Chapter 58

For Chou Zhaoqiang's question, Ferren smiled without answering and walked straight back.

The location where Bao Niu and the others were situated was on the fourth-floor stand. The environment inside the stand felt similar to a stock exchange, with screens everywhere broadcasting the live status of the horse races. Rows of high-back chairs were arranged, with many middle-aged and elderly people sitting in groups, studying the horse racing tips, and many tourists wandering around out of curiosity.

Seeing Ferren return, Dai Yan excitedly said, "Allen, since you're so confident about Youli Meili in the first race, Xiao Ran, Xiao Dong, and I have also placed bets on Win, Exacta, and Quinella. Do you want to add more?"

The betting rules for horse races are actually quite simple. Each race has twelve horses, and each bet ranges from ten yuan to fifty thousand yuan. Win means the horse you bet on must come in first to win a prize, with a relatively high probability and thus lower odds. As for Exacta, you must correctly predict the first and second place horses to win, so the odds are relatively higher, ranging from several dozen to several hundred times.

Quinella is similar to Exacta, but you need to correctly predict at least two horses that finish in the top three to win, with similarly high odds. Since Ferren placed a Trifecta bet, he had to correctly predict the first, second, and third place horses in a single race, which had an extremely low probability, making it the grand prize of a single race. Dai Yan and the others, seeing Ferren so confident about the top three, each added three thousand yuan to the Win, Exacta, and Quinella bets, thinking that even if they lost, it wouldn't be too much, and if they won, it would be a huge profit.

"No need, winning the Trifecta is already enough!" Ferren smiled, "I'm very confident about Youli Meili."

At this moment, an old man sitting nearby suddenly struck up a conversation, "Young man, are you really that confident about Youli Meili?"

Ferren tapped his temple and said, "Old sir, my intuition has always been very accurate."

"Alright, then I'll bet on it too!" The old man said and headed towards the betting counter.

Ferren then extended his hand towards Chou Zhaoqiang and said, "Twenty!"

Chou Zhaoqiang joined the Serious Crime Unit because of Ferren's reputation, so he didn't mind Ferren's somewhat rude and domineering gesture. He felt his pocket and handed a hundred yuan to Ferren.

Ferren didn't have change, so he took the hundred yuan, pulled out a five hundred yuan note, and asked, "Who bought the Trifecta?"

Shi Yiran immediately said, "Madam bought it, we all chipped in."

Hearing this, Ferren quickly handed the five hundred yuan to Xie Yixin, who didn't take it, saying unhappily, "It's just a few dozen yuan, why be so precise?"

Ferren rolled his eyes, pointed to the Trifecta amount on the big screen, and scolded, "It's several hundred thousand, okay?" As he spoke, the screen refreshed, and the Trifecta prize for the first race had already risen to over one million and one hundred thousand yuan.

Seeing Ferren's displeased expression, Xie Yixin reluctantly took the money and muttered, "I don't have change now, I'll give it back to you later."

Ferren waved his hand and said, "Forget it, keep the money. We'll buy more later."

Chou Zhaoqiang asked again, "Ferren Sir, are you really that confident?"

Ferren smiled slyly and said, "We'll see when they run!"

At this moment, the screen displayed a message: Today's Trifecta involves guessing the top three horses in the third, fourth, and sixth races, a total of nine horses. The order of the three horses in each race doesn't matter, and the ticket must be filled out and purchased before the third race starts. Then, the screen showed a countdown for the first race.

Dai Yan and the others were excited, knowing that winning the Trifecta could mean a prize of several million yuan. Shi Yiran leaned in and asked, "Ferren Sir, should we buy the Trifecta?"

Ferren calmly said, "Let's see the result of the first race first!"

Soon, the twelve horses lined up at the starting gate, ready to go.

"Youli Meili!" "Youli Meili!" "Youli Meili!"

Before the race even started, Dai Yan and the others began cheering. Not only them, but people around were also shouting the names of the horses they bet on, with some even taunting, "Youli Meili? What a joke!"

The young and impulsive Shi Yiran was about to argue with the taunter, but Ferren held him back and said, "Xiao Ran, don't get angry. We'll see who's the joke after the race."

The taunter, clearly listening for a response, jumped up from his seat, ready to retort. However, Chou Zhaoqiang and Li Lidong glared at him coldly, and the taunter immediately shut up and sat back down.

At the same time, the gates opened, and the twelve horses dashed out, causing a huge cheer from the crowd. Ferren and the others no longer cared about the taunter and turned their attention to the race.

Horses run faster than people, and the race quickly entered the final turn.

"Great!! The lead horse, Tian Di Fei Chi, has come out of the turn. Half a horse length behind is Qing Tou Yi He, followed closely by Hu Zhen Long Teng. Youli Meili is in fourth, with the fifth, sixth, and seventh places... "

This ranking made Dai Yan and the others' cheers much quieter. They felt a mix of excitement and anxiety because if the current ranking held until the finish line, the Trifecta would be a loss, but the Quinella might still win. All three of them thought that Ferren wasn't infallible, able to guide them in stock investments but not necessarily better at horse racing.

