Chapter 488 Don't Pretend to Be Okay

Chapter 488 Don't Pretend to Be Okay

Chapter 488 Don't Pretend to Be Okay
After finishing his night school get out of class, Li Kailang went to the black market in Dongxiao City again.

It’s the same as usual, 1000 kilograms of grain in exchange for 2 small yellow croakers and 600 yuan.

"The money earned from this is not much more than gambling. A thousand dollars a day is not as much as gambling can earn."

Li Kailang looked at the money in his hand and felt calm.

"It just so happens that I haven't been there for a while. I haven't been there for the past week or so. So today is a good time to go and have some fun."

Because of what happened with Eunuch Liu last week, Li Kailang continued to suffer psychological trauma and did not go there again.

"It's still early, so we can play a couple of rounds. By the time we're done, they'll be done with work."

Thinking of this, Li Kailang raised his feet to play.

When we got there, we only played a few games before it was time to finish.

"I didn't expect that I could actually win a few dozen dollars. It seems that they haven't planned to make a move yet."

Li Kailang happily walked out of the casino with the money.

As soon as he entered, the casino staff warmly welcomed Li Kailang and asked him why he didn't come last week.

Li Kailang replied: "I was seriously ill last week and couldn't come because I was not in good health. Now that I am better, I am here."

"That's right, I hope you are in good health."

"I'd like to lend you some good words."

Look at this caring attitude, he cares about me more than my family does, it feels like going home.

"Not bad, not bad. If we do it a few more times, maybe my gambling skills can be improved to a higher level."

After making money, Li Kailang went home to sleep.

Regarding the homework assigned by Yan Wanbin, although he said that it is not necessary to do it, I still have to do it in order to avoid attracting unnecessary hatred.

This saves you from someone making irresponsible remarks and making you feel dissatisfied.

the next day.

After completing the task, Li Kailang returned to his own study room to start doing his homework.

Seeing this, the jealous apprentices from yesterday didn't dare to say a word and just patted each other on the back.

They were really exhausted yesterday, washing all the cars in the parking lot. It was not an easy job. Now they see that Li Kailang treats them so well.

Not to mention being angry but not daring to speak, I dare not even look at them, I am no match for them at all.

Li Kailang didn't quite understand their attitude, but he didn't care much about it and just finished his homework first.

"unity is strength!"

"unity is strength!"

Time passed slowly and it was time to get off work again.

“Get off work and get off work!”

As soon as I got home, Xu Damao came to my door.

"Hey, Li Kailang, how about we play a couple of rounds?"

Li Kailang looked at Xu Damao and said something unclear right away: "Play two rounds? What do you want to play?"

"Look at what you said. What else can we play? Of course, this." Xu Damao rubbed his hands.

"What, you want to gamble? No, I remember you weren't interested in this, why do you want to play this?"

Unlike Jia Dongxu, Xu Damao is not interested in gambling. Instead, he is very interested in finding women.

Even his wife Sai Fengxian was brought here.

Hearing this, Xu Damao showed an indescribable expression, "Hey, you just said whether you want to play or not?"

"Hey, tell me first, why do you suddenly want to play this? I remember you didn't play it."

Xu Damao's expression changed and he looked around to make sure no one was coming over.

"I'm telling you the truth, but you can't tell anyone else."

"Don't worry, I'm keeping my mouth shut."

"Then I'll tell you." Xu Damao finally spoke his mind, "You know my wife, right?"

"I know. My sister-in-law is a nice person. What did she do to you?"

"Well, ever since she married me, I have to hand over my monthly salary to her. How can I, a grown man, not have some money?"

"Now, she only gives me some money for food, but nothing else. My husband feels uncomfortable if he doesn't have some money."

Xu Damao pointed at his heart and spoke with such deep emotion, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

"so what?"

"So I'm just thinking about playing a few rounds and making a little money."

Li Kailang pointed at himself and said, "So you thought of me and wanted to make money from me."

"No, no, no. How can you think like that? Am I, Xu Damao, such a person? It's not certain who makes money from whom."

"That's true." Li Kailang nodded, which made Xu Damao embarrassed.

The facts were just as Xu Damao said, but there were some things he didn't say. He didn't give any of his family's private money to Sai Fengxian. Instead, he only gave her a few months' salary.

