Recaps

Zhou Wanwan helped Cui Wenyuan gain a place in the advanced class and secure recognition and better living quarters from Old Master Cui. She then learned that Cui Wenyuan could embroider and offered to find buyers for his work.

• Zhou Wanwan listened to Xie Guangyuan's lesson, answered his question when Cui Wenyuan could not, and was allowed to stay in the advanced class despite the students' jeers.
• Zhou Wanwan encouraged Cui Wenyuan and arranged for him to stand with a birdcage where Old Master Cui would see him.
• Old Master Cui admired the ruby throat in Cui Wenyuan's cage, recognized him as his son, and ordered him moved from the side courtyard to the west wing with supplies and servants.
• Zhou Wanwan chose three servants to remain with Cui Wenyuan and reassured him that Old Master Cui's order would protect him from the old madam.
• Cui Wenyuan showed Zhou Wanwan his embroidery, and she praised it and offered to find out whether it could be sold.

Old Madam Cui welcomed Cui Wenyuan and secretly tried to corrupt him by giving him money and disreputable servants. Zhou Wanwan learned of the scheme and followed Cui Wenyuan when the servants invited them out, leaving the group headed for a restaurant in Xin'an County.

• Old Master Cui recognized Cui Wenyuan as his son and ordered Old Madam Cui to treat him well, while she planned to ruin him by indulging him and surrounding him with bad influences.
• Old Madam Cui summoned Cui Wenyuan, pretended to care for him, gave him gifts, and introduced him to six servants chosen to lead him astray.
• At dinner, Old Master Cui welcomed Cui Wenyuan, while Steward Cui reported that expensive food had gone missing from the kitchen.
• Zhou Wanwan heard the garden plants gossip about Old Madam Cui and learned that the servants assigned to Cui Wenyuan were dishonest and corrupt.
• The servants urged Cui Wenyuan to skip his schoolwork and go out, and Zhou Wanwan insisted on accompanying him as his master.
• The servants offered to take Zhou Wanwan and Cui Wenyuan to a restaurant in Xin'an County using money Old Madam Cui had provided.

Zhou Wanwan urged Cui Wenyuan to spend lavishly with Old Madam Cui’s money, while secretly turning his purchases into a scheme against her. The cousins tried to exploit Cui Wenyuan at a teahouse, but Zhou Wanwan redirected their anger toward Old Madam Cui, and Old Master Cui praised his son’s gifts.

• Zhou Wanwan took Cui Wenyuan to her restaurant, ordered more than twenty thousand taels’ worth of food, and sent dishes to Old Master Cui.
• Zhou Wanwan led Cui Wenyuan to her silk shop, where he spent more than thirty thousand taels on clothes for the Cui family.
• Old Madam Cui grew furious at the spending, while her maidservant revealed their plan to take Cui Wenyuan gambling and force him into servitude.
• Zhou Wanwan took Cui Wenyuan shopping at Treasure Pavilion, where they spent more than a hundred thousand taels before his cousins invited them to Sleepless Street.
• At the teahouse, Zhou Wanwan encouraged Cui Wenyuan to pay for the cousins’ lavish order and told them Old Madam Cui had funded his spending, making them resent her.
• Zhou Wanwan sent Old Master Cui his favorite teas, and he praised Cui Wenyuan’s filialness while wondering whether Cui Mingyuan’s studies were going well.

Cui Wenyuan’s cousins took him to a brothel, where Zhou Wanwan urged him to buy the top courtesan a costly piece of Hotan mutton-fat jade. Old Madam Cui was enraged by the bill, while her maid expected the cousins to take Cui Wenyuan gambling next.

• Teahouse patrons discussed treasures found in the War God's Tomb, and the cousins persuaded Cui Wenyuan to visit it the next day.
• Cui Wenyuan’s cousins took him to a brothel, where dancers performed and the young men spent heavily on jewelry for the women they fancied.
• The cousins pressured Cui Wenyuan to buy a gift, and Zhou Wanwan told him to purchase top-grade Hotan mutton-fat jade for 18,888 taels for the top courtesan.
• Old Madam Cui saw the bill and demanded that Cui Wenyuan be called back, but her maid said the cousins would take him to a gambling house and make him liable for his losses.

