The head steward of the Liu family came to deliver Wang Pangzi's luggage, which consisted of a few changes of clothes and a few days' worth of daily necessities.
Then they sent Gu Xin a whole bunch of gifts and said that their master and mistress, Lord Liu, couldn't come in person because they had important guests at home. They hoped Gu Xin would understand and that they would invite Gu Xin to a proper meal when Lady Liu set off for the capital in a couple of days.
Gu Xin didn't care about any of this and told the housekeeper to go back and tell the couple that there was absolutely no need to be polite.
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That evening, Gu Xin set out the mahjong set that the steward of the villa had found, and invited Wang Pang, Zheng Qiu, and Bai Yi to play mahjong together.
Bai Yi was extremely unwilling and wanted to pass the buck to Bai Er, but Bai Er hurriedly ran away.
The woman in white could only look at the winter snow.
Dongxue waved her hand: "Brother in white, this servant doesn't know how to do this."
Bai Yi sighed silently in her heart.
Fatty Wang looked bewildered: "White-robed, don't you like playing mahjong? How can you not like something so fun?"
The man in white gave Fatty Wang a complicated look, then chuckled coldly.
Wang Pangzi didn't understand, but the white-robed man's expression was too cold, so he was a little scared and stopped talking.
Zheng Qiu wasn't very good at it either; she had only just learned how to play Dou Dizhu. But she wasn't worried at all. Anyway, she had earned a lot of money in the past two days, so she treated it as just a game.
After playing two rounds of mahjong, Fatty Wang began to understand Bai Yi's performance before the game started.
This isn't playing mahjong, it's practically giving away money!
Why is the third sister so lucky? I don't think she's that good at fighting, but she's just so lucky!
That night, Wang Pang truly gave away all his possessions, including what Butler Liu had sent; he was now penniless.
He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, questioning the meaning of life.
He quickly realized that this was actually for the best. With no money, he had no other ulterior motives. Staying by Princess Xinxin's side meant she wouldn't let him starve.
They might make me do the work, oh well, I've already caught up, I'll have to do the work eventually!
Wang Pangzi maintained a positive attitude and quickly figured things out, then fell asleep soon after.
The next morning, Wang Pangzi was rudely lifted up by Bai Er while he was still asleep. He thought he was at home or his aunt's house and was about to throw a tantrum, but when he saw Bai Er's cold face, he instantly woke up.
This is the earliest Wang Pangzi has gotten up this year, except for the first day of the Lunar New Year. He has a bad temper when he wakes up, but unfortunately, his bad temper has no effect on Bai Er.
He sheepishly washed up by himself, then ate breakfast, and afterwards took Gu Xin and the others hiking.
The thought of that mountain gave Fatty Wang a headache, but there was nothing he could do. He had agreed to it just yesterday, and he couldn't just abandon the job today!
After climbing to the top of the mountain, Fatty Wang felt like his hands and feet no longer belonged to him, and that he was half dead.
Unfortunately, his condition meant that the group had no choice but to spend the night in the temple on the mountaintop.
By the next morning, Wang Pangzi was still in pain all over his body. Gu Xin was worried that Gu En had already arrived, so she didn't make do with Wang Pangzi and prepared to have Bai Er in white take a wooden stick and pull him down the mountain.
Just as they stepped out of the temple, terrified shouts erupted from inside: "Something terrible has happened! Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu stopped at the same time and looked at each other.
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