Chen Mo was looking around on the internet, and an idea came out of nowhere.
"Right, I don't think they have Texas hold 'em!
"But how could there not be Texas hold 'em? This doesn't make sense!"
Chen Mo had been thinking long about what game was missing. But turns out that this world doesn't have Texas hold 'em? That's nonsense!
Chem Mo continued sourcing the web, even overseas ones, and concluded that there really wasn't Texas hold 'em in this world!
"Indeed, I knew that something was missing, turns out that was Texas hold 'em!
"Alright, Thunderbolt Tabletop's last puzzle piece has been found."
Chen Mo even got a bit emotional upon finishing the tabletop games library.
---
Texas hold 'em weren't considered popular in China. In terms of users, it wasn't on the same level as Dou Dizhu, or mahjong. It wasn't as well known either.
However, Texas hold 'me was quite popular in certain communities, and they have even gotten quite in depth.
IT circles, pioneering communities, adventure capitalists, CEOs all favoured Texas hold 'em. Kai-Fu Lee, Liu Chuanzhi, Jack Ma and many others were all poker fnatics.
Texas hold 'em was also a global phenomena, especially in the US. If someone said they played poker, they most likely are referring to Texas hold 'em.
The poker tournaments by World Series of Poker would reach ten million USD at times. There was once a chef from Sweden who got first place and became a millionaire in a night.
There are many who can't understand the mysterious power that Texas hold 'em?
If asked to use one sentence to summarise the difference between Texas hold 'em to other variations of poker, that would be: "Texas hold 'em is a type of poker where someone could make money reliably."
It may sound unreal, but that was the truth.
Other tabletop games such as Dou Dizhu, Mahjong, or Golden Flower had strong ties to gambling. Skill was important, but luck was even more important. A professional Dou Dizhu or Mahjong player would rely heavily on luck to put food on their plate, and that wouldn't be too different from just gambling.
And one of the key points in gambling was that playing longer guaranteed losses, and nobody could reliably make money from it.
But Texas hold 'em was a game that one could reliably profit from. If you are always losing in Texas hold 'em, that could only mean one thing: You're terrible at the game.
Outside of China, there are many professional Texas hold 'em players, such as Phil Ivey who have been champion twenty four times in many different tournaments, being in the money (ITM) for over a hundred of them. He had made more than twenty million throughout his career in poker winnings.
There were also many professional Texas hold 'em players in China, usually making around one hundred thousand RMB a month. This was due to a multitude of reasons, Texas hold 'em had limited popularity in China, that said, there were around sixty million players.
Why was poker a valid method of making stable income? Because the rules of Texas hold 'em were much more complicated than other poker variations. You can back out anytime, and could go crazy to try and double your chips.
Moreover, you can vary your strategy based on what your opponent did (betting, calling, etc.) in Texas hold 'em.
Poker was different to Golden Flower as Golden Flower was completely reliant on your hand. If you got a good hand, you were almost guaranteed to win. But in Texas hold 'em, winning or losing would be decided by the five community cards. In theory, even if you had the statistically worst hand, deuce seven off-suit, it would have a high chance of beating the best hand, pocket aces.
High amounts of meticulous calculations, controlling your facial expressions, guessing your opponent's hands based on their behaviour, and keeping a good mindset were all crucial parts of Texas hold 'em. One could say that luck factor would be minimised among all these features of the game.
For example, if a pro and a noob played each other, perhaps the noob had the better hand every time, but the pro would utilise psychology to completely annihilate the noob wouldn't be surprising.
Noobs would be able to win a few rounds just by virtue of good luck in games like Dou Dizhu or Mahjong, but in Texas hold 'em , the noobs would never be given that opportunity.
---
After the foundations were laid, Chen Mo started working on the design document.
The rules of tabletop games were really simple and clear cut, and would take much less time to develop than I Am MT. Chen Mo planned to complete most of the Thunderbolt gaming platform and Thunderbolt Tabletop, and then spend another week tweaking before releasing it.
--Morning the next day--
Chen Mo handed over the design document mindmap to Su Jinyu.
"The mindmap is done. You can fill in the gaps in the ruleset. Don't worry about the story related things and let Zheng Hongxi handle that when he gets here. You two will work on the game together, and it'll act as a test for his writing ability too," said Chen Mo.
Su Jinyu opened the document Chen Mo sent over. She was shocked that the design document was very very small, only having around two hundred words.
"Lifeline? Interactive fiction?" Su Jinyu exclaimed.
Chen Mo nodded, "Yep, it's really for you and Zheng Hongxi as practice, I've already made a few points worth paying attention to clear in the design document. It depends on you guys how well this game goes."
"But, manager, this game seems too simple!" asked Su Jinyu.
Chen Mo smiled, "A smile game can also be really good, don't underestimate it. Maybe consider adding new mechanics outside of the basics."
Su Jinyu nodded, "Alright, I understand."
After handing over the design document for Lifeline to Su Jinyu, Chen Mo put all his effort into Thunderbolt gaming platform and Thunderbolt Tabletop.
Lifeline was an interactive fiction, and Chen Mo planned to use it for Zheng Hongxi to practice on and get a better idea of his writing skills.
After Thunderbolt Tabletop and Lifeline are both completed, Chen Mo would start planning his first big game.
---
Chen Mo spent the next two days improving the design document.
The three games on Thunderbolt Tabletop, Happy Dou Dizhu, Happy Mahjong, and Thunderbolt Poker (aka. Texas hold 'em) had basically no overlapping playerbase, which was why he chose them. However, many of the artwork can be reused in these three games, such as avatars, UI, and poker cards.
Chen Mo outsourced these resources as there were many tabletop games in the parallel world, meaning that there were also many of these resources. It would only need small changes to make it usable. As it wasn't a huge part of the game, Chen Mo didn't care too much about how it looked, which was why Chen Mo's only requirement was for it to be quick, and wanted to receive the resources in two weeks.
And Chen Mo paid special attention to two points during the designing process of these tabletop games, one was making improvements to the tutorials, and the other was to add a tournament mode which other tabletop games didn't have.


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

The old man shook his head, then uttering a long sigh.
He seemed to be feeling sorry for something.
"Take your money. I can't foretell based on the birth date you tell me." He said.
Ye Hao frowned, eyes full of doubts.
"Why?" He asked in puzzle. Was there any birth date that one's life couldn't be foretold upon?
The old man shook his head again, then sighed, saying, "The deceased, I won't foretell their fortune."
The old man said so concisely, which was normal answer when fortune-tellers were asked to predict the future based on the birth dates of the dead.
Ye Hao was stunned, as if he were suddenly poured a basin of cold water. That kind of coldness spread from the bottom of his heart to every part of his body.
He held his hand forcefully, feeling his fingers powerless.
"Sir..." Ye Hao looked at the old man again, with only a trace of expectation left in his eyes.
He couldn't find a better way. He really didn't want to believe that she left the world forever.
"Can you try again? Or do you know any other method of fortune-telling?" Ye Hao asked urgently.
He just wanted to be told that his ex-wife might still be alive. That was all.
However, both the police and the detective he had turned to told him that she was gone.
The old man hesitated for a while. Judging from his locked brows, one could feel complex feelings in him. But after thinking for a minute, he nodded again.
Then he took out some small buttons from his chest pocket, more than a dozen. He put them on the table one by one, and then rubbed them apart like playing mahjong. After rubbing for a while, he suddenly picked up one of them and kept touching both sides of the button.
There were some strange lines on it. Unlike characters, Ye Hao couldn't understand what those lines were.
Later, the old man touched three of them, and after that, he put the buttons away.
"How is it?"
Before the fortune-teller opened his mouth, Ye Hao asked eagerly.
The old man still looked serious, but this time, he frowned a little and said.
"This woman was born between 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on October 26th, 1911. For her, among the five elements, fire and gold are in contention while there is a lack of wood and water. Gold on that day of birth is vigorous on the time moment, while fire at that period is exactly against her. At the time of her birth, fire burns constantly. Her fortunes will be dismissed and her happiness cannot be achieved. Her whole life is full of adversity, and her parents died early, and her younger siblings died early as well."
Ye Hao listened to the fortune teller's strange words, most of which he could not understand. The last sentence, however, made sense to him: it meant that Yanyan's fate was not good and her parents died early, which was accurate. As for the early death of her younger brother and sister, Yanyan had a sister Shu Man. But Shu Man was simply lost when she was little, who had not passed away. Instead, she now led a good life.
It seemed that the old man's prediction was not very accurate.
"You go on..." Ye Hao said so, but he didn't tell the old man where was wrong.
The old man nodded and continued.
"Women born on that day and at this time point has a difficult life, which is even worse with the month of her birth. She is doomed to live a life full of ups and downs. If born in the north, she will be confronted with dangerous fires. If born in the south, she will encounter water related danger. When it comes to the month of May, the person is then easy to get sick. Though expected to live in prosperity, yet her life expectancy is short."
"What?"
Hearing this sentence, Ye Hao could not sit there any longer. He bit his lip and suddenly turned pale. He didn't know what the previous words meant, but the words "short life expectancy" indeed made him tense immediately. A layer of cold sweat soon came out on his forehead.
The old man frowned at this moment, seemingly quite unhappy to be interrupted.


