After pondering for a while, Xiao Cheng couldn’t help but frown.

This duo who had entered the casino so early in the morning must be quite different from his own team.

Just looking at their appearances, the two were the very image of villains. Although it didn’t affect him much, there were still Tiantian and Zheng Yingxiong in this venue. Coming into contact with such wicked people too early was definitely not good news.

“Junnan, buddy…” the Flower-Arm Man behind him called out. “Didn’t you say you were going to find someone to borrow some ‘Dao’ from? How did you just come straight in?”

“Oh, I remembered this old guy’s game venue lets you come in to look around first without paying. I figured maybe I could come in to find someone to borrow from. After all, we’ll pay it back after borrowing—good borrowing means good repaying, right?”

Upon hearing that these two wanted to “borrow Dao,” an uneasy expression appeared on Xiao Cheng’s face. He put away his two “Dao” and turned to leave.

“Hey… wait, wait…” The roguish-looking man reached out to stop Xiao Cheng, saying, “Buddy, why are you in such a hurry to leave? My brother and I aren’t bad people.”

Xiao Cheng had heard too many similar lines—this was the classic opening of bad people.

“Ah, I…” After thinking for a few seconds, Xiao Cheng prepared to actively change the subject, so he asked, “May I ask how to address you?”

“Me?” The man blinked. “Calabash Brothers. What advice do you have?”

Xiao Cheng was stunned, then looked at the Flower-Arm Man and asked, “Then you…?”

“Uh…” The Flower-Arm Man was also somewhat speechless. “If he’s ‘Calabash Brothers,’ then I can only be ‘The Terminator’…”

“I see.” Xiao Cheng nodded as if accustomed to such things, then said to the two, “I still have some matters to attend to. I won’t keep you company.”

With that, he turned and left. The two didn’t stop him again.

He knew he needed to find Tiantian and Zheng Yingxiong immediately to discuss countermeasures with them.

“Sister Tiantian!” Xiao Cheng walked to her side with a heavy expression and said in a low voice, “It seems we have some tricky trouble.”

“What is it?” Tiantian turned her head to ask.

“Two uninvited guests have arrived. They clearly aren’t good people. We need to avoid contact with them.”

Xiao Cheng said seriously, “They seem to want to find someone to borrow some ‘Dao’ from. We’d better find a small room or restroom or somewhere like that to hide.”

“That serious?” Tiantian frowned slightly.

“Yes. Where’s Brother Yingxiong?”

“I don’t know. Let’s go look for him.”

The two put away all the “Dao” in their hands and found Zheng Yingxiong behind another tall piece of equipment. The three were just discussing where to hide when they saw those two men had already walked around various tables and were approaching.

“This is bad! Sister Tiantian, take Brother Yingxiong and run quickly!” Xiao Cheng said in a low voice. “Take my ‘Dao’ too! We’d rather lose all the ‘Dao’ in games than have them stolen!”

But at this moment, Tiantian was staring at those two figures in a daze. Zheng Yingxiong lifted his nose to sniff, as if he had also discovered something.

“You…” Tiantian took the initiative to speak.

“Yo! Tiantian girl!” Qiao Jiajin smiled and walked right over.

“Wow! Little Zhang San!” Chen Junnan also looked happy.

The two walked forward enthusiastically, leaving Xiao Cheng somewhat bewildered.

After Qiao Jiajin came over, he reached out to pat Zheng Yingxiong’s head. “Hero boy? How are you two both here? Did you dodge yesterday’s black lines?”

“Mm.” Zheng Yingxiong revealed a slight smile and nodded. “Fortunately, I met Sister Tiantian. Do you know each other too?”

“Don’t even mention it.” Tiantian smiled bitterly and shook her head. “This child was riding a bicycle, and it’s thanks to him that he saved me.”

The four people chatted and laughed together. Xiao Cheng discovered that he was the outsider here.

“Sister Tiantian… you know them?”

“Ah, yes.” Tiantian nodded with a relieved expression. “They’re not bad people.”

“What?” Qiao Jiajin walked forward and put his arm around Xiao Cheng’s shoulder. “Handsome guy, you take us for bad people?”

“Ah…?” Xiao Cheng smiled bitterly and waved his hands. “That, that’s not exactly…”

With Tiantian’s introduction, the five people introduced themselves to each other, which finally made Xiao Cheng truly believe that the roguish man and the flower-armed man before him really wouldn’t rob them of their “Dao” here.

But even so, the situation wasn’t really any different.

These two men actually didn’t have a single “Dao” on them, yet they had strutted right into Earth-Monkey’s game venue.

Their intention to participate in the game was very clear, and they wanted to borrow four “Dao” from Xiao Cheng to pay the entry tickets. This was essentially no different from having four “Dao” stolen.

From Xiao Cheng’s perspective, he didn’t know these two men. He only had fifteen “Dao” in total. The entry tickets had just cost six, the game had lost one, and if he gave four more of the remaining eight “Dao” to these two strange men to pay for entry tickets, the five people would only have four “Dao” left as capital.

At this point, not to mention the final “redemption,” even the chips for gambling against other “Participants” afterward would be stretched thin.

Moreover, for five people to walk out this door, they would need at least fifty “Dao.” Didn’t this mean someone was destined to die here?

“Relax…” Qiao Jiajin walked forward and patted Xiao Cheng’s back, saying, “Handsome guy, do you know what’s most important in a casino?”

“What…?”

“Wingmen,” Qiao Jiajin said. “Although I don’t really approve of this kind of behavior… but if we’re playing mahjong and three people are all on the same side, do you think the fourth person will lose or not?”

“This…”

Chen Junnan also nodded. “Young man, this has a much higher probability of winning than you playing pinball machines alone. Don’t forget, this place is a ‘casino,’ not a ‘game arcade.’ Are you planning to sit in front of machines by yourself and get rich?”

Xiao Cheng looked at Chen Junnan, knowing this person’s mind was quite a bit more nimble than his own. With just one glance, he could see the flaw in “8x Great General.” If they had their help, perhaps the probability of winning could be much greater.

Moreover, he wasn’t any kind of gambling expert. Rather than relying solely on luck or intelligence, it would be more practical to directly team up with them to cheat.

He raised his head and found that Tiantian had already taken out her two “Dao.” Xiao Cheng simply stopped worrying about it and took out his remaining two pieces. After gathering them together, they handed them all to Earth-Monkey.

“Junnan, buddy… you’re the ‘brain’ of this game…” Qiao Jiajin said somewhat anxiously. “But you only learned the gambling rules last night. No problem, right?”

“Should be… no problem, right?” Chen Junnan replied. “Don’t worry too much. Little Zhang San isn’t a fool either.”

Xiao Cheng stood to the side watching the group and said in a low voice, “Let’s make this clear first… The remaining ‘chips’ are already very few, so we absolutely cannot have any more…”

Before he finished speaking, Chen Junnan heard some sound. He turned his head toward the entrance direction. A figure was slowly approaching with their head lowered.

The corner of his mouth lifted as he said, “This is great. We can even save the brain now.”