The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 296 - 0296: Ask for a Favor

Chapter 296: Chapter 0296: Ask for a Favor

The Stone Opening Official held the third stone in his hand; as Chu Ge predicted, it was still waste stone.

Already three consecutive stones were waste stones.

At this point, Tang Xin was completely unsettled.

She looked up at Chu Ge, her delicate lips lightly biting and turning white.

The Stone Opening Official uncertainly asked: "Lady Tang, do you want to continue?"

Already three waste stones, even if the next two stones are not waste, a ratio of three to two would be enough to completely disgrace the Tang Family’s young mistress.

Tang Xin has had a relentless heart since she was young, she pondered briefly and then nodded vigorously, saying in an exceptionally resolute tone: "Open!"

A short monosyllabic word made a flash of surprise cross Chu Ge’s eyes, but it only lasted a second before he returned to normal; indifferently, he glanced at Boss Xu, a hint of coldness passing through his eyes, "Boss Xu, Su City has a special geographical location, bounded by Snow Mountain to the west, where the spring water is sweet. The tea made from that spring water is refreshingly fragrant—could it be that because we are outsiders, you are trying to fool us with this unfiltered underground water?"

Next to him, Huo Tianqian, who had been focusing on the Stone Opening Official, heard Chu Ge’s words and turned his head to glare at Boss Xu, "Boss Xu, what do you mean? Am I, Huo Tianqian, not worthy of drinking the tea brewed with Snow Mountain Spring Water?"

"No no no, not at all, I’ll go arrange it right now," Boss Xu secretly wiped the sweat off his forehead and hastily turned to give instructions.

Meanwhile, the fourth stone for Tang Xin had already been opened, the result was the same as the first three, but she was no longer as angry as before; instead, she became very calm.

She supported herself on the table with both hands, her eyes slightly drooping, her lively eyes gently rotating, seemingly deep in thought.

Chu Ge looked at her very calm face; if it weren’t for seeing her hands tightly clenched on the table, one might think she was someone quite formidable.

In fact, Tang Xin was indeed very angry, and indeed trying hard to control herself, but it wasn’t because Chu Ge won the bet that the five stones were waste stones, but because she was angry that someone had tampered with the stones she had selected!

She was confident in her judgment; even if not all five stones contained Jade, at least three of them should have, yet, now four consecutively opened stones were waste stones! This could only mean one thing—someone had switched the stones she had chosen!

However, she was currently drooping her eyelids, and Chu Ge did not see the complicated emotions in her eyes.

"Lady Tang, what do you think? You should believe now, right?" At this time Huo Tianqian’s attitude had clearly changed, he had been slightly surprised when the third stone was opened, since he had witnessed Chu Ge’s real skills, and by the time the fourth stone was opened, he had fully believed in the notion that Chu Ge could also gamble on stones.

"Lady Tang, with Mr. Chu helping you, I believe you will definitely beat the young master of Shen Family. You certainly wouldn’t want to stand naked at the entrance of the Gambling Stone Field and be ogled, right?"

As Huo Tianqian spoke, his eyes flickered faintly with meanings as he scanned Tang Xin.

"How dare you!" The bodyguard behind Tang Xin, seeing this, professionally stepped forward, glaring angrily at Huo Tianqian as if wanting to gouge his eyes out.

Tang Xin lightly chuckled, "Isn’t there still one last stone? What are you all rushing for?"

Huo Tianqian parted his lips, but forcibly held back what he wanted to say. Wasn’t this obviously a last-ditch struggle?

Chu Ge raised his hand to pat Huo Tianqian’s arm, signaling him to stand aside and quietly watch. He looked at Tang Xin. Her previously arrogant demeanor was now entirely restrained, her body tense as if suppressing something. Chu Ge’s eyes flickered for a moment, then he said, "Before the last stone is opened, I’d like to make a bet with Lady Tang."

"What bet?" Tang Xin asked warily as she looked at Chu Ge.

"It’s simple. I’ll help you find who swapped your stone, and in return... you’ll treat me to dinner tonight."

"..." What kind of bet is this? Huo Tianqian looked at Chu Ge, somewhat puzzled, not understanding what he was trying to do.

But Tang Xin looked at him in shock, "How did you know this stone was swapped? Was it you who swapped it?"

After saying this, a dangerous glint appeared in Tang Xin’s eyes as she stared fiercely at Chu Ge.

Being a woman, even if her eyes bulged out in anger, it still appeared somewhat charmingly furious, especially Tang Xin with her petite cherry lips, which were now slightly pouted in anger, the reddish lips looking as tempting as cherries, making one unable not to want to bite them.

Chu Ge chuckled and shook his head gently, "Lady Tang, you’ve been around the Gambling Stone Field for so many years, your judgment is still there; it’s impossible that all five stones you carefully selected turned out to be waste stones. If so, there’s only one possibility—that someone swapped them."

"Miss, there’s still one stone left. Maybe this guy is just putting on an act!" A female bodyguard behind Tang Xin stepped forward and said. She could not stand people like Chu Ge who pretended to be well-intentioned to get close to their mistress!

Chu Ge ignored what the bodyguard had said. Instead, he stood up, pocketed his hands, and walked up to Tang Xin, "So, we better not open this fifth stone."

He was a head taller than Tang Xin. Standing in front of her now, he astonishingly made Tang Xin feel a powerful aura, and she knew that Chu Ge was doing this to save her face.

If the fifth stone turned out to be waste stone as well, then she, Tang Xin, the Lady of the Tang Family, would completely lose face! She wouldn’t be able to hang around the gambling scene ever again!

"Ah Chu, this gentleman makes some sense!" Tang Xin pondered for a moment before slowly stating, "There’s no need to open this fifth stone."

Having said that, she turned around and walked to the resting area, sitting there quite sullenly without uttering a word, lost in her thoughts.

Chu Ge looked back at Huo Tianqian and threw him a meaningful glance. Huo Tianqian quickly understood what he wanted to do and immediately nodded in response, "I’ll go check out what actually happened."

Chu Ge nodded with some approval in his heart. This Huo Tianqian seemed to have a certain understanding with him.

"How about it, let me help you later?" Chu Ge walked over and sat down in front of Tang Xin, his arms opened and resting on the back of the sofa, his face wearing a faint smile, "I can assure you a win, and definitely won’t let you end up stripped and standing at the door to be ogled."

"You!" Tang Xin glowered at him. Although the words sounded a bit off to her, she didn’t detect any frivolous intention in his speech, but she still harbored doubts in her heart—who exactly was this man? He could tell that her stones had been swapped and was so confidently offering to help her win.

There’s no free lunch in this world, and moreover, she came from a merchant family and was used to deceit, which had shaped her to not easily trust others.

Chu Ge seemed to see through her inner thoughts, his expression slightly resigned as he shook his head, "Lady Tang need not overthink my intentions; I merely wish to ask for a favor from Lady Tang in return."