Chapter 56: Hong Ying, the Beauty Dice

In this city, there are dozens of casinos, large and small, and not all of them buy property or rent venues on land.

Hong Ying's casino is set up on a ship; one is a converted passenger vessel, and there are several luxury yachts to entertain VIPs.

Because he often stays on the yachts, in formal settings, he is naturally a well-known entrepreneur with investments in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and other places; in informal settings, industry insiders call him "Old Hong of the Island Edge."

But he is actually not yet at the age where one can be called "Old."

From his appearance, he is around forty, in his prime, with thick hair, a square face, eyebrows as thick as pine smoke, and a beard that is full but not messy.

When others meet his gaze, their first reaction is even to feel that his face is full of uprightness.

He doesn't look like someone in the gambling ship business, but rather like some incorruptible inspector.

When Seeing Chu Tianshu and Fang Jun boarded the yacht, Hong Ying was sitting in the shade, drinking tea and reading.

On the small round table beside him were several books: *The Rogue's Copy of Nem Kyoshiro*, *Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang*, and *Commentary on the Classic of Waterways in Vernacular*.

It seems this person has very eclectic tastes.

"What offense did these few brats commit to trouble Young Master Fang to escort them to my yacht?"

Hong Ying put down his book and looked over with a smile in his tone, but he did not stand up.

Fang Jun took off his sunglasses: "These few attacked our project consultant, Mr. Seeing Chu Tianshu; the nature of this is very malicious."

"Moreover, according to their confession, your younger brother, Hong Yong, was attacked and hospitalized by a suspect we are investigating."

"In order to understand the details, I had no choice but to come and disturb Boss Hong."

Hong Ying showed an expression of surprise and asked the man in black beside him.

"Was A-Yong beaten and hospitalized?"

"I thought he was just parading through the streets with a bone, fighting a dog for food, and that's why he broke his ribs."

The man in black said: "It is like this, we personally saw Brother Yong being chased by a dog; if Young Master Fang needs witnesses, we are all witnesses here."

Seeing Chu Tianshu looked over suspiciously.

Is this person openly playing dumb and making things difficult, or is it a provocation due to an old grudge, or does he want to lure someone into a trap to negotiate terms?

Fang Jun smiled: "Boss Hong, we have always kept our distance like well water and river water; why must you play these tricks?"

Hong Ying said sternly: "How can you call it keeping our distance? As the adopted son of the Nie family, there are plenty of people in our gambling world who want to learn a move or two from you."

Seeing Chu Tianshu remembered that he had checked some information about Macau online before coming.

There were several internationally renowned gambling kings who had been active in Macau, and the one with the biggest reputation currently, who also resides here, is surnamed Nie.

This person once faced nine gambling kings simultaneously in Las Vegas and won every battle.

Two years ago, it was heard that this person was diagnosed with a brain tumor, which caused quite a stir in the Macau business world for a while.

But this person seems to have pulled through; at any rate, he didn't die at the time, and in the last two years, he has seemed to disappear from public view.

"Just an adopted son, I don't have my old man's talent."

Fang Jun said sincerely, "If I had learned gambling skills particularly well, why would I join the Special Arrest Division? Wouldn't it be better to sit at home and count money?"

Hong Ying laughed: "Perhaps it is precisely because you are an adopted son, yet learned gambling skills too well, that you had no choice but to join the Special Arrest Division."

Fang Jun sighed: "Since you already have this view, then regardless of what the facts are, and regardless of what I say, you are determined to have a gamble."

"Correct!"

Hong Ying stood up and said with a solemn expression, "Those few gambling kings are already old; everyone wants to complete their accumulation and challenge their status."

"Someone took the lead and organized a gambling competition that will start soon; the winner's assets will naturally be enough to complete their accumulation and have hope of challenging them."

"I want to have a run-in with a strong enemy before this gambling competition to find my feel."

Fang Jun remained silent.

"If you are worried about damaging the Nie family's reputation, we can have a closed-door match."

Hong Ying continued, "As long as you bring out your true skills, regardless of win or loss, I will offer up all the information you want."

Fang Jun looked at Seeing Chu Tianshu: "If I abandon these clues because I don't want to gamble, does that count as slighting the case and dereliction of duty?"

He knew that this consultant was eager to investigate because something he cherished had also been stolen from his own home.

Why ask Seeing Chu Tianshu instead of anyone else? What kind of answer is he trying to get?

Is it that he himself also wants to gamble and just lacks a reason?

Letting him go gamble, isn't that actually the best of both worlds?

Seeing Chu Tianshu said seriously: "I remember that although gambling is legal for ordinary people here, those with official positions are still not allowed to participate in gambling."

"Do you think I would encourage you to break the law?"

Fang Jun slowly pulled out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and laughed out loud.

"Boss Hong, you saw it too."

"Our Consultant Lord is standing right here; now there's no way."

Seeing Chu Tianshu looked at Hong Ying again and said: "But this Consultant Lord of mine seems to not have an official position yet."

Hong Ying said flatly: "Does this gentleman feel that you are enough to be a strong enemy for me in gambling skills?"

"I don't know gambling skills at all, but anyway, we aren't gambling for money."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said, "If I can be your strong enemy, I can get the clues; if I can't be a strong enemy, I have nothing to lose. If the rules remain like this, I will naturally try."

Oh, Second Grandfather, I am not gambling for money, not gambling for money, not gambling for money!

Important things must be said three times.

Just making a small attempt to obtain clues.

"Heh, since you came with Fang Jun, then I will give you this opportunity."

