turn this place upside down with bloodshed, instead of trying to win against that Big Boss through repeated games.
“Don’t worry, calm down first. We’ll think of a way together later, okay?” Lu Yibei added.
According to Black Peony, the Master of Dream Come True Entertainment City is an Extinction-Bringer of Old Days, even more ancient than her. Acting rashly would only create trouble and solve nothing.
At the Lanruo Inn Brothel, although Lu Yibei only felt a vague sense of being watched and didn’t perceive Black Peony’s strength through Spiritual Energy, she did sense that Embroidery Ball had a Spiritual Energy fluctuation not weaker than Miss Rabbit.
Presumably, Black Peony, as Embroidery Ball’s Master, would only be stronger, not weaker.
In fact, if she hadn’t been worried about not being able to defeat Black Peony and the subsequent trouble Jade Palace Immortal might cause, she wouldn’t have obediently paid the fine.
The greatest sorrow in this world is dying without having spent your money.
Spending money to ward off disaster, and incidentally making friends with a big shot, Lu Yibei felt this deal was quite worthwhile.
Now, although she didn’t know why Jiang Li would say she didn’t know A Hua, to avoid the situation from escalating, calming down first and slowly understanding the situation was the right approach.
“...”
A Hua was silent, nodded, and let go of her hands dejectedly.
The Rabbit Girl had worked at Dream Come True Entertainment City for a long time and had seen too many similar scenes. She didn’t show any unusual reactions and maintained her professional polite smile throughout the process.
After A Hua released her hands, she bowed slightly, “I’m sorry I couldn’t help you, guest. Do you still wish to continue playing today? If not, I can help you arrange a hotel stay.”
“Play! Of course, we have to play!” Before A Hua could respond, Lu Yibei quickly interjected.
“If we don’t play, how can we win enough chips to go upstairs and settle the score with that ungrateful old woman?”
Without finding Jiang Li, how could she get in touch with the Entertainment City’s Big Boss through her and negotiate the cancellation of the Hua City train station?
Surely, she couldn’t just kill her way up?
I’m long past the age of being hot-blooded, and I don’t have the ability to kill people with just words like a hot-blooded protagonist. Lu Yibei thought.
After hearing Lu Yibei’s words, A Hua glanced at her and frowned slightly.
Although she didn’t really like Lu Yibei’s address for her Miss.
However, as it stands, winning enough chips to qualify to go upstairs is the only way to see Jiang Li.
The Rabbit Girl smiled at Lu Yibei, “This guest is very confident! Then I wish you good luck and a great win in advance! Please come this way, I’ll lead the way for you.”
As she spoke, the Rabbit Girl made a gesture of invitation to Lu Yibei and A Hua and led them towards the hall on the lower three floors of the Entertainment City.
Following behind the Rabbit Girl, A Hua was silent for a while, then asked Lu Yibei worriedly, “Wang Bu Liu Xing, you just said you plan to win enough chips to go upstairs to find Miss, but, do you really know how to gamble?”
“Hmph! Are you looking down on me?” Lu Yibei raised her eyebrows.
“Back then, I went to Macau at three, entered the Grand Lisboa at four, became a gambling expert at five, learned to be mischievous at six, but lost everything at seven, and now at twenty-seven, I’m still carefree.”
“Hey! Those are lines from Stephen Chow’s movie, right?” A Hua rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei, “At a time like this, can you be serious?”
“Uh...” Lu Yibei scratched the back of her head, “Okay, I’m not really good at this! I’m pretty good at Gomoku and Animal Chess, I wonder if they have those here?”
A Hua’s mouth twitched, and she pressed on, “Then how’s your math?”
“It’s okay, roughly at the level of a Grandmaster of Arithmetic, with math being a little below introductory.” Lu Yibei said expressionlessly.
“After all, I’m just a student from the School of Literature, you can’t expect too much, right?”
“Then why did you look so confident just now?”
Lu Yibei pouted, “Wasn’t that because you were feeling down, to cheer you up?”
A Hua, “...”