Old Madam Cui’s cousins tried to get Zhou Wanwan and Cui Wenyuan drunk before leading them to the casino to saddle Cui Wenyuan with debt. Zhou Wanwan went along with their scheme and had Cui Wenyuan borrow 100,000 taels, unaware that Old Madam Cui had helped arrange the trap.

• The cousins made Zhou Wanwan and Cui Wenyuan drink more than a hundred jugs of wine, but the pair pretended to pass out.
• After waking, Zhou Wanwan agreed to follow the cousins to the casino, where she learned which of them had money.
• At the casino, the cousins pressured Cui Wenyuan to gamble and borrow money, while he tried to refuse.
• Zhou Wanwan told Cui Wenyuan to sign and leave his fingerprint to borrow 100,000 taels.
• Old Madam Cui had offered 100,000 taels of her own silver to help set the trap for Cui Wenyuan.

Zhou Wanwan guided Cui Wenyuan through a gambling match, helping him recover his losses and win against his cousins before challenging Sun Tai to a two-million-tael wager. She produced genuine high-denomination banknotes from Treasure-Gathering Bank, and Sun Tai sent for his seal to retrieve his stake.

• Cui Wenyuan lost several rounds and twenty thousand taels while his cousins mocked him, but Zhou Wanwan urged him to keep betting.
• Zhou Wanwan guided Cui Wenyuan through bigger wagers, and he won enough to recover his losses and beat his cousins in an all-in round.
• Sun Tai boasted about Tongtai Escort Agency, and Zhou Wanwan challenged his claims by mentioning its lost cargo and Golden Saber Escort Agency.
• Sun Tai proposed a two-million-tael wager, and Zhou Wanwan produced twenty genuine hundred-thousand-tael banknotes from Treasure-Gathering Bank.
• Sun Tai accepted the challenge and ordered someone to take his seal to the bank for the money.

Zhou Wanwan won two million taels from Sun Tai in a gambling match, exposing the Cui cousins’ scheme to force Cui Wenyuan into an indenture. She left with the winnings to eat hot pot with Zhao Kun, while Sun Tai faced the fallout of losing most of Tongtai Bank’s funds.

• Manman brought two million taels in Tongtai Bank notes, and Zhao Kun served Zhou Wanwan fruit and jasmine milk tea at her request.
• Sun Tai chose to go all in, while Zhou Wanwan bet on small and Cui Wenyuan and the cousins placed their own bets.
• The dice showed small, and Sun Tai lost two million taels; Zhou Wanwan taunted him as he sat stunned.
• The cousins demanded that Cui Wenyuan return the money, but he reminded them they had insisted gamblers accept their losses, and Zhou Wanwan exposed their plan to get him drunk and make him sign an indenture.
• Zhou Wanwan left with the silver and went upstairs for hot pot with Zhao Kun, whose friends warned that Sun Tai might seek revenge.
• Zhao Kun said Sun Tai was in serious trouble because his loss had effectively drained Tongtai Bank, whose owner had not yet found out.

Zhou Wanwan exposed Zhao Peng’s secret affair and led his wife to the lavish courtyard where he kept his lover. After the discovery sparked a scandal, she hinted that Wen Shichang might also have a mistress and offered to reveal the truth for 2,000 taels.

• Zhou Wanwan mocked Wen Shichang and Zhao Peng, then revealed that Zhao Peng kept a little lover despite relying on his wife’s family.
• Zhao Peng’s wife paid Zhou Wanwan 2,000 taels to learn where the lover lived, and Zhou led her to Zhao Peng’s courtyard.
• Zhao Peng’s wife found the woman and learned that Zhao Peng’s lover was a mother and daughter, then confronted him and demanded a divorce.
• Wen Shichang’s wife arrived with his eldest sister-in-law, and Zhou Wanwan suggested that Wen Shichang also had a mistress.
• Madam Wen asked whether Wen Shichang was involved, and Zhou Wanwan offered to reveal what she knew for 2,000 taels.

Zhou Wanwan exposed Wen Shichang’s affair, theft, and poisoning of Madam Wen, leading to their divorce and making Zhou famous. The Sun Family sent over a hundred assassins after her, while at the Cui residence Cui Wenyuan revealed his gambling winnings just as Old Madam Cui’s maiden relatives arrived to confront her.

