When Chen Mo drove back to the hotel, he found Li Rui and the other two playing landlord!
"Fourth Brother, you're back? Where did you go? How come we didn't see you all day?" Zhao Guodong asked while playing his cards.
"What do you mean all day? I only went out at noon, okay?" Thinking about how he had left at noon without eating, Chen Mo suddenly felt rather hungry.
"Have you guys eaten?" Chen Mo asked.
"Not yet! The battle's been too intense. Who had time to worry about that?" Ma Yuan replied as he played a card.
In front of the three of them were one- and two-yuan banknotes, with ten yuan being the highest denomination.
"Where did you get so much loose change? You really put some thought into this," Chen Mo said. Ever since electronic payments became common, cash had become quite rare.
"Hahaha! Oldest Brother went to the bank to exchange it," Zhao Guodong said.
"Damn, you guys really stop at nothing just to play cards," Chen Mo said with a laugh.
"Ha! Having cash makes it feel more atmospheric, doesn't it? If everyone just kept pulling out their phones to scan codes, it'd totally ruin the mood!" Li Rui said with a grin.
Electronic payments were convenient these days, which also made it harder to catch people gambling. When several people got together to gamble, they simply opened QR codes on their phones and scanned them back and forth to pay. It was fast and convenient, and there was no cash on the table, making it hard even for the police to catch them.
Of course, Li Rui and the others were not really gambling. They only went back and forth over a few dozen yuan at most. Exchanging all that loose change was