If it was a normal day, Guo Xuehua, Mother Wang, and the others would have gone to bed early. After all, they were already fifty years old.
Lin Ruoxi had to coax Lanlan to sleep, so she didn't often work until late at night like before.
But tonight, it seemed that the house was still very lively. In the entire luxurious housing area, only their house was lit up!
Yang Cheng pushed the door open and entered. With his extremely good hearing, he quickly heard the voices of the women coming out from the side hall.
"Anxin!" Don't go back on your word! If you hit it out, then hit it out! "I'll touch it!" Lin Ruoxi shouted in a clear and powerful voice.
"Ah..." Sister Ruoxi, you … "Just let me go this time …" Anxin begged.
"I'll let you go this time. Obediently give me the tiles!"
"Oh …"
"Ruoxi, it's already so late. Let's call it a day after this round."
"Mom, you go to sleep first. We're not tired!"
"Who said that! I'm about to faint! "Mo Qianni said weakly.
"Qianni, don't pretend. You've been cultivating for so long, how could you be tired in such a short amount of time?"
"My little aunt, please be merciful. My mother has already called to urge me to go back. She has never been like this …"
The women chatted in different voices, accompanied by the "pa pa" sound of the mahjong tiles hitting each other.
Yang Cheng's face was stiff as he tiptoed to the door of the side hall.
In the side hall, Lin Ruoxi's face was glowing as she focused on drawing and playing cards.
Playing with her at the same table was Qiangwei, who had a helpless expression on her face, the pitiful Anxin, and the drowsy Mo Qianni.
What made Yang Cheng even more speechless was that Guo Xuehua was yawning and sitting on a chair at the side. Her body was limp as she watched the women play.
Did these women play mahjong until the wee hours?
Seeing that Yang Cheng had returned, Guo Xuehua revealed a look of relief. She stood up with a smile and said, "Son! You're finally back! Hurry up and persuade your wife. She has dragged us to play mahjong for more than ten hours! "
Anxin pouted and nodded. "Yes, dear, please persuade Sister Ruoxi. I've lost more than eight million … and two villas."
"What!?" Yang Cheng was stunned. "How many cards did you play?"
"Starting from two thousand, a big one is worth hundreds of thousands. If Yeonyeon was here, she would definitely arrest us as gamblers." Mo Qianni rolled her eyes.
Yang Cheng's forehead was sweating, and he smiled embarrassedly, "What a 'good mood'. What, Ruoxi, you're really something, why are you playing so big? It's already so late, let Anxin and the others go back."
Lin Ruoxi snorted lightly and said, "What are you afraid of? Isn't this money just for show? Do you really think I can ask Anxin for eight million? Just give me a few million as a gesture. "
"That's what you said." Mo Qianni hurriedly said, "I don't have that much money to lose. I lost more than two million, so let's forget about it."
"That won't do." Lin Ruoxi argued, "Qianni, you can't not say anything at all. If you lose, you lose. Just give me a tenth. If you don't want to spend your own money, then ask that bad guy. He has too much money to spend anyway."
Lin Ruoxi even pouted at Yang Cheng as she spoke.
Yang Cheng sucked in a breath of cold air and said in confusion, "Why does it sound like Ruoxi is the only one who won? You all lost? "
Guo Xuehua smiled bitterly and said, "Isn't that so? Only Qiangwei lost a little less, tens of thousands of yuan. Anxin has a stone brain. She will lose every bet she makes when she plays mahjong. Ruoxi just learned it today, but I don't know why, but she's like an old fox when she's playing. Whatever cards we want, she won't give it to us. Her own cards are mixed and we can't even guess what she's going to do. She's silently plotting against us! "
Mo Qianni also said in annoyance, "If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have pulled Ruoxi to play. Playing mahjong has turned into doing business. Even if all my brain cells die, I still wouldn't be able to beat her. I even want to die!"
Lin Ruoxi said happily, "It's too late. Who told you to make me sit down and play? So playing mahjong is so simple. In the future, when you guys play, you must call me along!"
As she said this, Lin Ruoxi's face was beaming with happiness, and she was smiling sweetly.
After listening to Guo Xuehua's explanation of the situation, Yang Cheng finally understood the gist of it.
It turned out that after Yang Cheng left in the afternoon, Mo Qianni taught Lin Ruoxi how to play mahjong. At first, Mo Qianni's original intention was to make the relationship between Lin Ruoxi and the other sisters more harmonious, but the result made the girls complain incessantly.
Although Lin Ruoxi was not good at singing, dancing, and other games that required physical movement, mahjong was a game of gambling, skill, and luck. It was a brain game that Lin Ruoxi was very good at!
Lin Ruoxi soon discovered that at the mahjong table, some of the skills to make herself look calm, to make it difficult for others to figure out, to loosen the reins only to catch more jade, and to throw a brick to attract jade, actually had a lot in common with her game in the business world.