Married rich for three years with no child born. Just when she was finally cured of infertility and ready to give him a child, he brought home his pregnant mistress in high profile. 

"Get lost if you can't get knocked up. Or do you want my son to be the last of the Mo family?" her mother-in-law viciously cursed. 

Her husband grimly shoved a divorce agreement upon her face, "I've signed. Leave when you are ready."

It was heard later that two men went physical in the city plaze of Ye City to win back the wife, with the two babies at the side fighting fiercely for their mom!

This is a story of a woman's search for a new life and bliss while abandoning her tragic past. 


The more Kazuki learned about Mai Kujo from the mouth of Furuhashi Akino and Fuyuno, the more surprised he got.
Mahjong was a game that would require a lot of luck. Although the rules of Japanese Mahjong and the Chinese Mahjong were somewhat different, they were similar on this point. It would depend on luck, just like poker.
Regardless of how good the skill was, if one were unlucky, it would be in vain.
According to Akino, Mai Kujo had fought more than 10,000 rounds of hanchan, and her rate of throwing out a mahjong piece was zero.
The four-digit probability was 0.016.
This indicated that she played more than 10,000 rounds of hanchan, and the number of the fourth-place won was estimated to be one or two hundred times.
The figure was staggering.
The more Kazuki got to know, the more interested he was. He did not need to feel to know that this talented mahjong girl was definitely extraordinary or that she had other distinctive traits.
All of a sudden, Kazuki halted and wondered, "Don't you think that this person is strange? She didn't throw out a mahjong piece which would allow another to win the game in 10,000 rounds of hanchan... Does she have any superpowers?"
Even he who had just heard of it thought that Mai Kujo was strange. What about the others?
Akino and Fuyuno laughed upon hearing this.
"We used to think that senior Kujo has superpowers, but she doesn't have them at all."
This question was raised a few years ago, and Mai Kujo was proven not to have any superpower indeed. Many people studied the videos of Mai Kujo but had not found any strange phenomenon.
After all, students' mahjong competitions were all under video surveillance, starting from the pre-district match of the national middle school and high school mahjong competition. If any small action was made, it could not be hidden.
Of course, some people also proposed that Mai Kujo had extraordinary powers, that her eyes could pierce through, and see other players' cards. Her rate of throwing out a mahjong piece which would allow another to win the game could hence naturally be zero.
This view was shared by most people, and it even raised public opinion. Soon, Mai Kujo came out to personally confirm that she closed her eyes as she played Mahjong in an offline match. She played four rounds of hanchan and her rate of throwing out a mahjong piece which would allow another to win the game was still zero.
At this point, no one would ever question Mai Kujo anymore.
Of course, the conclusion now was that Mai Kujo had a strong intuition. This intuition would allow Mai Kujo to feel the dangerous atmosphere on the mahjong table. Hence that miraculous avoidance for others to win the game could all be explained.
In any case, this talented mahjong girl, Mai Kujo, was well known by almost the entire Circle of Japanese Mahjong. She had already become relatively reputable among the Japanese people.
Many people thought that Mai Kujo could be the second Mahjong Saint of Japan after Shiho Kitajima.
The venue of today's match at noon was at the stadium of Ueno Gakuen's University. It was a professional competition set up for Mai Kujo.
The rules of the competition had already been disclosed online. There was a total of four rounds of hanchan, each hanchan would have a score of 25000, and after each hanchan, the remaining score would be added to the next hanchan. And so on, if Mai Kujo could be 125000 points or more after four rounds of hanchan, she would then be recognized by the Japanese Mahjong Federation and issued a certificate. She would formally step into the ranks of the professional mahjong players.
As a professional mahjong player, Mai Kujo would be eligible to compete for the title of the Mahjong Saint.
For an average person, even if they played the qualifying tournament, they would not have so much attention. But Mai Kujo was different, she was an idol in the Circle of Japanese Mahjong!
Looking at the massive crowd at the gate of the Ueno Gakuen's University, Kazuki was unsurprised. After all, Akino and Fuyuno had already let him know the popularity of Mai Kujo.
Upon entering the school gate, some students spontaneously volunteered to maintain order at the side, and also pointed the way for the audience.
The three of them chatted as they walked. Of course, Akino was doing most of the talking, and Fuyuno added on the side. Kazuki would respond from time to time, and also asked questions not to let the atmosphere die down.
Akino was a fan of the Japanese Mahjong. Her position in the Heavenly Phoenix was Special Upper. Kazuki could not understand, and could only nod in approval. Only Fuyuno was laughing by the side without saying a word.
Fuyuno was not a fan of Mai Kujo, although she used to play the Japanese Mahjong… As for the primary purpose, she came was to observe Mai Kujo.
Mai Kujo's mahjong ability was shocking. Her popularity was high in the Circle of Japanese Mahjong, and it began to radiate to the masses. Hence, there was an animation production company that wanted to produce an animation, 'The Mahjong Girl with Superpowers,' with Mai Kujo as the prototype. Fuyuno came with Akino because she wanted to become the voice actor of the main character.
Voice actor? Kazuki did not expect that Fuyuno, who always had little words, would want to be a voice actor as a future career.
Soon, the trio came to the stadium. The stadium of the Ueno Gakuen's University was not very big. Hence, when they entered the stadium, they were surprised by the number of people inside.
Many people had already found a seat for themselves. The conversation of the people around spread to their ears, and Kazuki found out that some people do not even know how to play Mahjong, but still came, mainly for Mai Kujo...
With this popularity, Mai Kujo could totally debut as an idol.
Mai Kujo could be seen from the seats through the screen in front.
Mai Kujo was extremely beautiful. Her watery eyes were slightly curved, and the corners of her eyes were always smiling gently. She was wearing a kimono with cherry blossoms, and her hair was combed into a hime cut, like an ancient princess.
The trio did not come too early. The competition started not long after they took their seats. Aside from the sound of commentary in the stadium, the audience held their breath and watched seriously.
Kazuki did not even fully understand the rules of Chinese Mahjong, let alone the Japanese Mahjong. However, he could understand a little with the soft explanation of Akino and Fuyuno beside, and also the onsite commentary.
"Oh! During the East round, Mr. Yamanaka took the lead on calling in the sixth tour. The cards discarded in the river of cards were basically all honors, making it difficult to defend. The six and nine bamboo tiles won, and it was invincible! He is indeed a professional mahjong player. The drawing of a useful tile was as though the God of Mahjong was blessing him, and it was also a dealer's calling. The pressure on the other three players is great!"
"... Ah! Mai Kujo drew the nine bamboo tiles? She drew a useless card in a round of drawing, and there is nothing present in her hands. Those are basically all dangerous cards, and the nine bamboo tiles are relatively safe compared to the other cards. Will she discard it?!"
"Discarded the five-character?! This is even more dangerous! But unfortunately, Mr. Yamanaka won by the six and nine bamboo tiles. This release was avoided by Mai Kujo... It is indeed Mai Kujo as she won't ever throw out a mahjong piece which will allow others to win the game."
As the match started, the audience roared in excitement along with the agitated words of the commentary.
Kazuki was confused, and he could not get the point of the audience and the commentary... Isn't it normal that the dealer could win by the six and nine bamboo tiles, and Mai Kujo discarded the five-character?
However, he reacted that he had made the mistake of taking the perspective of the godly audience.
And this mahjong game lasted for a whole two hours.
From not understanding entirely in the beginning to starting to understand now. These two hours had also made him realize the power of Mai Kujo and why she would have so many fans.
Aside from her beauty, the sight of Mai Kujo playing Mahjong was really pleasing to the eyes as though a thrill of dancing on a blade at any time and anywhere. Many cards seemed safe, but Mai Kujo was able to keep them in her hands instead of giving them away. Many cards were hazardous, yet she could easily throw them into the river of cards, causing the audience to break into a sweat.
When the competition was over, the total score of Mai Kujo was 153,000, ranked second. The professional mahjong players would then have another member.
As expected, none of the mahjong pieces was thrown out to allow another to win the game. Listening to the cheers of Akino and Fuyuno beside him, Kazuki sat motionlessly. It was because after this was time for the Japanese Mahjong Federation to issue the certificate of professional mahjong player to Mai Kujo.
When Mai Kujo, who was dressed in kimono, came to the center of the stadium, the audience in the entire stadium began to cheer the name of Mai Kujo loudly. It was like a large-scale star-chasing scene.
At this time, Kazuki gathered the reiki in his body on his eyes with ease. Apparently, after two days, that sense of stagnation had disappeared.
The dark eyes became extraordinarily bright and divine, and he felt that the reiki of his body was rapidly disappearing. Kazuki hurriedly put his eyes on Mai Kujo.
Just by looking, he discovered something strange.


