Zhao Jin shouted until he was a bit tired, took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and shook his head, "Chen Xuan... I didn’t expect you to have so much strength? Betting five thousand bucks without batting an eye, I should have set the upper limit higher."

"Want to reveal your cards?"

"Yeah... don’t get too caught up in it," Wang Xingyu also quietly advised Chen Xuan, "Zhao Jin doesn’t lack money."

"Ah, my cards are really good. I just want to win a big sum since I know President Zhao doesn’t lack money." Chen Xuan pretended to act regretful as if taking the advice, "Forget it, if that’s the case, I’ll reveal my cards first."

Both sides revealed their cards, and a flush naturally beats a straight.

A gasp arose at the scene.

"Wow, you really had a big hand!"

"But you have to dare to bet. If it were me, I’d have revealed my cards long ago!"

This round, the pot with more than ten thousand bucks went all to Chen Xuan, making the others envious.

"Lucky guy." Zhao Jin squinted and stared at Chen Xuan for a while, "Isn’t that like two months’ salary at a fast-food joint?"

"Probably three months." He laughed, "Thanks for matching the bet, Boss Zhao."

For a moment, the veins on the opponent’s forehead slightly bulged.

"Alright, let’s continue." Zhao Jin nodded to Xia Feiyan, "You deal the cards."

The number of participants in this round was fewer than the last, probably scared by the stakes. But those who dared to keep betting looked excited, everyone hoping to be the next lucky winner.

Just then, Chen Xuan suddenly noticed Xia Feiyan’s fingers had a slight tremble when dealing the cards.

Such an anomaly would be undetected by a regular person; only he could catch it.

He activated the Divine Eye Technique beforehand, and in a slow-motion vision like a high-speed camera, he clearly saw that she was dealing the cards not from the top of the deck, but plucking them swiftly with her thumb and forefinger from within the stack!

This was obviously cheating!

Chen Xuan felt speechless for a while. Was there a need to play this game at a class reunion? Just relying on their money wasn’t enough, and now they are using tricks?

If it were only against him, he wouldn’t care, but the problem was there were a dozen other clueless classmates at the table.

This round he had decent cards, a pair of Aces, which under normal circumstances could last him a few rounds.

But during the card-checking stage, Chen Xuan had already spotted at least three others with better hands, with Zhao Jin and Zhu Wu having flushes.

This was clearly a trap to lure him in.

Chen Xuan’s expression darkened slightly. Some grudges and jealousy between classmates were normal, and he could accept the ups and downs, but setting traps to deliberately screw someone over was not included. He didn’t know where Xia Feiyan learned this sleight-of-hand, but Zhao Jin bringing her in as a referee was clearly premeditated.

He simply threw away his cards.

This round, since the cards had been arranged, was particularly fierce, with many holding pairs or even straights, leading to rather tragic losses.

For example, Wang Xingyu and Cheng Yu each lost more than a thousand.

When only Zhao Jin and Zhu Wu remained, Zhu Wu pretended to hesitate before choosing to concede to Zhao Jin, despite having a better hand. Given Zhu Wu’s character, this was quite abnormal.

Chen Xuan understood clearly. It seemed the three of them were in cahoots.

"S-sorry, I suddenly remembered something I have to do, I must leave now..." Cheng Yu said with an awkward smile, "I’ve already transferred the money to Sister Yanzi, let’s play again next time, brothers."

"Leaving already?" Zhao Jin feigned regret, "Alright, you go ahead."

"Sorry..." he apologized with a smile as he left quickly, as if afraid they might hold him back.

"Tsk." Zhu Wu smacked his lips, "Isn’t he just afraid of losing? If you’re out of money, just don’t play. You could go sing and chat over there instead. No need to make excuses about something urgent."

"Maybe he really has something urgent?" Zhao Jin shrugged, "It’s fine if we’re short one person, let’s not worry about him and continue!"

The fourth round was the same, Chen Xuan’s hand was a bit bigger but not very large, this time he boldly declared, "Call 100!"

This move startled the others.

"That high right from the start? Brother Xuan, isn’t that a bit much?"

"Forget it... I fold."

