Chapter 80 Part 2 一 Breaking news! Initial users is “lurking” in the Gu family!!
Seven people formed two rows and walked along the cobblestone path in the ancient town towards the bar. The town was bustling, and everyone had cheerful smiles on their faces.
In the infectious atmosphere of excitement, people’s moods unconsciously improved.
Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan curiously browsed the shops along the street, occasionally stopping to buy some trinkets like windmills, porcelain dolls, sugar figurines, and lanterns.
When they arrived at the bar, Ruan Yōu and Lu Xuan had their hands full of stuff, and the others were not spared either.
The bar had two floors, and Wen Juxi reserved the second floor.
Bars are more enjoyable when they’re crowded.
Sitting on the second floor, they could enjoy the street view and watch the excitement on the first floor.
The first floor of the bar was packed with people. When they entered, the lights inside were dim, and a folk singer was on stage with a guitar, singing slow and melodious songs.
Ruan Yōu and the others walked through the corridor and stairs to the second floor. As the song on the first floor ended, a new, lively and rhythmic song started.
Amidst the thumping beats, Ruan Yōu spotted Wen Juxi.
She was seated on the second floor, leaning slightly against the wooden railing, enjoying the performance of the rock band on the first floor.
The red and black lights intertwined, creating a dynamic atmosphere on the stage.
Wen Juxi had a beautiful profile. Her slender single eyelids carried a cold and sophisticated aura. Her facial features were sharp, and her eyes revealed a faint sense of chilliness and aloofness. She casually leaned back in her chair, exuding a world-weary and chilly charm.
This seemed to be her most true self.
Wen Juxi heard the commotion from the second floor and turned her head.
When her eyes met with Ruan Yōu, her expression relaxed, and her lips curled slightly, habitually displaying her warm side to others.
“You’ve arrived.”
She smiled.
Lu Xuan had been admiring the decorations on the second floor when she came in and didn’t notice the change in Wen Juxi’s expression. When Wen Juxi smiled at her, she smiled back.
“It’s so lively here and it’s decorated so festively.”
“Of course, a celebration party should be lively and joyful.”
Ruan Yōu, Gu Fuchen, and the others took their seats on the sofa. Wen Juxi warmly said, “You haven’t eaten yet, have you? This place is too far from the city center. I know you didn’t have time to eat, so I have prepared some dinner in the private room. Afterward, we can have some drinks.”
When Lu Xuan heard the words “drinks,” a hint of embarrassment flashed in her eyes.
The previous experience of getting drunk resurfaced in her mind, but everyone had mentally prepared for it before coming.
Drinking was okay, but not too much.
Just a light drink.
“I happen to be hungry,” Ruan Yōu said as she stood up, picked up her bag, and headed towards the private room. “Let’s go. We can finish eating early and then enjoy some music.”
In the private room, there was not only a large round table but also a mahjong table.
Ruan Yōu exclaimed, “You can play mahjong here?”
Gu Fuchen replied, “Yōuyōu, have you played it before?”
“I’ve played before, but I wasn’t skilled, and I didn’t really know how to play.”
Jiang Huai: “How about playing a few rounds later?”
Ruan Yōu sneered: “You’re not trying to win my money, are you?”
Jiang Huai: “I do have that intention, but a small bet for fun, I won’t lose much.”
During the previous Lunar New Year, Lu Ming’s family often organized a game and called her to join in; it was a must-have activities for the New Year.
This time, after returned to Gu family and celebrated New Year, all eight of them were playing games, and there was no tradition to play Mahjong, so they couldn’t experience the joy of playing Mahjong.
Ruan Yōu didn’t expect to experience Mahjong on Lantern Festival day.
“So, shall we play?” Ruan Yōu tentatively said.
When it came to luck in the game, she might not necessarily lose.
There were eight people now, with Gu Fuchen, Ruan Yōu, Jiang Huai, and Lu Xuan participating in the Mahjong activity, forming a table of four.
There were four people watching from the side.
With a passion for Mahjong, Ruan Yōu ate quickly.
She casually took a few bites, urging Gu Fuchen and the others to get to the table quickly.
They didn’t play for money; they used “exercise” as chips to do push-ups, with two options for punishment, and after it was over, they counted the number of exercises for each person.
