Jiang Nian was used to walking silently.
So the people in the private room obviously didn't know she was outside.
Someone spoke up: "Old Wang, Ji Qiyue's sister is here. Is he going to go back?"
Then came the voice of Brother Wang, who had initially teased Jiang Nian, who snorted coldly: "We went to great lengths to bring him here, how could we just let him go back like this?"
"This kid says he comes from an ordinary family. Does someone from an ordinary family deserve such deference from the club owner? Would someone from an ordinary family sit here and lose over a million without any reaction?"
"Ever since he came to the club, he's been given all the good resources, and he's pushed to play in any competition with any prestige. This kid is living the high life, while we old folks have no way to make a living."
"Let's do as I said, the three of us team up and squeeze as much money out of him as possible today, then we'll split it all together later. I want to see if this kid can stay so smug!"
Upon hearing these words, a cold glint flashed in Jiang Nian's eyes.
"Niannian, what are you standing here for? Why don't you go inside?" Ji Qiyue's voice came from behind.
The private room fell silent instantly.
"It's nothing, my shoelace just came undone." Jiang Nian's voice was calm and indifferent, as if she hadn't heard anything.
Ji Qiyue didn't take it seriously and took her hand, saying, "Oh, then I'll go inside and get my phone. Let's go home."
As soon as Ji Qiyue pushed open the door and went inside, he said he was done playing and wanted to take his sister home, but Brother Wang stopped him.
He frowned: "We're going back already? We've only been playing for less than two hours."
“Little Ji, you weren’t the only one who lost tonight. Lao Li and A Gang also lost a lot of money. They want to play a little longer to win it back.”
"It's a bit unethical of you to just leave them behind like that."
That's true.
Upon hearing this, Ji Qiyue hesitated.
He didn't care about losing money himself, but he also had to consider the others who were losing money. However, he wasn't comfortable letting Niannian go home alone.
"Niannian, how about..."
Ji Qiyue was about to call a car for Jiang Nian to take her away when Jiang Nian spoke first.
"Then let's keep fighting,"
The girl's face was bathed in a silvery glow under the cold white light, making her appear even more aloof and indifferent. "It's just that my fifth brother isn't very good at mahjong. How about I play for him?"
"...What?" Ji Qiyue's eyes widened, never expecting his sister to say something like that.
The other three were even more shocked.
"Little sister, what are you joking about? You're still a minor, aren't you?"
Brother Wang said in a tone as if he'd heard a joke, "We adults play cards, not to play with kids."
"Does age matter in gambling? As long as you have money to lose, that's all that matters."
Jiang Nian remained expressionless, her cold gaze sweeping across the mahjong table.
"A game of mahjong takes too long, let's play Texas Hold'em instead."
"Each person has one million chips. The person who runs out of chips quits. How about that?"
Ji Qiyue was already shocked enough when he heard Jiang Nian say she would play mahjong for him.
Hearing the words "Texas Hold'em" come out of his sister's mouth again made him gape even wider.
If playing mahjong is a common pastime for Chinese people, then it's not surprising that Nian Nian knows how to play mahjong.
Texas Hold'em is something that ordinary high school students would never encounter.
“Niannian, stop fooling around. Mahjong and Texas Hold’em are not for little kids,” Ji Qiyue frowned immediately. “Be good, Fifth Brother will find someone to take you home.”
“But I want to play,” Jiang Nian raised her eyes, her gaze seemingly misty, and asked earnestly, “Fifth Brother, are you unwilling to take out a million for me to play?”
"I……"
This sentence completely stumped Ji Qiyue.
How could he not be willing to spend money to let his sister play?
He'd be willing to spend not just one million, but two or five million.
The problem is, this isn't exactly a serious game!
If his grandfather and older brother knew that he took out a million yuan to gamble with Niannian in an underground casino, they would scold him to death.
"Fifth Brother—" Jiang Nian tugged at the corner of Ji Qiyue's T-shirt.
He didn't say anything, but when Ji Qiyue met the girl's beautiful, dark eyes, he couldn't utter a single word of refusal.
My heart softened.
“Just… one million,” he gritted his teeth, “and once we lose it all, we’ll go home. And you’re not allowed to play this kind of thing again.”
Jiang Nian's lips curled up slightly: "Okay."
He looked at the other three people and asked, "You three brothers don't have any objections, right?"
What opinions could they possibly have?
The reason these guys came to play cards today was to squeeze money out of Ji Qiyue.
He had already lost a million by cheating at mahjong, and now a child who is not yet an adult is going to gamble another million with Ji Qiyue.
What do these kids know about Texas Hold'em? This is just throwing money at them. They might make a million in one round.
Brother Wang immediately showed great generosity: "If Xiao Ji has no problem, then we certainly will too. Just think of it as keeping your sister company!"
So we moved to the lobby where they played Texas Hold'em and found a table to sit down.
The people who gamble in these places are mostly men. Women usually come to accompany their "big brothers," and they are all hot, sexy, and alluring with fiery red lips.
A girl like Jiang Nian, dressed simply yet so beautiful and aloof, immediately attracted the attention of many people present.
Many people gathered around to watch the spectacle.
A female dealer took her place at their table, skillfully shuffling and dealing the cards.
The rules of Texas Hold'em are not difficult.
There are 52 playing cards in total, with no jokers. At the start of each round, each player receives two cards as their "hole cards," and then the dealer reveals five "community cards" in three separate rounds.
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