freenovelworld Chapter 549 Pick it up, don’t make me say it a second time
Chapter 549 Pick it up, don’t make me say it a second time
The Purple-Faced Overlord collapsed at the bottom of the bamboo tube and twitched twice, then became completely motionless. The whole place fell into complete silence.
Prince Wang's hand remained frozen in mid-air, clapping the table, and the ecstasy on his face instantly froze to pale.
The young men around widened their eyes, some of them dropped their folding fans to the ground with a "clack", and some even rubbed their eyes.
I couldn't believe that the cricket I spent five hundred taels on had its throat bitten off by a wild cricket.
"I accept defeat." Bai Wanwan tapped the edge of the table with her fingertips, and the banknotes made a crisp sound in her palm: "Two hundred thousand taels, don't make me ask for it a second time."
Prince Wang suddenly overturned the chair, and the jade pendant on his waist hit the corner of the table and broke into two pieces:
"Impossible! This must be sorcery! My Purple-Faced Overlord is served by a dedicated person every day, and he eats thousand-year-old ginseng and tiger bones!
How could you, a lowly insect caught from the fields, possibly…"
"How is it impossible?" Bai Wanwan sneered, picked up the cricket and gently placed it on her fingertips.
The little insect raised its head and chirped, the Purple-Faced Overlord's blood still stained on its wing tips. "Or does the prince intend to renege on his debt?"
Prince Wang's lips trembled as he suddenly grabbed the banknotes on the table and slammed them over: "Here you go! Don't think you'll always be this lucky!"
Silver bills scattered everywhere, and fire almost burst out of his red eyes.
Shen Tao unsheathed his sword, placed the tip of the sword against Prince Wang's throat and said, "Pick it up! Don't make me say it again."
Wang Jingheng hurriedly held Prince Wang's shoulder and said:
"Cousin, there's no need to ruin our relationship over such a small sum of money! We've known since childhood that one should accept defeat when gambling!
As long as the mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. We still have four crickets. Can't we win them back?"
Young Master Wang was so angry that he was breathing heavily, staring at Bai Wanwan with a fierce look as if he wanted to eat her.
He spat fiercely, squatted down, picked up the banknotes on the ground one by one, and slammed them on the table: "You are awesome!"
Bai Wanwan casually took the banknote and put it in her pocket, saying in a relaxed tone, "Who's next?"
At this time, another young man came out with a sneer and lifted the cage cloth.
A bright red cricket with three black stripes on its forehead jumped out of the bamboo tube. As soon as it landed on the ground, it started chirping non-stop, so loud that it hurt people's ears.
The young master said proudly, "This is General Chi Lei. Today I will show you how powerful I am!"
Bai Wanwan took a look at the gray cricket in her cage and put it into the bamboo tube.
As soon as the game started, General Chi Lei kicked his hind legs, rushed forward quickly, opened his big teeth and bit the gray cricket's head.
The people around were so scared that they took a step back. As a result, the gray cricket suddenly curled up into a ball and slid along the wall of the bamboo tube to under General Chi Lei's belly.
General Chi Lei didn't stop in time, and the gray cricket bit the soft flesh on his belly and pulled hard.
A large amount of blood immediately spurted out of General Chi Lei's body, and he jumped around in the bamboo tube in pain...
The young man turned pale, and then he burst into tears: "Wuwuwu... My General Chi Lei, wuwuwu... You died so tragically!"
They were called young masters, but in fact they were all children of seven or eight years old. The young master who released General Chi Lei had red eyes and was shaking as he clung to the corner of his clothes with his fingers.
He had carefully cared for this cricket for several months, but now it had lost its life in the bamboo tube.
"I accept the loss." Bai Wanwan looked at the young man, who looked like he was about to cry, and she rarely spoke in a gentler tone: "Give me the banknote!"
The young man sobbed and took out the banknotes, and suddenly burst into tears: "My General Chi Lei..."
Bai Wanwan's heart softened, and she squatted down to look the boy in the eye. "Don't cry, this gray cricket is for you."
She gently placed the cricket into the boy's palm. The boy stopped crying instantly, tears still hanging on his eyelashes, and his sparkling eyes were full of surprise: "Can you really give it to me? I...I will take good care of it!"
"I'll give it to you if you say so. I still have a lot of powerful crickets!"
The young man suddenly grabbed her sleeve and looked up and said:
"Bai Wanwan, you're so nice! I'm hungry, can you treat me to some sweet cake?
Can we...can we be good friends?"
Shen Tao pulled Bai Wanwan over and said, "Seventeenth Old Man, why are you here instead of staying in the palace?"
Old Seventeen? Could this be the Seventeenth Prince?
Seventeen smiled and said, "I was bored staying in the palace, so I came out to get some fresh air. You are Wanwan! Thank you!"
"No need to thank me, I still have to continue the game!" Bai Wanwan looked at the group of playboys.
The seventeenth prince smiled a bit foolishly:
"Wanwan, can I treat you to dinner later?
I can also take you on a boat trip and show you interesting places."
Bai Wanwan looked at them seriously and said, "Are you still going to compete? If not, I'll withdraw..."
"Compare, of course. I want to see if you have any tricks up your sleeve. These two crickets are more powerful. Watch me." The boy reached out and carefully took out a cricket from the bamboo jar.
This insect is a lot bigger than an ordinary cricket. It is shiny and black all over. Its thick hind legs are covered with spikes. Its two long antennae are constantly shaking, and it looks very energetic.
The crowd watching the excitement erupted in excitement. Someone shouted at the top of his voice, "Isn't this the ever-victorious general? He defeated even Mr. Zhang's cricket king in the west of the city last year!"
"Right, right, right! Last year, it won the Chenghuang Temple Tournament three times in a row. I saw it tear off its opponent's wings with my own eyes!"
The crowd kept talking: "I thought this bug was dead a long time ago, but it's still alive!"
The boy proudly held up the cricket, his chest puffed out. "I'll bet five hundred thousand taels of silver. Do you dare to bet with me?"
As he spoke, he poured out a thick stack of silver bills from his cloth bag, each of which was stamped with the red seal of Jucai Bank.
Someone came over and whispered, "This is the young master of the Li family's bank. His family owns seven or eight pawnshops in the city. No wonder he's so generous."
Wang Jingheng looked at Bai Wanwan and said:
"Do you want to bet 50 taels?
This ever-victorious general is no ordinary cricket. Ordinary crickets really can't defeat him. I understand if you're afraid of him."
This is a method of provoking someone.
Bai Wanwan sneered and said, "I won before anyway, so what am I afraid of? Let's just gamble!"
She grabbed a cage and said, "Let's use this!"
"Hahahahahahahahahahaha..." Everyone in the audience burst into laughter when they saw Lin Baiwanwan take out the little cricket.
This insect is thin and small, with legs as thin as matchsticks. Compared with the "invincible general" on the opposite side, which is sleek and strong like a small black ball, it is like an egg hitting a stone.
Bai Wanwan was also nervous, but Naiping strongly recommended the little cricket, so she had no choice but to bite the bullet and put the insect into the jar.
The little cricket panicked as soon as it entered the jar. It started to bump around in the jar, its antennae shaking so fast that it even lost the energy to jump.
The onlookers were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the floor. One man slapped his thigh and shouted, "Little girl, you're here to deliver food! This worm isn't even enough to fill the teeth of the ever-victorious general!"
The old man selling melon seeds nearby also laughed: "Look at this poor little thing, don't let it get scared to pee later!"
A few young girls covered their mouths and laughed: "This is not a cricket fight! It's clearly playing house!"