Chapter 171 - 170: One Game

"3.5 million Yuan."

The three words that Xiao Yun dropped thundered in front of the old women, making their face almost paled from the amount she mentioned for such a little shop. Ou Tan and Yang Jia looked at each other and turned their face toward Xiao Yun to ask again. "3.5 million Yuan?"

"Yes." Xiao Yun confirmed. The money that Xiao Yun borrowed from her father to invest in Azure company came from her father's pocket until she is able to pay the whole amount back. The fabric shop of course half came from her pocket and the rest from the company's with a little sacrifice, Xiao Yun was sure the company would be the right path to her game. 

Pei Ran made amends to her previous rude question with a smile. She rubbed her hand to Xiao Yun's face, smiling with glittering eyes. "You don't have to worry about that. I'll make sure the fabric would have the same weaving technique. "

"How so?" Xiao Yun curiously asked. 

"Because in this house, the book that could teach the weaving technique reside here." Liang Hu came back with a few rolls on her hand. She had been hearing the girl's conversation and Pei Ran since before. Although her friends and Pei Ran didn't notice, Xiao Yun had been in the center of the talk, manipulating the conversation to wherever she pointed as she had the upper hand in the case. 

She swept her eye over the girl's smile. Something still stuck on the back of her head, the girl is aiming for something else since the beginning. 

"-It's here, but no one, not even me knows where it is." Liang Hu further explained, reading the girl who could be her faint ray of hope. 

"The only one who could perform the technique is you, Mrs. Liang?" 

"Yes." Liang Hua replied to Xiao Yun's question. 

"-But as long as we could attain the book, we could perform the same technique. No- we could do even better!" Pei Ran unknowingly fell to Xiao Yun's trap. 

"Still, with this condition and no evidence to see. I can't see myself in placing my trust in this." 

"Then, what can I do to make you place your trust?" Pei Ran asked, her eyes were filled with gree that overcome her after hearing the money that Xiao Yun mentioned. 

A sweet smile pulled Xiao Yun's lips becoming her poker face that would soon be her shield. "Mahjong-" Xiao Yun mentioned a single word but the people were fast to catch on what she meant. 

"Do you mean on betting it with Mahjong?" Ou  Tan asked in a hurry. 

"Yes. What do you say, Mrs. Pei?" Xiao Yun broke her gaze from the Mahjong set laying on the shop entrance. 

Pei Ran contemplated for a moment. "What do I get for winning the game, Ms. Yu?" 

Xiao Yun hummed in response, a quite long hum that kept the blood rushing to their heart quicken. "First, of course, you would form a deal with me. The 3.5 million Yuan deal and I could consider doubling the amount."

The deal was too good to be true for Pei Ran although she had grown hungry from the money, she kept a praisable smile on her face. "This is a very good deal you're giving. But in exchange what would you get, Ms. Yu?" 

"This shop." Xiao Yun further continued, "I want the shop to go back to the owner." 

Liang Hu's eyes slightly widened from her words. She knew all along that Xiao Yun was playing a tricky game, but she never guessed that she would be sacrificing so much in exchange for her right. The little girl didn't take the shop to herself when she had the chance to do so. 

"What do you say, Mrs. Pei?"

Pei Ran quite down. For some reason, Xiao Yun was confident with her words. Is it perhaps that she was bluffing? Or perhaps she is only a spoiled young lady like what she had guessed before and didn't care about winning only to have fun?

Nevertheless, when it came to playing Mahjong in her eyes, Xiao Yun is nothing more than a green weed that barely lived for only a day or two. She was confident that the girl was only bluffing and would ever win from her. 

"Alright, that sounds good." 

Xiao Yun nodded softly, snapping her eyes to Liang Hu who was frozen still in her thoughts. "As  I would be taking your place, I need your agreement. Mrs. Liang, do you agree?" her voice lingered on Liang Hu's ears. An angel-like appearance with a delicate smile but a devilish trick that controlled the people under her.  

This was a game where Liang Hu has to gamble. Gambling on whether to trust the little lady in front of her now or let Pei Ran end her. Rather than choosing to see her hard work fell to Pei Ran, she would bet on the faint ray that Xiao Yun gave. 

"Please do, Ms. Yu. I believe in you." Her last words turned into a whisper. 

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's play." Xiao Yun walked out of the shop and sat on the Mahjong table while pulling a paper from her bag. 

She wrote the paper for a few minutes before passing it to Pei Ren. Pei Ren scanned the paper and saw Xiao Yun handing over the pen for her to sign at. "What's this? Do Ms. Yu doesn't believe me?" 

Xiao Yun shook her head. "It's nothing like that, Mrs. Pei. As someone who would be betting quite a large amount of money, don't you think I have to prepare this at the least. After all, my company doesn't work alone and I don't want to be sued by anyone."

Pei Ren understood the logical words from Xiao Yun's mouth and signed to pass it for Xiao Yun. "Then as we need four people to play, Mrs. Liang and the other aunty could play with us. However, to be fair if they won, they wouldn't get anything and it will be count as draw and play another round."

"Alright." Pei Ren and the rest agreed obediently. 

Xiao Yun had notice from the beginning that Liang Hu had been watching her from the side but decided to ignore it as she is in her side at the moment.

The game started by shuffling the Mahjong tiles on the table and each took their own hands after rolling the two dices. Whoever has the highest total number from the dices would be the first to play and Liang Hu had the first one to play followed by Xiao Yun, Pei Ran, and Ou Tan. 

Pei Ran took a tile and discard another. Their eyes were glued on the board with no one making a single peep Xiao Yun looked over her tiles and played the game in a relaxed manner. It wasn't that she was sure that she would win, but her mind was calculating the possibilities and outcome of the tiles that the other people on the table have. 

Pei Ran glance over Liang Hu's expression before breaking her glance at Xiao Yun. The young lady didn't have a hard time playing the game, discarding one tile while keeping her smile. She was a little skeptical that Xiao Yun was good at playing Mahjong. But she didn't have to worry as she has an upper hand by cheating the game. No matter what hand Xiao Yun would raise her wining is definite.

When Xiao Yun looked up and met Pei Ran's gaze, she smiled sweetly making Pei Ran to smile back gently without her knowing. 

After passing a round, Xiao Yun placed a tile and Liang Hu placed two same tiles at the front before taking the tile that Xiao Yun discarded and called out, "Kong."

Xiao Yun glanced up at Liang Hu. 'She's a fairly good player.' she praised.

'On the other hand-' Xiao Yun glanced at Pei Ran and smiled again to her thoughts, 'Mrs. Pei seems to be wanting to play unfairly. But that should be fine.' 

Xiao Yun continued her game, playing her hand in ease.

When it was time for the attack, Pei Ran placed the tiles down on the table showing to Xiao Yun with a confident smile. 

"Big  Four Wind." 

Liang Hu and Ou Tan had their eyes wide open at the tiles that Pei Ran gave. 

"Tch!" Ou Tan clicked her tongue and spat out her words. "You're cheating again!" 

Pei Ran shrugged her shoulder to let out a burst of vile laughter and mocked. "A loser's bark. All you can do is chirp out that I cheated but I said over again and again. You have no proof that I cheated!" She shifted her grin to Xiao Yun and spoke, "Don't you agree, Ms. Yu." 

"Well," Xiao Yun placed down her tiles for everyone to see as she replied. "Cheating isn't cheating if someone finds out and you could only prove someone cheating if you have evidence. Surely I agree with that thinking, Mrs. Pei." 

"Thirteen orphans." The three people said aloud, having their eyes nearly rolling out from the socket in surprise.