Da Xiong Anshou flipped over his card, it was a nine of hearts. Da Xiong Anshou’s pinky slightly perked up with a sense of satisfaction, as long as he got two more hearts, he would have a straight flush. Unless Xu Ke could also reveal a straight flush bigger than his, this round would be his win for sure.
The chances of opening two straight flushes in a deck are incredibly low. Thinking of this, Da Xiong Anshou’s demeanor relaxed even more.
But soon his caution couldn’t be maintained, as Xu Ke flipped over a jack of spades.
Da Xiong Anshou’s brows slightly furrowed, and his originally relaxed position turned tense when Xu Ke unveiled the king of spades. His eyes glued to Xu Ke’s cards, as if they were embroidered with a flower, his previously broad gestures became more restrained.
Finally, the croupier dealt the last card, at this point, aside from the hidden hole card, the rest of the four cards had been revealed. Da Xiong Anshou had a pure flush of hearts from nine to queen, while Xu Ke had a pure flush of spades from ten to king.
Cold sweat appeared on Da Xiong Anshou’s forehead, and when he looked at Xu Ke, the confidence and arrogance in his eyes turned into fear and unease, and even fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Things had reached the most tense stage, and the outcome depended entirely on the last card of each player.
In fact, not only was Da Xiong Anshou extremely tense, but Xu Ke wasn’t much better off either. Zhong Boyu didn’t know what Xu Ke’s last hole card was, making him inevitably nervous. Though he didn’t show it on the surface, his body was already stretched to the extreme, like a taut string, ready to snap at the slightest touch.
The two camps faced each other across the gambling table, the atmosphere was unusually intense. Though not hot, a layer of sticky sweat emerged on their bodies, and the only person who remained calm and unperturbed was probably Xu Ke.
"Why not flip over the card, weren’t you very confident earlier, now are you scared?" Xu Ke played with the exposed card on the table, his eyes filled with taunting and ridicule when looking at Da Xiong Anshou, instantly igniting him. Although he was still afraid of the result, he still turned over his card under Xu Ke’s provocation.
Da Xiong Anshou’s straight flush made Zhong Boyu’s vision go dark for a moment. This wasn’t a game of mere millions but involved a tremendous amount of more than two billion put into creating this cruise, and the revenue it brought in was a huge astronomical figure. If the cruise was lost, he wouldn’t be bankrupt, but it would be a huge blow nonetheless.
Zhong Boyu felt his mouth dry, reluctantly swallowing his saliva and turning his attention to Xu Ke, pinning all his hopes on him.
"I’ve already revealed my card, it’s your turn." Having unveiled his card, Da Xiong Anshou oddly felt a bit relieved.
Xu Ke didn’t say a word, and it seemed like the air froze into ice. Zhong Boyu, seeing that Xu Ke hadn’t made any move, softly called out, "Xu, it’s our turn."
"What, afraid to reveal it, could it be that the hole card is trash?" Seeing that Xu Ke hadn’t moved for a long time, Da Xiong Anshou felt a sense of glee rising in his heart. It felt like the blood in his body was igniting; if he won this battle today, his reputation in the gambling world would soar, bringing him closer to the goal of being the gambling king.
Da Xiong Anshou’s pressing approach was like a heavy hammer mercilessly striking Zhong Boyu’s head, making him dizzy, but he still tried to calm his anxiety and comfort Xu Ke, "Even if we lose, it’s okay. I managed to win this cruise before, and I can do it again in the future."
"Ha ha ha, what are you talking nonsense about, I already said there can only be one winner in this game, and that’s me." Xu Ke glanced teasingly at Zhong Boyu, and in the next moment, he flipped his card open, a spade of A appeared, freezing the triumphant expression on Da Xiong Anshou’s face.
"A straight flush of spades, sorry, I win." Xu Ke stood up from his seat, about to leave, but Zhong Boyu gave him a hard punch on the shoulder, "You were teasing me, do you know how agonizing that was for me just now?"
Zhong Boyu’s expression was initially fierce, but the next moment he couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "You did me a big favor today, and I owe you one. From now on, everything on this cruise is open to you for free. Take whatever you like, all on my tab." After giving Xu Ke another punch on the chest, Zhong Boyu said.
However, all this was unacceptable to Da Xiong Anshou. He stared fixedly at both their cards, and as Xu Ke was about to leave, he suddenly shouted, "This game doesn’t count, how could you have such a big hand, you must have cheated, I want a recount." Da Xiong Anshou shouted loudly, unwilling to accept the outcome.
"Do you have evidence? If not, then you should accept your loss." Xu Ke looked at him with a provocative smile.
"Take him away," Zhong Boyu said to the security personnel in the casino.
"No, I won’t lose, how could I lose? This is all fake, I am destined to be the future gambling king, I want a rematch, let’s do it again, none of this is real," Da Xiong Anshou was escorted towards the door, but he kept shouting his dissatisfaction, refusing to cooperate, his feet struggling in the air, appearing like a clown, nothing like his previous arrogant demeanor.
Yu Xia was startled by his sudden insane behavior, and Lin Mengyao gently coaxed her in her arms.
"How did he suddenly become , wasn’t he very formidable before?" Yu Xia asked with a blank expression from Lin Mengyao’s embrace.
Though Lin Mengyao couldn’t see Yu Xia’s expression at the moment, having spent so much time together, she could imagine it, so she smiled and explained to Yu Xia, "Because someone like him had always been successful, walking too smoothly along the way, so he couldn’t handle a bit of setback. Just a small setback was enough to make him collapse."
"Such a person looks seemingly formidable, but in truth, is just so-so, cowardly to the core," Lin Mengyao concluded, her eyes carrying a bit of disdain and sarcasm.
"You really helped me a lot today, I must thank you properly, the two of us are not stopping until we’re drunk today." Thinking about his rival losing an island just like that, Zhong Boyu felt delighted and everything seemed pleasing to him, "By the way, that island was won by you, I’ll shamelessly propose we split it in half between us brothers, you wouldn’t mind, right?"
"No, not at all, don’t worry." Xu Ke nodded and said.