I forgot to post the picture yesterday.
Jing Yuan stood aside and watched for a while, and combined with what he had learned from others these past few days, he had roughly determined the rules of the jade marbles.
Except for the few who were playing, the other Diviners around them slowly quieted down.
Their direct boss was right beside them, yet they were still playing games for leisure.
Even though it was already after work hours, they were still very scared, okay?
What if their direct boss got unhappy and made them work overtime?
So, the people around them also slowly dispersed.
Among those playing cards, someone also saw Jing Yuan.
After smiling at him awkwardly, they wanted to leave, but their arm was grabbed by someone sitting next to them.
“What, you’ve won so many rounds and now you want to run?” “No, well, Gen…” Before the person could finish, Jing Yuan put a finger to his lips, making a’shh’ gesture.
The person had no choice but to shut their mouth and continue sitting at the table.
But as they continued to play, they were a bit distracted.
At this moment, Qingque finally drew the card she wanted and immediately pushed down the tiles in front of her.
“Hu!” “Your luck is really…” The person sitting next to Qingque looked closely at her winning hand and was about to say something when they saw the person standing behind her.
“Um, I’ll be going now!
I just remembered I have work that isn’t finished yet!” After saying that, the Diviner who had discovered Jing Yuan quickly ran away.
“Hey, play a bit longer.
I remember your work is already done.” Qingque reached out, but the person still ran off.
“Is anyone else coming…” Qingque turned around, wanting to call someone else, when she happened to see Jing Yuan blocking her view.
Slowly looking up, she saw Jing Yuan smiling with narrowed eyes.
“Gen…
Gen…
General!” Qingque’s movements instantly froze.
“Short a player?
Then let me take their place,” Jing Yuan said, walking around Qingque and sitting opposite her.
“General, um, we…” the Diviner next to him wanted to say something.
“Yes, your work for today is finished, I know,” Jing Yuan said, glancing at the hand of the Diviner who had just left.
Then, he pushed all the tiles into the pile and looked at the others.
“Don’t worry about it.
Right now, I’m just an ordinary player like you.” After saying that, Jing Yuan began to shuffle the tiles on the table.
The remaining three looked at each other, and with expressions of grim determination, they also began to shuffle.
Now, the people at the table were in completely different moods.
Qingque and the other two were all feeling uneasy.
While drawing tiles, their hands would even shake, causing tiles to fall.
After finishing drawing tiles, Qingque looked at the hand in front of her.
She was only one card away from winning, but the person opposite her was the General!
Did she dare to win?!
Qingque cautiously glanced at Jing Yuan and carefully drew a card.
Whatever she feared most came true.
With the card in her hand, Qingque’s hand was now a winning one.
Gritting her teeth, Qingque directly discarded the card.
In front of the boss, she couldn’t win like this!
She had to find a way to let the boss win!
Now, Qingque’s brain was calculating rapidly.
Her current goal was to deduce the tiles in front of Jing Yuan!
Then find a way to feed them to him!
After Qingque discarded her tile, she glanced at the other two.
The three of them had the exact same idea: they had to quickly calculate Jing Yuan’s hand and then let him win!
After Jing Yuan won a few rounds, they could find an excuse to leave!
With this thought in mind, the three of them discarded tiles quickly.
Looking at each other’s discards, the three of them knew that their starting hands were all very good, but they couldn’t win.
Fortunately…
Jing Yuan really understood the rules.
Under the continuous feeding of tiles from the three of them…
‘Finally…
he won…’ The three of them were in agony; it was more exhausting than calculating their own hands.
“It’s truly a fine game.
Qingque is indeed a genius to be able to reconstruct such a game,” Jing Yuan said with a light smile, looking at the tiles in front of him.
“General, this is nothing special.
It’s just a game I found in some ancient texts,” Qingque said with a sheepish smile.
“To be able to restore a game from just a few words in an ancient text is also a Talent,” Jing Yuan said as he pushed his tiles into the pile and began to shuffle them again.
“I just read a few more books when I have nothing to do.
The books recorded it in great detail,” Qingque racked her brain for an excuse.
“According to what you said, jade marbles can increase your calculation speed.
You don’t need to keep holding back,” Jing Yuan said, turning to glance at them.
“Just treat me as one of you.
I’m also just an idle person looking for some pastime after work.” “General, it was your skill that was good just now.
Our luck was too poor, and we didn’t draw the tiles we wanted,” said the Diviner sitting next to Jing Yuan.
“You are good at calculating, and I am also good at calculating.
Have you forgotten what my title is?” Jing Yuan reminded them.
The faces of the three suddenly turned pale.
Jing Yuan’s title…
Divine Strategist General…
So, were all their actions just now completely seen by Jing Yuan?
Qingque racked her brain, thinking about how to avoid winning herself.
Usually her luck was so bad, so why was it so good every time she encountered this kind of trouble!
Qingque gritted her teeth as she looked at the good hand in front of her.
The other two also looked at their tiles with grim expressions.
“If you can win, don’t worry about me.
Just win according to your normal way of playing,” Jing Yuan said, looking at Qingque, who had just drawn a tile.
After thinking for a long while, Qingque finally pushed down the tiles in front of her.
“Hu…” Her voice was very small, without any of her usual celebratory energy.
The other two cast admiring glances at Qingque.
“Alright, let’s start the next round,” Jing Yuan nodded.
After winning two rounds in a row, the look Qingque gave the other two was full of hostility.
She saw it clearly: if she couldn’t have a good time, then no one else should either.
In Qingque’s mind, she desperately calculated the others’ hands.
Now, even if she could win, she had to pretend she couldn’t.
As long as her discards were messy, the others wouldn’t be able to calculate her hand!
The Diviners who had left earlier watched the table here cautiously, their eyes full of admiration.
To actually dare to play cards in front of the General, and even play with him.
Scenes like this happened many times over the following period.
But as the number of Jing Yuan’s visits increased, the Diviners here were no longer so afraid of him.
In normal times, the General also seemed very gentle.
Anyway, they only played after finishing their work.
Even if the Grand Diviner came, she wouldn’t be able to say anything to them.