Chapter 5 a story

Su Mu tried hard to look over the security guard's shoulder, and hissed, "I'm Su Mu. Xue Bingchan, I have something very important to talk to you about." "Ah, it's about buying a house, right?" Xue Bingchan's memory is really good, and she immediately understood, "Do you know that this is a scam?" "It's not the house, it's me and you—" Su Mu said halfway, already choking.What is indescribable?Could he tell Xue Bingchan loudly on the side of the road that they were a pair of enemies in the previous life, and they still have old debts in this life?Then he is not only a liar, but more likely to be regarded as a psychopath.

The security guard had already started to push him: "Let's go, don't make trouble here, or we will arrest you and go to the Public Security Bureau!" Anyway, he is also a dignified foreign student, and he has never been so belittled by others in this life.Su Mu almost wanted to cry or fight.He went all out to knock down a security guard with a punch, and rushed to Xue Bingchan again: "Anyway, please give me a little time, let me have a good talk with you. Between us, there is a long past, a long story , you must listen to what I have to say..." But he couldn't finish his sentence, because the things hurt his kind, all the security guards became angry, they couldn't help but beat and kicked him around him.It was Xue Bingchan who said coldly: "Forget it, drive him away, and don't let him come back in the future."

How much she loved him in the previous life, how much she hates him in this life. It never occurred to Su Mu that their meeting in this life was not hatred or resentment, but disgust. He dodged between the security guards' fists and feet, and saw the arrogant and contemptuous expression on Xue Bingchan's face in the gap between the crowd. At the same time, what appeared in his mind was another gentle and charming Xue Bingchan , he heard her say to him, "May I have a name?" Su Mu cried. Su Mu rested for two days.Then, go to the Bingchan Building. Xue Bingchan's indifference and the security guard's rudeness aroused all the stubbornness in his nature, and he decided to fight with them. Xue Bingchan would never give up if he didn't see him.

As a result, he was taken into the Public Security Bureau.It's shameful, and the stepfather came to bail. Professor Dong was very puzzled: "I heard that you were fired by the garment factory, but why did you get involved with the real estate company? It is said that you lied about buying 20 sets of dormitories on behalf of the garment factory to defraud Xue Bingchan, but this is obviously It’s impossible, and you’re not so naive, what’s going on here?” what's going on?Su Mu couldn't speak. His mother, Mrs. Dong, was even more distressed: "Mu, you're becoming more and more confused as you get older. This is all because you don't get married. When a man reaches a certain age, he can't live without a woman. You should find a good girl to start a family quickly and live quietly. , and let mom feel at ease for a few days?"

He was forced to ask too hard, and before he could think about it, Su Mu suddenly blurted out: "Mom, don't worry, I will marry Xue Bingchan back home." The stone was shocked.Professor Dong and his wife both leaned over: "What did you say?" "I said Xue Bingchan is my girlfriend." Without doing anything else, Su Mu simply talked nonsense, thinking it was a birthday for his tongue, and also let out the sulking of the past few days, earning a headache. "We've been dating for a while, but she's too strong a personality, so the fights are always on and off, or maybe I haven't shown you all the time."

"Xue Bingchan is your girlfriend?" Professor Dong was incredulous, "Then she still sued you to go to the police station?" "Just playing tricks. She was angry that I resigned without telling her, so she took my expired business card to report a false case and taught me a lesson. How do you think I could cheat? Twenty houses, even if people believe me, I will If you don’t have money to place an order, it’s impossible to succeed at all, so what am I lying about?” "It's true..." Mrs. Dong hesitated, "But this girl has too much temper, and she will send her boyfriend to the police station if she is upset. Such a daughter-in-law is quite scary."

"Professional women are bound to be sharper when they do things," Professor Dong felt relieved. "Just go and apologize in a few days. To make a girlfriend, you just need to coax each other more, just like I did to your mother." The professor started laughing, and Mrs. Dong blushed and said angrily, "You are not serious." Su Mu suddenly wondered: "Professor, you are so kind to my mother, did you owe her in your previous life?" Mrs. Dong was taken aback, and reprimanded: "This kid is crazy, and he started talking nonsense." After laughing, Professor Dong avoided his wife, pulled Su Mu aside, and asked in a low voice, "I'm working as a director of the Mahjong Association. They're going to hold a mahjong competition recently. Would you like to sign up too?"

"I don't," Su Mu flatly refused, "Small bets can be fun, but big bets can hurt your health. With my little skills, I'm good enough for fun. How can I have such luck if I participate in competitions?" "It's up to you whether you want to sign up or not, but I remembered Xue Bingchan's name when I saw it today. There seems to be such a person among the contestants. Because the name is very special, I remembered it when I saw it. A friend is not alone." "Snow Bingchan?" Su Mu shouted, "I must beat her!" The game will be played a week later.

