Chapter 168: 168 I am too

"Fifty thousand."

Jiang Chen spoke calmly, a stark contrast to his previous round where his joy was written all over his face after misunderstanding his cards. Now, with a face as serene as a still pond, he gave nothing away, making it nearly impossible for anyone to guess his thoughts.

"I’ll match that!"

However, not everyone was so cautious. The player known as Tiger, confidently holding four of a kind, followed suit without hesitation, tossing out five coins and then another five.

"I raise another fifty thousand!"

The scent of blood was in the air.

It was one thing for him to have bluffed his way through the first round, but thinking to do the same again?

I’m in this till the end!

With a six of clubs as his hole card and already clutching four sixes, Tiger decided he was ready to go all-in on this hand!

Upon seeing this, Sun Xiyu couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.

It seemed his luck just wasn’t on his side today.

He had finally drawn a full house, yet the others had strong hands too.

Tiger was someone he knew well; a man who wouldn’t feign strength. Such decisiveness surely meant he had quads. Even with a full house, following would only mean donating his money.

"I fold."

The poker table was no place for stubbornness, and Xi Yu, after a loss taken in stride, commendably didn’t let his emotions cloud his judgment, choosing once again to fold rationally.

Really, whether he followed or not didn’t matter much.

After all, he had three buddies at the table.

As long as one of them won, he hadn’t lost.

Glancing at the cards on the table, Xi Yu’s gaze inevitably landed on Jiang Chen’s face.

The first hand might have been a fluke.

But this time, with everyone holding such strong cards, trying the same trick might just be playing himself into a corner.

Jiang Chen sat like a meditating monk, inscrutable, his face as placid as a mirror lake.

"I’m all-in."

Zhong Yongfeng flashed a defiant smile, pushing all his coins forward with casual bravado.

"Yongfeng, you can’t possibly have a straight flush, can you? How lucky would that be?"

The necklace-wearing rich kid sitting to his right asked.

"Guess."

Zhong Yongfeng responded with a smile, offering no answer.

The rich kid shrugged, covered his cards, and leaned back into his chair.

"You guys continue."

He chose to fold.

"Yongfeng, if you really have a straight flush, then I concede."

Tiger looked at Zhong Yongfeng and with equal confidence, pushed all his coins into the pot.

"I’m all-in too."

Two players had gone all-in.

The atmosphere heated up in an instant.

"If I win this, I should be able to switch to Shu Rui’s Panamera..."

Guo Ran murmured.

"Win? How can you win? Unless Jiang Chen also has a straight flush! Do you know the probability of dealing two straight flushes in one deck?"

"Jin Jin, do you still remember the pledge you made when you first met Jiang Chen?"

Guo Ran suddenly interjected.

"What?"

Zheng Jingjing was baffled, having of course forgotten.

Guo Ran cautiously said, "You vowed that if Shu Rui fell for Jiang Chen, you’d do a handstand at the disco."

Zheng Jingjing was startled.

"Yes, I can vouch for that."

Xu Siyi chimed in with a nod, adding fuel to the fire.

"I... "

Zheng Jingjing opened her mouth, visibly embarrassed.

Now that she was reminded, she did recall saying something like that.

Back then, Jiang Chen was infamous in school as a lovesick puppy, and Shu Rui?

The two were like a swan and an ugly toad from a real-life fairy tale.

But life has a way of defying expectation.

The most improbable of miracles had actually come true.

"Jin Jin, shall we make another bet?"

"What’s the bet?"

Zheng Jingjing asked instinctively.

Xu Siyi looked at Jiang Chen’s back.

"Bet that Jiang Chen has the straight flush."

"Jiang, it’s your turn."

Sun Xiyu spoke up.

Li Shuru also looked towards Jiang Chen.

"Since both of you are so bold, it would seem a bit unreasonable if I don’t follow."

Jiang Chen let out a breath and then cracked a smile.

"I’m all in too."

Clatter.

The coins poured out like prisms, refracting the box room’s light, causing many people to squint their eyes.

All in?

He actually went all in?

Zhong Yongfeng, who was confident of his victory, couldn’t help but grimace.

The holder of four-of-a-kind also frowned deeply.

It might be possible for one to bluff a scare tactic.

But it wasn’t possible that both were bluffing.

Seeing Jiang Chen go all in, he realized that the likelihood of him winning this round was extremely slim.

"Buddy, I don’t believe your hole card is really the ten of hearts."

Zhong Yongfeng flipped over his hole card and threw it on the table.

Everyone fixed their gaze.

Clubs 7!

Clubs J, Clubs 10, Clubs 9, Clubs 8, plus the hole card Clubs 7.

"I have a straight flush, let’s show the cards!"

Zhong Yongfeng sneered as he stared at Jiang Chen.

The Tiger shook his head, seeing that Zhong Yongfeng really had a straight flush; he didn’t even want to reveal his hole card and just covered his cards.

All eyes turned to Jiang Chen.

Sun Xiyu stared intently at that face, which hadn’t shown any fluctuations so far, feeling that the possibility of two straight flushes appearing in one hand was almost nil, but deep down, he couldn’t help but have a foreboding feeling.

"Straight flush, impressive."

As he looked at Zhong Yongfeng’s cards, Jiang Chen seemingly marveled with a sigh, then reached for the corner of his hole card.

"But I’m sorry, I have one too."

As the hole card was revealed, Zheng Jingjing’s eyes widened, and she couldn’t help exclaiming, "Ten of hearts!"

Indeed.

It was another straight flush!

Zhong Yongfeng rose to his feet uncontrollably.

"Impossible! You’re cheating!"

Although both were straight flushes, according to the rules of comparing numbers when the hands are the same, Jiang Chen would be the final winner of the gambling session.

"Cheating?"

Jiang Chen remained calm and collected, "With so many eyes watching, how could I cheat?"

Zhong Yongfeng’s face turned ashen, but he couldn’t muster a response.

Indeed.

If this kid really was cheating, with so many onlookers, he would have been caught long ago!

Just that.

A straight flush could lose?

This was a bit too uncanny!

"All right, a bet is a bet."

Sun Xiyu stood up at the right moment, imperceptibly exhaling a breath, and managed a smile at Jiang Chen.

"Mr. Jiang, it seems we should call it a day. Let me know how much you’ve won, and I’ll transfer the money to you."

It seemed he intended to take on everyone else’s losses.

For wealth, the world hustled and bustled.

There was a reason these young masters were willing to flock around him.

No one said a word.

Embarrassed as they felt, it was clear to everyone that this youngster was riding his luck today and was unstoppable; playing on would only be giving away money to him.

"Forget it, it was just for fun, Mr. Sun is being too polite. Let’s just say we made a friend."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen dismissed it with a laugh, seemingly not intending to claim his gambling winnings.

Zheng Jingjing and Guo Ran were both stunned.

To let it go?

You must know.

This guy had won at least a million!

To simply give it up?!

If it were Sun Xiyu and the others, maybe that’s fine, but please consider your own situation!

For the sake of saving face, is it worth it?!

A fool indeed!

Zheng Jingjing almost couldn’t resist scolding out loud.

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