When Chen Tianming returned home, he saw Yanjie watching TV alone.
"Yanjie, aren't you keeping Dad and Mom company in the store?" Chen Tianming asked.
"It's all because of you, not coming back until this late. Aunt asked me to wait for you, I'll heat up the food for you." Yanjie stood up.
"Tianming, you lazy bum, get up and eat. What are you still sitting there for?" Yanjie saw Chen Tianming still sitting on the sofa and got annoyed.
"Get up, get up, hurry up." Yanjie got angry and tried to pull Chen Tianming up. But her strength was no match for Chen Tianming's, and not only couldn't she lift him, but she accidentally got pulled down by him. Yanjie ended up sitting on top of Chen Tianming.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Chen Tianming screamed in his mind.
"Let go of me and get up to eat. Can't you hear me? Get up."
Chen Tianming's hands involuntarily wrapped around Yanjie's waist.
At that moment, Yanjie felt it. Feeling embarrassed to stand up, she blushed and stopped moving.
"Tianming, go eat," Yanjie said after biting her teeth and stood up abruptly.
Chen Tianming could only disappointingly stand up and went to eat.
Looking at Chen Tianming's sad face, Yanjie said, "Go wash your face first before eating, and I'll reheat the food."
"Yanjie, I..." Chen Tianming couldn't find the words.
Yanjie looked at her cousin, who was a year younger than her, feeling incredibly upset. She didn't know when she started to have feelings for him, but she wouldn't rush into things. She didn't even know why she always went to his house after work.
"Sis, are you tired?" Chen Tianming asked Yanjie while wolfing down his food.
"Not tired. I'm not afraid of anything for your sake," Yanjie said.
Chen Tianming grabbed Yanjie's hand emotionally and said, "Sis, why are you so good to me?"
"You're my little brother, idiot! Eat up. The food's getting cold," Yanjie urged.
"Hey, sis, what's the best way to make money nowadays?" Chen Tianming asked inadvertently. He needed to become stronger now, only through wealth could he protect himself from bullies like Ye Dawei. And the quickest way to become strong was to have money.
"Gambling!" Yanjie was watching a movie called "God of Wealth". "Look at Zhou Run, he made tens of millions in no time."
Yanjie didn't realize that her words had changed Chen Tianming. During this period, Chen Tianming had been playing dice whenever he had free time, and now he could actually roll the dice to get the numbers he wanted and even identify the numbers by sound.
In the evening, after finishing his dinner, Chen Tianming went to the largest underground casino in the county, "Heavenly Mansion." It was one of the underground casinos in the city, where it was said to make millions in a day. Chen Tianming was prepared today. He brought his salary of over a thousand yuan and a briefcase to the casino, ready to make a fortune tonight.
As Yanjie said, the casino was the easiest and fastest way to make money. He had no problem with his skills. To avoid being recognized, Chen Tianming's head was covered with glue, and he wore a pair of sunglasses he bought this afternoon. The sunglasses covered one-third of his face, making it hard for acquaintances to recognize him.
As Chen Tianming entered the "Heavenly Mansion", it was quiet outside, but inside was bustling with activity, probably because of the good sound insulation. Tables were arranged in rows, each surrounded by people playing various games such as Sic Bo, dice, and blackjack. Those people seemed to be crazy, shouting and yelling.
Chen Tianming had been here once with friends, but that time he was just observing while his friends gambled, so he knew a bit about how things worked. He also knew that he didn't have much money with him today, so he couldn't afford to lose even once, and the casino paid three times the stake. He had to win big and leave, or else he would be in trouble if he was recognized by the people in the casino.
Chen Tianming threw down his one thousand yuan.
A thousand turned into three thousand, three thousand turned into nine thousand, nine thousand turned into twenty-seven thousand. Chen Tianming used his skills, betting correctly every time. In no time, he had nearly half a million in front of him. Chen Tianming didn't dare to be too arrogant. Sometimes he lost a small amount, sometimes he won several times more. If he kept winning, he would be asked out for dinner by the people in the casino before he could stand for five minutes.
"Thirty thousand, bet on the East." Chen Tianming pushed the money forward.
The house was a bit afraid. This kid was too mysterious. He kept winning tonight. Although he sometimes lost, it was only one or two thousand, while he won tens or even hundreds of thousands. If this went on, they would lose a lot tonight. Could his luck be that good? The house began to doubt.
"One, two, three, small." Two bundles of money were pushed in front of Chen Tianming. Looking at them, there was more than a million already. Chen Tianming thought that he would lose ten thousand in this round and then leave.but just as he was about to leave, a commotion broke out nearby.
"Da Niu, lend me fifty thousand. My mom needs surgery tomorrow," a thin young man said to a middle-aged man standing nearby.
"If you want to borrow money to gamble here, I can lend you as much as you want. But if you want to borrow it to give away, that's not happening. We have rules here," the middle-aged man said disdainfully. "Your mom needs surgery? She'd better go sooner than later."
"If you give me fifty thousand, I'll sell my life to you, okay? My mom really needs surgery tomorrow. Without money, she'll die," the young man pleaded, his voice almost breaking.
"Nope, I heard you, Lin Guo, came here to gamble today too, right? Didn't win?" Da Niu said.
"No, I only brought ten thousand today. I was hoping to win some money for my mom's medical bills, but now it's all gone," Lin Guo shook his head, feeling lost. He had spent the whole day here, but only had ten thousand left. He had hoped to earn back forty thousand in the casino, but now it was all gone.
"In that case, I can't lend you the money. If you want to win my money and didn't, I can't lend it to you. If I did, I'd be in big trouble. You can leave now," Da Niu shook his head and refused to lend money to Lin Guo.