CH 96

The bunny girl had undoubtedly worked in the casino for years but had never encountered such an aggressive player. She wanted to yell for the casino’s security, but as soon as she opened her mouth, before she could say anything, she felt a pain in her nape and softly sank to the ground.

Fear caused the guest to lose his head: “What are you doing? I’m a casino customer, you…” 

Shen Dongqing said it again: “Robbery.”

Fang Qi, who hastened over and heard this word: ?

Didn’t you say we have to obey the law?

The customer cowered in the corner, shaking his head desperately, “I have no money, I have no money.” 

“Do you have any chips?” Shen Dongqing asked.

The guest froze for a second before shaking his head more frantically, “No! No, I don’t…”

While pretending to be weak, he took advantage of an opportunity to yell, “Security mmph mmph—” his voice cut off abruptly.

The guest also fell to the ground, landing in the same spot as the bunny girl.

Shen Dongqing awkwardly kicked his potbellied tummy and remarked in embarrassment, “Actually, I don’t really want to do this.”

Fang Qi silently roasted him.

But you got off to a faster start than anybody else.

It’s possible that Fang Qi’s inner drama was too colorful which made Shen Dongqing notice him and summon him with a hand wave. 

Fang Qi walked over after confirming that he was the one being invited.

“Frisk him,” Shen Dongqing said, pointing to the fat sheep on the ground.

Fang Qi squatted down, resigned.

This customer was a fatty, and Fang Qi’s short stature made it difficult for him to search. Even though they were still in an area kept cool by the casino’s air conditioning, sweat was pouring out of him. 

After a lengthy search, he discovered the chips in the inner pocket of the guest’s coat.

Shen Dongqing: “How many?”

Fang Qi wiped away his sweat, his voice distorted with joy: “Five hundred!”

Thankfully, it was not in vain. This cash cow carried a total of 500 chips in his pocket. 

Fang Qi raised his hands and held out a fistful of gleaming golden chips, all in denominations of fifty.

Fang Qi started counting.

If one customer had 500 chips, robbing six guests would allow them to collect three thousand chips and leave the casino!

Just then, another person exited the casino. 

Shen Dongqing and Fang Qi both looked over with anticipation on their faces.

It was just that this time a player had appeared.

He had most likely won a lot of chips and had come out to relieve himself. As a result, when the door opened, he was immediately confronted with the crime scene.

The player’s motions became frozen. 

His gaze darted around the bunny girl and the fat sheep guest on the ground before landing on the chips in Fang Qi’s hand.

Fang Qi let out a hollow laugh twice before slowly lowering his uplifted hands and blocking the chips in his hand.

The player realized what was going on right away: these three players had plundered the casino’s fake customer!

This was a completely unexpected behavior. 

After all, everyone knew that the casino-arranged phonies had a total of 10,000 chips in their hands, but players were thinking about how to win the chips from them; they didn’t expect there was another way.

The player didn’t even go to relieve himself. He retreated into the casino to consult with his companions.

Fang Qi stood up, felt the chips that had just become hotter, and asked, “Do you still want to continue?”

“Continue what?” Shen Dongqing was perplexed. 

Fang Qi looked around and said quietly, “Keep robbing.”

“I’m a law-abiding guy,” Shen Dongqing declared with certainty. “Besides, these chips are enough to make up for our losses!” he added after a pause.

Fang Qi: …

You don’t say. The strength of these two bosses was incredible, but their luck… it was just too bad. 

He was saddened by recalling the chips that had flowed out of their hands like water.

“There’s no chance either,” Zhou Wenyan stated.

Fang Qi: “Huh?”

Then he noticed a bunch of players sneaking out of the casino and squatting in the shadows, as if they were planning something nasty. 

This looting business appeared to be so profitable that other players couldn’t bear it any longer and wanted a piece of the action.

In addition, someone arrived to threaten them: “We brothers have seized control here. Scram, you three!”

After all, there were a lot of players, but only 10,000 chips were available. Whoever won first was the first to leave, and the other players were competitors.

Now that there was an alternate path, of course they wanted to clutch it securely in their hands. 

