From seeing the city, to arriving at the hotel in the city center they booked, it took about an hour, the city is too big and not good, not to mention the traffic problem, to go to the suburbs have to be counted in hours. Upon arrival, Michael made a few phone calls and asked for a tall and competent ......

He put down his phone and said to Mars very meaningfully: "Big guy, five can do it, right?" ”

Mars scratches his head, play really? But in broad daylight......

Shi Hu continued his cheerful style and left the expense: "I talk about it, five girls with different styles, handle it myself." ”

Leaving Mars with a strange and moved face, Shi Hu didn't join in the fun and left the hotel to find something to eat. Michael recommended Chinatown, Western food all day long, and it really needs to be changed. Michael said as he drove, "There's a Chinatown near downtown, but we're going to go a little farther." ”

A dozen kilometers away from the city center, there is a neighborhood nicknamed "Little Taipei", which is also one of the Chinatowns of Los Angeles. It started late, but it was larger, and it didn't have the crowdedness and dirtiness of a traditional Chinatown, but it opened in both directions and four lanes, and it was spacious, bright and tidy.

There are many shops on both sides of the avenue, restaurants bear the brunt, and there are also advertisements for insurance, lawyers, banks, etc., Chinese can be seen everywhere, mostly in traditional Chinese, there are a large number of Asian faces, there is fragrant rice in the restaurant, and the tofu made by the proprietress is quite homely......

"If you want to talk about places where you can mix English without knowing English, San Francisco and Los Angeles' Chinatown are the first choice." Michael spoke his weird Mandarin.

Shi Hu listened to the dialects of the surrounding diners and said, "I think it is better to know Cantonese or Hokkien." ”

Michael nodded: "Cantonese is very commonly used in Chinatown, and I know (recognize) the traditional Chinese character for more lak." I can't tell what is simplified and what is traditional, and of course it has to do with the fact that I can't read Chinese characters. My old man didn't have time to teach me how to read, so he opened his mouth and talked nonsense. ”

"Okay, at least you can communicate." Shi Hu understood the reason for the difference, and Maikouzhang was influenced by English pronunciation since childhood, saying that Chinese has only two tones: accent and light tone. There are no four tones in Mandarin, naturally foreigners speak Chinese "knee-how-ma (how are you)".

In a familiar country voice, eating, drinking, chatting, and after eating, Michael announced his next plan: "Later, we'll go to Cassino." ”

"You'd better use English." Shi Hu couldn't stand it, he was afraid that he would be affected by listening too much, and as soon as he opened his mouth in the future, he would speak Mandarin and Cantonese, and he would also change his tone.

"Go to the casino!" Michael spoke back in English.

"There's a casino around here?"

"Underground." Michael had a smug look on my omniscient face.

Shi Hu wondered: "It's rare for you to come back, don't you go to greet your parents first, and then go to the casino?" ”

Michael's face was a little gloomy and he shook his head: "It's no difference." My old man is either drunk or gambling, and he can see him in the casino. ”

"What about your mother?"

"Mother? Who knows? I disappeared when I was a few years old. ”

……

In the evening, Michael drove Shi Hu to gain knowledge.

Where there is light, there must be darkness, and the distant waters of Las Vegas can't save the near fire, so Chinatown naturally has casinos for recreation. But it's hard for the uninitiate to find a trace, it's located in a restaurant and through the basement of another food warehouse. If the police search, two search warrants may be applied.

If you want to enter, you must have acquaintances or familiar faces, and Michael, who calls himself Little White Dragon, is actually closed. The newcomer didn't know him, and he didn't have an acquaintance to lead the way, so he naturally didn't let him in. Michael scolded his mother, he wanted to show his skills in front of his master, but he just made jokes.

"Watch Dog!" Michael was annoyed.

"What do you say?" The strong man on the other side rolled up his sleeves and prepared to move.

"Misunderstanding!" Shi Hu pulled him away, violence is a means of self-defense, but it is not a habitual technique.

"Be careful!" Michael pointed to his eyes and warned, wanting to say a few more cruel words, but suddenly his tone changed: "Hey, sister! ”

Shi Hu followed his gaze and saw a girl walking out of the restaurant, but boy, you are at least reliable, shouting sister to a foreign girl in Chinese, do people understand?

Unexpectedly, the foreign girl stopped and wondered: "Saliva Zhang? ”

Michael's beckoning stopped, as if he could see the black line that only appeared in the comics running across his forehead.

