Honeymoon in Casino

Regardless of the country or region, the marriage procedure was not too troublesome. The materials had been submitted long ago, and it was just a formality. After the staff confirms the willingness of both parties again, they would stamp it.

Lu Yan took out the rings he had prepared in advance and put them on each other. The rings were simple in style but very valuable. The two rings looked exactly the same, except that the inner walls of the rings were engraved with the English abbreviations “LY” and “SM”. Lu Yan had the rings custom-made three months ago. The rings they wore were engraved with the initials of each other’s names.

With the blessings of the on-site staff, the simple ceremony was completed.

Afterwards, the staff kindly asked them if they needed help booking the town hall and church for the wedding. Lu Yan smiled and shook his head to express his gratitude. They still preferred a Chinese-style wedding, and now was not the right time to hold a wedding.

Knowing that his elder brother was going to the Netherlands to get married with his brother-in-law, Su Jue originally wanted to drag Li Ran along, and even called it a wedding witness. However, Su Mo and Lu Yan had never planned to hold their wedding in the Netherlands. Marriage was a ceremony for them, and wedding was a more serious ceremony, so they didn’t want to rush into it. In the end, Su Jue’s wish to see the excitement was dashed.

When they left the embassy, ​​they had changed from being unmarried to being married in the local area. Of course, when they returned to China, they were still single in law. However, this did not affect their good mood at all.

Lu Yan and Su Mo stood face to face. He held Su Mo’s hand and raised it. Two wedding rings appeared between their intertwined fingers, shining from time to time in the sun. Lu Yan felt as if even the air had become fresher and sweeter. He looked at Su Mo and smiled, “From now on, we are tied together.”

Although Su Mo didn’t play online games much, he was familiar with the terminology. He smiled and said, “Well, I have to add one more sentence: never drop!”

Lu Yan blinked and said jokingly, “At this time, the official should say that the groom can kiss his bride now.”

Su Mo smiled slightly, “Well, what are you waiting for?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Yan’s lips kissed him eagerly.

The place where they were standing was not particularly remote, and pedestrians passed by them from time to time. The Netherlands is a holy place for same-sex couples to get married. Every year, countless same-sex couples come here to complete their life events, and it is not uncommon to see them unable to control their excitement and make out in the street. Passersby all guessed that they must be a couple who had just gotten married, and they all looked at them with kind eyes and offered their silent blessings.

After the kiss without paying attention to anyone around, Lu Yan smiled and said, “Next, we should go on our honeymoon.”

Although Nevada had not passed the same-sex marriage bill, Las Vegas welcomed more and more same-sex couples to spend their honeymoon in the casino city. Although there were only two days of vacation, Lu Yan and Su Mo still decided to spend it in this honeymoon city.

The biggest feature of a casino was, of course, gambling. There were casinos of all sizes everywhere. Every man has an adventurous factor in his heart, and gambling is one of the ways to express this adventurous factor. Since you have come to a casino, it would be a shame not to gamble.

It was not the first time for the two of them to come to Las Vegas, so they naturally knew which casinos had good reputations and high credibility. They found a casino not too far from the hotel where they were staying, and after entering, they quickly exchanged chips and walked towards the game items of their choice.

Lu Yan chose slot machines, which are easy to operate and require luck and skills. They are very popular among young gamblers. Lu Yan had played them before. In addition to the excitement of risking a small amount for a big gain, he was also attracted by finding certain specific patterns, such as the colors on the reels of different machines, what kind of combinations pay out, how much, how to increase the chance of winning, etc. After he was no longer short of money, studying the latter became even more of a pleasure. Moreover, in order to attract players, slot machines nowadays are constantly being updated and have many different ways to play.

The casino they entered was of medium size, with dozens of slot machines. Lu Yan held the magnetic card given to him by the casino, but did not immediately start playing the game. Instead, he walked back and forth, observing other players to guess the odds and gameplay of each machine. After watching for more than half an hour, he finally chose a machine, and after the previous player finished playing, he walked up to take over.

