God's Prayer and Nightwish

When the two arrived on the Victoria, the banquet had officially started for more than an hour.As soon as the airship with the Leonis family crest appeared in people's sights, it caused a sensation. Many guests gathered wine glasses and dragged their skirts, trying to stand out from the crowd and gain rare favors.However, until the cabin door opened and the vertical ladder came down, the handsome face of Leonis' son briefly appeared before everyone's eyes, and then quickly disappeared behind the VIP passage leading to the upper floor, he didn't give a single glance to others.

Ye Yuan politely rejected the waiter who led the way, and gave him a big tip, saying that he only needed himself.As soon as the elevator leading to the "VIP entertainment room" closed, a crack appeared on Hiroji's robot-like face, and he said with a "hum", "No wonder you spent so much money to move the beach here. "

There are two outdoor swimming pools on this super airship. The upper one is smaller and can be dropped directly from the outer diving board and slide into the large swimming pool on the lower floor. A large amount of white sand has been manually transported around the swimming pool and laid into a pool. A sky beach.

Ye Yuan reminded in a low voice: "Master, there is an indoor skating rink on the fourth floor."

Just as Hiji was about to speak, the elevator had already arrived.As soon as the elevator door opened, the huge "Night Watch" originally hung in the main hall of the main house of the Eclipse appeared in front of my eyes. On both sides stood service staff with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes. Their muscles bulged under their black slim uniforms, obviously dedicated to Bodyguards watching over the painting.

Hiji only glanced at it, then walked into the entertainment room, and Yeyuan consciously went to the reception hall next door to exchange chips worth 50 refills.

When he came back with a box of chips, he suddenly found that not only the night patrol, but also many porcelains and tapestries from the main house appeared here-these are all artistic survivors before the full radiation, and each object needs to be individually inspected. Arranging bodyguards and delivery lines, just a birthday party, directly turned this place into a sky-high museum.

Hirsi over there had already exchanged pleasantries—all the heads or second-in-commands of the major families were present, and Hirsi looked very young inside, but his indifferent and powerful demeanor could not be ignored. The "colleagues" who were supposed to meet at the monthly meeting said hello and sat down at the poker table.

20 refills are bought and served on the table.

Ye Yuan placed the chips neatly in front of him, before Si Si even looked at the cards, he raised his hand and threw the big blind, and asked casually, "Who is lucky tonight?"

The man in the seat laughed: "Old Feng has already drawn three straights."

Hiji nodded: "Then I have to be careful of Mr. Feng."

Elder Feng who was named also smiled and said, "When was Leonis afraid of other people's luck?"

It was only then that Ye Yuan noticed that in this VIP game room, people from the top ten families were basically gathered, except for Fan Xiulian and Mande, who were not present.

Apparently he wasn't the only one who noticed this, Elder Feng turned over his cards and asked, "Where's the birthday star?"

Hiji replied: "I don't know, I guess they are preparing for some grand entrance."

"Leonis' family wealth is really eye-opening. Such a big fortune can be spent on a birthday party."

Hijiri also turned over his cards and looked at them, a pair of 10s.

Generally speaking, players with cards are not willing to show their cards to those around them. One is because of the ancient superstition that doing so will dissipate good luck, and the main reason is that the reactions of people around them are likely to be exposed to the poker table. Others - Playing cards is ultimately about playing "people".But Ye Yuan was trained by Day Division since she was a child so that no matter what cards she sees, she will remain calm and expressionless-one point in playing cards depends on luck, two points depend on calculation, and seven points depend on acting.

Hiji followed Shang's note casually, and said, "After all, it's time to celebrate."

"According to the rules of the Leonis family, you can officially take over 3% of the family property, right? I heard that the young master wants to engage in helium-[-] mining with the Mande family?" Feng Lao said.

Lin Ke, who was seated above, sneered: "Arabian Nights, where is the moon exploration base built? Wasteland?"

Hiji said: "Not necessarily. The Mander family monopolizes 50.00% of the core of protium-boron fuel and reaction technology. When it comes to neutron-free nuclear fusion, no one is more familiar with them."

Feng Lao snorted and said, "Nuclear fusion, we are all living on such a small isolated island now, and there is no grass on the entire surface of the earth, it is because of these people who like to engage in nuclear fusion."

Neutronless nuclear fusion does not produce radiation side effects, but no one present reminded him.

Sitting opposite was Feng's eldest son, Feng Deweien. He was nearly forty years old, with a tall and well-maintained figure, and he seemed very taciturn compared to his father.