• Zhou Wanwan revealed that Wen Shichang’s sister-in-law’s child was his and that he had taken the family’s money, including Madam Wen’s dowry.
• Zhou Wanwan exposed Wen Shichang for secretly giving Madam Wen medicine that caused her infertility; Madam Wen called for a physician, reported him, and divorced him.
• Master Sun blamed Zhou Wanwan for the crisis at Tongtai Bank and ordered the Sun Family’s deathsworn to kill her.
• Old Madam Cui learned that Cui Wenyuan had signed a contract, then scolded him for borrowing 100,000 taels to gamble.
• Cui Wenyuan revealed that he had won more than a million taels and offered Old Madam Cui 100,000 taels, while Old Master Cui praised him.
• Old Madam Cui’s eldest sister-in-law arrived with relatives and accused Wang Cuizhi of sending her son to gamble and causing him to lose everything.

After Sun Tai and the other young men lost fortunes gambling, Old Master Cui removed Sun Cuizhi from household management and welcomed Zhou Wanwan, who then agreed to bet on the county-level examination. Master Sun accepted a wager involving the Treasure-Gathering Bank, the Golden Saber Escort Agency, and the Sun Family’s own bank and escort agency.

• Sun Cuizhi denied responsibility for the gambling losses, but Sun Tai and the others blamed her for sending them to gamble with Cui Wenyuan.
• Cui Wenyuan explained that his cousins had forced him to gamble, and Old Master Cui removed Sun Cuizhi from managing the household before taking Cui Wenyuan to eat.
• Zhou Wanwan brought Old Master Cui rare birds, received jewelry in return, and was welcomed as his granddaughter.
• Cui Wenyuan said he planned to take the imperial examinations, and Zhou Wanwan announced that she would try the county-level examination too.
• Sun Tai challenged Zhou Wanwan to wager their banks and escort agencies, and Master Sun arrived and accepted the bet.

Zhou Wanwan wagered the Sun Family’s banks and escort agencies in Xin'an County against her passing the county-level examination, then was confined to the Cui Family’s side courtyard. After the Sun Family sent armed men to attack her, she planned to raid its jade and gold mines, while Cui Wenyuan discovered a mysterious meal waiting for him.

• Zhou Wanwan accepted Master Sun’s wager and agreed to change her name to Shen Wanzhou before the examination.
• Second Master Cui refused to let Zhou Wanwan treat him and ordered her confined to the side courtyard, where she ate food delivered from her own establishment.
• Old Scholar Tree told Zhou Wanwan that her grandparents and third uncle’s family had come to Yanmen Pass hoping to profit from the War God Hall.
• Old Scholar Tree revealed that the Sun Family had sent armed men to kill Zhou Wanwan, and the surrounding trees captured and ate the attackers.
• Zhou Wanwan agreed to join Old Scholar Tree in raiding the Sun Family’s jade and gold mines at midnight.
• Cui Wenyuan found a table of fine dishes that seemed to have appeared for him and wondered whether Zhou Wanwan had sent them.

Cui Wenyuan escaped Old Madam Cui’s attempt to ruin his fertility when Zhou Wanwan switched the poisoned bird’s nest soup, though Eldest Master Cui drank the medicine instead. Meanwhile, Zhou Wanwan and the trees emptied the Sun Family’s jade mine and prepared to raid its gold mine next.

• Second Master Cui searched Cui Wenyuan’s room for money but found nothing because Cui Wenyuan had deposited his fortune at the Treasure-Gathering Bank.
• Old Madam Cui ordered medicine added to Cui Wenyuan’s bird’s nest soup, hoping to prevent him from having children.
• Zhou Wanwan revealed that she had switched the soup, so Cui Wenyuan drank a harmless bowl while Eldest Master Cui unknowingly drank the medicine.
• Zhou Wanwan tutored Cui Wenyuan for his examinations, then traveled with Old Scholar Tree and Old Ancestor to the Sun Family’s jade mine.
• Zhou Wanwan and the trees took the jade stones and mined the entire site overnight, with Zhou Wanwan channeling energy into several hundred stones.
• Old Ancestor revealed that the Sun Family had also been cleaned out, and Zhou Wanwan said they would go to its gold mine the next day.

The Sun Family discovered that all sixteen of their houses and possessions had vanished after their deathsworn went missing. Shen Tao hid the drag marks and silenced the yamen runners, then read a report about Zhao Lili’s influence in the palace and the danger facing his sister.