Time travelling from the majestic era after the Recuperation of Reiki, he became Kimura Kazuki, a 16-year-old high school student in Japan, one year before the Reiki Recuperation.

Tentatively, he set out to hone himself to the bone, burning candles at both ends to stockpile resources in preparation for the imminent Recuperation of Reiki. His goal was to be many steps ahead of all humanity when the time comes.

However, it seemed like fate had decided to play a cruel trick on him.

One year later, the Recuperation of Reiki... did not happen as expected.

Unless you were a regular, farm stays in Tiger Leaping Gorge were allocated on a first come first serve basis. The drivers responsible for ferrying tourists to the farm stays would queue up in the parking lot with their battery-powered carts to wait for tourists. The tourists would then be brought to whichever farm stay was available.
Even though the farm stay Doctor Zhou and Ling Ran were brought to was pretty big, it did not have a view of the mountain stream.
There was a tree right in the middle of the courtyard with four automatic mahjong machines around it. Behind the tree, there were lounges where tourists could have their meals and play mahjong.
"We want a lounge with a mahjong machine inside." Doctor Zhou seemed like he was very used to such a setting. He then ran his hand along the edges of the mahjong table, picked a seat where the Fengshui was good, sat down, and ran a mahjong simulation in his head. 
As Ling Ran was left at the entrance of the courtyard, he had no choice but to wheel himself around the courtyard with his hands.
Compared with walking, it actually took less effort to move around in a wheelchair. This was because it was way more comfortable to be sitting down, and the wheelchair moved a lot faster than human legs too.
It was a pretty good experience to use a wheelchair for a short period of time.
Ling Ran could not help but let his imagination run wild. 'If everyone in my treatment group moves around in a wheelchair every day, perhaps we'll be able to work more efficiently.
"Ling Ran, do you want to play mahjong?" Doctor Zhou asked Ling Ran out of politeness. The moment he said that, he froze.
Ling Ran hesitated for a few seconds. He then looked at the desolate surroundings and nodded. "Count me in."
"Huh, you know how to play mahjong?" Doctor Zhou was surprised.
"I've played it before when I was a student."
Doctor Zhou immediately got excited. "Are you good at it?"
Ling Ran thought about it and said, "I'm a bit better at it compared to other games."
"What does 'a bit better' mean?"
"My probability of winning a mahjong game is 5% to 10% higher than other games," Ling Ran replied based on statistics.
Doctor Zhou could not help but recall the times Ling Ran participated in department consultations. When Ling Ran said that, his tone sounded familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, and Doctor Zhou almost felt like he was on a night shift.
Doctor Zhou could not help but tremble, and there were goosebumps all over his body.
He then looked solemnly at Ling Ran and asked, "We're going to play mahjong until night-time. Are you okay with this?"
"No problem." As Ling Ran was the type of person who put all factors into consideration before making a decision, he would not backtrack easily.
"When it comes to playing mahjong, stuff like eating, drinking water, and going to the bathroom are considered a waste of time. You have to seize every minute and must not waste time on things that could otherwise be spent playing mahjong. Are you okay with this?"
"No problem."
"Are you sure that you have played mahjong before?"
"Yes."
"Alright, then." Doctor Zhou whipped out his phone and made a call.
Soon after, Zhao Leyi and Zheng Pei arrived in another battery-powered cart.
"I heard that Ling Ran wants to play mahjong?" Zhao Leyi exercised his wrists as he entered the lounge, and he looked like he was waiting to see Ling Ran make a fool of himself.
Doctor Zhou pursed his lips and said, "We have nothing to do, anyway. Since there are four of us now, let's get started."
When Zhao Leyi turned toward where Doctor Zhou was pointing at, he saw that Ling Ran was pushing his wheelchair to the front and to the back. Ling Ran then pulled the brakes before doing a drift. He was totally having the time of his life in experiencing another sort of life. 
Zhao Leyi stared at Ling Ran for a few seconds and said, "Don't tell me that he injured his brain when he fell down just now. Well, let's just get a share of his freelance surgery fees. Lately, my wife has been bugging me to buy her another handbag. She's going to kill me with the rate she's going."
Zheng Pei, who walked in after Zhao Leyi, voiced his agreement. There was a large grin on his face. "I need money to pay rent too."
"You're funding your accommodation by playing mahjong? Are you sick in the head?" Doctor Zhou laughed out loud and called the boss of the farm stay over. "Can you get us a pot of tea? We'll start the game first."
The boss gave his go-ahead. He then asked, "What do you guys want to have for dinner? Our specialty is roasted chicken. You guys can also have hot pot or barbeque…"
"We'll get roasted chicken, then," Doctor Zhou said, "There are quite a lot of people in our group. You can get us a roasted chicken first. We'll have a little bit of barbequed meat too. We'll order more food when the rest come over."
"Sure thing, no problem." The boss happily went to prepare their food and tea.
Ling Ran wheeled himself over and said, "Can you give me a pork trotter too?"
"Sure thing." The boss glanced at Ling Ran's injured foot, which was elevated, and lowered his voice. "Do you want a wild boar trotter? By eating the animal equivalent of your injured body part, it will accelerate the healing process."
"No." Ling Ran rejected without even thinking about it. He then said, "Get me the fattest pork trotter. You can either roast or braise it."
At this moment, Ling Ran kind of missed Lu Wenbin.
When they were in Wuxin City, Lu Wenbin tried out all kinds of recipes for pork trotters, and all of them tasted pretty delicious. Ling Ran wondered how the pork trotter served in Tiger Leaping Gorge's farm stay would fare compared to Lu Wenbin's pork trotters...
"Let's start the game." Doctor Zhou did not want to waste any more time. He called everyone over to the mahjong table.
Ling Ran went beside one of the chairs. He remained in the wheelchair and rested his injured foot on the chair. He merely sprained his foot, and things did not have to be so complicated. However, he had no choice because of the splint.
Since he was already here, he might as well make the trip worthwhile. Ling Ran did not have high hopes when it came to the team-building trip to begin with, and now that he had sprained his foot, he decided to just go through it with grace.
He carefully inspected a teacup and washed it repeatedly using the warm water provided. He then placed the tea leaves inside the teacup before wiping the surface of the mahjong table and washing two sets of mahjong tiles with the remaining water.
Doctor Zhou, Zhao Leyi and Zheng Pei watched him with widened eyes.
Last but not least, Ling Ran smothered the mahjong tiles and the surface of the mahjong table with the alcohol-based hand sanitizer he always carried with him and put on a pair of gloves. By the time he was done, two other groups of people in the farm stay had already started their game.
"Let's get started." Ling Ran earnestly switched on the mahjong machine.
The long-awaited sound of mahjong tiles being shuffled rang out from the automatic mahjong machine.
The other people from Yun Hua Hospital who had just arrived could not help but crowd around the mahjong table.
"Does Doctor Ling know how to play mahjong?"
"Wow, why are you guys placing such huge bets? With a bet of 5 RMB, the winner of the game will get almost 100 RMB."
"Are you guys trying to cheat Doctor Ling out of his money?"
The young nurses who just arrived immediately got anxious when they saw the banknotes on the mahjong table.
Zhao Leyi laughed out loud, "Since Doctor Ling caused quite a delay, it's only fair that we get compensated for it, isn't it?"
"I know, right? Wealth should be shared," Zheng Pei said as a neat row of mahjong tiles appeared in front of him. His expression became solemn. "All is fair in love and war. Ling Ran, don't blame me for making money off you."
"Alright." Ling Ran, too, perked up.
Since he had sprained his foot, he might as well enjoy the team-building trip.
This was the way Ling Ran saw things.
Thirty minutes later, even though Ling Ran's expression remained unchanged, the faces of the three other players turned darker and darker.
"How is this possible?"
"Ling Ran, you were really hiding your light under a bushel!"
"You're able to predict the tiles in our hands, aren't you?"
When the three other players saw that the banknotes in the little drawers beside them were becoming less and less, they were in a total state of confusion. 
Ling Ran fixed his gaze on the mahjong table and tried his best not to think about anything outside the surface of the mahjong table.
As the mahjong table was square and symmetrical, Ling Ran was able to put up with it. Even though he far preferred being in the operating theater, if he were to ignore the environment and focus on the mahjong game, this was an acceptable form of entertainment for him.
"Forget about it, I'm done. Let's get someone else to play." Zhao Leyi exercised his wrists as he rose and asked, "Who wants to take over?"
Everyone around him shook their heads in unison.
The men did not want to lose money, while the women did not want Ling Ran to see the state they would be in if they were to play mahjong...
Zhao Leyi had no choice but to sit back down.
"Sigh, if only someone needed emergency treatment right now." Zhao Leyi's imagination was running wild.


