Chapter 146: Set Up
“I believe, I believe, how can I not believe!” The bald-headed gangster nodded his head heavily. “Yang Ming, you’re such a ruthless person. For you to screw us up, isn’t it just like child’s play? Please be generous and spare us…”
The green haired punk was terrified. He never thought the person that Zhang Bing asked for was Yang Ming! What kind of person was Yang Ming? He was the one who would fight without considering the risk to his life. The green haired gangster usually was indeed able to bully students and old men, but it was still scary for him to face such a violent character like Yang Ming!
Yang Ming wanted to teach him a lesson, but he let him go after thoughtful consideration. He had promised Chen Mengyan not to get into trouble anymore. So he released the green haired punk and waved his hand to signal the punk to leave.
Zhang Bing, Chen Afu, and even Wang Zhitao were looking at Yang Ming with shocked expressions. They never thought four bada** punks had been dismissed by Yang Ming! Especially the leader, Yang Ming squeezed a jujube cake into his mouth, and he didn’t dare to even make a f*rt!
Although Zhang Bing and Yang Ming were good friends, they only met each other in high school. They didn’t know about each other during junior high school. Zhang Bing knew that all the bad students listened to Yang Ming in school, but he didn’t know Yang Ming had the same deterrence to the gangsters out there!
Zhang Bing was glad that he had Yang Ming as his friend. If it weren’t for Yang Ming, he couldn’t step back from it. Being slapped by the green haired punk was a small case, but losing reputation in front of Zhao Sisi wasn’t great.
Wang Zhitao was even astonished by it! The incident about Zhang Yuliang last time could be a coincidence. But this time, the punks were terrified of Yang Ming! This explained that Yang Ming had his place in the underworld! Wang Zhitao was truly overthinking this, but who could blame him? The incidents were so coincidental!
Wang Zhitao knew that using brute force on Yang Ming wouldn’t work, so he needed some dirty tricks to fight with him. But dirty tricks… Wang Zhitao thought about Chen Fei who was Chen Mengyan’s father. He feared that he would be in the police station before he could trick Yang Ming!
This situation was fearful of wolves ahead and tigers from behind [1], Wang Zhitao had no choice but to wait. But it wouldn’t stop Wang Zhitao from setting up little traps to trip Yang Ming up. Although I can’t do anything to you, I could still set up some traps to fool you!
What Wang Zhitao didn’t know was that Yang Ming had the same idea! If Yang Ming knew Wang Zhitao had no way to deal with him, would Yang Ming laugh out loud?
Someone probably called Teacher Li. She rushed here and asked Yang Ming and Zhang Bing, “What’s going on? Why did you guys fight with outsiders?”
“It’s alright now Teacher Li. This was just a misunderstanding.” Yang Ming said lightly.
“Yeah, it’s just a violent case that was caused by jujube cake.” Chen Afu was the only one who was beaten, so he was p*ssed off.
“En?” Teacher Li asked, “What violent case?”
Wang Zhitao stared at Chen Afu, then said, “Chen Afu is just kidding, Teacher Li. It’s alright now. Those people have left already. It’s thanks to Yang Ming who convinced them in time.”
Wang Zhitao was the class monitor, so his words were more convincing. Teacher Li didn’t know how Yang Ming convinced them, but she was just a class teacher in name now as the students have graduated already. So she couldn’t care much.
“Yang Ming, are you alright?” Chen Mengyan asked with concern.
“Sister-in-law, you’re being unfair. I’m the victim. Why aren’t you concerned about me?” Zhang Bing gave a bitter smile.
“I should have appeared later so that you could enjoy a slap from the green haired punk.” Yang Ming looked disdainfully at Zhang Bing. His meaning was obvious. Why do you need care from Chen Mengyan? Don’t you already have Zhao Sisi?
They talked casually after that. After lunch, they grouped up and played by the side of the reservoir.
A reservoir was a protected area that didn’t allow people to swim in it. However, the person-in-charge of the reservoir was Teacher Li’s student, so he made an exception to let them fish by the side. Their dinner would be the fishes that they caught.
Technically, reservoirs had private contracts, so there was usually a fee for fishing. Since there were dedicated areas for fishing, other areas were off limits. But due to Teacher Li’s relationship, the person-in-charge didn’t restrict the students.
