Not long after Li Xiaoning left, Cheng Xiaoxi came out of the bedroom, her eyes were slightly red, her expression was sluggish, she looked at the empty living room, she was suddenly anxious, and shouted at Cheng Guoqing: "Dad, where is Xiaoning?" ”

"Gone. The lad understands things. Cheng Guoqing said lightly.

"How can you get rid of him?" Cheng Xiaoxi's tears immediately flowed down his cheeks, and he was about to go outside as he spoke.

"Where are you going?" Zhao Junxia, who followed out, scolded sternly.

"I'm going to go with Xiaoning." Cheng Xiaoxi's stubborn temper came up, and he said with his head held high.

"If you dare to go, you won't be allowed to come back if you leave." Zhao Junxia's eyes narrowed.

"If you don't come, you won't come." Cheng Xiaoxi said angrily, and continued to walk out after speaking.

Cheng Guoqing stepped forward and grabbed Cheng Xiaoxi's arm, dragged her back very easily, pushed her towards the bedroom, and then took the door with him, and said, "It's back to you?" Stay honest with me. ”

After subduing his daughter, Cheng Guoqing couldn't help but take out one of the Chinese cigarettes on the table and smoke it, Zhao Junxia sat on the sofa and said, "You still smoke less, you are coughing every day." ”

Cheng Guoqing saw that his wife was unopposed, so he took two puffs vigorously.

Zhao Junxia frowned, and said: "Xiaoxi's temper is the same as mine, ten cows can't be pulled back, I'm afraid that I won't break up lightly, we have to watch Xiaoxi more tightly these days, lest she have excesses." By the way, you didn't say anything too nasty to that guy just now, did you? Nowadays, young people have very poor psychological endurance, and if they can't think about it, no matter how good or bad they are, it will also be a sin. ”

Cheng Guoqing shook his head and said, "Don't worry." Xiao Li looks very mature, and he is quite good at getting things done, he can see through it at all, and he walked by himself. Actually, if the conditions in his house were better, I would really like him. ”

"The problem is that he's not in good condition." Zhao Junxia said very strictly, "I can tell you, you must stand firm, otherwise Xiaoxi's life will be over." Xiaoxi is also stubborn, I don't know how much effort it will take to completely disconnect them, old man, tomorrow you will entrust the relationship, and see how soon Xiaoxi will be transferred back to Yanjing. ”

Li Xiaoning walked out of Cheng's house, threw the gifts he bought into the trash can downstairs, and then walked slowly along the alley, and saw that the few people on the street were mostly in a hurry. Looking at the cold cement walls around the street, Li Xiaoning suddenly felt that the world was a lot more indifferent, and suddenly felt like he wanted to go home.

As he walked, he was greeted by two female beggars who were nearly fifty years old, shivering in the cold wind in thin clothes, and began to say blessings and congratulations to Li Xiaoning from afar, trembling and stretching out their hands.

Li Xiaoning looked at them, and somehow suddenly remembered her mother. Every time a beggar came to the house, the mother would fill a bowl of rice, put a lot of vegetables for them, let them have enough, and when she met the elderly and children, she would pack some for them to take away. My mother often said that it is good to be at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out, and people will not leave the house until they have to do it, let alone beg.

If there are beggars who come to beg during the Chinese New Year, my mother will give them ten yuan to pay for the New Year, wishing them to go home as soon as possible. When they are far away, at this time the mother will always say, pitiful, there is also a Chinese New Year's Eve called Huazi.

Seeing them shivering in the cold wind, Li Xiaoning took out his wallet, and wanted to give more, but there were only thirty yuan left in the wallet. So he took out two ten-dollar ones and said, "That's all I have, go buy something delicious." ”

The two beggars thanked them a thousand times and said a lot of blessings. Li Xiaoning didn't say anything, just walked slowly.

Because today is a small year, the sound of firecrackers has also begun to sound, listening to the sound of firecrackers, all kinds of tastes come to mind, Li Xiaoning picked up the phone and called his mother: "Mom, I'm fine, I just got off work, and I have to go to work early tomorrow morning, I miss you so much." "The voice was a little choked.

Mother was also a little choked up when she spoke at this time, and Li Xiaoning hurriedly said: "I have asked the leader for leave, and I will go back tomorrow." I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to control my feelings, so I hung up the phone quickly.

When passing by a small shop, Li Xiaoning went in to buy a few ham sausages and a bottle of mineral water, drank the mineral water that was almost frozen into ice, and chewed the ham sausage with no meat at all, Li Xiaoning's tears almost flowed.

Because of the holidays, almost all the shops on the roadside closed early, and only one building was still brightly lit – the only officially licensed casino in Yanjing.

