Chapter 4

Translator: Superbulat

I noticed the person beside me stiffened.

This felt so good.

He stared at Rong Shi for a few seconds.

“ Pong ,” Rong Shi nonchalantly announced to his mahjong mates and discarded a tile, before saying with a smile, “I was just kidding. Look how nervous you are.”

“Forget it.” Little Bitch said indifferently. “Even if all the men on earth are dead, I still won’t be with him.”

Both Rong Shi and Little Bastard didn’t respond to her.

The other friends who didn’t know how to read the situation joked, “Nothing is more delicious than dumplings; no one is more fun to play with than your sister-in-law. It’s understandable that Master Rong covets your woman.”

Rong Shi snorted and cast a glance at me. “Sister-in-law?”

At that moment, the man who had said that ‘nothing is more delicious than dumplings’ exclaimed, “I won!” and happily revealed his winning hand.

“Fuck!” the rest of them cursed.

Little Bastard ingratiatingly went to pour me a cup of tea. Little Bitch stared at him coldly and stormed off.

After that, Little Bastard’s cell phone kept ringing.

If I hadn’t known about their affair, I would never have noticed these little details.

I motioned for him to pick up the phone first.

Little Bastard pinched my cheek. “Then you sit down and wait for me here. I’ll be back after the phone call.”

He kicked the chair of the man who had just won the mahjong game and told him, “I’ll step out for a while. Help me take care of my wife.”

“Mhm,” the man impatiently grumbled as he shuffled the tiles, “it’s not like she’ll run away.”

After Little Bastard went out, I was a little bored standing alone beside the mahjong table, so I decided to go to the terrace. The girl who drove me home that day was standing there, waving at me.

Before I could leave, I heard Rong Shi say to the man, “I thought you were told to take care of your sister-in-law?”

The man was stunned and quickly turned around to face me. “Sister-in-law, do you want to play?” he offered.

I quickly waved my hands. “No, thank you.”

“Quickly give up your spot.” Rong Shi continued. “It’s so boring to play with a bunch of men.”

The man wanted to speak, but then he hesitated and stood up pitifully, “W-well, sister-in-law, you can sit down here. My tiles are pretty good…”

Rong Shi laughed and scolded him, “Change another chair for her.”

I was surprised by the special treatment. “It’s okay. You can continue to play. I’m not really good at mahjong.”

The man had already moved another chair towards me. “Sister-in-law, please take a seat. I’m going to play a round of snooker.”

With that, he slipped away.

The other two players looked at me smilingly. “Sister-in-law, it’s your turn now.”

I had no choice but to sit down and discard a ‘1 Bamboo’ tile.

Rong Shi took a glance at me, wanting to say something, but in the end, he didn’t.

He easily won this round. Only when he revealed his winning hand did I realize why he was staring at me the way he did just now.

He had three ’1 Bamboo’ tiles in his hand.

The player sitting across from me remembered something and asked, “Eh, why didn’t you kong when sister-in-law discarded a ‘1 Bamboo’ just now?”

“It’s harder to win if I kong ,” Rong Shi casually explained.

“No but, you can still form a winning hand though?” the friend said.

“Are you the only one here who knows how to play? the other player poked fun at him. “You haven’t won much all evening, but you still wanted to teach Rong Shi?”

The friend immediately fell silent. 1

When I saw that they gave a few chips to Rong Shi, I opened the small box by my side as well. “I only have one chip here.” I was a little embarrassed.

“Damn.” The friend laughed. “That guy really lost a lot.”

Rong Shi gave me a dozen chips. “Use mine first.”

“Just take it,” the friend said while I was still hesitating. “He’s the richest among us. He has been winning the entire damn time.”

So, I took it.

In the second round, my tiles were pretty good. I had a few matching pairs. I pong -ed a few tiles discarded by Rong Shi, kong -ed a tile from the friend, and eventually won the round.

“Oh, the game luck is shifting. Quickly come to me please,” the friend said.

However, I still won the next round, and I even kong -ed Rong Shi twice.

When everyone revealed their tiles, the friend checked Rong Shi’s tiles and commented, “The way you play is so weird. You already have a complete meld here, but why did you break it up? It’s as if you deliberately make others kong you!”

I couldn’t help but steal a glance at him, and he happened to look at me as well. His eyes were bright, and they were filled with unidentifiable emotions.