During this week, Su Mu did a lot of things: ordered a suit, had her hair cut once, applied for a new position, and ordered flowers from a flower shop for a whole week, and sent them to Xuebing every day. In Cicada's office, just write "See you at the mahjong arena" without signing it, so as not to save her from throwing it out, and besides, leave some suspense. Most importantly, during this week, in order to learn more about her "future daughter-in-law", Mrs. Dong forced Professor Dong to use various social connections to investigate Xue Bingchan's background clearly: her father is a political An important person, her mother is a pianist, she graduated from finance and trade, but invests in real estate, she is a rising star in the real estate industry in recent years, and the young talent - "Sky Garden" Zhong Lai is well-known in the real estate industry Golden boy and jade girl.Yuntian is invested by Hong Kong people, Zhong's family business, and Zhong Lai is the latest successor. It is said that he is currently pursuing Xue Bingchan, and the offensive is still fierce.

Mrs. Dong became worried, and asked her son: "This clock is much bigger than your background, Mu, are you his opponent?" Su Mu secretly groaned, alas, one cannot lie casually, otherwise one must prepare ten lies at any time to be comprehensive.He could only bite the bullet and answer with a smile: "Youqing drink enough water, and Bingchan has everything, so she doesn't care about money. She's looking for me." "Really?" Mrs. Dong was suspicious, "But you, what are the benefits?" Su Mu took a sip of tea: "Oh my god, people say that a son doesn't dislike his mother's ugliness. As a mother, you shouldn't dislike your son too much, do you?"