Despite Chou Zhaoqiang's cold and cool appearance, he was observant and perceptive. Standing next to Ferren, he noticed the expressions of Dai Yan and the others and leaned in to remind Ferren, "Allen, this race is a bit of a pity."

Ferren didn't even look at him, smiling faintly, "Qiangzi, do you know what it means to laugh last? As long as the race isn't over, no one knows the outcome."

Chou Zhaoqiang was slightly stunned, wondering where Ferren's confidence came from.

"Entering the final straight, all the horses are sprinting. Wow~~ Youli Meili is accelerating, it has overtaken Hu Zhen Long Teng and is now just half a body length behind Qing Tou Yi He. It continues to accelerate, catching up, catching up... "

"Wow~~ Youli Meili has overtaken Qing Tou Yi He, climbing to second place. The finish line is near, but Youli Meili isn't giving up. It's still accelerating, faster and faster... Youli Meili is now neck and neck with the first-place Tian Di Fei Chi. Wow~~ They've reached the finish line, almost crossing it simultaneously. It looks like we'll need electronic judgment!"

"The judgment is in, ladies and gentlemen. Youli Meili has won the first race of today by a half-nose! Tian Di Fei Chi is second, and Qing Tou Yi He is third..."

This result caused a sigh of regret from most people, as Youli Meili's unexpected victory turned almost everyone's tickets into waste paper.

"Wow, Brother Fei, we really won the Trifecta! Am I dreaming?" Shi Yiran, who had just thought it was a lost cause, now wanted to hug Ferren's face and kiss it.

Dai Yan and Li Lidong were also jumping and shouting, excited like children. Only Xie Yixin was genuinely happy for Ferren, handing over the ticket and saying, "Here, the betting slip is here. You can decide how to distribute it."

Ferren didn't take the ticket and said, "Keep the slip for now. After the night races, we'll split the winnings among the six of us. All the tickets we bought together will be kept by you."

"I have no objections to what Allen said!" Dai Yan agreed first.

"Neither do I!" "I agree!" The others chimed in.

Bao Niu, however, pushed the ticket into Ferren's hand, saying shyly, "Keep it with you. I'm afraid I'll lose it. I can't afford to lose such a large sum of money!"

Ferren didn't immediately put away the ticket but asked, "Do you have any objections?"

"No objections!" Everyone said in unison.

"Alright then!" Ferren casually put the ticket into his hidden ring. "For the second race, just place a few Trifecta bets, ten yuan each. Place as many combinations as you can. I'll go check the horses for the next few races, so we can buy the Trifecta later!"

Xie Bao Niu suggested, "Why don't we skip the second race and all go with Allen to check the horses? We can learn from his expertise!"

"Good idea!"

Dai Yan and the others were eager to do so, as the first race was so miraculous, with Youli Meili making a last-minute comeback to win. Everyone wanted to learn from Ferren. Chou Zhaoqiang, with even more questions, naturally didn't object. Thus, the group headed to the stables, with Xie Bao Niu naturally staying close to Ferren.

In the elevator, they ran into the taunter from earlier. Shi Yiran mocked, "The first place on your ticket should be Youli Meili, right?"

The taunter's face stiffened, and he threatened, "Kid, where are you from? Don't get too cocky after winning. Be careful of the consequences!"

Chou Zhaoqiang showed his badge coldly and sneered, "We're police. If there were consequences, they would have come already. What do you think, sir?"

The taunter's face turned white. Threatening the police, or a group of police, when did he get so bold? As soon as the elevator door opened, he fled.

In the following time, Ferren led his colleagues to check all the horses for the third to sixth races. Since most of the horses were still in their stalls, his animal language skills were of limited use. He could only eavesdrop on the conversations of the horses in adjacent stalls. This time, Ferren used another rarely used ability—animal physiognomy.

Animal physiognomy, like animal language, had been weakened by the main god. Originally called the All-Seeing Art, it could discern the qualities of all things (including humans) in the world. After Ferren left the cycle space, it became a skill that could only discern animals, and even then, not very accurately. However, it was perfect for horse racing.

After a round of inspections, Ferren quickly identified ten horses in the best condition and most likely to finish in the top three. According to the race list provided by the club, Ferren was confident about the top three horses in the third and fourth races. Only the sixth race had four horses with a chance, and from the snippets of conversation he overheard, these four horses were not a team and were at odds with each other. The competition would be intense, and Ferren couldn't decide, so he decided to cover all four.

Four out of three, with four unordered combinations, so Ferren filled out four Trifecta tickets and instructed Bao Niu to buy them. With the success of the first race, Dai Yan and the others had complete faith in Ferren's choices and went with Xie Yixin to buy the tickets.

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