After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 163 - Betting

Chapter 163: Betting

Calm down, Jiang Huai.

Maybe she’s just fishing.

Luo Yueguan’s buttocks were slightly raised, her breasts completely pressed against the bed. Perhaps because her breasts were so full, from Jiang Huai’s angle, they seemed almost flattened. He wondered if she could breathe properly.

When her eyes, hazy and seductive, looked back at Jiang Huai, he shivered, almost instinctively stepping back.

He smelled a strong scent of desire, unable to tell if it came from Luo Yueguan or himself. Luo Yueguan bit her lip, her voice carrying a hint of provocation, “Dare you hit me again?”

“Of course...” Jiang Huai stepped back again.

“I dare not.”

Luo Yueguan’s eyes became complex for a moment, but soon she grabbed the quilt to cover herself, turned to the side, and stared at Jiang Huai without blinking, not hiding the mockery in her eyes.

“Coward.”

Heh, Jiang Huai never argued with women.

He went to the tea table, where Wen Wanwan had already brewed tea. He took a sip and, out of boredom, started playing Gomoku with Wen Wanwan, only to be completely defeated game after game. Jiang Huai Jr. had to admit that he had no talent for Go or any board game, and the same went for card games.

Luo Yueguan didn’t speak again, just lay on her side watching Jiang Huai, her eyes soon becoming distant, her thoughts drifting far away.

What was she thinking?

It was strange, why did she become so uninhibited, whiny, and petulant in front of him?

For six hundred years, she had never shown any man such colors.

Did she see him as a boy or a man in her heart?

As she pondered, she gradually became distracted and, feeling sleepy, closed her eyes for a nap. These days she often suffered from insomnia, with her inner demons conjuring various dreams, mostly past memories she tried hard to bury. But somehow, this sleep was particularly sweet.

When she woke up, it was dusk, and Luo Yueguan smelled the faint aroma of plain congee.

Jiang Huai was cooking lotus and vegetable congee in the room. She sat up from the bed, started to tidy up her dress, combed her hair in front of the mirror, and then came to the table. Jiang Huai handed her a bowl of freshly cooked congee and some pickles he had made himself.

He always had these strange things, not looking like a cultivator at all, but more like a playful and food-loving child. Luo Yueguan gently scooped a small spoonful of congee, blew on it to cool it down, and took a small sip, slightly squinting her eyes.

So delicious.

“Try the pickled radish I made,” Jiang Huai said, placing a piece of radish in Luo Yueguan’s bowl.

“I don’t eat radish,” Luo Yueguan tilted her chin up slightly.

Jiang Huai glanced at her, then took the radish back from her bowl, but as his chopsticks were still in mid-air, Luo Yueguan suddenly leaned in and bit down, her lips touching Jiang Huai’s chopsticks. Jiang Huai tilted his head, looking at her.

She bit off the radish and blinked at him lightly, “I can try a bite of what you made.”

“You don’t think you’re cute, do you?” Jiang Huai sneered, putting away his chopsticks and picking up another pair.

Luo Yueguan kicked him under the table without changing her expression.

Jiang Huai pretended not to notice, silently continuing to eat his congee. Luo Yueguan kicked him again.

On the third kick, Luo Yueguan’s delicate foot was firmly caught by Jiang Huai. Her leg hung there, the sensation of being tightly bound making her cheeks inexplicably hot.

“Three strikes and you’re out.”

“Finish eating and then come play Go with Mu Lingwan,” Luo Yueguan changed the subject.

...

Jiang Huai met that senior named Mu Lingwan again.

Women on the path of cultivation were always beautiful, as the practice made their skin incredibly tender and smooth, and there were various elixirs for beauty and skincare. Naturally, their figures were also graceful. The senior named Mu Lingwan, dressed in a jade-colored robe, still couldn’t hide her figure. As a man who rated others, Jiang Huai silently compared her with Luo Yueguan in his mind...

Luo Yueguan’s pride was not without reason. Her features were much more delicate than Mu Lingwan’s, like a masterpiece of the goddess Nüwa. Although Luo Yueguan’s figure also showed mature fullness, she was tall and slender, with delicate calves, long and lustrous thighs that were sensuous without being too fleshy, and a waist like a slender willow, a perfect example of a delicate branch bearing heavy fruit.

Wait, no, how could he think such strange things?

Jiang Huai discreetly pinched himself hard on the thigh as Mu Lingwan’s voice reached his ears.

“What’s the matter? Lost your mind from defeat, looking for a junior to regain some honor?” Mu Lingwan crossed her arms, her smile particularly scornful.

