Chapter Thirty-One: The Bet

  The voice of Jin 2 Shuan himself came from the headphones: "You are really my brother! Now he must think you're coming to pick a fight on purpose, and he's about to drive you away. Tell him Xiaonan!"

  "Miss Wang called me today to ask about you, Jin Shao," I said slowly and calmly. Jin Shao's face fell as he sat down abruptly, not because he was particularly concerned about Li Shi Shi, but because he didn't want to lose his temper now and be misunderstood by Ruhua, thinking he had done something wrong. This guy was pursuing a carefree and unattached lifestyle, and the title of "Flower Heartthrob" suited him just fine. He could accept it with ease, but if things didn't work out in the end, he would rather be a lone wolf than a failure.

  No one knows Jin 1 better than Jin 2.

  "Talk to him about horse racing and tell him that tomorrow at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, 'Recurring Victory' will pull off an upset win by a nose over 'Unbeatable'."

  "Does Jin Shao like playing with horses?"

  Jin Shao Yan's eyes lit up: "You play this too?"

  "Killing time when there's nothing else to do..."

  At the same time I said: "I don't have spare money for that, stop messing around."

  Jin Shao Yan didn't take it seriously this time and smiled: "Tomorrow, I bought 5 million 'Unparalleled in the World', what do you think?"

  "You're definitely going to lose, tomorrow 'repeatedly defeated' will surely win." Jin corrected me: "Repeatedly defeated in battle!"

  Jin Shao Yan thought for a moment, hesitated and said: "Is that the horse called 'Repeated Defeat'? I have some impression, it's indeed Repeated Defeat, its best result is fourth."

  "Talk horse racing with him!"

  "I said: 'That horse looks like a mule, no reason it can't run fast!'"

  Ruhua couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Jin Shaoyan didn't get angry. He looked at me with a gaze similar to watching a clown, and said with a smile: "Alright, let's just the two of us make a bet, 10 to 1 odds, I'll buy 'Unparalleled in the World' to win."

  Jin 2: "Don't gamble with him, advise him to buy 'repeated defeats and battles', he's a person who can't afford to lose." So I told Jin Shao Yan: "I know money doesn't matter to you, but knowing you'll definitely lose and still throwing money in, isn't that a lack of integrity? Listen to Brother Qiang's words, buy 'repeated defeats and battles'!" Jin 2 let out a sigh.

  Jin Shao Yan said coldly: "You'd better not call me brother, let's talk about the stakes. I've bought 'Unparalleled in the World'."

  I spread out my hands: "Apart from these clothes, I've been the same since birth - if I lose, I can give you a kidney."

  Ru Hua also saw that we had already started a fire, La Jinyin Shao said in a low voice: "You don't have to be polite to him."

  Jin Shao Yan glared at me and said: "You're going to lose, go to my company and sweep the toilets for a month. Don't worry, I'll pay you a salary, and you don't even have to work hard, but you must come on time every day, so everyone knows that you lost the bet and are sweeping toilets for me."

  This kid is really damn annoying!

  "What if you lose?"

  Jin Shao Yan sneered and laughed: "From head to toe, I can casually take off one thing that is enough for you to live a stable life for several years, what do you want?"

  I raised my hand and pointed outside, Jin Shao Yan sneered: "Want that 911 of mine? Sure thing!"

  Jin 2 excitedly whispered: "Agree with him! I was the one who drove that car into an accident."

  He drove that car into Sa Zhi Ma's head, now he wants me to win it back. This kid is just like Liu Bei, as the saying goes "In the past there was Liu Bei sending Pang Tong to his death at the hands of Lu Xun, today there is Jin Shao Yan sending Xiao Qiang Ge to 911 self-destruction".

  Actually I didn't mean it either, Zhao Benshan said: What's with the bicycle?

  "If you lose with the surname Jin, call me 'Qiang Ge' in front of everyone."

  Jin Shao Yan was stunned for a moment, but then said: "Alright, it's settled!" Only then did he find it strange that I was here. I pointed to the private room and told him: "I'm having dinner with friends over there, I'll have them come over to visit you later." Jin Shao Yan didn't even glance in that direction - if he had, he would have immediately spotted Li Shi Shi. He stood up with a look of disgust and said to Ruhua: "Let's change locations."

  I nervously turned around, afraid that a horror movie was being played in the hall. All I heard was Jin's voice whispering in my ear, "Don't look, I'm right beside you."

