That little bitch, how dare she scorn him! He decided that he would have to thoroughly disgust her later when they were alone on the couch!
While he genuinely harbored such sinister thoughts, what he expressed aloud was a different story.
"I wonder why Miss Mu, in her erratic and hysterical behavior, wished to see me," he said aloud.
He spoke clearly and loudly, not shying away from the spectators crowded around the gambling table, giving everyone the wrong impression that Cai Wei was here to sleep with him.
Understanding his malicious intent very well, Cai Wei wanted to slap him to death instantly. But then she thought, it would be too easy on him to die instantly. She retorted, "I assumed Master Lü, you knew why I came? Don’t you think you owe me something for the damage done to our restaurant?"
A servant brought a chair for Lü Junchen, who flicked his robe, sat down, and sneered at Cai Wei, "Miss Mu, for every action there’s a reaction. If you want to discuss the restaurant incident, you should stop to think why I did that in the first place."
The reference was to Cai Wei deceiving him to buy Zhao Yun’s freedom, and the arranged rendezvous where she had drugged him, made her escape, and ended up with him sleeping with the nanny!
However, Cai Wei believed she only took action against him because he harbored lustful intentions unprovoked, he harassed her without reason, and attempted to drug and defile her. If not for his actions, she wouldn’t have retaliated against him and he would not have hurt himself in the process.
But reasoning with a man like him, who was convinced that owing to Cai Wei he was wronged, was useless. No matter what anyone said, he wouldn’t change his biased perception.
Cai Wei, no longer wanting to argue, bluntly asked: "So, Master Lü, how do you plan on handling this matter?"
Lü Junchen glanced at the gambling tools on the table and said, "Since we’re both sticking to our stories, why don’t we settle this with a gamble and let the game decide who’s right and who’s wrong. Miss Mu, given your exceptional gambling abilities, you wouldn’t shy away from a challenge, would you?"
Upon hearing these words, Cai Wei expressed her delight and asked, "That sounds interesting, how do you propose we gamble?"
Picking up the dice cup from the table, Lü Junchen said, "Old rules, best of three turns. In the first, guess the numbers; the one who correctly predicts the opponent’s number wins. The second turn, the one with the smallest number wins. And if it comes to the third turn, the one with the bigger number wins. How does that sound, Miss Mu?"
Cai Wei nodded, saying, "Good."
On hearing this, Lü the Second, who had been silent, hurriedly interjected. "Brother, don’t fall for this. There’s something weird about that little slut. I rolled ’Three Flowers Gathered together’ twice, but every time the contents of the dice cup changed. I suspect she’s a demon. I was planning to arrest her and subject her to a severe interrogation."
Lü Junchen didn’t buy his brother’s story. He shot him a sidelong glance and snorted coldly, "Good for nothing! You’ve only managed to lose face for the Lü family. Now get the hell out!"
Publicly rebuked by his older brother, Lü the Second felt his face burning with anger and embarrassment. As the person he feared the most was his elder brother, he felt humiliated and had no choice but to get up and leave, secretly hoping his elder brother would get a taste of his own medicine for once.
All the gamblers, seeing that Lü Junchen was about to play, were thrilled. Lü Junchen was the most famous gambler in Bianzhou Prefecture and no one dared to gamble against him. The gamblers at the casino had heard about his incredible skills but never witnessed them. For them, it was a rare and valuable opportunity to witness the Gambling God in action.
Thus, the crowd around the gambling table thickened.
The spectators, stretching their necks and wide-eyed, wouldn’t miss a single beat.