Whenever Alden was about to place a big bet, that woman would slip away like an eel, quickly withdrawing her hand. This left Alden with no room to maneuver, and his expression grew increasingly dark.
Moreover, the woman sitting across from him suddenly suggested cutting the deck after the croupier had shuffled the cards. Initially, Alden had begun to memorize the location of key cards over ten rounds of play, only to find Huo Sining disrupting him with this strategy, which scrambled the card positions that Alden painstakingly memorized, rendering them useless.
As a result, all Alden's tricks were suppressed by the woman in front of him, leaving him like a bird with broken wings, with all shortcuts cut off, forcing him to gamble using only the most basic strategies. Naturally, this made him proceed with caution, considering every step carefully, afraid of falling into a trap.
