About a minute later, Molly abruptly stopped and put the cup down on the table. Her eyes bore through Brian's own provocatively, and she said in a low voice, "Your turn, Brian."
Said man picked his cup up without a fuss and started to roll the object. The sound of the shaking dice combined with his icy cold eyes made Molly's heart flutter in her rib cage, until he stopped and put the dice cup back on the table.
Her penetrating gaze was solely focused on Brian. She crossed her legs and inwardly laughed in her mind as the rules of the gambling house went something like this: if the points of the banker and the player are the same, the banker loses! This gambling game seemed fair enough, but she actually had all the advantages!
On her side, Molly's slim fingers slowly took the cup before her and looked at its contents. Six dice were neatly formed into a vertical line, and only the one on top had one red dot.
The jet black eyes of Brian Long glimpsed at her and his cold voice conveyed no emotions as he said, "You lose." A puzzled look made its way to Molly's hidden face. Brian lifted the cup before him, and what was inside? Some white fragments of the dice!
Molly's eyes widened to the size of saucers in shock. She stared at the broken dice for a while, and then looked up at Brian, who wore a smug smirk on his face.
"You got one point and I got zero, so you lost," Brian simply said. He shrugged but there was a hint of pressure in his tone.
Molly's cheeks burned a scarlet color as she gradually became filled with rage. She could only grit her teeth in silence. After all, she never expected that Brian could roll the dice into fragments in such a short time. She found it rather impressive!
She pursed her lips and swallowed quietly, as if the action could stuff all her anger inside her stomach. She crossed her legs in another position and tried her best not to curse the hell out of Brian.
Brian's arm shot up in the air and his fingers snapped. A few waiters came and his cold voice said, "Clean the table!"
After a moment, the waiters had cleared up the table. The last round had started. Brian spoke first, "There are only two of us in the game, so if there are only three packs of playing cards, it will be too easy for you. I believe we should play something more interesting. Could you please help, Shane?"
The dealer nodded from his seat and answered, "Of course, Brian."
Then, Brian ordered, "We need eight packs of playing cards!"
A slight frown made its way to Shane's lips at that, but he still followed Brian's order. He then tore open eight new packs of playing cards. He first carefully removed all the jokers in each stack, then proceeded to skillfully shuffle the cards. After that was all done, Shane put all the playing pokers in the card case.
"Cut the first fourteen cards," Brian immediately said first before Shane could even ask the usual question.
Across the table, Molly's lips scowled slightly and said, "Take another two cards away, please."
Shane complied and took away sixteen playing cards in total. Then, Brian and Molly asked for three and two cards, respectively.
Shortly after, Shane said, "Please show your cards." He then motioned to them to show their cards by raising his hands.
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