Beauty Chairwoman’s Bodyguard Expert

Chapter 1042: Chapter 1036 Let’s Take a Bet

”Thank me for what?”

Lu Tianxing looked at Xue Man and said with a smile; ”Minister Xue, didn’t you say before that we’re friends, and there’s nothing special about friends helping each other.”

”Friends!”

Xue Man was slightly stunned, then a radiant smile appeared on her face: ”You say we’re friends, then why do you still call me Minister Xue?”

”Of course, because it sounds nice like that. Minister Xue, if you don’t like it, we can change it. How about Dear Minister Xue, My Favorite Minister Xue? How do you like those names?” Lu Tianxing said, grinning at Xue Man.

”Good... good my foot, Lu Tianxing, you’re such a rogue. If... if you keep talking nonsense, do you believe I won’t tear your mouth apart?”

Seeing Lu Tianxing’s playful gaze, Xue Man felt her heart race, an unprecedented shyness bubbling up, her face burning red. She glared at Lu Tianxing with fake ferocity, then hurriedly ran toward her car.

Lu Tianxing chuckled as he watched Xue Man leave, suddenly realizing that Xue Man wasn’t as hot-tempered as he thought; she could actually feel shy.

”Oh right, Minister Xue, this is for you.”

After getting into the car behind Xue Man, Lu Tianxing seemed to remember something and took out two sheets of paper from his pocket, handing them to Xue Man.

Looking at the densely packed characters on the white paper, Xue Man was slightly taken aback: ”What is this?”

”Just look, and you’ll know.”

Xue Man took the papers and started reading them carefully. It didn’t take long before she looked up at Lu Tianxing with a strange expression: ”I suddenly feel sorry for those guys. How much suffering did they endure to write such a desperate confession...”

The paper was filled with confessions by a short, fat man about his various crimes over the years, including gambling, usury, violent threats and more. Most importantly, at the bottom of the paper were about eight fingerprints. In other words, regardless of whether these were true or not, once handed over to the police, the short, fat man was doomed and would surely spend several years in prison.

Having this was equivalent to having a hold over the short, fat man’s life.

”Minister Xue, what kind of look is that? They wrote this themselves, isn’t that right?”

”Only a ghost would believe you.”

Xue Man rolled her eyes at Lu Tianxing with a touch of flirtation that made Lu Tianxing momentarily freeze; this was probably the first time Xue Man spoke to a man in a coquettish tone!

On the other side, Chen Hao was still standing there, his expression changing constantly. He attempted to leave several times but couldn’t move his feet. After quite a while, he finally seemed to make a decision and walked toward the car.

After Chen Hao got in the car, Xue Man had already regained her composure. She put away the papers with the confessions and glanced indifferently at Chen Hao before starting the car and leaving the Golden Sun KTV.

The atmosphere inside the car was quite tense. Lu Tianxing and Xue Man said nothing, and Chen Hao dared not speak at all.

Half an hour later, Xue Man stopped the car in front of a teahouse. Just as Lu Tianxing and Xue Man were about to get out, Chen Hao suddenly spoke up: ”Cousin, I’m not thirsty, can I stay in the car?”

”Why?”

”If I go outside looking like this, people will laugh at me.”

”Being laughed at?”

Xue Man coldly snorted and said: ”When you got expelled from school for gambling, were you afraid of being laughed at then? Get out of the car immediately.”

”Cousin....”

”Get out, if you don’t get out, I’ll drag you out. You can either get out yourself or be dragged out by me, pick one.” Xue Man said coldly to Chen Hao.

Facing Xue Man’s icy stare, Chen Hao reluctantly got out of the car.

”Let’s go!”

Lu Tianxing glanced at Chen Hao and walked straight into the teahouse.

The three of them chose a quiet corner to sit down. After the waiter served the Longjing tea, a rich fragrance spread throughout.

Lu Tianxing took a sip of the Longjing tea and looked at Chen Hao, saying: ”I heard from your cousin that you love to gamble?”

Hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Chen Hao didn’t answer but anxiously glanced at Xue Man.

”No need to look at her, she won’t do anything to you.”

Realizing Xue Man really wasn’t going to react, Chen Hao finally nodded slowly.

”Why do you love gambling so much? Don’t you know that out of ten bets, you usually lose nine? Do you have to lose everything, ruin your family, and be left with nothing to be satisfied?”

”I... I know the consequences.”

Lu Tianxing was slightly stunned, wondering what was inside this guy’s head; was it rubbish? He knew and still dared to gamble.

”Since you know the consequences, why do you still gamble? Don’t you know that if I hadn’t shown up earlier, your cousin might have been in danger.”

”Because I believe I can win, and sooner or later, I’ll make a comeback and get rich overnight.”

A hint of madness appeared in Chen Hao’s eyes, fully displaying a gambler’s demeanor.

Upon hearing this, Lu Tianxing chuckled bitterly; this seemed to be the most typical trait of a gambler, hoping to get rich overnight but ultimately losing everything, then being lured into taking loans and eventually committing crimes, step by step falling into the abyss.

”Win my foot, have you won anything in this past year?” Xue Man couldn’t help but shout at this point.

”I... I have won, it’s just that my luck was bad in the end. If my luck turns, I will definitely win.” Chen Hao first glanced fearfully at Xue Man, then said with hope.

”Luck?”

Lu Tianxing gestured to Xue Man to calm down and then sneered: ”You think you’ve been losing because of bad luck, that’s why you’re not winning, right?”

”That’s right, I’m just a bit unlucky, once I also won several tens of thousands.” Speaking of winnings, a light shone in Chen Hao’s eyes.

”Really? By the way, do you have a deck of cards with you?”

Lu Tianxing smiled at Chen Hao.

”Yes.”

Chen Hao nodded and took out a brand new, unopened deck of cards from his pocket.

”You....”

Seeing this, Xue Man became furious, but before she could speak, Lu Tianxing stopped her with a look: ”Chen Hao, since you love gambling so much, why don’t we have a little bet? Not on anything else, just the simplest game of ’Zhajinhua.’ If you win, I’ll give you a million yuan. If you lose, I won’t take a penny from you; I just need you to agree to one condition. How about it?”

”A million!”

Hearing Lu Tianxing’s words, Chen Hao’s eyes sparkled. He then skeptically asked: ”Do you really have that much money?”

”A million is just a drop in the bucket for me. If you don’t believe it, you can ask your cousin to see if I have money.”

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