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Instead, these days, Wu Hao not only hasn’t shown any unusual emotions toward her, but even Li Xiaoyun, who clearly has an interest in Wu Hao, hasn’t seen Wu Hao share a room with her.
However, despite this, she can still tell that Wu Hao’s parents seem to have treated Li Xiaoyun as their daughter-in-law. She herself is a bit puzzled because the main person, Wu Hao, hasn’t shown any particular closeness to Li Xiaoyun lately, which makes her wonder if Wu Hao might be someone who isn’t interested in women.
In fact, the author needs to clarify something about the protagonist here: it’s not that the protagonist doesn’t want to embrace multiple partners; it’s actually the fear of the great ****’s river-crab beast that keeps him from engaging in any messy relationships. Although he says to let nature take its course, the truth is, he doesn’t know whether to go for one or many!
Soon, when Wu Hao and his group entered the casino lobby, he said to his cousin-in-law and cousin, “Cousin, are you planning to play with me, or will you just play on your own?” Wu Hao isn’t worried about the casino’s security. Although places like Las Vegas are rife with violence behind the scenes, the safety of guests in this hotel’s casino will still be fine.
After all, this is one of the top three casinos in Las Vegas. If something were to happen to a guest inside the casino, it would reflect very poorly on the hotel and the casino. However, if something happens outside the hotel, it’s entirely unrelated to the hotel.
“Let’s play separately! It’s more interesting this way!” Zhang Weiming, Wu Hao’s cousin-in-law, said with a smile.
“Alright then! Cousin-in-law, you can go and play freely! But remember, the chips are worth one hundred thousand dollars!” Wu Hao smiled. He wasn’t concerned about the mere hundred thousand dollars; rather, he thought it was best not to get addicted to gambling. Losing this hundred thousand dollars was fine, but giving too much could lead to addiction.
After all, there are people in this world who lose their once-affluent fortunes to gambling every day, even leading to family breakups.
“Don’t worry, Xiaohai, I’m keeping an eye on things! We’re just playing around.” Wu Hao’s cousin, Liu Qin, glanced at Zhang Weiming, making her meaning quite clear.
Seeing this, Wu Hao said nothing more but looked at his sister, Wu Xiaoxiao, and Li Xiaoyun, and asked, “So, are you going to play by yourselves or come with me?”
Li Xiaoyun, hearing this, really wanted to say that she wanted to follow Wu Hao, but with so many people around, she kept quiet and just looked at Wu Xiaoxiao.
Wu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and then said with a smile, “Brother, I’ll go around with Sister Xiaoyun first! If we lose all our chips, we’ll come find you!”
“Alright, do as you wish!” Wu Hao just smiled and didn’t mind. He merely signaled to Shen Lin and the others to follow them. Although there wouldn’t be much danger in the casino, they might still encounter some people trying to strike up conversations. Having Shen Lin and the others around would help.
Of course, with Wu Hao’s spiritual perception, he could detect any situation in the casino early on. So, even though Wu Hao wasn’t personally accompanying them, it made little difference.
Time passed quickly. Within less than half an hour, Wu Hao had already sensed through his spiritual perception the situation of his sister and cousin. Apart from his sister and the tour guide, He Wen, who still had some chips left, the others had almost lost all their chips.
The fastest to lose was naturally Wu Hao’s cousin-in-law. Even though his cousin accompanied him throughout, both of them clearly had no special control over their gambling. In the blink of an eye, they had lost two hundred thousand dollars in chips.
“Dear, look, we’ve lost all our chips. Should we go ask Xiaohai for more? Maybe we’ll get lucky and turn things around, making a big profit!” Zhang Weiming, although he didn’t know exactly how much Wu Hao had, could tell from Wu Hao’s abilities that his wife’s cousin was definitely a major financial backer, and he treated their family particularly well!
So, even though Wu Hao initially said that the ten thousand dollars, win or lose, was all there was, he believed that as long as his wife asked Wu Hao, Wu Hao wouldn’t refuse. Even though they had a bit of money themselves now, it was all controlled by his mother-in-law!
“That’s not good. Xiaohai already said that the chips are only worth ten thousand dollars, win or lose!” Wu Hao’s cousin, Liu Qin, was also somewhat reluctant, although she knew that Wu Hao would certainly give more if she asked. Still, she felt uneasy asking for money for something so trivial, especially since Wu Hao had already given them quite a bit before.
“Dear, listen to me, it’s not a big deal. Can’t you see that Xiaohai isn’t an ordinary rich person? Asking him for this small amount of money is nothing to him. Besides, we just lost two hundred thousand dollars. Are you really willing to let that go without trying to recover it? I’ve already seen it. The game we played just now had a pattern. If we get more chips, we can not only recover our losses but also win a bit!” Zhang Weiming spoke passionately, like an addicted gambler.
His words hit a nerve with Liu Qin. She was indeed not happy about losing all their chips, so she was starting to be tempted by her husband’s suggestion.
“Alright then! Let’s go ask Xiaohai for some chips and give it another try!” Liu Qin thought about it and decided. So, the two of them quickly began searching for Wu Hao. Soon, they saw Wu Hao leisurely placing bets at a high-stakes game, with a large pile of chips in front of him, totaling around two to three million dollars.
“Cousin, cousin-in-law, you’re here too?” Wu Hao said with feigned surprise. In reality, he already knew their intentions through his spiritual perception.
“No, no, no, we came specifically to find you, Xiaohai. Did you win all these chips?” Zhang Weiming, Wu Hao’s cousin-in-law, first denied, then pointed at the pile of chips in front of Wu Hao, looking surprised.
“Hmm, yes. I’ve been on a winning streak lately, so I’ve won a bit.” Wu Hao casually replied, then asked, “By the way, how’s your luck, cousin-in-law and cousin?”
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