Chapter 048 People can’t be so unlucky
After the mahjong game was played, Sister Sun began to explain the rules: "We don't play big, just 2 yuan per round."
Lin Xi thought about her empty pockets and said, "I don't have a penny on me right now. If I lose, I might not be able to pay it out." She actually knew that there was something fishy going on. If she couldn't pay, her colleagues might ask her to pay with her life.
But Lin Xi didn't think that they could really take his life if he lost. Besides, Lin Xi still had a trump card.
Sister Sun acted as if she had just learned that Lin Xi had no money. There was a hint of heartache on her face. "What a poor child! It's okay. She's so young, how much can you ask for? Wait until you get your salary and then give it to us, or treat us to milk tea."
After a few rounds of discussion, Lin Xi and three colleagues finally sat down at the mahjong table. Lin Xi was encouraged to shuffle the cards, and then he stacked the tiles with some awkward movements.
According to the rules, the first round was a random dealer. To appear fair, my colleagues decided to roll a dice, with the highest number becoming the dealer. Once the game began, the winner became the dealer for the next round.
"We can't do the kind of thing where we go around in circles and act as the banker. After all, we still have to patrol in between. Whoever wins becomes the banker, and we have to remember who the next banker will be." Sister Sun explained with a smile, but Lin Xi didn't care.
She was indeed feeling a bit itchy. Lin Xi hadn't really played mahjong in real life, only online, of course, without the small-money stakes. There were many online mahjong apps targeting young people these days, and the character illustrations were all pretty 2D.
Lin Xi almost spent money to buy skins. Although the rules are slightly different from the national standards, they are basically the same.
Two dice were thrown down. Uncle Li got 1 3, Sister Sun got 3 4, Xiao Zhao got 5 1, and Lin Xi got 6 2. Lin Xi rolled the highest number on the dice, so Lin Xi was the banker in the first round. Lin Xi threw the dice again and landed on 3 6, which is what is called "Nine Surrenders" in the card language.
Well, that sounds a bit unlucky.
Lin Xi took a deep breath, cleared nine of his piles, and began to draw cards. The moment the cards were stacked in front of him, Lin Xi took a deep breath. Lin Xi was a bit unlucky, as evidenced by the fact that his parents and wife had died, and then his wife entered the livestream after her death. When a person is unlucky, they are truly unlucky.
Just by looking at it, Lin Xi knew how bad her hand was. One, three, six, nine, none of the main cards touched her. East, south, west, north, center, and white came from all directions. Lin Xi almost crushed the cards in her hand. But there was no other way. No matter how bad the cards were, she still had to play.
Lin Xi: “East.”
She lifted the card and put it outside, holding the card name in her mouth. But before the card fell, she heard Sister Sun on her left say, "Pong."
Sister Sun pushed two cards aside, and they landed identically on the table. Lin Xi took a deep breath and said nothing. Playing cards clockwise, Sister Sun was the next player. After she touched and played a card, it was Uncle Li's turn to draw and play.
Uncle Li across from her and Xiao Zhao to her right had both played worthless cards, and it was Lin Xi's turn to draw again. The moment she picked up her cards, she realized something was wrong. She looked at another card and took a deep breath.
There is no choice but to continue fighting.
After another round, it was Lin Xi's turn to draw a card. This time, it wasn't Dong. Dong couldn't come either. There were only four identical cards on the table. If another Dong came, it would be a problem. This time, Lin Xi played a "South."
The same plot as the first round, before the South card fell, a "bang" was heard.
...pretty cool.
Lin Xi estimated that she was about to draw her fourth Nan. Sure enough, Uncle Li played, Xiao Zhao drew cards, and when it was her turn, she drew another Nan. She held the Nan in her hand and played "Xi," which Xiao Zhao, the player above her, immediately touched.
It was Lin Xi's turn to draw a card, and it was another west.
Lin Xi understood. If they hadn't done anything wrong, Lin Xi wouldn't have believed it. But the problem was, Lin Xi didn't know how they had done it.
Meanwhile, Sister Sun next to her said with a smile, "Oh, Lin Xi, you have such bad luck. Whatever you hit comes out the other side. If you had just kept the cards, you might have even made a seven-pair."
"Haha, yeah." Lin Xi smiled on the surface, but he was actually furious inside: Okay, okay, you're going to try this on me, right?
Lin Xi didn't speak in a hurry. She wanted to see what these guys could do.
After playing the first hand for a while, Sister Sun pushed the cards and said with a smile: "Self-touch!" She smiled and counted the number of points. Including the circle wind, carved east wind pair, self-touch and other points, the total number was twelve. Because it was a self-touch, she would collect three cards. Lin Xi didn't care about others, but in this hand, Lin Xi lost her twenty-four yuan.
Sister Sun smiled and said, "I'm also lucky. I got off to a good start."
When you say this, do you believe it?
