He had just married a policewoman when he was diagnosed with criminal genius.

Ding Jianguo remembers it clearly—the number of viewers in the Longming District Branch's live broadcast room at its peak was just over 10,000.

Now, the number of viewers in their Yuhua District branch's live broadcast room has exceeded 100,000.

He originally thought that if Jiang Xue could remove the last place label this time, it would be a victory. He never thought that she could surpass the Longming District Branch.

After all, although Jiang Xue is much prettier than that policewoman from Longming Branch, she is a veteran with a large fan base.

It's unrealistic to expect to surpass the Longming District Branch, which is ranked first in the branch rankings, in the first live broadcast.

But given the current situation, Ding Jianguo looked at the still-growing number and realized that he seemed to have underestimated the young couple.

Lu Chen is playing cards, and so many people are watching?

And this kid... seems to actually have some skills.

If you don't have real skill, it's impossible to win all the time, and win by exactly one point every time.

……

Wanhua Square.

After a dozen or so rounds, people at the scene naturally noticed that something was wrong.

Although they knew Lu Chen had definitely cheated, the problem was—no one could figure out how he did it.

Some people began to suspect: Could there be something wrong with Lu Chen's deck of cards?

"Play with this deck!" A middle-aged man stepped out of the crowd, slamming a brand-new deck of cards he'd just bought from a nearby supermarket onto the table. "Who knows if your deck has been tampered with?"

His tone was confident and resolute.

The person next to him who had just lost slapped his thigh: "Why didn't I think of that!"

"Wow, bro, that's awesome!"

In the live stream, the chat also became excited.

"Finally, someone smart!"

"The God of Gamblers can keep winning because there must be markings on his cards. If the cards are switched, he can't win anymore!"

"Hahaha, let's see what the God of Gamblers does now!"

Faced with the request to change the cards, Lu Chen smiled slightly and did not hesitate at all.

"it is good."

He took the new deck of cards, tore open the packaging, and with a few deft movements of his fingers, the deck was cleaned spotless.

"I'll draw first." The man eagerly reached out and drew a card from the deck.

Lu Chen followed suit and drew a card as well.

"Haha! A King!" The man slammed his card on the table, a look of triumph on his face.

According to the rules, only the Ace is higher than the King. The King is already a rare high-ranking hand.

"Now even if you want to beat me by luck, it won't be that easy," the man said smugly.

In his view, with the new cards, Lu Chen definitely couldn't cheat anymore. Since he couldn't cheat, he could only rely on luck. And he drew a King; Lu Chen wanted to win against him? The chances were too slim.

"Open the cards! Open the cards now!" the man urged.

"Yeah, stop dawdling, hurry up and show the cards, handsome!" The onlookers chimed in.

Jiang Xue stood to the side, her palms secretly sweating.

To maximize the promotional effect, Lu Chen must maintain a perfect record—any defeat would significantly diminish his persuasiveness.

At this moment, Lu Chen's face remained calm and composed.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he calmly turned over the cards in his hand.

A spade Ace.

It's just the right size.

"Damn...no way?" The smile on the man's face froze, and he deflated like a punctured balloon.

He stubbornly picked up Lu Chen's card and examined it several times—it was indeed the Ace of Spades, without a doubt.

"You're so lucky..." he muttered.

Even at this point, he still didn't believe Lu Chen was cheating. After all, he had bought the cards himself, so there was absolutely no way there could be a problem; he had also seen Lu Chen shuffle the cards, and they were clean and efficient, without any trickery.

Therefore, the only explanation is that Lu Chen had incredible luck.

Lu Chen simply smiled and remained noncommittal.

The man turned around and waved to the crowd: "Brothers, anyone want to join? He was just lucky! A few more rounds, he'll definitely lose!"

When that person said that, everyone thought it made sense—they must have just been lucky; they would definitely lose if they played a few more rounds.

Soon, several more people signed up to participate.

However, a few minutes later, everyone's expression changed.

Five or six people took turns trying, and the result was exactly the same—everyone's score was just one point lower than Lu Chen's.

The live stream chat exploded.

"Holy crap, how did this guy cheat?"

"Winning even after changing the cards? That's incredible!"

"Holy crap... could this guy really be a gambling god?"

"What's the point of playing with someone like that? Just admit defeat."

"Who can argue with that?"

The number of viewers in the live stream is still soaring and is about to break the 200,000 mark.

The most discussed topic in the comments section is no longer "whether he can win"—but rather "how exactly did he cheat?"

Knowing full well that the other person is cheating, yet being unable to find any flaws, this feeling leaves all viewers itching with anticipation.

Jiang Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't expected that changing the cards wouldn't affect Lu Chen—this guy's cheating skills were even more impressive than she had anticipated.

At this moment, Lu Chen was also marveling at how incredible the "King of Gamblers" skill was.

The fact that the person who just tried to switch cards shows that he has some understanding of cheating techniques. Some cheating methods do involve tampering with the cards—for example, leaving marks on the back of the cards so that he knows what each card is.

But that's just a rather basic technique.

It was completely useless to Lu Chen.

Because when he shuffled the cards, he had already memorized the entire deck's position. No matter how he shuffled them, every card was face-up to him.

Poker didn't work, so someone suggested switching to dice.

Compare sizes.

The result remained unchanged.

After seven or eight rounds, no one could beat Lu Chen. None of the teddy bears prepared by the police station were given away, and Jiang Xue's Green Bubble remained unscathed.

"Holy crap! Three sixes every time? That's awesome!"

"What is a leopard?"

"A 'leopard' is when all three dice show the same number. If you roll three sixes at a casino and guess correctly, the payout is 18 to 1, so 10,000 becomes 180,000!"

"Holy crap, that's amazing?"

"Is it possible that it was just pure luck?"

"Luck my foot! You know nothing! According to probability, hitting three sixes in one go is 1 in 216, and hitting three sixes in a row is 1 in ten million! How many times has the streamer gotten three of a kind in a row? This is luck? You might as well believe I'm Qin Shi Huang!"

Upon seeing the probability calculated by this viewer, the viewers in the live stream were completely convinced.

This is like having your cards on the table, telling you I'm cheating, but you just can't tell.

The chat was flooded with comments, and the live stream's popularity skyrocketed.

Lu Chen and Jiang Xue exchanged a glance, feeling that the atmosphere had been set enough, and prepared to move on to the next stage of the promotion.

Just then... a middle-aged man stepped out from the crowd.

He was balding, his hair was messy, his teeth were yellow, and his face looked tired and listless. He looked like he hadn't had a proper rest in a long time.

He looked at Lu Chen with a smile: "Handsome young man, how about we play a game?"

Lu Chen was slightly taken aback.

This person... is acting a bit strange.

Although he looked listless and his eyes were dull, a very faint glimmer of light flashed in his eyes when he looked at the deck of cards on the table.

It was a hint of excitement. Although it was well concealed, Lu Chen caught it.

As the "King of Gamblers," he was all too familiar with this feeling.

His heart skipped a beat—

Could this be... a real gambler?