bestfiction Chapter 166 Table Tennis Match
Chapter 166 Table Tennis Match
That night, all the inns in the town were full, and many tourists went to stay in the surrounding villages. Quite a few people also stayed at Muhua Garden. Wen Yunhong and his classmates stayed at the manor halfway up the mountain in Muhua Garden.
The next day, Wen Yunhong woke up early and looked at the flowers, trees, and fruit trees planted outside the manor, as well as the medicinal herbs in the fields below the mountain. He felt a sense of contentment.
The classmates gradually got up and ate breakfast. Li Jiarui said with a smile that he wanted to go to the mahjong parlor to play mahjong, while Wen Yunhai said he wanted to go to the maze.
At this moment, Wen Yunqing ran over and said, "Someone is challenging South Three and South Four, do you want to go and take a look?"
Wen Yunhong laughed and said, "Nan San and Nan Si are the billiards players. Who would dare to challenge them?"
“Commander An,” Wen Yunqing recounted everything he had seen.
Yesterday, he and Wen Yunbo stayed in the attic of the climbing room. This morning, as soon as they got up, they heard loud noises coming from the billiard room. The two brothers rushed to the billiard room without even washing up.
It turned out that it was An Chiyu, the commander of the Imperial Guard, knocking on the door of the billiards room with his men. The staff told An Chiyu that the billiards player hadn't arrived yet and asked him and his party to sit down and have some tea.
An Chiyu refused to wait. After looking at the rules of the game posted on the wall, he tried playing a few rounds on his own. Then, he asked to have a match with the pool hall staff.
Li Jiarui laughed and said, "The challenger is An Chiyu. Nan San and Nan Si are in trouble now."
An Chiyu's greatest strength is his ability to entangle you. The best way to avoid being entangled by him is to deliberately lose to him. Li Jiarui, fearing Wen Yunhong might not understand, even gave an example.
Wen Yunhong was extremely surprised after hearing this. She hadn't expected it! An Chiyu, who seemed so upright, was even more persistent than a woman.
The thought of An Chiyu following Nan San and Nan Si to the toilet sent a chill down Wen Yunhong's spine. No, she had to tell Nan San and Nan Si about An Chiyu's persistent charm.
"Brother Jiarui, you take them to play. I have to go first," Wen Yunhong said, and had already floated three zhang away.
Li Jiarui praised, "Yun Hong's lightness skill is really good," and then turned to the others and said, "Let's go to the billiards room to watch the fun!"
Wen Yunhong found Wen Yuxia and told her that An Chiyu wanted to challenge Nan San and Nan Si. She also told Wen Yunxia what she had heard from Li Jiarui: if An Chiyu couldn't win a fight, he would pester the other person every day.
Wen Yuxia said with a smile, "It's nothing."
She had already experienced An Chiyu's persistent nature firsthand; it wasn't as severe as Li Jiarui described. After losing about ten matches, An Chiyu had no face to continue pestering her without needing anyone's help.
Wen Yunhong chuckled and said, "I see. Then let Nan San and Nan Si beat him up until he stops bothering us."
The siblings walked together towards the billiards room, which was already packed with people. Wen Yuxia immediately instructed the manager to move the tables to the street.
"Bei Yi, go to Mu Hua Garden and find Manager Zhu. Tell him to bring a few people over." Looking at the crowd around her, Wen Yuxia had a sudden inspiration and decided to start a gambling game.
In Daxia, casinos are legal. Leisure Town doesn't have casinos, but she could have Manager Zhu temporarily set up a gambling den outside the billiards room on behalf of Mu Huayuan, allowing the spectators watching An Chiyu and Nan San play billiards to participate.
Manager Zhu arrived quickly. Following Wen Yuxia's instructions, Manager Zhu set the odds at 1 to 5: 1 for Nan San's win and 5 for An Chiyu's win.
Seeing these odds, everyone started discussing them. Five times the odds were very tempting. Even though they didn't know An Chiyu's skills, many people still placed bets on him to win.
Those who watched the game of billiards at Nan San yesterday placed their bets on Nan San without hesitation.
To ensure fairness, the referees would be Manager Tang from the billiards room and Gu Ci, one of An Chiyu's subordinates. Manager Tang stood on a stool and loudly announced:
"Now let me explain the rules of the game. The white ball is used to hit the object ball, which comes in seven colors: red, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black."
First, you play the red balls. After potting a red ball, you choose a colored ball to pot. Potted colored balls must be removed and placed back on the table. This continues until there are no more red balls to play. Then, you play the colored balls in order of their point value, from lowest to highest…
After listening to Manager Tang explain the rules of the game, An Chiyu was quite agitated. He had originally thought that scoring more goals meant winning, but he hadn't expected there to be so many rules and regulations, and that the score would be calculated based on the numbers on the balls.
Nan San already knew everything. He stood calmly to the side, waiting for Manager Tang to continue.
"Next, I'll talk about the fouls during the game... and finally, I'll discuss the right to choose the starting puck," Manager Tang placed the two balls behind the starting line.
Then he continued, "At the same time, the balls will be hit. After the balls touch the opposite edge of the table, they will return. Whoever's ball is closer to the edge of the table on the side of the break line gets the right to break. Now listen to Gu Ci's command. When he counts to three, you will start hitting the balls."
After saying so much in one breath, Manager Tang was a little tired. An Chiyu didn't know anything about playing billiards, nor did he have any skills, yet he dared to challenge Nan San, the top player in the billiards hall.
At Gu Ci's shout, An Chiyu and Nan San simultaneously struck the ball. The ball hit the edge of the table and quickly returned, giving An Chiyu the right to break.
He glanced triumphantly at Nan San, then struck the white ball at the opposite pool table. "Goal! Goal! Red ball in!" the spectators who had bet on An Chiyu cheered loudly.
An Chiyu potted four red balls in a row, one after the other, but failed to pot the fifth.
Nan San calmly walked forward with his cue, sinking every shot. After all the red balls on the table were gone, Nan San began to work his way up from the low-scoring to the high-scoring colored balls, drawing cheers from the spectators who had bet on him.
The spectators at Anchiyu were quietly praying that Nan San wouldn't score again, but their prayers were in vain; Nan San swept all the balls off the table in one go.
"He won! He won! Mr. Nan won!" those who bet on Nan San cheered, while those who bet on An Chiyu looked disappointed.
Nan Yi won! Wen Yuxia smiled happily. Steward Zhu quickly began paying out the bets. After finishing, Steward Zhu excitedly came to Wen Yuxia's side: "Princess, we've won!"
The winner's cut, plus the remaining amount after payouts, totaled three thousand two hundred and sixty-one taels of silver. Steward Zhu handed the silver notes and loose silver to Wen Yuxia.
Wen Yuxia calmly said, "Take the money. Keep a separate account for it. In the future, when there are similar competitions, you can come and set up betting games on-site."