"Not interested!" Gao Qingmei said, giving him a disdainful look.
Link was secretly furious, but also somewhat smug. This was exactly the effect he wanted. Asking you was just to prevent you from wrongly accusing the two of us of bullying him.
Ye Qiu, with a respectful expression but a somewhat lewd look in his eyes, glanced at Cao Xin's chest and smiled, "Teacher Cao, would you like to play together?"
That's really intriguing. Two grown men asking a beautiful woman, "Why don't we hang out together?" What does that mean? Are they trying to pin them down?
Cao Xin didn't catch the lewd undertone in his words, but Li Yang, a master of this kind of trick, immediately understood.
He was furious. "Hmph! I'll teach you a lesson, and you dare to be so ungrateful, provoking me again and again!"
This is what you brought on yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless!
"No!" Cao Xin simply shook her head, refusing his invitation.
"Li Yang, do you want to play?" Link asked Li Yang casually, implying that they weren't in the mood to play with him.
If you get angry and get bullied by us later, don't say we bullied you; you asked to play this game yourself.
"Taking a long bus ride is the most boring and miserable thing. Since I'm just killing time anyway, I'll play along with you guys. But let me make it clear first, I'm not very good at it, so you're not allowed to bully me!" Li Yang said somewhat weakly.
Ye Qiu and Link exchanged a glance, both seeing the excitement in each other's eyes. "Heh heh, kid, we're not afraid you won't take the bait. You don't know how to play, huh? That's perfect, it'll be even more fun when we start beating you up!"
"I'm not very good at it either, I only play occasionally, so we're probably about the same!" Ye Qiu said modestly.
He suddenly appeared humble and polite.
Link nodded in agreement, "Yeah, everyone says graduate students live like pigs. Why am I working so hard? I'm exhausted like a dog every day! Sigh, playing cards is a luxury for me! If it weren't for this trip, I wouldn't have had a chance to even touch a card. I remember the last time I played cards was months ago, and I've gotten rusty!"
Seeing how they all claimed to be terrible, Li Yang, though he had already guessed they were putting on an act, still admired their acting skills.
Cao Xin and Gao Qingmei were naturally unaware of the two men's sinister intentions. When Gao Qingmei saw Li Yang participate, she suddenly became interested and watched them play while resting her chin on her hand.
Cao Xin had the most contact with Li Yang and knew him best, so she didn't believe Li Yang knew how to play Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).
His extraordinary memory and astonishing science scores clearly demonstrate that Li Yang is extremely sensitive to numbers, which is definitely not what he claims.
She immediately sensed the strange atmosphere between the three of them, but she remained calm and simply turned her gaze away from the window and onto the three of them.
He seemed to suddenly become interested in playing Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).
"Okay, I drew a 5. Let's rotate clockwise. Link will get his cards first. But let me make it clear beforehand that since this is Dou Dizhu, there has to be some stakes. Otherwise, it would be boring."
"There's nothing else. We could stick notes on the table, but playing with real money seems vulgar. How about we have whoever loses yell 'I'm a pig' a few times, and the number of times they yell depends on how many they lose?!" Ye Qiu said with a smile, holding the cards.
"Link, do you have a problem with that?" Ye Qiu asked Link first, his meaning clear: they had conspired together, Link would definitely agree, and if Li Yang didn't, he'd be considered a coward. Agree? Hehe, don't blame us for torturing you!
“I have no objection!” Link agreed immediately.
“Then I have no objection!” Li Yang nodded.
"What's the minimum and the maximum number?" Li Yang asked casually.
"There are two at the bottom! We can double down or even fight for them!" Link said calmly.
"I have no objection!" Ye Qiu nodded.
“Okay!” Li Yang nodded.
"How about I shuffle the cards?" Li Yang took the cards and shuffled them casually a few times before Ye Qiu could object.
But if someone were to look closely at his eyes at this moment, they would find that they were shining brightly, like light bulbs.
"Alright! Link, you take the card first. Whoever gets this name tag has priority!" Li Yang drew a card as his name tag and placed it among the other cards.
"Okay." The two nodded immediately, seemingly eager to get started.
The deck of cards was finished. Li Yang calmly examined the cards. A glance at the other side revealed that Link and Ye Qiu both looked grim. It was easy to guess that their cards were terrible; after all, Li Yang had used his X-ray vision to shuffle the cards, subtly disposing of the Jokers and several 2s.
It was bound to be obtained by oneself.
They obviously wouldn't know this, so when he picked up his cards, Gao Qingmei immediately leaned over, her eyes showing some disappointment. Besides two twos and two aces, the rest of his cards were just average. Not particularly impressive; it seemed he was destined to lose this time, and lose badly at that.
Li Yang didn't get the two ghosts, which means they must have gotten them, and they might even get bombed. That would mean double the loss, a truly devastating defeat!
The thought of what the loser would have to do made Gao Qingmei tense. She then silently berated herself. Wasn't she Li Yang's rival? Shouldn't she be happy to see him suffer? Why was she so nervous and resentful?
Gao Qingmei shook her head fiercely, trying to shake off her bad mood!
Link and Ye Qiu exchanged a glance, both seeing the frustration in each other's eyes, and coincidentally, Ye Qiu had won the landlord position.
"I'm not playing!" Ye Qiu said through gritted teeth.
"I'll double!" Li Yang said calmly, clearly intending to take over as the landlord.
"I...I'm not playing!" Link was so frustrated he almost vomited blood. His hand was so bad it could be thrown in the toilet; his highest card was an Ace. How could anyone play like this?
Meanwhile, Ye Qiu also looked extremely gloomy! He only had a 2 in his hand, and the rest of his cards were also quite ordinary.
How can they possibly compete now? They exchanged a glance, both seeing the ruthlessness in each other's eyes. Their hearts were bleeding with gloom. Damn it, was it really just bad luck? Or was he just incredibly lucky?
Li Yang picked up the cards and revealed them. There were three cards: two Kings and a 2!
Li Yang immediately showed a look of surprise and delight, as if he were pleasantly surprised. Ye Qiu and Linke on the other side, however, immediately turned pale, their faces as ugly as if they had seen their woman being ridden.
Ye Qiu grunted and his lips moved a few times. If it weren't for the two beautiful women present, and his desire to maintain his image, he probably would have already started cursing.
Link, on the other hand, gripped the cards so tightly that he almost crushed them, showing just how much hatred he felt.