At the same time, he was surprised by Professor Dong's well-informed information. He was so well-informed. I'm afraid that his Canadian fake degree would not be able to hide it from his eyes. His respect for his stepfather grew. Several centuries ago, Su Muzhe and Xue Bingchan would often have a small gamble. "Bingchan, play a game with me." He said to her. What choice does she have but to obey? After coming to the Su Mansion, in order to cater to her interests, she not only brewed wine meticulously, but also read a lot of books and studied gambling skills.When he is in a good mood, he will order her to offer wine, and then spend time with her, and play chess with her. A small red clay stove, green plums and chess pieces.That was the beauty of their day. If you win, let her play the piano or sing and dance; if you lose, just answer her a question, or do something for her. However, he has never lost, including losing to her. Sometimes he would be curious and ask her: If you win, what would you like me to do? "If you win", he asks, never "If I lose".What he taboos the most is the word "lose". "My lord, I hope you can listen to me tell a story." Bingchan replied, lowering her eyebrows, with a glint of hope in her eyes. The sadness in her eyes was also left to Su Muzhe later along with tears, no matter how brilliant his victory was, his fame in the gambling world, there was always that sadness in his eyes, no joy. Su Mu sighed.a story.What kind of story is Xue Bingchan going to tell Su Muzhe? I really can’t believe that there are people like Su Muzhe in the world who never take the time and patience to listen to the voice of a little girl who dedicated herself wholeheartedly to him, because he is afraid that the prize will be bad—he will lose, He had to listen to her story; then, wouldn't listening to her story indicate that he would lose? Xue Bingchan really chose the stupidest method.Because of that unnecessary taboo, he never asked her the truth of that story until his death. If Su Mu in this life asked her, would she say it? The contest was held in a hotel salon. Professor Dong gave the opening speech: "Mahjong, also known as horse-jong, also known as ma-jong, is the only gambling tool that has been popular since the Qing Dynasty until now. The horse tag, Xuanhe tile, Penghe tile, and Huajiang tile interact with each other. Du Yaquan's "Bo Shi" said: "Although the Tianqi horse tag was fashionable in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty; but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was influenced by the Xuanhe card and the Penghe card and became the Mohe card... Mohe The card is influenced by the flower general, adding four generals from east, west, north and south, it becomes a horse general card." Xu Ke's "Qing Barnyard Banknotes" said: "The sparrow is also the sound of the horse's hanging. People in Wu call birds like tricks, go Sound reading, I don’t know what it means? Then the horse sparrow is a horse hanging, which has been confirmed and proved.’ And "Jinghua Menglu" records..." Quoting scriptures, "Zhihuzheye" for a long while, and the players were drowsy, and then the official competition began. At first, Su Mu played very smoothly, passed five stages and defeated six generals, overcame obstacles all the way, and soon reached the finals.The so-called friends don't get together, the four people participating in the finals are Su Mu, Xue Bingchan, Zhong Lai, and Chen Zhengyi, a student of Professor Dong. The four people rolled dice to divide the north, south, east, and west, and sat down.Su Mu sighed very much, finally sat at the same table with Xue Bingchan, but unfortunately there were two irrelevant people beside him, what clock came, who was Chen Zhengyi, this was the grievance dispute between Su Mu and Xue Bingchan, What does it matter to others?Especially that Zhong Lai, seeing how attentive he is to Xue Bingchan, why is it so unpleasant?They are all contestants, so everyone should be seated separately. He is a real showman. He even went around behind Xue Bingchan and dragged the chair out for her. There is a waiter standing next to him, so he doesn't need to fawn on her like this. ? Su Mu felt unspeakably jealous.However, at this moment, he suddenly remembered. He remembered!He knows who Zhong Lai is! Jin Zhong, the young master of the prefect of Hangzhou, is a well-known romantic talent in the south of the Yangtze River.Loves to gamble, lust, drink, and play, but if you hear that there are beauties and actresses, and good wine and rare brews, you must do everything possible to keep it for yourself.Hearing that there is a peerless beauty who is good at singing, dancing and wine making in the Su Mansion, I can't help feeling itchy, wishing to come to the mansion immediately. He himself regards money as dung, and he would not hesitate to buy it for a laugh, thinking that everyone else is the same. If he asks Su Muzhe for snow and ice, Su Muzhe will definitely not give up his love, so he thinks of some way to deceive him.Knowing that Su Muzhe likes to gamble, he posted a post in the name of setting up a gambling game, inviting Su Muzhe to come to Hangzhou for a gathering. Su Muzhe had to fight every time he gambled, so he didn't doubt him, so he immediately took Xue Bingchan to the south.At this time, he was already used to Xue Bingchan's service and company, and he couldn't leave her for a moment.However, just because Bingchan is so docile and obedient that it becomes a habit, Su Muzhe enjoys this rare warmth, but never realizes it. When Jin Zhong saw Xue Bingchan, he was astonished as a heavenly being. He suppressed his desire and excitement and invited Su Muzhe to drink in the lost garden. The so-called "lost garden" is actually a gamble.It was very popular among high-ranking officials and noble families at that time, that is, when building their own gardens, everything should be based on the pattern of five elements and eight trigrams chess, where to plant trees, where to arrange flowers, where to have small bridges and flowing water, and where to have strange rocks. Follow the rules, and hang lanterns in the obvious places of each scene. There are chess and card orders hidden in the lanterns. Go one step further and go directly to the next attraction.The first to reach the finish line wins. People who visit the garden are also game gamblers. They roll dice to count points, and then advance and retreat according to the points, arrive at various scenic spots to pick off lanterns, and reward and punish them with singing and dancing according to flower cards.Usually when young masters get together, they can play by themselves, make fun of each other and gamble; they can also pick up lanterns for themselves by their own maidservants, and they just roll dice, drink and watch theatre.The person who wins, in addition to the pre-arranged