Chapter 7 I'll Stop If You Cry

Shuang Xu really likes playing cards, usually with Shen Yu and the others. Her brothers treat her like a darling, coaxing and giving in to her, so she is naturally happy.

But He Tingzhou is not among these "good brothers".

Not only did he not let her touch the cards, but he also pointed at her every time.

She quickly lost all the chips on Shen Yu's table, and Shuang Xu's brows were furrowed.

She felt that He Tingzhou was targeting her deliberately.

This wasn't the first time this guy had bullied her.

Yue Zifeng couldn't bear to see this, so he begged him, "Can you please click on me? If Shuang Xu gets angry and cries, be careful that Shen Yu will come back and settle the score with you."

He Tingzhou glanced over from the opposite side and looked into Shuang Xu's eyes with interest: "Are you crying? If you are, I will stop."

Yue Zifeng said: "You really owe me."

Shuang Xu had reason to believe that even if she really cried, He Tingzhou would not stop.

She was just seventeen years old when she first met He Tingzhou.

At that time, the only thing Shuang Xu knew about him came from all kinds of rumors outside: he was arrogant, did things out of line, bullied others, almost killed someone... and so on.

In short, it's not a good thing.

Shuang Xu remembered his first impression of He Tingzhou: a cold feeling with a hint of danger.

Whenever He Tingzhou came to the Shen family, she would hide as far away from him as possible after saying hello.

In rare cases, when Shen Yu had to go away for something, she had to take on the task of entertaining the guests and had to stay there alone with He Tingzhou.

At that time, she had just started learning chess, so she took it out and asked He Tingzhou to play with her.

Shen Yu taught her how to play chess, and she thought she had learned it quite well. Shen Yu always gave in to her and tolerated her regrets, but He Tingzhou was different.

He killed them all without mercy.

Shuang Xu is not afraid of losing, but he doesn't like being abused.

She didn't want to play anymore and wanted to put away the chessboard, but He Tingzhou's narrow, sharp eyes glared at her and mocked her: "You run away after losing, isn't that shameful?"

As a result, she even had a shadow over chess for a period of time.

Shen Yu came back after answering the phone, glanced at the clear situation on the card table, and raised his eyebrows: "Why are you bullying my Xiaojiu?"

Shuang Xu immediately gave up his position to him. He was very unhappy about being targeted by He Tingzhou, but now he had to bear it as he needed help from others, and he even compensated He Tingzhou.

“I’m not very good at fighting.”

Shen Yu smiled and patted her on the back of the head twice. Just like before, he threw his cell phone to Shuang Xu and returned to the card table.

"Watch carefully."

Shen Yu and He Tingzhou were able to fight to a draw, with both sides evenly matched, and at least they managed to regain some of the ground that Shuang Xu had lost.

Shuang Xu watched the battle from the side.

She had never learned these skills before, and her card playing skills depended entirely on her luck as if she was possessed by the God of Wealth.

Now I realize that there are actually a lot of tricks involved. You have to count cards, look ten steps ahead before you take one step, and know not only your own cards, but also everyone else's cards.

When the battle became tense, she moved to the opposite side in a corner where no one noticed.

I took a look at He Tingzhou's cards, but didn't understand them.

Because this person doesn't care about the cards at all and just places them the way he gets them, with the Four of a kind and the Nine of a tube sandwiched between them, and the Ten Thousand and the Twenty Thousand separated by an entire galaxy.

The scattered ones have the effect of preventing peeping.

Shuang Xu was trying to figure out what he had heard in his mind, when He Tingzhou tilted his head without warning: "Do you understand, little undercover?"

Several people who were originally focusing on the card game immediately looked towards Shuang Xu.

She felt like a thief who had been caught red-handed and publicly executed.

"I didn't..." She wanted to explain that she was not peeking, but was just curious about his playing style.

He Tingzhou rocked his chair and said in a tone like he was dismissing a child, "I heard it's 80,000. Go back and tell your brother the news."

When gods fight, it is always the common people who suffer. Yue Zifeng lost so much that his pants were almost gone. He suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh: "I was wondering why Shen Yu always wins. It turns out that he is wearing a little yellow hat!"

Frost Preface is difficult to defend.