Ling Ran, a med school senior, begins to see the world like a game UI. He uses it to pave his way towards graduation, a residency, becoming the greatest doctor in the world... And finally getting a Transformer from his newbie packs? Maybe. We don't know yet.

Gedung Biluo adalah tempat hiburan paling besar di kota Harbin,seluruh gedung ini terdiri dari bar, restoran, bioskop, pusat perjudian, karaoke dan hiburan lainnya.
Xu Shi membawa Yun Jianyue memasuki elevator, menggesek sebuah kartu khusus dan menekan tombol elevator.
Lantai paling atas Biluo memiliki tujuh kamar khusus, hanya digunakan untuk melayani tamu-tamu terhormat, dan biasanya tidak akan dibuka untuk umum.
Xu Shi mengalihkan Yun Jianyue ke depan pintu kamar bertuliskan "Awan. Sambil mengetuk pintu dan ia segera mendengar kata 'masuk' dari dalam kamar. Ia pun membukakan pintu dan memberikan isyarat undangan.
Yun Jianyue mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Xu Shi
Ruangan "Awan" ini jauh lebih besar dari dugaan Yun Jianyue. Di dalamnya terdapat tempat untuk bernyanyi, bar untuk minum, dan di samping ada sebuah pintu yang terbuka. Sepertinya pintu khusus itu telah mengeluarkan suara orang sedang bermain Mahjong dari dalam.
Dalam ruang karaoke, Gu Anyang sedang duduk di depan monitor sambil bernyanyi sendiri. Di ruangan khusus yang tersendiri itu, selain Gu Zhishen, ternyata masih ada Bai Chang'an, Yu Jinjiu, dan Mo Fuqing. Mereka berempatlah yang sedari tadi sedang bermain Mahjong.
Yun Jianyue menyapa Gu Anyang terlebih dahulu, kemudian berjalan menuju mereka.
Gu Zhishen melihatnya sedang berjalan ke arahnya, sedetik selanjutnya ia melirik ke Bai Chang'an dan berkata, "Padamkan."
Bai Chang'an termenung sejenak. Tetapi saat melihat Yun Jianyue, ia baru bisa memahami maksudnya. Sudut mulutnya pun tersenyum dengan nakal, "Waduh, pria yang sudah menikah memang berbeda, bahkan sudah tahu bagaimana menyayangi istrinya."
Meskipun Bai Chang'an mengatakan dengan maksud meledeknya, namun ia tetap memadamkan rokok yang ada di tangannya ke bawah tatapan Gu Zhishen yang dingin itu.
"Kakak ipar, selamat datang." Yu Jinjiu lebih perhatian, meskipun ia tidak berdiri dari kursinya, namun ia yang pertama menyambut Yun Jianyue.
Mo Fuqing merupakan seseorang yang lebih tidak berekspresif, ia hanya menyambutnya dengan singkat, "Kakak ipar."
Bai Chang'an melihat ekspresi wajahnya yang menggambarkan rasa ketidaknyamanan dengan panggilan itu, ia pun tertawa, "Kakak ipar, kita bertemu lagi! Ayo, ikut main!"
Yun Jianyue melambaikan tangannya, ia bukan orang yang memiliki keuntungan dalam berjudi, ia selalu kalah dalam berbagai macam perjudian. Apalagi, ia sama sekali tidak bisa bermain Mahjong.
"Duduk di sini." Gu Zhishen yang sudah selesai menyusun batu mahjong menyuruhnya duduk di sampingnya.
Yun Jianyue sedikit ragu-ragu namun tetap duduk di samping Gu Zhishen. Ia melihat batu Mahjong yang didepan, 'Ehm, bagus, sama sekali tidak mengerti.'
"Kamu memanggilku kesini untuk apa?" Yun Jianyue bertanya dengan suara kecilnya. Ia juga bukan merasa bahwa sahabat-sahabatnya di sini tidak bagus, hanya saja ia selalu merasa aneh mendengar mereka memanggilnya 'kakak ipar'.
Gu Zhishen tidak menjawab dan bertanya, "Belum makan?"
Yun Jianyue menganggukkan kepalanya, ia langsung dibawa ke sini begitu keluar dari gedung perusahaan. Ia sama sekali tidak memiliki waktu untuk makan malam.
Gu Zhishen tidak mengatakan apapun dan memberikan Bai Chang'an sebuah tatapan mata.
Bai Chang'an segera mengerti dengan tatapannya itu, "Oke! Aku akan menyuruh orang antarkan makanan." Kemudian ia pun menghubungi manajer dari Biluo.
Gu Zhishen berdiri dari kursinya, "Aku ke kamar mandi sebentar, kamu gantikan aku dulu."
"Aa?" Yun Jianyue mengangkat wajahnya dan melihat ke wajah tampannya itu, "Tapi aku tak bisa main!"
Bai Chang'an menutup telepon genggamnya, senyumannya pun bertambah lebar, "Jangan khawatir Kakak Ipar, bahkan jika kamu mengalahkan segunung emas, Kakak pun tidak akan merasakannya! Gunung emas kalau dibandingkan dengan Bolun, itu sungguh tidak bisa dibandingkan, bahkan tidak layak disebutkan! Betul, Kakak!"
Gu Zhishen melihat Yun Jianyue, tidak membalas kata-kata Bai Chang'an, melihat ketidakberdayaannya, ia benar-benar tidak pandai bermain Mahjong. Ia pun menghiburnya dengan lembut, "Tidak pandai bermain juga tidak apa-apa, uang itu uang yang aku menangkan dari mereka. Seandainya kalahpun, kita juga tidak rugi."
"Oo." Yun Jianyue mendengarnya berkata begitu, ia pun menghelakan napas lega. Ia tidak begitu khawatir lagi jika memang menghabiskan semua uangnya.
Bai Chang'an dan Yu Jinjiu menukar tatapan mereka dan keduanya tersenyum dengan penuh arti.
Giliran Yun Jianyue memainkannya, ia sama sekali tidak mengerti kartu yang harus dibuangnya. Batu Mahjong yang diambilnya pun langsung dibuangnya keluar, namun detik selanjutnya ia langsung mendengar suara Bai Chang'an mengatakan, "Mahjong!"
"Aa!" Yun Jianyue menggaruk-garuk telinganya, ini pertama kalinya ia membuang batu kartunya, namun sudah dimenangkan oleh Bai Chang'an, cepat sekali.
Mereka bermain ulang lagi dan sekali lagi giliran Yun Jianyue, ia sungguh tidak mengerti dan sangat ragu mau membuang batu kartu yang mana. Akhirnya ia sembarang membuang salah satu batu kartunya. Kali ini Yu Jinjiu yang bersorak, ia telah memenangkan permainannya.
"Terima kasih Kakak Ipar." Yu Jinjiu melihat wajah Yun Jianyue yang tidak berdaya, ia pun tersenyum dengan nakal.
Permainan ketiga pun dimulai, Yun Jianyue sambil membuang batu Mahjongnya sambil dengan hati-hati melihat ke Mo Fuqing, "Jangan-jangan kamu sudah mau menang?"
Wajah Mo Fuqing tidak menunjukkan ekspresi namun ia menganggukkan kepalanya.
Yun Jianyue memegang wajahnya dengan kedua tangannya dan berkata dengan ampun, "Aku tidak mau main lagi."
Permainan seperti apa ini, permainan ini jelas-jelas memberikan uang kepada orang lain. Meskipun uang yang dikalahkannya adalah uang yang Gu Zhishen menangkan dari mereka. Namun dengan kecepatan seperti ini, ia malah mengembalikan uang itu tanpa ada perlawanan. Bila dipikir-pikir, ia sungguh membuat dirinya malu.
"Kakak ipar, jangan panik! Uang yang kami kalahkan kepada kakak beberapa tahun ini tidak hanya segini!" Bai Chang'an selalu takut kurang meriah suasananya, ia masih ingin memenangkan kembali uangnya pada kesempatan ini.
Tetapi ia tidak memiliki kesempatan ini, Gu Zhishen sudah kembali dari kamar mandi.
Yun Jianyue menatapnya dan hampir menangis karena kalah terus, "Maafkan aku, aku kalah terus."
Yun Jianyue berdiri ingin mengembalikan tempat duduknya ke Gu Zhishen, Gu Zhishen langsung duduk di kursinya namun ia juga tidak membiarkan Yun Jianyue pergi, ia menariknya duduk di pangkuan kakinya.
"Kamu lepaskan aku, begini..."
Kata-katanya belum selesai sudah dipotong oleh Gu Zhishen, "Kamu tidak ingin memenangkan kembali uangnya?"
Yun Jianyue yang tadinya masih bergerak-gerak, saat mendengar bisa memenangkan uangnya kembali, ia pun langsung duduk manis di pangkuannya. Ia tidak lagi memperdulikan posisi duduknya yang canggung dan mesra.
Yu Jinjiu, Bai Chang'an dan Mo Fuqing langsung saling bertatapan. Mereka bertiga sama-sama mendapat firasat yang buruk.
Kini giliran Gu Zhishen mengambil batu Mahjongnya, bibirnya yang tipis mendekati daun telinga Yun Jianyue, dengan nada rendah ia mengatakan, "Ambil batunya."
Yun Jianyue mengulurkan tangannya mengambil batu Mahjong, ia sedikit gugup, jari-jarinya pun sampai gemetaran hampir menjatuhkan batu Mahjong yang ada di meja.
Gu Zhishen segera menangkap tangan kecilnya itu, "Apa yang kamu gugupkan?"
"Aku takut kalah!" Yun Jianyue dengan jujur mengakuinya.
Mata Gu Zhishen menatap ke sosok Yun Jianyue yang takut gemetaran, sudut bibirnya pun mengaitkan sebuah senyuman. Jari Yun Jianyue sedang mengambil batu mahjong, sedangkan tangan Gu Zhishen yang besar membungkus tangan kecilnya, jarinya menyapu wajah batu mahjong dengan lembut, kemudian langsung meletakkan di meja, "Kong!"
Bai Chang'an tidak menunjukkan banyak ekspresi.
Gu Zhishen bergandeng tangan Yun Jianyue dan mengambil batu mahjong untuk kedua kalinya, "Kong!"
Yu Jinjiu mengerutkan alisnya, melihat ke Bai Chang'an, "Tidak begitu kebetulan, kan?"
"Ini hanya kebetulan!" Bai Chang'an menyentuh dagunya, dengan curiga melihat ke Gu Zhishen.
Tiga kali mengambil batu mahjong, "Kong!"
"Sial!" Bai Chang'an tidak bisa menahan kata-katanya yang kurang elegan ini, ini sungguh kebetulan sekali.
Tatapan dingin Gu Zhishen segera menyapu ke Bai Chang'an, dia pun mengelus hidungnya dan berkata, "Bukan, pasti salah kata!"
Keempat kali mengambil batu mahjong, senyuman Gu Zhishen makin mendalam, ia membuka batu mahjong di meja dan mengatakannya lagi, "Kong!"
Mo Fuqing yang diam dari tadi juga akhirnya mengerutkan alisnya, matanya melihat ke Gu Zhishen. Seakan tidak percaya dengan keberuntungan Gu Zhishen, hal ini sungguh kebetulan sekali!
Yun Jianyue menolehkan wajahnya ke Gu Zhishen dengan bingung, ia sama sekali tidak tahu dengan hal yang telah terjadi, namun ia bisa merasakan sepertinya Gu Zhishen lebih hebat. Dengan penasaran ia bertanya, "Kita sudah mau menang?"
"Seperti yang kamu lihat, apa kamu mau memberikanku sedikit keberuntungan?" Tatapan Gu Zhishen yang melihat kepada Yun Jianyue, di bawah sinar lampu terlihat begitu mempesona.
"Bagaimana caranya?" Yun Jianyue bertanya.


