The Poor School Heartthrob Was Secretly a Financial Titan - Chapter 14

After more than two hours, the three of them had lost a total of more than two thousand.

Of course, there was an element of deliberately letting the fish run wild – to keep the fish hooked, you have to let it taste something sweet first.

But Liu Jun didn’t hold back. He used the techniques Han Xuetao had taught him to the fullest today. After deducting the share he gave to Han Xuetao, he now had four or five thousand yuan in his pocket, making him quite confident.

Another hand ended, Wei Tao pushed his cards aside and leaned back.

“I’m not playing anymore,” he said, rubbing his temples. “This mahjong game is too slow. It takes more than ten minutes to play a single round. You win slowly and lose quickly. It’s boring.”

Huang Xiaolong chimed in, “It is a bit small, and I can’t muster any energy.”

Liu Jun, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, slowly shuffled the cards: “I told you to raise the stakes a long time ago, but you wouldn’t listen. With stakes this low, I don’t even find winning money fun.”

The three of them gritted their teeth upon hearing this.

Laugh now, because you’ll have your moments of tears.

Zhou Cheng gave Huang Xiaolong a wink, and Huang Xiaolong understood, saying, “We’ll have to raise the stakes tomorrow; I didn’t bring much money with me today.”

“Besides, mahjong is too slow,” Wei Tao said. “It’s not enjoyable.”

Liu Jun’s heart skipped a beat, but his face remained impassive: “Then what should we play?”

Huang Xiaolong casually remarked, “How about Texas Hold’em? It’s fast and exciting.”

Liu Jun frowned: “Texas Hold’em? Never played it before.”

“It’s more fun if you haven’t played it before,” Wei Tao leaned over, “It’s all about luck, unlike mahjong where you have to count the cards.”

Zhou Cheng slowly spoke up from the side: “Brother Liu, although we just met, we hit it off. If you want to have some fun, we’ll go with you. Money is no problem.”

Liu Jun hesitated for a moment, looked at the three of them, and then suddenly smiled.

“Alright!” He slammed his hand on the table. “Although I’m not as rich as some of you, and I’ve never played Texas Hold’em before, we’re all like-minded—I’ll borrow money to play with you guys! Consider it making friends!”

The three of them exchanged a glance and smiled.

“So righteous!” Huang Xiaolong gave a thumbs up.

Zhou Cheng said, “Playing Texas Hold’em isn’t fun with too few people. How about I invite Zhiyuan to join us?”

Liu Jun waved his hand: “Then I’ll call one too. A friend of mine who does business with me, he doesn’t gamble, but he likes to have fun, and he’s richer than me.”

The three of them’s eyes lit up.

“Sure,” Zhou Cheng said, “Bring it! It’s just for fun!”

As they were talking, Zhou Cheng rang the bell to call the waiter for more tea.

The door opened, and Han Xuetao came in carrying a kettle.

Liu Jun leaned back in his chair, squinting as he watched him pour water. When the water was poured in front of him, he suddenly said, “This young waiter is quite good. He always serves me when I come here, and his attitude is very good.”

He took out a ten-yuan note from his pocket and slapped it on the table.

“This is a reward for you.”

“Thank you, thank you, boss!” Han Xuetao understood that it was time to close the deal, and gave Liu Jun a look that only they understood.

“Waiter,” Huang Xiaolong said, “bring a few more ashtrays, two aren’t enough.”

“I’ll get it right away.”

Just then, Li Man walked over and overheard this. Seeing an opportunity, she immediately said, “I’ll go get it.”

She turned and went to the bar to get two clean ashtrays, then came back and pushed open the door to 612.

However, she was stunned as soon as she entered the door.

The private room was filled with smoke, money was piled on the table, and mahjong tiles were scattered to one side. Several people sat crookedly, smoking cigarettes.

Li Man frowned.

gamble?

Forget it, there are mahjong parlors everywhere in Donglin City. Her dad works for the Discipline Inspection Commission, not the Public Security Bureau, so it’s none of his business.

She placed the ashtray on the table, her gaze sweeping across the surface before suddenly freezing.

On the corner of the table, several black marks were burned into the wooden surface, some of which were still smoking—those bastards had stubbed out their cigarettes directly on the table!

Li Man’s anger flared up instantly.

What are you doing?

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it was cold and carried an barely suppressed anger.

The group of people were taken aback and looked up at her.

“This table,” Li Man pointed to the several blackened marks, “was this table ruined by you?”