If Xu Damao wanted money, he could just take the family assets, but if he didn't want to take it, it would be difficult for him to do so.

Yesterday, he went to a private gambling game and made a small profit. Now he is itching to get some money, so he wants to ask Li Kailang to satisfy his itch. It would be even better if he could make a small profit.

Seeing Xu Damao's fiery eyes, Li Kailang nodded: "Okay, let's play, we can play after dinner, but is it just the two of us?"

"Can there be anyone else?"

"Then why don't we just play? What's fun?" Li Kailang nodded and said, "I'll go get some people to see if they want to play."

"Okay, I'll come over after dinner."

"Row."

After the matter was finalized, Xu Damao hurried home to eat and wait for the next call.

Li Kailang, however, thought that he could take this opportunity to see if he could cheat under their noses.

Soon, dinner time was over.

Li Kailang first went to find Cui Yuan and Bai Xiuwen, but the two hesitated for a moment and refused.

One wanted to save money to get married, and the other simply had no money.

Li Kailang thought it was a good thing that the two of them were not coming.

After that, he went to find Yan Jiecheng, Zhao Youfeng and the third-level fitter Chen Tongjing. Together with him and Xu Damao, there were five people in total.

"Everyone is here, shall we start?" Xu Damao rubbed his hands, somewhat impatiently.

"No hurry, let's make it clear first, we're just going to play a few small games, not big ones, and don't play too much."

"Don't worry, we're just playing a few rounds. There's no need to get angry. Besides, even if we lose, we won't lose much money." Xu Damao replied anxiously.

Yan Jiecheng followed closely and echoed: "That's right, let's make it clear first, whoever loses should not get angry."

Yan Jiecheng was obsessed with making a fortune at the gambling table, but he was also extremely poor and had to make money to marry a wife.

Chen Tongjing and Zhao Youfeng nodded calmly. They were not short of money, so it didn't matter if they lost a little. They didn't bring much money anyway.

The way the five people gathered together was just like when Jia Dongxu sent Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi to the countryside and they were eager to rush to the private gambling game.

Until now, Jia Dongxu is still playing around. He has lost the 3 yuan he gave to Jia Zhangshi for retirement, and he has spent all the money on gambling.

"Okay, since you two are in a hurry, let's start. We can just play a few rounds and then we can stop playing after we're done." Li Kailang said again.

"Let's get started. I'll show you how good I am! My card skills are so amazing now. I guarantee I'll beat you all without leaving a single piece of armor behind."

"Wahahaha--" Xu Damao said majestically, already imagining in his heart that he wanted everyone to see him killing everyone.

"Okay, what to play?"

"Twenty-one, please."

Yan Jiecheng was puzzled and asked: "How do you play this?"

Xu Damao looked at him and thought: This is a great opportunity to make a fortune. Yan Jiecheng is actually a newbie, so this is a good opportunity for him to make a fortune.

Xu Damao immediately explained the rules to Yan Jiecheng: "It's very simple, just see whose number is closer to 21."

"Oh, I see. Let's get started."

Xu Damao immediately took out his playing cards and said, "Let me show you how good my card skills are."

Li Kailang was delighted when he saw the cards. "Isn't this a coincidence? I happen to have the same cards in my hand."

Li Kailang couldn't help but look at Xu Damao with sympathy. Xu Damao was going to suffer a lot this time. It seemed that not only would he not win any money today, he might even lose everything but his underwear.

"Come on, come on."

Xu Damao immediately gave each person two cards, then carefully took the cards away and looked at them with squinted eyes.

Yan Jiecheng followed suit and squinted his eyes to look.

However, Chen Tongjing and Zhao Youfeng looked calm as they picked up the cards and took a look.

Seeing that the cards were not big, he reached out and took the cards.

"Oh no, I lost." Chen Tongjing's cards were over 21 points, so he turned over immediately.

Zhao Youfeng drew another card and then put it down.

"Chen Tongjing, just wait for your payment." Xu Damao was delighted to see that he was the first to be eliminated, and he took another card.

Li Kailang took the cards and looked at them, then put them down and just looked at them.

Yan Jiecheng looked at the cards, thought about how to play the game, and was a little confused about whether to take the cards.

"Never mind, I just don't believe it." Yan Jiecheng took the card and looked at it, a bitter face immediately appeared on his face.

No need to guess what the dishes are, it’s awesome.

