Chapter 619: Rookie Tournament (12)

Gongsun Ning shifted her sitting posture.

Settling into something more comfortable.

One leg crossed over the other, her toes hooked into the high heels, tapping up and down.

This noblewoman seemed rather wanton.

But she was nowhere near Gu Qing — at least two whole levels apart, in every respect.

Gongsun Ning had no idea what Zhao Chi was thinking.

She asked with a smile, "Did you place a bet?"

Zhao Chi nodded. "Mm, placed a little."

Gongsun Ning said, "Practically everyone has placed a bet. Especially for your match against Wei Li — a lot of people bet on Wei Li to win, and yet you actually won, winning back quite a bit of capital for me."

The audience had bet on Wei Li; if Wei Li really won, the audience would reap a large profit.

But correspondingly, the bookmaker would have to pay out a huge sum of money.

Although the bookmaker wouldn't actually lose money, she'd earn a lot less.

The bookmaker was Gongsun Ning.

So…

What did she mean?

Was she going to offer him a cut?

Or a reward?

But Zhao Chi dismissed the thought in an instant.

How could that be…

Zhao Chi turned it over in his mind, saying nothing.

Gongsun Ning said with a smile, "There are already several thousand people betting on you now — after all, your opponent is Cao Feng. Cao Feng's strength is passable, but he's only on par with Xiao Rui; he can't compare to Wei Li."

Zhao Chi gave a slight nod.

Gongsun Ning continued, "So, since you defeated Wei Li, beating Cao Feng is only natural. This time, even Du Li and the Wei family have placed bets on you."

There's such a thing?

Zhao Chi didn't know much about Du Li, only that he was a nobleman who didn't get along with Zhao Quan.

But the Wei family had just lost to him — and they were betting on him too?

Still, Zhao Chi understood.

They weren't betting on him out of support; they simply thought he could win, and simply wanted to make money.

After all, nobody argues with money.

Zhao Chi vaguely guessed what Gongsun Ning was getting at, but it wasn't entirely clear.

Zhao Chi said, "The opponents I've run into are all very strong. My victories over them were all lucky breaks."

Gongsun Ning said with a smile, "No one can luck their way through beating Xiao Rui and Ning Yu back-to-back without losing a single soldier. And no one can cleanly sweep Wei Li the way you did. Besides, you're currently ranked fourth, and Cao Feng is ranked fourteenth — there's no way he can beat you."

Zhao Chi said nothing more.

Waiting for her to state her ultimate purpose.

"So…" Gongsun Ning said with a smile, "if you lose this match, my profits will be enormous."

So that's how it is.

That statement had already made things very clear.

Gongsun Ning wanted Zhao Chi to deliberately lose.

But how could that be possible?

Zhao Chi had originally entered this competition for those props.

If he couldn't take first place, there was no point in competing at all.