"I actually do not know any psychology."
Qi Xia shook his head and replied in a low voice, "I am just used to being a bad person." Seeing Qi Xia agree to the request, Old Lu's attitude toward him also improved a bit.
"Hey kid, let us get this straight first. Any Dao we win belongs to me."
"I am keeping one."
Qi Xia said.
"Impossible."
Old Lu shook his head without hesitation.
"Are you trying to negotiate with me, kid? You took nineteen Dao from me earlier, and you still want more? If this is your attitude, I am leaving right now."
Qi Xia nodded and said, "Fine, I will not take the Dao, but you have to pay the ticket for me." Hearing this, Old Lu rolled his eyes around, leaned in and said, "Kid, let me warn you. Those two people are not in this area.
If you dare to play tricks on me, I absolutely will not tell you their whereabouts."
"Rest assured, playing tricks on you is just a waste of my time."
Old Lu finally felt reassured. He grabbed Qi Xia and prepared to walk into the room.
"Wait."
Qi Xia said.
"Just to be safe, you should tell me about this game."
"Oh, right!"
Old Lu slapped his forehead.
"I damn near forgot. Kid, have you never played a Pig game before?"
"What do you think?"
Qi Xia asked with a frown.
"Ah, well, a Pig game, just as the name suggests, means you just have to treat yourself like a pig."
"Treat myself like a pig?"
Qi Xia was a bit confused.
"Why do I need to treat myself like a pig?"
"It means you do not have to use your brain."
Old Lu said with a smile.
"Pig games are all luck-based games, just like playing rock-paper-scissors or guessing high or low."
"What?"
Qi Xia paused.
"Are you saying... it is a luck game where winning and losing depends entirely on the will of heaven?"
"Exactly!"
Old Lu nodded, then looked at Qi Xia again.
"You are not backing out now, are you?"
"I..."
Although Qi Xia was not exactly backing out, he truly could not understand what a pig had to do with luck.
"What are you afraid of when it comes to a Pig game."
Old Lu said with some helplessness.
"You seemed pretty smart before, but now that it comes to testing your luck, you are scared?"
Testing luck?
Qi Xia knew that pigs were by no means low-intelligence animals. Among all the species in the world, the intelligence of a pig ranked in the top ten. Their intelligence level was equivalent to that of a five-year-old child.
Furthermore, the rock-paper-scissors or guessing high or low that Old Lu mentioned were not purely luck-based games either. As long as the tactics were right, one could absolutely lose less and win more.
"I still want to ask, what exactly is this game we are playing?"
Qi Xia looked at the building in front of him. This was clearly a Go club. Why would anyone play a luck game in a Go club?
"Simply put, there are two equally sized piles of Go pieces, one black and one white. You close your eyes and blindly pick one piece. If you pick a black piece, you win."
"That is it?"
"That is right!"
Old Lu said.
"I already told you! It is a luck-based game!"
After he finished speaking, he pulled a white Go piece out of his pocket and smashed it hard onto the ground.
"I damn well picked a white piece two times in a row. My luck is absolute garbage!"
Qi Xia could hardly believe his ears. If the situation was truly like this, there was absolutely no way he could guarantee a win against the pig-headed man. He picked up the white piece from the ground and examined it.
It was indeed a very ordinary Go piece. There were no hidden mechanisms or tricks to it.
"Kid, are you going to do this or not?"
Old Lu was getting a bit anxious.
"Do you no longer want the whereabouts of those two people?"
Qi Xia knew he had no other choice. He was currently penniless and could only pin his hopes on Officer Li. And to find out Officer Li's whereabouts, he needed to pry open Old Lu's mouth.
Taking a step back, he already had nothing left to lose anyway. Even if he lost this luck-based game, he would not suffer any real loss, and he could use this opportunity to understand the pig.
"No, I am just considering my strategy."
Qi Xia said.
"Let us go in."
Old Lu nodded excitedly upon hearing this. He grabbed Qi Xia and entered the room. Lin Qin felt the situation was a bit ridiculous, but she did not speak up to stop them.
She silently followed along. The moment they entered the room, the pig-headed man danced around in joy.
"Oink oink! You are here! Someone else is here to play with me!"
His voice was extremely deep, but the tone of his words was very childish. Qi Xia could not help but cover his mouth and nose. The smell coming from the pig mask was truly atrocious.
"Stupid pig head!"
Old Lu shouted loudly.
"Today I am going to make you lose so badly you will not even have your underwear left!"
"Hahahahaha! Okay, okay!"
The pig-headed man clapped his hands.
"Who is going to play with me?"
Qi Xia slowly sat down across from the pig man and said, "I will. How much is the ticket?"
"You can pay whatever you want for the ticket, up to a maximum of five Dao. If you win, it doubles!!"
The pig-headed man said.
"Bring it here, bring it here!"
"Whatever I want..."
Qi Xia shook his head.
"Are you a Human Pig?"
"Yes! I am a Human Pig! I am a Human Pig!"
After he said that, he pointed at Qi Xia.
"You are a stupid pig! You are a stupid pig!"
No one paid attention to him. After all, no one wanted to try and talk with a madman. Old Lu gritted his teeth, pulled out five Dao from his pocket, and handed them over to the Human Pig with a face full of reluctance.
Qi Xia noticed that the look in Old Lu's eyes was truly that of a gambler. This was clearly a luck-based game, yet he was willing to keep throwing his money in.
"Old Lu, five?"
Qi Xia looked at him with some confusion.
"Is the bet not a bit too high?"
"Kid!"
Old Lu looked at Qi Xia with a serious expression.
"I just played two rounds in a row. The first round I bet one Dao, the second round two Dao, and the results were that this stupid pig won them all. As long as you win this round, not only will I break even, I will even make a profit."
Qi Xia thought about it for a moment, then turned his gaze back to the Human Pig and said, "What are the rules?"
"It is very simple..."
The Human Pig pushed the black and white Go pieces in front of him forward and said, "Fifty black pieces and fifty white pieces. I want you to place all of them into these two bowls." He then pushed forward two identical large porcelain bowls.
"As for how you distribute the two colors of pieces... that is entirely up to you."
The Human Pig gave a goofy smile.
"Once you are done distributing them, you will put on a blindfold. I will mix up the positions of the two bowls and shake up the pieces inside. After that, you must randomly pick a bowl, and then blindly pick a piece from that bowl. As long as you pick a black piece, you win. Of course, if anyone attempts to interfere with the game during this process, or gives you any hints, I will carry out punishment on everyone present."
Qi Xia remained expressionless upon hearing this. He looked down at the bowls and the pieces on the table, and let out a cold snort.
"Hehe, what are you laughing at?"
The Human Pig said with a smile.
"As long as you have enough luck, you just might win."
Qi Xia only found it laughable. I distribute the amount of pieces myself, and I pick the piece myself? A luck-based game?
A Pig game? This game that appeared to have a fifty-fifty chance of winning or losing was clearly a pit of fire, luring countless participants to jump right in.
"Human Pig, I underestimated you."
Qi Xia said.
"You are far smarter than I imagined."