Chapter 540 - You Really Lost Half a Million?
Stark looked at Luke and crossed his legs leisurely. “You’re really dedicated to your work, detective, to be willing to spend so much money on a case.”
Luke smiled. “When you do a job, you should love it. You can’t be sloppy if you want to live a better life.”
Propping his chin up on his hand, Stark thought for a moment, before he agreed. “That’s right. You’re smarter than many adults. If those without talent don’t work hard, they won’t even be able to work as janitors.”
Amused, Luke nodded in agreement. “You want to go first, or shall I?”
Stark raised his head slightly. “You go first.” At that moment, the gamblers around the table had all learned of the upcoming game, and watched quietly with keen interest.
Bystanders were the same everywhere.
Luke wasn’t polite, and grabbed the dice and tossed them out.
He used slightly more strength. The three dice rolled over the table for a long while and hit the edge twice before coming to a final stop.
One, two and three. It was six in total.
“It seems I’m not very lucky.” Luk’s expression was the same as ever. He really had just tossed the dice randomly just now.
Tony Stark’s expression was just as indifferent. He accepted the dice which Happy gave to him and threw them casually.
Three, three and six. It was twelve in total.
The game was 0:1 in Stark’s favor.
Luke didn’t say anything, but simply grabbed the dice and threw them again.
This time, he used less strength, but the dice still jumped and rolled for quite some time before they stopped.
Four, five and six. It was fifteen in total.
Tony Stark raised an eyebrow but didn’t say anything. He picked up the dice and threw them out.
One, three, and six. It was ten in total.
A 1:1 tie.
Luke picked up the dice and threw them casually again.
Three, three and four. It was ten in total.
Tony, however, threw a three, four and five this time for a total of twelve. It was 2:1 in Stark’s favor again.
At that moment, Luke’s face turned serious. He didn’t immediately throw the dice out after he picked them up, but weighed them in his hand, as if he were praying.
In the end, he raised his hand and tossed the dice.
The dice rolled. The first one to stop showed a six.
The second one stopped on a six.
The last one stopped too, and it was a four.
‘It was sixteen in total.
Luke was relieved. He seemed quite happy with his result.
Tony snorted. He was slightly amused by Luke’s nervousness, but he was too proud to show it.
After he picked up the dice, he tossed them out casually.
The three dice rolled on the table. The first one stopped. It was a five.
The second one stopped too, and it was a six.
The audience held their breaths and waited.
This was getting interesting!
It wasn’t clear who the winner would be, until the last dice stopped.
Luke’s expression didn’t change as he watched the rolling dice slow down, but there suddenly was sweat on his forehead, and he clenched his fists as well.
As if sensing it, Tony Stark looked at him. He then chuckled to himself. Why was this young man so nervous about 500,000 bucks? Had he used up all the money from last time? At a thought, the last of the dice struggled to flip over, changing from a one to a six.
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Five, six, and six. It was seventeen in total.
Tony Stark, with a 3:1 result, had secured a victory beforehand, and the game was over.
Luke heaved a long sigh. “Fine. It seems that today isn’t my lucky day.”
Tony Stark curled his lip. “That’s not how you put it last time.”
Luke nodded. “There are always ups and downs in life.”
Tony Stark looked at him with great interest. “What if I say that I won’t take your money?”
Luke thought for a moment, then said, “The ups and downs in life are too thrilling.”
Tony Stark burst out laughing. “You’re very interesting, but that’s not enough for me to give up my spoils. You have a job anyway, and you won’t starve, right?”
Luke shrugged. “That’s correct. Okay, I won’t waste any more of your time, Mr. Stark.” Saying that, he left the table.
Tony Stark only looked at him for a short while before he turned his gaze away.
He had met too many people who tried to catch his attention in various ways since his childhood, and losing money to him was one of those ways.
He had already learned to turn a blind eye to all sorts of bizarre people and things, or he would have lost half of his hair by now.
Luke could be considered a stranger who had left a small impression on him, but Stark had met hundreds of this sort of people before. That was why it had taken him a moment to recognize Luke.
Also, what jogged his memory was the image of Selina and Luke together.
They were a police detective team made up of a plucky woman and a very young man. It was this point that made him remember the past incident that he had almost forgotten.
Now that he had won this game, his gloom from when Luke tricked him the last time and didn’t even give him a chance to turn the tables instantly dissipated.
For Tony Stark at that moment, Luke had become a regular Mr. Nobody.
Luke couldn’t care less about Tony’s impression of him.
He had already taken back his bank card from Happy and started to ask Stark’s bodyguards questions.
Since Luke had lost all his money in his card, Happy was understandably sympathetic and generous. He had already arranged for the security team who had been on duty during the kidnapping to come over, and he gave Luke an address. “Two of the bodyguards were badly hurt. They’re in this hospital. As we agreed earlier, you can visit them once and ask your questions.” Luke thanked him with a smile and watched this head of security leave. Forty minutes later, Luke and Selina left the hotel and drove to the hospital to visit the two injured security guards. Selina finally couldn’t hold back anymore. “Did you really lose half a million?”
She didn’t believe that Luke was that generous.
That didn’t mean she thought he was stingy; it was just that he wasn’t the type to throw money away recklessly, and he basically never gambled.
The only time he had gambled with a huge amount of money was back in Las Vegas, and that was also against Tony Stark. That had also been very weird. Luke nodded. “Of course. They already took the money from my card, didn’t they?”
Selina opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but didn’t know where to start.Dollar suddenly began to whine in the backseat.
Without turning around, Luke said, “Calm down, you’ll still get good food. After we go to the hospital, we’ll go to the supermarket.”
As he spoke, he casually took out two lollipops. Tearing off the wrapper on one of the lollipops for himself, he tossed the other one over his shoulder to Gold Nugget. Selina asked, “What about me?”
Luke said, “You’re eating cake right now. It won’t taste as good if you have candy.” Selina said, “But I still want it. I can eat the cake later.”
With a smile, Luke gave her a lollipop.
An hour later, they left the hospital that the injured bodyguards were in and returned home.
In the car, recalling the bodyguards’ statements, Selina was a little puzzled. “Are those criminals idiots? They dared to try and kidnap Stark with just the two of them? And even if they succeeded, then what? Wait for death?”
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