Zhao Changsheng stared intently at Wang Laohu's cards. At present, Zhao Changsheng's cards were definitely better than Wang Laohu's, but everyone has their moments of negligence. One should not be overconfident. He had to prevent Wang Laohu, an old gambler, from cheating. "Wang Laohu, you show your cards first. If you're scared, I'll show mine." Zhao Changsheng provoked. The sooner Wang Laohu's cards were revealed, the less risk there was, so Zhao Changsheng insisted on Wang Laohu showing his cards first. "Fine, I'll indulge you. Let's see how long you, kid, can jump around." Wang Laohu felt very uncomfortable, his eyes kept twitching. This feeling made him lose his last patience, so he reached out and flipped over his three cards all at once. "A ten, a six, and a twelve, Brother Hu's cards are twenty-eight points, your turn, Officer Zhao," Chen Biaozi said. At this moment, his heart was also trembling with nervousness. Although he had been gambling for more than a decade, this was the first time he had gambled such a big game, so even though it wasn't him gambling, the excitement inside was inevitable. "Wait, bring Brother Hu's cards to the middle of the table, just in case something unexpected happens later. Also, where's that piece of paper? Bring it over, put everything in the middle of the table, and no one is allowed to touch it. If I win, all of this will be mine," Zhao Changsheng began to show off. "Come on, reveal your cards, what are you dawdling for?" Wang Laohu started to become restless. He had a faint feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint it, so he urged anxiously. "Alright, here are my cards, everyone look carefully."

Zhao Changsheng flipped the cards over in one go. 'Ah, it's impossible, one eleven, one twelve, one seven, thirty points, this, this, Zhao Changsheng won,' Liu Mazi said in a low voice. 'Ah, what's going on here, Biaozi, how did you deal the cards?' Wang Laohu's eyes darkened, and he reached out to grab the IOU from the table, but Zhao Changsheng snatched it away first, along with the money. 'Can't handle losing, huh? You should accept the consequences of gambling, Wang Laohu. You're not thinking of backing out, are you?' 'Back out? What if I do back out? You little brat, not even fully grown and you dare to play tricks on me. Put down, put down everything in your hands, or else, don't even think about leaving this room.' 'Hehe, play tricks on you? Do I need to? The dealer is your brother, how could I play tricks on you? Could it be that they would collude with me? What a joke. Actually, your wife is quite attractive, it's a pity to be with you. But if she follows me from now on, I guarantee she'll live a life of comfort and luxury. Don't worry about that. Oh, right, don't touch a single thing in this room, get out of here quickly, or else, I'll have my colleagues from the police station come and clear the place out,' Zhao Changsheng said decisively. 'Hey, I don't believe it. I, Wang Laohu, can't handle you.'

As Wang Laohu spoke, he reached for a stool and was about to smash it towards Zhao Changsheng. 'Who are you trying to discipline, you've got some nerve,' at this moment, a burly man pushed the door and came in. It was Dou Shankui, the driver of Dou Changhe. This fellow had driven Zhao Changsheng to Lujialing, and then Zhao Changsheng had grabbed him. Zhao Changsheng had asked Dou Changhe, and indeed Dou Shankui was a driver, but this guy had been a soldier, and generally, no one could get close to him, so he was pulled to be a bodyguard, to avoid being blackmailed by others later on. 'Who are you, mind your own business, or else I'll take care of you too,' Wang Laohu shouted. 'Hehe, Wang Laohu, you really are blind as a bat, this is the bodyguard of Chief Dou of the township, Chief Dou is my uncle, do you think he won't care about me? Big brother Du, pluck some feathers from this tiger, this kid lost the bet and won't pay up,' Zhao Changsheng jumped behind Dou Shankui in a flash and hid himself. 'Step aside, or else I'll take care of you too,' looking at Dou Shankui in front of him, Wang Laohu lost his temper, and at this time, he saw that his gambling buddies Chen Biaozhi and Liu Mazi had already disappeared. 'Come on, give it a try,' Dou Shankui said motionlessly. Wang Laohu and Dou Shankui were not on the same level at all, and in less than two rounds, Wang Laohu was pinned to the ground by Guishan Kui, with one hand twisted fiercely behind his back, looking extremely painful. 'Officer Zhao, say something, what do you want me to do to let go?' Wang Laohu said hoarsely. 'Wang Laohu, who didn't you scheme against, but you had to pick on me, and even set fire to the backyard of Li Jianshe's house, you really are tired of living.' 'Ah, you know everything, who told you?'