The waiter who followed Lu Yan saw that he had not made any moves, so he thought that he had no intention of playing today, and was a little disappointed. The waiters who had been in the casino for a long time were sometimes very good at judging people. They could basically judge whether the customers who came in have good luck in gambling, whether they could win, and whether they were generous. If they followed a customer who was both lucky in gambling and generous, they could also get a lot of rewards after the other party won. If they misjudged the person, they could only sigh and look for the next target.

As soon as Lu Yan and Su Mo entered the room, the waiter noticed them. Another waiter had his eyes on Su Mo, so he set his sights on Lu Yan, asking him what he wanted to play, changing his magnetic card, and taking him to the game area. As a result, he served for a long time, but this customer just watched without doing anything. He thought that he might have made a mistake and was about to leave to find the next target, but the customer had already chosen a machine and started playing, so he quickly followed.

Afterwards, the waiter was very glad that he was lucky enough to follow a good customer, and he was even more glad that he did not walk away.

Lu Yan chose a fairly ordinary machine, without many tricks. After he inserted the magnetic card, he began to operate. He was not fast, unlike most people who would immediately move on to the next round after one round, as if the faster they pressed the buttons, the more they would win. His winning rate was not high in the first few games, but he was very patient and would think about it for a while after finishing a game.  After that, his speed gradually increased, but it still gave people a sense of neither too fast nor too slow. However, as his speed increased, his winning rate gradually increased. Later, Lu Yan increased the odds, and the numbers on the magnetic card doubled up.

The waiter was standing by and watched the whole thing from beginning to end. His expression was indifferent at first, but then he gradually became surprised. However, the waiter had been in the casino for many years and had seen all kinds of people. When his luck came, he swept away all the bets in the lottery pool in one go, and some of them became rich overnight. Lu Yan’s behavior was not particularly out of the ordinary. The waiter was mainly surprised because he could see that Lu Yan did not rely solely on luck, but had certain skills. This was not apparent at first, as Lu Yan did not look like a professional gambler or someone who was immersed in this.

Some players who had lost a lot of money were about to leave while cursing, but they couldn’t move when they looked at Lu Yan. As the numbers on the magnetic card increased, they shouted more excitedly than Lu Yan, but Lu Yan remained calm and composed, his hands were steady, and he looked unmoved.

After more than an hour, Lu Yan decided to quit. The spectators beside him tried to urge him to continue, but he just smiled and took out the magnetic card and handed it to the waiter, asking him to redeem all the chips.

The waiter quickly returned with the chips, and Lu Yan casually grabbed a few and gave them to him. The waiter bowed his head in greeting, his heart already filled with joy.

Lu Yan took the redeemed chips to find Su Mo.

Su Mo was playing Texas Hold’em, a game that required more skills. Su Mo was playing at a four-person table, and the other three were one Asian and two Europeans. They seemed to have been playing for a while, and each person had a different amount of chips in front of them. Su Mo had the most chips in front of him, and the young man with blond hair who looked a little anxious had the least chips in front of him. However, having the least chips does not mean losing the most, perhaps because he redeemed less at the beginning.

The other Asian man looked to be in his forties, with a mustache, expressionless face, and looked quite calm. The last European man was older, with somewhat white hair, and kept sighing at the cards on the table. Lu Yan took a look and saw that the three cards on his table were the Jack of Hearts, the 9 of Spades, and the 3 of Spades. They were not particularly good cards, but if the bottom cards were matched well, there was still a chance to play a big card. Although he sighed constantly and looked very depressed, in this kind of game, misleading the opponent is one of the skills, and what he showed was not necessarily the real situation. From the number of chips in front of him, which was second only to Su Mo’s, it can be seen that he was definitely not as impatient as he looked.

Of the three cards on the table, Su Mo had the biggest hand, a pair of Queens and a 7 of Diamonds. The other two players also had scattered cards. At this point, all four players had raised the bet, so the game continued.

The dealer dealt each person another card. Su Mo’s was the 6 of spades, the man with a mustache was the 10 of hearts, the blond young man was the 5 of clubs, and the white-haired middle-aged man was the 8 of diamonds.

