Chapter 48: Song Qian

Chapter 48

Casino surveillance room.

"This woman, she won over three million dollars after being at the casino for just an hour. I suspect she's cheating!"

Manager Zhang, with your extensive experience in catching cheaters, please take a look."

Manager Zhang said: "Bring up the playback."

The yellow-haired man did as told and rewound the footage back to when Qin Zhao and Pei Qian started the game.

Manager Zhang stared intently at Qin Zhao on the screen, scrutinizing her every little move.

Finally he concluded: "I don't see any evidence of her cheating. If she really was a cheater, her skills would be unmatched!"

The yellow-haired man asked: "Should we send someone to apprehend her then?"

"No evidence, don't do anything for now.

Keep an eye on her, let me know if anything comes up.

Have Old Zhou keep watch with you, he's observant."

"Yes sir."

At the same time, in the first train car.

Qin Zhao picked up the casino handbook beside her and started flipping through it, saying: "I'm no saint, just an ordinary person.

If anyone, it's you who should be competing for an Oscar with acting skills like that."

Pei Qian's expression changed slightly as he asked: "What do you mean?"

Qin Zhao turned to the 18th section of the handbook, which listed the minimum bets required for access to train cars 2 through 9.

They were: 1 million, 3 million, 5 million, 8 million, 10 million... 30 million.

Given Zhao Zhongyi's ability to manage Ye Chenxi's billions in assets, Qin Zhao estimated his annual income wouldn't be less than 10 million.

So he was likely playing between train cars 5 and 9.

The 3 million she had won so far was far from enough. She would need to try harder.

Qin Zhao put the handbook down, walked over to Pei Qian and whispered: "Put away your childish tricks. Let's play some grown-up games."

Surrounded by Qin Zhao's fragrance as she moved, Pei Qian momentarily forgot to react. Although he found her words strange, he didn't get a chance to think much of it.

Qin Zhao had already returned to her seat and grabbed a handful of red chips, scattering them towards the onlooking crowd!

Immediately, a frenzied scramble broke out!

Pandemonium erupted as people pushed and shoved, cursing at each other!

"Give it to me, that's mine!"

"Let go damnit, I picked it up first!"

Some who couldn't grab any opted to fiercely tear the money in half - if they couldn't have it, neither could anyone else!

Perhaps the sums weren't large, but because it was easy money, people were extremely invested in the scramble.

Human greed was magnified without limit.

In just a few minutes, most were left injured from the tussle.

But no one cared, their hungry eyes fixed expectantly on Qin Zhao.

"Ms. Gao, throw some more, you've won so much!"

Others chimed in, "Yeah, more!!"

Qin Zhao yawned drowsily. Sleep deprivation was no joke.

Watching Qin Zhao distributing cash, System 502 was bleeding internally!

Observing her expression gradually morph into the: old man on subway looking at phone meme.jpg

"Host, what are you doing? I can't take this! I'm breaking up with you!!"

502 monologued pitifully alone in Qin Zhao's mindspace.

She didn't respond the entire time.

Dejected, 502 sprawled limply like a salted fish that had lost hope and dreams.

When Qin Zhao was left with only a third of the money, Pei Qian suddenly bellowed: "Bro, you're here!"

Everyone looked towards the entrance as a 1.9 meter tall, bearded macho man walked in!

Pei Qian crawled and rolled over, hugging the man's thick legs sobbing: "Bro, you're finally here! You don't know how much I suffered tonight, all alone!"

The bearded man glanced at Pei Qian's sausage lips occupying half his face.

He shook his leg, kicking Pei Qian aside, yelling: "What ugly freak is this? No brother of mine looks this hideous!"

Pei Qian's sausage lips quivered as if wanting to explain, but ultimately he silently slunk back to his corner, a forlorn figure like a weary old traveler returning to his fireside.

Having paid the last person, Qin Zhao sat back down, gazing calmly at the bearded man striding towards her.

She told 502: "Don't be upset. The money I tossed out will return manifold."

502 immediately perked up: "Host, what other surprises do you have that I don't know about?!"

"From the moment Pei Qian sat down, I saw through all his tricks. He's a master swindler who deliberately lost to me.

All the money was him handing it to me on purpose."

Having lived in a martial arts world, Qin Zhao had witnessed moves from top martial artists.

While she didn't retain any martial strength, her observational skills remained.

As such, she could discern swindlers without being one herself.

No matter how ingenious their techniques, cheaters were laid bare before her.

Although unaware who had instructed Pei Qian and this replacement man to give her money, it aligned with her aims.

She would gladly accept with nonchalance.

Giving away the money she had won signaled that 300 million was far from satiating her appetite. They would offer more.

With this in mind, Qin Zhao took the initiative to extend her hand to the bearded man with a smile:

"Gao Qian."

He returned the handshake. "Song Qian."

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Slap!

The yellow-haired man excitedly slapped his thigh upon catching the slip up after reviewing the footage a 16th time.

He called Manager Zhang over: "The real swindler is this Pei Qian!"

Pointing at the paused screen, he said: "See that blur in his palm? That's him switching cards!"

Manager Zhang nodded thoughtfully: "Impressive skills. This is my first encounter where the sleight is only visible slowed down!"

"Should we apprehend him now?" the yellow-haired man asked.

Manager Zhang shook his head. "We catch cheaters because they scam customers and the casino. But someone giving away money, what grounds do we have?

First see what he wants to do.

Also, go notify the boss. An event this interesting, she will definitely want to participate.