Chapter 107

The next round's dealer was Ling Feng, and Bai Xuechao proposed increasing the bet to 50 million game coins per round.

Gong Ting was the first to agree and stated that the bet could only be increased, not decreased, until everything was lost. In this panel, his smile was very cheerful, the corners of his mouth pulled back into a wide grin, looking somewhat perverted and crazy.

Bai Xuechao raised his eyebrows slightly and said it was just what he wanted.

Afterward, Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng also agreed.

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor's expression is so perverted.】

【Why did Bai Xuechao raise it so high... He really seems like a villain.】

【I hereby diagnose wifey as: a thrill-seeking fun-loving person.】

【Raising it to 50 million is actually a good thing. Ling Feng is the dealer this round, as long as he can roll three of a kind, he'll make a huge profit! Wifey is helping!】

In this round, Ling Feng indeed rolled three dice with the same number, earning 150 million game coins.

The large screen updated the game coin count.

The scene transitioned from the large screen to the lobby of the Dream Game City.

The people watching the game coin count on the large screen exclaimed in surprise, one speech bubble after another expressing their astonishment.

The scene changed again, showing a gray-haired, gray-eyed youth sitting on a sofa. He was frowning tightly as he stared ahead, but this time he said nothing.

【Isn't his name Ji Chuanze or something.】

【That's him, the appendix says he's "currently Bai Xuechao's bodyguard," which is very subtle.】

【Frowning like that, he must be worried about my wifey. (fidgeting)】

【Also worried about my wifey. (fidgeting)】

【Do you sisters in front not have a wifey, why are you trying to steal my wifey. (crying)】

【I'm different, Axue is my hubby. (shy)】

The manga's scene returned to the game room.

Bai Xuechao was the dealer, skillfully shaking the dice with flourish.

The manga showed Gong Ting's expression as he watched Bai Xuechao. His eyes were slightly widened in full concentration, and next to him was a speech bubble with a blurred edge, inside which was a see-through image of the dice cup, representing his imagination.

Bai Xuechao slammed the dice cup down.

The corners of Gong Ting's mouth turned up in a somewhat twisted smile, and the thought bubble next to him read: I heard it, he rolled three ones! I'm going to do to Dongfang Bubai what he did to me, right in front of him, I'll change his dice into one-one-six! I will win, I will definitely win!

【I have a feeling this is a flag. (smoking emoji)】

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor's classic quotes continue to grow: 1. Reached a state of perfection. 2. Too easy. 3. I will definitely win. (continuously updating)】

【You guys in front are so mean, you've taken all the giant panda's bamboo shoots haha!】

【Am I the only one worried if wifey will fall for it? I can't even imagine how to break the deadlock if Gong Ting Jade Liquor can also do it.】

【Blind guess, just catch Gong Ting cheating directly?】

In the manga, Gong Ting stood up slightly, looking down at the camera, his eyes curved into crescent shapes like a fox's. Because he was looking down, his eyelids were half-closed, his green eyes glowing with a faint green light. Bai Guzi added a gloomy filter for him, making the background look dark and casting a shadow over the upper half of his face.

"Let me open your dice cup," he said. "Do you dare, Dongfang Bubai?"

The next panel was a Q-version drawing of Bai Xuechao.

The little white-haired figure stared with red dot-eyes, expressionless, with a speech bubble next to him that read: "Pfft."

The panel after that was a split screen. On the left, Zhou Chenhao turned his head to the left of the frame, which was to his right, with the small words "suppressing a laugh" next to him; on the right, Ling Feng turned his head to the right of the frame, a few small wavy lines on his shoulder indicating a slight tremble, with the small words "gritting his teeth" beside it.

【Hahahahaha I'm dying of laughter.】

【Do you dare, Dongfang Bubai! (holding up a megaphone)】

【Wifey even laughed out loud, Brother Hao and Maomao are having such a hard time holding back their laughter hhhh.】

【Why is Gong Ting Jade Liquor still calling Axue by his fake name ahhh, I can't take it anymore, I'm laughing so hard my mom thinks I'm sick.】

【What else can he do, wifey won't tell him his real name. (laughing and crying) What shocks me is that he actually says it so openly haha, I suspect Gong Ting Jade Liquor doesn't know who Dongfang Bubai is.】

Bai Xuechao agreed to let Gong Ting open the dice cup for him.

Gong Ting gripped Bai Xuechao's dice cup, his expression excited as he announced that Bai Xuechao's dice numbers were one-one-six.