Zhou Cheng, a cigarette dangling from his lips, squinted at her: “What’s up?”

“What’s wrong?” Li Man took a step forward. “I don’t care if you smoke and play cards here, but this table is public property! Don’t you have any sense of public decency when you put your cigarette butts up like that?”

Huang Xiaolong and Wei Tao had never heard such a reprimand before, and their expressions immediately changed.

Zhou Cheng slowly stood up, took the cigarette from his lips, deliberately flicked the ash onto the table, then tilted his head and glanced down, “Do you even know who you’re talking to?”

Li Man didn’t back down; she looked up and stared at him.

“Who are you talking to? You’re talking to someone who has no manners.” Her voice grew colder. “It’s one thing to corrupt social morals, but to disrespect other people’s labor is another. Didn’t your parents teach you anything?”

These words involved their parents, and all three of them turned pale at the same time.

Wei Tao slammed his hand on the table and stood up: “What the hell did you say?”

Huang Xiaolong pointed at her: “Say it again?”

Zhou Cheng threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out. “Competing based on family connections? You, a mere waiter, dare to compete with me based on your family connections?”

He turned to look at Huang Xiaolong and Wei Tao, and the three of them laughed together.

“My father can send your whole family to prison with just one word,” Zhou Cheng said, tapping Li Man’s nose. “Do you believe it or not?”

Li Man was so angry that she was trembling all over, and her face under the mask turned bright red.

“you–“

Before she could finish speaking, a glass ashtray flew past her ear, smashed against the wall, and shattered into pieces with a “crack”.

Liu Jun sat there, completely bewildered, glancing towards the door—Master, what’s going on? Who is this girl?

Li Man was startled by the ashtray, but instead of flinching, she became even angrier and was about to speak again—

Just then, a hand reached out from behind and grabbed her waist.

Li Man was lifted into the air.

Han Xuetao put his arm around her waist and carried her towards the door, turning back to apologize, “I’m so sorry! I’m new here, a student working part-time, I don’t know the rules, I haven’t been trained yet! Please calm down, please calm down!”

Li Man’s words were stuck in her throat, her mind went blank.

She was being held, her legs dangling in the air, her whole body stiff in Han Xuetao’s arms. The hand on her waist, through the fabric of her uniform, was burning hot.

My ears are ringing, I can’t think of anything, and I can’t say anything.

There was only one thought—

She was hugged by a boy.

A boy hugged me around the waist.

Throughout her three years of high school, she barely spoke to any boys, let alone had any physical contact with them. Many of the boys in her class seemed awkward around her. She considered herself quite poised and confident, but she wasn’t that confident!

She was completely stunned, her mind went blank, and she even forgot to struggle.

Han Xuetao carried her to the corner of the corridor, put her down, and immediately berated her: “Number Seven! What are you doing? We’re in the service industry! You’re arguing with customers? Don’t you understand that customers are king? No matter how wrong they are, you can’t point your finger at them and yell at them! If a complaint comes up, not only will you be fired, but I’ll also get a scolding!”

Li Man stood there, stunned by his scolding.

Is the customer always right?

Those bastards stubbed out their cigarette butts on the table; shouldn’t she, as a waitress, have done something about it?

She opened her mouth to retort, but her mind was still blank. The feeling of being hugged hadn’t faded yet, her mind was a mess, and she couldn’t say anything.

Then, an indescribable emotion welled up inside me, and tears streamed down my face.

Han Xuetao was taken aback.

“Damn, why are you crying?”

Inside the private room.

Zhou Cheng plopped back down in his chair, still panting angrily.

“What the hell! A mere waiter dares to talk to me like that!”

Huang Xiaolong also cursed, “Damn it, what bad luck!”

Wei Tao chimed in, “If it weren’t for the fact that she’s a woman…”

Liu Jun waved his hand, trying to smooth things over: “Forget it, she’s just a little girl, a student, why bother arguing with her?”

He offered cigarettes to a few people, laughing and saying, “That’s too low-class. Even if she were a female college student, you guys could still do whatever you wanted with her, right?”

These words brought smiles to the faces of the group.

Zhou Cheng took the cigarette, lit it, and snorted, “Brother Liu is right.” He pushed the ashtray towards the center of the table, “Then it’s settled. Push it a couple more times, then we’re done. Everyone bring enough money tomorrow, let’s have a good game.”

“Okay.” Liu Jun nodded.