Chapter 31

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

There was no way Chu Yue would not know about it. She smiled and looked at the rich good-for-nothing man and said, “It’s just a gambling house.”

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng did not know what sort of status he had in the woman’s heart. He nodded and said, “I am indeed talking about a gambling house, but you can’t go there.”

She was a woman. She could not go to places with such foul atmospheres. 

“Are you looking down on women now?” Chu Yue felt displeased and cast him a glance. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng shook his head and said, “I’m not looking down on women, but there are differences between men and women.”

“But I have never seen how a gambling house looks like,” Chu Yue said with interest. 

“It’s not suitable for women to go to such places,” said the young man who had carved the Kun-peng as he looked at her. There was no way he would not know what she had meant. 

“Do you still have any clothes for men? Lend me a set. The commoner clothes you wore earlier will do,” Chu Yue said. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng felt that the woman was very courageous and interesting. She was clearly a widow, but she did not seem to be sad or upset. But even more importantly, she was especially bold. 

What sort of place was a gambling house? It was a place where men of all sorts gathered, which meant that good and bad men were mixed together. Some of them were taken advantage of after going inside, yet she actually dared to go to such a place. 

“Are you really going?” the young man who had carved the Kun-peng asked while smiling. 

If she really wanted to go and take a look, he would bring her inside. If he led her around, no one would dare to do anything to her. 

“Yes.” Chu Yue nodded. 

She was just thinking about how she could get some money when a rich good-for-nothing man just handed her a method on a silver platter. There was no way she would miss such a chance. 

“Aren’t you afraid that I will sell you to someone?” The young man who had carved the Kun-peng smiled. She was really interesting. 

“If you really want to sell me, please find someone who is good so that I can live without having to worry about my needs,” Chu Yue said with a wave of her hand.

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng laughed happily and said, “What’s your name?”

“You can just call me Moon.” Chu Yue would naturally not be so stupid as to say her real name, so she gave a random one. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng was aware that she would not want to say her real name, so he said, “Then, are you going to keep calling me Young Man Who Carved the Kun-peng?”

Chu Yue nodded and said, “Hurry up and get the clothes. It’s late already.”

“Don’t worry, they’re open through the night. They just opened for business right now.” 

Then, the young man brought her a clean set of clothes made of hemp cloth.

Chu Yue brought them into her room to change. The young man who had carved the Kun-peng did not change. He would let the woman follow him and pretend to be his servant. 

Soon, Chu Yue came out in her new clothes. Not only had she changed her robes, she had also bound her chest and put on makeup so that she would have yellowish skin. She made herself look malnourished, and she even put a lot of pockmarks on her face. 

When the young man saw her, he was a little stunned. He… had nearly been unable to recognize her. 

When Chu Yue saw that he did not change, she bowed and said, “Master, let’s go.”

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng smiled. She had the same idea as him, so he smiled and said, “Let’s go.”

Chu Yue followed him. She had to admit that it was good to have money. The young man had his own carriage, and if he wanted to go somewhere, he could just go with it. 

“How did you manage to disguise yourself with makeup? Is this the legendary disguise technique?” Once they got into the carriage, the young man who had carved the Kun-peng looked at Chu Yue. 

With her new appearance, she really looked like a servant instead of a woman. 

“This isn’t a disguise technique, just makeup skills. But both the disguise technique and makeup skills achieve the same effect through different techniques. They can both turn something ordinary into something amazing.” 

Chu Yue forgave him for making a fuss over this because he lacked knowledge. ‘You haven’t seen the modern world’s Sweet Face Cam. Not only can you turn yourself into a man or a woman, even a sixty-year-old granny can be turned into an eighteen-year-old girl.’

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng sized her up and said, “But you’re still too thin.”

“I am a little thin, but I’m dressed in thick clothes for winter, so it’s fine,” Chu Yue said. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng watched as she grabbed a handful of jujubes from somewhere and started eating them. “Want some?” she asked.

“…No, thank you.” The young man who had carved the Kun-peng then thought, ‘At the end of the day, she’s still a woman. No matter how much she looks like a man right now, she’s still a woman.’

When they arrived at the gambling house, he realized that the woman was even bolder than he previously thought. Even after she entered the place, she never shrank away. In fact, her eyes lit up. 

What was more, she did not know the men surrounding the gambling tables, but she still had the courage to force her way through them. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng shook his head and smiled before he tapped her shoulder and beckoned her over. “Come over here.”

“You can go ahead and play. I won’t be leaving this table. You can just come here to look for me when you want to go back.”

“Is this how you act as a servant?” the young man who had carved the Kun-peng asked as he stared at her. 

Seriously, even if no one would see that she was a woman while she was dressed this way, she was still a woman. 

Besides, he brought her here, so it was only par for the course that he should keep her by his side. Otherwise, what would he do if something happened to her?

So, Chu Yue could only follow him and watch as he started spending money. 

The good-for-nothing spent his money boldly. He did not gamble with silver, but actually brought a stack of silver notes!

Chu Yue cast a glance at the notes and noticed that they were worth a lot. He was really lucky to be born a rich second generation who only needed to enjoy life. 

Chu Yue brought out the small bag of crushed silver she brought with her. They were worth around seven to eight taels. 

“Why are you in such a hurry? You should take a look first before doing anything else,” Chu Yue said after she saw the young man plucking out a few notes to make his bet. 

“Why should I watch? I’ll just buy it.” The young man who had carved the Kun-peng picked out a few notes and betted on big.

There were plenty of people who thought that he might be their God of Wealth since he bet on big so boldly, so they followed his lead and placed their leads. Many people started shouting, “Big! Big! Big!”

Then, they lost the round. The young man who had carved the Kun-peng plucked out a few more notes and bet on big again, not caring that he had just lost more than one hundred taels of silver. Then, he lost another round. So he switched. He stopped betting on big. This time, he bet on small. 

When she saw how much of a fool he was, Chu Yue thought that she must have been blind. Why did she give this rich second generation two taels of silver as a reward?

But after a few rounds, Chu Yue managed to see the trend. Once the person rolling the dice stopped, she bet one tael of silver on small. 

“You’re betting on small? Then I’ll place the same bet?” the rich second generation beside her said and plucked out two notes worth fifty taels of silver to bet on small. 

After copying him for a few rounds and losing, the crowd learned from their experience and bet on big. Only a few bet on small. 

Then, the answer was revealed. The combination was small. 

The crowd was upset. 

The young man who had carved the Kun-peng was delighted. “Not bad. I didn’t expect that I would win by betting on the same bet as you did.”

Chu Yue received her money and brought out a small piece of silver from her bag. It should only be worth half a tael of silver. 

“Master, you’re making fun of me. I was just trying my luck,” she said weakly.

From their words, the crowd beside them learned that they were a master-servant pair. They must have felt that it was not reliable to copy their bets, so they decided to ignore them and start betting on their own. 

Chu Yue managed to win here, so she dragged the young man who had carved the Kun-peng to another table and placed her bets. She managed to win again. 

This time, Chu Yue bet two taels of silver. The odds for a game of big and small was 1:1, so she won two taels of silver. 

After succeeding, Chu Yue used half a tael of silver to play two rounds. She lost two rounds before she won continuously until she obtained three taels of silver. Then, she lost two times, giving up little bits of money, before she dragged the young man who had carved the Kun-peng to change tables.