Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 65: Birds of a feather

Qi Ming was very relaxed. This was his home court and he was playing dice, which was what he was best at. The result was obvious; he would definitely win.

He placed one hand on the edge of the table, pointed at the two sieves in front of him with his fingertips, and said with a smile.

"You are the guest, you choose first."

Xiao Wang didn't bother to be polite with him. He stretched out his right hand and picked up one of the sieves. His bony white fingers covered the black sieve. The extreme contrast between black and white added a different charm to his untainted temperament.

Yan Ciwan couldn't help but look at his right hand a few more times.

The remaining sieve was taken away by Qi Ming.

The two of them began to shake the sieve at the same time, and then put it down at the same time.

Qi Ming looked confident of victory, smiling brightly: "Do you want to go first, or should I?"

Xiao Wang's expression remained calm as always. He said, "Let's open it together."

"Okay, let's go together then."

The two were about to open the lid of the cup when Chao Yue suddenly spoke.

"Wait a moment."

Everyone turned to look at him.

Chao Yue smiled and said, "Playing dice is too simple. Let's play something special. This time, we won't compare the big number, but the small number. Whoever gets the smallest number will win. How about that?"

Qi Ming responded: "I think this is a good way to play, what about you, Xiao Liu?"

"I also can."

Qi Ming immediately made the decision: "That's settled, let's see who has the smaller points."

So the two of them picked up the sieve again, shook it for a while, and then stopped together.

In full view of everyone, they simultaneously lifted the lid of the cup, revealing the dice underneath.

Each person has three dice.

Qi Ming's numbers are two one points and one two points.

This was already a very small score, and he was very satisfied with the result.

Then he looked at Xiao Wang's dice and saw three glaring dots.

Qi Ming couldn't help but open his eyes wide and stood there in a daze.

Not only him, but everyone else present was extremely surprised. They seemed to have not expected that Xiao Jia Liulang, who looked like an immortal, was actually a gambling expert.

Qi Ming's blood rushed to his head and his face turned red.

He pointed at Xiao Wang who was standing opposite him and said angrily: "You are cheating!"

Xiao Wang let go of the dice cup, put his hands back on his legs, straightened his back, and spoke slowly: "Did you see me cheating with your own eyes? Or do you have evidence to prove that I cheated?"

Qi Ming choked.

If the other party does not deny it, it is actually equivalent to admitting that he or she cheated.

But there is an unwritten rule in the casino - only the cheaters who can be caught can be called cheaters, if they cannot be caught, they can only blame themselves for their bad luck.

No one present dared to say a word.

In this depressing atmosphere, only Yan Ciwan was smiling brightly.

She put her hands behind her back and said briskly, "It seems that you are really not that good, Qi Da!"

These words seemed to hurt Qi Ming deeply, making his expression become extremely ugly.

He managed to squeeze out a sentence from between his teeth: "Best of three, let's do it again!" Yan Ciwan sneered: "You didn't say best of three before, and now that you've lost, you suddenly want to play a tiebreak. If you can't afford to lose, just say so. I won't laugh at you."

She said she didn't know how to laugh, but the smile on her face was full of sarcasm.

When has Qi Ming ever been treated like this? !
He couldn't stand it any longer, so he swept the sieve off the table and walked out without looking back.

He doesn't want to stay here anymore, he wants to go home!

Yan Ciwan shouted at his back, "Are you trying to run away? You are the eldest son of the governor's mansion. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if you run away in front of so many people?"

Qi Ming paused, turned around suddenly, and looked at Yan Ci Wan with an extremely cold gaze, like a ferocious tiger, wishing he could tear this hateful woman into pieces on the spot.

Everyone present was frightened by his terrifying look, and they were all silent.

Everyone didn't understand why Yan Ciwan wanted to commit suicide? Even if she had the support of the Inner Guards, there was no guarantee that she would be safe. After all, this was Xiangzhou, and a powerful dragon could not defeat a local snake!
Yan Ciwan didn't take Qi Ming seriously at all.

She crossed her arms over her chest and chuckled with raised eyebrows.

"It's no use glaring at me. I'm telling the truth. You're just not as skilled as me and you refuse to admit defeat. If I were the governor of Qi, I would definitely be ashamed to admit that I have a son as disgraceful as you."

Qi Ming clenched his hands into fists hidden in his sleeves, veins bulged on his forehead, as if he was ready to attack and hurt someone at any time.

Xiao Wang frowned slightly.

He stood up and took a step forward to protect Yan Ciwan.

Everyone else present stepped back, staying away from Yan Ciwan, for fear of being implicated.

Just when everyone thought Qi Ming was about to take action, Qi Ming's expression suddenly relaxed, and he even smiled slightly with the corners of his mouth.

"You're right. I just want to default on my debt. What can you do to me?"

Yan Ciwan smacked his lips: "Tsk tsk tsk, now that you've said that, what else can I do? I can only tell outsiders that you, Qi Ming, are an embroidered pillow, good-looking but useless. Anyway, I'm not the one who's embarrassed."

After saying this, she deliberately let out a clear and pleasant laugh, interpreting the four words "a villain succeeds" to the fullest.

Qi Ming stretched out two fingers and pointed at her lightly: "Wait."

After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and strode out of the water and clouds without looking back.

After one left, another one came. Yan Ciwan turned his head to look at Chao Yue who was sitting at the top, and saw that he was still drinking slowly there, as if he didn't take the farce in front of him seriously at all.

Yan Ciwan asked, "Are you going to default on your debt too?"

Chao Yue smiled and asked back: "The person who made the bet with you is Qi Ming, what does it have to do with me?"

Yan Ciwan understood: "You and Qi Ming are birds of a feather. You both don't keep your word. No wonder you two get along so well."

Chao Yue supported himself on the table with one hand and slowly stood up: "Whatever you say, today's show is good, I have to go back."

The beautiful Hua Niang beside him also got down from the bed and supported him carefully.

When they passed by Yan Ciwan, they suddenly heard Yan Ciwan ask in a low voice.

"Didn't Fang die of illness back then?"

Chao Yue stopped suddenly.

He glanced sideways at Yan Ci Wan, and their eyes met, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.

Chao Yue said with interest: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"You should know it in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't paint Fang so sadly. Paintings are a reflection of people's hearts, and you must have felt very uncomfortable when you were painting. You know that Fang didn't die of natural causes, she was murdered, but you can't avenge her. You can only linger in the flowers all day long and refuse to go home because you don't want to face the murderer who killed Fang."

Chao Yue said slowly: "My mother died of illness. Our family has a good relationship. Your speculation is totally unreasonable."

Yan Ciwan stared at him deeply: "If I were Fang, I would be very disappointed to know that my son is so cowardly and incompetent."

(End of this chapter)