Upon hearing Lu Ting's inquiry, Xingyue only flashed a very enchanting smile and said, "There's no one else, just you and me."
Seeing Lu Ting staring at her without speaking, Xingyue spoke again, using provocative language, "What? Mr. Zhao, are you not interested in me? Or are you afraid that I'll set you up?"
At this, Lu Ting immediately showed a disdainful smile, took a sip from his glass, and replied, "In all my years, Zhao Ting, there's really nothing I'm afraid of."
Confident and arrogant in tone, after saying this, Lu Ting set down his glass and walked straight to the rectangular gambling table.
After taking a seat on one side, he glanced at Xingyue and said, "Why are you still standing? Aren't we here to play?"
Lu Ting was well aware of Xingyue's scheme and simply went along with it.
After all, Lu Ting's current identity as a pampered son of Chinese meant that losing tens of millions in a casino was nothing to him!
Since she wants to play, let's play!
Upon seeing Lu Ting already seated at the gambling table and even inviting her over, Xingyue couldn't help but sneer inwardly, thinking, 'As expected! These ignorant and arrogant rich second generations of Chinese are all the same—they can't resist being provoked, and they fall into the trap so easily!'
Collecting her thoughts, Xingyue walked over to the rectangular gambling table. After sitting down on the opposite side of Lu Ting, she asked, "Mr. Zhao, what would you like to play?"
There are many ways to gamble at a gambling table, but for Xingyue's question, Lu Ting didn't really care.
After all, no matter what he chose to play, the end result would surely be a massive loss.
Pretending to think for a moment, he said, "Let's keep it simple and rough. Texas Hold'em."
Upon hearing this, Xingyue nodded in agreement and then clapped her hands twice.
Clap! Clap!
Following the two claps echoing in the somewhat empty room, a black door on the wall directly in front of them was pushed open.
Immediately, a slender figure dressed in a black cheongsam with a high slit appeared from behind the door, pushing a small trolley.
Neatly arranged on the top level of this trolley were stacks upon stacks of chips of different denominations.
As this female dealer pushed the trolley and arrived at the center position between Lu Ting and Xingyue, she didn't immediately distribute the chips to them.
Instead, she took out a piece of paper and handed it over to Lu Ting.
"What's this?"
Seeing Lu Ting's confusion about their actions, he picked up the paper and glanced at it. It was an agreement stating that if substantial gambling debts were owed within the casino, the casino had the right to demand repayment from the debtor's family.
Instantly, Lu Ting snorted disdainfully and said, "Do you think I can't afford to lose money? Will I default on debts in your casino?"
At this, Xingyue, sitting across from him, immediately smiled and explained, "Not at all, Mr. Zhao. Of course, I trust in your substantial financial resources."
"But this is a customary rule at our Cangsheng Casino. When opening this casino for esteemed guests like yourself, every guest must sign this. It's also a form of safeguard for our Cangsheng Casino's interests."
Safeguarding interests?
Upon hearing her feeble explanation, Lu Ting couldn't help but want to laugh.
This whole thing is a "kill the pig" scheme—what more safeguarding of interests do you need?
Though he thought this way inwardly, Lu Ting didn't show it on the surface. Immediately, he took the pen from the female dealer's hand and swiftly signed Zhao Ting's name twice on the agreement.
His signature, at this moment, was indeed on this agreement. But by the time the "kill the pig" scheme approached its climax, where his signature would next appear might not be on this agreement paper anymore.
Clearly, this was one of the stages set by Cangsheng Casino to ensnare Lu Ting.
Seeing Lu Ting so readily sign his name, Xingyue, seated opposite him, smiled even more brightly. Her eyes staring at Lu Ting were filled with confident assurance of victory.
After tossing the pen and agreement back to the female dealer, Lu Ting stared at Xingyue and asked, "Can we start now?"
"Of course," Xingyue nodded, signaling the female dealer to begin distributing the chips.
Immediately, the female dealer counted out two sets of chips and pushed them toward Lu Ting and Xingyue.
With each holding thirty million dollar in chips, there was a total of sixty million dollar on the table.
After distributing the chips, Xingyue turned the conversation back to Lu Ting. "To avoid Mr. Zhao feeling unfair, how about this time, instead of our casino's dealer, you shuffle and deal the cards yourself? How does that sound?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ting squinted his eyes slightly. How could he not know that this was also part of her scheme?
On the surface, her proposal seemed considerate, aimed at preventing any perceived unfairness.
But in reality, Lu Ting suspected that this deck of cards probably held some hidden agenda. Whether he shuffled and dealt the cards himself or not, they could still manipulate the game—deciding who wins and who loses.
And if he ended up losing big while dealing the cards himself, he would have no grounds to cause trouble for Cangsheng Casino.
After all, if you're the one shuffling and dealing, who could you blame if luck turns against you?
Just blame it on bad luck!
"Alright, no problem!"
Immediately, Lu Ting stood up from his seat, took the deck of cards handed by the female dealer, and began the one-on-one game with the cunning woman across from him!
At the same time, within Cangsheng Casino, Lu Ting, playing the role of a pampered son who had already fallen into the trap, was playing his part diligently.
Meanwhile, Roach and Yuri, responsible for escorting the "auctioned goods" Lu Ting had purchased back to the hotel room, successfully completed the commander's assigned task.
"They've left."
Standing by the window, Yuri watched as the Cangsheng Casino staff drove away from the hotel. He then lowered the curtains and turned back into the room.
Immediately, Roach and Yuri inspected the two auctioned items thoroughly, inside and out, ensuring they were not secretly fitted with any bugs. Satisfied that they hadn't raised any suspicions at Cangsheng Casino, they breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed their performance at Cangsheng Casino had been flawless, without arousing any suspicion from those people. Now, everything depended on the commander.
Immediately, Roach glanced at Alya sitting on the bed, then leaned in to Yuri's ear and whispered, "Send a message to the money team, informing them that the commander has been left alone there. They should focus on tracking the commander's location from now on!"
(End of the Chapter)