Pada hari penting malam pertunangan kakaknya, tidak disangka Yun Jianyue tiba-tiba diputuskan pacarnya yang sudah menjalin hubungan selama tiga tahun. Pacarnya tiba-tiba memutuskan hubungan dan tanpa memberikan alasan apapun kepadanya? Ada apa ini sebenarnya? Karena tidak tahan menghadapi kenyataan yang menyedihkan ini, akhirnya ia pun memutuskan untuk mabuk-mabukan di bar. Keesokan harinya ketika sudah sadar dari mabuknya, ia sudah berada di sebuah kamar dan melihat sosok yang familiar… Kakak Ipar?

Qu Yi winked at Qu Jiaojiao and said, "OK, OK, our Lujia hotel must be expanded. There will be more helpers in need. If necessary, I will definitely recommend you."

The two relatives also responded with a smile. Other relatives nearby also heard that Qu Yi worked as a manager in the Lu family hotel. They were envious of Qu Yi, which almost made Qu Yi's butt up.

Qu Jiaojiao couldn't get used to Qu Yi's complacency and said, "how can you like this Lu family hotel? How can I not believe that... "

Although Qu Yi also went to university, he was only one of the most rubbish schools. He spent money on it.

After college, I didn't find a good job. How could I suddenly become the manager of Lu family hotel.

If she was from the Lu family hotel, she would not have chosen Qu Yi.

Qu Yi didn't hide it. He said, "my brother-in-law recommended me. Of course, he just recommended me. In the end, I was admitted with my own strength

"Brother in law?" Hearing this address, Qu Jiaojiao Leng for a moment, did not remember who it was.

Qu Yi said with a smile: "it's the gorgeous husband peak. He and Lu Mingzhe, the youngest owner of the Lu family hotel, are high school classmates. It happens that Lu's hotel is also recruiting people. My brother-in-law introduced me to Lu Mingzhe. Lu Mingzhe personally interviewed me and entrusted me with a heavy responsibility."

Er

Yin Dajing and Lu Yueran looked at each other. They remembered that when they met last night, Lu Mingzhe also said that he had a friend who had been married these two days. What he said was peak.

This is a coincidence.

Qu Yi is boasting about this place. Other people are envious of him. After all, Lu's hotel is so famous that he is treated very well. His salary is 20000 a month and he still has a commission.

Qu Jiaojiao can't see it any more. Don't overdo it and ask Lu Yueran to eat.

Qu Yi sat here boasting, but everyone was eating. After a while, the topic stopped.

Qu Yi can only continue to find a sense of existence in Yin Dajing.

If Qu Yanyan is the "child of other people's family" of Yin Dajing, Qu Yi has been compared by Yin Dajing. After all, he can't even compare with yindajingdu, or even worse than yindajingdu.

Now that he has the opportunity, he will naturally return it even harder.

"Dajing, although your school is not so good, you still have a stable job, so you can mix well. After all, although you have a long distance with me, you are much better than ordinary people."

Qu Jiaojiao sneered: "I don't think it's necessary. We Yin Dajing is not bad at all. He has done several projects and has already bought a house and a car in Jiangzhou. He was prepared to pay for us to open a hotel in Jiangzhou, but we refused. My son is buying a house and a car in Jiangzhou. You... "

Qu Yi was also a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Yin Da Jingdu had already bought a house and a car in Jiangzhou. He has only worked for less than a year. Now, programmers are making so much money?

He instinctively wanted to retort, but just at this time, his uncle asked him to help, Qu Yi left angrily.

After dinner, someone came to ask for mahjong. Qu Jiaojiao is usually busy and has little time to play mahjong. When the new year comes, she still has a few appointments. When someone calls her up, she doesn't refuse to play mahjong.

"Yueran? Ha ha, I heard that you are also from Jiangzhou. We play mahjong in the same way as Jiangzhou. Would you like to play mahjong with us? " While Yin Dajing and Lu Yueran were chatting, a cousin of Qu Yanyan came to call Lu Yueran to play mahjong.

Qu Yanyan's cousin is her uncle's cousin. They played together and knew each other when they were children.

Lu Yueran can play mahjong, but it can only be said that she understands the rules. She still hasn't played much. After a pause, she still nods and says, "OK, I'm not very good at playing mahjong. It's a little slow..."

"Oh, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you can't fight. It's ok if you can open money." That cousin jokingly said.

Yin Dajing accompanied her to the past and said with a smile, "I didn't even know you could play mahjong. Do you need me to play with you in the future?"

"What can you do? I'll beat around and play with you. " Lu Yueran said casually.

In fact, she didn't want to play mahjong very much. The reason why she agreed was that she was embarrassed to refuse. On the other hand, she wanted to integrate into this atmosphere.

She may not know that she did everything for the sake of Yin Dajing.

Yin Dajing had planned to accompany Lu Yueran to fight, but several other relatives took him to fight the landlord. Yin Dajing could only let Lu Yueran play by himself.

Yin Dajing and they happened to be three people. In fact, with Yin Dajing's ability, when shuffling cards, he could move his hands and feet. Even when he was touching cards, he could touch any card he wanted.Now he has high psychic power, and he has intermediate skill of stealing. It's easy to do this.

Just playing cards with my relatives. It's meaningless, so I didn't do it. However, he now has an amazing memory. After playing many cards, he can remember clearly. When he comes to the back, he can even fully know what cards the opponent has played, what cards he has, and even how he can win.

After playing like this for two hours, the two and one lost more than 500. The fight was so boring that it was totally crushing, so I gave up.