He rolled out a stack of chips and said, "Forty thousand more."

The few remaining players folded their cards one after another, and von der Wien folded his cards and threw them back on the table, silently gathering the chips in front of him.

Start a new game.

Hiji has another pair, this time a pair of 8s.

"I heard that Old Mande is desperately recruiting troops. Why do you need so many manpower? It can't be just for some moon exploration base." Hiroshi casually threw out the bait: "The desire of careerists has no end."

"I've heard that too," Lin Ke rubbed the cards in his hands, and waited for the public cards on the table to be dealt before continuing, "However, the Antlers are so big, how many people can they support?"

The community cards were 8, 10, 10, and it was only in the second round that Hiroshi had made a fullhouse.

Lin Ke made a raise of [-], but Hijiki held the full house but hesitantly called. The bigger the cards, the more he should slowly lure the opponent in, and wait for the pot to be large enough before he can wipe it all out.

"It should be said that Humoti is only this big, and there are more and more people every year. How many people can it hold?" Feng Lao followed ten thousand and said, "So Leonis is the largest shareholder of Humoti. , How much real estate do you hold? 30.00%?"

"40.00% two." Hiji said bluntly, and Lin Ke whistled.

Von der Wien folded and continued to flop—the turn was the 7, no flush.

"The flop call," said the dealer.

Lin Ke threw [-] in generously—obviously hit a straight—or pretended to hit a straight, but he had no chance of winning against a full house anyway.

Siji pretended to be troubled, switching the two chips back and forth in his hands, as if thinking about whether to follow.

After hesitating for a while, he made a call of 40.00, and then said: "This 50.00% two has been diluted from [-]% six. Every year, Humoti is expanding, but it is coming to an end, and the new three districts have already touched the reaction. At the extreme edge of the gravitational magnetic field range, there are some private cycle boats beyond, which are no longer Humati.”

Ye Yuan listened silently, and suddenly remembered the peace of fishing alone in a small boat.

Today is also his birthday, I don't know if he ate the real guava, I don't know how the boat looks after it is decorated with balloons, I don't know if he is happy with the lamb and the man named Mio ——What kind of feeling is it that the person who doesn't know what you love also happens to love you.

The last river card was turned over, and it turned out to be 8 again, and the full house in Hijiru's hand was suddenly promoted to four of a kind.

Lin Ke looked at it for a long time, knocked on the table twice, and checked conservatively.

There were already 15 refills in the pot, Hiji calmly raised [-], and Lin Ke wailed: "You want me to get all in?"

"Of course not," Hiraji said politely, "You still have [-] left, keep [-] as a souvenir."

All the people present laughed as if they were watching a good show—if Lin Keru folded his cards at this time, it would be hard for him to hold a straight, and all the previous bets would be in vain.But if you call, it’s okay if you win, but you have to leave the table if you lose.

"Okay, okay, I'm allin." Lin Ke pushed out all [-] chips.

Hiji also lost [-] more and played the cards.

As soon as the cards were turned over, everyone at the table started to boo. Hiji stood up and shook hands with Lin Ke. The other party shook his head and walked away to drink with a wry smile.

There are four people left at the table.

"Speaking of the Lunar Exploration Base, I heard that your dog has been running a lot in the wasteland lately." Hijiru's upper family has now become Gogol, who went to the famous place long before the wasteland era. The old Qian family used to be mainly engaged in energy logistics and underwater mining, and now they also take care of most of the air logistics.

Ye Yuan, who was named, smiled politely at the other party, and was not offended by the name "dog" at all.

Hiji said calmly: "Yes, the addiction to cigarettes is heavy, and the quality of cigar leaves grown on Humorti is getting worse and worse."

Gogol sneered noncommittally, and asked again: "I heard you don't live on the Eclipse anymore?"

Hiji nodded and said, "It's inconvenient to deal with things usually, but now I live in the Earth Center Building."

Elder Feng answered, "But the birthday star still lives in the Eclipse, so the youngest son will inevitably be more favored."

"After all, the environment on the Eclipse is better, and Dawn is still young, so it's more comfortable to stay at home." Hijiru said without leaking, "Originally he didn't spend much time with his father when he was a child, but now he just makes up for it."

Ye Yuan felt a little amused when he heard it - he had scolded Dawn as an idiot in front of him before, but now he pretended to be "young".

Everyone else folded, Hiji and Feng Lao tied the chips, spread them out, Hiji had a pair of aces, and Feng Lao had three 5s, the other party triumphantly collected all the chips in the center of the table.