Once it was connected with the scheming of her business, the woman quickly found the way, and the speed of studying it was surprisingly fast.
It didn't take long before Lin Ruoxi didn't need Mo Qianni to teach her. After she remembered the rules, as long as the cards weren't too bad, she could win almost every round.
In the whole game, who played what, who didn't play what, who wanted to eat what, who wanted to touch what, Lin Ruoxi could quickly calculate it, just like a humanoid computer.
Other women were just playing games, and it was fine as long as they were happy, but Lin Ruoxi was absolutely unwilling to admit defeat. Since she was playing, she had to try hard to win!
Just like how she had to win Anxin when she played games, but this time, other women were not her opponents at all!
A rich little lady like Anxin, who was too lazy to use her brain to play casually, lost in a mess.
As for Qiangwei, she used to be in the underworld, and gambling was a common occurrence. She didn't lose much, but if she wanted to win against Lin Ruoxi, she still had a long way to go.
"Son, you have no idea. Initially, Zhiqing and Ming Yu took turns to beat him up. But in the end, they couldn't take it anymore. Zhiqing relied on her mother, Yulan, and was finally able to go home to rest. Ming Yu's father sent someone to pick her up. Jingjing was a little luckier. She didn't know how to play, so she didn't participate and went back early.
Only Mom, Qiangwei, and the others were left. Mom lost more than three hundred thousand today. Money is a small matter, but Mom is afraid of losing. And it's already so late, but Ruoxi still wants to continue playing. If she continues, it'll be morning! "Guo Xuehua had a bitter face, suppressing her dissatisfaction.
Yang Cheng rubbed his chin and said to Lin Ruoxi, "Alright, Ruoxi, since Mom has already said so, let's stop today. It's not like we won't have a chance to play in the future."
Lin Ruoxi pouted unwillingly, "I haven't played enough …"
"I think you're happy because you keep winning. That's not right. You're building your happiness on other people's pain!" Yang Cheng advised, "Listen to me, go upstairs and sleep. As a mother, how can you gamble all night?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at her so eagerly, Lin Ruoxi could only put down the cards in her hand. "Alright, then let's call it a day. We'll come back another day."
The women finally breathed a sigh of relief, especially Anxin, who was so tired that she almost turned into a puddle of water.
Yang Cheng sent Qiangwei and the other women out. Before leaving, Mo Qianni whispered to him, "Hubby, tell Ruoxi not to play Mahjong as if it's a business against a competitor. It's so hurtful.
We were all letting Mom win on purpose so that Mom could win more and make Mom happier. Once Ruoxi started playing, Mom kept losing. Mom didn't say it, but she was unhappy in her heart.
Mom likes playing Mahjong very much. She can't always hide from Ruoxi in the future, right? "
Yang Cheng squeezed the woman's hand and smiled, "You're really careful. No wonder Mom likes you so much."
Mo Qianni rolled her eyes at him, "Anxin and the others are clear about this kind of thing. Everyone thinks so, but Ruoxi is stubborn. She doesn't admit defeat to her mother-in-law and wants to fight to the end. Why bother?"
Yang Cheng sighed. Mo Qianni said this for the sake of her best friend's relationship with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
He didn't know if he should say that Lin Ruoxi was simple or that this woman was too serious, but it wasn't a good thing to be too serious.
After sending the women back, Yang Cheng returned to the second floor of his house. Seeing that Guo Xuehua had already gone to rest, he walked to Lin Ruoxi's room and knocked on the door.
Lin Ruoxi had just finished washing up and was about to rest. When she opened the door, she saw Yang Cheng standing there. She asked curiously, "Hubby, what's the matter?"
"There's nothing else. I just wanted to tell you not to be so serious when you play mahjong in the future."
Yang Cheng roughly repeated what Mo Qianni had said, but after Lin Ruoxi heard it, she frowned slightly, as if she didn't think much of it.
"I don't think it's appropriate to do that. If I know which card I'll let the next player win, wouldn't that be cheating? Even if my family plays mahjong, it should be fair and square and play seriously. There's no need to add to the bet. I might as well not play anymore.
Besides, I didn't really want the money they lost. If I wanted to make Mom happy, did I have to lose to Mom on purpose? Mom can't be so spineless. If Mom, as an elder, is angry at me for such a thing, then I think Mom is too stingy. I didn't do anything wrong. "
Yang Cheng looked at Lin Ruoxi's innocent expression and smiled bitterly. When it came to playing games, his wife was really stubborn.
"You silly girl, why are you so competitive when you play games? It's useless to say anything to you. Alright, alright, go to sleep."
Yang Cheng didn't know how to persuade her, so he simply ignored her and returned to his room while shaking his head.
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