Chapter 238.1: Life and Death Casino (10)

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Su Zhen’s smile faded when he saw Ruan Qing’s complete set of tiles. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a hint of danger flashed in his indifferent gaze.

The atmosphere in the entire casino became tense.

Even the cheering gamblers quieted down, feeling an inexplicable sense of suffocation.

Many gamblers even showed a trace of fear in their eyes.

That fear was directed at the man at the table.

Although the man did nothing, merely sitting there induced a sense of terror in people.

He was more intimidating than the staff of the Life and Death Casino, as if he might take their lives in the next second.

However, gambling relied not only on skill and luck but also on misleading expressions and reactions, which were common tactics among gamblers.

No one could fault the young man’s actions. If there was any blame, it was because the young man acted too convincingly, deceiving everyone.

Thus, the young man was the undisputed winner of this round.

Ruan Qing was not so optimistic. His slender, fair fingers clenched uneasily as he lowered his eyes, waiting for Su Zhen’s reaction, as if awaiting a final judgment.

Because if Su Zhen chose not to honor the bet, it seemed no one could stop him.

Rules were binding only on the powerless; the strong could create their own rules.

Whether Su Zhen would honor the agreement depended entirely on his mood.

As time ticked by, the oppressive atmosphere grew, and the entire casino fell into an eerie silence.

Su Zhen lifted the corner of his mouth and gave a meaningless chuckle before casually toppling his tiles.

This gesture declared the end of this round of gambling.

Seeing this, Ruan Qing relaxed his tense body slightly, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled.

Su Zhen merely toppled the tiles instead of overturning the table, indicating that he intended to abide by the casino’s rules.

In fact, with that black thread, even adhering to the casino’s rules wouldn’t significantly restrict Su Zhen.

After all, he could control the staff and even his opponents; no one could easily defeat him.

It was precisely because the rules did not heavily constrain Su Zhen that Ruan Qing suggested this agreement, increasing the likelihood that Su Zhen would comply.

Clearly, his gamble paid off.

Although Ruan Qing had just woken up not long ago and was still full of energy, he didn’t want to continue gambling.

After all, gambling even a single move with Su Zhen couldn’t go wrong, and it had consumed too much of his mental energy.

Moreover, if he continued gambling, Su Zhen might follow suit, and they would inevitably face off again.

People generally didn’t stumble over the same stone twice; trying to win against Su Zhen again would be difficult.

Ruan Qing stood up directly and walked towards his room upstairs.

Su Zhen just watched indifferently, neither stopping Ruan Qing nor following him.

However, an invisible maid boy happily lifted his skirt and followed Ruan Qing upstairs.

He looked as if he had dressed up beautifully to meet his sweetheart.

Probably the maid boy also knew he was too excited, completely lacking the demeanor of a lover providing special services should have.

This way, it was easy for guests to be dissatisfied with him.

The maid boy tried hard to suppress his excitement, striving to show a cute and alluring appearance, shyly wringing his hands in front of him, looking like a little bird relying on Ruan Qing.

His delicate face also carried a shy expression, as if he was looking forward to what would happen next.

The maid boy wasn’t particularly tall, about the same height as Ruan Qing, and appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old, so his appearance wasn’t too jarring.

He indeed had some captivating charm.

But on closer inspection, there was always a sense of discord, though it was hard to pinpoint exactly where it came from.

It was as if he shouldn’t look like this at all.

Ruan Qing walked while deep in thought, thinking very seriously, and didn’t look at the maid boy along the way.

After entering his room, he subconsciously reached back to close the door.

The maid boy was startled and immediately reached out to stop the door, preventing Ruan Qing from closing it. “Wait, I haven’t come in yet.”

Ruan Qing’s gaze fell on the maid boy, finally snapping back to reality and remembering that the maid boy was there to provide him with special services.

He opened the door.

The maid boy was overjoyed, but still pretended to be shy as he walked into the room.

This time was different from last time; this time, the person had let him in.

Special... services or something...

The maid boy’s heart raced uncontrollably, and his body reacted inappropriately without his control.

His eyes half-lidded, hiding the excitement within them, as well as suppressing his inappropriate reaction.

He was here to provide a special service, not to be served, and he couldn’t let anyone notice anything was amiss.

The maid boy bit his lip and shyly smiled at Ruan Qing.

He then closed the door behind him, sealing off the room.

The atmosphere immediately became somewhat ambiguous.

The maid boy didn’t know where to place his hands and even started moving awkwardly.

But he didn’t realize this himself.

At this moment, his mind was too preoccupied to think of anything else. Just thinking about what was going to happen next made him feel like his body wasn’t his own.

The maid boy looked at the slender back in front of him, his throat moving up and down, and his eyes filled with an uncontrollable sense of aggression and danger.

He looked like a hungry wolf that had been eyeing its prey for a long time.

Yet, the prey was unaware of the danger and had even opened the door to let the wolf into its room.

Ruan Qing ignored the maid boy, not even glancing back at him, and walked straight to the bed.

Sitting by the bed, he picked up a tablet, his pale fingers tapping on it.

Ruan Qing wanted to check if the woman from before was still alive, but after tapping for a while, he couldn’t find the video of that gambling anymore.

Apparently, the gambling had ended.

Ruan Qing gave up on finding the video and instead wanted to check all the gambling options in the casino.

Su Zhen’s black threads were a game-breaking bug; an ordinary gamble could never beat him.

The method he had just used could only work once. Next time, Su Zhen would undoubtedly control him without hesitation.

He needed to find a type of gambling that he could possibly win, even under control.

At least, the probability of winning couldn’t be zero; otherwise, facing Su Zhen would always result in loss.

The maid boy concealed his expression and shyly followed Ruan Qing to the bedside.

He looked at the clean, white bed and the quiet, well-behaved person sitting on it, his mind filled with indescribable images.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, to the point where he could hardly maintain his disguise.

The maid boy turned his head away to avoid losing composure, and no longer looked at the person sitting by the bed. Naturally, he didn’t notice that the person sitting by the bed had picked up the tablet.

There was no intention of interacting with him at all, not even the slightest acknowledgment.

The only one who felt the atmosphere was ambiguous upon entering the room was the maid boy.

Not looking at the person helped a lot. The maid boy exerted a great deal of effort to control himself and avoid imagining those scenes.

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