Shi Hu burst into laughter: "Saliva Zhang? Ha ha! Interesting! How did it come about? ”

Michael rubbed his head in embarrassment: "Can you not mention this unruly nickname?" ”

"Wow, that's you!" The foreign girl came closer to see, and the Chinese was also half-hanging, but she could understand it.

After their courtesy greetings, Michael introduced: "Erica, Tiger; Tiger, Erica. ”

If it weren't for Erica's ability to speak Chinese, Shi Hu really wouldn't have seen that she had Chinese ancestry. She has a slightly Westernized face, long brown hair, and unoverly angular features, perhaps one of the characteristics of mixed race. Less commonly, she has light blue eyes that are grayish under bright light.

"Hey." Erica grinned toothily and held out her hand.

Shi Hu generously shook her hand: "Hi, Erica, I didn't expect you to know Chinese." ”

"My grandfather is Chinese, and it's hard to think about it in a Chinatown environment." Erica explained a few words, and then asked, "Are you coming?" ”

"Let's go in and have a drink." Michael got down to business.

"Please go to the bar for a drink." Erica has a businesslike attitude.

"Please!" Michael: "Let's open our eyes and find some after-dinner entertainment." ”

She frowned: "What's so good about being a gambler like your father?" ”

"Is he in there?"

"Not there. I'm not going to let him in either. Erica shook her head and said in the tone of an elder: "And you, go get a job, don't mix gangs all day." ”

"The tone is the same as that of my master." Michael's face was full of nonchalance, "Don't worry, I've been going to the casino every day lately, and I'm still sleeping in it." ”

Erica crossed her arms.

"Don't believe me?" Michael saw Erica's suspicion and introduced his master: "The real-life version of the God of Gamblers, and you are the same as you, the casino owner of Las Vegas." ”

"Tell the truth?" Erica asked.

Shi Hu smiled, not explaining, but knew that she would let go. Just as she wanted to speak, a black SUV stopped on the side of the road, and a few young people stepped out of the car, carrying handbags, and she made a long story short: "It's okay to go in, on the condition that you don't ask me to borrow money to gamble - I don't want to be a bad person." ”

"I know you're the kindest in the world!" Michael patted his ass, "And I have money, if I have time in the evening, please have a drink." ”

Erica said a few words to the Chinese young men who got out of the car, and they walked towards the restaurant with their bags.

"I'll please." Erica said to them again.

"Don't think about it, please just thank you for taking care of you back then, you know that I have always treated you as my own sister." Michael's grinning roots were beside her.

Erica automatically filtered through a whole bunch of his nonsense, and Shi Hu shrugged at her: "We can exchange ways on how to shut him up." ”

"Good idea." Erica agreed, "We'll talk later." ”

……

The underground casino is not big, and it is naturally not big due to the environment and the law. There are about a dozen gaming tables, mainly baccarat and roulette, as well as two blackjack, plus other tables that play Zakin and the like. But the service is complete, and the waiter and bartender are uniformed.

Michael and Shihu sat down at the bar, and Erica walked by in a hurry, telling the bartender that she was in for a treat. The two sat with their backs to the bar and facing the casino. Michael picked up something important and said that the casino was run by Erica's father, and she came to work and take care of finances, and she rarely showed up.

Shi Hu listened and watched, and his eyes frequently fell on the blackjack table.

"Master?" Michael was worried: "You won't ...... You even have the idea of my friend's field, right? ”

Shi Hu was surprised: "Is my character so inferior?" ”

"Hey, hey." Michael smiled and flattered: "You are a billionaire, so naturally you don't look down on these small businesses that get up early and are greedy late, I don't mean that." ”

"Watch your mouth." Shi Hu warned him, got closer and said, "Look at those two blackjack tables, something is wrong. ”

"Card counting?" Michael thought first.

"It's not." Shi Hu shook his head, his eyes focused on a dealer, in a voice that Michael could only hear: "He's assisting players out of a thousand." ”

"What?" Michael's voice was stopped by Shi Hu in time.

Shi Hu let go of his hand and said, "Arrest people and catch them, you shout that everyone runs out, how can you chase the money?" ”

"My bad." Michael stared too, but couldn't see why.

Shi Hu couldn't see anything strange, the other party was superb, he was not a professional, but he could read minds, and he knew that the two dealers were wrong.