Chapter 3631 — If You Lose, I'll Cover It
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
But if they said they would bet, they simply didn't have the capital. Together, Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai had barely two spirit jades on hand—and even those Meng Jueming had handed out earlier. The spiritual energy in them had been mostly used up. If they lost the bet and couldn't produce the spirit jades, wouldn't they be handing people a rod to beat them with? Then no matter how Meng Jueming chose to deal with them, they wouldn't have a single word of complaint!
Besides, judging by Wei Zhao's current situation, once this bet was accepted, the loss was all but certain—there wasn't even the faintest sliver of a chance.
To bet was to have no capital. Not to bet was to be an ingrate.
For a moment, Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai were caught between a rock and a hard place.
Amid the crowd's mocking, half-smiling spectatorship, Meng Zhou chuckled. "Sure, you're both trash, and your judgment of people is a hopeless mess, but for the sake of our brotherhood and out of respect for Cousin Ninth, I suppose I could grudgingly take you in. Just be diligent from now on and bring me tea and water every day! Wahahaha!"
Bring tea and water? That was the work of a menial servant! As dignified Heaven-rank experts, they were mighty figures admired by tens of thousands wherever they went—how could they serve as someone's errand boys? And besides, it was utterly impossible for them to ever reconcile with Meng Zhou!
The whole crowd burst into laughter, and Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai's faces instantly flushed bright red. They wanted to retort, but didn't know what to say. After all, without spirit jades on hand, even if they wanted to accept the challenge, they didn't have the nerve.
Just as their humiliation was about to reach its peak and Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai braced themselves to grit their teeth and endure the shame, a familiar voice suddenly came from somewhere not far outside the crowd: "Take his bet. If you lose, I'll pay the spirit jades."
A stir ran through the crowd. When they saw who it was, Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai were overjoyed, while Meng Jueming's face darkened abruptly. "I was wondering who had the nerve to talk so big. So it's Senior Brother Kubi!"
Senior Brother Kubi walked over and looked at Meng Jueming. "Senior Brother Meng, I'll pay the spirit jades for their bet with you. That shouldn't be a problem, should it?"
Meng Jueming was instantly delighted. He curled his lip and grinned. "Of course there's no problem! If Senior Brother Kubi is so eager to gift me spirit jades, I'm only too happy to accept! But you're a managing senior brother after all. Since you're going to back these two, betting just three-to-ten is far too cheap. How about this—I'll do you a favor too. Five-to-fifteen. You only need to put up five spirit jades on their behalf, and if they win, you take fifteen. How's that?" (To be continued..)RT