Chapter 59

In the rules of Blackjack, if a player’s initial hand is an Ace and a 10-point card, they have a Black Jack.

Although a Black Jack is also 21 points, it is “greater than” other hands totaling 21 points.

Except for Bai Xuechao, none of the other three had a Black Jack. Therefore, Bai Xuechao, as the dealer, won directly and took the game coins from all three.

Previously, when Gong Ting and Ling Feng explained the rules of Blackjack, they didn’t mention Black Jack. Zhou Chenhao didn’t know enough about Blackjack and thought he could just continue to hit and tie with Bai Xuechao to be fine. It was Ling Feng who spoke up again to educate him on what a Black Jack was.

Only then did Zhou Chenhao have a sudden realization, exclaiming: “So lucky, it’s like you cheated.”

Xiao 6 was startled by the second half of his sentence, thinking Bai Xuechao’s cheating had been discovered: “Host, is the male lead hinting at you?!”

“Who knows.” Bai Xuechao was very calm and didn’t answer directly, “Isn’t being naturally black-bellied his character setting?”

Xiao 6 said “oh” a few times in a row, thought about it, and then felt relieved.

As a naturally black-bellied male lead, he would sometimes say some scary things that made people’s minds race, but in reality, it was probably just a coincidence.

Zhou Chenhao watched Bai Xuechao collect the cards dealt in this round and place them on the pile in the middle of the table, and suddenly realized that his words just now were ambiguous. He quickly whispered an explanation to Bai Xuechao: “Sorry, I didn’t mean to say you cheated just now. I meant that this level of luck is too amazing, it’s like cheating.”

Bai Xuechao looked at him calmly for a while, then suddenly smiled: “It’s fine, I understand.”

He had indeed cheated.

However, did Zhou Chenhao really not notice at all?

The big screen updated the game coin counts of the four people after that round. Bai Xuechao’s game coins had accumulated to a terrifying number, already exceeding 1 billion.

【City Lord: 533,333,334】

【Player A: 153,333,332】

【Player B: 293,333,331】

【Player C: 1,020,000,003】

After seeing Bai Xuechao’s game coins, Ling Feng pressed his temples with a bit of a headache. The thing he didn’t want to happen had happened.

The total game coins he had exchanged for was 280 million, and Zhou Chenhao had exchanged for 300 million. Rescuing Xia Xiaoxi required 200 million, so together they needed to win 780 million game coins. But now, the game coins in his and Zhou Chenhao’s hands combined were 446,666,663, still short by 333,333,337, which they had to win from Gong Ting’s over 500 million.

As for the possibility of winning from Bai Xuechao, he didn’t hold much hope, feeling that even if he won, it would be won back.

However, if Bai Xuechao, while maintaining his current number of game coins, won another 200 million, they would be unable to achieve their goal, unless the number of game coins on the field increased again.

The next part would be a fierce battle.

This round, it was Zhou Chenhao’s turn to be the dealer.

Zhou Chenhao didn’t have a mind like Ling Feng’s that could remember the cards in his hand. He could only rely on feeling and luck to shuffle. But his intuition guided him to shuffle all the cards face down on the table, then gather them together, still organizing the cards neatly on the table, then pick them up with the faces inward and continue to cut the deck.

This way, no one could observe the cards in his hand while he was shuffling, except for himself.

And he himself could only see the bottom card, not the ones on top, so it wasn’t against the rules.

It was just that his method of cutting the deck was a bit strange, shuffling them back and forth, as if trying to use this method to randomize the cards.

Bai Xuechao rested his chin on both hands, a posture that made his chin lift slightly. He half-lowered his thick, long eyelashes and watched Zhou Chenhao cut the deck back and forth several times. He seemed to have seen something, the corners of his lips curling into a slight arc, his blood-red eyes filled with interest.

Zhou Chenhao finally finished cutting the deck and began to deal.

Bai Xuechao’s cards were a 10 and a 5, for 15 points.

Ling Feng’s cards were a K and a 3, for 13 points.

Gong Ting’s cards were a 4 and an A, for 15 points.

Zhou Chenhao’s face-up card was a 10. He lifted a corner of his face-down card with some anticipation, and after seeing the value, he sighed: “I thought I could also get a Black Jack.”

Hearing him say that, it meant he didn’t.

Ling Feng said calmly: “Black Jacks aren’t that easy to get.”

“Hey, aren’t we teammates?” Zhou Chenhao actually pouted like a little girl, raised his two fists to his ribs to pretend he had his hands on his hips, and looked at Ling Feng opposite him with dissatisfaction, “Shouldn’t you be wishing me a Black Jack?”

Bai Xuechao: “…”

The male lead’s style was always different from others.

He still hadn’t forgotten the other party’s “graceful” dance in the Magic Horror House and the Ghost King’s Daughter’s Marriage.

“Hit.” Gong Ting spoke, interrupting them.

Zhou Chenhao pushed him a card.

Gong Ting held the card tightly covered in his palm, only lifting a corner to glance at it for himself. He immediately showed a pleasantly surprised expression, generously flipping over the 6 of Diamonds in his hand to show everyone: “So lucky, I got 21 points!”

Because Zhou Chenhao hadn’t let anyone see the card faces when he shuffled, Ling Feng didn’t know if this card should have appeared. He had already wrongly accused Gong Ting of cheating once and couldn’t easily risk a second time. He had to be certain; otherwise, after losing 100 million game coins, he wouldn’t have much left.

Bai Xuechao smiled without saying a word.

