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Jiang Zhen glanced at Young Master Zheng and took Zhao Jinge to a seat near the window not far from him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n It was the first time for Zhao Jinge to come to such a place, so he was uneasy and curious about everything. He kept looking out of the window.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cIt’s still early. You can stay by the window first,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cWould it be good?\u201d Zhao Jinge asked worriedly. Apart from them, there were many people here. Would he make Jiang Zhen lose face if he were to stand by the window and stare outside?<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d Jiang Zhen smiled, but Zhao Jinge didn\u2019t see it at all. If he wanted to look, in his opinion, there was nothing embarrassing about it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n When Jiang Zhen said this, Zhao Jinge went to the window and looked out with his eyes wide open.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The restaurant only had two floors, so he couldn\u2019t actually see anything special from this window. But for Zhao Jinge, this was still a very novel experience, as he looked around with relish.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cJiang Zhen, we are above other people\u2019s heads now,\u201d Zhao Jinge said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cPuff!\u201d Thinking that Zhao Jinge\u2019s behavior was funny, Young Master Zheng laughed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Jiang Zhen frowned slightly while Zhao Jinge sat down with an embarrassed look on his face.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cJinge, let\u2019s play cards,\u201d Jiang Zhen, seeing Zhao Jinge sitting restlessly, said to him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge was confused, but Jiang Zhen took out the cards. He left out the tiger cards and straightened out the remaining fifty-two cards before dealing himself and Zhao Jinge five cards each and putting the rest of the cards on the table.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cThis is the simplest way to play. When you have a card in your hands, and the cards on the table are laid, you can use a card in your hand to pick up a card from the table. It can be one card or two cards or even three cards. Then you can switch one card from the top of the row to make up for the five cards in your hand, and switch one card, and put it on the table. If it can\u2019t add up to fourteen, you can switch one card from the pile and put it on. Then it\u2019s my turn,\u201d Jiang Zhen briefly explained the rules. When he was a child, others taught him how to play. At that time, they called this game \u201cgo fish.\u201d However, some areas seemed to not play it this way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge was able to do some simple arithmetic, but he was relatively slow. Jiang Zhen didn\u2019t teach him, so he stumbled a little bit while Jiang Zhen was the opposite.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cSeven and three on the table add up to ten. I have a four here. I will switch two cards.\u201d Jiang Zhen switched two cards on the table with one and four.<\/span><\/p>\r\n The rest of the cards were of bigger numbers. Zhao Jinge didn\u2019t have any cards to fish, so he could only switch one to put it on the table. As a result, that card was taken away by Jiang Zhen again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge got very good cards in the first game, and when they started all over, he also found a way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n There were not many cards, and after all, it was not very difficult to calculate the number of these cards to fourteen. The longer he calculated them, the faster he was getting.<\/span><\/p>\r\n After three games, Jiang Zhen proposed to Zhao Jinge a different way of playing; this game was suitable for children and was not very attractive to adults.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cThere are only two of us, so we can only play something simple. Let\u2019s try 21,\u201d Jiang Zhen said. Twenty-one was also called blackjack and could be regarded as one of the classical ways of playing cards. Jiang Zhen explained to Zhao Jinge how to play. Then they started playing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Before that, Young Master Zheng was just looking at them. Soon, he could not help standing beside them to watch, and then later, he stood behind Zhao Jinge and said to Zhao Jinge in a very conservative tone, \u201cYou need a card! Your cards are too small. Why don\u2019t you add a card?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Zhao Jinge shook his head as he said, \u201cI don\u2019t want to.\u201d What if he got one of those big cards?<\/span><\/p>\r\n Seeing Zhao Jinge like this, Young Master Zheng was frustrated. He wished he could play and do it differently . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cDoes Master Zheng want to come and play too?\u201d Jiang Zhen asked.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cYes!\u201d Young Master Zheng directly sat down beside Jiang Zhen without asking him why he already knew how to play by himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n When Jiang Zhen saw this, he said, \u201cI\u2019ll deal two cards first. After you\u2019ve seen them, you can place a bet . . . I don\u2019t have much money, so you can\u2019t bet more than five coppers at a time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Young Master Zhen stopped smiling. \u201cI don\u2019t take coins when I go out.\u201d The coins were heavy, so he never took any when he went out. Of course, the servant boy around him would take some, but at the moment, the boy was not there.<\/span><\/p>\r\n After thinking about it, Master Zheng directly called the waiter and asked him to bring one hundred copper coins. Then Young Master Zheng started bravely adding cards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n He was very adventurous, so when his first two cards added up to fifteen, he asked without hesitation for another card. This way, he would surpass twenty-one if he were even a little careless. In contrast, Jiang Zhen was very conservative, so soon after, all one hundred copper coins in front of him became his.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Of course, overall, he didn\u2019t win all the games, he just won more than he lost.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cBring some more!\u201d Young Master Zheng asked the waiter to get more copper coins.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cWait.\u201d This time, Jiang Zhen stopped Young Master Zheng.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter?\u201d Young Master Zheng asked. \u201cDon\u2019t worry. I can afford to lose.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n \u201cNo, the person I am meeting is here,\u201d Jiang Zhen said, as he had already heard Yang Jing\u2019s voice.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Sure enough, after a while, Yang Jing came up the stairs together with a very fat middle-aged man.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Yang Jing was very respectful to this middle-aged man. \u201cManager Zhang, please come upstairs. My brother is upstairs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Manager Zhang was indifferent to Yang Jing, putting on airs, but after he went upstairs, he couldn\u2019t continue doing so. \u201cYoung Master?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n Yang Jing also looked with surprise at Young Master Zheng. \u201cYoung Master Zheng?\u201d This . . . Jiang Zhen was sitting with Young Master Zheng?<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Proofreader: Taalia<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/p>\r\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chapter sponsored by Lalorena, Kathy and Anon on Ko-fi. Jiang Zhen glanced at Young Master Zheng and took Zhao Jinge to a seat near the window not far from him. It was the first time for Zhao Jinge to come to such a place, so he was uneasy and curious about everything. 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