Yin Dajing ended the war ahead of time, so he was ready to go to Lu Yueran. Before he passed, a relative said in a low voice: "Dajing, they seem to be making a game. Your girlfriend has lost more than 5000 yuan If you don't ask your girlfriend to stop fighting, come down quickly... "

Lu Yueran lost more than 5000 yuan, which was nothing to her. Even if she played mahjong, she was just playing with them. Therefore, even if she lost money, she didn't have any complaints, and her face was very calm.

Similarly, the five thousand yuan was not too much for Yin Dajing. It was just that the other three bullied Lu Yueran, which made Yin Dajing unhappy.

Although they are not relatives, at least they can't look up and look down. As for such a setup?

"Well, I don't seem to be very lucky, or I'll catch up for you?" After watching a game on the sidelines, Yin Dajing had roughly known what means the three of them were using.

Mahjong machine is an electric mahjong machine, and the cards are normal. They don't have hands and feet. However, first, they play very big cards. Generally, they play five yuan or ten yuan. As a result, Lu Yueran and them play for 30 yuan.

Lu Yueran this rich woman, only afraid of 100 yuan, she would not hesitate to hit it.

Secondly, they are cooperating with each other.

There is no obvious difference between Zhuang and leisure in playing mahjong here. If any one player is playing mahjong, others will have to pay for it. Therefore, they are all playing with each other, and when they know what a certain Hu is, they deliberately light their guns


The girlfriend who has been talking about online dating for half a year is actually a classmate posing as…By chance, Yin Jing discovered that he was able to copy the skills of others.English level eight? Yes, copied it!Advanced medical skills? Copied it!Advanced cooking? Copied it!Piano, chess, calligraphy and calligraphy, proficient in everything, not to press down on many skills.…"Huh? There is still cultivation method? I copied it!"
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I immediately apologize for the mistakes, it's just that English is not my native language and I have been studying it for only about a two year.
This novel is translated from chinese to english.

When he heard Huang Xiaolong agreed so readily, Fourth Brother Yin was taken aback.
In the vast variety of gambling games, Fourth Brother Yin was adept in Mahjong, Poker, and Three Card Poker. Amongst these, he was most proficient in playing mahjong.
Initially, he had planned to put an end to Huang Xiaolong using his talent but worried that Huang Xiaolong would not agree to play mahjong, insisting instead on other games such as Baccarat, or dice games where the player would guess the number of points at the roll of the dice. He did not expect that Huang Xiaolong would 'walk into the trap' just like that.
'Could this youngster be a well-rounded genius, talented in everything? Humph! I've no reason to be afraid of him!' Fourth Brother Yin's lips twitched at the sides, unconsciously fidgeting with the willow pendant hanging on his neck.
"Let's head upstairs then," Fourth Brother Yin laughed coldly.
"Oh." Huang Xiaolong held his tray of chips, which were piled up like a small mountain, with both hands and followed Fourth Brother Yin, Brother Tiger, and the rest up to the second floor.
An anxious Su Xiaoman followed closely behind Huang Xiaolong.
On the second floor, in a quiet private room.
A mahjong table was placed in the middle of the room. The casino staff brought in a brand new set of mahjong tiles and poured it on the table.
Fourth Brother Yin strode exuberantly toward the mahjong table, "Let's go with a Three-player mahjong game."
"Sure," Huang Xiaolong followed his lead and sat down as well.
"Tiger, go downstairs and get an irrelevant gambler to come up," Fourth Brother Yin instructed.
Brother Tiger dared not disregard the order. He personally went to the hall downstairs and got a short and fat bespectacled man to come upstairs with him.
"Listen up, you just need to play a good game of mahjong!" Brother Tiger glared fiercely at the bespectacled man, "You're just a partaker, winning or losing has got nothing to do with you, understand?"
"I… I understand, I understand," the bespectacled man nodded repeatedly.
"Friend, let's stop wasting time and just play one game." Fourth Brother Yin exuded an imposing aura and tried to suppress Huang Xiaolong completely. "How many chips do you have? We'll bet everything on this hand without any regards to the points, one game will determine who will win or lose!"
One game to determine who will win or lose?
Huang Xiaolong had won a total of 2.3 million chips tonight. Betting everything on one hand of mahjong would mean high-stakes gambling.
Fourth Brother Yin was trying to play psychological warfare. Ordinary people would inevitably develop fear in their hearts when faced with this kind of extravagant gambling. Once the doubt and apprehension settled in before the game began, they would not be able to perform up to their normal standards.
However, Huang Xiaolong's frame of mind was as serene as ever, without even a ripple in his emotions, nodding in agreement instead, "Sure, sure, sure, we'll determine everything on one game, let's not waste time."
"Humph!" Fourth Brother Yin huffed coldly, and his heart sank a little. This psychological warfare obviously did not work on Huang Xiaolong.
Huang Xiaolong passed his tray of chips to the casino staff. A few minutes later, the chip count was completed.
"Fourth Brother Yin, Brother Tiger, the chips amounted to 2.84 million," the staff reported.
Fourth Brother Yin snapped his fingers, and immediately another staff brought in a tray filled with chips, with exactly 2.84 million worth of chips.
"Do you want to check the mahjong tiles?" Fourth Brother Yin shook his leg that was propped up against the other, dangling a cigarette in his mouth arrogantly.
Huang Xiaolong stuffed another piece of chocolate in his mouth while shaking his head and said, "That won't be necessary."
"OK. Let us begin," Fourth Brother Yin extended his hands toward the table and started to shuffle the mahjong tiles.
For a game like this, the players would shuffle the tiles personally instead of using a machine. After all, machine shuffling and deck-cutting were controlled by software, so it would be easy to manipulate.
Huang Xiaolong smiled merrily as he shuffled the tiles too.
Clank, clank, clank!
The three players shuffled the tiles thoroughly.
As soon as Huang Xiaolong's hands touched the tiles, a strange feeling welled up in his heart, as if he was finally reunited with an old friend or lover whom he had not met for a long time!
This feeling was too intimate and too familiar!
The rest of the spectators in the private room, such as Brother Tiger and Brother Earthworm, who were standing behind Fourth Brother Yin, as well as Su Xiaoman, who was standing behind Huang Xiaolong, had expressions full of anxiety, to the point that they dared not breathe aloud.
This hand of mahjong involved high-stakes worth millions of wins or losses, an absolute thrill, and exhilaration!
Since this was a hand of three-player mahjong, the tiles used were Bamboo and Dots, without Characters, nor Flowers.
There were only 72 tiles of mahjong involved in this set.
For truly skillful mahjong players, they do not even need to look at the tiles, simply by touching the tiles during the shuffle, they would be able to tell by touch and the minuscule weight difference to differentiate each tile and the character it carried.
Thereafter, based on each player's composed winning hand, they would stack the tiles accordingly.
Combined with super memory, the position of each tile, estimating which player would draw which tile, every single move would be under control!
To put it simply, the tile shuffle was particularly crucial for the pro players.
This was true in Huang Xiaolong's case. During the shuffle, he had already planned out his winning hand and stacked the tiles in predetermined positions, so that other players would draw useless tiles. All the good tiles would be drawn by Huang Xiaolong, to the point that other players would not even have the chance to form a meld.
Both Huang Xiaolong and Fourth Brother Yin shuffled the tiles at top speed, even the tile stacking process was a blur of movements. After stacking their own, they quickly switched to stacking the tiles for the bespectacled man so that he did not even get the chance to form his own stack, leaving him dumbfounded.
The tile stacking process was completed.
At this moment, Huang Xiaolong had already stacked the required tiles in the rightful positions. Basically, once he had drawn all the tiles, it would form a Heavenly Hand.
It was quite obvious that Fourth Brother Yin was far from the same level as Huang Xiaolong.
The mahjong technique he was proficient at was a cheat trick, by the name of 'draw 2, discard 2'.
As the name suggested, during the game, he would draw 2 tiles and discard 2 useless tiles at each turn.
As anyone could tell, if the player managed to draw 2 tiles at each turn, it would greatly elevate the chances of getting more winning combinations! The probability of getting good tiles would be increased several times!
However, as a cheating technique, it required extremely quick hand movements!
To be able to draw 2 tiles and discard 2 tiles without being detected, the speed of the hands must be quicker than the speed of other players' eyes!
Fourth Brother Yin had immersed himself in this technique for more than a decade, practiced this 'art' to the level of perfection, and had used this trick in tens of thousands of games without being exposed!
Moreover, he had raised a baby spirit that would help to peek at other players' tiles, it could be said that at the mahjong table, he was a victorious general who would never suffer the taste of defeat!
Therefore, it had now reached the most critical part, more pivotal than the shuffle -- rolling the dice!
Only by rolling the points needed could the player comfortably get the tiles that they had stacked. 
All three players would roll the dice, and the person with the highest points would be the dealer.
"You first," Fourth Brother Yin flicked a glance at the bespectacled man.
The bespectacled man was under extreme stress and was sweating profusely, he grabbed the 2 dice on the table, rocked his hands and threw it on the table. The dice settled on 3 and 4 points respectively, adding up to a total of 7 points, it could be regarded as a relatively moderate point.
"You're the guest, please go ahead," Fourth Brother Yin looked at Huang Xiaolong mockingly.
He was not concerned about being the dealer, since he could steal the tiles as he wished, being a dealer or not made no difference to him.
Huang Xiaolong grinned as he grabbed the dice and rolled it nonchalantly, both dice landed on 6 points, which was the highest total!
"Eh?" Fourth Brother Yin's eyes twitched at the corners, and he looked at Huang Xiaolong in uncertainty. 'Rolling 12 points just like that, is it by chance, or… d*mn it, spooky, it's really spooky!'
Finally, it was Fourth Brother Yin's turn to roll the dice, he managed to get 4 and 5 points respectively, with a total of only 9 points.
Huang Xiaolong was the dealer.
"Hehe, I'm the dealer! I get to take the tiles first!" Huang Xiaolong smiled merrily and rolled the dice again. One was 3 points and the other 4 points; it was exactly the points that he wanted. If he took the tiles according to this position, Huang Xiaolong would get a Heavenly Hand, and the game would end.
All three players started taking their respective tiles.
Fourth Brother Yin chuckled before unobtrusively touching the willow pendant hanging on his neck.
The very next moment, a purplish-green baby spirit that was perched on Fourth Brother Yin's shoulder floated like a wisp of smoke toward Huang Xiaolong. Squatting on Huang Xiaolong's shoulder, it peeked at his tiles.
Huang Xiaolong smiled placidly, inclined his head to glance at the baby spirit on his shoulder, before moving his lips, and recited a chant silently. 
The chant he recited was the 'Chant of Rebirth', aimed specifically at spirits and spirit infants. Whether it was a premature death, death by accident, or resentful death by suicide, all would be purified.
As soon as the chant was recited, countless sparks of golden light invisible to the naked eye spewed from Huang Xiaolong's mouth, it formed numerous Sanskrit characters that were full of grandiose and majesty and wrapped around the baby spirit.
 Hiss…hiss…
 The body of the baby spirit disintegrated like snow melting under the sun.
It made a heart-wrenching wail and struggled vigorously, to no avail. After a few minutes, the body of the spirit disappeared into thin air without leaving any trace.
Fourth Brother Yin trembled violently. He suddenly felt that the bond he had with the willow pendant that seemed to be connected by blood was abruptly broken!
At this moment, all three players had taken their tiles.
"Excuse me, I've drawn the Heavenly Hand[1]," Huang Xiaolong smiled faintly before he pushed his tiles down. =
[1] A Heavenly Hand could only occur right at the start of the game when the dealer flipped open all 14 tiles and it formed a winning hand. This is the ultimate winning hand in a game of mahjong.


