Li Yu and Huizhong were both stunned silence when they heard Blacky's narration. The story felt like one gotten from webnovel.
Blacky also gave them enough time to ponder over the story.
After contemplating for some moment, Li Yu sighed and finally opened his mouth.
"Sir is there a reason why you told me this story?!"
[A smart boy indeed,] Blacky thought in amazement.
"Yes, you are right. I told you this particular story because we need your help."
Li Yu was startled, [What does he, a 16 years old boy have to help this gang?!] Li Yu thought with a start.
With a puzzled face, Li Yu asked the question that was in his mind. "What help can I, a high school student and a teen render to you, sir?!"
Blacky couldn't help but look at Li Yu with a face filled with praise.
[What an interesting boy,] Blacky thought in his mind.
"Ye Qiu, with all this story I've narrated to you, I'm sure you would have gotten what I want from you, right?"
Blacky stared at Li Yu unblinkingly with a face filled with expectations.
Still looking confused, Li Yu couldn't help but think in amazement, [Is it my gambling skills he said he need?]
"Sire, with that story you told me, the only help I can guess you are asking me should be my gambling skill, right?"
A smile suddenly blossomed on blacky's face when he heard what Li Yu said, this is his aim from the beginning.
Blacky had told Li Yu the entire story because he wanted to first gain Li Yi's sympathy.
"But sire, why do you think I can help you?!"
Li Yu was confused now because as far as he could remember, he had only showcased his gambling skill twice, so why would this man want to place their lives in his hand?
Li Yu was so confused now.
[The two skills I showed should not be anything special, right? What gave them courage that my winnings were my work and not luck?]
Seeing Li Yu's confused look, and knowing his thoughts, Blacky smiled silently for a while before opening his mouth to speak.
"Brother Ye Qiu, you know it's not good playing an oblivion game, right? You and I both know well that you have a talent, of let's call it a skill that allows you predict any games."
[Wow… since when did I turn to a brother?!]
Li Yu thought in shock, but showed no expression on his face, Li Yu looked at Blacky in silence for seconds before speaking.
"Sire, let's say I agree to play for your team and you won, what would I do if those people comes after me and my loved ones?"
Realizing that Li Yu had agreed indirectly, but was only concerned about the consequences, Blacky immediately had a triumphant smile on his lips.
"Brother Ye, you've forgotten the part of the story I told you, right,? if so, allow me to remind you."
Blacky took a sip of water he took from god knows where.
"All these gangs have taken an oath that they would never start fights or war with each other, else, they would be destroyed by lightning.
And once you played for us, then you've automatically become part of our team, which means you've become exempted from any comeback."
Huizhong who had woken up from his stunned state had become currently deeply excited now. He was now busy thinking of how he would show off and flaunt around fearing no one and everyone at the same time, his brother now has a deep background, so who would touch him?
[I only need to mention my bro name, and everybody would begin to shiver in fear, hehehe…]
The more Huizhong think, the more he was.
[Isn't this what I need now?!] Li Yu thought as he remembered what his great concern since morning was; Mo Feng's father.
At this moment, even if Blacky did not promise any share, Li Yu would have only asked for a simple thing, Protection.
But fortunately for Li Yu, Blacky had mentioned giving him shares before he even mentioned the deal at all.
Li Yu think of the pros and cons for a while before deciding to hop in when he saw that the pros had overruled the cons.
The triumphant smile on Blacky's face had never changed since the beginning because he who was good at studying expressions had already known that Li Yu had accepted his offer with all his heart.
"Sire…"
"Big bro, you can call me Big bro" Blacky interrupted Li Yu.
Li Yu looked at the other party deeply for a while, then he opened his mouth again.
"Big bro when is the gambling game starting?" Li Yu asked after making up his mind.
"Next month, the gambling game is starting early next month."
"So big brother, you said I would be getting a 10% stake if I won or agreed to play the gamble game. Now that I've accepted the offer, will I be receiving the stake now or after the deal is completed?!"
