Money was piled up on the table, and some people stacked their jade pendants on top of them. A young and inexperienced boy who had good luck after good fortune naturally attracted the attention of others. Not long after, the place was filled with people who wanted to watch the fun.
"Big."
"Open —"
"Gongzi, please choose."
"Small."
"Again."
"Open —"
"Again."
"Open —"
"Again."
"Open —"
In front of He Yan, there was a pile of banknotes. The people who laughed at her just now had already quieted down. Even a fool could see that she was not a newbie who came to play for the first time. If it wasn't for the reputation of Le Tong Zhuang, others would have suspected that she was working together with the banker to deceive outsiders.
The faint sound of the night watch came from outside. He Yan said, "It's getting late, I should go back."
"Gongzi," the bearded old man smiled, "Let's play one last round. How about we change the bet?"
He Yan looked up at him, "How do we play?"
"Let's not play big or small. I think gongzi is an expert. How about we guess the number of the dice?" He pushed all the jewelry and banknotes on the table to the middle of the table, "If gongzi wins, these will all be gongzi's."
He Yan looked at the banknotes on the table.
She had already won a lot, and she knew that this would attract other people's attention. In the past, when she was in the army, she had heard the young generals talk about the dark side of casinos, so she knew a thing or two about it. She should have stopped when she was ahead, but for some reason, He Yunsheng's yearning gaze when he talked about going to school appeared in her mind, as well as the one and only clothes she was wearing, which had been washed out.
"Okay." She said.
The crowd was in an uproar, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Guessing big or small and guessing numbers were two completely different things.
Guessing big or small depended on luck. There were only two outcomes, big or small. But the number had to be accurate to every single one. If it was wrong, it was wrong. The chance of winning was too small. Unless it was someone who really knew how to throw dice, they probably wouldn't do it like this. Moreover, the banker's method was different.
He Yan also pushed all the banknotes in front of him forward.
If she lost this round, everything she had done tonight would have been for naught. If he won, He Yunsheng's tuition would be enough for the He Family's food and drink for the next three to five years.
When the crowd saw this, they all raised their stakes. "Me too!"
"This is my silver, I bet on this brother to win!"
"How is that possible? I'll bet on my opponent, hahaha!"
The higher the stakes, the more people would watch. Getting rich overnight was even more irresistible than the best opera troupe in the capital.
The long-bearded old man slowly lifted the bowl, and the casino quieted down. It seemed that only the sound of the dice colliding in the copper bowl could be heard.
He Yan was slightly distracted.
Her gambling skills were really terrible. At least before she returned to the capital, before she married into the Xu family, it was as bad as before. Not long after she got married, she played the 'Leaf' card game with other madams at various banquets as Young Mistress Xu. She always lost miserably. At that time, Xu Zhiheng always laughed and said, "You ah, why are you so stupid?"
That was a rare moment when he showed her mischievous side. She thought that she caught this handsome man's gentleness and intimacy. She was very happy and secretly made a decision to learn her skills well so that she could make Xu Zhiheng proud at the next banquet.
Unfortunately, before she could seriously learn the 'Leaf' card game, she became blind.
Whether it was a family banquet or an external banquet, the Xu family couldn't let a blind person represent the main branch. She didn't go out anymore, but the fu was really boring and stuffy. She couldn't see, so she could only learn to listen.
She wanted to be a blind person who could move freely. Even if she couldn't see, she didn't need other people's help. She had always been competitive, so she started practicing again. First, she listened to the sounds and learned to distinguish shapes. Then, she slowly moved. When she was almost ready, she could use the branches in the fu as swords and secretly make gestures.
It was at that time that she learned to listen to the sounds of the dice.
He Yan felt that the dice were much simpler than the 'Leaf' card game. The more delicate something was, the more it tested one's hearing ability. She listened like this, and each side of the dice had a slight difference. She shook the dice in the bamboo tube and poured it on the table. She silently recited the numbers and then used her fingers to test it. At first, she always made mistakes. Once, after she finished reciting the numbers and touched the dice, she finally smiled.
She succeeded.
The Xu family's servants secretly talked about her. They said that after the young mistress became blind, she went crazy and shook the bamboo tube in the room all day long. However, they gradually discovered that He Yan didn't need anyone's help. She could still eat, live, and travel. She could accurately distinguish each Xu family servant by their voices and knew where each utensil was placed.
If she didn't know that she really couldn't see, she would be no different from a normal person.
Xu Zhiheng praised her for being amazing. He held her hand and praised her. He Yan was very happy, but also a bit disappointed. She didn't know what she was disappointed about, but she always felt that perhaps it shouldn't be like this.
Now that she thought about it, at that time, her hearing ability had been trained to perfection. She could probably hear Xu Zhiheng's coldness and perfunctory tone when he spoke to her. However, her emotions made her subconsciously avoid this thought.
He Yan lowered her eyes. In the end … the person involved couldn't see clearly.
The sound of shaking the dice came to an abrupt end. With a "bang", the bowl was upside down on the table.
One dice, two dice, both of them landed.
Everyone looked at He Yan. He Yan closed her eyes. It was as if she had returned to the days when she was in the Xu family. She sat in front of the table, shaking the dice alone. She opened the lid alone. She touched each side of the dice alone.
She tried to grasp the light in the darkness.
"2, 5." She opened her eyes and said.
The upside down bowl and chopsticks were opened, and the two dice fell naked in front of everyone's eyes.
At first, it was quiet. After a while, someone softly cried out in surprise. Then, one after another, cries of surprise rose and fell. He Yan was closest to a pampered young master. He grabbed He Yan's arm and shouted, "Master, from today onwards, you are my master! Please accept a bow from your disciple! "
He Yan helplessly pulled away the young master's hand that was grabbing her arm.
The long bearded old man's smile stiffened. However, after a moment, he stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Young master, you have good skills. These silvers are all yours." After a pause, he said, "May I ask young master's esteemed name? Would you do me the honor of drinking a cup of tea with this old man before you leave?"
He Yan put all the silver notes and jewelry into her bosom and politely declined, "Nameless brat, there's no need to mention it. It's really late today. As for the tea, I'll drink it another day. "After she finished speaking, she walked past everyone and quickly left Le Tong Manor.
The people in the gambling house continued to marvel at the gambling house. The long bearded old man's smile didn't change. He turned around and walked upstairs. Someone bowed their head in front of him. He said, "Follow him!"
On the other side, the big man with a gloomy face pressed his fingers together and waved to Ding Yi behind him. He then followed him out of Le Tong Manor.
"You want to run away after winning my money? There's no such thing in this world, idiot! "