"What does this mean?" Huo Yunzhi asked, frowning.

"Madam, this is the shop's rule. We lend you money, so you have to sign this contract. Don't worry, as long as you return the money later, the contract will automatically become invalid." Manager Xu seemed afraid that Huo Yunzhi would refuse, so he quickly added.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Huo Yunzhi signed the contract without a second thought. She didn't even notice that the last chapter stipulated that if the money wasn't returned, an additional one hundred taels would be added for each day it wasn't paid.

If it exceeds five days, it will double.

Manager Xu watched with satisfaction as Huo Yunzhi readily signed the contract, then handed the silver to Fangcao, who was standing beside Huo Yunzhi.

“Miss Cheng, now that this lady has all her bargaining chips, shall we continue?” Manager Xu asked Cheng Qingli respectfully.

"Since that's the case, let's begin, Consort Huo. This time, I'm going to place my bet first." Cheng Qingli deliberately took out the four thousand taels of silver notes and several land deeds in her hand, placing them on top of the larger ones and then on the smaller ones.

It seems that no matter where she puts it, she hesitates.

Finally, just as Cheng Qingli was about to put the money back on the plate, Huo Yunzhi, without thinking, placed a thousand taels of silver on it.

"Miss Cheng, I'm sorry, but I'll place the bet first this time." Huo Yunzhi said apologetically, but the smugness in her eyes was undisguised.

"How could you do this? I wanted to bet on the small one." Cheng Qingli looked at Huo Yunzhi with dissatisfaction, as if her bet had been stolen. She cursed inwardly, "Stupid thing, you don't even know you've been tricked."

Does she really think that Manager Xu's money is so easy to borrow?

Does she really think she can just take what's hers so easily?

She should consider her four thousand taels, two land deeds, and one thousand taels of silver as a lesson learned.

Let her know that from now on, in the capital, she, Cheng Qingli, is not someone she can afford to offend.

"Then I'll have to trouble Miss Cheng to choose the bigger one." Huo Yunzhi was in a much better mood after winning the bid from Cheng Qingli.

"What should I do? I feel like the small one is better than the big one. I'll choose the small one. I'm sure I can win this time, right?" Cheng Qingli looked sadly at the thousand taels of silver on the small one and muttered to herself.

Huo Yunzhi did not answer Cheng Qingli's question, but thought to herself, "I want you to lose."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have thrown so many things down just to test the waters, would she?

"Miss Cheng, winning or losing is a matter of fate; it's all about luck," Huo Yunzhi said smugly, clearly not believing that Cheng Qingli would be so lucky to win this time.

After all, the person who had been losing all the time was obviously having bad luck today, but now she had won two games in a row. Huo Yunzhi felt that it was just a last gasp before she died.

Thinking of this, Huo Yunzhi urged again, "Miss Cheng, let's hurry up?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Qingli reluctantly placed all her bets on Da Shang.

He was still a little worried, seemingly quite afraid that he might lose.

"Hey, who do you think will win this round?"

"I bet it's this Miss Who Always Loses," someone said with a smile, pointing at Cheng Qingli.

Because Cheng Qingli had been losing, these people gave her the nickname "Miss Always Losing".

"I think that in the future, she has already lost several matches. I guess she has already turned all her bad luck around. In this game, she has a very high chance of winning!"

Huo Yunzhi's expression darkened upon hearing this. What did these people know?

Cheng Qingli has already won two games in a row, how could she possibly win again?