“You are going to be my first wife!” Huang Xiaolong explained to Song Yuru, moments after they had met on the train. "You quack!" A man to the side harrumphed, neither he nor Song Yuru were amused by the statement. Little did they know that this hillbilly from the mountains had a few tricks up his sleeves and a handsome face to make up for his awful sense of fashion. With three missions in mind- earn lots of money, get a wife (or a dozen), and get a university degree, Huang Xiaolong was about to take Coast City by storm!

"Father..." Yu BingYan stopped walking and looked at her father with her eyes hazy. She then pounced into her father's embrace with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Yu ManTang hugged his daughter tightly and was immersed in the feeling of holding his daughter in his embrace.
A long while later, Yu BingYan finally stopped sobbing and said softly, "During this trip to Heavenly Wind, while I do not dare say the same about the others, BingYan will definitely not be in the slightest bit of danger. Father can be at ease."
"'Oh?" Yu ManTang frowned for a moment before breaking out into a big smile, "Did Ling Tian make an arrangement?"
"What Ling Tian? Tian'ge is your son-in-law." Yu BingYan said shyly.
Yu ManTang laughed heartily, "Haha, that's right. Did my son-in-law make an arrangement?"
"That's right, everything is under Tian'ge's control." Yu BingYan's face reddened as she said.
Everything is under his control? As Yu ManTang heard those words, he could not help but doubt in his heart.
Since when did Ling Tian have such abilities? Yu ManTang was filled with a tinge of doubt in his heart but after seeing his daughter's confident appearance, Yu ManTang knew that he should not say anything else. However, he was no longer as worried as before.
Since Ling Tian had made preparations, BingYan's life would definitely not be in danger. As for the preparations that Ling Tian had made, it would be the best for him to be kept out of the loop, lest he accidentally divulge it. While Yu ManTang was confident in himself, he knew that he couldn't match up to his big brother's scheming and the best way for him to keep a secret would be to remain ignorant.
Yu BingYan lifted her head up and said, "Father, I hope that you can be a good host to the 500 guards that Ling Tian sent. After allowing them to tour Bright Jade City for a day or two, I will keep a few personal guards back and send the rest back to Sky Bearing."
"Naturally." Yu ManTang chuckled before asking his daughter, "These 500 guards are all brimming with energy and are definitely talented individuals. The few personal guards that my son-in-law picked out for you should be extremely skilled right? My son-in-law is truly generous!"
Yu BingYan's face turned red and she nodded her head with agreement, "I do not dare hide things from Father and any one of their martial arts would be comparable to Third Uncle."
Yu ManTang took in a deep breath of cold air! Every one of them is comparable to Yu ManTian?!
That meant that there were at least three or four individuals with such strength! Yu ManTian was already nearing the middle Gold Jade Rank. Apart from the few old fellows in the Yu Family, there were less than ten who were capable of winning against Yu ManTian! For a nouveau riche family like the Ling Family, it would be already an amazing feat if Ling Tian was able to send out four peak HouTian experts at once. However, Ling Tian had actually sent out four middle Gold Jade Rank experts at once just for Yu BingYan. It could be seen just how much Ling Tian doted on Yu BingYan!
Yu ManTang felt that the strength of his son-in-law was becoming more and more mysterious. Only at this point could he truly be at ease about Yu BingYan's safety. At the same time, he was also extremely grateful on behalf of Yu BingYan. Just from how Ling Tian was willing to send out so many experts to guard Yu BingYan, it could be seen how happy her life was in the Ling Family.
Yu ManTang twiddled with his beard and muttered, "If that's the case, then you should leave a few more of them behind. Apart from your few personal guards, you should leave a few dozen guards behind to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. Even if they are capable of retracting their aura, it is best to be careful. If the family notices that they are all top-notch experts, it may cause some troubles instead. With your first uncle's personality, he may come up with a sinister plan."
"Yes, Father has truly thought things through." Yu BingYan felt her heart shake and agreed solemnly. She originally only planned to keep Feng, Yun, Lei, and Dian behind, but after her father's reminder, she realized that her original plan was extremely inappropriate. With her first uncle's character, if he found out that there were such experts in the Ling Family, he would definitely come up with a plan to exterminate them!
Under Yu ManTang's arrangements, Ling Feng and the rest entered the Yu Family in a low-profile manner. After some serious considerations, Yu BingYan kept sixty guards behind and stationed them in the courtyard where she and her father stayed. The guards were split into four groups with Feng, Yun, Lei, and Dian each leading a group. They surrounded Yu BingYan's room with a water-tight defense.
The Ling Family was currently enemies with the Yu Family in the Heavenly Star Continent and the presence of the Ling Family guards naturally dissatisfied the Yu Family members. Thus, conflicts between the two groups were inevitable but Ling Feng and the rest chose to endure the humiliation rather than have conflicts with the Yu Family members.
Such a powerful mental resilience made Yu ManTang gasp with admiration. It was easy to draw the sword but difficult to bear with humiliation! Even after a month, Yu ManTang could not tell who the experts among the group were!
While the Ling Family guards moved into the Yu Family in an orderly fashion, ever since these guards entered the Yu Family, Bright Jade City was thrown into chaos. Despite it being winter, houses would catch fire all around the city for no good reason and many would complain about thefts in their homes. The whole Yu Family was filled with an extremely dark atmosphere.
The Yu Family monitored the movements of the sixty guards day and night but was helpless as they realized that these sixty guards were completely stationary when all of these bizarre events occurred. Because of that, they could only helplessly proclaim them as innocent. In this winter, Bright Jade City seemed to have been through a war and the whole city was completely devoid of energy.
Finally, just when everyone was leading bitter lives, the spring winds began to blow.
The atmosphere in the Yu Family became even tenser.
It was time for them to travel to Heavenly Wind and start the battle!
******
Ling Tian ran out from the Ling Family Courtyard as though he was escaping for his life!
For a full winter, Ling Tian was playing hide and seek with Meng LiGe and the others. Even with Ling Tian's powerful will and body, he was extremely fatigued.
They were far too persistent!
Meng LiGe and the others could not be blamed for the matter either. Ling Tian's father and grandfather were just too difficult to deal with. Old Master Ling liked to feign ignorance and every time the officials of the imperial court requested him to ascend the throne, he would feign ignorance or pretend that he was unable to hear what they were saying. "What did you say? Huh? Speak louder! Wha....t... I can't hear you." His selective listening was extremely well honed and he would never be able to hear what the officials had to say clearly. If you have the patience, alright, I shall sit here and hear you out. But after a few sentences, Old Master Ling would be tired and falling asleep...
Helpless, the various officials could only take their leave. The moment the officials took their leave, Old Master Ling would be revived and energetic, pulling his wife to play mahjong with him.
As for Marshal Ling, he was far more direct. "Scram! Whoever dares to bother me shall be served with 80 military planks!"
Marshal Ling wasn't completely lying. He had even gone to the extent of bribing his friend to put up a show with him. His friend would first attempt to persuade him and he would then give his friend 40 military planks in public. While everyone could tell that it was a show, they all knew that the next person who attempted to persuade Marshal Ling would definitely not be spared.
Under such circumstances, they naturally had no choice but to pester Ling Tian. Thus, a rare winter break of young noble Ling Tian was completely ruined by them all. Even if he wanted to find the few beauties for a nice and lovely chat, he would have to ensure that his actions were stealthy and concealed as though he was a secret agent. He was only missing a secret code with his few lovers...
The spring winds arrived and the letter of the Shui Family arrived together with them. The Shui Family requested that Shui QianRou leave a few people behind to guard the Shui Family Courtyard and send the rest of the Shui Family forces back to Heavenly Wind. However, the Shui Family did not specify a time and only requested that Shui QianRou return before the start of the generational battle.
To the Shui Family, all of the other participants of the Shui Family were already prepared. As for Shui QianRou fighting the princess of the Yu Family, there wasn't even a need to make any preparations. Thus, they weren't anxious in the slightest. Was there even a need to make any preparations when their Shui Family's number one genius was facing the martial arts trash of the Yu Family? Victory was certain!
However, while they weren't anxious, Ling Tian was. Ling Tian already felt as though his days were extremely miserable and anxiously pestered Shui QianRou to leave as early as possible.
At this moment, Shui QianRou was also extremely nervous about matters in Heavenly Wind, so they swiftly tied up all the necessary loose ends and immediately set off for Heavenly Wind.
Ling Tian brought Ling Jian along with him and the both of them mysteriously disappeared from the Ling Family Courtyard a few days before Shui QianRou set off. As for the various large and small matters of the Courtyard, he naturally dumped them all to Meng LiGe, Ling Chen, and Li Xue.
This incident made Ling Chen, Li Xue, and Xiao YanXue blow up in a huge rage. After his pleading was completely useless in the face of the three ladies anger, the three ladies joined hands to give Ling Tian a good beating.
The person who was the happiest was Die'er. Shui QianRou left her behind in Heavenly Star so that she could be with her loved one, Ling Chi. This made the originally depressed Ling Chi feel a little better.
Ling Tian had an inexplicable feeling in his heart at this moment. Ever since he received the two pieces of Heaven's Heart Jade and the mysterious phenomena it had together with the Heaven Splitter, a huge puzzle filled up Ling Tian's mind. Ling Tian was certain that there was a heaven shaking secret hidden within this puzzle and the source of this secret was in Heavenly Wind! Right at Mount Vacant!
Apart from the various plans that Ling Tian had on this trip, he also intended to solve this puzzle. At the same time, Ling Tian had a strange feeling in his heart. He was almost certain that he would definitely not return empty-handed from his trip to Heavenly Wind.
After the members of the Shui Family left, Meng LiGe and the rest found out that Ling Tian had also disappeared and angrily stomped his way to find Ling Chen to lodge a complaint. Upon arrival, he received a letter from Ling Chen which was written by Ling Tian to persuade Old Master Ling to ascend the throne.
Meng LiGe then took this letter to find Old Master Ling but was reprimanded by Old Master Ling. Returning back to the Courtyard dejected, Meng LiGe let out a long sigh.
Ling Tian was already by the sea and upon peering into the vast ocean, the words that appeared during the combination of the two jade pieces surfaced in his heart: Vacant in the East, Heaven and Earth Essence, Sharpness of Heaven Splitter, It Can Be Fought!
Ling Tian muttered those words in his heart as he fell into a daze with the Heaven Splitter hanging on his waist.