I quickly retracted my gaze.

“Ah, sister-in-law, are you hot?” the friend asked. “Your face is all red now. Maybe you should take off your scarf? We have the air-conditioning turned on in the room.”

…Why did he talk so much?

After we began a new round, Little Bastard came back. He took a seat next to me, looking like his usual self, giving me advice on which tile to choose.

If it weren’t for the faint scent of green tea perfume on his body, I really couldn’t tell that he had gone to appease Little Bitch.

“You don’t have to teach her. She won a few rounds just now. She’s a better player than everyone else here,” the friend remarked.

Little Bastard smiled and rubbed my shoulder. “Yo, she’s that good?”

Rong Shi revealed his tiles expressionlessly. “Win by self-draw. Full Flush.” 2

……

“Damn!” the friend cursed.

By seven o’clock, everyone had arrived one after another. We cleaned up the mahjong table and tallied our chips. Little Bastard helped me to count. “You won 52 chips. My wife is awesome!”

“Amazing,” the friend said. “You won 5200 yuan in an hour.”

I was a little surprised. “One chip was a hundred yuan?”

The friend lowered his head and typed something on his phone before saying, “I have sent you a red envelope. Please accept it.” 3

“Twenty of the chips were given to me by Rong Shi just now,” I said.

The friend looked at Rong Shi.

“Never mind,” Rong Shi said indifferently as he stood up.

I wanted to say something, but Little Bastard squeezed my shoulder and said, “Forget it. If Master Rong rewards you, simply accept it.”

Damn, the birthday present I prepared for him today was barely worth two thousand yuan.

It was very lively at night. More than twenty people came. As they were eating, drinking, and singing, I sat next to Little Bastard, two sofas away from Rongshi. Beside Rong Shi was a beautiful woman I didn’t know. I wasn’t sure which of his friends had introduced her to him, but she had been talking to him in his ear while leaning most of her body in his arms.

I stood up and went to the restroom. I checked my phone, and saw that there was no new message.

When I realized that I was waiting for someone to message me, I was a little mad at myself.

How pathetic.

When I went back, I noticed Little Bitch sitting beside Little Bastard, and the two of them leaned together to look at one of their phones, with their heads touching. They didn’t notice my presence until I walked closer.

Little Bastard pushed Little Bitch away and pulled me to the seat beside him.

After I sat down, I told him, “I want to go home.”

It was already one o’clock now, and half of the people had left.

Little Bastard was in a bit of a bind. “Rong Shi had booked us a room, and I drank alcohol just now, so I can’t drive back.”

“Can I go to the room first then?”

“Sit for a little longer. I’ll go back with you later. Be good, okay?” Little Bastard said.

I didn’t say anything else.

I was huddling in the corner, playing with my phone, when I heard someone calling me. When I turned around, I saw the girl who had sent me home last time beckoning to me.

Little Bastard wrapped his arm around my waist as we walked over to her table and sat. “Why did you call my wife over?”

“I called your wife, not you,” the girl said with a smile. “Why did you come along?”

Then she pulled me to sit next to her, and at the same time, chased Little Bastard away. “Are you worried that I’ll swallow your wife?”

She was initially sitting next to Rongshi. She scooted over as she drew me over to sit between them.

Rong Shi was sitting sideways at first, but when I sat down, he straightened up and handed me a can of beer.

I tried my best to take the beer with a nonchalant expression and thanked him.

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“Master Rong, pass me a deck of cards,” the girl called out to him.

Rong Shi took a deck of cards from the side and reached out his hand. I assumed he was going to pass it from the front, so I leaned back. However, he was passing it from behind, and as his arm brushed my back, even though it was only a slight touch, I stiffened.

After the girl had received the cards, he retracted his hand and pressed on my back. I looked at him in shock.

He drank a lot tonight. His gaze was a little out of focus, but they were very bright.

His hand slid down and came to a halt at my waist.

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In mahjong gameplay, when a player discards a tile, other players may steal the tile to complete a meld ( Pong , Kong , or Chow ).

Rong Shi either has a strategy to win, or he is just trying to help her, because if he kongs then she needs to pay him immediately. 😏 Full Flush looks like this http://mahjong.wikidot.com/full-flush 发红包 (Sending digital red envelope/packet): A function in WeChat and other mobile applications to send someone else gift money during occasions. Can also be used in daily life to transfer money among friends.