The rest of the young masters all gathered around them. Other than one or two that were closer to Gu Yanqi, the rest were on Zheng Qu’s side, so they all stood behind Mela and cheered for her.

  Most of them knew how to play the game, and they had a rule whenever they were playing this game: go big or go home. Besides, they could also smell gunpowder in the air.

  Both of them were professional, and their numbers were close to each other.

  Playing a dice game required some skills, and they did not just shake the dice for nothing. No matter looking from which perspective, a dice game was fundamentally a gambling game, and the wins and losses meant a lot for both players, as it could make one become rich overnight or turn one into a poor wrench in a single round. Some of the professional gamers had the ability to deduce what was inside the opponent’s dice cup just by listening to it, so they could make their bets and won the game easily.

  Although Gu Yanqi did not play it as often, he was pretty lucky tonight. Besides, he had good hearing and ability, so he was able to win Mela by a hair width on the first round.

  The second round ended with the same outcome.

  Since they did not add any strange rules into the game, they just needed to shake the dice by themselves. The person with the higher number would win the round, and whoever won three rounds out of the five rounds would be the final winner.

  When they were at the third round, which was also the game point, Gu Yanqi saw how pale Mela’s face was and fell into contemplation. Since she was a woman, and as a gentleman himself, he felt that he should not bully her so much, so he deliberately let her win the round.

  He made it so obvious that he pushed the chips on the table to Mela before they revealed their numbers.

  The crowd fell silent.

  Mela looked at the chips in front of her and her eyes were widened in shock. It seemed like she could not believe that she would lose to Gu Yanqi two times in a row, and she felt extremely embarrassed and humiliated when she remembered how she used to look down on Gu Yanqi in the past.

  It occurred to her that today was not their day. Not only did Zheng Qu get his face slapped by both Fu Zhi and Li Nanli, but she also got insulted by Gu Yanqi on the dice game.

  If it were not for Gu Yanqi to show her mercy, the game would have ended with Gu Yanqi being the winner.

  “Ms. Mela, I’m not going to play anymore after this round,” Gu Yanqi reminded. After all, he had already gotten all the money he wanted, and he figured that he should stop before his luck began to turn against him.

  “Not bad, Young Master Gu. You won a lot of money tonight!”

  “The lucky goddess is on your side tonight. I heard you want to buy a sports car from the Fu Corporation, right? You’ve got nearly half of the money ready!”

  “A sports car from the Fu Corporation? I heard they have incorporated some new technologies into the latest batch and one car cost nearly a few billion. In my opinion, it’s kind of waste for non-racer to own one of their sports cars. I remember that Young Master Zheng has bought one as well, but he never drives it!”

  “Young Master Zheng has participated in rallying competition before, remember? Besides, I thought Young Master Zheng has invited Zhuang Mo as well? So where’s he now?”

  “He’s busy looking for the driver who beat him in the rallying the other days. He even contacted the Fu Corporation and demanded the information of the driver, but the Fu Corporation just gave him the cold shoulder.”

  —

  The sound of discussion around loud and clear.

  When Zheng Qu saw that Gu Yanqi was winning the game, his face sank.

  Right now, Gu Yanqi just needed to win another round and he would be the final winner. Mela had already lost two rounds, and she seemed less confident than when she first joined the game. If he did not do anything, Mela would certainly lose. With that thought in mind, Zheng Qu took a step forward and grabbed Mela’s hand. He then pulled the dice cup to himself and asked with a smile on his face, “Young Master Gu, it’s not fun to play with a woman. How about I play with you instead?”

  Gu Yanqi knew what Zheng Qu was doing, but he could not say anything since Li Nanli had interrupted the match between him and Fu Zhi as well just now.

  His face grew stern.

  Unlike Mela, Zheng Qu was the real professional. He had started gambling since young and he was very good at it.

  Mela’s friends behind her heaved out a sigh of relief, “That’s only fair for Young Master Zheng to play on behalf of Mela. You’ve got to be careful, Young Master Gu. Young Master Zheng is different from Ms. Mela. He’s far better than her.”

  Zheng Qu pushed the chips in front of him into the table and announced, “Let’s make it a little more fun. 50 million, are you in, Young Master Gu?”

  Gu Yanqi’s friends did not have a good feeling about this. Although Gu Yanqi was pretty lucky today, his skills were nowhere near Zheng Qu.

  Both of them shared a glance and they decided to call for help. After all, Gu Yanqi had someone behind his back.

  One of them immediately went to look for Li Nanli.

  Gu Yanqi’s face was pale.