Fang Qi took a look at Shen Dongqing and noticed that he was calm and had no intention of robbing this bunch of players. He could only abandon the dream of snatching and becoming rich and follow them back to the casino.

It was already late outside, but the night had only just begun at the casino.

Shen Dongqing returned to the gambling table full of confidence.

Perhaps he’d lost too many times previously, but his good fortune had returned a little. He won and lost, but his losses were not too tragic. 

Fang Qi, who had been watching from the sidelines, had hardly exhaled a sigh of relief when he heard miserable shrill screams from outside the door, and he turned his head unconsciously to glance over.

The casino door was open a small crack, and he could see a pool of blood in the corridor outside, along with a few cut-off hands and feet that seemed to belong to those players right now.

The security personnel indifferently pulled away the trash on the ground and then used a mop to clear the bloodstains.

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Fang Qi: “…Oh.”

He was thinking too much.

But if it were Shen Dongqing, even if the security guards arrived, it would simply make things a little more difficult.

Fang Qi secretly glanced at Shen Dongqing. 

The light from the ceiling fell on Shen Dongqing’s cheeks, making his complexion appear exceptionally fair, and a small dimple emerged on his cheek, making him appear very cute. It was difficult to believe that he had just knocked out two individuals straight and quickly.

Fang Qi was looking at him absentmindedly when he felt a chilly and severe gaze sweep over him.

Zhou Wenyan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he gave Fang Qi a sharp look.

Fang Qi regained his senses and raised his hands to demonstrate his innocence, saying, “I don’t, I am not.” He took a step back and stepped away at the same time. 

Zhou Wenyan averted his gaze and stepped over to block the others from approaching Shen Dongqing.

Fang Qi had the impression that there was a song that was specifically suited to him.

It’s obviously a three-player game, why can’t I have a name?

The casino stayed open till the early morning hours. 

The NPC visitors left one by one, and the once-bustling casino became deserted.

The players, who had been excited all night, were finally exhausted.

Some of them won a lot of money and were overjoyed; others lost everything, mortgaged whatever they could, and hoped to change their fortunes.

In one hall, it appeared that there were two kinds of fate. 

Shen Dongqing was from the middle. When he got rich from robbery, he had just lost a few games in a row, and he looked to have flipped his luck, winning more and losing less, and after counting the chips one by one, he had as much as 700 chips in all.

Others would consider 700 chips to be near to the goal, but it was still a long way off for them.

Fang Qi was hopeful: “If we win more than 700 in one day, we can leave the casino in three to four days.”

Players counted their harvest, and just as it was time to rest, the sexy woman reappeared in the hall. 

This woman genuinely made the players scared.

After all, something horrible happened every time the hottie appeared.

“Did everyone have a wonderful time?” exclaimed the gorgeous female.

After a few rounds, the players had figured out how to respond, and there were sparse and fragmentary comments of “had fun.” 

The hot lady clapped her hands: “That’s wonderful! After all, our casino exists to make all of our visitors happy.”

Players: Hehe, as if what you say and what is true are the same thing.

“Our casino can do whatever guests want, but only as long as guests remember one thing – our casino has a casino’s rules,” the hot girl added, wholly unmindful of the reaction of the players below.

Following her remarks, two players were pushed forward by the personnel. 

It’s difficult to put into words the state these two players were in. Their limbs were twisted as if tormented, their faces were bloodied, and the flesh of their abdominal cavity had simply vanished, exposing their internal organs.

Yet, they stayed sane and were tortured while their minds were clear.

Fang Qi was taken aback.

Isn’t he the one who asked us to scram? 

The hot girl’s smile was still as before: “A few guests were a touch reckless and violated the regulations of our casino, but when the scene was cleaned up, only these two guests were still alive, so I could only use them as an exhibit.”

“Please keep in mind that guests cannot steal chips from one another. Otherwise—” The hot girl instantly became expressionless, “This is the end!”

With that, the two players were shoved down once more, and their figures disappeared into the shadows.