Re-deal.

"I'm afraid this isn't some kind of drama about father's kindness and son's filial piety," Gogol said vaguely.

Hiji looked at the flop - 4 of hearts, 7 of diamonds, and said, "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

Gogol said mercilessly: "Don't blame me for being blunt. I have met that boy Donen a few times, and he is not very good, but his mother is not so simple. Fan Xiulianen's family was about to be removed from Humo Go out, since she married into your family, her family has been on a rocket."

The atmosphere at the table was a bit awkward for a while—Hisi's biological mother had passed away for many years, and since the new stepmother had such rich means, she must help her own son to ascend to the throne.On the way to the top of the pyramid, the eldest son Hijiki is the biggest obstacle.

But Hiji didn't seem to care about it: "It should be, after the two families are married, they should help each other. After all, don't we all help each other and benefit each other?"

Gogol laughed loudly: "Mutual aid and mutual benefit, what a mutual aid and mutual benefit."

The community cards came up: Ace of Hearts, 9 of Hearts, 8 of Spades.

Nightwish secretly calculated: the chances of the next two cards turning out to be a flush or a straight are not high, but Yewish has seen him play cards many times, sometimes it doesn't matter what card is in his hand. Every move, every word and even every expression after the first card is part of the trap.

Sure enough, Hiraji raised his bet conservatively.

But Gogol didn't intend to let go of this topic, and continued: "It doesn't matter if you are just a Fan Xilianen, and now you are united with the Mande family, don't you have to find a helper? Why don't you...you also go to the joint a marriage?"

Old Feng laughed: "The girl from Quanxumoti must have gone crazy."

Turn card: 6 of hearts.

The odds of winning with a flush increased a bit, and Hiroshi had a lot of chips in front of him and was rich, so he boldly added 5, and said, "If it's suitable, why not? What's the matter? Gogol, you want to introduce your daughter to me." me?"

Gogol is old enough to have a son, and his daughter is only 15 years old. She is so spoiled by heaven. Gogol shuddered and said repeatedly: "No, no, it's a beautiful idea."

Yewish, who was listening, fell into an ice cellar—marriage was no stranger to the top ten families, but the master hardly mentioned it, which made him almost forget it.

He almost forgot what kind of person his master is—he is a utilitarian through and through, a follower of Bentham, he believes in "maximizing interests" and "moral consequence theory", and he pursues correctness and The truth is "the greater good for the great kind".

It sounds ridiculous, but people at the apex of the capitalist world maintain grandiose ideas similar to those of post-communism.

If the advantages of marriage outweigh the disadvantages, why not?

Nightwish stared down at the corner of the table, his chest rose and fell peacefully—he almost forgot that he was just a dog, and he would never be his.

When Nightwish was distracted, the last river card was drawn: 6 of Diamonds.

The cards in Hijiki's hand were completely useless, and the single biggest card was the ace on the table.

But Day Division counted out a stack of chips and said, "One hundred thousand."

Several people at the table reacted differently, and finally folded their cards one after another, leaving only Von der Wien who was exceptionally silent all night.

Von der Wien: "One hundred thousand, plus one hundred thousand."

Feng Laochao sat back on the stool, greeted him with a glass of wine, and said leisurely: "This kid is crazy."

Ye Yuan knew that Hijiki had nothing in his hand, but the person on the other side of the card table didn't know that—according to the analysis of the revealed cards, he might have a straight, a trip, or a flush.

Hisuji showed a shallow smile—he was usually polite and well hidden his aggression, but at this moment, everyone at the table felt threatened.

The eldest son of the Leonis family is not the robot that was carved out of the "excellent successor" model, nor is it a "good boy" who paves the way for his younger brother to do hard work. He is a predator who has inherited the blood of the tiger wolf.

It's not that he doesn't know his little brother's little actions, nor is he ignorant of the motive of his stepmother's close contact with outsiders. He looks calm, maybe it's because he has been sure.

He was sure that he could win, but no one else knew what cards he was holding.

Hiji pushed all the chips in front of him: "allin, 150 million."

150 million pen refills, plus 75 in the pot, all the sharks in the entire VIP room gathered around because of the huge bets, and all the pressure was concentrated on von der Wien's shoulders.

Hiji didn't speak, just quietly waiting for him to make a decision.

There were thin beads of sweat on von der Wien's forehead, and his brows were tightly frowned—he had already calculated all the probabilities of winning, but the last [-]% of luck in poker cannot be calculated, especially when there are very few players on the table. When there are too many cards in the hole.