  —

  In the meantime, Fu Zhi had just finished her game.

  Li Nanli took a look at her phone and he realized that her game ID was different from the last time.

  It seemed to him that this must be the ID that she used to play games on normal days.

  The young man soon arrived in front of them. “President Li, Ms. Fu, bad news! Young Master Gu and Young Master Zheng have come together for gambling, and they are……”

  “Arrested by the police and shot on the spot?” Fu Zhi continued, stunning the young man.

  ‘Well. It’s not that serious.’

  He snapped himself out of his thought and continued, “Young Master Zheng insists Young Master Gu play with him. He’s going for 50 million a round, and Young Master Gu has to sell his blood if he loses for two rounds!”

  Fu Zhi and Li Nanli looked at each other. Then, they rose to their feet and followed after the young man.

  There was an exciting and shrill roar of laughter as the two arrived.

  All the chips on Gu Yanqi’s side were pushed to Zheng Qu by the servant, and Gu Yanqi’s face was white.

  He had taken a liking to a sports car from the Fu Corporation. However, he had been restraining from buying it because it cost about a billion. He thought of using the money he won from Mela to buy the car, but it now seemed to him that it was not going to happen.

  Everyone was so engrossed in the game that nobody noticed Fu Zhi or Li Nanli.

  It was the last round, and Fu Zhi looked at Gu Yanqi shaking the dice cup from a distance not far away.

  She did not have a good feeling about it.

  She then turned towards Zheng Qu. He had a confident grin on his face, and judging from the sound in the dice cup, it was apparent that he was going to win this time.

  Gu Yanqi still did not know that he was going to lose.

  He kept shaking the dice cup in his hand for a long while before slapping it on the table with a loud thud.

  “Oh, great-grandmother, you used to spoil me when you’re still alive, so please open your eyes and give me a good number. I’m going to marry this year and can continue our family bloodline, so I need this money a lot! So please help me!”

  Fu Zhi and Li Nanli did not know what to say.

  ‘Stop begging your great-grandmother. She must have been blinded.”

  Meanwhile, Zheng Qu had slammed his dice up on the table as well.

  Gu Yanqi took a deep breath, and just when he was about to open his dice cup, Fu Zhi hastily went forward and put her hand on top of his hand, causing Gu Yanqi to lift his head and look at her.

  Then, she secretly pulled Gu Yanqi’s arm towards the right side and the dice cup shook a little.

  “There’s dirt on your sleeve.”

  “Ah? Oh…… Thank you.”

  Gu Yanqi soon realized Fu Zhi was helping him.

  He opened the dice cup, and everyone craned their necks forward. When they all saw it was a combination of 6-6-6, they were stunned.

  “Holy! How is he so lucky today?”

  “Yeah, right. He used to be notoriously known for his bad luck!”

  Zheng Qu stared at Fu Zhi with a grim expression on his face.

  Just when the others were praising Gu Yanqi, he hissed, “Ms. Fu, cheating is not a good habit in gambling, don’t you think so?”

  Then, he lifted his dice cup, and just like Gu Yanqi, he had gotten a combination of 6-6-6 as well.

  “Well, since it’s a tie and time is getting late, why don’t we call it a day and go home?” Zheng Qu’s friend suggested.

  However, Zheng Qu paid him no mind and just fixed his eyes on Fu Zhi.

  Casting Zheng Qu a defiant glance, Fu Zhi took over the dice up in Gu Yanqi’s hand and said, “If you feel it’s unfair, why not I play with you instead?”

  “No, Fu Zhi. He’s pretty good at this and……” Gu Yanqi said, “The stake is high, and you might lose all your money……”

  “Don’t worry,” Fu Zhi interrupted, “It’s on me if I win, but it’s on you if I lose.”

  Gu Yanqi was speechless and he became even more worried.

  Li Nanli went forward to kick Gu Yanqi and asked, “What are you still doing here?”

  Gu Yanqi replied, “Protecting her.”

  “Get out of her way,” Li Nanli said before kicking him away.

  After Li Nanli had kicked Gu Yanqi away, Fu Zhi held the dice cup in her hand and said to Zheng Qu, “Let’s change the rule. Whoever gets the smaller number wins. I’ll go for 80 million. Are you in or not?”

  “80 million? Are you crazy?” Mela shouted.

  “You don’t believe your boyfriend can win this?”

  “What? Of course not!” Mela refuted.

  “Well, that’s decided, then. Let’s waste our time and start the game.”

  With that, Fu Zhi took her dice cup up and began shaking.