• Sun Tai, Master Sun, and Madam Sun woke in the pigsty and found the Sun Family residence stripped bare, while A Da and the other deathsworn were missing.
• Master Sun searched the family’s sixteen houses, found them all empty, and went to Old Madam Cui for help.
• Shen Tao inspected the empty courtyards with county yamen runners and ordered them to cover the drag marks they discovered.
• Shen Tao gave the yamen runners five taels each and told them to keep quiet about the evidence.
• Shen Tao read a letter about Consort Li, identified as Zhao Lili, and worried that she had his sister running ragged in the palace.

Zhao Lili tried to have Zhou Wanwan killed and steal her wealth, but the two great trees foiled her plans and emptied her palace storeroom for Zhou Wanwan. As Zhou Wanwan prepared to take the child scholar exam, Sun Tai and several young masters sneaked into her courtyard to sabotage her.

• Zhao Lili ordered her guards to kill Zhou Wanwan and seize her businesses and possessions.
• The two great trees killed the assassins on the road, then carried off Zhao Lili's treasures and sent them to Zhou Wanwan.
• Zhou Wanwan kept the jade and sent the other stolen goods to the War God's Tomb, which had become a popular amusement park and source of income.
• A tree told Zhou Wanwan that her grandmother had caused a scene outside the city lord's residence, but Zhou Wanwan chose to focus on her exam preparations.
• Sun Tai and several young masters sneaked into the side courtyard to plant cheat sheets in Zhou Wanwan's exam supplies, then recognized the courtyard as Aunt's.

Old Scholar Tree frightened Sun Tai and the Cui cousins with staged ghosts, leaving them too terrified to take the imperial examination. Zhou Wanwan went to the examination venue with Cui Wenyuan, where her teasing made Sun Tai faint again.

• Old Scholar Tree used ghosts, bones, and corpses to terrify Sun Tai and the Cui cousins, while Zhou Wanwan slept through the night.
• Cui Wenyuan told Zhou Wanwan that many of the cousins had been carried home and Sun Tai might skip the examination; Old Madam Cui learned that her breakfast had vanished again and ordered a Daoist priest hired.
• Zhou Wanwan and Cui Wenyuan arrived at the academy, where Old Master Cui encouraged his son before leaving.
• The frightened Cui cousins warned Zhou Wanwan to stay away, and Sun Tai accused her of knowing about the haunting.
• Zhou Wanwan teased Sun Tai that the skeleton wanted to marry him, and he fainted before she led Cui Wenyuan inside.

Zhou Wanwan took the elementary scholar exam, finishing quickly before sleeping and eating a lavish lunch. During the exam, Zhao Tiangui signed a contract of servitude in exchange for food, and the chapter ended with his family learning he had sold himself to Zhou Wanwan.

• Shen Tao led Zhou Wanwan through a private search route and into the examination grounds because she was a girl.
• Old Scholar Tree prepared Zhou Wanwan’s booth, and she slept until the exam papers arrived, then finished her paper in half an hour.
• Zhou Wanwan offered Zhao Tiangui food in exchange for signing a contract of servitude, and he accepted before eating and falling asleep.
• Zhao Tiangui wrote that he could not answer the exam, while Zhou Wanwan slept through the afternoon.
• After the exam, Zhao Tiangui followed Zhou Wanwan and told his attendants he had become her servant.
• Zhao Tiangui’s attendants reported the news to Old Master Zhao, who was shocked and furious.

Zhou Wanwan welcomed Zhao Tiangui to her estate, then saved his gravely ill father, Old Master Zhao, with Lingbao’s rootlets and medicinal herbs. After Old Master Zhao recovered, Zhou Wanwan proposed working with the Zhao Family and its extensive trade network.

• Zhou Wanwan brought Cui Wenyuan and Zhao Tiangui to her estate, where the Old Scholar Tree praised Zhao Tiangui’s business talent and suggested training him.
• Old Master Zhao arrived in a rage after learning Zhao Tiangui had sold himself to Zhou Wanwan, then fainted when Zhao Tiangui admitted he had written “I don’t know how” on his imperial examination.
• The Old Scholar Tree diagnosed Old Master Zhao as critically ill, and Zhou Wanwan used Lingbao’s rootlets and medicinal herbs to treat him.
• Doctor Ji confirmed Old Master Zhao’s pulse had recovered from a death pulse, and Old Master Zhao thanked Zhou Wanwan and offered to work for her.
• Zhou Wanwan served a lavish meal, then told Old Master Zhao she wanted to cooperate with the Zhao Family because of its broad trade channels.

