Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1492 - 311, Betting (3)

Watching more and more commoners scrambling to sign up, Yan Xiangkai and Yan Ruchun’s eyes bulged, and when they looked at Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng, it was as if they were looking at monsters.

These two really had too many tricks up their sleeves, to actually come up with such a money-making scheme!

Lin Yuan indeed thought of this as a way to make money; otherwise, who would foot the bills for the stage and the tables and chairs required for the competition?

Since there were people willing to pay to watch, such silver should be put to good use.

She stepped forward, raising her hand to calm everyone down, and said: "Everyone, the silver from your registration will not go into our own pockets. It will all be used to prepare for the competition. Of course, to avoid letting anyone spend silver in vain, those who aren’t chosen will also receive a ticket, allowing them to sit in the audience seats during the competition and watch up close. How does that sound?"

"Great!"

Amidst the cheers, Yan Xiangkai and Yan Ruchun completely acknowledged Lin Yuan’s prowess; setting aside the young woman’s culinary skills, she indeed had a knack for making money.

Having delivered the Challenge Letter and settled various matters, Yan Xiangkai and Yan Ruchun took their big men and left.

Naturally, Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng also returned to the elegant room on the second floor.

However, even with the main characters gone, the Dongtian entrance was still bustling, with many people still holding their silver around Shopkeeper Liu, wanting to register.

Shopkeeper Liu immediately instructed the younger workers to move tables and chairs out quickly, and found five or six literate ones to take down everyone’s registration with pen and ink.

Because there were too many people signing up, to avoid any accidents, Shopkeeper Liu also assigned a skilled guard behind each worker to watch over the money boxes.

Despite having five or six registration points at the entrance, long lines still formed in front of each table, a truly impressive sight.

Watching those several long lines downstairs, Xia Zheng wrapped his arms around Lin Yuan’s waist with a hint of grievance, muttering, "It’s all your fault, insisting on using the silver taels for competition preparation, now I can’t make any money."

Lin Yuan pouted, the more Xia Zheng complained, the more it meant he had thought of ways to make money.

"With your greedy nature, I’d never believe you wouldn’t make money even if my life depended on it!"

Lin Yuan glanced sideways at Xia Zheng, then closed the window and walked away.

Xia Zheng awkwardly touched his nose. Had he not acted convincingly enough?

As Xia Zheng had said, once the culinary showdown between Dongtian and Drunken Immortal Tower became known, every gambling house, big and small, hung up bets on which side would win.

Some supported the Drunken Immortal Tower, which had been standing for decades, while others had their eyes on Lin Yuan’s title as Princess Pingxi, thinking that Yan Xiangkai would surely show leniency and settle for a tie out of respect for the title. Of course, there were also those who had eaten at Dongtian and believed it would surely be the victor.

Xia Zheng, naturally, did not miss this excellent opportunity to make money and loved to frequent the gambling houses when free. Many who knew him quietly observed his bets.

However, quite strangely, this Xia Zheng would spend one thousand taels of silver on a bet for the Drunken Immortal Tower to win in one house, and the next day, spend another one thousand taels of silver betting on Dongtian’s victory in another. In any case, he always remained inscrutable.

Many who thought about following his bets were left dizzy and confused, unable to grasp what he was up to.

However, just when everyone was feeling frustrated about Xia Zheng’s seemingly aimless betting method, someone finally leaked a top-secret tip.

It was said that Xia Zheng spent ten thousand taels of silver in every gambling house in the Capital city betting on a draw for both parties.

Once this piece of information came out, everyone who was confused suddenly saw the light, no wonder Xia Zheng always made high-profile visits to each gambling house, it turned out all of this was just a smokescreen! The things he did in secret were his true intentions!

As soon as the rumor spread, everyone felt it was no longer just hearsay, you pass it on to me and I pass it on to you, the number of people betting on a draw surged dramatically. Even those who had previously bet on one side to win hurried to the gambling houses to change their bets to a draw.

With over ten days left until the match, everyone felt as though they had already seen the outcome, unanimously believing that Drunken Immortal Tower would deliberately throw the match for a draw out of consideration for Lin Yuan’s title as Princess Pingxi.

However, as everyone was following the trend and betting on the draw, some people found the whole thing very suspicious.

Recently, Su Tianrui felt too embarrassed to meet Xia Zheng because of the incident between Su Qiuyu and Xia Zheng. But with such a lucrative opportunity to make money at hand, of course, he would not miss out.

Because of Su Qiuyu’s resentment towards Lin Yuan, Su Tianrui could not go against his younger sister’s wishes and visit Dong Tian to find Xia Zheng, so he had to gamble on Xia Zheng in the gambling houses.

That day, he finally found him at Sifang Gambling House, and as soon as Su Tianrui saw him, he grabbed Xia Zheng’s hand and looked at him with glowing eyes.

But he said nothing.

Xia Zheng instinctively snapped to attention, quickly withdrawing his hand from Su Tianrui’s grasp and disdainfully wiping his own hand vigorously with a handkerchief.

"Let me tell you, I like women, so don’t look at me with those adoring eyes!"

It seemed Su Tianrui did not pick up on the sarcasm in Xia Zheng’s tone, and he chuckled, leaning in even closer until he almost knocked Xia Zheng off the chair before he finally opened his mouth to ask, "Tell me quickly, is that rumor true?"

Xia Zheng hummed in his mind and turned his head away, ignoring him: "What rumor? I have no idea what you’re talking about."

Su Tianrui’s eyes narrowed slightly, his face expressing understanding, and without waiting for Xia Zheng to speak again, he dashed out with a "I know now" full of anticipation.

Xia Zheng was slightly startled and subconsciously touched his cheek, inwardly cursing, Not good!

Indeed, before he could even speak, Su Tianrui’s pig-slaughter-like wailing came from outside the door: "Oh my, what to do, my silver! Quick! Change all that thousand taels to a draw, I want to bet on a draw!"

Xia Zheng chuckled bitterly and slapped the armrest of the chair in frustration: "Is that bastard reading my mind!"

Previously, Su Tianrui’s search for Xia Zheng was well known by almost all gambling houses.

Although he had been very discreet when entering and leaving Xia Zheng’s room just now, he had still been secretly spotted by many people. Now, seeing him calling out so urgently to change his bet to a draw, many were convinced that he must have received some reliable information from Xia Zheng.

Those who were initially hesitant now hurriedly joined in on the bet for a draw, and after settling their bets, they mocked Su Tianrui for being clever, thinking that his secret meeting with Xia Zheng was very discreet? In fact, it had long been discovered by others!

These two fools!

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