  Truth be told, Zheng Qu did not have a good feeling about going up against Fu Zhi as well, but Fu Zhi did not give him a chance to say anything. After she shook the dice cup three times, she put it on the table.

  Zheng Qu’s face darkened.

  Mela looked anxiously at him and said, “I think she’s just messing with you. Don’t care about her. Just stay calm and you’ll be alright.”

  Zheng Qu nodded.

  Generally, anyone who knew how to play a dice game would know that if one stacked all the dice together and if the last die on the top had a “1”, he or she would certainly win the game.

  However, it took a lot of skills and practice to be able to do it.

  Zheng Qu shook the dice cup for three minutes or so. In the end, he let out a sigh when he heard a “click” from the cup and he placed the cup on the table.

  Fu Zhi gestured him to open his dice cup first.

  Zheng Qu slowly opened his dice cup, and as expected, all of the dice were stacked together into a pillar and the die on the top was showing the number “1”.

  “Terrific!” Someone exclaimed.

  However, their delight was short-lived. As Zheng Qu watched on, Fu Zhi opened up her dice cup, and to everyone’s surprise, there was nothing inside of her dice cup other than a pile of white powder.

  “It’s an 0!”

  Zheng Qu was stunned and Gu Yanqi shouted, “I have my sports car back!”

  Li Nanli doubted so.

  ‘Don’t count your chicken before they hatch. There’s a good chance that she’s going to take all the money into her pocket.’

  “Fu Zhi, you—” Zheng Qu snapped as he glared furiously at Fu Zhi. He felt as if he wanted to vomit blood as he had never seen something like this before.

  Besides, he also wondered when did Fu Zhi crush the dice.

  Zheng Qu was not an idiot, and he did not believe that someone could reduce dice into powder by just shaking them.

  Therefore, he shouted, “You must have cheated! What’s the point of shaking the dice when the dice are gone? Let’s start a new game!”

  Li Nanli swirled the wine in his glass and added, “What did you say?”

  “That’s a nice one, Aunt Fu Zhi,” Zheng Qu said, but the expression on his face said otherwise.

  He stared at Fu Zhi like a snake staring at prey as he hissed, “Let’s go for another round, okay, Aunt Fu Zhi?”

  “Nah, you’re too weak. I don’t have any sense of accomplishment by defeating you. I’d rather play with my phone.”

  Fu Zhi then turned her head around. The police officers from Myanmar had been calling and sending her text messages. It seemed to her that something had happened to Matthew, so she figured she should go now.

  “You guys can split those Onyx Pixies. We have to go now.”

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  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 559: It Is Not So Much Damaging As It Is Humiliating

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  Zheng Qu was not going to let Fu Zhi leave so soon, not to mention that she was giving those Onyx Pixies that she took from him away.

  However, just when Zheng Qu was about to say something, the servant had already distributed those Onyx Pixies to the group of young masters.

  Gu Yanqi lifted his eyebrows.

  He was fully aware of what Fu Zhi was capable of and he had experienced her sharp tongue before, but he did not expect she would be this clever.

  After giving those Onyx Pixies away, she had unwittingly drawn closer the relationship between the group of young masters under Zheng Qu and her.

  If Zheng Qu stepped forward and said something, not only would it make him look like an untrustworthy person, but it would also harm the relationship between him and the group of young masters.

  The group of young masters looked at each other and asked, “Are you sure these Onyx Pixies are for us?”

  “I guess so. She doesn’t seem like she’s joking with us……”

  “Ms. Fu has won a lot of money tonight, so I’m sure she won’t mind giving these fish to us!”

  “She’s so kind. Not only that, but she’s beautiful. If President Li has grown bored of her, I can become her friend!”

  “She’s even…… Well, I mean she’s kind of generous. I guess her family must have brought her up well. Onyx Pixies are known for its great medical value, so let’s go and say thank you to Ms. Fu?”

  Just as they were talking, Fu Zhi had already sent a message to Wang Rao and had them come to pick them up as soon as possible.

  After that, she put her phone back into Li Nanli’s pocket and looked around, “You’re welcome. You guys should thank President Li instead. He’s the one who killed most of the Onyx Pixies.”

  Since she had said that, everyone then turned towards Li Nanli and expressed their gratitude to him.

  When Zheng Qu saw the scene, he nearly fainted.

  ‘Why the f*ck are you guys thanking him?! Those Onyx Pixies were mine! Mine! You guys should be thanking me!’

