my old life

Chapter 427 The Real Thousand Hands

Sitting on the toilet in the bathroom, I lit a cigarette, and I couldn't help laughing as I smoked it. Tears flowed down my face while smiling!

I don’t know whether it’s tears of joy or tears of pain, no one knows how complicated my heart is, everything I’ve experienced in boat gambling is like a transformation, and the layer of innocence in my heart is forcibly stripped away.

I didn't expect things to turn around like this, I never thought that I escaped disaster again by chance, all of this seems to be destined by God's will...

The sound of me crying and laughing attracted the oil bottle. She was busy cleaning up the whole room sweating profusely. She looked at me with doubts in her eyes and probably thought I was crazy.

"Charlene, it's great to see you again!" I couldn't help but hug her tightly, wishing she could melt into my chest.

She froze on the spot and didn't react. No one knew how much courage I took to come back here, no one knew what a complicated inner struggle I had experienced, and no one knew how much I owed my second uncle. guilt.

At this moment, I am really afraid of leaving with my second uncle on the gambling boat. I am really afraid that I will become a deserter and become a coward. I hate the cowardly me I used to be!
Every time I overcome sensibility and choose rationality, it is like a transformation and a growth. Although it is painful, it is the only way to grow.

"I promised you would come back, and now I have done it!" I murmured softly, breathing in the smell of her body.

She didn't say a word but Tuyouping could feel something was wrong with me. I took her hand and rushed to the soft cotton bed, and turned off the lights in the room...

As the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a newlywed, and the cold and monotonous night is instantly given life, as if everything has become alive!

The lingering rhyme and the soft words again and again made me immerse myself in this special night...

Early in the morning, Mao Bai brought people over. Apart from Sister Rui and Fatty, there was also a woman she didn't know. She was in her 20s and her face was slightly darkened. There was a black butterfly tattoo on the corner of her eye.

It's the first time I've seen someone tattoo their face, especially a woman... Her eyes looked lifeless, but she didn't look like a local, or she didn't look like a native of Kyushu.

Maybe she is someone who is active on the southern border. It is not surprising that she can appear here at Maobai, because Maobai itself has a flour business...

"How was your rest last night?" Mao Bai sat on the sofa with a relaxed expression on his face, and I nodded to say yes.

What I didn't expect was that Maobai asked someone to arrange breakfast to be delivered, and the eldest lady came along with her in person. I was really flattered, I didn't expect him to take such painstaking efforts!

The more he does this, the more I understand that he is trying to win me over to do things for him.

"From today onwards, you don't have to do anything. I specially ask Sanmei to come and help you. Don't let me down." Maobai patted my shoulder with an expectant face, and I nodded to express my understanding.

Only now did I realize that Maobai was not trying to torture me with addiction recovery, he really wanted me to return to a normal person, and wanted me to do things for him to earn benefits.

"Don't worry, Master Bai, but don't bother this third sister to help me, can you give me a box of poker?" I knew he would not refuse, and I also wanted to pass the boring time.

"Okay, I'll ask Dai Qing to arrange it later. If necessary, I can invite Ami or Ahao over, as long as I don't touch No. [-]." Mao Bai's words contain many meanings, and it also allows other people to come and talk to him. I exchange thousands of skills.

"Thank you, Master Bai, from now on I will never touch No. [-] again." I understand what Mao Bai means, I am not a drug addict myself so I don't need anyone to help me.

"If you need it, go to Sister Rui. Sanmei is an expert in this field and can help you reduce the dose." Mao Bai said worriedly, as if he didn't have much confidence in me.

"I'm fine!" I replied decisively. If there is only one person left by my side, it will really make me an addict. God knows what dosage she will arrange for me...

Not long after Maobai left, the eldest lady asked Su Yurong to hold a whole box of poker, there would never be a shortage of poker in the casino.

"Let's keep it here well." The eldest lady turned and left after speaking. Su Yurong gave me a look, and I nodded to indicate that it's okay... There is no need to communicate with each other but I can feel each other's meaning.

