This sudden change left everyone perplexed, and they could only look at each other in confusion.
Lan Xinxixi quietly tugged at her husband’s arm and whispered, "You’d better go easy and let Nannan drink less."
Yu Wenhao furrowed his brows, feeling equally helpless, and thought to himself.
"Such a master, it’s a miracle if he doesn’t lose miserably, let alone go easy on her?" You have to know, this is a woman who drinks and plays cards better than men; it really hurts his male pride.
Such thoughts, Yu Wenhao would only keep to himself; to say it out loud would be embarrassing, and he definitely wouldn’t foolishly tell others.
An Nan continued to lose hand after hand, drink after drink, making everyone feel both alarmed and bewildered.
Lin Mubai’s expression shifted from earlier laziness to a frown; he wanted to stop her several times but ultimately held back. Oh well, this little woman is unhappy tonight, let her drink to her heart’s content. Anyway, he’s here, nothing will happen. However, this is the only time he indulges her. He always felt that too much drinking for women is not good. Additionally, he tells himself that in the future, with this little woman by his side, he’ll do his utmost to keep her happy every day, so there won’t be opportunities to drown her sorrows in alcohol. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ N()velFire.net
Actually, Lin Mubai only guessed half of it right; the other half was completely his wishful thinking.
An Nan was indeed in a bad mood. Initially, perhaps because Lin Mubai’s actions tonight made her unhappy, but in the end, that wasn’t the reason at all.
She had eyes, and by observing a little more closely, she would notice Lin Mubai’s indulgence. Based on her understanding of him, if he were to genuinely compete with her, they would only be evenly matched. She couldn’t have such a huge advantage, so the only explanation left was that this man was deliberately letting her win.
When a man indulges a woman, what does it indicate? Isn’t it because he cares?
Realizing this, An Nan’s heart didn’t feel the slightest comfort; instead, she became more and more irritable and mostly felt empty and bored, so she began to play cards casually. Every card ended up losing, and she wanted to get drunk, really drunk, tonight to see what it felt like.
People often say one drink can relieve a thousand sorrows, and she wanted to taste such a feeling.
But the result was entirely different from what she imagined.
The more she drank, the clearer An Nan’s thoughts became. Without calculations, the four were evenly matched, and each person won and lost about the same.
This situation persisted until Zhao Tianchen pulled Xi Yu back, and the latter’s cheeks were flushed, and her lips were swollen, clearly showing she’d just been thoroughly ravished.
Xi Shaoqi’s cold eyes moved over swiftly, his tone full of disapproval: "Zhao brute, be careful with your roughness, or I’ll leave you hungry with eyes but no meat for the rest of your life."
Xi Yu’s already rosy cheeks instantly turned into blazing flames. She immediately hid behind her boyfriend, just wishing for a crack in the ground to crawl into, while cursing her brother thousands of times in her heart. What kind of person is this, can’t he be a bit more subtle with his words or find a place without people to lecture her? Especially in front of so many people, with even strangers present.
While feeling shy, she also multitasked by secretly observing the unfamiliar figure at the Mahjong table. She clearly remembered that this person wasn’t there when she came in. Could it be that they arrived while she was gone?