Knight of the Blue Lagoon (The Past of Tao v)

40. Gambling (The Past of Tao i)

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Sometimes life is like a lost gambler, gambling regardless of the size of the game. The so-called small gambling makes you happy and big gambling hurts your body is just an excuse. Everyone sitting at the gambling table holds the hope of winning. At the moment of losing, they still don’t want to end it. Instead, they work harder and persist in gambling. Time becomes the teacher and develops the habit of gambling. Maybe if you lose too much, you will realize one day that you should not live like this, but you have already gambled, you have gambled your time, you have gambled everything, and you don’t want to look back, you are not willing to look back, it is too difficult to look back. In fact, most of the time, there is no choice. Every gambler has only the determination to win. He must gamble, he can only gamble, he can only gamble. Because this world is obviously a casino, full of all kinds of weird gambling, and it cannot be missed. If love is a gamble, then gamble. If you lose, you will no longer believe in love. Then what is the meaning of so-called love and what is the meaning of life? A life that does not believe in love is a kind of loss.

For several days in a row, Dao Ye came to the casino every night. He liked to spend time here. Maybe the place with no concept of time would be easier to spend time. Every time he bought big and small, only big and small. Some people are in the big world, some people are in the small world. There is no middle world. People in the small world want to go to the big world. People in the big world are nostalgic for the small world. Most people will never know satisfaction. The way is to bet the smallest bet. The bet is a kind of greed. Almost no one can resist the temptation of greed. It’s just that everyone is greedy for different things. Most people are greedy for money and like big bets. Some are greedy for wisdom and always want to win. Money is the same everywhere, but wisdom is expressed differently in every aspect.

There are many ways to rest, and Daozhi likes to rest in this way, because the world of casinos is very simple, big or small, losing or winning, each round will not be burdened by the previous round, it is a new beginning. Daozhi doesn’t remember how many days he played.

"This guy keeps winning here."Casino Monitor

"How much did you win?"A middle-aged woman

"It was a small bet, but it was reminiscent of the mysterious gambler who showed up at the company's new Londoner casino two years ago and won $20 million, causing our financial numbers to decline that quarter and causing the stock to fall 1.8%, which we still remember today. Don't know who that person is."Monitor

"Do you think it's the same person?"Middle-aged woman

"I'm not sure. It was obvious last time that he was in disguise. He probably came from Hong Kong and didn't stay in our hotel. This person was staying in our hotel."Monitor.

A middle-aged woman suddenly sat next to Daozhi. She was dressed professionally, but not without fashion and taste. She was a little older but still charming. Her hair was arranged very carefully, revealing shrewdness and competence. She smiled slightly at Daozhi. After a moment, her calmness did not reveal any purpose. After Daozhi placed his bet, she also placed a bet, but always in the opposite direction of Daozhi. She also followed Daozhi when he changed the gambling table. Daozhi planned to come back tomorrow night. At that time, the middle-aged woman smiled and said:"Mr. Daozhi, can I buy you a cup of coffee?"

"Why wait until now?"Daozhi saw Kristin's name tag hanging on his chest.

"You are our guest and of course it cannot interfere with your entertainment."Kristin may be thinking that when people are tired, they are also at their weakest will.

"Do I have to drink?"Daozhi

"up to you."Kristin.

She took Daozhi upstairs to a large office with a faint fragrance in the air. The floor was black, the roof was high, and the furniture was either copper or leather.

"Let’s just say it."Daozhi

"Here is a sum of money, I hope you will not set foot in our casino in the future."Kristin opened a box on the table and handed Daozhi a cigarette. Daozhi hesitated but took it. She lit it for herself and handed the lighter to Daozhi, as if she had everything under control. Feel

"Did you set the number?"Daozhi didn't look at the money, looked at Kristin and asked

"We've done some research and this number is worth it to you."Kristin's assumption is that Daozhi is not the mysterious person from last time.

"You mean money?"Daozhi

"Yes."Kristin

"So you promoted me, but why did you think I would accept it?"

"This kind of money, based on your teacher's salary, can't be earned in two lifetimes without food and drink, so it's not a bad treatment for you."Kristin.

The room makes it feel like it's back in the Middle Ages. The copper was used to make weapons, the leather upholstery is usually the trophies on display, the high ceiling makes people feel very small in the room, and the black floor makes it feel like a void." The abyss at the bottom, the fragrance is a kind of confusion, these invisibly create an invincible momentum

"What if I don't agree?"

"So, how much do you want?"Kristin

"I want you to stay with me for a few days."Daozhi

"this? Irregular?"Kristin looked embarrassed. This request was obviously beyond her expectation. At the same time, she was surprised that Daozhi dared to ask it, but her eyes did not leave Daozhi.

"There are rules on the gambling table, and there are also irregularities under the gambling table."Daozhi

"this……"

Casinos have casino rules, and casinos also have casino irregularities. Everyone who comes to gamble may have a gambling king in their heart. They thought he was a gambler, but in fact they were wrong. There is only one gambling king, and it cannot be a gambler but the casino owner, because they use the rules they designed to To make money, use whatever irregularities they can to keep the money from flowing out.

Under these rules, there is always a bottom line. Everyone should have a bottom line. Daozhi wanted to know what the middle-aged woman's bottom line was.

Daozhi saw Kristin's thoughts, approached the woman, held her waist with one hand, like a couple, and then hugged her body suddenly. The middle-aged woman did not resist. The other hand stroked her inner thigh, going up, and up, until it could go no further. His eyes were fixed on the woman's eyes, looking at everything in her heart. The middle-aged woman seemed to be enjoying this. An unfamiliar stimulus. Suddenly stopped, Daozhi kissed her cheek, turned around and left, saying:"Keep the money for me first, I just want to have fun here, maybe I can win some money, I will deduct it from here. If I finish deducting it, I will never go into a casino again."

Kristin felt a powerful force that was so powerful that she and the house could not contain it. This power also aroused her heart, and her body softened. She sat on the table and touched the place where Dao Zhi had kissed with her hand, then slid it to her lips, then her face, and then to her chest, and stroked it with her other hand. Touch the part touched by Dao below.

This is not the result of Kristin's plan at all, and it is not even among the possibilities she imagined. Based on her 20 years of experience working here, people like this often just take the money and leave, or ask for a higher price. If If you can't negotiate a higher price, you can switch to another more thorough method. Just like the bones in the desert in Las Vegas, they may be replaced by the bottom of the sea in Macau. If he was really the mysterious man from last time, I'm afraid he would have to use the latter method.

Everyone has something they pursue, and there can be people who come to the casino who are not greedy for money. Daozhi's actions surprised the middle-aged woman. She couldn't figure out this man. She didn't understand at all. He didn't take any money. Why did he stop suddenly? What was his purpose? The last kiss on the cheek, an elder kisses the forehead, a lover kisses the mouth, only friends kiss the cheek. The middle-aged woman thought that Daozhi might want to make a friend and would not have any ill will toward the casino.

Just like the previous few days, Dao Zhi played for a while at each table, always placing the smallest bet. When he noticed that others started to follow him in placing bets, he would smile at the camera and then leave, switching to another unfamiliar table.. I changed tables several times in a row, and every time I changed tables I would take a look at the place where the camera was hidden.