What is cheating?
The moment this question was raised, everyone couldn’t help but look towards the little girl’s seventh maternal uncle, their gazes deeply intriguing.
Ji Youzhi felt their stares but paid them no mind as he began to explain, "Cheating, also known as using sleight of hand, involves numerous swift techniques. The most important thing is to be skilled at concealment. They can hide one or two dice in their sleeves, on their shoulders, at their waist, in their trousers, or even in their undergarments. During the process of revealing the dice, they quickly swap them out, causing others to lose."
As Ji Youzhi finished his explanation, a strange silence fell over the scene.
Xiaosuisui nodded, as if she understood. She clapped her hands, pointed at Han Qianshou opposite her, and declared, "Then he’s the one using sleight of hand!"
At her words, the already quiet scene became even more silent.
"You... you little girl, what nonsense are you spouting? I’m warning you, stop your nonsense! I didn’t do it! I’m not!" Han Qianshou exclaimed, flustered and exasperated. He clutched his hands tightly to his chest, stammering his defense.
"You did! You absolutely did! You have dice in your clothes, your shoes, and your belt!"
Xiaosuisui waved her small hand and loudly asked the gamblers, whose mouths had dropped open in surprise, "You don’t believe me?"
The gamblers exchanged glances, daring not to say whether they believed her or not, because they couldn’t afford to offend Han Qianshou.
People who didn’t know Han Qianshou assumed he was a regular gambler like everyone else. However, those with some inside knowledge understood that while Han Qianshou appeared to be an ordinary gambler, he was actually a shill planted by the Gambling House. He was notorious for cheating, specializing in fleecing ’fresh’ or unsuspecting players.
Today’s Xiaosuisui was very ’fresh’—meaning inexperienced—plus she was wealthy and young. This undoubtedly made her Han Qianshou’s perfect target.
However, what he hadn’t anticipated was that this toddler before him, who appeared so ’fresh,’ was in fact not ’fresh’ at all. Who could tell him how a three or four-year-old toddler could be so proficient? Her ability to see through his Thousand-Handed Illusion dice-shaking technique at a glance, to discern another’s cheating methods, and most importantly, her skill in unsettling an opponent’s mind and shattering their composure...
"Are you here to crash the place or what?" Han Qianshou finally sensed that today’s gambling match was far from simple. This toddler before him very likely had ulterior motives!
"What’s ’crash the place’?" Xiaosuisui asked Ji Youzhi, puzzled again.
Ji Youzhi gave a faint smile, pushed Han Qianshou away slightly, and had Zhao Fei collect his house and land deeds. Only then did he explain, "It means to ’kick down the door,’ so to speak. It’s when you can’t stand someone, so you go to their territory to find fault and provoke them!"
Ji Youzhi’s explanation was very clear, and Xiaosuisui understood immediately.
"Oh! Then I’m not here to crash the place. I’m here to find my Second Uncle’s box."
Good heavens, for this little missy to actually remember what she came for was truly no small feat. Ji Youzhi and Dugu both couldn’t help but reveal an exceptionally rare expression.
"Find a box? You’re not here to gamble? What box are you looking for?" Han Qianshou, suspicious, immediately seized on the key point.
Ji Youzhi frowned. This is bad, the girl let it slip, he thought. Just as he was about to say something to gloss it over, he heard Dugu speak.
"Who said anything about a box? Weren’t we talking about cheating? Just now, our little treasure here said you were hiding dice on your person. Are you afraid of people discovering your cheating, so you’re deliberately trying to change the subject?"
As soon as Dugu said this, Han Qianshou’s expression involuntarily changed.
The surrounding gamblers also finally reacted, their gazes sharply fixed on Han Qianshou’s face.