Lu Xuan was very afraid of exercise.
Lu Jin stood aside and smiled happily: “Xuanxuan, do you want to let me take over? You, someone who hasn’t exercised in eight hundred years, can you handle squats and push-ups?”
Lu Xuan originally had plans to participate, but after being provoked by Lu Jin, she instead bravely declared, “I’m not afraid! I won’t lose.”
Wen Juxi and Qi Zhiyan shook their heads helplessly.
Mahjong was played in its simplest form, only allowing self-drawn wins.
For each round a player lost, they deducted two points, while the winner gained six points.
If there were special winning conditions like “Flowers on the bar1” or “All colors2,” the points could be doubled, and the corresponding points would be deducted based on the multiplier, with a maximum of 24 times.
Gu Fuchen and Jiang Huai had played cards with their aunts many times during middle school, so they were more familiar with it than Lu Xuan.
Ruan Yōu remembered the rules and sat in front of the automatic mahjong table with a serious demeanor, as if she were on a battlefield.
Imagining the exhaustion from doing push-ups, she knew she had to win this game of Mahjong!
The first two rounds were won by Gu Fuchen or Jiang Huai.
However, Ruan Yōu remained calm.
After these two rounds, she vaguely remembered the habits and strategies Lu Ming’s mother used when playing mahjong.
In the third round, Ruan Yōu made a big move and directly declared “Flowers on the bar.”
Each player deducted four points.
In the fourth round, the mahjong novice Ruan Yōu was full of enthusiasm.
“I’m going to fight you guys to death here today.”
she had seen a mahjong master一一Lu Ming’s mother playing mahjong and had even been personally taught for two rounds by Lu Ming’s mother.
Gu Fuchen chuckled lightly: “Yōuyōu, don’t raise the flag too early. Be careful of getting slapped in the face.”
Jiang Huai: “Bodhisattva sister, every time you set a flag, it never ends well.”
Ruan Yōu suddenly felt a bit uneasy: “I’m just boosting my morale, that’s all, come on.”
The blue mahjong tiles had a good texture and felt comfortable to touch.
Ruan Yōu, as the dealer, took the first set of tiles.
Fourteen tiles, with four or five pairs.
To keep the rules simple, they didn’t play with the “Seven Pairs” rule, and even if they had, Ruan Yōu couldn’t win with it. She had to rely on others to discard tiles to form these pairs.
Forming these pairs could be challenging at times, and if you were lucky, you could form a pair with just one tile.
Like Ruan Yōu.
After forming triplets of threes, sixes, fours, and nines, she still had one Characters Five and one Characters Four left in her hand. She discarded the Characters Five and kept the Characters Four.
Gu Fuchen glanced at the tiles in her hand and suppressed his excitement, “Sister, you have a ‘Pengpenghu3‘ with ‘All Colors.'”
Pengpenghu, a high-scoring hand that could double the points, ‘All Colors’ also could double the points.
If she could win with this hand, Ruan Yōu would get at least four times the points. In other words, no matter how the next rounds went, her final result wouldn’t be too bad.
Ruan Yōu suddenly realized.
“That’s true!”
“Should I change the tiles in my hand to bamboo?” Ruan Yōu encountered a big win for the first time, very excited and enthusiastic.
She loved playing mahjong!
Even more, she loved watching her brother and Jiang Huai do push-ups until they collapsed on the ground!
Now, this exciting moment had a chance to come.
Lu Xuan was a little flustered: “Sister Yōuyōu, do you want to tire me out right at the beginning?”
Gu Fuchen and Jiang Huai were also a little flustered.
Wen Juxi, Qi Zhiyan, Lu Jin, and Fu Jiazhan, the four onlookers, stared at Ruan Yōu’s mahjong with great interest.
The tiles in her hand were definitely the center of attention in the room.
Ruan Yōu had a smile on her face, eagerly waiting for the next tile to arrive.
She needed a bamboo. As long as she had this tile, she could form ‘All Colors’ hand!
Big win, chong, chong, chongya4一一
“Bamboo, bamboo, give me bamboo!” Ruan Yōu excitedly muttered under her breath and quickly picked up a tile to look at it.