She suddenly felt that it would be quite good if Lu Yibei could manage not to lose everything tonight, tomorrow night, and for a long time to come.
“Then later, will you give me the chips, or should I do it?”
Although Jiang Li had been the one participating in the gambling sessions at the Entertainment City before, A Hua had never personally been involved.
However, she had been with Jiang Li for so long and had learned a lot of techniques through osmosis. She was still confident in winning enough chips to go to the middle three floors.
As for the upper three floors...
Thinking of the scene on the middle three floors where various “monsters and ghosts” showed off their skills, A Hua couldn’t help but sigh silently.
Whether she could win enough chips there to go to the upper three floors to find Jiang Li, she wasn’t sure either, she could only rely on luck.
Following the Rabbit Girl, the two walked through the long corridor filled with “Anti-Gambling Slogans.” The moment the heavy mahogany door at the end of the corridor was pushed open, the vast space of the Entertainment City’s lower three floors was presented before their eyes.
The entire hall was circular, with a large atrium in the center.
Under the bright lights, the first floor was filled with gambling machines like slot machines, coin pushers, and fishing machines. The clattering sound of steel balls and coins pouring out of the machines filled the entire space.
The second floor was filled with various gambling tables. The roulette wheels were spinning, and the beautiful dealers with top-notch looks and figures were skillfully stacking tiles, dealing poker cards, and shaking the dice in the dice cups with a jingling sound.
They wore red Rabbit Girl outfits different from the service staff, with a black and white pinstriped vest over them. If you went around the back of the gambling tables, you could see their long legs wrapped in black fishnet stockings and a large part of their smooth backs exposed by the hollow design.
The third floor consisted of independent private rooms, from which the crisp sound of mahjong tiles colliding could be faintly heard through the doors.
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In various corners of the hall’s ceiling, semi-transparent, faint blue Eyeballs floated, scanning everywhere, and a faint Spiritual Energy fluctuation could be vaguely heard.
Presumably, they were Little Freaks used as a surveillance system to prevent guests from cheating.
Lu Yibei, who had never seen such a “big scene,” observed for a moment and couldn’t help but complain, “How insidious!”
“What?” A Hua was startled when she heard this and tilted her head.
Lu Yibei raised her hand and pointed to a beautiful dealer on the second floor, “I said they are insidious. They hire so many beautiful older sisters to be dealers, kids can’t control themselves. They’ll all be looking at the beauties, I’m afraid they’ll lose everything.”
A Hua rolled her eyes at Lu Yibei and patted her shoulder, “So, kid, give me the chips first, okay? I’m going upstairs.”
“...” Lu Yibei was silent for a moment, then reluctantly took out the small bag of chips from her guitar case. After grabbing a small handful, she handed the rest to A Hua.
“I’ll keep a little to play by myself downstairs, you just come find me when you’re done.” Lu Yibei said.
Although she was genuinely reluctant to hand over the chips to A Hua.
But as an excellent successor to socialism, she knew nothing about gambling. If she went into battle herself, she would probably only end up giving chips to others.
What’s more, she was quite confident in her luck. Even if her luck hadn’t reached the level of a jinx, it was pretty close to being possessed by a god of misfortune.
Taking the small cloth bag of chips, A Hua instructed, “Okay, I suggest you just play the fishing machine. That one loses a bit slower.”
“Tch! You talk as if I’m definitely going to lose.” Lu Yibei rolled her eyes and pointed at the small cloth bag, “As for you, take it easy later, don’t lose it all for me!”
“Don’t worry, most people on the lower three floors don’t have any powerful methods. I’ll be able to win enough chips quickly.”
Probably...
Although A Hua had watched Jiang Li participate in many gambling sessions, when it was her turn to play, she still felt a little unsure.
Lu Yibei watched A Hua walk upstairs, feeling that her back was as heavy as a soldier bravely heading to the battlefield.
Perhaps, this is the weight of money?
After A Hua disappeared from sight, Lu Yibei withdrew her gaze and looked at the dazzling array of gambling machines in the first-floor hall, rubbing her little hands.