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"Wow! Xiao Huan, how I envy you!" Li Meng circled her arms around Mu Huan's with an envious expression on her face.
"Stop envying me and quickly look through these maps so that, when the time comes that I need your help, you won't be lost." Mu Huan handed over her map to Li Meng.
The girl exclaimed, "Oh, damn! Indeed, beauty causes delays in proper business! I actually forgot all about Wu Xingye!"
Mu Huan was speechless for a moment, then she pointed at a central spot on the map and said, "Last night, I had asked Hubby to book accommodation around this area. Where we stay is just an overhead bridge across from the place where Xingye had gone missing. The crowd is bustling in this area. It's a convenient location.
"Familiarize yourself with this nearby area to start off, then as you explore the area, zoom in this way. There's very little difference between what you see here and the actual place. At worst, it might be some changes resulting from temporary road closures."
"Okay." Li Meng lowered her head and studied the map in a serious manner.
Mu Huan, on the other hand, was trying to contact people who were in T Country, to see if there was an update on either Wu Xingye or the entertainment club.
By the time Bo Junyan and the men had ended their discussion, Mu Huan and Li Meng were also almost done.
"What are you doing?" Bo Junyan walked over and sat next to Mu Huan. He reached out and drew her onto his lap.
Fu Siye raised his eyebrow slightly when he saw how practiced Bo Junyan's move was. In the past, their Brother Bo had always been a picture of aloofness and kept a distance from everyone around him. But now, he was all lovey-dovey with the little sister-in-law, pulling her into his embrace as though they had been apart way too long.
Just a few months back, he would never have believed that his Brother Bo would be lovey-dovey with a woman to this extent.
"We've just studied the map, nothing much. Hubby, are you done with work too?" Mu Huan looked up at him.
"Uh-huh."
"If Sister-in-law is not busy, let's have a game of mahjong. We're still about two hours from landing!" Gong Zeye suggested.
Mu Huan had no interest in mahjong. Furthermore, the last time they played cards, her luck was so exasperatingly rotten. Hence, she said instead, "Mahjong is Xiao Meng's favorite game. You guys go ahead."
"Uh-huh, I love playing mahjong and I'm quite good at it!" Li Meng nodded her head vigorously at once. She wondered, would Wu Xingye kill her if she were ever to thank him for creating this opportunity for her?
"Quite good at it?" Gong Zeye's eyes lit up.
"Uh-huh." She wouldn't say that for other things in life, but when it came to mahjong, she had no qualms claiming expertise! 
"Come! Come, show your stuff!" Gong Zeye gestured for Fu Siye and Han Chen to take their places and then looked toward the air stewardess who was standing by the side.
"Beauty, go get the mahjong set."
"Yes, Mr. Gong." The pretty air stewardess immediately went to get the mahjong set.
The mahjong tiles were laid out on the table.
In a dream-like state, Li Meng stared at the three dashing men before her. It was beyond her wildest, sweetest dreams! Three gorgeous men playing mahjong with her! Freaking hell! This must be the pinnacle of her life!
Suddenly realizing something, she turned to Mu Huan and called out, "Xiao Huan! Xiao Huan!"
As if reading her mind, Mu Huan took out her cell phone and pointed the camera at them, saying, "You three great male idols, how about a picture with our Xiao Meng?"
She knew that Li Meng would want to capture this moment — this highlight of her life.
"Of course." The men would never say no to Mu Huan, of course. At the same time, they turned and flashed their dazzling smiles at her.
All three dashing men looked at her, their smiles seductive, bewitching.
No, rather, they were looking at her camera lens with their charming smiles.
Even Mu Huan couldn't quite stomach this. She could not resist exclaiming, "Too gorgeous! I want to be in the photo too!"
Bo Junyan: "…"
Too gorgeous? Wanted to be in the photograph too?
He lifted his gaze and swept it over them like a snowstorm.


No one is optimistic about the marriage between the most respectable man in Yun Cheng and the most disfavored daughter of the Mu family.
Their poor impression of the female protagonist — a meek, ugly, and underachieving college student — had them surmising that her husband would eventually divorce her. 
Mu Huan: I don't know if we'll get a divorce, but my married life has me returning home to piping hot meals, being chauffeured everywhere, and having a professor for my tutor.
My happiness probably started when I met you, the perfect man who brought me to see more of this world and led me to such a wondrous life, during the toughest time of my life.

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