After everything was cleaned up, I felt very calm. After everyone left, only the fat man stayed. I knew what he was calling and his purpose.

"Brother is not easy, it can make Master Bai look at you with admiration."

"Fat brother, you are welcome, are you interested in playing two games?" I looked at him with interest, and the fat man slapped his leg and said, "Okay! That's exactly what I mean!"

I lit a cigarette, opened a deck of cards, and quickly immersed myself in the world of playing cards. I humbly asked Fatty about all the tricks and tricks, and kept practicing the tricks I needed.

Some people say that a person will not have any desires when all thoughts are lost. Just like me now, I have no thoughts except waiting for the arrival of my second uncle. I use the time to improve my thousand skills and become a real thousand hands !

This is the beginning of a long time. I didn't expect that it would be a whole month at the beginning...

During the day, I exchanged techniques with the fat man and went to bed on time at night. The oil bottle would help me boil a pot of hot water to scald my hands, and my fingers would get cramped every day.

The number of boxes of poker is gradually reduced, and a new pair of poker is replaced when the game is bad. Gradually, more and more people come to exchange thousands of skills.

Not only Brother Hao and Brother Mi, but even Brother Gui was invited by me to exchange techniques. Except for the Queen of Spades, I have interacted with all the scammers in the venue.

A month passed in a flash, I didn't step out of the door, I ate and slept every day, and practiced techniques in my room. Except for the technique of pressing the bottom of the box, the fat man had no thousand skills to communicate with me. On the contrary, Brother Hao and Brother Gui is coming more and more often.

In the end, I didn't need to call at all. They would come to me every day if they had nothing to do, make a pot of tea and light a cigarette, and then immerse themselves in the world of poker.

I know that this is Maobai's special arrangement, otherwise no one would be willing to exchange techniques with me, but my techniques will gradually interest others.

One month is not long or short, during which no one came to see me except Mao Bai who came to see me a few times. I am very familiar with the gangsters in the venue, but the second uncle always Never showed up.

Maybe the second uncle has come to the casino, but I don't know. I know that the second uncle will never do it easily until he finds me, but if the second uncle really shows up, Su Yurong will definitely come and tell me.

A month later I had an extra layer of calluses on my hands, and I played a whole box of poker. I don't remember how many times I practiced the moves, but I remembered every move in my heart.

I think this month is the most special month in my life. During this month, I have grown rapidly, not only in terms of skills and techniques, but also from communicating with everyone. I have learned a lot.

There are some things in society that my second uncle is destined to not give me, and some experiences are destined to be explored by myself. Everyone's experience is different, but I always firmly believe in my second uncle's principles of life.

For a whole month, Maobai’s attitude towards me has become better and better. I have never smoked white cigarettes and I don’t need anyone’s help. Everyone except the fat man was shocked by me, and I also changed my attitude towards the fat man. view.

Now he can't beat me in Qianshu. From the beginning of losing more and winning less to a tie, and then winning more and losing less in the end, he can't beat me even once. It is hard for ordinary people to believe what I have experienced in this month...

On a quiet morning, the moment I opened the window, I felt the cold wind blowing against my face. Before I knew it, the people on the street had already put on thick clothes. Looking at the city of Wucheng from afar, I felt that even the air was much fresher.

Unknowingly, autumn has passed and winter is coming. In the past, my family would prepare cotton clothes for me early in every cold winter, but now I am still wearing a single shirt, and I can’t feel the change of seasons and temperature in the room.

This month seems to have been taken away from my life, only the oil bottle witnessed the birth of a real thousand hands.

A month ago, I was still a half-baby, knowing the tricks but not the real thousand skills.

But it’s different now. After studying and communicating with all the scammers, I have learned things that cannot be learned in books, and no one knows how much I have changed now...

Someone came to deliver food during breakfast time and told me that Master Bai was waiting for me in the underground casino. I nodded to express my understanding, and I also knew that this period of time was finally over...

(End of this chapter)