"Hahaha, another one." Xu Damao laughed happily and glanced at his cards. "I'm ready. Are you two ready? I won't take any more cards."

"No need to take it. Just open it." Li Kailang and Zhao Youfeng said in unison.

"open!"

The three of them opened their cards immediately. Xu Damao had the highest score, exactly 21 points. Li Kailang and Zhao Youfeng followed closely behind, with 20 and 19 respectively.

"Hahaha, I won, I won, take the money, take the money."

The four of them immediately took out ten cents and gave them to Xu Damao.

"Come on, come on."

It was a good start, Xu Damao was very happy and continued to deal the cards.

In the next few hands, Xu Damao had very good luck and won repeatedly.

Yan Jiecheng was indignant when he saw this. "Damn, what kind of luck do you have? Why are you always so lucky? I always lose."

"Hahaha, when luck comes, nothing can stop it." Xu Damao laughed.

"Damn it!" Looking at Xu Damao's despicable look, Yan Jiecheng gritted his teeth in hatred and wanted to never forget it.

But he only lost a few cents, and he was unwilling to leave in such disgrace.

"Come again!"

"Okay, go on."

Li Kailang, Chen Tongjing and Zhao Youfeng watched them playing, smiled slightly, and didn't care and just played with them.

It's just a few cents, I don't feel bad about spending it.

But this feeling of losing is not good at all, and the three of them are thinking about starting to exert their strength.

This time, Xu Damao didn’t have the same luck as before.

"Oh, I lost." He was the first to be eliminated, followed by Yan Jiecheng.

But he was in a good mood because Xu Damao was the first to be eliminated. He was no longer the last one and he would not lose to Xu Damao again.

"I'm ready."

"I'm fine too."

Chen Tongjing and Zhao Youfeng followed closely behind.

Seeing the two people's confident expressions, Li Kailang smiled and said, "It seems that you two are very confident. I want to see if your cards are as good as mine."

Li Kailang also started to exert his strength secretly, picked up the card and saw that it was 20 points.

Immediately take another card, an 8-point card.

"It's bigger now." Zhao Youfeng said with a smile.

"No, just right." Li Kailang rubbed the cards, and then, as if possessed by the God of Gamblers, he suddenly threw down three cards, which was exactly 3 points.

"Huh?" Chen Tongjing and Zhao Youfeng looked at Li Kailang in disbelief.

“What good luck.”

"Where."

The four of them immediately gave money to Li Kailang.

"Come on, come on!" Seeing Li Kailang winning money, Xu Damao was dissatisfied.

Next, it has nothing to do with luck.

Several people got high scores in succession, but none of them was higher than Li Kailang.

Even if it was 21 points, it would only be a tie with Li Kailang.

Now, everyone had deep doubts about Li Kailang.

"Li Kailang, are you cheating?" Xu Damao immediately suspected.

You are not a decent person. We were just playing a few games, but you cheated. You are not a decent person. "

Li Kailang naturally refused to admit it: "I cheated? You caught me cheating, I was just lucky."

He wanted to see if they could catch him cheating so that he could experiment with it and use it later.

"Hey." Xu Damao was angry, but only for a moment. He really couldn't do anything about Li Kailang. He really couldn't catch the opportunity for Li Kailang to cheat.

"I won't fight anymore. I'll keep an eye on him." Yan Jiecheng stepped forward immediately.

"Okay, Jie Cheng, thank you for your help. You must catch Li Kailang cheating."

"Don't worry, I will catch him." Yan Jiecheng stared at Li Kailang.

Yan Jiecheng suffered a huge loss. He only had 5 yuan at his disposal every month, and today he lost 1 yuan.

I lost nearly one-third of my savings. I originally came here to win money to marry a wife, but now it seems even more unlikely.

"Watch carefully and don't blink." Li Kailang was naturally not afraid. This was a good opportunity for him to try to see if it would leak out, but this was obviously very difficult.

In the next few hands, Li Kailang won again, and no matter how hard Yan Jiecheng tried, he couldn't find any flaws.

"Yan Jiecheng, are you good enough? You've been watching for a long time, but you still can't figure out that Li Kailang is cheating."

"Don't blame me, come on. If I could see it, I would have said it earlier. Look for yourself, Li Kailang has even rolled up his sleeves, leaving only his hands. How can he cheat?"

