Xiao Rou nodded to her companion, and before long, the dice had been brought over. She smiled. "May I ask your surname, young master?"
"We're duckweed meeting by chance on the water. Why bother with names?" Hu Xiaotian said. "Just remember you'll be losing money to me today. But I only know how to compare totals. After you roll, I roll. The higher total wins!"
Xiao Rou gave him a seductive smile and dropped three dice into a porcelain dish as flawless as white jade. Covering them with a dice cup, she said softly, "Then we'll compare totals. I'll go first." She shook it twice and set it on the table, smiling brightly. "How much will you wager, young master?"
"Five thousand!" Hu Xiaotian said. Although five thousand was the minimum wager, he had already thrown in a quarter of a ship.
Xiao Rou lifted the cup. Everyone looked closely and saw that all three dice showed sixes. In other words, she had already placed herself beyond defeat.
Hu Xiaotian took the cup and shook it. His hearing was exceptional, and from the sound of the rolling dice, he could already tell they had not been tampered with beforehand. The girl before him was not to be underestimated. He shook the cup a few times, set it down, and lifted it to reveal two sixes and a five. Xia Changming sighed regretfully.
"That's quite good, too," Xiao Rou said with a lilting laugh. "You were just a little short on luck. Thank you for letting me win, young master!"
"I owe five thousand taels," Hu Xiaotian said.
Xiao Rou nodded and was about to pick up the cup again when Hu Xiaotian said, "This doesn't seem very interesting. Why don't we add a few more dice?"
"How many more would