Chapter 426 - 423: Underground Boxing Ring Shane Bar, the largest entertainment venue in the northern suburbs of Celestial Sea, is also one of the few bars that operate around the clock.
However, the bar's regulars know well that Shane Bar's 24-hour operation is because...
Although it's a bar on the surface, it secretly houses an underground fighting ring that offers gambling services! Tang Yao had a brief conversation with the doorman at the bar entrance, and then the doorman led Tang Yao and Ye Huan to a wall.
After the doorman verified his fingerprint on the fingerprint lock on the wall, there was a "boom" sound, and the heavy door of the secret room opened, revealing a staircase leading underground.
As the staircase appeared, deafening metal rock music and shouts echoed from within.
The area of the underground fighting ring is even larger than the bar. In the center is a fifty-square-meter boxing ring, where two muscular men were exchanging punches in the ear-shattering metal rock music.
Beneath the ring, a crowd of gamblers whistled, shouted, and laughed loudly.
After entering the fighting ring, Tang Yao scanned the crowd, looking for her father, Tang Dongqiang.
Soon, her gaze froze on a thin, dirt-covered middle-aged man cheering with raised arms, and she was immediately filled with anger.
"Are you still human? At a tlike this, you're still here gambling on fights!?" Tang Yao grabbed the man's arm and pulled him aside, looking heartbroken and furious.
The middle-aged man was Tang Yao's father-Tang Dongqiang.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe was in high spirits, but after being interrupted, he couldn't help feeling a bit annoyed. However, when he saw who it was, he was momentarily stunned.
"Yao Yao, what are you doing here? And... who is he?" Tang Dongqiang glanced at Ye Huan, a bit confused.
"Don't ask about him first!" "I'm asking you, mom and Xiaoxiao are in Xie Yongqiang's hands, and you still have the mood to gamble on fights. Aren't you afraid of what he might do to them!?" "Also, you borrowed a high-interest loan from Xie Yongqiang again, borrowing a hundred thousand to repay five hundred thousand!?" Tang Yao becmore and more furious, tightening her grip on Tang Dongqiang, causing him pain.
Tang Dongqiang inhaled sharply, then retracted his hand, and spoke seriously, "Yao Yao, I hope you can understand me. I asked him for this one hundred thousand, isn't it to turn things around, to save your mom and Xiaoxiao?" "As long as I win one big bet, I can pay off all the debts, and Xie Yongqiang will let our family go!" "By then, not only will we have paid the debts, but we can also live in a luxury house, drive a luxury car, and turn our lives around instantly!" Tang Yao was so angry she laughed, putting her hands on her hips, "And have you won?" To her surprise, Tang Dongqiang nodded earnestly, "I have won." Tang Yao was momentarily speechless, her anger having nowhere to go; she really didn't expect Tang Dongqiang to win.
"Not a lot, just five hundred thousand." Tang Dongqiang added, looking smug, "Yao Yao, as I said before, losing money was just accumulating experience. Now Dad can proudly tell you, Dad is 'max level', and I won't lose again! This five hundred thousand is just the beginning. After betting another dozen rounds, I can make at least ten million today, haha!" The words had just fallen.
"Bang!" The fists collided on the ring, deciding victory and defeat! The muscular man with the red headband won this time, raising his arms in the air with a victor's smile on his face.
The gamblers below the stage cheered continuously and were full of excitement, clearly having gained a lot.
"Haha!" Tang Dongqiang also jumped up happily.
After calming down, he patted Tang Yao's shoulder, his expression smug, as he said with a smile, "Yao Yao, you see how good dad's skills in fight betting are, right? To be honest, after this fight, dad won another fifty thousand!" Tang Yao's face darkened like the bottom of a pot, her anger having nowhere to go.
She knew that no matter what she said, a money-winning Tang Dongqiang wouldn't listen. "Waiter, cover." "Uh... put all this six hundred fifty thousand on that big brother on the stage for the next round!" Tang Dongqiang beckoned a waiter over, intending to place all the chips he held into the waiter's tray.
Ye Huan reached out to stop him, "Uncle Tang, don't bet this round." "How can I not bet!" "Betting on that big brother equals winning money, do you understand that, kid!" "Quick, quick, go aside." Tang Dongqiang impatiently waved his hand, pushing Ye Huan aside.
