Chapter 14 Section 13

The next day was fine weather for horse racing.In the afternoon, Takumi and Tokio went to the off-course betting shop located in the fork of Asakusa Kokusai-dori.As expected of the Japanese Derby, the bettors were much more crowded than usual. "Try your luck." Tuoshi was about to step forward, when he suddenly heard "wait", Shi Sheng tugged on his sleeve. "What, are you starting to feel guilty?" "That's not it. You have to promise me something." Tuoshi frowned. "It's all here, what do you want to chatter about? Please forgive me."

"I also said yesterday that if I lose money, I will try my best to pay you back." "As long as you have the heart, I don't really want to drive you into the boat to catch tuna." "I'm serious." Shi Sheng narrowed his eyes very rarely, "So you have to promise me too. If Kazilla Hasek wins, you have to listen to me." "Split the account, right? I understand, half of each person." Shi Sheng shook his head impatiently. "Money doesn't matter. If you win, you're going to Ms. Tojo!" "You bring this up again." Tuoshi turned his face away.

"Aren't you going to Osaka? Aichi prefecture happens to be on the way, so why not go there for a while?" "What do you know! We have to find Qianhe before the group yesterday, how can we have time to see an old woman?" Shi Sheng looked at Takumi with sincere eyes. "Ms. Tojo doesn't have much time." Toshi was silent.He didn't care about Tojo Sumiko's lifespan, but for some reason, Shisheng's gaze made him irresistible. "I don't have time, I'm going to buy a horse ticket." After speaking, Takumi walked over. When he came to the sales office and took out 100,000 yuan, his heart beat rapidly.Hearing the exclamation of the day laborer next to him, he felt somewhat proud.

Takumi and Toki entered a nearby coffee shop together.There is a TV set in the corner, which is naturally broadcasting live horse racing.The two are surrounded by people with the same purpose, staring intently at the TV screen. Tuoshi took a sip of coffee and tapped the table with his fingertips. "I'm really nervous. After all, it's one hundred thousand yuan." Sweat dripped from his palm. "Don't be nervous, Hisak's son will definitely win." "Your composure is annoying." Tuoshi moved his face closer to Shisheng across the table, "Tell me, is this news reliable? Where did it come from?"

"As I said earlier, there is no match-fixing, but I will definitely win." "I don't understand, but now you can only rely on your self-confidence to gamble." Tuoshi turned his gaze to the TV.The game is about to start, the commentator said a little excitedly, and the atmosphere in the coffee shop became lively. "Takushi, what I mentioned just now—" "What are you talking about? You idiot, there's no time to talk about that now!" "Go if you win, right? Go to Ms. Tojo." "Okay, okay, I got it. I'll follow you wherever I go, okay?" Tuoshi replied, staring at the TV.

"That's good." Shi Sheng muttered softly. On the TV screen, twenty-six horses lined up in a row.The fence opened in a tense atmosphere.The narrator uttered the old-fashioned commentary: "All the sycophants rush out." The customers in the coffee shop also leaned over, and some even shouted.A guy next to Takushi shouted, "Linton, go!" I guess he bet on the horse named Linton Polebon. Tuoshi rarely watches horse races, so he knows nothing about the position and running state of the horses.He stared only at the black Kazra Hassak, numbered seven, in the white blindfold.

All the horses entered the final straight.Khazra Hasek drifted inside and seemed to be squeezed by a horse on the outside.The horse numbered four was catching up from behind, and it seemed to be Linton Polebon.The guests beside him were screaming desperately. The two horses were entangled and crossed the finish line, and it was impossible to see which came first.Disappointed shouts rang out in the store. "Number seven, number seven won!" "No, it's number four, number four won!" Everyone yelled.Tuoshi stood aside, at a loss, only Shisheng drank his coffee resolutely.

After a while, the TV broadcast the results of the photo referee.A black-and-white still picture reality, Khazra Hasek won by a nose-to-nose edge. Tuoshi cheered loudly, and the guests next to him kicked over the table. Thirty minutes later, Tuoshi and Shisheng had arrived at a well-known beef hot pot restaurant to eat shabu-shabu beef. "Ah, I really admire you, your guess is really accurate. I saw you were so confident, I thought you had some basis to bet. When I knew I really won, I got goosebumps with excitement." Tuoshi laughed and poured the draft beer down his throat.The beer is really refreshing, and the beef they order is also superlative.Although Kazilla Haysek is the most popular, there are still odds of 4.3 to 1.One hundred thousand yuan has become four hundred and thirty thousand yuan, a little extravagance is fine.

"Didn't I say it was safe?" Shi Sheng put the beef into his mouth, chewing it with relish. "Hey, let's get to the bottom of it now, how do you know it will definitely win?" "I told you, it's hard to explain clearly, and you probably won't believe it." "How can others believe it if you don't tell it? Could it be that you can predict the future?" Takumi wanted to make a joke, but suddenly fell into deep thought. "Yes. It's easier to understand that way." "Hello, really?" "Look, you still don't believe it."

"No. You really guessed right, so I can't help but believe it." Tuoshi glanced around to make sure that no one was eavesdropping, and then whispered: "If this is the case, wouldn't we get rich? Just bet on the winning horse Isn't that all right?" Shi Sheng smiled wryly and said, "I'm very sorry. I only know today's round of horse racing in today's era." "Don't be so stingy, just predict another round or two. You'll be a billionaire when you're done!" Shisheng stopped the chopsticks in his hand, let out a long sigh, and stared at Tuoshi. "It may be inappropriate for me to say this, but I really can't predict it anymore, so you should die."

