However, Mu Jinyu reminded himself that the main reason for buying the tea was for the invoice, not to drink the tea, and this thought alleviated some of his irritation.
Maintaining his principle of not wasting, Mu Jinyu still picked up the teacup and took a light sip.
"Wow, this is truly awful."
Mu Jinyu took one sip and didn't want to drink any more, the tea was simply the kind of trashy leaves that cost fifty cents for 50 grams, not even comparable to the ones he grew himself.
A few waiters playing with their phones and chatting aside looked over and sneered as they saw Mu Jinyu actually trying the tea, the disdain in their eyes growing even thicker.
Mu Jinyu didn't care how they viewed him; he set the teacup back on the table and walked straight toward the back of the tea house with the invoice in hand.
The waiters did not try to stop him.
Walking further inside the tea house, Mu Jinyu followed the corridor to the very last door, opened it, and revealed a staircase leading downwards.
He stepped inside, closed the iron door behind him, and followed the stairs down into the bustling, noisy underground gambling den.
Mu Jinyu casually glanced around; the underground gambling den was massive, covering several thousand square meters with over sixty tables and all kinds of gambling games, crowded with three to four hundred gamblers.
This place was the main base of those scruffy hoodlums who had gone to find trouble with Wen Rou the night before.
Wen Rou's father used to gamble here, eventually racking up a mountain of debt, which is why Wen Rou was so familiar with the process of entering this den.
However, Mu Jinyu didn't spot those hoodlums in the crowd after scanning the room a few times.
He guessed maybe they had partied too hard the night before and hadn't gotten up yet?
Well, whatever, let's start making trouble first.
Of course, it was not a good idea to start fighting directly. Since it was a gambling den, the strategy was to sweep through it.
Then, he would alarm the person in charge of the gambling den and have a proper "discussion" with them!
In the gambling den, there was no procedure for using cash to exchange for chips with a waiter; the invoice in Mu Jinyu's hand was the chip.
Mu Jinyu, holding the invoice, made his way to the crowded gambling floor.
The gamblers, eyes bloodshot from betting, paid him no mind and kept shouting and focusing on their games.
Mu Jinyu didn't know what they were betting on, and he was not too familiar with these things.
Games like Showhand, Fried Golden Flower, and the like, he didn't know how to play…
At that thought, Mu Jinyu realized that sweeping the entire gambling den with his gambling skills might be a bit difficult…
Mu Jinyu hesitated, wondering if he should learn how to play?
With his intelligence, he would surely be able to pick up these games quickly.
But… that might mean losing a lot of money first…
On second thought, better to forget it.
"Forget it, let's go play the dice game, betting big or small. That's simple enough."
Mu Jinyu resolved and bypassed the card tables, heading directly for the dice area.
"Big big big!"
"Small small small!"
"Triple, all lose!"
"…"
As he neared the dice area, Mu Jinyu could hear a group of gamblers, each surrounding a betting table, shouting excitedly.
After giving them a quick glance, Mu Jinyu walked toward a table with fewer people.
Standing in front of the betting table, the croupier just placed the shaken dice cup down, then had the gamblers begin placing bets on big or small.
"Place your bets on big or small, last chance to bet."
Hearing this, the gamblers studied the situation before starting to place their invoice chips, shouting out their bets on big, small, or triples.
Mu Jinyu, having arrived a bit late, couldn't catch much of what was going on and only had a vague idea, not quite sure, so he decided to watch this round as an observer.
When the croupier lifted the dice cup, revealing three dice showing "one," "five," and "six," a host of gamblers who had bet on small or triples turned ashen-faced.
In the dice game, betting on big or small, totals from four to ten constituted small, and eleven to seventeen was big. With one, five, and six adding up to twelve points, it was naturally big.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu's eyebrows slightly creased.
Indeed, not listening to the dice from the beginning made it very difficult to determine the exact points.
The croupier collected the chips, covered the dice cup, and immediately started shaking it vigorously with dazzling hand movements.
Meanwhile, Mu Jinyu gently closed his eyes, and as the dice inside the cup kept shaking, a vision of tumbling dice seemed to emerge in his mind.
"Snap!"
The croupier finished shaking and slapped the dice cup heavily on the gambling table.
"Place your bets on high or low, final bets, hands off."
The gamblers immediately started to place their bets.
When Mu Jinyu opened his eyes, he was very clear about the points of the dice inside the cup.
However, since he only had one chip, he still didn't dare to bet right now, deciding instead to watch another round.
Yes, he would bet after he was completely sure.
After the gamblers had placed their bets, the croupier lifted the cup, and when the revealed points were identical to what Mu Jinyu had predicted, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He knew that today, he could make them lose to bankruptcy!
As the next round of betting started, after Mu Jinyu listened to the shaking of the dice, and after the croupier slammed the dice cup on the table and called out the slogan, he unhesitatingly placed his bet on high!
When revealed, the points added up to fourteen, and Mu Jinyu's chip immediately turned into two.
"Hmm, this is good."
Mu Jinyu chuckled softly, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.
After that, Mu Jinyu was no longer content with simply betting on high or low but began to bet on specific points, which had much higher odds.
Consequently, within a mere ten minutes, Mu Jinyu's paper chip bets grew from one hundred to one million yuan.
That was a ten-thousand-fold increase!
The surrounding gamblers, after witnessing Mu Jinyu win thrice in a row, also took notice of this Gambling God's arrival, and whenever he bet on something, they would all swarm to follow his bet.
The croupier's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his hands trembling as the crowd cheered him on, yet finally, he gritted his teeth and lifted the dice cup.
And the revealed points were indeed just as Mu Jinyu had bet.
"Oh yeah, long live the Gambling God!"
"Hahaha, that's so exhilarating, I've never felt this good gambling before."
"..."
Those who followed Mu Jinyu's bets on the specific points immediately cheered in unison, while those who were too slow to bet on the specific points and only bet on high or low silently regretted not being faster, resolved to act immediately in the next round.
Mu Jinyu's chips grew to ten million yuan.
The other gamblers who had followed the trend also made a good sum.
Wiping the sweat from his brow, the croupier could not dare to continue, knowing very well that Mu Jinyu was either there to disrupt the venue or as an expert trying to score big.
Current circumstances were completely out of his control; he needed to consult with the manager immediately.
"Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."
The croupier forced a smile at everyone, spoke, and then immediately squeezed through the crowd, heading for the backstage.
"Hey, why are you running? Can't handle it?!"
"Exactly, if you're going to the bathroom, at least call another croupier over!"
The croupier's departure was met with a chorus of boos from the crowd.
Mu Jinyu knew the croupier was going to look for a manager, he watched with cool detachment, an indifferent expression on his face.
But inside, he was overjoyed.
So thrilling, to turn one hundred yuan into ten million, no wonder so many people love gambling.
The taste of becoming rich overnight was indeed irresistible.