This time, Tang Yao stopped him with a cold face.
"Listen to him, don't bet this round!" Tang Yao said.
"Why not?" "No reason, if you still care aboutas your daughter, don't bet this round!" Tang Yao stared with angry eyes, knowing that Ye Huan was not speaking without reason.
When his daughter threatened him like this, Tang Dongqiang had no choice but to grit his teeth, awkwardly apologize to the waitress, send her away, and refrain from betting on the next match.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Tang Dongqiang pointed at Ye Huan.
"No, but if you listen to him, you won't go wrong!" Tang Yao snorted coldly, her face slightly flushed. She simply felt that Ye Huan was much more reliable than Tang Dongqiang.
Tang Dongqiang was infuriated. He had always heard others say that daughters were unpredictable. Now he truly experienced it himself! His daughter was actually stopping her father from betting to "make money" because of an unknown, inexperienced wild boy! The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Tang Dongqiang gave Ye Huan an extremely dissatisfied glare.
Ye Huan didn't care and calmly watched the ring.
Having traversed the Dark World for seven years, he had seen all the dark sides of this world. The "little tricks" played in this underground arena were child's play to him, and couldn't hide from his eyes at all.
At this moment, another burly man stepped into the ring to face off against a man with a red bandana.
The gamblers saw him and immediately felt a sense of dread; he was a fierce one, even bigger than the red- bandana fighter! The burly man smirked and made a provocative gesture.
The red-bandana fighter erupted in response.
In less than a minute, the burly man who initiated the provocation was kicked off the stage by the red-bandana fighter.
Red-bandana fighter, wins! "Great!!!" "Haha, this guy is awesome, I've won eight hundred thousand, haha!" "He's truly a lucky star. I've never won before, lost tens of millions, and this dude has directly paidback one percent, haha!" The gamblers were full of joy, clapping and cheering for the red-bandana fighter repeatedly.
"Sigh-"
On the side, Tang Dongqiang sighed heavily, furious as he scolded Tang Yao: "Look at what you've done, if I'd bet, could have made tens of thousands this time!" "He has his reasons for not letting you bet, just trust him!" Tang Yao retorted directly.
"You..." Tang Dongqiang's anger surged, nearly exploding, and he truly wanted to give Tang Yao a slap.
Meanwhile, a small, thin man with an eagle nose and hawk-like eyes walked up to the ring.
He was the one who would face off against the red-bandana fighter in the next match.
At a glance, the 1.6-meter-tall eagle-nosed man looked like a child in front of the roughly 2-meter-tall red- bandana fighter.
Purely from the size, it's no exaggeration to say that if the red-bandana fighter landed a punch, the eagle-nosed man might die on the spot! A sure loss! The gamblers saw this and were all smiles, handing their chips to the waitress without hesitation, betting everything on the red-bandana fighter.
Tang Dongqiang gave Ye Huan an extremely dissatisfied glare, then om suppressed his anger, called over the O waitress, and said, "Here's six hundred and fifty thousand, put it all on Red Bandana Brother....." "No, put the whole six hundred and fifty thousand on that other guy." Ye Huan firmly interrupted Tang Dongqiang.
Tang Dongqiang widened his eyes and said, "Kid, are you delirious?" "I'm not, just listen to me." Ye Huan said unhurriedly.
"Get lost!" Tang Dongqiang glared at Ye Huan, then handed all his chips to the waitress and said exuberantly, "Bet it all on Red Bandana Brother!" "Okay, okay!"
The waitress's mouth subtly turned up. At first, when she heard Ye Huan say to bet on the eagle-nosed man, her expression slightly changed, but now it returned to normal. "Uncle Tang, you're throwing money away." Ye Huan remarked helplessly.
Tang Dongqiang smirked sarcastically and laughed coldly: "Kid, if you don't understand, don't babble. Do you even know the strength of the red-bandana fighter in the ring?" "He's been undefeated, winning every match over the past few dozen days!" "His strength is beyond your imagination! Once, his mere presence terrified another fighter into submission!" "The sixty-five thousand I won was all from betting on him!" "This eagle-nosed guy seems even thinner than me. A gust of wind could blow him away, much less withstand a punch from the red-bandana fighter!" Ye Huan kept his composure but said something surprising.
"Precisely for that reason, he shouldn't be bet on."