Chapter 26

Mrs. Su was thinking of having Sheng Qing as her grandson-in-law, so she couldn’t afford to fall out with the Sheng family. Without directly confronting her, she immediately smiled and apologized.

“Dear, forgive the old lady for her tactlessness. Don’t hold a grudge, alright?”

This old lady clearly relied on her status as an elder and wanted to make her lose face.

But who doesn’t know that there’s a hidden agenda behind a smiling face?

Luo Wan also put on a smiling face and gracefully replied, “It’s alright, Mrs. Su.”

“You’re the elder, and even if your teachings are unreasonable, we, the younger generation, will still listen.”

Luo Wan deliberately emphasized the words “unreasonable.”

“Everyone has different preferences. What you might disdain, others might treasure, and vice versa.”

After saying this, Mrs. Su’s face turned dark.

Mrs. Sheng almost gave her a thumbs-up, and the other two old ladies stifled their laughter.

They could see it clearly.

You were just criticizing others for their shortcomings and boasting about your granddaughter. Now, you’re getting slapped in the face.

No matter how good your granddaughter is, others might not like her.

Mrs. Su’s face turned ugly, but she couldn’t just walk away.

“You little girl, why do you have such a vengeful heart? We elders are doing it for your own good. If we say a few words too many, you take it to heart.”

It was truly a case of the logic of a thief. You reason with her, she acts like a rogue. You act like a rogue with her, she wants to reason with you.

Luo Wan still smiled innocently, her big round eyes wide open as she asked, “Did I say something to upset Mrs. Su?”

Mrs. Su encountered such a stubborn situation for the first time and realized that Luo Wan didn’t explicitly say anything offensive.

She had just assumed it herself.

Fuming, she stood up.

“You’re really sharp-tongued.”

Then, she bid farewell to the other old ladies present and left with her granddaughter.

Luo Wan suppressed her laughter and maintained her innocent demeanor.

She was afraid of upsetting her grandmother, so she glanced cautiously at her.

But she was met with Mrs. Sheng’s sly smile, who even secretly gave her a thumbs-up.

This old lady didn’t have the demeanor of a noblewoman at all, and she was quite audacious.

Her lifelong friend was driven away, yet she acted as if nothing happened.

“Dear, do you know how to play Mahjong?”

Suddenly, Mrs. Sheng leaned over and asked.

Luo Wan shook her head blankly.

She was no stranger to Mahjong, having often watched the masters play before, but she had never tried it herself.

“It’s okay, I’ll teach you.”

“Today we invited Mrs. Su over specifically to play Mahjong. Now that she’s gone, you can take her place.”

“Right, even if young people don’t know how, they can learn quickly.”

The other two old ladies, who also enjoyed playing Mahjong, couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

And so, Luo Wan was coerced into joining the game.

For the first two rounds, everyone showed their tiles to teach Luo Wan. The rules of the game were easy to grasp, but understanding its intricacies would take some time.

The patience of the old ladies wore thin, and once they were sure Luo Wan understood the rules, they began in earnest.

“Let’s play for ten thousand.” Mrs. Sheng spoke up.

The other old ladies looked uneasy. Although they came from wealthy families, such high stakes could lead to losses in the millions or even tens of millions if luck wasn’t on their side.

“Just ten thousand, we rarely get together like this.” Mrs. Sheng kept persuading.

She completely ignored Luo Wan, who was blinking at her incessantly.

Finally, the other two old ladies agreed, leaving Luo Wan feeling helpless.

She wanted to leave but couldn’t.

Quietly recalling the money in her bank account, she realized she might have to stake her entire fortune today.

At the card table, despite their age, the three old ladies moved swiftly, ignoring Luo Wan, the newcomer.

Sometimes the arrangements seemed complex, and after just two minutes of contemplation, they would start urging each other.

Luo Wan could only grit her teeth and play a tile randomly.

After a round, before she could even see her tiles clearly, someone else would declare victory.

Luo Wan felt like she was cursed. Every time she played, she ended up losing.

Her chips dwindled bit by bit.

While Luo Wan wore a distressed expression, the other three were all smiles.

Especially Mrs. Sheng, who not only didn’t mind her granddaughter-in-law losing money but also seemed to have a smug smile hiding behind her wrinkles.

Luo Wan felt overwhelmed and wanted to call it quits. But seeing the three elderly ladies so eager to continue, she could only brace herself and continue playing.

The words in her mouth were swallowed back.

Although it was supposed to be a gathering of young people today, Luo Wan had plenty of ways to escape. However, facing the three kind-hearted old ladies, she could only swallow her bitterness.

An hour later, when she had given away the last of her chips, Luo Wan was completely broke.

It’s worth noting that those chips amounted to two million.

They say there’s a beginner’s luck in card games, but for Luo Wan, there was none of that.

From the moment she sat down until now, she hadn’t won a single round.

“Grandma, how about we stop for now?” Luo Wan asked Mrs. Sheng with a pained expression.

“Your Grandma Li and Grandma Wang are still in the mood. How can we stop halfway?” Mrs. Sheng replied.

“But I’m out of money.” Luo Wan placed a large stack of chips in front of Mrs. Sheng and continued, “How about…”

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted.

Mrs. Sheng, afraid of losing her winnings, quickly protected the chips in front of her.

“These are my spoils, not for you.”

“If you’re out of money, ask your husband. That boy earns so much every day, he should spend some on his wife.”

Seeing Mrs. Sheng guarding her chips, Luo Wan had no choice but to give up.

Thinking about the black card that Sheng Qing gave her yesterday, she felt hesitant.

Since she didn’t need to buy the ring anymore, Luo Wan didn’t want to use the card, lest things become unclear when they eventually parted ways.

But now she owed gambling debts to a few elderly people.

Luo Wan felt more lost than ever before, having lost all her money.

In the end, under the gaze of the three old ladies, she reluctantly handed the black card from her bag to Wang Shu and asked him to help her withdraw money and exchange it for chips.

When Mrs. Sheng finally saw the black card, she nodded in satisfaction.

Playing cards at this hour was truly exhausting.

In order to make her granddaughter-in-law spend her grandson’s money, Mrs. Sheng had been thinking about this method for a long time.

First, she would find a way to drain her granddaughter-in-law’s money, then let her use her husband’s money to pay off the debt. This way, the two of them would have more interactions, and their relationship would become more stable.

She thought that since Luo Wan came from the countryside, she probably didn’t have much money on her, and it would only take a few rounds to drain her funds.

But unexpectedly, it took almost two hours.

She had underestimated her granddaughter-in-law’s financial strength.

Soon, Wang Shu brought over the chips.

A total of five million.