Xu Tingchuan smiled gently, his eyes filled with tenderness as he looked at Ni Sitian.
Ni Sitian turned her head away and refused to look at him anymore; she didn't know how to face him now.
Everyone else assumed Ni Sitian was just shy, and they suppressed their laughter even more.
Ni Sitian simply turned around and walked away. She wanted to watch them play ball, but instead, she was the one being surrounded by onlookers. She didn't want to watch anymore.
Xiang Zhilan, fearing she would be embarrassed or angry, immediately followed her.
Fu Wennuan also walked over and suggested that the two of them play cards.
Of the three of them, only Fu Wennuan was somewhat familiar with playing cards, and Xiang Zhilan could also play Dou Dizhu (a card game). Unfortunately, Ni Sitian was not good at it and could only play Niu Niu, which relied on luck.
The other two decided to play Niu Niu to accommodate Ni Sitian.
Fu Nuannuan was unlucky and liked to bet a lot, so she lost quickly and all the hundreds of yuan she had were gone in an instant.
"Ah Chen! I've gone bankrupt! Come and help me out!" Fu Wennuan shouted.
Gu Chen put down his cue stick, walked over to Fu Wenwen, and stuffed his wallet into her hand. Fu Wenwen smiled at him, took out a hundred-yuan bill, and placed a bet.
Xiang Zhilan also followed suit and bet one hundred.
In this round, Ni Sitian was the dealer, Fu Wenuan opened with a Golden Bull, Xiang Zhilan opened with a Nine Bulls, and she opened with a Bull Two.
I lost badly in one go, and the odds were high; I lost nearly a thousand dollars in one go.
After Ni Sitian took out all her money, she only had a ten-yuan note left in her wallet.
Fu Wennuan was in high spirits and called for the cards to be shuffled. "Continue, continue. I'll be the dealer this round. Play your cards quickly!"
Xiang Zhilan bet fifty, and Ni Sitian only had this ten-yuan note left, so she bet that ten-yuan note as well.
"How are you going to win back like this?" Fu Wenuan said, turning her head and shouting towards the pool table, "Mr. Xu, come and help your wife!"
Xu Tingchuan walked over and saw that Ni Sitian only had ten yuan left on the table. He took out his wallet, pulled out all the money, and gave it to her. He patted her head and said, "Bet more. If you lose, it's on me. If you win, we'll split it 50/50."
Ni Sitian said "oh" and accepted it somewhat shyly.
Although Xu Tingchuan would transfer money to her card every month and he usually paid for most of the expenses when they went out, this was the first time she had actually received money from him, and she felt a little awkward.
She recalled the naturalness and skill with which Fu Wenuan pulled out Gu Chen's wallet earlier. Their relationship was more like that of a married couple than that between her and Xu Tingchuan. The depth of their feelings was obvious at such a moment.
Thinking about what Xu Tingchuan had kept from her, she became a little annoyed and boldly bet all the money in the stack, hoping to lose!
Fu Wenwen was surprised by Ni Sitian's straightforwardness, but she smiled and dealt the cards.
After placing her bet, Ni Sitian regretted it. She was angry with Xu Tingchuan, but she didn't want to lose money. There were at least several thousand yuan involved, and if she lost it all in one go, she would be heartbroken and unable to sleep at night.
But since she had already made up her mind, she couldn't go back on it, so she could only touch the cards and pray.
Holding her breath, she squinted at each card, and when she revealed the last card, she suddenly stood up, her expression somewhat incredulous, and laid the card face down on the table.
Fu Wenuan shouted, "Achen, we're really bankrupt now!"
Ni Sitian has at least five thousand here, multiplied by five, that's twenty-five thousand. Who would carry that much cash around for no reason?
Of course, Ni Sitian was too embarrassed to actually accept it, and waved her hands repeatedly, "Forget it, forget it, just give me back what I lost earlier."
"That won't do. If I lose, I have to accept the consequences." Fu Wenwen prepared to write an IOU.
Ni Sitian was unwilling to accept it, and the two of them pushed and shoved each other back and forth.
"Forget about the money, Ah Chen, why don't you treat us all to a hot spring bath at the Bieshan Hot Spring Resort?" Pei Yang suggested.
Ni Sitian thought it was a good idea; sharing the cost among everyone was better than charging money, and she nodded in agreement.
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