The highest card on the face of the hand was the 10 of hearts held by the mustache man. He thought for a moment and threw a chip out. The white-haired middle-aged man raised the bet, and so did Su Mo. The blond young man shook his head helplessly and covered his hand.

The game continued.

The last time the cards were dealt, Su Mo got the 4 of spades, the white-haired middle-aged man got the 5 of spades, and the man with a mustache still had the biggest card, which was the J of diamonds.

The man with a mustache frowned and looked at his own cards seriously, then looked at the remaining cards of his two opponents. Finally, he sighed and covered his cards.

Now there were only two players left at the table: Su Mo and the white-haired middle-aged man. If one of them folds, the other will directly win all the chips in the pot. If both of them raise the bet, they will show their hole cards to compare the size.

The cards on the table were the Jack of Hearts, the 9 of Spades, the 3 of Spades, the 8 of Diamonds and the 5 of Spades. There were all kinds of cards on the table, but if he had two spades or 10, 7, Q of any suit in his hole cards, then he could make a flush or a straight. Both of these cards were not small.

Su Mo’s cards were Queen of Hearts, Queen of Clubs, 7 of Diamonds, 6 of Spades, and 3 of Diamonds. If he had a Queen in his hole cards and any of the suits of 7, 6, and 3, he could make a full house, and could beat his opponent no matter if he had a flush or a straight. If he had only a Queen in his hole cards and another random card, he could only make three of a kind; or if he had any of the cards of 7, 6, and 3 plus a random card, he could make two pairs. As long as the opponent had a flush or a straight, it’s no big deal. Of course, there were more extreme situations, that is, his two hole cards were all mixed cards, or a pair of queens. The former can only make a pair, while the latter can kill the whole field in seconds.

The person who now had to choose to raise or fold was the white-haired middle-aged European man. He frowned and thought for a long time, and looked at Su Mo again and again, hoping to get some clues from his expression. However, Su Mo was originally trained at various negotiation tables and had always been able to keep a blank expression to the extreme, so naturally he would not let others see anything.

Finally, the white-haired middle-aged man gritted his teeth and threw out two chips. Su Mo raised the bet without hesitation. Seeing Su Mo’s decisiveness, the white-haired middle-aged man felt disappointed. After playing together for so long, this opponent’s style had been changing all the time, making it hard to predict, but from his move, it could be seen that he was very confident.

When it was time to reveal the cards, the white-haired middle-aged man turned over his cards first. A 10 of spades and a 7 of spades could make a straight or a flush. A flush was naturally bigger than a straight, so his final hand was a flush. In a normal game of cards, a flush was considered a big hand.

Now Su Mo must have at least one Q and 7, 6, 3 of any suit to form a gourd in his hand to have a chance to beat him, but the gourd had always been difficult to produce.

Su Mo’s face was still calm, and the white-haired middle-aged man looked at him with some pride, urging him to turn over his cards. Su Mo looked at him silently, and suddenly curled his lips, slowly turning over his cards, which was another pair of queens. Four of a kind, an instant kill.

The white-haired middle-aged man was stunned. The most difficult situation actually happened. The mustache man also sighed. Only the blond young man secretly felt lucky that he had folded early and could save some losses.

It was not easy for Su Mo to hold a good hand from the beginning and to quietly seduce his opponents to continue betting.

The white-haired middle-aged man lowered his head in a somewhat dejected manner, and the other two also looked uninterested. The dealer then asked them if they wanted to continue, and all three said they didn’t want to play anymore. The dealer then asked Su Mo if he wanted to change tables, and Su Mo shook his head, indicating that he didn’t plan to continue either.

Su Mo casually pulled out a few chips from the pile in front of him and threw them to the waiter who had been waiting beside him, and then asked him to take the remaining chips and Lu Yan’s chips and exchange them for checks. The two of them had won a lot in total that night, and it would be inconvenient to exchange them directly for cash, so it would be better to use checks that could be redeemed at a fixed bank.

The waiter quickly handed them the exchanged check. When the two were about to leave, the casino security came over and asked if they needed to be escorted back to their residence. All they needed was a small reward.

Lu Yan and Su Mo smiled at each other, shook their heads, and rejected the good intention.