“But, I’m only talking about ‘guests,’ if it’s a player…hehe, our casino can’t regulate it,” the hot girl said, patting the corner of her skirt and winking. 

“Well, I believe all of the guests are very tired. Please rest well. The casino will reopen tomorrow as usual.”

The players did not move and instead looked about vigilantly.

The sexy girl’s remarks had made it quite clear that the chips of NPC visitors could not be robbed, but the chips in the hands of players were not protected by casino laws. Players could rob one another!

After all, at the end of the night, several players had a lot of chips in their hands and were only a little short of winning 1000 chips and being able to leave. 

At the gambling table, there were victors and losers. If you win today, you might lose it all tomorrow, therefore you must deprive others of their security.

Not to mention the ones who had completely lost their chips. They’d been seeking prey for a long time, their eyes glowing.

The sexy girl’s statements highlighted the players’ animosity between one another.

When the players returned to the casino lobby the next day, the atmosphere had changed drastically. 

Previously, the players would greet one another, but now they stared at each other coldly and walked away, as if they were enemies. Who knew if the other side was planning something.

In this way, the group of three persons who were still friendly stood out among the players.

Fang Qi abruptly stepped back, asking quietly, “Why do I get the impression people are giving us weird looks?”

“Nah, aren’t they really good-natured?” said Shen Dongqing, looking around. 

Fang Qi remained skeptical. He raised his head and collided glances with a sullen-looking aquiline-nosed individual whose eyes were like a dagger, scraping Fang Qi up and down.

This…is good-natured?

Zhou Wenyan nodded in agreement: “Pretty good-natured.”

It was almost as though they were laughing at NPCs. 

Fang Qi suspected that the bigshots’ perspectives differed from a regular person’s.

The other players’ eyes swept over the three of them ill-naturedly, not knowing what they were up to.

Under such conditions, no one would have dared to join hands with others without reservations. They barely had time to defend themselves, so how could they work together? Except for Shen Dongqing and his party of three, everyone was a lone wolf. This group was obviously more threatening than others and would be regarded as the primary target to be eliminated by other players.

Fang Qi considered this viewpoint and was about to caution Shen Dongqing, but he didn’t realize Shen Dongqing had already gone to play. 

“Brother Zhou?” Fang Qi could only turn to Zhou Wenyan.

“Got it,” Zhou Wenyan nodded lightly.

Fang Qi’s head was filled with question marks because he hadn’t said anything.

What did you ‘get’? 

On second thought, Fang Qi believed that all he needed to do was lie down and win, and the instance would be done. What was he so concerned about?

So, without hesitation, he headed straight to the gambling table to play.

Shen Dongqing’s luck was pretty good tonight. He won three hands in a row and a large amount of chips. The NPC guests at the same table as him were so agitated that they couldn’t speak.

Shen Dongqing battled in one location after another with a little basket full of chips, oblivious to the fiery gazes of others. 

Perhaps Shen Dongqing appeared too silly and sweet. After a while, a group of players gathered and approached him with malicious intent.

“Hey, Little Brother, your luck is pretty good.” A short-statured, sleazy-faced thin man pushed to Shen Dongqing’s side, pretending to be familiar.

Shen Dongqing didn’t even bother looking at him. He only said “Mn.”

The slender man licked his lips as he looked greedily at Shen Dongqing’s small basket, which was half-full with chips: “You earned a lot, right?” 

Shen Dongqing shifted his weight and drew the little basket away from the slim man.

“Hehe, Little Brother, how many games have you played?” asked the thin man, smiling.

Shen Dongqing took a bunch of chips, set them down, and said, “Not many games,” without thinking it through.

The skinny guy cast a glance at Shen Dongqing, who appeared fair and clean, with clear eyes, and realized at a glance that he was a young man who hadn’t experienced much. 

He immediately felt confident: “But I’ve played a lot of games, and among them are a lot of B-level game instances, which are dangerous…”

Shen Dongqing: “So awesome.”

The thin guy: “Indeed. But my life was hanging by a thread at the time, and I barely made it out alive. Let this elder brother tell you something: you can’t trust your teammates too much.” He paused and said meaningfully, “You never know what they’ll do in a life-or-death crisis.”