Hong Ying sat back in his seat, "Let's decide the outcome in one round."

Someone nearby brought over the gambling tools.

A strange look flashed across Fang Jun's face.

Because that die was not a standard six-sided die, but a regular twenty-sided icosahedron die.

Each face had different characters.

"In gambling competitions, using ordinary dice is always easy to damage, and if you don't use those methods, it's easy to end in a draw."

Hong Ying said with a smile, "So apart from official competitions, when everyone practices in private, each has their own characteristics."

"This twenty-sided die of mine has a name, called the Beauty Dice, and there are twenty characters on it in total."

"Rivers and mountains, beauties, boundless wind and moon, love and hate, debts wiped clean..."

"Life and death are in the hands of heaven!"

Hong Ying said, "I will shake it, and I won't damage the die; you guess the character, and if you guess correctly, you win."

Seeing Chu Tianshu reached out and said: "Can you let me see the gambling tools?"

Hong Ying let his subordinates send it over, while his own pupils turned slightly blue, having already entered the state of enlightenment.

Although the other party has no reputation in the gambling world, since he can be a consultant for the Special Arrest Division, he must have some cultivation methods.

Hong Ying had to keep an eye on him to see what tricks he was preparing to pull.

But Seeing Chu Tianshu took the dice cup, just took a look inside, and held the die, only weighing it in his hand twice.

He didn't pull any tricks.

That posture was just like someone who had watched one or two gambling movies and knew that dice could be weighted with mercury, so he had to weigh them.

A complete rookie look.

Hong Ying frowned slightly, watched his subordinates bring the gambling tools back, and snapped his fingers.

Mental power radiated, and the die shot up from the tray, flying into mid-air with a *whoosh*.

Hong Ying grabbed the dice cup, caught the die in one go, and shook it violently.

*Clatter, clatter, clatter!!! *

The die collided and tumbled rapidly inside.

Seeing Chu Tianshu was five meters away, his right hand behind his waist, just watching quietly, eyes unblinking, body motionless.

If he were competing against Fang Jun, at this moment, both sides would have already started clashing with many methods.

But Seeing Chu Tianshu didn't use any interfering methods at all.

After Hong Ying shook it for twenty seconds, he also felt a bit bored.

*Clack!! *

Hong Ying slammed the dice cup onto the tray and said listlessly: "You guess."

His expression and tone made people feel that he wasn't saying "guess."

But rather "start your guessing game."

Gambling should be about luck, but in the eyes of gambling masters, that is just the lowest and weakest thing.

What they compete with are eyesight, arithmetic, technique, and scheming, and even perseverance.

Those men in black around, although their vision was covered by sunglasses, also turned their heads to look here.

Obviously, they were quite dissatisfied that such a rookie dared to compete with their boss.

Seeing Chu Tianshu didn't take offense and said: "I think it's the character 'Heaven'."

Hong Ying's expression changed, and he sat up straight.

Fang Jun was slightly stunned, exhaled a smoke ring, and smiled very happily.

"You..."

Hong Ying stared at Seeing Chu Tianshu with bright eyes and casually lifted the dice cup.

The men in black saw it clearly; it was indeed the character "Heaven" facing up.

Seeing Chu Tianshu is not good at gambling skills.

But after testing the weight of the gambling tools and the hardness of the material, as long as he stared at the movements of the other party's hands, he could see the direction of the force and the effect of the die receiving the force.

Even though all twenty characters were written on flat surfaces with no difference in engraving, he could simulate the entire process of the die flipping in his mind, which way it turned, how many times it turned, and arrive at the result.

This is similar to the Taiji "listening force" skill.

Moreover, Seeing Chu Tianshu also cultivates magical arts; even if the other party used mental power to interfere halfway, he could feel it.

"It seems I won."

Seeing Chu Tianshu walked up, grabbed the dice cup, and gave the die a flick.

*Whoosh! *

Seeing Chu Tianshu's body suddenly retreated three steps, floating like riding the wind, extremely smooth.

During these three steps, there was not a single sound from the die inside the dice cup.

Because Seeing Chu Tianshu had calculated the speed of the die's movement, during these three retreating steps, he ensured that the die did not make any contact with the inner wall of the dice cup.

After the die was touched by the initial "Immortal Force," it spun rapidly in a suspended state.

Relying on hearing, it was impossible to distinguish how many circles it had spun while suspended.

Only after three steps did Seeing Chu Tianshu push the die forward again, back to the tray, and cover it.

Hong Ying stared at the dice cup, his expression obscure.

"I'll also shake it randomly; anyway, it doesn't count as part of the gambling game."

Seeing Chu Tianshu showed a playful expression and let go of the dice cup.

As soon as his hand left, Hong Ying's mental power successfully penetrated inside and saw the character facing up.

"Wind"!

It was not the character Hong Ying had guessed in his heart.

"To be able to shake the dice like this without relying on mental power."

Hong Ying clapped and said, "Good, good, I have indeed learned a trick."

A kind of fighting spirit appeared in his eyes, as well as a sense of progress from having absorbed a lesson.

This is precisely the meaning of a warm-up.

At his age, there are some problems that he cannot feel himself, which the younger version of himself did not have.

One must have a strong enemy to warm up in order to awaken and be in a better state to meet the battle.

"Then I will tell you; that old man who beat up A-Yong was originally almost finished off by A-Yong's brothers, but another person suddenly broke in and took him away."

Seeing Chu Tianshu immediately asked: "Who was the intruder?"

Hong Ying's expression became strange.

"It is the Western Poison, Ouyang..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 57 =====