Li Kailang was left with only a pair of bare hands, and there was no way he could cheat by using his sleeves.

He checked it all, touched it with all ten fingers, and there was no sign of cheating.

Are you kidding? How could he see it? As soon as he got the cards, Li Kailang put them directly in the palm of his hand. If they were not suitable, he would change the cards directly in his palm. How could Yan Jiecheng see it?

How can you tell that he is cheating if you don’t even show him the count?

"Hey, hey, hey, wait, wait!" Xu Damao suddenly howled, "Don't move, don't move!"

Xu Damao carefully picked up Li Kailang's cards and placed them in front of his own cards.

"Li Kailang, explain to me how there can be two identical cards in a deck!"

"Ah, this. How should I know? You were the one who brought these cards. How should I know there would be identical cards? Shouldn't I ask you about this?" Li Kailang asked back immediately.

Li Kailang didn't expect that he would mix up the cards. This put him in trouble. Fortunately, he was smart and took the opportunity to get away with it.

"Hey, you're just being stubborn. I don't believe it. This is the only card in the deck."

Sure enough, several identical cards were found from the deck, and now he was completely exposed.

"Hey, now we've caught you cheating, give me back the money!" Yan Jiecheng said excitedly.

"It's a pity. I was almost there." Li Kailang said helplessly. He was caught like this.

"Hey, I lost 1 yuan, give me the money." Yan Jiecheng immediately took the money that belonged to him from Li Kailang's territory.

Xu Damao shouted, "Yan Jiecheng, you are so dishonest. You are cheating Li Kailang out of his money. You only lost 1 yuan, not 5 yuan. I remember it all."

"Oh, is it 1 wide by 5? I remembered it wrong, I remembered it wrong."

After being found out, Yan Jiecheng felt embarrassed to take more and could only take his own share.

"Take all your money." Li Kailang waved his hand, and several people took their own money.

Xu Damao asked curiously, "Li Kailang, how the hell did you cheat? Teach me? Please."

Li Kailang waved his hand: "No, no, I'm just a beginner, I'm not that good. Besides, if I teach you, who will be responsible if you get into trouble in the future?"

Xu Damao begged unwillingly: "Don't worry, I will definitely not report your name."

Li Kailang rolled his eyes and said, "Who do you think will believe you when you say this?"

Looking around, everyone didn't believe that Xu Damao would not cause trouble.

"Don't gamble if you have nothing to do in the future. You can't beat those old hands and thousand hands in this business."

"Today is just because I'm a beginner and I'm showing my weakness. Otherwise, I'll make you lose and be left with nothing but your underwear."

"I'm just giving you some good advice. It's up to you whether you listen or not. Besides, you're short of money, so who would believe me?"

Li Kailang was talking about Brother Wei's business. He didn't believe that Xu Damao would not increase the price when selling the goods he bought from him.

"Yeah, I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it." Xu Damao touched his head awkwardly. He indeed made a lot of money.

"If you really need money, I can lend you some. Just don't think about gambling, otherwise you will lose more." Li Kailang said casually.

When Xu Damao heard that Li Kailang was willing to lend him money, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Really? I just happen to be short of money, can you lend me some? It's not much, just ten or eight dollars. I will definitely pay it back after I get my salary."

"If you can do it, I'll lend it to you. Take it."

Li Kailang didn't expect that Xu Damao would really go along with it and really ask him for a loan, so it was difficult for him to refuse.

"Thanks!" Xu Damao happily took the money, but said unwillingly, "You really don't plan to teach me!"

"Take the money and get out!"

"Okay!" Xu Damao immediately left in shame.

Seeing that they didn't leave, Li Kailang asked, "Why, you guys want to borrow money too?"

"That's not necessary." Zhao Youfeng and Chen Tongjing shook their heads to deny, "When did you cheat? Can you tell me?"

"No, this is my secret."

"Okay." Seeing that the plan didn't work out, the two of them left.

Yan Jiecheng also left soon after. If you ask who wanted to borrow money the most, it would be him. But he didn't want to pay the money back and felt sorry for seeing the money leaving his pocket.

The best way is not to borrow money to avoid the pain.

Several people left, leaving Li Kailang alone to clean up the card game.

"Alas, what a pity. It seems that my gambling skills are still not good enough. I need to practice more."

(End of this chapter)