Gu Yuan, Hua Jianxing, and Zeng Guoyu were all a little nervous; this kind of stimulation was simply too much for them to handle!
It's like reading a very engaging novel or watching a great TV series; viewers enjoy the process rather than wanting to see the ending from the very beginning.
Zhou Xuan's expression relaxed at this moment, and he no longer had the tense and uneasy feeling he had before. He smiled and then turned over his cards, which everyone at the table stared at.
It's very clear that there are four twos with one four!
Zhou Xuan said calmly, "Mr. Ma, I'm also very sorry. I just revealed my hand to you, Fulhouse. My trump card is four twos!"
Gu Yuan, Hua Jianxing, and Zeng Guoyu were stunned at first, then overjoyed. They stood up and shouted excitedly, "We won! We won! We won!"
Meanwhile, Ma Shu and Zhuang Zhixian on the other side were completely dumbfounded!
After a moment of stunned silence, Ma Shu suddenly stood up, shouting excitedly, "No...impossible! Your trump card can't be four twos! Impossible!"
Zhou Xuan asked with a faint smile, "Mr. Ma, then what do you think my trump card should be?"
“Your hole cards should be a pair of twos and three loose cards…” Ma Shu blurted out, but immediately covered his mouth and started panting heavily.
Zhou Xuan nodded, chuckled, and said, "Mr. Ma, just as I thought. How could you know my hole cards were a pair of twos and three random cards if you didn't see them? Hehe, to be honest, I only thought about it for a moment. My hole cards were a pair of twos and three random cards. Of course, I was just thinking about it. In fact, my hole cards were four twos, as you saw!"
Ma Shu's face flushed red, then turned pale, and then bluish, while Zhuang Zhixian next to him looked both stunned and furious!
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Mr. Ma, I'm sorry, I've just been watching too many science fiction dramas. I always feel something's off, like someone's spying on me. I tried to think about it this way, but I didn't expect to actually fool you!"
Ma Shu gritted his teeth, panting as he stared at Zhou Xuan, before turning his head to look at Zhuang Zhixian after a long while.
Zhou Xuan said to Gu Yuan, Hua Jianxing, and Zeng Guoyu, "The betting game is over, let's go!"
Zhuang Zhixian let out a sinister laugh, stood up, and waved his hand. The dozen or so men in black behind him immediately pulled out pistols and pointed the dark muzzles at Zhou Xuan's group.
"Want to leave...hehe, sure!" Zhuang Zhixian said with a sinister smile. "If you want to leave, no one will stop you, but you'll have to leave your money behind!"
Gu Yuan and Hua Jianxing both frowned and said coldly, "What do you want to do? Are you trying to renege on your debt or are you a sore loser?"
Zhuang Zhixian snorted and chuckled, "Whatever. Don't forget, this is private gambling, it's illegal, and it's not protected by law, do you understand? Besides, so what if I default on my debt? So what if I can't afford to lose? At least I'm the strong one here now, and wherever I am, the strong one calls the shots. Everyone understands that this isn't something that can be put on the surface!"
Gu Yuan and Hua Jianxing's expressions both changed; Zhuang Zhixian's words were indeed true. This matter could only be kept private; making it public would be useless. The Zhuang family and the Gu and Hua families were of similar status, and their private squabbles wouldn't be good if word got out.
Before they arrived, Gu Yuan and his group had miscalculated, because they hadn't expected that Zhuang Zhixian was behind Ma Shu!
If it were just a low-level businessman, it would be easier to handle. But the bookmakers aren't ordinary families. No matter how much trouble they cause, these scions of wealthy families, indulging in drinking, gambling, and whoring, will only have their families punish them personally. They won't fight to the death with the people who cheated them. This is a society governed by law; murder is punishable by death. No matter how much money they have, openly committing murder cannot be hidden. Perhaps they could use money to bribe officials and change the outcome, but that only works against opponents far less powerful than themselves. Families like the bookmakers, the Gu family, and the Hua family are among the most famous billionaire families in Hong Kong. You may have money, but your opponent may also have money. Even equally powerful opponents present legal challenges.
As Gu Yuan and Hua Jianxing's expressions changed, Zeng Guoyu waved his hand at the people behind him, but there was no response. After a moment of surprise, he turned around and looked at the people behind him, shouting, "Are you all stupid? What are you doing?"
The dozen or so men exchanged glances. One of them nodded, and then all of them drew their pistols, pointing them at Zeng Guoyu, Gu Yuan, Hua Jianxing, Zhou Xuan, and Wei Haihong!
Zeng Guoyu was stunned for a moment, then shouted, "Are you all crazy? Guo Zijie, what do you mean?"
The dozen or so bodyguards Zeng Guoyu had hired, the one named Guo Zijie who seemed to be their leader, chuckled and said, "Old Zeng, I'm sorry, but this era is not the same as the one you had back then. This is the era of money. All I can tell you is that Boss Zhuang is paying several times more than you are!"