Shen Dongqing simply nodded and said, “Oh.” 

“Have you ever played a B-level game instance?” the skinny man persisted.

Shen Dongqing actually considered it thoroughly: “No.”

In fact, he didn’t recall much. After all, a B-level game instance seemed quite straightforward to him, with nothing particularly impressive.

The thin guy: “Oh, is that so; then what about your friends?” 

Shen Dongqing: “I don’t think so.”

After all, Fang Qi appeared to be really weak, and he(SDQ) assumed that he had not played many game instances.

What else could the slim man say? Shen Dongqing was already antsy. The dealer had just opened the result he had been waiting for so he carried the small basket and directly left, leaving the slender man alone.

The thin man squinted at Shen Dongqing’s back, walked away from the gambling table, turned around, and joined a group. The gang gathered around and bowed their heads to talk about something, occasionally glancing up at Shen Dongqing. 

“Yeah, that’s right, he’s a novice.”

“The other two don’t look like old players either.”

“He’s holding a lot of chips. When the time comes, we’ll deal with him first, then divide and conquer.”

“Hehe, when will that be?” 

“That depends on our abilities.”

Shen Dongqing, who was holding a little basket, was watching the dealer deal cards, entirely ignorant that someone was planning to steal his chips.

Even if he did know, he probably wouldn’t take it seriously.

Shen Dongqing was having a good time when Zhou Wenyan appeared out of nowhere. 

“What?” Shen Dongqing turned and looked at him.

He might have been having too much fun. His cheeks were slightly flushed, like a rosy peach in snow, the freshness of which made others want to bite.

Zhou Wenyan thought so and did so. He leaned in and kissed Shen Dongqing on the cheek before whispering, “Let’s go out first.”

Shen Dongqing took the chips and asked, “What’s wrong?” 

“Give others an opportunity,” Zhou Wenyan said softly as he held his shoulder.

Shen Dongqing: “What opportunity?”

Zhou Wenyan: “You’ll know when we go out.”

He soon understood what the opportunity was. 

A group of players approached them as soon as they came out of the casino’s entrance, and the leader was the slim guy who had come over to talk just minutes before.

The thin man smiled maliciously as he rolled up his sleeves: “Hand over your chips, Little Brother, and we won’t make things hard for you. Otherwise, don’t blame us for not showing mercy.”

Shen Dongqing: “?”

The skinny man spotted Shen Dongqing’s perplexed expression and concluded he was a newbie, so he was even more unscrupulous: “We’re being nice right now, but if you make us wait, we might not be. Don’t make us force you to mortgage something.” 

Shen Dongqing blinked his eyes in disbelief and inquired, “Are you guys robbing?”

The slim man and his companions, who had temporarily teamed up, exchanged glances.

They’d already blocked his route with the clear goal of robbing, but he couldn’t tell. Was he a moron?

“Bah! It doesn’t matter if he’s a fool or not; just grab him,” someone said. 

The group of players approached step by step, each holding a different weapon.

The casino’s security guards and personnel were watching the show indifferently this time, and they had no intention of intervening. They even gloated in the duo’s predicament, eagerly anticipating the players’ to fight more viciously.

“Hold on!” Shen Dongqing stopped them.

The thin man stopped and asked: “Why, have you changed your mind?” 

Shen Dongqing gave a nod.

“Then hand over the chips,” the slim man said, smiling smugly.

Shen Dongqing lifted the small basket in his hand. He turned around and handed the basket to a staff member standing at the side, just as the thin man assumed he was going to hand over all the chips.

He was also very polite: “Hello, please hold this for me.” 

The staff member took the basket and nodded.

Other players perceived this gesture as Shen Dongqing’s plan to seek assistance from the casino’s bouncers. “When you die, these chips will have no owner, and we can still take them,” the thin guy stated sullenly.

Shen Dongqing expressed his understanding before adding: “Guys, yes, you fellows, hand over the chips, and I won’t make things difficult for you. Otherwise, don’t blame me for not showing mercy.”