Luo Yueguan also showed an annoyed expression, “He heard... I lost 50,000 spirit stones to you and insisted on betting a game with you to win them back. No matter how much I tried to persuade him, he wouldn’t listen... You know how it is with young ones, full of youthful vigor. Jiang Huai... let’s just forget it. Although your Go skills are slightly better than mine, she... has been learning from her Go-obsessed partner for hundreds of years. Be good and listen to Aunt Luo, let it go.”

“No way!”

Jiang Huai’s face might as well have had the words ‘fearless young calf’ written on it.

“I’m not scared. Go is all about talent. Even if she’s learned for five hundred years or a thousand years, beating her is as simple as eating and drinking. Aunt Luo, you promised me, give me a chance to play a game with her, to take her down a peg. Really... everyone’s picking on Aunt Luo.”

The two played their parts well, and Mu Lingwan narrowed her eyes slightly across from them.

She wasn’t afraid, but she felt something was off. She knew about Jiang Huai, who was making a name for himself. She had heard about his deeds in the Daoji Ancestral Land and knew that Jiang Huai was Luo Yueguan’s son-in-law. But logically, Luo Yueguan should be coaxing him not to make a fool of himself, or was it that Luo Yueguan simply couldn’t handle him? fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

“Aunt Luo knows you’re stubborn. Sigh, it’s just that you’re too proud on normal days, and talking to you about being too rigid and breaking easily is useless. You’ll know to hold back after you lose. Mu Lingwan, would you play a game with my son-in-law? Consider it teaching the child a lesson for me.”

Jiang Huai was in a state of urgency, “You don’t believe me at all! I said I would win, and I will win!”

The corners of Mu Lingwan’s lips curled up slightly.

Amusing.

Luo Yueguan looked helpless as he turned to Mu Lingwan, “Ah, forget it, could you do me a favor and play a game with him? You don’t have to go easy, just win quickly to save me the trouble of his fussing.”

Finally, Mu Lingwan couldn’t hold back her smile, “I can’t be bothered to teach a child for you. Who do you think is qualified to play Go with me?”

This seemed to wound Jiang Huai Jr.’s pride. With a slap, he placed 200,000 spirit stones on the table, “200,000 spirit stones. If you win, they’re all yours!”

Mu Lingwan was taken aback.

Are the younger generation so wealthy now?

She knew that Jiang Huai’s master was Chu Xianning, but wasn’t Chu Xianning known for his ascetic lifestyle, devoid of any income-generating methods?

Luo Yueguan seemed anxious at the sight of Jiang Huai’s 200,000 spirit stones, grabbing Jiang Huai’s shoulder.

“Even if you’ve earned a lot from alchemy, you can’t just give it away. Aunt Luo agreed to play a game with you, not to let you give away spirit stones. If you lose badly, your master will blame me for indulging you every day.”

Jiang Huai seemed to calm down a bit, retracting 100,000 spirit stone notes, and hesitantly said, “Then, 100,000 spirit stones, Mu senior... please gamble with me for a game.”

Mu Lingwan was almost unable to suppress her laughter, her eyebrows unconsciously arching, “If it were 200,000 spirit stones, I might reluctantly entertain you as a tuition fee for teaching you Go... 100,000 spirit stones, forget it, I can’t be bothered to exert the effort.”

Jiang Huai seemed to be provoked, his face darkening, “Then 200,000 spirit stones it is. We’ll play three games, best two out of three. If you win, the 200,000 spirit stones are yours. If I win... you return the 50,000 spirit stones to Aunt Luo.”

“You’re being foolish. She’s very proud. By saying that, you’re looking down on her. Do you think she lacks such a small amount of spirit stones?” Luo Yueguan slapped Jiang Huai on the forehead.

Jiang Huai shrank his head and looked at Mu Lingwan, muttering softly.

“Mu senior... what do you think of my terms? If I’ve offended you, I’m truly sorry, but you definitely can’t win against me.”

Mu Lingwan looked at Jiang Huai in front of her and found the little guy quite amusing. His handsome face didn’t anger her, but instead, she said with a smile.

“I can play three games with you. If I lose, I’ll give you 200,000 spirit stones, but... let me remind you, Luo Yueguan’s Go skills might be among the top few on Yuelan Continent, but compared to me, they are worlds apart. Just don’t harbor any resentment when you lose.”

Jiang Huai also smiled, seemingly relieved.

“Mu senior, rest assured, I’m a man of my word. I honor my bets. If Mu senior can make me lose willingly, I will only admire you more, with no complaints.”

Wen Wanwan was right beside Jiang Huai, her eyes innocently watching the drama unfold.

She remembered before they left, Jiang Huai suddenly grabbed Luo Yueguan’s arm and taught him these words. Indeed, Senior Brother Jiang Huai seemed gentle and refined on the surface, but he had many wicked thoughts in his heart.

Wen Wanwan’s fingertips gently pricked her palm, trying hard not to laugh out loud.