Zeng Guoyu was stunned, his eyebrows shot up, and he roared, "You betrayed me for money? Do you have any sense of morality? Do you have any conscience? Back then..."
Guo Zijie chuckled and interrupted Zeng Guoyu: "Hey, Lao Zeng, don't talk to me about morality and conscience. How much is this worth per pound? If it can be exchanged for money, I'll sell it to you first!"
Zeng Guoyu's face was ashen. He stared at Gu Yuan and Hua Jianxing, trembling, and didn't know what to say!
Zhuang Zixian chuckled and said, "Well done! Add another 500,000 to everyone and put all the money away!"
Facing the dark, menacing guns from both sides, Gu Yuan, Hua Jianxing, and Zeng Guoyu were powerless to object. Their emotions went from initial shock to ecstasy after winning money, and then to feeling as if they had fallen into an ice cave—a rollercoaster of feelings that defied description!
This isn't Zhou Xuan's fault. During the initial negotiations, Zhou Xuan made it clear that they had divided the work: he would only focus on winning money and wouldn't be involved in anything else. The problem lies solely with themselves!
But Zhou Xuan stood up at this moment and chuckled.
Zhuang Zhixian, who was opposite him, shouted: "Stay put and don't move, or I'll break your legs!"
Zhou Xuan chuckled and said, "Really? Hehe, I'd like to see how you manage to break my legs!" As he spoke, he turned around and stared at the man with the gun behind him.
The two burly men in black suits standing behind Zhou Xuan flung their guns around, about to give Zhou Xuan a command, when they suddenly felt a sharp pain in their fingers holding the guns. They couldn't help but yell and throw the pistols away, then clutched their right hands with their left and screamed in agony!
Zhou Xuan bent down and picked up the two pistols. The instant he picked them up, the men in front and behind him all aimed their guns at the triggers and pulled them off. The firing pins clicked repeatedly, but no gunshots were fired and no bullets were fired!
Zhou Xuan gripped his pistol and fired two shots at the men behind him who were shooting at him. Of course, both shots hit their feet. The two men with guns immediately fell to the ground, joining the two men who had thrown down their guns and cried out in pain. The screams of the four men rose and fell in succession.
Zhou Xuan gave a cold laugh, tossed one pistol to Zeng Guoyu and the other to Gu Yuan, and shouted, "Take these!"
Gu Yuan and Zeng Guoyu were still somewhat stunned, because there were still a dozen or twenty gun barrels pointed at them. What use were their two guns? What was even more dazed them was that they had clearly seen these people fire at Zhou Xuan, but no bullets had been fired. What were these people up to? But the two guns that Zhou Xuan had thrown to them had just been fired. They were real!
Zeng Guoyu was stunned for a moment. Because he was holding a gun, those people fired at him repeatedly, but he could only hear the sound of the firing pin hitting the target. No bullets were fired and no gunshots were heard!
At this point, Zeng Guoyu and Gu Yuan both realized that the guns these people had were all problematic, or even fake, while the two guns they had were definitely real guns with real bullets!
Zeng Guoyu was overjoyed. He turned his gun and fired two shots at Guo Zijie, one in each leg. Guo Zijie cried out "Ouch!" and fell to the ground, his cry of pain louder than the other four!
"Hey Guo, if you yell again, I'll shoot you in the head!" Zeng Guoyu shouted viciously. At this moment, although the other side had more people, they were all paper tigers, and their pistols were useless. However, the pistols he and Gu Yuan were holding were real. Just as Guo Zijie had said, whoever is strong will rule. Thirty years east of the river and thirty years west of the river, the wheel of fortune turns. It's just that I didn't expect it to turn around so quickly!
Zeng Guoyu had just been wondering why Zhou Xuan's eyes were so sharp, knowing exactly that the two men's pistols were real, and how he had managed to snatch them. He was certain that the two men hadn't pretended to be in pain and thrown away the guns, but the situation was so critical that he had temporarily forgotten about that question!
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Volume 1, Chapter 282
Guo Yu's ferocity instilled fear in Nose Jie and his thugs. This was because Gu Yuan, the ruthless man, was wielding a real, deadly gun, while their guns were unusable. They had been fired multiple times, and several men had even opened the magazines to check. The pistols were genuine—the weight and feel indicated they had been used before—and the bullets were real. So why were they failing to fire now?
But at this point, they dared not gamble any further. Their own guns were unusable, while the guns Gu Yuan and Zeng Guoyu held were deadly. They had just wounded Guo Zijie and two of Zeng Guoyu's traitors, which everyone had clearly witnessed. If things came to a head, Zeng Guoyu was certainly capable of shooting them. After all, he used to be a very famous underworld figure.
Ma Shu and Zhuang Zhixian were especially shocked and furious. How could things have suddenly turned so one-sided when they clearly had the upper hand?