Chapter 9 Pretending to be a Pig to Eat a Tiger

"Why?" Pan Long still hadn't figured out what was going on and asked with confusion.

"Because it's all written on your face. Playing cards like that, it would be strange if you didn't lose," Ye Feng said with frustration as he glanced at Pan Long helplessly.

Pan Long wasn't very slow-witted. After hearing Ye Feng's words, he seemed to understand a bit and nodded, then somewhat dejectedly let the waiter start dealing the cards.

It has to be said, Pan Long and the rest weren't on the same level at all. After observing for a few rounds, Ye Feng realized that the other players were those experienced, poker-faced old foxes. Though Pan Long had improved somewhat, he still had noticeable weaknesses and continued to lose several hands in a row.

"Brother Long, I think you should leave. If you keep going, I'm worried you'll really have to walk out of here naked." Seeing Pan Long's unwilling expression, Ye Feng quickly started persuading him, as it would be really hard for Pan Long to win in his current state; thus, he couldn't just watch Pan Long lose all his money.

"It's fine, these people aren't that heartless; they'll leave me my underwear," Pan Long quickly waved his hand dismissively. For him, money wasn't the most important thing; having fun was.

"How about I play a few hands for you?" Although Ye Feng wasn't great at playing Jinhua, he possessed the cheating Divine Artifact, Penetrating Vision, so he thought of helping Pan Long out.

"Sure, you're so good at gambling stones, this should be just a piece of cake, right?" Pan Long's trust in Ye Feng was at the level of a hardcore fan. He would probably climb a mountain of knives if Ye Feng asked him to without a second thought.

After they switched places, Ye Feng awkwardly tossed a chip as the initial bet, naturally appearing somewhat unpracticed since he had never touched it before.

Once all the cards had been dealt, Ye Feng activated his Penetrating Vision and, after seeing everyone's hands clearly, he suddenly hesitated.

His hand was the smallest special hand among all, comprised of mismatched 2s, 3s, and 5s, but what made him hesitate was the appearance of the highest possible hand, triple As. In other words, his hand could only beat triple As, and against any other hand, he would be dead.

"Let's gamble!" Seeing that Pan Long still had a good amount of chips, Ye Feng decided to take a gamble. If he won, it would be a great profit, but if he lost, it could also be pretty severe.

Temporarily, aside from the two of them, the other players didn't have great hands either; the highest was a pair of tens, which was one of the reasons why Ye Feng dared to gamble.

Indeed, after two rounds of blind bets, other players started choosing to reveal their cards. Scarface, who got triple As, saw his hand and remained expressionless, calmly deciding to call the bet.

And those with bad hands, after seeing their cards, opted out directly, except for Xu Fei who threw down 20,000 in chips with a pair of tens.

At such a critical moment, Ye Feng naturally chose not to reveal his cards. If he revealed his cards and Xu Fei decided to compare hands with him, wouldn't he be doomed?

Seeing Ye Feng choosing to continue with the blind bet, Xu Fei and Scarface glanced at him, appearing somewhat surprised. Probably in their minds, Ye Feng was just someone handing out money, as not everyone could be so lucky.

As for Scarface's thought process, it was even simpler: More people betting meant more people giving him money.

Ye Feng's strategy actually worked somewhat. After a total of five hands, Xu Fei chose to compare hands with Scarface. When he saw Scarface had triple As, he wryly tossed his cards in.

After Xu Fei folded, Ye Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Now that the biggest threat was gone, it was his turn to perform.

After Xu Fei folded, Ye Feng immediately chose to reveal his cards. After casually glancing at them, he threw in another 20,000 chips.

This was also part of his strategy. He was giving Scarface the illusion that his own hand was also strong, making Scarface believe he was unbeatable, thus allowing him to win more chips.

Indeed, after Ye Feng looked at his cards and still chose to continue betting, Scars revealed a hint of a smile, then generously threw out 20,000 yuan worth of chips.

As Ye Feng followed round after round of chips, Xu Fei couldn't help but glance at him. He hadn't expected Ye Feng to be so bold. He had seen Scars' cards, which were unbeatably strong. For Pan Long's sake, to prevent him from losing too miserably, he decided to step in and break it up.

"You two can just give it a rest. Are you planning on making us wait a lifetime?"

"Alright, for Fei Ge's sake, I, Scars, will choose to check my cards. Gambling should be fun after all." Scars wasn't difficult to talk to, and he decided to check his cards right after Xu Fei spoke up.

"Haha! I won! I have the most powerful and invincible set of cards here, the special cards." After Scars said he would check, Ye Feng pretended to be totally clueless and excitedly flipped over his three cards.

This was all premeditated, after all, using special cards to bet like that would probably make the others suspicious, so he decided to just act like he didn't understand the rules of the game and mistakenly thought the special cards were the strongest.

"Bro! Can I call you bro? Special cards are the smallest, you know. Do you even know how to play? Aren't you tricking me here?" When Pan Long saw the cards that Ye Feng flipped over, he was instantly dumbfounded, somewhat wanting to cry without tears.

"Damn!" Only Xu Fei, who had seen Scars' cards, cursed uncontrollably after he saw Ye Feng's cards, then stood up feeling somewhat incredulous. He hadn't expected that the only nemesis of three Aces would end up in Ye Feng's hands, leaving Scars quite frustrated.

Indeed, Scars' face was as ugly as it could get. He had thought his victory was certain and was already preparing to collect the chips, but never expected that Ye Feng would end up holding such a special set of cards and had stalled him for so long.

"Haha… Scars… I'm dying of laughter, wait…my stomach hurts from laughing, just give me a moment to laugh some more." Seeing the cards that Scars flipped over, Fatty burst out laughing uncontrollably, almost as if he could die from laughter.

"This actually worked? Bro, you truly must be my real brother." Pan Long had not expected such cards to win and was instantly overjoyed. If there hadn't been so many people around, he probably would have hugged Ye Feng and smothered him with kisses. The money had been won too thrillingly.

"Haha! With Fengzi, this weirdo playing with you guys, am I not bound to win everything from you? I ask you, are you scared?" Seeing the pile of chips in front of him, Pan Long was extremely pleased with himself.

"So, special cards aren't the strongest? They say that it can beat a set of three Aces, isn't that true?" Of course, the act had to be complete. Seeing their reactions, although Ye Feng really wanted to laugh, he held it back and asked doubtfully.

"Yes! The special cards are the strongest, as long as you believe they are, then they definitely are. Didn't you see we just won money?"

"That's right, I knew special cards were the strongest," Ye Feng continued in his feigned foolishness after actually being able to collect his chips.

Meanwhile, the other players at the table seemed a bit unsettled, as they believed Ye Feng was just fooling around and not truly there to gamble.

The next game started swiftly, and after all the cards had been dealt, Ye Feng used his Penetrating Vision to look around again. This time, he still had the strongest hand, and it was even a set of three of a kind.

Having a set of three of a kind appear two games in a row seemed almost supernaturally lucky, as typically, one might not see such a hand after gambling for half a day.

When it was Ye Feng's turn to bet, he didn't hesitate to throw in a chip worth 10,000 yuan, reasoning that such a hand warranted betting a few more rounds secretly!

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