Soon, Wang He held up the paper in her hand again.
Seeing the utterly indecent words on it, Linghu Qingmo drew a soft breath, his face flushing red. He wished he could leave the table right then.
Commandery Princess Changning wanted to give a hint, but she could not break the rules, so she could only urge him:
"Hurry up. We're all girls here. What are you being so coy for?"
Wasn't Xie Jinhuan a man?
Under everyone's gaze, Linghu Qingmo had no choice but to steel himself and offer a tactful hint:
"Um, a kind of seafood..."
"Abalone."
Xie Jinhuan never put Momo in a difficult position!
Linghu Qingmo and Commandery Princess Changning both froze.
Wang He was dumbstruck too. Gazing at Xie Jinhuan's back, she looked like a tiny ant beholding all the gods and buddhas in the heavens!
Linghu Qingmo asked incredulously:
"Xie Jinhuan, are you really not cheating?"
Did this even require cheating?
I could guess what these little minxes would write with my eyes closed...
Xie Jinhuan carried himself like an ancient patriarch on a mountaintop who had seen all the world's vicissitudes:
"I began studying and practicing diligently at three. I've learned a little of everything. Miss Wang had better make it harder, or you won't be walking out of this door today."
Although Commandery Princess Changning suspected Xie Jinhuan had cheated using some secret art, her delight was beyond words. She shifted her lush bottom over to sit beside him and, like a lovely wife or pampered concubine, fanned her trusted favorite with her round fan:
"Keep going, keep going. A mere Wang He dares act up before me?"
The three young ladies opposite them were clearly feeling the pressure.
Since being crowned the "Gambling Sage," this was Wang He's first encounter with