216: Chapter 214: Became a God 216: Chapter 214: Became a God “As for the stakes, how about this: if you win the grand prize, I’ll give you a hundred thousand.
But if you lose,” Young Master Luo smirked and glanced at Liu Shanshan, “how about this beauty joins me for dinner?”
Tangyu shook his head, “I never use women as betting chips, and even if I could beat you for sure, I wouldn’t bet with you.”
Liu Shanshan was slightly startled and looked at Tangyu with some daze; such words indeed struck a chord.
“Humph, I think you just don’t have the guts,” Young Master Luo sneered.
“Since you believe you can definitely win, but now you’re too scared to play, wouldn’t you like to earn an easy hundred thousand?”
“You reek of money; don’t think everyone else is as greedy as you are.
A gentleman seeks wealth in a proper way, and I wouldn’t gamble with you no matter how much you offer.
If you want to bet, change the stakes, and I might consider it,” Tangyu looked at Young Master Luo with some disdain.
Young Master Luo wasn’t angry, but he chuckled instead, “Don’t put on such a noble act.
You’re just trying to show off in front of the lady.
To me, money is everything.
A hundred thousand would take you a year or two to earn.
If you’re too scared to accept this bet, then let’s just play for fun today.
My bet is a hundred thousand; now, tell me what you have that’s worth my time to gamble on.”
Tangyu smiled lightly, “It is you who wants to bet with me, not the other way around.
So, you set the stakes, and if I think they’re worth it, I’ll take the bet.”
“Humph,” Young Master Luo huffed, feeling agitated.
“You sure have an attitude, but alright, for that statement alone, I’ll take you on today.
However, don’t tell me later you won’t agree to any stakes.
You obviously don’t have the money to wager, so here’s the deal; if you lose, you just have to say to me: ‘I lost, I’m inferior to you in all respects, money truly is everything.’ Just this one sentence, how about that?
Humph, if you’re too scared to bet on anything, just say it.
Drop your holier-than-thou act and man up.
Will you take the bet or not?
I’m offering a hundred thousand against just one sentence from you; I’m letting you take advantage.”
Young Master Luo’s lofty talk certainly attracted admiring glances from the three female attendants, and he reveled in their attention.
“Fine, I’ll play your game once,” Tangyu said.
“Humph, go ahead then, I wish you good luck,” Young Master Luo said with a cold laugh, thinking it would be a miracle if he lost.
Tangyu reached into the lottery box, and all eyes were fixated on his hand, curious whether he would have the superhuman luck to draw the grand prize ball.
Liu Shanshan also clenched her hands with worry.
Tangyu made his move without hesitation, quickly pulling out a color ball as if it were a casual thing.
It was a golden ball that Tangyu held in his hand to examine.
Seeing the golden ball in Tangyu’s hand, both Young Master Luo and the three female attendants’ eyes widened in surprise.
Tangyu’s lips curled into a slight arc, “A golden ball, that seems to be the grand prize, right?”
Young Master Luo’s face twitched fiercely.
Indeed, the golden ball signified the grand prize.
There were four colors of balls in the lottery box: white, green, red, and gold, which represented third, second, first, and grand prizes, respectively.
Out of several hundred balls in the box, there were only two golden ones, making the odds of picking one extremely low.
Even after participating numerous times, Young Master Luo had never managed to pick one.
Yet, to his dismay, Tangyu had just drawn the elusive golden ball, which felt to him like a slap across the face.
Liu Shanshan, who had been somewhat worried, also stood frozen for a moment, astounded that Tangyu had actually drawn the grand prize ball.
Was this just a stroke of luck, or something more?
She pondered, knowing well about Tangyu’s miraculous abilities.
Could it be that Tangyu was going to surprise her again, that he was certain of grabbing the grand prize?
It defied belief, especially since there was no way to cheat and it all depended on luck, not including the second phase that relied on knowledge – an area she doubted Tangyu would be familiar with.
It was entirely up to luck, a chance even slimmer than winning a lottery jackpot.
Could he truly do it?
Yet, something in Liu Shanshan made her wonder.
Tangyu seemed to have never tackled anything without assurance, his face was full of relaxed confidence.
Could it be that he was completely sure of this?
The female attendant blinked and said, “This is indeed the grand prize ball.
I really didn’t expect you to get it.
But there are still two more hurdles to clear if you want to claim the final grand prize.”
“I know, let’s continue,” Tangyu nodded and glanced at Young Master Luo whose complexion was slightly unpleasant, and he couldn’t help but smile.
“Humph, you do have some luck, but it’s whether your good fortune continues that counts.
There are still two more stages,” Young Master Luo commented coldly.
Ignoring Young Master Luo, Tangyu took the IPAD handed over by the attendant, who said, “Complete these twenty questions, and after you’re done, it will automatically score.
You need to get all one hundred points, with not even a single mistake, to pass.”
Tangyu took it, skimmed through the questions briefly, and began tapping on the tablet.
In less than a minute, he smiled and handed back the tablet to the attendant.
She stared at him in shock, blinking as she said, “Done that quickly?”