Next, the manga showed a close-up of Gong Ting's hand. He lifted one edge of the dice cup, with the word "swiftly" written beside it. At the same time, his inner thoughts read: I've already done it to perfection. Even if someone were staring at my hand, they wouldn't be able to discover that I'm cheating!

In the next panel, the background was completely blank, with only a single die, accompanied by the onomatopoeia "Clack."

And in the panel after that, the scene returned to its normal colors. The manga's expression was rather exaggerated; Gong Ting's green eyes were wide with shock, his pupils shrunk to the size of rice grains. The speech bubble next to him contained his inner thoughts: This person... this person's dice—

The camera turned to Bai Xuechao from Gong Ting's perspective.

The white-haired youth grabbed his wrist, the expression on his exquisitely perfect face was calm and confident. His brilliant red eyes held a contemptuous smile as he said, "You cheated."

Gong Ting's inner thoughts continued in this panel: He deceived my hearing and stacked them in a vertical row! How is this possible!!

【Ahhhhh my hubby is so handsome! (faints) (wakes up to take a look) (faints again) (peacefully)】

【Wifey is awesome! (shouting my lungs out!) He really caught Gong Ting Jade Liquor cheating!】

【My card shark skills have reached~ a state~ of~ perfection~】

【I~ will~ definitely~ win~!】

【Hahaha Gong Ting is being repeatedly mocked, how savage!】

In the manga, Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng's expressions were bewildered, so Bai Xuechao explained that his dice were just stacked on top of each other.

Gong Ting had game coins deducted, and Bai Xuechao became the dealer again.

Gong Ting watched Bai Xuechao shake the dice, his mind still replaying his recent failure.

Eventually, he figured it out: Bai Xuechao had stacked the dice at the very instant the dice cup hit the table.

The manga included an explanatory diagram next to Gong Ting's head. On a white background, there was a transparent dice cup, with three consecutive images from top to bottom.

The first image showed a hand swinging the dice cup towards the table. A down arrow pointed to the second image. In the second image, the hand was slightly turned inward. As it landed on the table, the dice flew up inside the cup, but it could be vaguely seen that they would stack together. Another down arrow pointed to the last image, where two dice were already neatly stacked in the cup, and the third die was half-stacked, in a standing position.

Gong Ting thought: Can this really be done? I must learn this trick and use it back on him!

Even if it's impossible, it doesn't matter. I'm going to bet on this success rate!

【Tsk tsk tsk, Gong Ting Jade Liquor, you're like an old general on a stage, with flags planted all over your back. (smoking emoji)】

【Take my advice, kid, quit gambling. (laughing and crying)】

【I've been shaking dice according to this diagram for a long time, why can't I succeed ahhh!】

【First, you need a pair of wifey's hands.】

This round, Bai Xuechao rolled three of a kind and won.

In the next round, Zhou Chenhao also rolled three of a kind and won.

Just as it was Gong Ting's turn to be the dealer and he excitedly picked up the dice cup, thinking "I'll teach Dongfang Bubai a lesson," Zhou Chenhao requested to change the game.

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor: ???】

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor: Ahhh give me a chance for revenge! (crawling all over the floor) (dark) (twisted)】

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor's inner thoughts really have too many funny moments. His face has been slapped so many times, it must be swollen by now ah haha. I'll show him a bit of pity.】

【Is Brother Hao really not doing it on purpose? The timing of changing the game is too perfect hahaha!】

【To be honest, now is the most suitable time to switch. The current situation is that everyone can roll three of a kind, so basically, whoever is the dealer wins. Brother Hao changed the game right after he won, not giving Gong Ting a chance to win.】

【This kid Brother Hao has a dark heart. He definitely changed it at this moment on purpose.】

As it turned out—

Zhou Chenhao smiled brightly: "Great, let's switch to poker then. How about Fight the Landlord?"

The next panel was a Q-version drawing of Bai Xuechao, Ling Feng, and Gong Ting. They were expressionless, with triangular mouths, and their eyes had turned into dead-fish eyes.

A row of ellipses floated above their heads, indicating their speechlessness.

Ling Feng put a hand to his forehead and said, "Fight the Landlord is a three-player game!"