  He treasured the Onyx Pixies in the artificial pond very much. He couldn’t bring himself to consume them no matter how sick he was or how serious his injuries were, and he took care of them as if they were his children.

  Little did he expect that Fu Zhi and Li Nanli would take all of them away from him! They did not even leave a single fish scale to him!

  The more Zheng Qu thought about it, the angrier he became. He seemingly could taste blood in his throat, but he ignored it.

  ‘It’s fine. It’s fine. Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool…… I’m a man. I can take this,’ he said to himself.

  However, it did not work. No matter how many times he told himself that he could take it, he still felt heartbroken for losing nearly two hundred million tonight.

  Someone noticed his expression and saw through his vulnerability. He went up to him and patted his shoulder, “Just take it easy, Young Master Zheng. There’s no use getting angry over a trivial matter like this.”

  How could he not be angry after what Fu Zhi and Li Nanli had done to him?

  Besides, most of them came to this banquet tonight for one reason: Li Nanli. They wanted to know what was Li Nanli’s thinking about the Zheng Family.

  The Zheng Family was a branch of the Huo Family. They were not as rich as the Huo Family and they gathered their fortune from the mine that they took from the Huo Family.

  In the past, Zheng Qu would not provoke and taunt Li Nanli whenever he had the chance, but Li Nanli always gave him the cold shoulder. This showed that the Li Family did not have the intention of annexing the Zheng Family and therefore, these young masters were willing to keep in touch with the Zheng Family and follow their lead.

  However, things would start to change after tonight. After Zheng Qu had suffered multiple defeats at Li Nanli’s hands, every young master present could see that the Zheng Family was nothing compared to the Li Family. It was as easy as a piece of cake for the Li Family to take over the Zheng Family and the mine and there was nothing the Zheng Family could do about it.

  Once these young masters realized that Zheng Qu could do nothing against Li Nanli, they would start to consider if they should join forces with the Zheng Family to chase the Li Family away if they intended to enter the market in Myanmar.

  Zheng Qu was well aware of this.

  Most of the young masters in this banquet were on his side, but he was also confident that there were some of them hoping that the Zheng Family and the Li Family could fight against each other.

  He licked his lips and said, “Since you guys are leaving, let’s call it a day, then. There is still a distance between the location of the banquet and the villa, why don’t we end this banquet with a bang? Let’s have a race, Uncle Li.”

  Li Nanli looked at him and raised his eyebrows, for he could catch the provocation in his words.

  Everyone could sense the tension in the air, especially Mela.

  She only became Zheng Qu’s girlfriend because of his family status. If Zheng Qu could prevent Li Nanli from acquiring the Zheng Family, things would be easier. However, if he could not, she might need to reconsider their relationship.

  In the meantime, Li Nanli draped his blazer on Fu Zhi and asked, “You want to have a race with me?”

  He measured Zheng Qu from his head to his toe and frowned. “Are you really sure about that?”

  Zheng Qu was speechless, and he felt offended.

  Li Nanli turned his head around to look at the crowd and asked, “Are you all going to join the racing as well?”

  “Nope,” one of them replied, “Young Master Zheng has found Zhuang Mo to compete with you. All of you are professionals, so I think we all are going to stay out of this.”

  “That’s right! We’re not going to join this time.”

  “I heard that Young Master Zheng is going to take the second-generation sports car that he bought from the Fu Corporation out for this race.”

  “But President Li doesn’t have a sports car, right? So how is he going to compete against Young Master Zheng?”

  “.……”

  Everyone surrounded Zheng Qu and Li Nanli in a circle.

  These young masters had begun to shift to Li Nanli’s side after they received the Onyx Pixies from him. They were worried that Li Nanli might not be able to compete against Zheng Qu since he did not have a sports car with him right now.

  Fu Zhi looked at them coldly from the sidelines.

  Zheng Qu was a car lover, and he had a collection of sports cars in his garage. He lifted his chin triumphantly and said, “Well, if President Li doesn’t have a sports car with you right now, I can lend you one. There’s one sports car in my garage that I think suits your style a lot. Although it’s a normal sports car and not as good as the Fu Corporation’s second-generation sports car, I guess it should be sufficient, right? What do you think, President Li?”

  “He doesn’t want it,” Fu Zhi chimed in before Li Nanli could say anything, “If it’s a normal sports car, just keep it in your garage. Don’t take it out. It’s embarrassing. I happen to have a sports car with me, so he can drive mine.”

  The corner of Zheng Qu’s lips quivered and he sneered, “Alright, then. I’ll see what kind of sports car you have, Aunt Fu Zhi.”