Of course, the precondition was that the fish could not be taken away. They can only get cooked in the reservoir restaurant. If there were leftover fish, they had to be released.
The four of them took fishing rods and started fishing after they found a spot.
Fishing was a task that required patience. Many lost their patience after a while, so they played poker in the grassy area beside the reservoir.
“Yang Ming, do you play poker? Let’s have a match?” Wang Zhitao came over and tapped Yang Ming’s shoulder. “Did you catch any fish?”
“Still nothing. These fish seem very smart. It wasn’t easy to get them hooked.” Yang Ming seemed bored as well. When he noticed how Wang Zhitao called on him, he showed a delighted expression. “Play what?”
“Versus the landlord, blackjack or five card stud, anything will work.” Wang Zhitao said, “Are you joining?”
“Okay, then I’ll play a while!” Yang Ming wasn’t interested in playing cards, but how could he disappoint Wang Zhitao? Therefore he feigned interest.
“Then let’s play blackjack. It ends faster.” Wang Zhitao suggested.
“Alright. What’s the prize?” Yang Ming asked.
“Whatever, any prize will do. We’re just playing for fun.” Wang Zhitao said.
Wang Zhitao got a deck of cards. He invited Bi Yuntao, An Quantao, and Chen Afu. The five of them started to play.
Blackjack is also known as twenty-one, a common card game. The rule is simple. Each person takes turns to draw a card. Whoever has cards that are nearest to 21 points or equal to 21 points is the winner. If the points add up to more than 21, then it is a “bust.” There is usually a dealer in a real blackjack game, but Yang Ming and they ignored the dealer role since they were just playing for fun.
Yang Ming knew Wang Zhitao’s intention, so he started to play without making any sound. Yang Ming won the first two matches. Wang Zhitao and the others were either “bust” or the points were too low, and they didn’t have the guts to draw.
Of course, this is just on the surface. In fact, Yang Ming saw their cards clearly. There was one round where Wang Zhitao had two 10s in his hand, and this was considered greater in points. However he kept drawing so of course, he wasn’t lucky enough to get an Ace, so he went “bust.”
As for Bi Yuntao, he had an 8 and a 3 in his hand, but he didn’t dare to draw more. How could Yang Ming not notice such an obvious and pretentious act? It was just that he didn’t expose them.
“This is so boring!” An Quantao threw the cards on the ground. “I lost again!”
“Yeah, Yang Ming really has good luck!” Chen Afu said promptly, “Why don’t we spice it up a little? If it’s like this, the play will be more exciting.”
“You’re right! I agree. What do you guys think?” An Quantao voiced out an agreement.
“I think this could work. Class monitor, Yang Ming, what do you think?” Bi Yuntao expressed his opinion too.
“This… isn’t very good?” Yang Ming acted like a weakling. “Isn’t this gambling?”
“This should be fine, right? We are adults already.” Wang Zhitao hesitated on purpose. “I think we should be fine if we aren’t playing in large amounts!”
“Right, Yang Ming. Class monitor has said so. Shouldn’t you give face to him?” Chen Afu said in an excited tone, “Are you afraid of losing money?”
“Then so be it! How much are we betting?” Yang Ming acted perplexed and nodded his head.
“One yuan per round, is that ok?” An Quantao said.
“One yuan?” Yang Ming thought. Oh my god, can’t you mention a little bit more? But he still nodded his head nervously. “Alright.”
Wang Zhitao and the other three were delighted to see Yang Ming agree to it. Hehe, there is no man who doesn’t gamble. Since you got yourself into it, I won’t be afraid that you won’t gamble more!
Within two games, Yang Ming already understood the intention of Wang Zhitao and the other three people. They haven’t started their action yet, they were still setting him up. Yang Ming had won a few rounds. He already won around thirty yuan.
After Chen Afu went “bust,” he threw the cards and complained, “Playing one yuan per turn isn’t really fun. I have no interest in this!”
“Then you say how much you want to play.” Bi Yuntao continued.
“Ten yuan? What do you guys think?” Chen Afu suggested. Based on the current situation, Yang Ming was always the winner, so Chen Afu wasn’t afraid that Yang Ming would disagree. The thing about gambling was that who wouldn’t want to win more when they were on a winning streak!
Unfortunately, the person in front of him was Yang Ming!
Chapter Notes:
[1] Chinese idiom: In a dangerous situation where it was tough to make a move in either direction.
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