Watching the four of them play cards, Su Nian looked thoroughly content, with a yearning expression surfacing from time to time.
"Master!"
Reading his expression, He Pingsheng hurriedly stood up. "Why don't you take my place?"
"No, no, no..." Su Nian quickly waved his hands. "You lot go ahead. I still have important business and need to head out in a bit. I'm only watching!"
"Just seeing how good you are!"
He Pingsheng could only steel himself and sit back down.
Su Muyu showed him no mercy. "Junior Brother He, you still owe me three Immortal Crystals from just now. When are you paying up?"
"Me too!" Su Huang said. "You owe me two!"
Xu Zhishan said, "Little Junior Brother, don't forget my thirteen!"
He Pingsheng's blood instantly rushed to his head. Indeed, they had played several rounds just now, and he had lost every one.
He took out Immortal Crystals and paid off what he owed everyone first.
After that, He Pingsheng lost almost every round.
There was no helping it. This game required skill, and those three fellows did not reveal all their tricks at once, but deployed them little by little. Even when He Pingsheng pulled out every trick he had, he still could not win.
More importantly, his gambling luck was poor today too.
"Oh dear... He Pingsheng, He Pingsheng... aren't you terrible at this?"
"You can't play like that... you should play this card first!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... look, look, look! Ignore an elder's advice, and you pay the price!"
As He Pingsheng played, he also had to endure Su Nian's endless prattling beside him. He looked at Su Nian resentfully. "Master, your disciple's skills really are abysmal. Why don't you take over?"
"Oh dear... I still have important business!" Su Nian looked troubled, then