The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

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"Win big once?" Hai Fu was puzzled. If he could win, he would have done it already. He, being such a gambling addict, was unable to win, so what way did others have to make him win?

"He doesn't know me, so I can give it a shot."

Hai Fu pushed her glasses up, thought for a moment, and asked, "You mean, I give you some money to lose to him?"

"That's one way. You've been helping him with money repeatedly, which adds up to quite a sum already, and it definitely won't be the last time. However, he has no reason to believe such an obvious cheat. I have another way to try."

Hai Fu stared at Li Yan for a while, seeing his calm composure as if he was quite confident. Although she had only known him for two days formally, and didn't know much about him, she only knew he was someone who came in through connections. She brought him along today because, even as formidable as she is, she felt a bit uneasy coming to such a place alone. Unable to find anyone else and having happened upon him, she called him, not because she particularly trusted him.

After a moment's hesitation, she let out a sigh and said in a deep voice, "Let's treat the dead horse as a living one; I'll trust you this once!"

"Then you'll need to cooperate with me." Li Yan lifted the document bag handed to him: "Is there money inside? You really trust me, huh. How much?"

"A hundred thousand."

"You've only lost a hundred thousand, not that much." Li Yan casually said. Seeing Hai Fu's displeasure, he added, "Of course, losing a hundred thousand in one night is quite a lot. Plus, sending you a hundred thousand is just to cover the debts, along with his own funds, it should be much more than a hundred thousand."

Even though a hundred thousand was just debt, it allowed them to infer that Shishan Yao's real losses were much less than he expected. Li Yan secretly smiled as well; this was just a club's playing place, not even counting as an underground casino, certainly not comparable to the Ancient Gate or Eloni's casinos.

With a bag of money in hand, he immediately stood up and, under the surprised gazes of Hai Fu and Ma Kui, walked into VIP Room No. 1, directly opening the door and going in.

"Ah..."

A man and a woman had just come out of the bathroom, still not having had time to dress. Seeing Li Yan burst in, the woman shrieked and covered her body with clothes.

"Get out!" Li Yan said coldly, not even looking at her, glancing at Shishan Yao, then sat down on the sofa by himself. He really didn't like discussing business in this kind of place, but it was the only spot with some privacy.

Shishan Yao, unsure of who Li Yan was, silently dressed. The woman, also fearful, couldn't just go out carrying clothes, so she ran to the bathroom. Despite the transparent glass, it offered a bit of psychological separation.

A minute later, only Li Yan and Shishan Yao were left in the room. Dressed, Shishan Yao sat at the edge of the bed, lit a cigarette, and took a few drags. Then he asked, "You're Hai Fu's...?"

"She begged me to come to save you!"

"Save me?" Shishan Yao looked at him unhappily. His own sister, just lending money, did it warrant using 'save'? Once he got back on his feet, he could repay her in full. Did she really need to find an outsider for this?

Li Yan raised the document bag, "This is the money she brought for you, but I won't just give it to you like this. What are you playing?"

Shishan Yao was taken aback and blurted out, "Texas Hold'em."

"You don't owe gambling debts of a hundred thousand, you just lost all of it, wanting money to recoup losses, so you exaggerated..."

Li Yan's words surprised Shishan Yao, although he didn't voice it, his tired face already betrayed a 'how do you know' expression.

"WSOP, know what it is?" Li Yan asked coldly.

Shishan Yao shook his head, "Foreign abbreviation? I've heard of WPS before..."

"World Series of Poker, the grand poker tournament with unlimited Texas Hold'em as the main event..."

"I know this, it's a poker tournament with no-limit Texas Hold'em as the main event, held annually at Eloni with dozens of matches. Its Championship Event has the highest prize money, the most participants, and is the grandest, televised live on sports channels across the Celestial Continent. You... could it be that you..." Shishan Yao, previously dismissive and displeased with Li Yan, changed his expression, switching to a respectful tone. Surely anyone who participated in the world series couldn't be ordinary?

Li Yan looked at him condescendingly, "Holding a record with Doyle Brunson for WSOP bracelets, multiple-time world poker champion, the first Asian inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame... Johnny Chan, heard of him?"

Shishan Yao had no words. He only played poker and gambled privately and wouldn't pay attention to the far-off World Series of Poker. He shook his head honestly, "Haven't heard of him, but from the titles you mentioned, this guy... must be a world-class poker legend. Is this your alias?"

Li Yan said calmly, "He's my master."

Just this one confirmed statement made Shishan Yao completely submit! Li Yan was so young; if he claimed to be such a world-class poker gambling legend, it would be hard to believe, but as a disciple that made more sense. As a disciple of the poker king, he may not be much in world poker competitions, but here in S City, he should be invincible!

At that moment, he was filled with gratitude towards his sister; she really did enlist a master to save him!