Von der Wien still had 70 chips in his hand. If he wanted to call, he had to go all-in. If he won, Hiroji would still have enough chips left on the table, but if he lost, he would lose everything.

Feng Deweien raised his head to look at Hiji, and then looked at his father, as if he was annoyed by the situation in front of him, but Ye Yuan knew that he had already made a decision in his heart.

During this long 5 minutes, Yeyuan's palms behind his back were wet with sweat, but he tried his best to control the frequency of breathing - except for Hiroji, he was the only one who knew that Hiroji had nothing in his hands.

Von der Wien finally picked up his cards and pushed forward: "I fold."

There was a small exclamation at the scene, and Hiroji also threw the cards back into the card pool upside down - no one could know what he was holding in his hand anymore.

Von der Wien suddenly stopped the dealer and said, "Fifty thousand, I'll play your card."

Hiji took out the cigar and held it in his hand, and Yeyuan immediately bent down to help him light it. Amidst the aroma of the cigar, Hiji showed a real smile for the first time in the whole night, and said, "You can't tell from my face cards, even my dog’s face can’t see the cards, so you can’t see the cards for how much money you spend.”

Boss Feng laughed, clapped his hands and said to his son, "Okay, don't be ashamed."

The attendant in charge of the top floor came over and reminded: "Gentlemen, there is still a quarter of an hour before Master Dorn's fireworks wishing ceremony will begin."

"The birthday star is finally willing to appear on the stage?" Feng Lao said, "Then let's play the bright cards for the last time."

Both Hiuji and Gogol agreed, and Von der Wien was still immersed in the aftertaste of the last move, so he nodded a little too late.

The dealer opened the cards of several players on the table, and a strange scene appeared——Gogol had a pair of 5s, Hiroshi had a pair of Qs, Feng Lao had a pair of Ks, and Feng Deweien had a pair of Aces.

Now even the waiter couldn't help but come over to watch. There were several circles around the four-person poker table. Gogol resolutely discarded his cards and joined the spectator team. Hiroshi directly bet 20, and it was Feng's turn.

Mr. Feng stared at his pair of kings and thought for a long time, then turned his eyes back and forth between Hiuji and Feng Deweien several times - this card is too high, and it is not just about skill, the eldest son of the Leonis family has been After serving the table, it seemed that all the fortunes were tilted towards him.

Mr. Feng rubbed his temples with his thumb and forefinger, rubbing the face of the cards for a long time, and finally raised his hand and discarded the cards.

It is very rare to hold a pair of kings but fold the card, and the audience is full of sighs.

Holding the biggest pair of aces in his hand, von der Wien called a bet of 20. All the cards in the fight were clearly turned over, no acting skills, all relying on luck.

The first three community cards came up, 5,7, [-] and King.

There was an uproar in the audience - the pair of kings in Feng Lao's hand, who folded, could have made a big three, basically a sure win.He laughed wryly, and waved his hand to express that.

The fourth turn card came, the 3 of spades.

Neither Hiji nor von der Wien had a flush, and von der Wien's pair of aces was the biggest.

Everyone except Hiroji stood up and stared at the dealer—the last river card, success or failure.

The card is flipped: Queen of clubs.

One in 22 chance!Hiji made three queens, and the room was instantly ignited by the dramatic climax. Hiji Shi suddenly stood up, shook hands with von der Wien, and then threw a chip to the dealer as a tip.

Elder Feng also stood up and said, "As expected of the son of Shencang, he is destined by destiny."

Hisashi also smiled: "No, I'm just following the destiny. I believe that since everyone present is smarter than me, they should also understand the principle of judging the situation."

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Supplementary information:

【How to Play Texas Holdem】

Each player has two cards in his hand, and five public cards of 3+1+1 will be turned over in turn on the table. Any number of cards on the table and the largest five cards in the player's hand will be used as the face of the card.

Each round, players can choose to Check (check), Raise (raise), Call (call) or Fold (discard)

[cards from big to small]

Straight flush

Four (four of the same)

Full house/fullhouse (three of a kind + pair)

Flush (such as five spades)

Straight (such as 9,10,J,Q,K)

Sanjo

two pairs

A pair

[The surnames of the top ten families currently appearing]

Leonis (Hishita's house)

Fan Xiulian (Day Si's stepmother's house)

Mande (Sunji's stepmother is currently playing a good family)

Playing cards together:

Old Feng and Feng Deweien's family

Gogol

Lin Ke