【Brother Hao, you kid, can you be cool for more than three seconds!】

【Ahhh I'm really dying of laughter, Fight the Landlord is a three-player game hahaha, Ling Feng has probably never been this speechless in his life.】

【What, you want to kick one person out to watch? (laughing and crying)】

【I suspect Brother Hao only knows how to play Fight the Landlord when it comes to poker.】

【Who plays Fight the Landlord in a casino? I really can't hold it in anymore. Kid, don't be so ridiculous. (pointing at you warningly.jpg)】

In the manga, the dice and dice cups in front of everyone turned into poker cards, just waiting for a game to be decided.

Fight the Landlord couldn't be played, and a round of Old Maid would take too long.

Bai Xuechao picked up the poker cards in front of him, took out the jokers, and started doing fancy card cuts. The "papapapa" sound of the cards being shuffled together attracted the attention of the other three.

Afterward, Ling Feng suggested playing 21.

Zhou Chenhao readily agreed, but he didn't know how to play.

【You don't know how to play and you still agreed so readily??】

【Calm down, it's not the first or second day that Brother Hao has been spacey. (worried)】

【Because it was Ling Feng who suggested the game, Brother Hao agreed without hesitation! Chenfeng is so delicious. (shipping so hard I'm fainting)】

【I'm sincerely begging for this work to sell its animation rights now. I want to see a video of wifey doing cardistry ahhh!】

In the manga, Bai Xuechao was still doing fancy card cuts.

The poker cards fanned out and stood up in the hands of the white-haired, red-eyed youth, performing the Pandora's Box cut, just like the last panel of the cover art.

He was looking at Gong Ting.

Gong Ting was also looking at him, thinking to himself: What trick is Dongfang Bubai trying to play now?

Bai Xuechao suggested that Gong Ting explain the rules of the game.

Gong Ting looked at Zhou Chenhao and briefly explained the rules of 21.

Since 21 doesn't require jokers, everyone took out the jokers and handed the rest of the cards to this round's dealer, Zhou Chenhao.

【Holy crap I've discovered a blind spot!】

【What what?】

【When I get rich, I'm definitely going to buy a netizen who can finish their sentences. I'm scratching my heart and liver right now, I'm so anxious!】

【It's been three minutes, friend in front, what blind spot did you discover? Hurry up and say it!!】

The first round of 21 began.

When Ling Feng was drawing a card, the manga dedicated a large amount of space to his thought process, including a segment where he was considering Bai Xuechao, this unexpectedly appearing person.

He felt that Bai Xuechao's skill level was very high, and his current stance and purpose were unclear, making him even more dangerous than Gong Ting.

【Maomao: Brainstorming cosmic sublimation.jpg】

【This whole page of thinking has me confused. Ling Feng, you kid, you really have a lot going on in your head! (shocked)】

【The black maomao and the white maomao are looking at each other. Black maomao: He's very dangerous. (bushi)】

【My head is so itchy, I think I'm about to grow a brain. (scratching head)】

【Did wifey's line "If you don't take it, it'll be my turn" have any meaning of urging or hinting? Also, I feel like these two maomaos are about to secretly clash, while the silly dog is still having fun on the side.】

【Silly dog hahahahaha you'd better have your two eyes take turns standing guard tonight, Brother Hao is going to come assassinate you.】

【You'll be one of those taking turns on guard too, right? Why did you just assume the silly dog refers to Brother Hao, and not Gong Ting Jade Liquor??】

In the end, Ling Feng got 20 points.

When it was Bai Xuechao's turn to draw, his luck was very good, and he got 21 points.

Next was Zhou Chenhao's turn. He flipped two cards in a row but didn't reach 17 points. As a result, when he flipped another card, he directly got 21 points!

【Brother Hao has some luck on his side.】

【He really does, his luck is inexplicably off the charts sometimes.】

【Like last time when he accurately spat out the special ability energy crystal into his hand? (doge emoji)】

Gong Ting clapped, his words laced with sarcasm. At the same time, he thought to himself: How can something as ethereal as luck last? Next round, I'll be the dealer, and I'll definitely make everyone lose! Especially Dongfang Bubai, I'll crush him with my poker card shark skills!

【Gong Ting Jade Liquor, you really are... (facepalm bitter smile) Setting up flags again.】

【I suspect Gong Ting Jade Liquor will get caught cheating again next round.】

【Then Axue will happily receive the new title "Cheater Killer."】

【A new classic quote is born, let's organize it: 1. Reached a state of perfection. 2. Too easy. 3. I will definitely win. 4. I'll crush him with my poker card shark skills! (continuously updating)】

【I'm really going to die laughing at you group of meme-making netizens. Are these quotes going to be carved on Gong Ting's epitaph in the future? (doge emoji)】

This round was a draw between Zhou Chenhao and Bai Xuechao.

