In the evening, Xiang Nan returned to the gambling hall.
As soon as he entered the casino, he attracted everyone's attention.
Last night, Xiang Nan's poker skills were too high.
Winning 60 million US dollars in one night is really not easy.
Therefore, everyone is waiting to see how he will kill everyone again tonight.
Xiang Nan came to the bar and ordered another glass of wine that he mixed yesterday. While drinking, he chatted with Vespa.
"I think I'm going to name it after you." He smiled and said to Vespa, "Vespa, that's a good name~"
"Because it has a bitter aftertaste?" Vesper was slightly taken aback and joked with a smile.
"No, it's because once you taste it, you just want to drink it." Xiang Nan explained.
Hearing what he said, Vesper laughed, with a hint of teasing in his smile.
"What, you don't believe it?" Xiang Nan asked.
"It should be easy for you to give up love." A trace of bitterness flashed across Vesper's face.
She knew that after Xiang Nan won the card game tonight, her mission was coming to an end.
At that time, she was still a staff member of the British Treasury, working from nine to five, step by step; while Xiang Nan was still an agent of his MI6, traveling all over the country and going through life and death.
The two of them will never meet again, and it is impossible for them to be together again.
Because she couldn't live a life of fighting, killing, and bloodshed. Unless Xiang Nan stops being an agent and finds a legitimate job.
…
Xiang Nan was slightly startled, hearing what Vespa meant.
She knew their relationship would end in failure, just like Bond's previous flamboyant romances.
If it were James Bond, he would really resign to MI6 and live in retirement with Vesper.
Because Vesper has saved Bond's life many times. One was to help Bond seize the gun of a Ugandan warlord; one was to help Bond get first aid in time and detoxify foxglove poison; one was to exchange money for Bond's life...
In addition, Bond was a fledgling at the time and was still a man who had never had a love affair, so it was normal for him to be attracted to the smart, beautiful, and sexual Vesper.
But Xiang Nan is not Bond. He is already a veteran of flowers, and he pays attention to walking among thousands of flowers without letting any leaves touch him.
Although Vespa is smart and beautiful, to Xiang Nan, she is not much different from other women.
What's more, Xiang Nan knew that Le Chiffre looked fierce, but in fact he was just a peripheral member of the Spectre Party, the most inconspicuous pawn.
The power of Specter is spread all over the world. Any branch can easily allow South American powers to stage a coup. Even the British Intelligence 6 and MI5 were penetrated by them like a sieve.
Brophy, the boss of Spectre, regards Bond as a thorn in his side.
Because he was Bond's godbrother, he resented Bond for taking his father's love away from him, which led him to become a black man. He even planned to kill his father, and then founded Spectre incognito.
He has always hated Bond, so he will kill everyone Bond loves, leaving him in deep pain. Vespa, Madame M, Madeleine...
Therefore, even if he loves Vespa, he cannot be with her.
…
Just as Xiang Nan was thinking about how to reply to Vespa, Mathis happened to come over and said, "I just received a secret. Le Chiffre has a habit of playing cards. Every time he bluffs, he first presses the corner of his left eye. . Otherwise, the corner of his left eye will keep twitching."
[An app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old book-chasing tool, used by all old bookworms.
Soon the gambling begins.
In the first few rounds, everyone behaved the same way, playing cautiously, and seemed to be observing something.
"Yes, he is indeed like that~" Mathis said quietly to Vespa.
Vesper nodded.
In the previous rounds, whenever Le Chiffre bluffed, he would indeed cover his left eye first.
"That's good, our tough guy won for sure this time." Mathis smiled.
"Maxis, I seem to have made a mistake." Vespa said guiltily.
"What's the mistake?" Mathis was stunned and asked with concern.
Vespa then recounted the previous conversation between her and Xiang Nan.
"Oh, my baby, you can't say these things to him before he goes to the gambling table." Upon hearing this, Mathis covered his forehead in depression.
He all knows that the most important thing at the gambling table is mentality. Once the mentality collapses, judgment will be wrong, so the mentality must not be affected before going to the gambling table.
Vespa really made a huge mistake by talking to Xiang Nan about feelings.
"I'm really sorry, what should I do?" Vesper asked.
"There's nothing he can do now except look at himself." Mathis shook his head.
"Oh my god, what have I done~" Vespa said apologetically, crossing himself with both hands, hoping that Xiang Nan would win a big victory.
…
Soon it will be a new round.
The community cards at this time are a pair of J, K, and A. There were six people who folded their cards at the beginning, leaving Xiang Nan, Le Chiffre and Felix from the CIA to compete for cards.
"Three hundred thousand chips~" Felix raised.
Xiang Nan threw out 300,000 chips and called.
Le Chiffre also threw out 300,000 chips and chose to follow the bet.
Then the dealer dealt a new card, but it was a King.
Felix put in half a million chips.
Xiang Nan threw out half a million chips and called.
Le Chiffre also threw out half a million chips and called.
At the same time, he pretended to be thinking and put his hand on the corner of his left eye.
"Look, he's cheating again~" Mathis whispered to Vespa when he saw it.
Vesper nodded.
Felix also seemed to know Le Chiffre's secret. When he saw him showing off his signature bluffing moves, he immediately bet all the three million remaining chips in his hand.
Le Chiffre saw this and went all-in.
"A total of 33.25 million U.S. dollars in chips." The dealer counted the chips and then looked at Xiang Nan, "Mr. Beach..."
"Bond also had to bet so many chips to break Le Chiffre's bluff." Mathis explained to Vesper.
When Vespa heard this, he couldn't help but become nervous.
Thirty-three million US dollars in chips, to her, is simply an astronomical figure.
Each of these chips may seem inconspicuous, but even the smallest one is enough to earn her half a year's income.
Xiang Nan hesitated for a moment and chose to go all-in.
…
"Three of you, please show your cards." Seeing that everyone was all-in, the dealer said.
Felix then revealed his hole card, which turned out to be a pair of Aces. In this way, he can form a full house, three Aces and two Kings, which is a pretty good hand.
Seeing such a card type, the onlookers around were also very excited.
But Le Chiffre revealed his trump card at this time, and it turned out to be a pair of jacks.
In this way, he formed four jacks, which is better than the gourd.
Everyone present could not help but be startled when they saw his trump card.
They all thought that Le Chiffre was bluffing again this time, so Felix, who was always cautious, chose to go all-in.
But unexpectedly, Le Chiffre was pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger this time.
