Campus Ace Girl-Chapter 290 - 291: Thrilling! Comprehensively Beating up the Gu Family’s Mother and Daughter
At this time, the card game was in full swing.
Tang Yuan was at the table, and she had won quite a bit, feeling rather pleased with herself.
However, her satisfaction didn’t last long. The powerful and influential figures who usually flocked around her were now all standing behind Wang Keru. Each one was as eager as a wolf, yet they spoke with such gentle tones, treating her like a cherished treasure.
"This is a great card! Wonderful!"
"You can’t play like this; you’ll lose money. How about I teach you?"
"That’s more like it."
...
Tang Yuan’s face turned green with envy.
Those people didn’t even look at her anymore.
In the past, she had always been the center of attention, especially for the men in Beicheng, who treated her like a goddess...
This Wang Keru, just some woman with petty airs from Qingcheng, by what right does she surpass me?
Tang Yuan refused to accept this and tossed her hair. "Playing for such small stakes is uninteresting. Why don’t we raise them?"
Wang Keru chuckled. "Mrs. Gu, how high do you want to play?"
Tang Yuan named a sum.
Everyone present was startled. That was a huge amount! Anxi’s mother wasn’t particularly skilled at cards; never mind fifty million, she could even lose one or two hundred million!
Tang Yuan wanted precisely this effect: to scare Wang Keru off and make her back down.
Best of all, she hoped Wang Keru would take Gu Anxi and leave Beicheng forever, out of sight, out of mind.
However, she had underestimated Wang Keru’s nerve. Having been pampered to the point where she had no concept of the cost of living, Wang Keru casually flipped her hair and agreed to the bet.
Mrs. Bo couldn’t stand it anymore. "Tang Yuan, playing for such high stakes in this kind of setting isn’t appropriate!"
Tang Yuan smiled. "Mrs. Bo, don’t worry. This Mrs. Gu can afford it."
Her eyes held a hint of condescension, ready to completely crush Wang Keru.
Just as Wang Keru was about to speak, a slim hand pressed onto the back of her hand. "Of course, we’ll play!"
Everyone was stunned.
It was Gu Anxi.
Gu Anxi’s gaze rested on Tang Yuan’s face, a faint smile playing on her lips. "I wonder if Mrs. Gu will join?"
As she spoke, she gently pulled Wang Keru to the side and sat down herself!
Wang Keru was dumbfounded for a moment, then quickly understood. "That’s right! Our Anxi will play with you!"
Tang Yuan smiled. "Are you sure?"
Gu Anxi looked at her without saying a word.
She just bullied Mom. I saw it!
That’s why she stepped forward.
At this moment, some amorous and influential man sighed, "Madam Wang and Miss Gu truly are a pair of beautiful, flower-like sisters. They look so much alike, genuinely beautiful."
This compliment was sincerely meant!
However, it sounded different in certain ears—
What do they mean, Gu Anxi and Wang Keru look alike? How could they possibly look alike?
Tang Yuan was rather incensed, but she was even more afraid that people would notice a resemblance between Gu Anxi and herself. Actually, she was worrying needlessly; Gu Anxi’s features resembled Gu Yuanshan, and there were no obvious similarities between her and Tang Yuan.
On the contrary, Gu Anxi seemed much closer to Wang Keru, and there was indeed some resemblance in their expressions and mannerisms.
At this moment, rage welled up in Tang Yuan’s heart, but she maintained an impassive smile. "If Miss Gu wants to play, I am, of course, happy to oblige."
Gu Anxi propped her chin on her small, fair hand, toying with a mahjong tile with the other. She chuckled. "Not letting Gu Mingzhu play? It’s more interesting when peers play, isn’t it, Mrs. Gu?"
Tang Yuan took the bait. "Mingzhu doesn’t enjoy this game."
While shuffling the tiles, she remarked, seemingly offhandedly, "She’s been busy with her publishing and filmmaking affairs recently. That child is doing well. Her book, ’Pain of Youth,’ sold all 100,000 copies at once, and they’re reprinting it now."
