Super Soldier in the City
Chapter 610 - 629 Gambling in Fury

Chapter 610: Chapter 629 Gambling in Fury

Sun Dongran may seem very arrogant, like a typical profligate, a complete idiot, but actually, he’s quite sharp-witted in some aspects, especially in the casino. Right now, he’s setting a trap for Li Yifei, and it’s quite an elaborate setup indeed.

At first, he didn’t gamble big, just betting around a thousand, but as he started to lose, he began raising his stakes, targeting Li Yifei, as if he wanted to compete with him. Soon, he was betting ten thousand each time.

In the beginning, when Li Yifei saw him betting that much, he wouldn’t dare to follow even with a small pair. However, after watching Sun Dongran and Cao Bin compete a couple of times, he seemed to notice their tactics. Sun Dongran always seemed like a fool, fond of bluffing, daring to bet tens of thousands even with just a small pair—clearly, he was just aching to give his money away.

For now, Li Yifei let the other party think he was just a rookie, while Sun Dongran also wanted Li Yifei to believe that he was a big fool. The two of them were playing dumb, each waiting for the moment to play the fool and eat the tiger.

Next, Li Yifei tried his luck against Sun Dongran a couple of times, winning each time. Li Yifei expressed immense joy, making Sun Dongran secretly thrilled; Li Yifei was falling right into his trap. Once he got used to such high stakes, the rest would be easy.

By this time, Song Tianwei and Wang Shiying were pretty much just filling seats, seldom following, and only doing so when they actually had good cards. Being cautious like that naturally meant they wouldn’t lose. But in such a setting, they couldn’t win much either, so they basically maintained a break-even position, while Li Yifei became the big winner. Sun Dongran’s five hundred thousand was almost gone, and now he exchanged another million in chips.

The opportunity seemed to arrive quickly when Li Yifei was the bookmaker, and Sun Dongran caught a great hand—a straight flush with five, six, and seven. They might’ve been of low rank, but because it was a straight flush, it was a powerful hand, second only to a trio of the same rank.

Those who have played Golden Flower Poker would know how rare it is to catch a trio or straight flush. It’s so rare that hours can pass without a single such hand, and even if you do get such a good hand, it’s no use if the other players have nothing; without competition, there’s no money to be won.

What Sun Dongran was most worried about now was that Li Yifei wouldn’t have a good hand. That would be such a waste. But then, Li Yifei’s eyebrows lifted, a clear sign of a good hand. Judging by the extent of his raised eyebrows, his hand was most likely a large straight or, at most, a flush.

This made Sun Dongran extremely happy; it was a great opportunity to take Li Yifei for all he was worth this round.

"Ten thousand!" Sun Dongran’s bets remained consistent as he grabbed a ten-thousand chip and tossed it into the middle of the table.

Cao Bin also looked at his cards, followed with ten thousand, and now, regardless of your hand, if you had even a small pair, you had to follow with ten thousand. Li Yifei naturally did the same.

Wang Shiying and Song Tianwei promptly folded.

In the second round, Sun Dongran spoke first again and immediately tossed in another ten thousand. Cao Bin followed suit, and Li Yifei looked at the two, a trace of excitement on his face, and threw in his ten thousand as well.

Sun Dongran glared at Li Yifei and snorted, "I don’t believe that you can beat me every time, kid. If you’ve got the guts, keep up," he said, tossing in another ten thousand. Whenever he spoke like that, it was usually a bluff.

Cao Bin gave a slight smile and said, "Well, I might as well join in the fun, I’ve got a hand this round." Golden Flower Poker was a mix of truths and lies; claiming to have a good hand often meant the opposite, betraying a lack of confidence.

Li Yifei chuckled and said, "Seems like my hand isn’t too bad either, I’ll follow this round."

Whatever Li Yifei said, Sun Dongran and Cao Bin didn’t care much, they were both watching his expressions, as well as those of Xu Shanshan and Su Mengxin. The facial expressions of those two often betrayed Li Yifei’s hand. In this game, it was risky to have others watch your hand, as onlookers could easily give it away with their reactions.

"Damn it, come on, bring it on. I don’t believe you guys will keep following," Sun Dongran threw in another ten thousand.

Cao Bin hesitated for a moment and then also threw in ten thousand. "Brother-in-law, if your hand isn’t great, just fold. Give me a chance to see Sun Dongran’s cards."

Li Yifei rubbed his nose and said, "I’ll follow one more time. If one of you folds, I can at least compare hands."

Sun Dongran rolled his eyes and said, "There’s no way I’m folding. Even if it kills me, I won’t be scared to death."

Cao Bin chuckled and said, "Since you put it that way, it would be disrespectful for me to fold now. I will follow for another couple of rounds to see what happens."

Li Yifei glared and said, "Am I supposed to be scared of you guys? I’m following too."

