He has a spatial ability and saves three children on his escape route.

Chapter 167 An Chiyu Places a Bet

Steward Zhu nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Princess, there is a lot of foot traffic in the town. Do you think we should open a money exchange here?"

After thinking about opening a money exchange for a while, Wen Yuxia confirmed that money exchange was not among Xia Yichen's many businesses. She smiled and said, "Good idea, Manager Zhu, I'll leave the money exchange business to you."

An Chiyu was unwilling to accept defeat, and he pointed at Nan Si, who was watching from the sidelines, and said, "You come and fight me." The audience, who were about to leave, immediately became interested when they heard An Chiyu say he wanted to fight again.

They all rushed to the gambling tables that hadn't yet been cleared away, scrambling to place their bets: "I bet twenty taels on Mr. Nan to win!" "I bet one hundred taels on Mr. Nan to win!"...

All the bets were on the South Four Wins. Zhu Wu was dumbfounded, and An Chiyu lost face. He glared at his subordinates who were standing there dumbfounded and yelled, "Hurry up and place your bets!"

A dozen or so of his men walked towards the gambling table with worried expressions. They knew they were going to lose, yet they still placed bets. Sigh, it's too much to ask of them.

"I bet twenty taels, An Chiyu will win," "I bet twenty taels on An Chiyu"... After the first bet, everyone followed suit, betting twenty taels of silver each.

An Chiyu shouted angrily, "I bet five thousand taels, An Chiyu wins!"

Encouraged by Li Jiarui and Wen Yunhong, their classmates all placed bets on Nan San Ying (a bettor in the south). Wen Yunhong was worried because no one had bet on An Chiyu.

Then they heard An Chiyu place a bet of five thousand taels of silver. Wen Yunhong said with a relaxed expression, "That's good, my sister won't lose much."

An Chiyu already knew the rules of the game, so Manager Tang didn't waste any more words. He directly placed the ball on the table for the two players to compete for the right to start. This time, it was Nan Si who got the right to start.

After five red balls, it was An Chiyu's turn to play. An Chiyu potted three red balls, and then Nan Si took over. The two took turns playing, and in the end, Nan Si narrowly won.

Manager Zhu paid the compensation with a grim expression. Looking at the little silver left on the table, he said with a wry smile, "Luckily, I didn't lose money."

Just as An Chiyu, who had lost two games in a row, was about to suggest continuing the match, Wen Yuxia stopped him: "Brother Chiyu, today is only the second day the billiards room has been open. Everyone is outside watching you gamble on the games; there's no one inside."

Just now, Wen Yuxia inspected the area and found that apart from the mahjong parlor where people were playing mahjong, the maze, climbing room, and billiards room were all empty.

Upon hearing this, An Chiyu said apologetically, "Sister Yuxia, I'm sorry, I got carried away and affected your business. No more playing, no more playing, I'll go inside and have some fun." With that, he pulled Nan Si towards the billiards room.

Shopkeeper Tang shouted loudly, "Everyone disperse! Everyone disperse! Go play whatever you want!"

An Chiyu spent all his time in the billiards room from morning till night, either pestering Nan San to practice with him or dragging Nan Si to be his practice partner. In the evenings…

After the pool hall closed, An Chiyu refused to leave, and wouldn't allow Nan San and Nan Si to leave either, insisting that the two continue playing pool with him.

After playing with An Chiyu for a whole day and night, Nan San and Nan Si were sore from winning so much that their hands were sore. Just before dawn, with the two intentionally letting An Chiyu win, An Chiyu finally won a few more rounds.

As dawn broke, An Chiyu left with his men, satisfied. Before leaving, at Nan San's suggestion, he bought mahjong and billiards from the shop next door run by his sister-in-law, the Yang family.

Watching An Chiyu and his group leave, Nan Si rubbed his aching back and said helplessly, "Finally, we got rid of that pest."

Nan San laughed and said, "An Chiyu is the commander of the Imperial Guards. How could he dare to stay in Fancheng any longer? I had expected that he would return to the capital today."

Ten days later, as Wen Yuxia was designing the interior design for the money shop in her room, a snow-white carrier pigeon appeared on her windowsill, cooing softly.

Wen Yuxia looked up and immediately recognized it as the carrier pigeon from Yunyi Tower. She opened her palm, revealing a small handful of mung beans, which she placed on the windowsill.

Instead of pecking at the mung beans, the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and hopped onto her hand, looking up at her and cooing as if urging her to take the note from the mailbox.

Wen Yuxia gently took out the note and smiled, "Alright, you can go replenish your energy now."

After reading the letter, Wen Yuxia wrote "Understood" on the back of the letter, then stuffed it into the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's leg and sealed it with wax.

The letter was written by Xia Yichen. He told Wen Yuxia that the confiscated properties included houses, shops, fields, and farms, and urged her to return to Beijing as soon as possible to purchase them.

Having the right of first choice, Wen Yuxia had no time to think about the money shop's interior design. She simply borrowed the decor and furnishings from the bank in her previous life, quickly drew up the plans, and handed them over to Manager Zhu.

Because Nan Yi and the others were conducting on-site instruction in the recreation room and could not leave the town for a short period of time, Wen Yuxia rode alone to the capital.

As Wen Yuxia rode her horse at full speed along the official road, she mentally calculated the cash she and Wen Yunhong had, intending to convert it into fixed assets all at once.

Back in the capital, Wen Yuxia went straight to Yunyi Tower. In Xia Yichen's private room, she saw mahjong and billiards.

"Mu Hua, come quick and help me see if this hand can win," Xia Yichen beckoned to her. Wen Yuxia went over and glanced at Xia Yichen's hand, saying, "Not enough points, you can't win."

Xia Yichen glanced at Zhang Jinxuan, Li Jiating, and Meng Xiaoyi. "Those heartless guys," he thought, "teaching me how to play mahjong without even explaining the scoring rules. I've already lost so many times already."

Wen Yuxia chuckled as she explained the rules of winning to Xia Yichen. Xia Yichen listened and nodded, "I see." After understanding how to win, Xia Yichen was finally no longer at the bottom.

An Chiyu and Lu Mubai were playing pool. When Wen Yuxia entered the private room, Lu Mubai was about to ask about the rules of pool when Xia Yichen spoke first.

Seeing that Wen Yuxia had some free time, Lu Mubai said gently, "Sister Yuxia, how do you play billiards?"

An Chiyu said that as long as you hit the ball into the hole, whoever hits the most balls into the hole wins. Lu Mubai felt that there was something wrong with An Chiyu's statement, but he didn't know what the problem was.

Wen Yuxia took out a piece of paper covered in writing from her handbag and handed it to Lu Mubai, smiling, "These are the rules written by Bei San. Take a look carefully, and ask me if you don't understand anything."

"Mu Hua, give me one too," Xia Yichen had never played billiards before, so he had to get a copy of the rules to avoid being tricked by his friends again.

Wen Yuxia took out a table tennis rules manual from her handbag and handed it to Xia Yichen, asking, "Brother, when are we going to the Ministry of Justice?"

Having a great time, Xia Yichen didn't want to go anywhere. Anyway, the Ministry of Justice would only notify the officials to make the purchase after he and Wen Yuxia finished making their selections, so he wasn't in a hurry at all. "I'll go tomorrow morning."

Wen Yuxia nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you at Yunyi Tower tomorrow morning. You guys have fun, I'll head back first."

"I brought you a gift, and I'll have An Yi deliver it to your residence later," Xia Yichen said with a smile.