The other players froze for a second before bursting out laughing. Some players laughed so hard that their tummies hurt. 

“What did he say?”

“To hand over our chips, hahaha…”

“Looks like he’s really a fool.”

Shen Dongqing stood there and said solemnly: “I’m being nice right now, but if you make me wait, I might not be.” 

This sentence elicited another round of guffaws from the other players.

They’d all forgotten why they’d come and were only thinking about how stupid this young man was, so stupid that he made people laugh. However, it was more likely that they had long regarded Shen Dongqing’s chips as their personal property, and hence were not in a rush.

“Do you want to say anything else?”

“Do you want to learn more about how to talk like us?” 

“Hahaha, please learn; I’d want to hear it.”

Shen Dongqing: “Okay, I’m done.”

The voice stopped, and the players, who were still clutching their bellies and laughing loudly, watched a figure run over and instantly mow down the slender man in front of them to the ground. Before the people behind him could react, they were smacked in the abdomen with a fist.

“Ah—” 

Someone finally reacted after the players all toppled over in quick succession. This was not a little white rabbit, but a genuine large tiger!

A couple of players burst into a sprint and ran, but after a few feet, they saw a man emerge.

Zhou Wenyan rested against the wall, arms folded, raising his eyelids to gaze at the players.

The fleeing players exchanged glances. 

This one didn’t seem too violent, so go ahead!

Then they followed in their brothers’ footsteps and rolled on the ground in agony.

The players that were standing here moments ago were all on the ground.

When Fang Qi noticed that the two bosses were missing, he stealthily opened the door, came out, turned around, and saw such a scene. 

He was stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was: “You’re robbing again?”

Shen Dongqing: “No, no, I am a good person who abides by the law.”

Hearing this made the spots where the players had been beaten up hurt even more.

Fang Qi thought it was absolutely absurd to say this under these conditions. 

Seeing that he didn’t believe it, Shen Dongqing hurriedly explained, “I was defending myself!”

Fang Qi understood.

This gang of unfortunate players undoubtedly saw Shen Dongqing’s silly and sweet appearance and wanted to rob him, but needless to say, they all ended up on the ground.

Shen Dongqing requested the return of his small basket, kicked the player who rolled to his side, and gave Fang Qi a “you know” look. 

Fang Qi seemed to understand. In any event, this gang had arrived to rob. “Whoever robs will be robbed in the end,” he chanted. Then, without hesitation, he pried open the clothes of the player closest to him and extracted all of his chips.

While standing there, Shen Dongqing questioned, “Who said this?”

Fang Qi: “I adapted it myself.”

This group of players was loaded with chips. Shen Dongqing’s small basket was not only full, but the chips created a small mound when they frisked them one by one and took their chips. 

Fang Qi, who was squatting on the ground, raised his head: “How many do we have?”

“There should be three thousand,” Shen Dongqing said, picking up a chip that was about to roll away.

“I didn’t expect there to be so many,” Fang Qi said, thinking he was still dreaming.

He estimated that it would take another four or five days to win 3000 chips. He hadn’t expected it to happen so soon. 

Shen Dongqing pursed his lips and a small dimple appeared on his cheek: “I have to thank them.”

The thin guy was already in so much pain that he didn’t want to live, and now that he’d heard Shen Dongqing’s words, he just wanted to die on the spot.

They expected to rob a simple and naïve little white rabbit. They didn’t expect to find a bigshot hidden within as soon as the skin was ripped off. They not only did not steal his chips, but they also lost their own.

Fang Qi sighed: “Every time I team up with Brother Shen and Brother Zhou, it’s so easy to clear the instance.” 

Shen Dongqing: “Actually, I don’t want to.”

He sighed sadly: “It’s no fun at all.”

Shen Dongqing was determined not to rob again.

He had intended to work hard in order to win 3000 chips at the gambling table. He’d just won a few hundred chips, and he had no idea that the rest would be delivered to his door at this point. He’d feel embarrassed if he didn’t rob it. 

Really! It interfered with his game experience.

The players lying on the ground tried to weep but failed to shed a tear.