  Ru Hua strangely asked Jin Shao Yan: "What did you say?"

  "What what? Did I talk to you?"

  I pretended to get up and send it out, Jin Shao Yan pinched the key to a Porsche and pressed it. The car hummed respectfully, Jin Shao Yan patted the top of the car and said coldly: "In case you win - I mean in case, you were originally able to get it, I'll give you a chance to reconsider."

  "This time I waved my hand in disgust: 'You drive away quickly, it hurts me to see it.'"

  Jin Shao Yan and I parted on bad terms, he drove off with his girlfriend in a cloud of smoke.

  As I turned around, I saw another Jin Shao Yan standing in front of me. I grabbed him and shook him like a label on an electric fan. I did this completely out of malice, losing the opportunity to save him and making simple things complicated again. If I had agreed to Jin's bet, without that unlucky car, even if I hadn't appeared that day, the possibility of him getting into trouble would have been greatly reduced.

  Jin Shao Yan was shaken by me until he begged for mercy repeatedly. After I let him go, it took him a long time to react and then he started shaking me: "Dead Strongzi, you didn't even get that car over here, but you still made him lose face in public. This person is particularly petty-minded, do you know? Do you still want the 50 million?"

  I pushed him away and started shaking him: "Do you love to give or not, it's not my money, I don't even want to care about you! Look at your kid's temperament, I'd rather sell a kidney and speculate in funds than take your money. In four more days, you'll be living with a broken head for 50 years, remember to dig out two eyeballs from the spittoon and put them on your head before going out, then pretend to be a holy knight!"

  Jin Shao Yan was scolded by me until he was disheartened and cried with a sad face, not saying a word. If it were someone else, at least they could say with a clear conscience: the person who offended you is not me, why take it out on me?

  I find him quite pitiful, actually the person who wronged me isn't really him. After his rebirth, Jin Shao Yan still had some remnants of his past in his small actions, but he's much more understanding and considerate now.

  After letting him go, I comforted him and said: "Forget it, Brother Qiang won't ignore you. Make a bet with him to teach him a lesson. In the future, don't be so reckless when doing things. Since Brother Qiang has no money, let's just give you this small gift."

  "Only I'm afraid he won't understand, and what's more, I fear he'll come to resent you. My time is almost up, and after I'm gone, you two will become sworn enemies. It would be a futile death for me."

  I said: "You're also unlucky, why does he go wherever you go?"

  Jin Shao Yan sighed and said, "It's my fault for not thinking it through. We're originally one person, now we're under the same sky, our emotions and feelings should be the same too. I've been craving Korean food since early morning, he probably is too."

  We returned to our seats, and no one noticed anything unusual. Baozi even asked us, "Why didn't you call that girl over to eat together?"

  At this time, the waitress who was holding the complimentary appetizer kimchi stood in the place where Jin Shao Yan and Ruhua had just sat, looking stunned. She raised her head and saw Jin 2, and without hesitation walked towards us...

  This meal is really filling! Oh, by the way, everyone in the Korean restaurant thought our table were all exchange students and insisted on sending a representative to sing a song. Later, I went up and sang "Ode to the Motherland".

  The next day, as soon as I opened my eyes, my room was empty again. That little brat Jin Shao Yan had taken my five-man team out to have fun again. I wanted to check the time, but my attention was caught by a tent that I had set up myself. It was just the right time in the morning when men's libido is at its peak. Suddenly, I thought of Bao Zi, who still had to go to work in the afternoon and shouldn't be going with Jin Shao Yan and the others, should she?

  As I thought of this, I raised my neck and let out a long howl, tiptoed to the door of Baozi's room, pushed it open with a burst, and was stunned -

  Guess what I saw?

  I estimate that about 30% of readers are guessing that I saw Baozi wearing a leopard print outfit, sitting on the bed and sending me a flirtatious message.

  Most readers should guess: On the bed is a naked Li Shishi (tsk tsk, how shady).

  Congratulations... you all guessed wrong, there's nothing on the bed!

  Baozi left me a note saying they went to play in the Forest Park today.

  That damned Jin Lao Er led a group of people to watch Animal World, and didn't care about my beastly nature bursting out, I haven't been intimate with Baozi for a long time.

  Originally, this chapter was supposed to end at 5 million, but since it didn't reach the expected length, I can only release this chapter for now and postpone the rest until next time.