Zhou Wanwan arranged for the Zhao Family to help sell her estate’s grain, herbs, tea, and wine, then traveled back to Yanmen Pass with Zhao Kun, Zhao Tiangui, Cui Wenyuan, and Shen Tao aboard Old Scholar Tree. The group reached Yanmen Pass and saw its imposing walls and Ironclad Army, contradicting Zhao Kun’s gloomy stories about the place.

• Zhou Wanwan showed Old Master Zhao her estate’s crops and medicinal herbs and offered his family some sales rights in Great Qi.
• Old Master Zhao agreed to sell the goods, and Zhou Wanwan set off for Yanmen Pass with Zhao Kun, Zhao Tiangui, Cui Wenyuan, and Shen Tao.
• As they rode on the walking tree, Zhao Kun and the others speculated that Yanmen Pass was desperately poor, prompting them to promise donations of grain and money.
• Zhou Wanwan told them they were overthinking things and accepted their offers to provide porridge and grain.
• The group arrived at Yanmen Pass, where Shen Tao questioned Zhao Kun’s claim that the walls were ruined, and Zhao Tiangui admired the Ironclad Army’s armor and weapons.

Zhou Wanwan returned to Yanmen Pass, where the soldiers and people welcomed her as their city lord, and confronted Old Madam Zhou, who suspected she was not the original Zhou Wanwan. After settling in, Zhou Wanwan prepared to discuss Great Qi’s mobilization at court, while her new followers struggled to understand their roles in the city.

• The soldiers recognized Zhou Wanwan at Yanmen Pass and knelt to welcome her, surprising Shen Tao, Zhao Kun, Zhao Tiangui, and Cui Wenyuan with the city’s imposing walls and prosperity.
• The people knelt as Zhou Wanwan entered the city, and Cui Wenyuan and Zhao Tiangui reacted to discovering that their young master was the city lord.
• Old Madam Zhou confronted Zhou Wanwan outside the city lord’s residence, accused her of being someone else, and threatened to expose her; Zhou Wanwan ordered the soldiers to kill her if she tried to enter.
• Zheng Xing'an and Zheng Yunsui welcomed Zhou Wanwan home, and she bathed before saying she would discuss Great Qi’s imperial edict ordering its soldiers into battle at court.
• Zheng Xing'an showed Shen Tao, Zhao Kun, Zhao Tiangui, and Cui Wenyuan their dormitory and told them they would attend court, leaving Shen Tao confused about whose emperor he was expected to obey.

Shen Tao and his companions discovered that Zhou Wanwan was the emperor of Great Xia when they watched her hold court beneath Yanmen Pass. They also learned that many familiar people from Great Qi had joined her, and the chapter ended with Zhao Kun recognizing children from prominent clans among the officials.

• Shen Tao and his companions settled into Yanmen Pass, where Zhao Tiangui learned that Zhou Wanwan's status guaranteed him a place at Yan Mountain Academy.
• Zheng Xing'an led them to watch court in the underground palace, where they saw Zhou Wanwan seated on the dragon throne.
• Zhao Muyuan reported that Crushed Stone Fort's shops had earned more than 200,000 taels of silver in the past month, and Zhou Wanwan said she expected to win Tongtai Bank through a bet.
• The General Who Proclaims Might recognized Shen Tao as Imperial Uncle Shen, and Shen Tao explained that the Shen Clan had pledged loyalty to Zhou Wanwan.
• The General Who Proclaims Might told Shen Tao that Great Qi's generals received salaries from both kingdoms, while Zhao Kun recognized children from prominent Great Qi clans among the people at court.

Zhou Wanwan ruled Yanmen Pass without declaring a country, then secretly took iron ore from Zhao Lili's mine to supply her workshops. The next day, Princess Jianing arrived at the city lord's residence and caused a scene when the guards refused to let her in.

