Because Mo Xiangwen only had one card left in his hand.
What Su Mengyao had not expected was that Bai Shishi glanced at the +2+4 in play, then at the cards in her own hand, and silently drew another six cards from the deck.
There were now so many cards in her hand that her little hands could barely hold them all.
After a moment of silence, Su Mengyao could not help asking, "Shishi, do you really not have any +4s?"
Bai Shishi looked at the cards in her hand, guiltily avoiding Su Mengyao's gaze as she simply stacked them into a pile.
"N-no."
Yeah right, Su Mengyao clicked her tongue.
Seeing Bai Shishi's obvious reaction, the others immediately understood.
Mo Xiangwen repeatedly assured her that she could relax and play freely before she gradually loosened up.
But whenever the penalty cards piled up too high, she absolutely refused to play them.
Still, so many +2s and +4s had already been played earlier that Bai Shishi's hand was no longer as outrageous as before. It was perfectly plausible that she did not have any left.
Perhaps because it was their first gathering, everyone was still in high spirits.
They spent an entire afternoon playing UNO and did not get tired of it at all.
It was not until dinner was approaching and everyone started feeling hungry that they realized how late it had gotten.
Mo Xiangwen glanced at Bai Shishi and quietly asked, "Did your teacher say whether you were supposed to go home for dinner?"
Bai Shishi paused slightly, then gave a small shake of her head.
"Then why don't you ask now? If you don't have to go home for dinner, we can take you around the school's commercial street and see if there's anything you want to