  —

  There were a dozen sports cars parked outside of the banquet hall. Some of them belonged to the young masters that came to the banquet, while the others were the sports cars from The Brave Lions.

  Zhuang Mo was standing in front of his own car and his face was dark.

  He had been trying his best to look for the driver who defeated him in a race the other day but to no avail. The driver seemed to have vanished from the surface of the earth, and he could not get any information about him or her no matter how hard he tried.

  Very soon, Zheng Qu and the others came out.

  Zhuang Mo then straightened his body and greeted, “President Li, Young Master Gu.”

  Li Nanli nodded a reply as he wrapped his arm around Fu Zhi’s waist.

  Right now, there was a group of people beside Zheng Qu. All of them had never seen the Fu Corporation’s second-generation sports car and they were curious about it.

  A big yellow truck was coming along the road towards them. After the truck came to a stop, a group of servants rushed forward and opened up the truck door. Then, the first thing they saw was a sports car, covered in grey cloth and secured with silver chains.

  The group of servants then worked together to unload the sports car from the truck and lifted the cover under Zheng Qu’s permission.

  “Swoosh!”

  What appeared in front of them was a purplish sports car. It had a streamlined body, and there was the Fu Corporation’s logo at the front and rear of the car.

  “Holy! So this is the Fu Corporation’s second-generation sports car? It’s so beautiful!”

  “This sports car is so cool! It’s definitely worth the price!”

  “The color is stunningly bright as well. Imagine how cool it’s if we can take our girlfriends for a ride in it.”

  “I heard that this color is five million more expensive than other colors of the same generation.”

  “I didn’t expect that the sports car developed by the Fu Corporation would be as good as the sports car made from other countries. The Fu Corporation has done it again this time!”

  Someone couldn’t help himself and ran his fingers across the body of the car. As he reveled in the cold sensation on the tip of his finger, he sighed, “Why are you still standing there, Young Master Zheng? Hurry up and open the car for us to see.”

  Zheng Qu became speechless. Truth be told, Zheng Qu was a little bit lost right now. He remembered that he had a purple sports car, and although he had already forgotten how the car looked since he had not been driving it for a year, he still had a vague impression of the car. He had a feeling that the car seemed to have been significantly upgraded in appearance compared to the last time he saw it, which was about a year ago.

  ‘Is this really my car?’

  However, he had not heard of anyone here buying a car from the Fu Corporation before.

  ‘Is my car capable of auto-upgrading?’

  Before Zheng Qu could figure out what was going on, the group of young masters was taking photos of the sports car and began asking girls out.

  One of them even turned his head to Zheng Qu and asked, “You have the keys with you, right, Young Master Zheng? Open it up and let’s go in to have a look! Besides, can you lend the car to me for two days? I’m going to buy one after my dad gives me money!”

  “Sure……” Zheng Qu said hesitantly. He still could not tell if the car belonged to him or not.

  He pulled the key out of his pocket. Then, a man standing behind him stepped forward and looked at Fu Zhi and Li Nanli. “Young Master Zheng’s sports car is here, so where are yours, Ms. Fu?”

  His gaze was filled with mockery as if he was saying that every other sports car was rubbish in front of the Fu Corporation’s sports car.

  Fu Zhi did not know what she should say. She did not know if she should thank him for his recognition or not.

  At the same time, Wang Rao opened the door of the truck. Since Fu Zhi did not pick up his call, he jumped down from the truck, and he was dumbfounded when he saw the group of people around the sports car.s

  Zheng Qu pointed the key at the sports car and pressed the button.

  Some young masters tried to open the door but he could not. He turned to look at Zheng Qu and asked, “What’s wrong, Young Master Zheng?”

  Zheng Qu was stunned. He pressed the button again but the sports car remained unresponsive. It was only now that he felt something was not right.

  The sports car he bought was smaller than the one in front of him.

  “The driver must have delivered the car to the wrong place,” Zheng Qu said.

  When Wang Rao heard what he was saying, he shouted, “What the hell are you talking about? This sports car is not yours. It belongs to Ms. Fu Zhi!”

  Then, he shooed the group of people standing around the car away. “Move aside! Move aside! How could you take photo of Ms. Fu’s sports car without her permission? You guys are really a bunch of rude young men.”

  Wang Rao was born with a loud voice, and everyone heard his voice clearly.

  Fu Zhi owned a sports car from the Fu Corporation!

  What was her relationship with the Fu Corporation?

  Everyone turned their gazes on Fu Zhi as they were waiting for her to give them an explanation.

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  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise