Chapter 185: You Cook for Yourself

Huh, what's going on!?

Tang Mi looked at the live stream on the phone, with a surprised expression.

Without chips, after watching for half an hour Tang Mi felt it was uninteresting; the $10,000 worth of chips had been turned into cash.

After losing the qualification to enter the hall, she took the phone back.

At that moment she was sitting on the top floor basking in the sun.

The autumn Tàiyáng was warm yet not harsh on the skin.

If Lin Feng hadn't been so strict, she would have wanted to change into a swimsuit and go swimming.

When she had nothing to do, Tang Mi liked watching live streams.

After opening the live‑stream app, the first thing she saw was Long Chui Chui's live broadcast.

Long Chui Chui's profile described him as a company chairman, a rich second‑generation heir, and promised to show you the life of the wealthy.

He had millions of followers across several live‑stream platforms.

Seeing the screen filled with bullet comments, Tang Mi, out of curiosity, closed the app and searched online for the three characters Guo Yurou.

The profile and news about Guo Yurou filled an entire screen.

Tang Mi casually clicked on a news article.

In 2011, a young girl named Guo Yurou was still in college and about to graduate.

One day during a hospital check‑up, she encountered a young man kneeling at the hospital entrance, pleading for kind people to donate money to save his six‑year‑old son who needed a heart transplant but lacked funds.

Guo Yurou, whose family was well‑off, donated 200,000 to the man.

She never expected that this good deed would become the cause of her suicide.

After reporters covered the story, netizens quickly discovered that Guo Yurou's family owned assets exceeding a hundred million.

But the 200,000 she donated could not fully cover the child's heart transplant and subsequent care costs.

Consequently, someone exposed Guo Yurou's background online, accusing her of being stingy and saying the donation was only for publicity.

With assets over a hundred million, why not donate a million directly so the child could complete the surgery smoothly?

Two hundred thousand gave hope but was still insufficient.

Guo Yurou's account at the time only had 200,000; although her family was wealthy, that didn't mean she could spend the family money at will!

Calling her stingy was one thing, but seeking clicks was another.

Later it escalated to personal attacks.

Someone even exposed that Guo Yurou was an illegitimate child.

Later, rumors claimed her father wasn't biological but a godfather she had recognized.

More and more offensive remarks kept piling up…

One early morning, the already depressed Guo Yurou leapt from the school rooftop, ending her own life.

Even after she was gone, the internet remained a sea of insults.

The whole episode lasted for several months.

After finishing the news article, Tang Mi, with a furious expression, said, "If it were me, I'd spend money to hire hackers, track down all these people, and tear their mouths to shreds!"

There were still photos of Guo Yurou online.

A very beautiful, clean‑looking, delicate young woman.

What a pity! Such a kind girl, and she ran into this kind of situation.

Tang Mi frowned and sighed.

She then closed the browser page and switched to the live broadcast.

On the screen, Long Chui Chui wore a smile, but his eyes were filled with tears.

He said, "My family has money, a lot of money, but what good is money? Since Guo Yurou is gone, I have given my all, corrected all my bad habits, just earned her approval, became her boyfriend, but less than three months later she was destroyed by these trash, scum."

"Look at them, how much fun they're having! In reality, they each put on a human façade, but who knows that their hearts are dirtier than a latrine!"

"For this operation, I bought a cruise ship, spent all the family's money, just to make these people pay, hahaha…"

Long Chui Chui laughed heartily in the live video, while those behind him remained completely unaware…

At the same time, alarm calls rang out across the country.

Most of them were family members of the 621 people.

After receiving the alarms, the police department took it seriously, promptly convened an online video conference to discuss countermeasures.

Detachment Captain Liu of Yanjing also attended the meeting.

After the meeting, he immediately gathered his subordinates into the conference room for another meeting.

Even Qi Yao was summoned to the office to attend the meeting.

The technician had downloaded the cloud‑disk files provided by Long Chui Chui, organized them, and projected them onto the conference room screen.

"Not just the 621, there were data on over 1,300 people, including their names, genders, ages, the IPs used in January 2011, which online‑harassment comments they posted, and so on; everything was compiled in great detail, exceeding 200,000 words."

"After extracting and comparing over a hundred pieces of data, we found the information to be authentic…"

After the technician finished, Detachment Captain Liu asked, "Did we locate the cruise ship's position?"

The technician shook his head, "The signal came directly through a Satellite network; reverse tracking hits a firewall, likely a powerful hacker team is serving this person. The vast sea has no coordinates, making it hard to locate the ship."