Everyone present sang praises—
"Mingzhu is truly exceptional!"
"Truly remarkable!"
Wang Keru leaned against Gu Anxi, her voice sweet and affected. "Anxi, Mommy’s not good at math. Can you help me calculate how much 100,000 copies would be?"
Gu Anxi skillfully drew her tiles and smiled faintly. "About a million, I suppose!"
"Oh, that is quite a lot." Wang Keru looked up and smiled at Tang Yuan. "Miss Gu Mingzhu is truly outstanding."
Tang Yuan couldn’t help but feel a surge of pride.
Just then, Wang Keru whispered again, "Anxi, I don’t quite understand. One million isn’t even enough for a small game. Why are they so happy?"
Gu Anxi coughed lightly.
Mrs. Bo also coughed lightly. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
What a brutally honest thing to say! she thought. However, my dear son’s mother-in-law, if you know how to talk, please say more!
Tang Yuan’s face darkened. However, mindful of her composure, she refrained from saying anything, merely dismissing Wang Keru as someone from a small place with no worldliness—
Is art measured by money?
Perhaps art wasn’t, but the stakes for each tile in her hand started in the millions. She couldn’t afford to be careless.
However, after two or three rounds, Tang Yuan began to lose her composure.
Gu Anxi won every hand, and her wins grew larger and larger. Towards the end, almost every hand she won was a pure suit.
It wasn’t just her; the other players at the table also looked pale, their hearts bleeding as they paid out chips. They silently cursed Tang Yuan for needlessly provoking someone—
Wang Keru was playing perfectly fine; why did she have to provoke her into playing for high stakes! Fine, now they were playing for high stakes! This young girl, Anxi, where did she acquire such formidable mahjong skills at such a young age? It was as if she had been professionally trained! She truly couldn’t be underestimated!
In less than half an hour, after two rounds, each of the ladies was down by over ten million. Tang Yuan had lost the most, over fifty million... she had discarded the most winning tiles for others!
Although she was losing miserably, she had to grit her teeth and continue.
She had briefly suspected Gu Anxi of cheating, but it seemed impossible. With so many people watching, the tiles couldn’t have been tampered with.
Her gaze on Gu Anxi was tinged with deep thought.
Gu Anxi smiled. "Mrs. Gu, are you still playing?"
At this point, Tang Yuan couldn’t back down. "Of course, I’m playing."
As a result, by the end of the game, she had lost over eighty million.
The other ladies had also lost thirty to forty million each.
Gu Anxi was the sole big winner.
Wang Keru laughed joyfully. "Anxi, you’re excellent at mahjong!"
Mrs. Bo, however, chided with a laugh, "You silly girl! I told you when we arrived not to join the table. Look what happened! You won so much money and offended so many ladies. How are you going to smooth things over?"
She paused for a moment. "These are all your elders here. How could you win their money!"
The other ladies all thought Mrs. Bo knew how to conduct herself. They remained outwardly calm, secretly hoping Gu Anxi wouldn’t take their money.
Once Mrs. Bo spoke, Gu Anxi obediently took out the chips. "Please consider this my treat for tea for all you elders."
What a grand gesture!
Such graciousness!
The ladies were full of praise, one after another saying, "Mrs. Bo, you certainly know how to raise a child! Anxi is so obedient to you!"
While praising her, they each pocketed their share of the chips.
There, everyone was happy.
Only Tang Yuan wouldn’t take the money, even though the loss pained her terribly!
She said softly, "This is what Miss Gu won. There’s no reason to take it back!"
No sooner had she spoken than Mrs. Bo clapped her hands. "Tang Yuan is indeed the renowned Mrs. Gu of the capital, always so generous."
She paused. "A casual game costs seventy or eighty million. I imagine the gift money for a junior wouldn’t be insignificant either."
Mrs. Bo’s insinuation was clear—
You tried to dismiss my precious child with a mere five million last time, didn’t you? Heh, now it’s your turn to feel the sting.