With small increments of 20, nobody would think much of it, but raising 100 in one go was completely different. By the end of the round, only Zhao Jin, Zhu Wu, and Chen Xuan were left at the table.

This was exactly what Chen Xuan wanted to see.

They even glanced sideways at the dealer, and Xia Feiyan nodded slightly — every tiny action was caught by him.

"Really? You hit a big hand again?" Zhao Jin asked meaningfully.

"Not small, that’s for sure." Chen Xuan rubbed his hands, looking eager, "Are you in?"

"Stop talking nonsense, anyone who backs out is a wimp!" Zhu Wu shouted, "Raise 100!"

In their eyes, Chen Xuan had already taken the bait.

Although they didn’t know what cards he had, they were sure that they had the better hand; they were just seeing how far they could push him.

However, unbeknownst to them, they were the ones who had taken the bait.

Chen Xuan saw clearly that Zhu Wu had a straight flush JQK, while Zhao Jin had a random hand. No wonder having one referee wasn’t enough — taking turns with big hands made it less noticeable.

His hand was just a regular 789 straight.

Yet, this wasn’t a simple card game.

After ten more rounds, Zhao Jin shook his head deliberately, "This isn’t working, none of us wants to reveal first, and it’s not good for everyone to just watch us. How about... changing the limit?"

"I don’t care, up to you guys?" Zhu Wu said and nodded his chin at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan laughed, "Yeah, a class reunion shouldn’t just revolve around the three of us, let’s remove the limit."

"Remove it?" Suddenly there was an uproar around them.

Wang Xingyu and the others looked at Chen Xuan wide-eyed as if they didn’t recognize him.

Zhao Jin was momentarily stunned, then burst into laughter, "Gutsy! I raise by 10,000."

Without a word, Chen Xuan naturally matched.

This unexpected turn made the previously relaxed gathering suddenly brim with tension.

"Isn’t he too impressive working at a big company?"

"But wasn’t Chen Xuan relying on Zhao Jin for job opportunities? Why does it feel like he’s provoking President Zhao?"

"Hey, stop singing and come watch them play cards!"

For a time, the whispers were endless.

Everyone at the reunion gradually gathered around.

After another ten rounds of betting, the amount on the table quickly exceeded 300,000, even Xia Feiyan seemed a bit flustered keeping track.

Seeing it was about time, Chen Xuan decisively said, "Raise 1 million."

As his words fell, the scene turned silent! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

It was as if you could hear a pin drop!

million? Most people didn’t have that much money combined in their accounts!

"Are you freaking kidding me?" Zhu Wu immediately yelled, "Do you even have 1 million? You’re just shouting blindly!"

Chen Xuan, too lazy to explain, directly took out his phone, opened the bank balance section, and placed it on the table, "Is that enough?"

Everyone around craned their necks.

"How many zeros is that?" Wang Xingyu counted and exclaimed in shock, "Two, twenty million?"

Previously, to buy an excavator for Hot Pepper Village, he had prepared a batch of funds and deposited it in the account. He didn’t expect to use it to bluff in such a place. Of course, the funds Chen Xuan could actually control were far beyond this number. Since partnering with Beitian Academy, he no longer needed to care about the digits in his account.

"Are you in or not? Anyone who backs out is a wimp." He deliberately taunted with Zhu Wu’s original words.

Zhao Jin let out a cold laugh. Knowing he held the winning hand, how could he pass?

He gave Zhu Wu a look.

The latter was already impatient, a million! Even if Zhao Jin gave him half afterward, that was 500,000, enough to keep him happy for years!

But there was no point in just following the bet now, Zhu Wu chose to reveal, "I’ll compare with you — 1 million!"

By rules, since there were still three players at the table, he should let the referee compare the hands between the two, but in his excitement, Zhu Wu slapped his cards directly on the table. He knew Zhao Jin’s hand was just a decoy; it was up to him to decide this round!

"Whoa, a straight flush JQK!?" The onlookers exclaimed in amazement.

"Brother Wu’s luck is strong today?"

"Lay it out! Let the brothers see your hand!" Zhu Wu stared at Chen Xuan ominously.

Chen Xuan smiled, then laid his three cards on the table.

"Sorry... I won."

The three cards were clearly three Aces!