Detachment Captain Liu thought for a moment and asked, "Is it possible to get in touch with Long Chui Chui?"

The technician replied, "We can only have the live platform block the stream; we'll contact him through the bullet comments."

Detachment Captain Liu shouted, "Then what are we waiting for? Do it quickly! This involves over 600 lives!"

Ouyang Moli, after losing half her chips, left.

She calmly collected herself and stopped.

The others at the table either lost more than half their chips or lost everything.

All the chips he lost were piled in front of Lin Feng.

"Help me pack them up, take them to the window for exchange, thanks!"

Lin Feng took three 100,000 USD chips from his pocket, treating them as tips for the dealer and two assistants.

Having won so much, Lin Feng no longer cared about 300,000 USD.

In one afternoon, he won 700 million USD!

Adding his own over 100 million USD in chips and the previously exchanged 100 million‑USD check, he had over 900 million USD, netting more than 800 million USD!

Tàiyáng was about to set, so it was time to call it quits.

After a good sleep, continue tomorrow morning!

Just as Lin Feng was about to exchange the chips for checks, a middle‑aged man in a tailcoat walked over, smiling at Lin Feng: "Sir, here is an invitation; tomorrow you can sit at Table One for a game."

"Hm?"

Lin Feng was puzzled.

The middle‑aged man explained: "Guests who won over a million dollars on the first day receive this invitation. The minimum stake at Table One is one million USD; we wish you prosperity in advance! By the way, tomorrow's game will be streamed live on the ship."

"Alright! Then I won't exchange this money for checks; I'll just store it for now!"

After speaking, he had the table assistant lift the three chip boxes to the storage area, placing them into three separate lockers.

Having tucked the QR‑code slip into the locker, Lin Feng glanced around the hall.

There were only about two hundred people playing cards in the hall, as before.

Many had lost everything.

Of course, more people, after a small win or loss, exchanged their money for checks and didn't intend to keep playing.

It is precisely for this reason that the organizers invited big winners like Lin Feng to gather and play privately.

Tang Mi was absent, probably having left already.

Watching others play without chips in hand was undoubtedly a torment for Tang Mi.

Zhao Xiaoyang hadn't left, and Lin Feng easily found Zhao Xiaoyang.

"Skewers, it's getting late; we should go have dinner and play tomorrow!"

Lin Feng patted Zhao Xiaoyang's shoulder.

Zhao Xiaoyang had just folded.

The chips before them exceeded 10 million USD, winning roughly 2 million USD.

After securing the chips, Zhao Xiaoyang went to the window and exchanged them for a 10 million‑USD check and a check of a little over 2 million USD.

Then he tucked away the 2‑million check, handed the 10‑million check back to Lin Feng, saying, "Brother, this is the principal; I can't take it, you keep it."

Having won a little over 2 million USD, Zhao Xiaoyang was already very satisfied.

"Not playing tomorrow?" Lin Feng asked.

Zhao Xiaoyang nodded, "It's not fun at all, boring!"

Actually, it was because they had originally won over 20 million.

Then they chased a hand, followed someone's all‑in, and lost.

Seeing more than 20 million vanish like that made Zhao Xiaoyang's heart bleed.

They thought that if they hadn't been so impulsive, their net worth would have exceeded a hundred million after returning.

Later they never regained their momentum; when dealt a strong hand they were indecisive, losing the edge they once had.

After Lin Feng patted their shoulder, Zhao Xiaoyang came to, feeling a wave of fatigue.

Lin Feng laughed, "Alright, then don't come tomorrow; play outside instead! The other areas on the ship are still fun. You can also watch the live stream outside; when I give a sign, you'll know it's me."

"Mm!"

Zhao Xiaoyang nodded.

After dinner, Zhao Xiaoyang went straight back to the room to sleep.

Tang Mi opened her phone, searched for Guo Yurou, and opened a news article to show Lin Feng.

By then the internet was already buzzing about the incident.

Opening any webpage, forum, or blog, everyone was discussing the Long Chui Chui cruise livestream incident.

"Honey, do you think livestreams like Long Chui Chui's are real?"

Tang Mi asked with wide eyes.

Lin Feng replied lightly, "We don't know yet; we'll see then."

After an afternoon of cards, Lin Feng also felt tired.

"I want skewers!"

Tang Mi said.

Lin Feng sighed, "Fine! But I don't want to move; you make them yourself and eat."

She's become addicted to skewers!