Jiang Lianshu's gaze fell on the hands that were pressing on Fu Yinyin's shoulders.
Tong Yexin sensed something and returned him a provocative look.
Jiang Lianshu's eyes darkened slightly. Seeing that Fu Yinyin's face was full of eagerness and she didn't suggest changing the person, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
He and Qi Ye sat on one side.
Jiang Lianshu succinctly replied, "I don't know how."
Qi Ye shrugged: "My card skills are alright, it's just that my luck is a bit bad."
In fact, he doesn't remember or count the cards when he plays cards; whether he wins or loses depends entirely on luck.
Zhou Jiahe raised her hand and volunteered: "Me, me, me, my card skills and luck are both good, I can switch with one of you."
"Ahem—" Fu Tingshen glanced at her, slammed a mahjong tile onto the table with his left hand, and said with a forced smile, "Go ahead and switch. It's fine if I, someone with clumsy hands, have to draw the tiles. You're my girlfriend, my fiancée, even if you..."
Zhou Jiahe immediately brought him a glass of water and said, "Just kidding, of course I'll play along with you."
Qin Yue and Lu Yanci exchanged a glance.
Lu Yanci gestured for her to sit down, then dragged a chair over and sat down beside her.
Qi Ye and Jiang Lianshu, in the end Qi Ye was the one who sat down at the table.
Fu Tingshen raised his hand to indicate: "Let's make it clear first, no talking while looking at the cards."
Tong Yexin raised an eyebrow: "You can't even hit him properly without looking left and right?"
“That won’t do,” Fu Tingshen immediately replied.
Tong Yexin gave an OK sign.
The game involves exchanging three cards, and you must break one suit.
After one player leaves, the other three players continue to draw cards until all three players win or the table is empty.
It has to be said that Qin Yue was quite lucky tonight.
All three rounds ended with a self-draw.
Qi Ye suffered the most crushing defeat, his face turning into a bitter gourd.
"Ah—" Fu Tingshen turned his head and let out an "ah," and Zhou Jiahe fed him the fruit from the fruit plate.
Although Lu Yanci couldn't do such intimate things with them, he never put down the fruit plate he was holding, and Qin Yue would occasionally use a small fork to pick out a bite of her favorite fruit.
Losing the game was bad enough, but having to watch them flaunt their love made him unable to continue playing for even a minute longer. He turned to Jiang Lianshu and said, "You play."
Having already figured out the rules, Jiang Lianshu responded.
The two switched places.
It was probably because of the so-called "protected period" for newcomers that the situation changed as soon as Jiang Lianshu stepped onto the field.
Fu Tingshen didn't have time to eat, and Fu Yinyin's face was serious. She even considered Qin Yue's moves carefully.
"I won! I won!"
Once the three players finished their battle, Qi Ye couldn't wait to push his cards over and burst into a loud, booming laugh.
"A pure suit, a winning hand on the kong, a full hand that shuts out three other players, hahaha!"
"It's not like you won, so what's with the smugness?" Fu Tingshen scoffed.
“Of course I’m happy that we’re in a pair,” Qi Ye scoffed.
In the second round, knowing that Fu Tingshen was trying to make his hand bigger, Qin Yue was the first to run away.
Lu Yanci handed her a glass of juice that he had just brought over.
Qin Yue took it, took a sip, and whispered, "Do you want to play a couple of rounds?"
Lu Yanci said slowly, "No need, you play."
Fu Yinyin's face scrunched up like a bun as she nervously placed a rather risky card in the discard pile, glancing anxiously at the remaining two.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that neither of them had won.
After Jiang Lianshu threw out a card, Fu Yinyin picked it up and immediately ran away.
Qi Ye frowned.
Where's the water?
Jiang Lianshu held onto the cards that Fu Tingshen wanted tightly, and in the end, neither of them had any cards left to draw, ending the game.
He laid his cards face down, and when he saw the cards, several people looked at him strangely. He didn't win with the cards Fu Yinyin played.
Jiang Lianshu didn't even blink.
But he put the cards into the pot quickly, and then Tong Yexin forcefully pressed Fu Yinyin's head to turn around and talk to her. Of the people present, only Fu Yinyin didn't know that he had let her win.
After playing for more than an hour, Lu Yanci noticed Qin Yue adjusting her posture and realized that she was tired of sitting, so he said, "Let's call it a day."
Fu Tingshen glanced at his chips, which he had lost completely, and immediately said, "President Lu has spoken, so let's call it a day. Everyone get up and stretch. My neck is stiff from sitting for so long."
"Little Zhou, quickly give me a shoulder massage and a back rub," Fu Tingshen said, pointing to his own shoulder.
Zhou Jiahe pinched his ear with her fingers and squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth: "I served you tea and water and you lost it all, and you still have the nerve to ask me to massage your back? Fu Tingshen, your face is as big as a basin today."
"Last night..."
"If you utter just one more word, I'll pack my things and move back home right now."
"..." Seeing that threats were ineffective, Fu Tingshen had no choice but to change his strategy, pulling on her sleeve with a fawning smile, "You must be tired too, let me give you a back massage."
When Zhou Jiahe saw which hand he used to pull her, her pupils dilated in shock: "Fu Tingshen, you fucking lied to me!"
His arm is clearly fine!
Fu Tingshen immediately stepped in front of Qi Ye, shielding him from Zhou Jiahe's kick.
"I suddenly realized it doesn't hurt anymore," Fu Tingshen said as he dodged.
Watching them bicker and argue, Qin Yue smiled faintly. When Lu Yanci took her hand, she turned her head and said to him, "Shall we go out for a walk?"
When they arrived at the board game room, Lu Yanci glanced inside casually and asked, "Do you know how to play billiards?"
"I know a little."
"Give it a try?"
The two walked to the pool table.
Taking the cue stick from the waiter, Qin Yue placed her left hand on the table, palm down, fingers spread, thumb raised to hold and support the cue stick.
She rarely plays billiards and couldn't see anything wrong with her posture. When Lu Yanci noticed that her elbows weren't open, he held her arm with his hand to adjust her posture. It was impossible for him to be completely focused, but seeing her earnest expression as she studied, Lu Yanci could only concentrate on teaching her.
Soon Fu Yinyin and Jiang Lianshu arrived, intending to finish the teaching they hadn't completed earlier.
However, Tong Yexin was following behind.
“It’s too inconvenient for him to teach you, so I’ll teach you,” Tong Yexin volunteered.
Fu Yinyin's brow twitched. She glared at her and forced a smile: "Alright, then I'll trouble Sister Ye Xin to teach me properly."
Teaching someone who knows nothing brings a great sense of accomplishment once they learn. But teaching someone who is reasonably good but deliberately causes trouble is just a headache.
"Sister, is that right?" Fu Yinyin gripped the cue stick and sent the white ball flying.
Fu Tingshen was gently coaxing Zhou Jiahe when he heard a shout to get out of the way. He looked up in confusion and saw a billiard ball hurtling towards his face.
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