Li Xiaoning stopped at the door of the casino, as if he had suddenly returned to the day nine months ago, that is, on that day, he entered the casino for the first time; It was on that day that he became a millionaire; It was on that day that Lu Xiaomei abandoned herself; It was on that day that I met Tang Wei; It was on that day that my life was turned upside down......

Standing at the door for more than ten minutes, Li Xiaoning finally walked into the door of the casino, his bank card still had 1,500 yuan, and there were ATMs of various banks in the casino......

There is no poker game in this world that is riskier than Texas Hold'em, and you have to be careful with every hand, because any inadvertent mistake can ruin your fortune, and even many professional players dare not touch this kind of game, and their psychology and money in their pockets cannot afford this kind of ups and downs. A hand of cards usually lasts only three to five minutes. Yes, five minutes, in just five minutes, a single hand of cards can make a new multi-millionaire, or bankrupt a multi-millionaire who was five minutes ago.

But this is Li Xiaoning's favorite poker game, and he has always believed that this is the real poker game, because this is the game of the brave, and only the real brave can be recognized and respected by everyone. Although this was only the third time he had stepped into the casino.

Li Xiaoning only had 1,500 chips, so he could only start with the smallest blind table, and after more than two hours of accumulation, the chips in front of him crossed the 20,000 mark. He picked up his chips and began walking towards the largest and most crowded table in the hall, which had 100/200 blinds, the largest number in the entire casino. The threshold for serving the table is 20,000 chips.

There is no clock in the casino, and I don't know how long it has been, but Li Xiaoning has been winning, and the number of chips in front of him is close to 100,000 yuan.

But he didn't choose to leave, he still continued to gamble, and there was always a voice in his heart telling him: You have to be rich, you can marry Cheng Xiaoxi if you have money, you can help Yu Tong treat her illness if you have money, and only when you have money can you be looked down upon...... At the same time, another voice is telling him: Isn't it just to be rich? With your gambling skills, you can become a millionaire overnight, and tomorrow you will smash the money in front of Cheng Xiaoxi's parents and make them look at you with admiration......

With a "bang", the sound of chips thrown on the card table pulled Li Xiaoning's mind back, and a new game began.

Li Xiaoning rubbed his red eyes, he had actually been sitting here all night. There were a lot of people at the table, and when they left, most of them didn't take a single chip with them, but a few lucky ones won a lot and walked away satisfied—now there are only four people left at the table.

The other two people only had a few thousand chips left, and they couldn't pose any threat to Li Xiaoning, but they didn't have much attraction to Li Xiaoning either. Most of his attention was on the middle-aged man opposite, who also looked haggard.

This man is so bad that anyone who knows how to play a piping hand can't do the way he does, but he has the biggest advantage at the table - luck. He always makes the wrong bet and hits the card he wants on the last card, no matter how small the odds may be...... Li Xiaoning even felt that this man shouldn't waste time here, he should go and play 21 points, he can bet all the chips into it, and then when he gets two flower cards, he can also ask for another one, and then that card will definitely be an ace for him to make up 21 points. That way of doubling your chips is a little faster than playing Texas Hold'em.

If it weren't for this man's savings, Li Xiaoning's chips at the moment should have doubled, just now he had already won Li Xiaoning's two cards, two cards that are impossible to win under normal circumstances, and these two cards won Li Xiaoning more than 50,000 yuan.

But Li Xiaoning is still very confident, he believes in his skills, but he doesn't believe that this man can always maintain such good luck.

This hole card, Li Xiaoning got a pair of queens, and he is in the dealer position, the position is very good, he can make a decision after everyone acts, and the man is the big blind.

Because the blinds are also a single bet, the round starts with the man's move. It is estimated that the person's hole cards are not good, so he chooses to fold.

Li Xiaoning had a pair of queens in his hand, so it was naturally impossible to give up, but he did not over-raise, but chose to raise to 500, and then the person in the small blind also chose to fold.

The man looked at Li Xiaoning and laughed twice, and then said, "I know your cards are good, but my luck is better than your cards, I'll follow." ”

Li Xiaoning's heart relaxed, he didn't bet high, if the man's hole cards were of a good kind, such as a pair of aces or a pair of kings, he would choose to raise again. And now he just called, which proves that he doesn't have any cards in his hand, but simply doesn't want Li Xiaoning to sweep away the blind bet so cheaply.

Li Xiaoning has basically guessed the opponent's hole cards: two medium flush cards, or two medium consecutive cards, perhaps, both.

With this hand, Li Xiaoning's chances of winning are far greater than the man opposite.