Neither Zhou Chenhao nor Ling Feng knew that during the previous round of dealing, he had used the stacking method to give Gong Ting two extra cards.

It was a 2 of Clubs and a 6 of Diamonds.

These two cards, besides the special Ace which could represent two numbers, were the smallest and the largest among the small cards, making them relatively applicable in any situation.

Gong Ting, when not having his head clouded by the blow to his cheating skills, was also a smart person. After receiving the cards from him, he immediately realized he had stacked two cards, understood his intention to cooperate, and when he flipped over his Black Jack, attracting the attention of Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng, he quickly and flexibly hid them.

See, didn’t they come in handy?

Gong Ting put on an act of being happy about getting 21 points due to luck, excitedly kissing the playing cards in his hand. His jade-green eyes swept meaningfully over Bai Xuechao, finally settling his gaze on Zhou Chenhao’s face, admiring his blockhead-like expression.

“Has the God of Luck descended now?” Zhou Chenhao blinked his dark brown eyes and looked towards Ling Feng, “Ling Feng, can luck descend upon you too?”

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but Ling Feng always felt that there was a hidden meaning in Zhou Chenhao’s words.

He replied: “I don’t think I can.”

“Then I’ll act as the God of Luck and give you a blessing. After all, we’re teammates. See how considerate I am? You should reflect on what you said just now.” Zhou Chenhao continued to joke around with Ling Feng and pushed a card towards him, “You want to hit, right?”

Ling Feng’s face showed no expression as he slowly flipped over the card.

It was a 7 of Hearts.

Added to his previous cards, his total was now 20.

“See, my blessing is still somewhat useful.” Zhou Chenhao smiled as if relieved, then rested his chin on his hand and said, “Unfortunately, it’s still not lucky enough.”

Zhou Chenhao had mentioned luck too many times. Ling Feng suddenly realized what he was trying to express.

Luck equals cheating.

Blessing equals Zhou Chenhao tried to cheat.

In fact, Zhou Chenhao was very clear that Gong Ting had cheated to get 21 just now, but he was not yet sure if he could find evidence of the other’s cheating. His concerns were the same as Ling Feng’s; if he failed to catch the cheater again, he would be docked 100 million game coins, so he couldn’t take risks lightly.

Because when he was cutting the deck just now, he had cheated using a clumsy method.

Each time he cut the deck and saw the value of the inward-facing card, he used a back-and-forth cutting method to move it to the back alone, so that when the cut was finished and the deck was turned over, it would be on top.

Moreover, the reason he considered this method clumsy was because he had arranged the cards in order.

Starting from the top card of the deck (from the back), the first card was a 10, dealt to himself; the second was a 4, dealt to Gong Ting; the third was a K, dealt to Ling Feng; the fourth was a 10, dealt to Bai Xuechao… As long as he dealt the cards in order, everyone’s points would be under his control, ensuring that no Black Jack would appear among the three players, causing him to lose.

Because the cards cut this way had no pattern, unlike real cheating where all the big cards are shuffled to the top, Gong Ting also didn’t realize he had cheated.

He had originally wanted to give himself a Black Jack like Bai Xuechao, but his skill at playing cards was really not good enough, and he failed.

It was possible that when he was cutting the deck, he didn’t cut it well and cut an extra card, causing him to get a card that he hadn’t arranged, and he failed to make a Black Jack. And the Ace he wanted to deal to himself was dealt to Gong Ting, and his mind was instantly thrown into chaos.

After dealing the cards, Gong Ting hit, and the original eighth card was dealt to Gong Ting.

Zhou Chenhao had completely forgotten what the ninth card was. When he was cutting the deck, he had only glanced at it by chance, mainly focusing on memorizing the eight cards he had arranged.

After Gong Ting cheated, his dazed expression was him frantically trying to remember what the ninth card was. If he had a chance to go back in time, he would definitely have developed his memory properly when he was a child, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so anxious inside just now, almost breaking out in a sweat.

He barely managed to recall that it seemed to be a 7, which was why he said the words of “blessing,” hinting to Ling Feng about Gong Ting’s and his cheating.

Fortunately, he and Ling Feng had been teammates for so long that they had some tacit understanding.

To have achieved this much was already his limit. He really couldn’t do anything more skillful.

“I accept your blessing,” Ling Feng said, “Stand.”

He looked at Zhou Chenhao, his face showing no emotion, but inwardly he was thinking: Zhou Chenhao, well done.

The next person to hit was Bai Xuechao. He naturally cheated as well and got 21 points.

Finally, it was the dealer’s turn to flip his card.

Zhou Chenhao’s face-down card was a 6. Added to the face-up 10, his total was 16, and he needed to hit again.

Zhou Chenhao touched the playing cards while muttering to himself: “Can the God of Luck descend upon me?”

He flipped it over and saw a King of Spades.

Zhou Chenhao: “…”

Zhou Chenhao gave a bitter smile: “Even if the God of Luck doesn’t want to descend upon me, he doesn’t have to kick me, does he?”

Ling Feng was both amused and exasperated by his words.

Zhou Chenhao’s eyes shifted. While collecting the cards from this round, he complained as if in a huff: “If the God of Luck won’t descend upon me, can he not be so biased? Don’t descend upon others either, I’ll be envious, jealous, and hateful.”

When he placed the cards in the middle of the table, he made eye contact with Ling Feng. They understood each other’s meaning from their eyes.

—They had to find a way to ban this “cheating” skill from their skill bar.

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