Shen Yu just smiled and tapped the half-smoked cigarette in his hand on the crystal ashtray. He did not make any excuses and was charged with the crime of sending an undercover agent.

"A soldier never tires of deception."

As he said this, he handed out a note of 80,000 yuan.

He Tingzhou really expected 80,000, and he pushed the cards down without any courtesy, shaking the chair and said, "I won."

Shuang Xu really wanted to kick the leg of his chair.

She sat back obediently and never went to He Tingzhou again.

At midnight, a cake with candles on it was pushed in front of Shen Yu. Everyone formed a circle and sang Happy Birthday to him. He was surrounded in the center.

Shuang Xu didn't know who pushed him and ended up at the back.

This kind of thing would never happen before she was eighteen years old. Everyone around Shen Yu knew how much he doted on her.

But sooner or later, she has to get used to it. She can't stand by his side forever. Shuang Xu has slowly learned to accept this.

She was tapping the beat to the rhythm, and Shen Yu looked past the others and towards her.

The orange candlelight made his outlines bright and dark. He stretched out his hand to her: "Xiaojiu, come here."

Everyone turned around to look at her, and those standing in front quickly moved aside to make way.

Shuang Xu walked over, Shen Yu put his hand on her left shoulder and brought her in front of him, facing the dancing candles on the cake.

"Make a wish."

Shuangxu used to do this. She always had so many wishes that she couldn't fulfill them all. Her own birthday wasn't enough. She was the one who made all the wishes on Shenyu's birthday.

Shen Yu would help her realize any wish she made.

Shuang Xu could feel the gazes falling on him, each with a variety of meanings.

But the girl who loved making wishes has grown up and knows that not all wishes can come true.

"I don't have any wishes now." Shuang Xu said, "Brother, it's your birthday, so you should make the wish."

Shen Yu's eyes were dyed deep by the flickering candlelight. When she looked at him again, there was only tenderness in them as before. He touched her hair and said, "Then keep it. Make a wish when you have one."

In the second half of the birthday party, the air was filled with alcohol.

Shuang Xu hasn't had a good rest these few days since he came back. He slept on the sofa for a while and was covered with a blanket when he woke up.

The servant was standing by and when he saw her wake up, he said, "The young master said that if you are tired, you can go to the room upstairs to sleep."

Shuang Xu looked in the direction of the voices of the people talking and laughing, and saw that Shen Yu and Yue Zifeng and their group were still drinking.

These young men were drunk and had beautiful women snuggling in their arms.

Shen Yu is celebrating his birthday today, so it is inevitable that those people will gang up on him and force him to drink.

He leaned back on the sofa with his long legs crossed and relaxed, two buttons of his white shirt undone. His right hand holding a cigarette was resting on the armrest of the sofa, the cigarette still burning. He didn't know whether he was drunk or absent-minded.

The woman sitting next to Shen Yu was particularly beautiful and eye-catching. Shuang Xu felt that she looked familiar, as if she was a female celebrity, but he couldn't remember who she was.

She seemed to be still asleep, staring blankly in the direction of Shen Yu.

Hearing Yue Zifeng's drunken teasing, "I flew here in the middle of the night to celebrate your birthday, and you didn't even show any appreciation."

Shen Yu: "Are you jealous?"

Yue Zifeng: "I'm jealous, so why don't you give it to me?"

"That won't do." The female star smiled sweetly and naturally rested her chin on Shen Yu's shoulder.

This used to be her privilege.

She has been very attached to Shen Yu since she was a child. Whenever Shen Yu and Yue Zifeng went out to play, she insisted on going with them, and Shen Yu always took her with him.

Because she was there, they played very quietly. There were no women around Shen Yu at that time. When she felt sleepy, she would lie on him and fall asleep.

Shuang Xu's blank gaze retracted and dropped to the ground, and his thin, white fingers resting on the edge of the sofa.

After a moment, she raised her head again, not seeing anything unusual, and asked the servant, "Where is Brother Tingzhou?"

"I didn't see Mr. He. He must have left."

Shuang Xu immediately stood up and hurried towards the parking lot.

The servant held a blanket behind her and asked, "Are you leaving? Aren't you going to tell the young master?"

Shuang Xu shook his head: "Let's not bother him."