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Before Ruan Qing could finish, Su Zhen chuckled softly and then leisurely said, “You should know that I’m not someone who follows the rules.”
“Don’t test my patience when I’m following the rules.”
Su Zhen smiled at Ruan Qing, “Otherwise, I will follow my own rules.”
Su Zhen’s tone was calm, without any hint of threat, as if he was merely stating a fact.
But Ruan Qing’s body instantly tensed up, unable to utter the words of refusal.
Even the casino staff, after hearing Su Zhen’s words, assumed an offensive and defensive stance.
No one thought Su Zhen was joking.
The audience in the live stream, whether they knew Su Zhen or not, were shocked upon hearing his words.
[What the heck! Who is this guy!? So arrogant!? He actually threatened my husband! Don’t hold me back, I must bite him to death!!! Let him know that my husband’s dog is not to be messed with!]
[I suggest you don’t bite him because he really will kill dogs. But what does big shot Su Zhen mean? Does he know my husband? Why does the atmosphere between them seem off to me?]
[Not just know him, when he saw my husband looking at the tablet earlier, he practically had ‘jealous’ written all over his face. The vinegar jar has been overturned, I could smell the sourness through the screen.]
[Judging by his attitude, could it be that my husband is his runaway... little wife...?]
Ruan Qing paused for a few seconds before finally sitting at the gambling table.
He sat opposite Su Zhen.
Su Zhen didn’t seem to mind, casually playing with the gambling cards on the table.
Ruan Qing didn’t want to gamble with Su Zhen, but he had no choice at this moment.
Nor did he dare to refuse.
Disrupting the game, forcibly dragging gamblers off the table, this undoubtedly fell under the realm of violence.
It also broke the rule that once a gambling game starts, it could not be stopped.
But the staff just stared at Su Zhen without directly settling the matter as they would with other guests who broke the rules.
Maybe it wasn’t that the staff didn’t want to, but that they couldn’t.
Because there was a hint of apprehension in the staff’s eyes, a fear of Su Zhen.
So they wouldn’t easily take action against him.
At least as long as Su Zhen didn’t completely break the rules of the Life and Death Casino, the staff wouldn’t take action against him.
The staff clearly knew Su Zhen; otherwise, they wouldn’t have made such concessions.
And Su Zhen obviously didn’t care much about the rules of the Life and Death Casino, as if it didn’t matter whether he violated them or not.
Either he was ignorant of the consequences, or he was confident enough.
Ruan Qing didn’t need to think to know that Su Zhen was definitely the latter.
If he refused him, he would really dare to make a move in the Life and Death Casino.
Once Su Zhen completely disregarded the rules of the Life and Death Casino, Ruan Qing would have no chance of winning and no way out.
He wouldn’t even have the power to resist.
Ruan Qing’s delicate fingers slightly curled, and his heart sank.
This was a gambling game that he couldn’t decide to start, and maybe it wouldn’t end so smoothly either.
And he could only passively follow Su Zhen’s lead.
This game had to be gambled.
Four people typically played this game, but at this moment, only Ruan Qing, Su Zhen, and the staff were at the gambling table.
One person was still missing.
Su Zhen turned to look at the others. Seeing this, the players instinctively stepped back several paces, their eyes filled with unease and tension, fearing that Su Zhen would call them up.
They feared the players on the leaderboard, so they didn’t dare to gamble with Su Zhen.
The NPC gamblers in the Life and Death Casino probably also sensed that something was off, and hesitated for a long time, with no one daring to step forward.
The atmosphere at the gambling table became a bit eerie.
Finally, a staff member from the Life and Death Casino came over to complete the gambling table.
The gamble was about to begin.
There was usually a dealer in this card game, and the dealer for this game was the staff member at the table, as always.
Sitting to the dealer’s right was Ruan Qing, opposite another staff member, and Su Zhen was directly across from Ruan Qing.
To prevent gamblers from cheating or memorizing the positions of the cards, a machine naturally shuffled the cards.
When the cards were shuffled, they were already shuffled and placed properly.
Then the dealer rolled the dice to determine where to start drawing cards.
However, just as the staff member picked up the dice, Su Zhen tapped the table and spoke calmly.
“What’s the rush? I haven’t said what we’re betting yet, have I?”
This table was naturally for betting gold coins, but any table at the Life and Death Casino could have additional stakes.
It was clear that Su Zhen intended to raise the stakes.
This was in accordance with the rules of the Life and Death Casino, and the staff member couldn’t refuse.
The staff member looked at Su Zhen and smiled as usual, as if the earlier unpleasantness had never happened.
“What would the guest like to add to the bet?”
Su Zhen didn’t answer the staff member but instead looked at Ruan Qing with a light smile and asked, “What do you think you can bet against me?”
A flash of gold passed through the eyes of the ignored staff member, but in the end, he said nothing.
Ruan Qing pursed his light pink lips and stayed silent for a long time after hearing Su Zhen’s words.
He seemed unsure of what he could bet.
Gold coins and points naturally didn’t need to be mentioned, as Su Zhen certainly didn’t want to bet on those.
What Su Zhen wanted to bet on was definitely something Ruan Qing didn’t want to wager. It was better to throw the question back at Su Zhen.
Seeing Ruan Qing’s hesitation and difficulty, Su Zhen calmly suggested, “How about betting your dignity?”
Su Zhen said it so indifferently, as if the words hadn’t come from his mouth.
Even the onlookers and gamblers thought they had misheard.
After all, the man appeared powerful and dangerous, yet carried an inexplicable elegance and nobility, not someone who would say such crude and vulgar things.
Only the staff member’s pupils contracted vertically as he looked coldly at Su Zhen, nearly crushing the dice in his hand.
Ruan Qing didn’t doubt his hearing. As Su Zhen’s words fell, his expression froze, and his body stiffened slightly.
It was evident that Su Zhen didn’t expect Ruan Qing to make such a bet.
Perhaps Ruan Qing’s reaction amused Su Zhen, as Su Zhen let out a light laugh, the sound filled with joy. “Just kidding.”
After Su Zhen finished speaking, his gaze moved from the tear mole at the corner of Ruan Qing’s eye to his lips, his eyes darkening a few shades.
“A kiss. How about that?”
Ruan Qing pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and instead of answering directly, he looked at Su Zhen and asked back, “What if you lose?”
“Let’s hear it,” Su Zhen slightly raised his chin, giving Ruan Qing the chance to propose the bet.
A high-ranking player on the leaderboard offering someone the chance to propose a bet, even if they might not win, was enough to excite anyone.
a kiss? thats it? maybe not to ruan qing but hasnt he kissed some of them before?
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