When Li Chonglou lifted the curtain, the scene revealed was the most chaotic casino he had ever seen.
Smoke filled the air, and in a space of several hundred square meters, it was packed to the brim with people, noisier than a vegetable market!
The shouting, hawking, and arguing were incessant.
Li Chonglou also keenly noticed that in the four corners of the casino, several armed guards were stationed…
That's right, armed guards! And judging by the models, they were internationally common assault rifles!
Li Chonglou had never heard of armed guards in a private gambling den.
He instantly realized that this gambling den was no ordinary place. What he had initially planned as a quick and simple search for someone, he now decided against any rash actions!
Li Chonglou was truly wary. Ever since being tricked by Lin Qianqian twice, he had been on guard against similar situations.
Ordinary gang forces would absolutely not be capable of this level of operation. Even the casinos of the Four Great Gangs wouldn't dare to be so blatant!
The gamblers present treated the armed guards as if they were invisible, showing no signs of apprehension. This indicated that this situation had been ongoing and was not a special circumstance.
Even the Four Great Gangs wouldn't do this. No matter who was behind this private gambling den, Li Chonglou now resolved to leave as soon as he found the person!
With that thought, Li Chonglou whispered to Yue Hai, "Something's not right here. If we find the person, try not to cause any major commotion. Just take them and leave."
Yue Hai's expression faltered.
Li Chonglou continued, "There are too many people here. Let's split up to search. You take the left side, and I'll take the right."
Yue Hai then realized what he meant and nodded.
After they separated, Li Chonglou pretended to be a gambler, looking at one table and then another. As long as the patrolling guards weren't looking at him, he would subtly size up the people around him.
This space, at least three hundred square meters, was estimated to hold over a thousand people! And there wasn't much room to move. Li Chonglou could only search slowly.
Furthermore, in this situation, he couldn't use his Heavenly Eye. While the Heavenly Eye could see through obstacles, it was generally for inanimate objects. If activated on people, they would all appear the same to him, making it impossible to find anyone.
On the other hand, Yue Hai was different from Li Chonglou. Li Chonglou had to pretend to be a gambler to avoid suspicion, but Yue Hai didn't need to pretend at all.
Having never encountered such a scene, Yue Hai was almost completely captivated by the novelties around him after separating from Li Chonglou.
The most common card gambling methods in China were Jin Hua, Dou Niu, and San Gong.
Jin Hua involved gambling on card suits, Dou Niu determined the winner based on the points of six cards, and San Gong was relatively simpler, where the sum of the points on three cards, after discarding the tens digit, determined the winner.
Yue Hai's interest wasn't particularly strong at first. It was when he squeezed into a table for San Gong that a man suddenly grabbed his hand.
Yue Hai's expression immediately changed. He was about to instinctively retaliate but suddenly remembered Li Chonglou's instructions.
Try not to cause too much of a stir…
Yue Hai held back. At this moment, he realized that the man grabbing him had no ill intentions.
"Come on, brother, help me with a hand!"
Yue Hai was bewildered, but seeing everyone's eyes on him, he could only do as the man said and pick up the three cards in front of him.
"Eight points, eight points, eight points!"
The people around them immediately started cheering.
There were six people gambling at the table. There was no banker, meaning whoever revealed the highest score among the six could have their money doubled first.
If there were remaining bets on the table, the person with the second highest score would then receive their doubled bet.
If there were ties in scores, the suit would determine the winner, with the higher suit winning.
The reason everyone was shouting "eight points" was that the man had bet more money than everyone else combined and was the last to reveal his cards. The other five people's highest scores were also eight points.
This meant that as long as Yue Hai could reveal three cards totaling more than seven points in their last digit, the man could achieve a "clean sweep."
And Yue Hai, holding the cards in his hand, perhaps influenced by the crowd's emotions, felt a flicker of nervousness.
However, being completely clueless about these games, he couldn't tell how many points they were. He could only carefully flip over the man's three cards.
A seven, an eight, and a four.
"Holy crap, it's nine points! Double it!"
The people gathered around the man immediately shouted with excitement. The man was even more thrilled and grabbed Yue Hai.
"Brother, you're amazing! I've lost four hands in a row, and this one wins it all back!"
Yue Hai chuckled. He wasn't fully caught up in the crowd's excitement yet, but he felt a bit uncomfortable with so many people looking at him.
He was also a little worried about his identity being exposed, so he didn't dare to leave for a while.
What he didn't expect was that after the man took back the bets from the table, he actually gave him a portion of it.
"What's this?"
Ever since he had communicated with Hai Yan, Yue Hai had understood the difficulty of earning money. So, when the man handed him nearly a thousand yuan, he was stunned.
However, the man casually said, "Take it, brother. Without you in this hand, I might have had to pack up and leave."
As he spoke, the next round began.
Perhaps out of excitement, the man pushed all the money he had just won back onto the table.
Yue Hai saw the small stack of money piled up and thought it was probably over ten thousand yuan!
However, in less than ten seconds, the man revealed a hand with four, five, and one, totaling ten, which was zero in the last digit, meaning the lowest score. He immediately lost all the money he had just won.
The people next to him let out a boo. The man also slapped the table in frustration, repeatedly calling himself unlucky.
"Brother, why don't you try a hand?"
The man suddenly turned his head and looked at him.
Yue Hai's heart skipped a beat. He thought that in such a situation, it would be best to pretend to be an experienced player so as not to arouse suspicion from others.
But he knew nothing about it and couldn't pretend…
So, in the end, Yue Hai mumbled, "Well, it's my first time here, and I don't really know how to play this…"
As Yue Hai spoke, he was vigilantly observing everyone's reactions. If anyone made any unusual moves, he would strike immediately!
However, no one paid any attention to him at all…
"Everyone starts as a beginner. Don't worry, I'll teach you."