After five or six rounds like this, each of them had thrown in more than a hundred thousand. Sun Dongran pretended to play mind games, glaring as he said, "You’re really not folding, huh? Alright, let’s raise the stakes, highest bet at fifty thousand. Who dares to join in?"

Cao Bin spoke up immediately, "Isn’t that a bit much? We’re just playing for fun; we don’t need to go that high, do we?"

Sun Dongran, eyes ablaze with gambling fever, retorted, "Nonsense, if you’re scared, then don’t follow. I’m going with fifty thousand."

Cao Bin seemed unable to back down after what Sun Dongran said and shook his head, "Alright, alright, I’ll join you for one more hand, we’ll see after this next hand."

The two seemed to have completely ignored Li Yifei.

At this point, Li Yifei hesitated and said to Xu Shanshan, "Honey, the stakes have suddenly gotten so high, do we continue or not?"

Xu Shanshan hesitated before replying, "If we look at it from a business perspective, you’re now following with fifty thousand to win over four hundred thousand below, that’s an eightfold profit, and it seems to be the appropriate move." This girl never liked doing business, but to say such words at this moment was pretty impressive.

Li Yifei then turned his head towards Su Mengxin and asked, "What do you think?"

Su Mengxin gently shook Li Yifei’s arm and said, "Yingying already said so, so let’s just listen to Yingying. After all, it’s all money we’ve won, and there’s no big deal in losing. Besides, they probably don’t have cards as good as yours, right?"

Li Yifei gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I’ll follow one more hand then." He also threw down fifty thousand in chips.

Sun Dongran was overjoyed inside but stared and said, "Kid, are you really following? You’re making it so I can’t see Cao Bin’s cards." Then he too threw fifty thousand in chips.

Cao Bin frowned slightly and threw in fifty thousand chips, "Dongran, brother-in-law, can’t one of you two back down?"

Seeing that both of them had followed, Li Yifei hesitated again and said, "Neither of them is backing down, and it seems like they don’t have great cards, so what do I do?"

Xu Shanshan eyed the chips below and said, "You’ve already thrown in over a hundred thousand, it seems inappropriate not to follow now, right?"

Su Mengxin then whispered something in Li Yifei’s ear and glanced at Sun Dongran. Li Yifei immediately brightened up and cheerfully threw in fifty thousand, "I’m saying retreating is an option now, trying to scare people at this point is useless."

"Who said I’m trying to scare you? I really have cards, do you two dare to keep up with me? I’m telling you, I’m definitely not backing down." Sun Dongran threw down more chips and nudged Cao Bin’s foot from underneath.

Cao Bin chuckled and said, "If we’re not backing down, then I’m in too." Then he glanced subtly at Sun Dongran, a look of gratitude in his eyes.

The two understood each other’s intentions. Sun Dongran thought Cao Bin kept following to deny Li Yifei the chance to see the cards, forcing Li Yifei to keep following if he didn’t want to drop his hand, or else he’d have to fold. With a straight flush, who could bear to fold?

But at this point, Sun Dongran misunderstood Cao Bin’s intention because Cao Bin had caught a great hand this round, and it was even bigger than Sun Dongran’s cards. His three cards were actually three eights, which was practically a guaranteed winning hand. He thought Sun Dongran was deliberately cooperating with him.

At this moment, both felt that their partner was in perfect sync, putting verbal pressure on Li Yifei together. Li Yifei kept following hand after hand until he had followed with five or six hundred thousand. Not only had he put in all of his winnings, but he was also about to use up all his exchanged chips.

"What should I do?" Li Yifei was sweating now, wiped his sweat, and looked at Xu Shanshan, then at Su Mengxin.

Xu Shanshan also appeared very nervous and said, "Ah, the gambling has gotten too high. It would be wise to pull out now, but if their cards are not as good as yours, your loss would be too great. However, if their cards are better, continuing to follow could lead to even greater losses."

Su Mengxin also seemed a bit guilty as she said, "Honey, maybe we should just stop, consider the fifty thousand as just for fun."

Sun Dongran immediately said, "If you’re going to fold, hurry up. Don’t dawdle there. Are you playing, or is your woman playing? For a grown man, can you not make up your own mind?"

Li Yifei’s eyes widened as if he couldn’t tolerate Sun Dongran’s taunting, and he blurted, "I’ll gamble then, and I’m not afraid of you. Waitress, exchange another million for me."

Xu Shanshan immediately said, "Honey, maybe not. A million is too much."

Li Yifei snorted and said, "Don’t we still have a million at home? What, you won’t get it for me?"

Xu Shanshan frowned and said, "If we lose all of that, we’ll be out of money."

"So we’ll be out of money, then we’ll just earn it back. Besides, we might still win." At this point, Li Yifei was acting exactly like a gambler consumed by addiction, as if he was even willing to sell his wife.

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