Not only Lin Xi, but also the audience who watched the live broadcast thought so. There were a lot of comments in Lin Xi's live broadcast room, especially today, and many mahjong players came out:
[This must be a scam, but I didn't see clearly how they cheated. ]
[Could it be that when arranging the cards, I arranged the stack of cards into the way I wanted? ]
[But the first place where the cards were taken was in front of Lin Xi. Lin Xi arranged them himself. It couldn't be that Lin Xi was cheating, right?]
There were thousands of people in the livestream, but no one noticed how the three ghosts cheated. This shows they really do have some experience playing cards. Of course, some people thought: "No, am I the only one who thinks Lin Xi is just unlucky?"
This barrage of comments floated over and instantly silenced everyone in the live broadcast room, because everyone thought: People can't be so unlucky, right?
But the problem is, there's only bad luck and worse luck, not the unluckiest. Not long after Sister Sun took over as the banker, Lin Xi rushed the cards, and Xiao Zhao dealt Lin Xi a hand of □□. The so-called □□ means three each for the middle, the front, and the white, which is called a ke in mahjong parlance.
In fact, before Lin Xi played his last card, Xiao Zhao had already hit a white card on the table, and he still had a single card in his hand. Lin Xi had just played a ten-thousand card tentatively, but Xiao Zhao caught him dead in the act. When □□ pushed it away, Lin Xi's head was spinning.
□□, 88! That's one hundred and seventy-six yuan.
Including the money she lost to Sister Sun, Lin Xi had already lost 200 yuan, and she didn't have a penny in her pocket. At this moment, Lin Xi wanted to call the police and report the gambling ring. She would rather be imprisoned herself than continue playing this game of "killing pigs".
It wasn't that Lin Xi couldn't afford to lose, it was that they were cheating! Not only were they cheating, but Lin Xi kept losing. They didn't even give him a few chances to experience victory!
They started playing at 8:30 and paused at 9:50. They packed up and prepared to leave, resuming their game after their patrol. Lin Xi was already feeling a bit frustrated and didn't even want to go on patrol, but the job still had to be done. Lin Xi took a deep breath, pushed aside the mahjong, stood up, grabbed a flashlight, and headed out the door.
After ten days, her patrol area was a little larger than before, and she also had to patrol the two farewell halls at the back. When she couldn't see her colleagues anymore, Lin Xi called Shen Sang Ning out. In the quiet and deserted small room on the second floor, Lin Xi
She hugged Shen Sangning and cried loudly: "How could this happen! How could I lose so miserably!"
After playing for over an hour, Lin Xi did win a few rounds, but the losses were nothing compared to her losses. By now, Lin Xi was already over a thousand yuan in debt. She cried loudly, "Wife! They're cheating! They're definitely cheating!"
If Chen Sangning was alive, she would probably advise her: "Forget it, just think of it as a lesson learned. I told you not to play mahjong with outsiders. They are all in cahoots. It's said on the Internet that this is a pig-killing scheme, specifically to attract young people like you. At the beginning, they play small amounts, and then they get bigger and bigger. If you lose everything, they will lend you money and then compound the interest. Those who make money on the Internet are also fake. They can directly deal cards to you behind your back. How can you beat them?"
However, except for today, Lin Xi hasn't had anyone transfer money to him. Basically, they just play on those regular apps. There is no small change, and winnings and losses are all points. The small change he recharges can only be used to buy nice clothes for his own avatar.
But Shen Sangning was dead, so she didn't try to persuade Lin Xi. Instead, she raised her hand, showing Lin Xi her forearm. It didn't have much muscle, but it still gave her a strong sense of security. Especially when Shen Sangning said, "Don't cry, I'll eat them." The tone of Shen Sangning's words made her sound as if she was going to kill the ghosts directly.
Lin Xi nodded: "Yeah!"
Then he lowered his voice and whispered, "Then I'll fight for a while. If they still cheat, we'll kill them!"
Shen Sangning smiled: "Well, kill them!"
After completing her patrol, Lin Xi was the first to return to the corridor outside the duty room. She smiled as she watched her three colleagues appear at the end of the corridor at exactly twelve o'clock. This time, she was determined to avenge her previous shame!
The three colleagues looked at Lin Xi and smiled. Their trap was well-made; Lin Xi fell into it immediately. The three of them worked together seamlessly, and many tricks were defeated by them. Then the four of them returned to the card table. The light from the electric lamp flickered, illuminating the faces with unpredictable expressions.
After everyone sat down, Lin Xi looked at Uncle Li and Xiao Zhao and asked, "Do you have any cigarettes?"
During her rebellious years, Lin Xi smoked. She didn't find the taste particularly appealing, nor did she develop a craving for it. She simply felt cool and handsome when she smoked. She was the brightest star in the crowd, the boss of the group. She'd even feign naiveté, imagining herself as a gangster boss or a mysterious woman living in seclusion in some obscure shop.
But to be honest, when you are upset, cigarettes can really refresh you. And playing mahjong, smoking a cigarette can create a good atmosphere.
In general, Lin Xi's second-year syndrome has taken over again.
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