So, where should I start?
No, with my character, I’ll probably lose everything very quickly if I go straight in, right?
How about I look around and observe and learn first.
Thinking this, Lu Yibei searched around for a while and locked onto an Uncle who seemed kind-faced and was playing a slot machine. She walked over and stopped beside him.
Feeling someone approach, the Uncle subconsciously looked back and saw Lu Yibei looking at him with wide, watery eyes, her face serious.
Stare—!
“Little Girl, is there anything you need?”
“No, you play your game, just pretend I’m not here.” Lu Yibei said expressionlessly.
Stare—!
Uncle, “...”
Damn it, what’s wrong with this girl?!
Is she going to let me play properly or not?
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Just as A Hua joined a mahjong game on the lower three floors and Lu Yibei was staring at an unknown Uncle at the slot machine, making him feel uncomfortable all over, a high-stakes gamble was underway in a luxurious private room on the upper three floors of the Entertainment City.
On the huge gambling table, chips with a face value of “10000” were piled high. Three guests were sitting in different directions. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
One of them was a urban legend with a pale face and sickle-shaped horns on his forehead, another was a boy about fourteen or fifteen years old with a watermelon haircut and thick glasses on his nose, and the last one was the silver-haired girl wearing a black dress.
They were playing 21, also called Blackjack, a very common poker game, and this was also the poker game Jiang Li was best at besides mahjong.
For no other reason than that 21 is very easy to count cards!
Jiang Li looked at the poker cards on the table again, pondered for a few seconds, and then “swish!” pushed out more than half of the chips in front of her.
According to her calculations, the next card dealt to her would either be the Ace of Hearts or the Jack of Diamonds. If she got the Ace of Hearts, she would win 100%, and if it was the Jack of Diamonds, she still had over a sixty percent chance of winning.
“Swish—swish—!” With two more soft sounds of chips scattering, the demon-type urban legend and the Spiritual Energy user boy were clearly not ones to admit defeat.
“Call!”
“I call too!”
So, the beautiful dealer smiled and dealt one poker card to each of the three.
Jiang Li picked up the poker card and glanced at it. When the Ace of Hearts appeared in her sight, her eyebrows slightly raised. She flipped the card over and gently placed it on the table. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
“Sorry, 20 points.”
After seeing Jiang Li’s cards clearly, the demon-type urban legend, who had almost lost all his chips, was stunned for a few seconds before slamming the table and pointing at her angrily, “Damn it! You dead woman, are you counting cards?!”
Jiang Li looked at the demon-type urban legend with a cold expression, “It seems there’s no rule in this Entertainment City that prohibits counting cards, is there?”
“Didn’t you also use your innate ability? Unfortunately, your innate ability was also within my calculations.”
“You...” The demon-type urban legend hesitated to speak. When he noticed the Black-Clothed Man responsible for security «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» behind him stepping forward from the corner of his eye, he frowned.
“Hmph! Consider yourself lucky, you just wait!” He said fiercely, gathered his remaining dozen or so chips, and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Shortly after the demon-type urban legend left, a Rabbit Girl walked in from outside the door, came to Jiang Li’s side, knelt down beside her on one knee, and leaned in to whisper, “Miss A Li, I have done as you instructed and told Miss A Hua that you don’t know her.”
“However, she seems unwilling to give up and borrowed chips from her companion to join a mahjong game on the third floor.”
Hearing this, Jiang Li frowned slightly, picked up a chip from the table, placed it in the Rabbit Girl’s hand, and said lightly, “Thank you. If she loses everything, please exchange some small denomination chips and help her buy a train ticket back.”
“Understood!” The Rabbit Girl responded. When she took the chip with a face value of “10000”, her hands trembled slightly.
Watching the Rabbit Girl’s receding back, Jiang Li sighed silently and murmured in a voice only she could hear, “I’m sorry, A Hua, I have to leave you behind again this time...”
(A bit stuck on writing, so a little less updated.)