Zhou Chenhao won Ling Feng's and Gong Ting's game coins.

It was Gong Ting's turn to be the dealer.

Bai Guzi used a few panels to showcase Gong Ting's fancy shuffling skills, which looked very high-end. Then, he started to deal the cards.

Here, there was a close-up shot of Bai Xuechao's expression. He smiled silently and nonchalantly.

【Wifey's smile is so beautiful, but it's so meaningful.】

【Did he figure something out?】

【I bet 1 game coin that he's going to catch Gong Ting Jade Liquor cheating.】

【Then I'll chip in 1 game coin too. (doge emoji)】

Then, just as Gong Ting was dealing a card to Ling Feng, Bai Xuechao suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist!

In the bottom right corner of this image, there was a small panel with a close-up of Gong Ting's eyes, his pupils dilated.

He thought to himself: How could this be?!

Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng looked at Gong Ting's hand, their expressions stunned.

The manga here was a close-up of Gong Ting's hand. The card he had drawn with his right hand was only halfway out, and above that card was another one—it was clearly the second card!

【Does this mean Gong Ting Jade Liquor was dealing the second card?】

【I've learned how to cheat, I'm off to the casino to face off. (doge emoji)】

【Ahem, let me perform. I'll~ crush~ him~ with~ my~ poker~ card shark skills—!】

【Hahaha for real, save me. Every single one of Gong Ting Jade Liquor's flags has fallen. His face has been slapped so hard, I'm starting to feel a little sorry for him. Will my Xue give him a psychological trauma? (laughing and crying)】

【If wifey hadn't appeared, I really doubt Brother Hao and Maomao could have won against Gong Ting. At least, the situation wouldn't be as optimistic as it is now.】

【Damn, I just had the same thought. Bai Xuechao has already caught Gong Ting cheating twice. If he weren't here, Gong Ting would definitely have succeeded, and Brother Hao and Ling Feng would have faced a tough battle.】

【Ahhh I was originally indifferent to Bai Xuechao, but in this arc, I feel like he suddenly has so much charm. I'm starting to like him, ying.】

In the manga, Bai Xuechao's expression was calm: "You cheated."

The next panel was a close-up of Bai Xuechao's eyes.

Gong Ting's face was reflected in his clear, blood-red glass-like eyes. Gong Ting's green eyes were wide open, his expression dazed, as if he couldn't believe he had been caught again.

Below this panel was Gong Ting's inner thought: The second time... The second time! Damn it, I refuse to accept this!

The next panel was a pure black background, with the words written in huge white characters: 『I hate losing.』

After the pure black panel, there was a dark red sky.

The next page, the scenery took up the entire page.

The camera looked up at the sky from the perspective of the road. Blood-red rain fell from the gloomy, reddish, thick clouds, like a downpour of blood blanketing the land. Whether it was the wide road, the buildings on the side of the road, or even the plants in the green belts, everything within sight was tinged with a blood-red, wet color.

Turning the page, the beginning was a TV news report.

A female anchor in a suit on the TV screen said: "A blood rain has fallen simultaneously across the globe. After emergency testing by our country's experts, no toxic substances have been found in the blood rain for the time being. The general public is advised not to panic. Please pay attention to safety when traveling in the rain..."

In the next panel, there was a small black-haired boy. He was hugging his knees, and the white tank top he was wearing had already turned yellow. His appearance was quite similar to Gong Ting's.

The panel after that was a medium shot from the side.

The little boy was squatting in front of the TV, hugging his knees. His home was small and messy, with wine bottles, clothes, and various other things scattered everywhere, looking extremely chaotic.

On the only sofa behind him, a stubbled man was lying, his hand resting on his belly, fast asleep.

Several beer bottles were standing or lying on the floor in front of the sofa.

Beside this panel were several vertical columns of text, writing out Gong Ting's inner thoughts from his perspective: 『When I was a child, that strange blood rain fell across the globe for a day and a night. Not long after that, I awakened my special ability.』

【?? Is this a death flashback?】

【The person isn't even dead yet, what's there to kill! (laughing and crying)】

【A death flashback doesn't necessarily have to be before death, it could also be before a power-up.】

【Is Gong Ting Jade Liquor's card shark skills going to explode after this wave of flashbacks? (doge emoji)】

【Gong Ting's home is so messy, like a dog's kennel (.)】

【The one lying on the sofa should be his dad, right? He looks like a drunkard...】