Looking at the scheming look on Lu Yu's face, Blacky smiled amusedly and acted as if he does not notice it at all.
"You will receive the 10% stake before the tournament. In fact, we would have given you the shares now, but we would need some days to draft the contract.
You would give us ways to contact you before you leave, in case we need to."
Seeing that the stake would be given to him in advance, Li Yu immediately became so excited that he was almost floating in joy.
Due to Li Yu's memory, he knew how much money casino houses generate every day.
A single casino would generate tens of millions of dollars every day, at the least. That would mean he would be able to gain at least $100,000 daily for the rest of his life.
"Isn't this the life I've been hoping for since years ago?!" Li Yu thought happily.
"Big bro, I would not be dropping my contact anytime soon, I will come here a few days from now, but before then, can you send some people to provide security for me and my family?!"
Li Yu thought deeply for a while, then he chooses to ask for what he needed the most now.
When Blacky heard this, he couldn't help but be lost for words.
[Is this brat playing games with me, protect him and his family. He had not even received any stake now and he want me to provide security for him.]
Anger was about to rise from Blacky at this moment, but he tried his best to calm it down.
"What do you mean by providing security for you and your loved ones," Blacky asked with a dark face.
Seeing this, Li Yu realized that Blacky seemed to have misunderstood him, he quickly explained his situation with Mo Feng and his father to Blacky.
The more Blacky heard Li Yu narrate the story between him, Mo Feng, and Mo Feng's father, the angrier Blacky became.
[How dare that bastard try to threaten someone that is going to save us?!]
Killing intents were already radiating from Blacky's body by the time Li Yu finished narrating his story.
When Li Yu who was narrating and Huizhong who was stunned by the story Li Yu narrated felt the killing intent oozing from Blacky, they couldn't help but shake in fear with their heart pounding like crazy.
Li Yu and Huizhong had never felt anything like this before in their lives.
"Big- big bro," Li Yu called out when he realized the Blacky's entire been had changed drastically at the moment.
Hearing Li Yu's call, Blacky realized that he had almost been consumed by anger, and he quickly calmed himself down for a while.
"Sorry for that," Blacky apologized quietly.
I couldn't control myself when I heard what you just said. I dare that bastard to go after yours or your loved one's life," Blacky spat in anger."
Li Yu immediately felt an unknown emotion rise in his mind when he realized the reason Blacky was mad.
"You said that bastard's name was Mo Dão, right?! And he's a little ant around your school?" "
Li Yu hurriedly nodded.
"Don't worry about him, I will deal with him. He is the reason why they blame us, he couldn't train his son and seemed to even encourage his behavior.
When the boy matured enough now, he would begin terrorizing everywhere."
Blacky's face was so black at the moment.
Although Blacky was also a gangster, yet he was one with conscience and would only deal with people at fault, he would never touch innocent people.
Hearing Blacky's statement, Li Yu immediately felt goodwill for him, he realized he had wrongly accused him in the beginning.
"That would be much appreciated, big bro."
Li Yu finally called Blacky big bro right from his heart.
Li Yu had only been calling Blacky Big Bro before only due to business, but now, he called him big bro due to the respect he felt for him.
"So let's discuss your winning. I think it would be much better if you open a bank account first before you receive such huge money. It definitely would be too risky if you were to collect such money in cash."
Blacky finally changed the subject after he had made up his mind to clear out Mo Dão and his son since that's what it seems they were looking for.
Li Yu entered a deep thought when he heard Blacky's advice.
After a while of thinking everything through, Li Yu finally made up his mind.
"I think that would truly be for the best."
Blacky felt grateful when he saw that Li Yu had accepted his advice.
"Great," Blacky exclaimed.
"I would follow you to the nearest bank to go register your account anytime you are ready as from today," Blacky promised.
Li Yu was excited when he heard this, "This is going much better than expected," he thought joyfully.
The two began to discuss some small talks, which were mostly about gambling skills, tricks, and so on.