Three bamboo!!
“It’s bamboo!!!”
Ruan Yōu was overjoyed and quickly threw out the Characters Four in her hand.
Gu Fuchen glanced at his sister, “Yōuyōu, this game has just started, take it easy.”
Jiang Huai agreed, “That’s right, Bodhisattva sister, we still have to work tomorrow, leave us some room to breathe.”
If Ruan Yōu could win now, her hand would be worth four times the points, eight points each, which meant eight push-ups for everyone.
The mahjong game had just started, and they lost more than ten points. With Ruan Yōu’s extraordinary luck, if they played for another two hours, each of them might have ended up losing fifty or sixty points.
Ruan Yōu was very excited.
As a mahjong novice, getting such a high-scoring hand right from the beginning, who could remain calm?
It was like a beginner in a whack-a-mole game, thinking they were just a bronze rookie, only to discover they were breaking the game record as a champion.
“No way. I’m going to make you all collapse from exhaustion~”
Just as Ruan Yōu’s words fell, she glanced at her tiles in front of her, and her mind suddenly froze.
! ! !
“I just got Three bamboo!”
When you have Three bamboo, you should directly declare a Kong!
Now not only did she miss the chance to set, but she also have to exchange her current tiles.
With Three bamboo have been played, what chance do she have to win?
Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, and Lu Xuan were surprised by what Ruan Yōu had just done.
“You didn’t set your Three bamboo?”
Ruan Yōu nodded in a daze.
Lu Jin playfully picked up the last tile from the end of the mahjong tiles to see what it was.
If Ruan Yōu had won all three rounds and scored on the final one, the game would have been worth eight times, and each person had to do sixteen push-ups.
After examining carefully, he hesitated for two seconds and asked uncertainly, “Ruan Yōu, was the tile you just played Characters Four?”
Ruan Yōu nodded in bewilderment.
Lu Jin’s mouth twitched slightly, suppressing the laughter that was about to burst out, and nonchalantly returned to where he was just now.
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“The last tile is Characters Four?” Ruan You asked incredulously.
Jiang Huai and Gu Fuchen looked at each other suspiciously, “Are you trying to trick her?”
Lu Jin struggled to hold back his laughter.
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but pick up the last mahjong tile and take a look.
A bright red Characters Four appeared in everyone’s view.
Ruan Yōu felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Gu Fuchen, Jiang Huai, and Lu Xuan chuckled maliciously.
If Ruan Yōu had just won, they would each deduct sixteen points.
Happiness varies from person to person.
They laughed, and Ruan Yōu felt nothing but despair.
A few minutes ago, the resounding and confident flag is still vivid in my mind. Ruan Yōu doesn’t want to continue anymore.
Downstairs, the band was still playing rock, and Qi Zhiyan smiled faintly, saying, “While others are rocking, let’s go with a sad erhu piece to fit the mood.”
一一Discussing how significant Ruan Yōu’s psychological trauma is now.
Thinking she was about to conquer the world, but in the height of excitement, she lost everything!!
“Eight times, my Bodhisattva sister.”
Ruan Yōu’s heart ached.
“Don’t mention it, I can’t play mahjong anymore.”
Lu Jin chuckled, “There’s a saying online, ‘Do good deeds without asking for future prospects.’ Ruan Yōu, you’re doing good deeds without seeking recognition; you’ll have blessings in the future.”
“Give those blessings to you,” Ruan Yōu said weakly.
People really shouldn’t set flags too early; those who speak the most confidently often end up enduring the unbearable pains of life.
Ruan Yōu and the other three didn’t play for too long; they ended the game after an hour.
Lu Xuan lost ten points, while Ruan Yōu lost two points.
Ruan Yōu felt wronged.
Through this game of mahjong, Ruan Yōu deeply realized one thing: one shouldn’t be too arrogant in life.
Being too arrogant can lead to retribution. QAQ
- 杠上开花 (Gāng shàng kāihuā) ↩︎
- 清一色 (Qīngyīsè) ↩︎
- 碰碰胡 (pèng pèng hú) ↩︎
- 冲鸭 (chōng yā) It is a cute expression of cheering, which means full of vigor and fighting spirit.
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