Boss, He’s Becoming a Father [Arc 1] Chapter 5.1: The Prodigal Son (10)
Shao Dabao was shocked when he heard this. The joy of winning the bet was nowhere to be seen on his face. He said loudly: “Dad! Dad! How can you use my finger as a bet!”
“Don’t you like gambling very much? What are you afraid of?” Shao Yu asked.
In the past, he gave money when he lost the bet, but now he had to cut his flesh. Before the knife fell, Shao Dabao started to feel pain.
He tried hard to get away from his father, but he didn’t know what was wrong. His old father seemed to be extremely strong today, making him unable to move. He could only say over and over again: “Dad, you can’t bet, you can’t bet!”
“Can’t bet? Then why did you live in the gambling house every day?” Shao Yu asked.
Shao Dabao’s face froze, and then he immediately swore: “Dad, I will never gamble again, never gamble again.”
Shao Yu was noncommittal, looked at Zhang Meng aside, and asked, “What do you think of this bet?”
Shao Yu was noncommittal, looked at Zhang Meng and asked, “What do you think of this bet?”
Zhang Meng looked at this scene and couldn’t help but ask: “Are you really serious?”
Shao Yu smiled and said: “How can you not be serious when you are on the gambling table?”
Zhang Meng frowned and asked, “What do you want me to bet on?”
He was ready for Shao Yu to open his mouth like a lion and planned to refuse at any time.
“A penny.”
Under everyone’s puzzled eyes, Shao Yu explained: “You think his hands are worth fifty taels, but I think that giving a penny is to lift him up.”
There is no smaller unit of measurement than a penny.
Zhang Meng was stunned and looked at Shao Dabao, who was standing aside with a face full of humiliation. He had a violent temper, and for a penny he could watch a good show of father and son killing each other, so he was happy to agree.
“Shake it.” Shao Yu urged the neighbor who acted as the dealer.
The neighbor looked at Shao Dabao unbearably, but he still honestly started to shake the dice box.
Shao Yu tilted his ears slightly, listening to the sound caused by the shaking of the dice.
When the dealer finally stopped, Shao Yu looked at Zhang Meng beside him: “Old rules, you choose first.”
Shao Yu still let Zhang Meng choose first, completely ignoring Shao Dabao’s wink as if he was killing a chicken and wiping his neck.
“Big.”
Zhang Meng continued to choose “big”, but this time he didn’t care much about the outcome, and was even prepared to lose a penny.
Shao Yu looked at Shao Dabao on the side and said, “It seems that I can only choose the small one.”
Shao Yu looked at Shao Dabao on the side and said, “It seems that I can only choose the smaller one.”
Shao Dabao immediately cried and asked, “Dad, can you win?”
“When I enter a casino, I always win first and then lose. I just won a round, and now it should be my turn to lose.” Shao Yu said with a smile.
Shao Dabao burst into tears, and immediately cried and said, “Then you choose the big.”
“I’ll choose Big, but you also have to ask Mr. Zhang if he agrees.” Shao Yu didn’t care about the result.
Shao Dabao immediately looked at Zhang Meng who was standing aside. Zhang Meng was unexpectedly easy to talk to this time and said, “You choose first.”
“Then shall we choose the big?” Shao Dabao asked.
Shao Yu asked back: “Do you want to choose win?”
“Then choose the big?” Shao Dabao said hesitantly.
“Well, that’s fine.” Having said that, the expression on Shao Yu’s face didn’t seem to agree.
Shao Dabao panicked again and asked, “Don’t you want to choose the big?”
“I don’t care, anyway, it’s not my fingers that I’m betting on.” Shao Yu spoke extremely ruthlessly.
Shao Dabao:…
“Dad, my biological father, what do you think I should choose?” Shao Dabao almost knelt down.
“I think it’s all good.” Shao Yu said perfunctorily.
Zhang Meng watched the father and son going back and forth without urging them, but watched with interest.
Shao Dabao still felt that it would be better to grab other people’s choices. After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind: “I want to choose the big.”
Zhang Meng saw enough of the excitement and said nonchalantly: “Okay, I’ll let you.”
Everyone looked at the dealer together.
Shao Dabao’s face was full of confusion. When the dealer was about to open the market, he suddenly said, “Wait.”
The dealer stopped immediately, with the dice box still pressed under his hand.
Shao Dabao stared at the unopened dice box, his face full of confusion.
“How about… how about I choose small?” Shao Dabao’s voice was hollow when he spoke. He looked at Shao Yu very uncertainly.
“Whether you can save your little finger or not depends entirely on your choice.” Shao Yu was doing the finishing touches.
Shao Dabao glanced down at his little finger and immediately changed his mind: “Forget it, I’ll choose big.”
“Are you sure?” asked the dealer.
Shao Dabao did not dare to answer, he wanted to change his words, but the feeling of being suspended in the air made him feel really unbearable, so he turned to look at Shao Yu, who was beside him, and pleaded: “Dad, help me choose.”
Shao Yu shook his head and refused, saying: “I don’t have to bet on this round, but I must bet on it. Do you know why?”
Shao Dabao shook his head.
Shao Yu said: “You like gambling, of course I will let you have fun gambling. If one finger is not enough, you still have nine. After gambling with your hands, you still have feet. Let’s do it one by one.”
Shao Dabao’s face turned pale, and for the first time he became afraid of gambling.
“Dad, I was wrong, I really know I was wrong…” Shao Dabao wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.
But Shao Yu remained indifferent.
“The head of the family…” Mrs. Wang wanted to say something.
Shao Yu didn’t even look at his cheap wife, and said, “This is what he likes to do. As parents, we naturally have to fully support him.”
“Dad…” Shao Dabao was still pleading.
“Choose.” Shao Yu urged.
Shao Dabao still couldn’t make up his mind when it came to his own fingers. He didn’t want to bear this on himself, so he asked Mrs. Wang on the side: “Mom, help me choose.”
Before Mrs. Wang could say anything, Shao Yu said, “If you make the wrong choice, be prepared to be hated by your own son for the rest of your life.
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