Takumi smacked his lips lightly, and extended his chopsticks into the pot. "However," Shi Sheng smiled again, "I can also predict a thing or two for you about the future." "Don't talk about things that don't make money." "It's very profitable. For example, you have an appointment with someone, but you are going to be late, or you can't go, what do you do?" "What should I do! Find a way to contact me." "How to contact?" "Call the coffee shop or something that you agreed to meet." "What if there is no phone at the agreed place?" "This," he thought for a while, then shook his head, "I have to apologize afterwards." "Is it? But in another twenty years, you won't have to worry about this kind of thing. Because almost no one carries a phone. It's so small that it can be put in your pocket and you can make calls on the road." "Isn't this a child's science fiction?" Takumi laughed, "I'm sorry for ruining your dream, but it's too early! Do you know? In three years, there will be a coin-free You can also make calls to public phones. As long as you have a thin card like a monthly pass, you can make calls of 500 or 1,000 yuan. In this way, the number of public phones will increase rapidly, so why do people walk with phones?" "Phone cards... cards for public calls will be popular for a while, but with the popularity of mobile phones, it will gradually be eliminated, and there will be fewer and fewer public phones. People will use mobile phones to communicate. Mobile phones will increase Many functions, the telephone line itself will also be high-speed and complicated, forming a complete network society. This is absolutely true, I hope you will remember it well.” "I'm not interested in science fiction." Tuoshi waved his hand lightly, and ordered another glass of draft beer. After leaving the hotpot restaurant, Tuoshi said to Shisheng: "You go back first, I have to go to a few places." "Where are you going?" "Here and there, I owe a lot of debts. I want to take this opportunity to settle some." "Oh," Shi Sheng nodded, "That's good. I'll go back and wait for you." Takumi held up a hand.Seeing that Shisheng was walking away, he also set off.After a while, he started jumping and humming with his nose. Seeing a telephone booth, he got in, hummed a song, inserted coins, and pressed the number.He remembered the number very well. After a few rings, "Hello?" A woman's lazy voice came from the phone. "Yukari? It's me, Takumi." "Ah, what's the matter?" "Don't be indifferent, it's good for you to accompany me today." "Don't be funny. If you want to ask me to go out, pay back the money first." "Also, isn't that just a little bit? Then call other girls. I haven't been to 'Weekend Fever' for a long time." "Crazy! Today is Sunday." "Whatever, there's always a disco open, right? I'm treating guests today, and everyone is buzzing." "what happened to you?" "You will know it when you come, and you will regret it for the rest of your life if you don't come. I want to thank the god of luck in today's Japanese Derby——Kazra Hesek." "Right bet?" "I bet 100,000 with my eyes closed, and I won!" Cheers came from the phone. Three hours later, Tuoshi began to dance wildly.They forced a closed bar to open its doors to welcome customers, and called a group of friends who would die as long as they could drink for free, and danced disco impromptu.The Bee Gees were playing on cheap stereos, and the whiskey and beer corks were being uncorked.These guys beat Takumi vigorously, and he became even more smug.In order to make the atmosphere more lively, some people even took off their clothes. When Shi Sheng opened the store door and walked in, the venue was at its climax.Takumi was standing on the table, pretending to be John Travolta. "Hey, Shisheng, thank you for finding this place." Tuoshi jumped off the table, "Everyone, he is the little brother I mentioned just now." There was a burst of cheers in the arena. "That's great, give me a prediction too." A girl said charmingly. "How can I do that? He's just for me." Tuoshi put his arms around Shisheng's shoulders, and smiled at him again: "Right?" Shisheng didn't smile, and looked at Takumi expressionlessly. "what are you doing?" "No, it's nothing, let's celebrate for a while—" Shi Sheng shook off Takumi's arm. "Is this the time for such a thing? I'm not telling you which horse will win for your sake." "That's a good word, but you've earned so much, so why make a fuss if you spend a little bit!" Shi Sheng scowled, and swung his right fist at Takumi's face.Even though Tuoshi was drunk, the speed of the punch was not so fast that he couldn't dodge it.However, Takumi didn't hide and hit his nose with his fist. One of his friends stood up and grabbed Shisheng by the collar. "Boy, what are you doing?" "Don't move, it's none of your business." Tuoshi stood up covering his face, and met Shisheng's eyes.Shi Sheng looked at him with a sad expression. Tuoshi looked around and said, "Sorry, that's all for today, everyone go back." This group of people looked like they were possessed by a demon, they looked at Takumi and Shisheng in bewilderment, and left the store.One of them muttered, "It's so rare for Tuoshi to be beaten." Takumi glanced at the hand covering his face, there was blood on it.But for some reason, he was not angry, and even a little ashamed. "I'm sorry." Shi Sheng said. "It's nothing." Tuoshi shook his head, "I didn't dodge for some reason, as if I thought I shouldn't dodge." He wiped his nose with a napkin beside him.The paper was immediately stained red. "Let's go, Tuoshi." Shi Sheng said, "Aren't you going to find a girlfriend? Then, go to the person who gave birth to you." Takumi nodded while clutching the bloody napkin. "Yes, let's go." Shi Sheng smiled slightly, revealing a bit of canine teeth.