The more Li Yu and Blacky discussed gambling, the more excited Blacky felt. He never realized that Li Yu would have so many gifts and knowledge about gambling.
He realized that Li Yu's understanding and knowledge of gambling seemed to be much higher compared to his imagination.
"This boy is definitely not ordinary. He must have a great master in hidden," Blacky thought quietly.
This does not make Blacky fear at all, but instead, he even seemed more excited as he knew the more skillful Li Yu's skill was, the higher their chance of winning the tournament would be, and apart from that, Li Yu had already become one of them from now on, that means he would definitely be a great addition to them.
[It seems I and boss had even underestimated this boy a lot.]
After discussing for hours, Li Yu and Huizhong finally departed from the casino.
Huizhong had remained in a ghost mood all through the discussion, seeming invisible.
Li Yu couldn't help but look at Huizhong's disappointed expression in wonder, [What's wrong with this money grumbler, he had not to start exclaiming at this moment,] Li Yu thought in shock.
"What is going on dude," Li Yu could not help, but push Huizhong with his side playfully.
Huizhong looked at Li Yu coldly for a while, as if having something in his mind that he wanted to say but not knowing how to say it.
With this look, Li Yu seemed to realize that he had offended this bro of his unknowingly.
"Bro, have I done anything wrong,"
Silence….
"Bro, is it because of the money we did not collect?"
Silence….
"Bro, don't worry about the money, that guy needs our help, so he definitely would not want to dupe us for that little money, and even if he had intentions of doing so, he would have done so directly instead of going through those talks"
More silence….
Li Yu was becoming frustrated by now as he could not understand what was going on anymore now.
"Bro, are you seriously mad at me now because of money?!"
Huizhong who had been trying his best to keep his anger in check finally seem to lose control of it, he looked at Li Yu for a while with eyes that seem to want to shoot out a dagger.
"Why don't you tell me about Mo Dão?!"
Li Yu finally realized the source of Huizhing's anger when he heard his question. He couldn't help but look at this bro of his with care.
One would think Li Yu was into men if they were to see LI Yu's current look, unfortunately, everybody was busy going their way now than to look at the two lean and fat boy duo in the middle of the street.
"Do you think I can't handle that or do you think I'm a liability?" Blacky shot another question out in anger.
"Hahaha… brother, aren't you thinking too much into this?! You and I both know deep well that I would never think of that about you."
Huizhong suddenly stood still in shock, with a face that looked filled with anger.
"You- you- you," Huizhong said in pain before suddenly stopping a taxi.
Li Yu had also become stunned at this moment as he could not understand what he had said wrong to his bro.
By the time he regained his consciousness, Huizhong had already boarded the taxi.
"Bro, bro…"
The taxi had already zoomed off.
Li Yu stood still for a while before shaking his head in cluelessness.
Li Yu sighed deeply as he also boarded a taxi.
"I hope you would have calmed down enough tomorrow, I will explain things to you better."
Li Yu seemed to have finally understood why Huizhong was mad.
…..
"Tell that Mo whatever that was said to be one of the gang leaders around Zed high school that he should keep his hands off Li Yu, the boy that just left now, and his family, else, else…." Blacky laughed coldly.
Blacky was currently instructing a tall and lean man with different tattoos on his body, dressed in baggy army pants and an armless jacket.
The man was quite a handsome one that would receive adorations and infatuated looks from girls.
One more thing, this man was oozing out a cold killing intent, even as he faced his boss. He definitely must be a man with a lot of lives in his hands.
The handsome man nodded respectfully and turned back without saying a word.
"One more thing, arrange for people to protect that boy, his friends, and family all time from the dark," Black suddenly said when the handsome man was about to reach the door.
The handsome nodded respectfully again and finally exited without saying a single word from the beginning.
"Li Yu….."
Blacky called out quietly with a smile on his lips.
"Who are you exactly?"
Blacky realized that Li Yu seemed to not be an ordinary person when they were discussing earlier.
Blacky had even begun to doubt if the intel he received concerning Li Yu was real.