Chapter 371 - 125 King’s Game Turn the Tide_3
Luo Yuan didn’t expect Fan Ying to point it out so directly, and couldn’t help but feel her cheeks flush red with anger, "Fan Ying, are you actually siding with her instead of me?"
Fan Ying snorted, "I side with reason."
Luo Yuan harbored even more resentment towards Ji Yunya deep down, glaring at her hatefully. Yunya’s smile remained shallow, seemingly unaffected by Luo Yuan’s gaze, which gave off a rather powerless feeling.
At this moment, Ye Xiaoxiao stood up and said, "Alright, it’s not such a big deal. Miss Ji has already apologized. Let it go, you’re showing no generosity at all." Her words made it seem as though Yunya was the one lacking magnanimity.
Yun Ya hooked her lips slightly and looked up at Ye Xiaoxiao. The latter’s heart skipped a beat under such darkest of stares and then clenched her fists, contemptuously curling her lips.
"Miss Ye certainly understands the situation," Yun Ya said softly.
The meaning behind Ye Xiaoxiao’s eyes was ambiguous. At this time, a girl next to her suggested, "It’s so boring just standing around, why don’t we play a game or something?"
"What kind of game?" someone asked.
"The King game, it’s quite popular at parties nowadays. How about we give it a try?"
Ye Xiaoxiao scoffed, "Remember who you are. You’re ladies of status, how can you play such a lowbrow game?"
The girl who proposed the game was Zhao Qianqian, who loved to frequent bars, picking up all the bar habits full-on. No one was surprised that she suggested such a game. She laughed and said, "Miss Ye, it’s just for fun. You’ll absolutely love this game. Just try it, how about it?"
Ye Xiaoxiao’s face showed slight hesitation, and with several girls egging her on, she seemingly reluctantly agreed, yet her expression was still somewhat dissatisfied, as if she couldn’t let go of her pride.
Zhao Qianqian suddenly looked at Yun Ya, "Miss Ji, will you join as well?" Afraid that Yun Ya might refuse, she quickly added, "Look, everyone’s participating. If you’re the only one left out, it’ll seem really unsociable."
With things put that way, if Yun Ya refused to join in, she would appear very unsociable, and it would be difficult for her to fit into this circle in the future.
She frowned as if contemplating and finally nodded reluctantly, "Alright, but I have no experience, so you all need to go easy on me."
Zhao Qianqian’s smile stretched ear to ear, "Don’t worry, Miss Ji, we will certainly go easy on you."
Fan Ying stood beside Yun Ya and patted her on the shoulder, "Don’t worry. If they dare bully you later, I’ll see how I handle them." She added, shaking her clenched fists playfully, with a valiant expression.
Yun Ya smiled, "Then I thank you, Fan Ying."
A casual table was cleared, and the group formed a circle around it. Zhao Qianqian took the head seat, with Miss Zhang to her left, followed closely by Luo Yuan, Fan Ying next to Luo Yuan, then Ye Xiaoxiao, who was directly across from Zhao Qianqian. Beside Ye Xiaoxiao was Li Nan, next to him was Fan Ying, and finally Yun Ya, sitting to the right of Zhao Qianqian.
Zhao Qianqian produced a deck of playing cards as if from nowhere and shuffled them with such skill that it dazzled all who watched, clearly a seasoned card player.
"We’re eight people in total. I’ll draw seven cards, and whoever gets the highest number becomes the King. The King can then order anyone around to do anything. How does that sound? Isn’t it fun?"
The corners of Yun Ya’s mouth slightly lifted. This game seemed tailor-made for setting someone up.
"What if two people get the same card number?" Miss Fan inquired.
Zhao Qianqian replied with a smile, "Then we go by suit, spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds."
After explaining, she glanced around, "Any questions?"
The others shook their heads, eager to start.
Zhao Qianqian shuffled the deck of cards right in front of everyone with practiced ease, then drew out seven cards and let each person pick one.
As the cards were picked one by one, the one left was Zhao Qianqian’s.
Clasping her cards together, she smiled, "Now, let’s reveal our cards, starting from the left. Miss Zhang, go ahead."
Miss Zhang sneaked a peek at her card warily, her face ashen as she turned it over, "Club 3, I feel like I’m doomed."
Zhao Qianqian laughed, "It’s too early to tell. How do you know someone doesn’t have a smaller number than you?"
Next, everyone revealed their cards one by one. Next to Miss Zhang was Luo Yuan, who smugly glanced at Miss Zhang before revealing her card: a spade 11, which was a relatively high number, ensuring her safety for that round.
Miss Fan had the heart 5, Ye Xiaoxiao the club 8, and Li Nan the spade 8.
So far, Luo Yuan held the highest card, leaving Miss Zhang nearly in tears.
Fan Ying thought it was quite interesting and glanced at Miss Zhang, "Don’t rush. Who knows? Maybe I got a 1." Then, she nonchalantly flipped her card over.