" "Don't worry about that, do you admit defeat today?" "I admit it, I admit it, what do you want from me?" "It's nothing much, just go and divorce Li Fengni tomorrow, and I'll return this shabby house to you. If you don't go, that's fine too. I want to see if you still have the face to stay in Lujialing. Your wife has been gambled away by you, do you still have the nerve to go out?" "I'll go, I'll go, did Chen Biaozzi tell you?" Wang Laohu asked. "Wang Laohu, do you think it's meaningful to ask this? It's clear enough in your own heart, why bother to make it so clear?" Zhao Changsheng said ambiguously. "Brother Du, let him go, we're leaving. Wang Laohu, I hope you remember what happened today. If you try to plot against me again in the future, next time I will definitely kill you." Zhao Changsheng's face was chillingly cold, even Du Shankui, who had killed people in the army, felt a chill. Du Shankui drove Zhao Changsheng to the village committee, but Zhao Changsheng did not get out of the car. Instead, he took out two thousand yuan and handed it to Du Shankui. "Brother, what do you mean by this? Do we, brothers, need this?" Du Shankui said with a glare. "Brother Kui, I didn't mean anything else. It's very cold tonight, go buy some wine to drink. When there's time, we'll get together again. Thank you for tonight, Brother Kui." "Brother, you're too polite. But to be honest, you really scared me tonight. I'm still wondering how you knew you could win the last hand against Wang Laohu?"

“Actually, I don't know either. I just wanted to take a gamble. If I won, I'd be who I am now; if I lost, I'd leave Lujialing, leave Linshan Town. That was my plan, and fortunately, I won the bet,” Zhao Changsheng said, his carefree and cheerful demeanor returning.

However, the more he acted this way, the less Du Shankui dared to underestimate him. He thought to himself that such a person had a ruthless heart; if they couldn't become friends in the future, they definitely couldn't become enemies. Such a person was like a mad dog, who might bite you at any time.

“Hehe, brother, you're a real man, I, Du Shankui, admire that. Anyway, if it were me, I wouldn't dare to do that.”

“Hehe, Brother Kui, you're a decent person, but I'm just a small-time hooligan, so I dare to gamble. There are many things in life that require a gamble. If there's no gambling, life wouldn't be very interesting,” Zhao Changsheng said.

“Haha, brother, I'm convinced by you, but I can't do it, I don't have your courage,” Du Shankui said, telling the truth. Who would dare to gamble with a hundred thousand yuan? Even if they had the money, they wouldn't be willing to part with it.

“Brother Kui, it's a pity to waste your martial arts skills as a driver for my uncle. If you have time, teach me some, just enough for self-defense. I just don't have your conditions, otherwise, I would also like to join the army.”

“Joining the army is good, but without connections or money, it's all for nothing. Besides, my martial arts skills weren't learned in the army; I already knew them.”

“Really? Then teach me when you have time.”

“I can't teach you myself, but if you really want to learn, I can introduce you to my master and see if you two are fated to meet. Maybe he'll take you as an apprentice, and then we'll be brothers-in-arms,” Du Shan Kui said. “Really? Your master wouldn't be some hidden expert, would he? I'd really like to meet him,” Zhao Xinyi replied. “Hehe, you'll find out when the time comes. Alright, I should be heading back. When Chief Dou of the township isn't busy in a few days, I'll take you to meet him,” Du Shan Kui said. Dou Changhe lay in bed, his face indiscernible in the dim light. “Are you really considering letting Zhao Changsheng tutor Yingying in her studies?” Dou Changhe lovingly stroked Zhao Xinyi's face, where a few glistening sweat beads had formed. “Why not give it a try? What's there to worry about? With your daughter's grades, even if they're bad, how much worse could they get? Besides, I just got off the phone with a classmate who now works as a guidance counselor at Haiyang County No. 1 Middle School. Zhao Changsheng wasn't bragging. Back in the day, several teachers even went to his house to encourage him to return to school, but the kid was like he'd gone dumb, refusing to go no matter what, and eventually, no one bothered with him anymore.” “I'm not worried about that. I'm concerned that Yingying is at the rebellious stage of adolescence, and something might happen between them. Moreover, Zhao Changsheng is not much older than her. If something were to happen between the two, it would be too late.” “What did you just say, something might happen between Yingying and Er Lv?” After a while, Zhao Xinyi came back to her senses and asked. “I mean, I'm afraid I'll become Zhao Changsheng's father-in-law.” “No way, Yingying is still so young.”

Zhao Xinya propped herself up and asked. "No, what do you mean it won't? Zhao Changsheng is just a kid, just like Yingying. Moreover, Zhao Changsheng is only two years older than Yingying. I'm really worried." "Oh my, now that you mention it, I think we shouldn't let that Zhao Changsheng come to our house anymore. If something really happens, where will I cry?" "That's not necessary. I'm not worried about Zhao Changsheng; the kid knows how to distinguish between the important and the trivial. I'm worried about your daughter. This little girl is just as passionate as you are. So, as long as you keep a good eye on your daughter, it should be fine. Besides, if Yingying can really get into a key high school in the city, it would be like she has one foot in the door of a prestigious school. I think if you supervise her strictly, there shouldn't be a problem," Dou Changhe said lazily. "This is indeed a troublesome issue. I've done my best with Yingying's studies, and I'm out of ideas. If what Zhao Changsheng said is really that miraculous, then it would be worth taking a bit of risk," Zhao Xinya concluded decisively.