Guo Xuyang paid no attention to her, focusing instead on what was below.
They were currently seated at the VIP viewing platform, which offered an almost aerial view of the boxing ring.
There were many more seats below, closer to the ring than their current position, but they lacked any display screens.
It seemed Ilena's request was for a guest seat.
He also understood why the tall-legged woman had been sticking close to them.
Sticking with them would likely earn her a good amount of tips and commissions.
"What did you mean by 'a stack of beers' just now?" Guo Xuyang turned to Ilena beside him and asked.
"Reserved seating."
"Like this?"
"Yes."
"Is there some special reason for this?"
"No. Money talks."
"Is it very expensive?"
"At least a hundred thousand to start with."
"You spendthrift woman. Isn't it the same down there?"
"Where else would you find beautiful women accompanying you?"
Ilena's remark left Guo Xuyang speechless.
"Do you think I care about that?"
"If you don't care, then why were you flirting with her?"
"I just didn't know how things worked here."
"Couldn't you have asked me?"
Ilena was right. If they could bring them here, they must know the inside story.
It seemed Lu Liang had been correct earlier: they were getting too high up.
Guo Xuyang was rendered speechless by Ilena's retort.
"Yang Zi, you need to put in more effort to win tonight's championship. It's already past ten." Lu Liang goaded him from the side.
"You're just enjoying the show, aren't you?" Guo Xuyang spat. "Why don't you go down there yourself?"
"I know my limits. I wouldn't last a single move down there."
"If you can't do it, I'm even more useless. Don't take my jokes seriously, or you'll lose." Guo Xuyang said deliberately.
Lu Liang knew Guo Xuyang was saying this for the tall-legged woman accompanying them.
Unfortunately, she showed no reaction at all.
It was understandable.
The two had been speaking in Mandarin earlier, and since the tall-legged woman wasn't Chinese, she naturally wouldn't understand what they were talking about.
Seeing that the tall-legged woman beside him remained unresponsive, Guo Xuyang felt a pang of awkwardness.
It was like punching cotton.
"Do you want her to accompany you? I can give you a tip." Ilena suddenly said.
"What?"
"Pretend you don't know."
"Heh, what should I do?"
"Place a bet. Show off your capital."
Guo Xuyang thought to himself that he couldn't reveal his capital right now.
"Miss, please help me place a bet." Guo Xuyang looked at the tall-legged woman and said.
"Who would you like to bet on? And how much?"
"Do you accept gold?"
"Yes."
"How much do you think this is worth?" Guo Xuyang asked, taking out a piece of gold weighing five or six pounds from Ilena's handbag.
"I need to weigh it." The tall-legged woman wasn't new to seeing gold used as a bet, but it was quite rare to see such a large piece at once.
"No problem."
Hearing Guo Xuyang's reply, the tall-legged woman stood up and walked away.
"How about that? Useful, isn't it? I saw the way that woman was looking at you earlier, as if she wanted to swallow you whole."
"Do I have that much charm?"
"You don't, but the item you brought does!" Ilena was truly curious, wondering where Guo Xuyang had gotten such a piece of gold and put it in her handbag.
"Three thousand one hundred and twelve grams." The tall-legged woman returned with a scale and said after weighing it.
"How are the odds calculated?" Guo Xuyang asked.
"It depends on who you bet on. The computer in front of you can be used to place bets at any time."
"Please operate it for me."
"Bet one kilogram on this one and this one, and the rest on another person." Guo Xuyang pointed to three people in succession.
"Are the odds you give me based on gold or US dollars?"
"It's all on here." The tall-legged woman said, swiping across the tablet in front of him.
The odds for the three people and the betting methods were all clearly displayed.
It seemed this boss was running a substantial business, accepting bets with various currencies, gold, diamonds, and even oil.
As Guo Xuyang said, he bet on three people using gold, and then bet on himself using diamonds.
That's right, Guo Xuyang had added his own name.
He had the right to do so.
Those seated on the VIP platform were not weak; there were many people around them.
These individuals would arrange for their own people to participate in the matches at any time.
Their survival depended on their own fortune.
"Yang Zi, are you serious?" Lu Liang was the first to notice Guo Xuyang's name.
"Since I'm here, it would be a shame not to play. Maybe I can even earn some travel expenses."
"Has the beautiful woman beside you blinded your eyes?"
"It has nothing to do with her. I have no interest in someone who is available to everyone.
Besides, am I that desperate?"
"What did you say?" The tall-legged woman beside him suddenly asked in a strange Mandarin accent.
Damn it, no way! This b****.
She had been pretending not to understand what they were saying earlier.
Guo Xuyang didn't expect the tall-legged woman to suddenly ask that, and he didn't know how to answer.
It wouldn't do to call her a b**** to her face.
"I didn't say anything." Guo Xuyang quickly replied.
"Don't think I don't understand what you're saying.
I'm not as worthless as you imagine."
The tall-legged woman spoke clearly in her native tongue.
Guo Xuyang could naturally understand it, and so could Ilena.
"You were careless with your words, and now you're in a jam, aren't you?" Ilena said with schadenfreude.
"Who would have thought she could understand us?" Guo Xuyang whispered.
"The people in here are not what you imagine."
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Tell you earlier? Did you listen to me? You can't tear yourself away when you see a beautiful woman. How could I tell you?"
"Alright, it's all my fault."
The others were also pleased to see Guo Xuyang flustered.
His popularity wasn't great.
After putting down the tablet in his hand, Guo Xuyang said to the tall-legged woman, "Go and find me a room. I'll change my clothes soon."
"Yes, sir. What size clothes do you wear?"
"Just prepare something according to my height."
Guo Xuyang knew Ilena wouldn't lie to him, so he decided to abandon any lingering thoughts of flirting.
"Yes, sir. Someone will escort you to the stage shortly."
The tall-legged woman said that and left Guo Xuyang, walking off the VIP platform.
"You said the people in here are not what I imagine. What exactly do you mean?"
"She's the boss's mistress, you could call her a concubine." Ilena said.
"Damn it, why didn't you tell me sooner?" This was simply a massive social faux pas.
"I saw you chatting so happily with her, how could I interrupt you?
Besides, the boss doesn't have just one or two mistresses. It wouldn't be bad if you managed to put a cuckold's hat on him."
Ilena then burst into laughter.
"Does this boss have a deep-seated hatred for you, or why are you so gleeful?"
"It's not hatred, I just can't stand to see him."
While they were chatting, five matches had already been held below.
The three people Guo Xuyang bet on had won two and lost one.
Overall, the profit was quite good.
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