Mada Chu didn’t mind at all, having already guessed her nephew’s intentions. Why wouldn’t she let him ingratiate himself with his future wife?
But Nan Xiang, with her previous experience, felt more certain that Tang Jingxing was deliberately letting Lu Xinyou win.
In Nan Xiang’s eyes, this kind of insidious cheating was showing off their love in disguise.
And she couldn’t bear that.
In the end, not only did she fail to attract Tang Jingxing’s attention, but she also lost quite a bit of money.
Mada Chu was playing for high stakes, of course.
She initially wanted to see Lu Xinyou lose until she was penniless and couldn’t co up with any more money, but in the end, under Tang Jingxing’s "feeding," Lu Xinyou made a fortune.
What enraged Nan Xiang was not this, but the jealousy of Tang Jingxing’s blatant favoritism towards Lu Xinyou.
From an outsider’s perspective, he was spoiling Lu Xinyou too much.
"No more playing, you damn scher," said Mada Chu, pretending to be angry, as she handed the money to Lu Xinyou.
Lu Xinyou felt a bit embarrassed to accept it. Scratching her head awkwardly, she said,
"Auntie, I was just playing. You don’t have to give the money."
"We agreed to abide by the result, the money must be given. But this scher better not expect to play at my table again," said Mada Chu, fiercely staring at Tang Jingxing.
Tang Jingxing had an accepting look on his face, rubbing the tip of his nose, and said,
"It’s all my fault. My poker skills are terrible."
Mada Chu couldn’t help but chuckle to herself.
Hadn’t he been playing well when he was "guiding" his wife earlier? Even the Gambling King was no match for him.
Nan Xiang’s jealousy was at the point of bleeding. Now when she spoke, there was an obvious yin-yang weirdness to her tone.
"Youyou, just take it. Poker is, after all, a ga of wins and losses. Auntie and I are not short on money"
While she pulled out a wad of cash from her bag to give to Lu Xinyou, she couldn’t help but tease,
"You’ve won so much money today, you can at least cover your living expenses for a month."
Everyone present could hear the yin-yang weirdness in her tone. Although she had a smile at the corner of her mouth, as if joking, every sentence she said struck a nerve with everyone.
Especially Tang Jingxing, who wouldn’t tolerate so senseless person belittling his dear girl.
At that mont, his smile, which originally hung at the corner of his mouth, suddenly faded.
Seeing Tang Jingxing’s expression change, Nan Xiang’s heart skipped a beat, regretting the explicit belittling of Lu Xinyou earlier.
But she just couldn’t stand losing to Lu Xinyou.
Why, though?
If she lost to Lu Moqing’s daughter, Gu Junhang’s daughter, or even Chu Ci, she would have accepted it.
Only in losing to Lu Xinyou could she not bear it.
Just as Tang Jingxing was about to speak up, he saw Lu Xinyou accept the money with a smile and say,
"Thank you, then. I won’t be polite."
She unhesitatingly placed the cash into her own carry-on bag with a calm expression, and said,
"But you’re wrong. I actually don’t need as much for my monthly living expenses."
Nan Xiang wanted to say, there was more than twenty thousand here. Of course, you, coming from a salaried family, don’t need so much for your monthly expenses.
She wasn’t sure if Lu Xinyou really couldn’t hear the mockery in her words or was just pretending not to care.
In any case, seeing Lu Xinyou’s smiling face only filled Nan Xiang with frustration, as if her fists were hitting cotton, unable to exert any force.
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