Young Master Luo’s expression shifted, his attention drawn to them.
“Yeah, all done,” Tangyu replied.
“Uh…”
The female server’s eyes shimmered with intense suspicion as she took the digital tablet.
Seeing Tangyu’s casual smile, she couldn’t help but think, could it be that he actually got them all right?
This speed is too scary, isn’t it?
With curiosity, the female server looked at the tablet, and when her gaze touched the king’s congratulatory message for a perfect score, her expression became quite brilliant.
She seemed electrified, standing there somewhat dumbfounded.
The other two female servers also leaned in with curious faces and soon exclaimed in unison, “No way, he really got them all correct?
This is just too divine.
With such speed, it’s almost like he had memorized the answers.” As they spoke, their gazes hovered over Tangyu with unusual curiosity.
Young Master Luo’s mouth twitched again, somewhat unbelieving as he took the tablet and checked, only to find that it was indeed all correct.
“Damn, this is just dumb luck.
How could he get them all right?” Young Master Luo spat unhappily, almost feeling the urge to smash the tablet.
He found this truly hard to accept.
It was bad enough that Tangyu got the golden ball the first time, but now he had also effortlessly passed the second round.
If he passed the third round as well, wouldn’t that mean he could take the grand prize?
Liu Shanshan looked at Tangyu once more and finally assured herself that he must have a chance to win, secretly sighing with relief.
“Can we start the third segment now?” Tangyu asked.
“Ah—” The female server was momentarily startled before nodding, “Yes, yes, we can begin.”
As she spoke, the two female servers brought out a bunch of cards and laid them on the table.
These were the props for the third segment.
“Let me do it this time,” Young Master Luo suddenly said.
He walked up to the pile of cards, spread them out evenly, randomly drew one out, set it aside, and then gathered up the remaining cards.
Young Master Luo looked at Tangyu and said, “The card has a number between one to ninety-nine written on it.
Guess a number now, and if it matches the number on this card, then you win.
Start.
Your luck was very good before, but I don’t believe it can be that good again.”
The other three women also watched Tangyu with anticipation, wanting to see if he could once again smoothly pass this round with his incredible luck.
If he overcame this challenge, he would become the first person in the shop to win the grand prize.
Even the manager, hearing the commotion, couldn’t sit still and came over.
The manager was a woman who looked to be in her mid-thirties and appeared quite dignified and affluent.
Tangyu looked at the card on the table and said with a faint smile, “Ninety-nine.”
“Ninety-nine, then.
Everyone heard that.
Don’t back out,” said Young Master Luo.
“I never do things I’ll regret.
It’s ninety-nine,” Tangyu stated.
“Ha ha, it’s rare for two gentlemen to have such refined interests.
Allow me to reveal the card for this final reveal.
Is that okay?” the manager asked with a smile, now somewhat intrigued to see if anyone could conquer this round and miraculously become the first to win the grand prize.
Seeing that the manager had spoken, Young Master Luo naturally agreed, “I have no objections.
It couldn’t be better to have the manager officiate.”
“I have no objections either,” Tangyu said, shrugging his shoulders casually.
The manager picked up the card and flipped it over.
As soon as the card was revealed, everyone’s eyes fixed on it.
Then, as if time had frozen, everyone held their breath for a moment.
It was incredible and utterly baffling.
On the card was indeed the number ninety-nine.
Against all odds, Tangyu had won the third round as well.
“How is this possible, how can this be possible!” Young Master Luo couldn’t believe his eyes, the ease of overcoming three rounds, as if everything had been prearranged, was too hard to believe.
“Incredible, really incredible.
Just amazing,” the three female servers echoed one after another.
Liu Shanshan could accept this outcome, as this wasn’t the first time Tangyu had astounded her.
“If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t dare believe it,” the manager said, shaking her head as she too flashed a look of amazement.
Tangyu looked at Young Master Luo and said with a light smile, “You’ve lost.
The dress is mine, along with your hundred thousand yuan.
No need to thank me.”
Young Master Luo’s mouth twitched viciously, feeling like he was about to spew blood from anger.
Losing like this was utterly frustrating.
Young Master Luo had never suffered such a big loss before.
Today’s defeat was bitterly humiliating, sweeping his pride completely to the floor.
This made him extraordinarily uncomfortable.
But a bet was a bet, and as the proud Young Master Luo, he wouldn’t stoop to making excuses.
He could only clench his teeth and say bitterly, “Fine, consider yourself lucky.
I can afford to lose a hundred thousand.”
With that, Young Master Luo took out the hundred thousand yuan he had prepared for the dress and threw it to Tangyu resentfully.
Tangyu caught it without ceremony—a thick stack of hundred thousand yuan.
Tangyu turned to the manager and said, “Could you please get my dress down for me?
Shanshan, go ahead and change into it.
Oh, and another bag, please.
I need it for the money.”
“Yes, I’ll get it right away,” the manager nodded.
Young Master Luo’s mouth twitched again.
Though he was bitter, he could only grit his teeth, cast a deep look at Tangyu, and then left.