• Zhou Wanwan told her ministers that Yanmen Pass needed iron and said she would find ore, while explaining that she planned to stay independent and avoid drawing other countries' attention.
• Zhou Wanwan rested, ate dinner with Shen Tao and the others, then traveled with them to Zhao Lili's iron mine.
• Old Scholar Tree's disciple put the mine's workers to sleep, and the trees mined all the ore and carried it away before morning.
• Zhou Wanwan sent the ore to the workshop for smelting and went back to sleep.
• Princess Jianing demanded entry to the city lord's residence, but the Yanmen Pass guards ignored her, and her own guard warned that they could not force their way in.

Princess Jianing clashed with Zhou Wanwan over guards, while Shangguan Wan'er and Old Madam Zhou confronted Zhou Wanwan about her family and a proposed marriage. Zhou Wanwan agreed to keep the ten-year-old Prince of Dai with her, but treated him as her little brother, leaving him following her around Yanmen Pass.

• Princess Jianing dismissed Zhou Wanwan's guards, bought ten guards from the Tongtai Escort Agency, and bragged about them to Zhou Wanwan.
• Shangguan Wan'er accused Zhou Wanwan of being unable to afford entry to the War God's Tomb and criticized her for turning away Old Madam Zhou.
• Old Madam Zhou and Old Consort Hui announced that Zhou Wanwan should marry the Prince of Dai, but Zhou Wanwan refused to become his wife.
• After learning the Prince of Dai had a six-city fief near the frontier, Zhou Wanwan agreed to let him stay with her and raise him like her son.
• Zhou Wanwan told the Prince of Dai to call her big sister, and he agreed and followed her around.

Zhou Wanwan healed the Prince of Dai, who willingly signed over his fief and became her servant. She showed Shen Tao and Zhao Kun the enormous Huaishuo City, where soldiers from four nations trained and lived together, and offered Zhao Tiangui a look at Yan Mountain Academy.

• The Old Scholar Tree cleared the clotted blood from the Prince of Dai's brain, and the Prince of Dai remembered that his mother consort had injured him with a vase.
• The Prince of Dai willingly signed a deed of servitude to Zhou Wanwan and offered her his six-city fief in gratitude for saving him.
• Zhou Wanwan explained to Shen Tao why she did not want to become emperor of Great Xia and said armies from four nations had gathered at Yanmen Pass.
• Zhou Wanwan took Shen Tao, Zhao Kun, and Zhao Tiangui to Huaishuo City, where soldiers, their families, and people from four nations lived and trained.
• Zhao Tiangui admired the army, and Zhou Wanwan offered to take him to see Yan Mountain Academy.

Zhou Wanwan brought the Prince of Dai, Shen Tao, and Zhao Kun to Yan Mountain Academy, where she challenged arrogant Yunheng Academy disciples to three contests for rare books and a million-tael wager. The academies’ teachers gathered to witness the contest, and the chapter ended before the challenges began.

• Zhou Wanwan promised to send the Prince of Dai, Shen Tao, and Zhao Kun to Yan Mountain Academy to study literature and martial arts.
• At Yan Mountain Academy, Yunheng Academy disciples mocked its students and coveted its collection of rare books.
• Zhou Wanwan proposed three contests, offering Yunheng Academy the rare books if it won, and agreed to wager a million taels of silver.
• Yue Yunxiao produced a million-tael wager, and Zhou Wanwan matched it with a bank note from the Treasure-Gathering Bank.
• Dean Zhu and other great scholars arrived after hearing that the academies’ students were fighting, but found the sides gathered peacefully instead.
• Dean Bai urged Yue Yunxiao and Yunheng Academy’s other final disciples to win and protect their academy’s reputation.

Zhou Wanwan’s academy defeated Yunheng Academy in poetry and policy essays, winning the wager for one million taels. Hu Qing challenged Zhou Wanwan to an archery contest for another five hundred thousand taels, and the chapter ended as she chose a small bow and he mocked her chances.

• Dean Bai and the other deans agreed to settle their wager with contests in poetry, policy essays, and archery, and both sides put up one million taels.
• Meng Yan beat Fang Zhongwen in the poetry contest with a poem about the battlefield, and the scholars praised his work.
• Han Xiuyuan defeated Yue Yunxiao in the policy essay contest by addressing the danger posed by powerful feudal princes, giving Yan Mountain Academy two wins.
• Hu Qing challenged Zhou Wanwan to an archery contest for five hundred thousand taels, and they each put up the money.
• At the martial practice ground, Zhou Wanwan chose a small bow while Hu Qing mocked its power and doubted she could hit the target.