Love Began with the First Meeting

He drove the car by himself, sliding across the streets in the sleepless A City. In this bustling city, people would not stop their merrymaking with the colorful nightlife only because of bad weather. In this city with such a developed economy, there were many industries that sounded not very decent, yet was crowded with patrons. No matter they had money or not, people were busy enjoying their life at night.

As soon as he arrived at Grand Night Casino, Brian went directly to the monitoring room on the top floor, followed by Jason. After watching the surveillance video of a VIP room, Brian asked in a cold voice, "Have you identified him? Have you learned anything about him?" "We have been trying to find out who he is," Jason answered hesitantly, as if he was a bit ashamed, "but... unfortunately, we haven't been able to identify him yet." He continued while lowering his head. As one of the top casinos in the world, Grand Night Casino had stored some pieces of information about anybody that had been known for gambling skills or cheating skills. However, they were not able to find out the background of the person in that VIP room, who was excellent in both gambling and cheating. As the person in charge of the daily operation of Grand Night Casino, Jason really felt quite ashamed.

Hearing that, Brian's black eyes gradually became deep. He first took a slight glance at Jason and then looked at the screen, on which the real-time surveillance video of that VIP room was displayed. The middle-aged man, who they were talking about, was taking the biggest straight flush one more time. It was almost impossible for anybody to get such good cards when Shane served as the dealer. However, to their surprise, he did that. If he had done that by cheating, Shane should have found out. If he had done that by gambling, it should be assumed that Shane had been too careless.

After taking an intercom from aside and adjusting it to the same frequency with Shane, Brian ordered in an indifferent tone, "Give him four of a kind."

Hearing that, Shane's face didn't change color at all, as if nothing had come to his ears through his earphone. After shuffling the cards in a very skilled manner, he took a glance at both parties in front of him and asked, "Cut or not?"

The middle-aged man let the man opposite to him cut first. Then with a faint smile on his lips, he said, "Cut three at the beginning and three at the end."

Raising his eyebrows a bit, Shane did as he said. Then he put the cards into the dealer. However, at the moment he did that, his hands moved in an almost invisible manner, like a magician doing his trick. As a result, the order of the cards had changed.

Brian looked at the cards of both parties displayed on the screen. From beginning to end, the middle-aged man had not taken a look at his first card. When the fifth cards of both parties were turned over, it could be found out that the cards of the other party made up with the flower by Hearts 5, 6, 7 and 8, while the cards of the middle-aged man included three Aces and a Heart 9.

"It seems that, you have lost half the chance of a straight flush," the middle-aged man said with a smile.

The man sitting opposite to him wiped the sweat on his face with a handkerchief. With a sneer, he said, "Nobody knows who will win and who will lose until the cards are showed."

Hearing that, the middle-aged man shook his head slightly and said calmly with a smile, "No, in case that the two cards unknown are both unimportant ones, my cards that have already been shown are better than yours." Seeing that the man opposite him kept sweating profusely, the middle-aged man sighed slightly and said, "Show hand!" While saying that, he pushed over the columns of all the chips in front of him.

Taken aback for a moment, the man opposite him found it difficult to keep calm. His hands began shivering while cold sweats profusely trickled down his forehead. If he would be lucky that the unknown card of the middle-aged man was an unimportant one, he would still have the chance to win. He didn't only have the chance to make up a flush, but also had the chance to make up a straight. He would possibly beat the middle-aged man's three of a kind as long as he didn't make up a full house or a four of a kind.

"Show hand too..." Bracing up all his strength, the man pushed over all his chips as if he was cutting off all means of retreat. At the same time, he threw a file bag onto the pile of chips. Then he dramatically turned over his last card. Everyone's eyes were fixed at the card, which was a spade of nine.

"Straight..." The middle-aged man declared as if he had forgotten the possibility that his three of a kind could still be beaten by a straight.

Seeing and hearing the disappointment on his face and in his voice, the man sitting opposite to him became emboldened all of a sudden. "Aha! Hurry up. You show it. I can't believe you can be so lucky as to win all the games today!" After saying that, he was so excited that he even spat on the table.

Shane frowned slightly at his behavior. The middle-aged man was going to show his last card when Shane was about to do something. Both of them had extremely quick hands, the movement of which could not be captured even by a video camera. At the critical time, Shane successfully replaced the card in the table of the middle-aged man with another one.

While taking a slight glance at Shane, the middle-aged man showed the card in his hand. That was a club of nine.

The smile of the man opposite to him froze on his face. Stunned, he stared at the club of nine blankly. After a few seconds, he felt his heart twisted all of a sudden. Enveloped by mixed emotions, and extreme disappointment, the man just fell on the floor weakly. Seeing that, Shane frowned slightly. When he raised his head, two security guards came immediately and pulled the man out, sending him directly to the hospital.

In the VIP room, the middle-aged man sat on the chair in a leisurely manner, not an expression of worry or tension could be seen on his face. His fingers tapped the table which was covered by a piece of red lint once in a while, and his eyes, in which there was a forced smile, were fixed on Shane. Slowly, he said, "You really deserve the reputation of being the best card dealer. You did it so cleanly and quickly that I'm afraid nobody could discover that."

Since they both knew clearly what each other had done, they no longer needed to hide anything from each other. With a faint smile on his face, Shane said, "You discovered that, didn't you, sir?"

Hearing that, the middle-aged man raised his head and burst into laughter. "The young generation has surpassed the older ones..." All of a sudden, he stopped laughing and stared at Shane with his sharp eyes. "But how could you be so self-satisfied at such an early age!" With a cold snort, he continued, "Do you think I could not win over his cards unless I had four of a kind? When you replaced my ace, I could still change the cards into a full house to beat him."0000000