lottery, will often set the handmaiden who picks up the lamp as the first lottery, and the winner will take away the other party's handmaid. At that time, men did not treat women as human beings, and masters did not treat servants as human beings. Games betting on beautiful women were very common, and could be extended to almost any kind of gambling game. Admiralty is using gambling as bait this time, hoping to win the beauty back. "Brother Su, what do you think of my labyrinth?" "Ingenious workmanship." Su Muzhe praised. "Thanks to Brother Su for liking it. Then, how about taking it as a lottery? If Brother Su wins, the lost garden will be yours. How about it?" Jin Zhong laughed to hide his nervousness and concern, "Although a gentleman It’s not about taking people’s favors, but if my little brother wins by chance, will Brother Su be willing to give up his love?” "Brother Jin can choose from everything I own. But I don't know what Brother Jin is looking for?" "What I fancy is not any jewelry items, but your confidante, Miss Xue Bingchan!" Su Mu remembered that thousands of years ago, he had a bet with Jin Zhong. But, what about the result of the bet, did Jin Zhong take Xue Bingchan away? No!He must not!Otherwise, Xue Bingchan would not drink that bowl of Wangqingsan for herself later, and was buried in the sea of ​​flames because of this, and died for Su Mansion with her own body! Su Muzhe in his previous life had never lost. But what happened to Su Mucha in the previous life?Why do the souls of grievances linger in this world? What happened after the self-forgetfulness and fire disaster?Is Su Muzhe, who lost Xue Bingchan, happy or sad, or still ruthless? It was too late to recall any more, and the host began to announce the special rules and awards of the final. Su Mu raised his hand to interrupt: "I don't want a prize." "Then what do you want?" This episode before the finale climax made the host very excited, "Please speak out your conditions." "If I win..." Su Mu looked around, and then fixed his gaze on Xue Bingchan, "Please give me time, Miss Xue, and listen to me tell a story." "A story?" There were whispers in the audience, and even the host couldn't help exclaiming, "If it wasn't for the time limit, I really want to come and listen to Mr. Su's story right now. Miss Xue, you have additional conditions for this What do you think?" "I accept." Xue Bingchan replied blankly. "I accept." Su Muzhe pointed at Xue Bingchan nonchalantly and said to Jin Zhong, "If you win, keep her in Jin's residence. However, exchanging her for Miyuan seems to be a bit of a disservice to Brother Jin." "If you can get Xue Bingchan, what if the entire Jin Mansion is given to you?" Jin Zhong smiled happily, "There was an old saying about Xie An's gambling villa, what is a small labyrinth?" The code of "gambling villa" comes from "Book of Jin Xie An Biography": In the eighth year of Taiyuan, the former Qin Fu Jian invaded south with all his strength, and the imperial court asked Xie An to be the governor of the conquest.On the battlefield, Xie An strategized, commanded generals, and swayed freely.As soldiers approached the city, his nephew Xie Xuan entered the account to ask for advice. Xie An acted as if nothing had happened, but casually invited Xie Xuan to a game of chess, and bet on the villa.Outside the tent, there are thousands of troops and horses, and the sound of killing is loud, but inside the tent, there is no disturbance, and the fragrance of flowers and wine is warm.Xie Xuan's chess skills were originally higher than Xie An's, but because of his nervousness, he lost to Xie An.At this time, the military outside the account has been decided, and the Qin army has been defeated.Just as the so-called talking and laughing, the strong and the ashes disappeared, it was only at this time that Xie An got up and left his seat, showing fatigue, and even broke the teeth of his shoes when he crossed the threshold.Since then, Xie An's chess skills have been famous all over the world, because what he won is not only a manor, a battle, but also a sense of pride and a lifetime of fame. Su Muzhai cupped his hands and said: "The ancient way is chivalrous, brother Jin does have the pride of Xie An." Jin Zhong laughed loudly: "Don't dare to do it, it's just a lost garden, it's nothing to worry about." When a person says "absolutely dare not be", most of his heart is full of conceited "dare to be".But on the lips, he said very self-effacingly: "It's just throwing bricks to attract jade." Maze is brick.Snow ice cicada is jade. Mr. Guijie's words are indeed subtle and elegant, and every sentence is classic. Su Muzhe gave a faint smile, didn't say anything, just took a dice casually, without looking at it, and threw it with his backhand... Thirteen cards were turned over: 1479 barrels, 25780,000, wind from east to west, north and south, plus a lone chicken! Su Mu secretly complained, is there any worse card in the world than this? Xue Bingchan readily agreed to listen to his story, which made Su Mu suddenly nervous.Then the meaning of this game to me is very important, and it is extraordinary.He almost regretted that he didn't play tricks in advance, bribing the players who might enter the finals, and let them play tricks to ensure that he won. But having said that, even if you really do that, depending on your own financial resources and luck, you may not be able to convince others. Maybe Xue Bingchan finds out the truth again, and then you really lose all your gambling products.Moreover, when it comes to cheating, Zhong Lai will not help him, he is already thankful for not cheating himself. When you draw nine, you hit four barrels, when you draw 10,000, you hit 50,000, red, white board... After seven or eight rounds, Su Mu actually got a nine in each hand, and unknowingly made a thirteen stop.He looked at the cards in his hand and felt his hands were sweating: ten thousand, ninety thousand, one barrel, nine barrels, one chicken, nine sticks, east, west, north, south, white board against each other - only one card is needed to make a fortune, and it can be made Thirteen big cards, only one step away from victory! Get rich!Get rich!Get rich!The thumb lightly touched the face of the card, and it was another chicken.Stay on the safe side and hit the whiteboard.Another one, hemp crisp, raw sheet, eight tubes, is not dangerous, but what's the use of keeping it?Go all out, fight! bump!The opposite door, Xue Bingchan, remained calm, knocked down the two eight cylinders, and combined them into a deck of cards. Fortunately, just touch.Su Mu sweated secretly, and stared at Jin Zhong nervously, he shouldn't be aggressive at this time. Chicken!Hey, he played the cards he didn't dare to play. Su Mu drew another card.Get rich and get rich!He thought to himself, barely yelling out.The sky does not follow people's wishes, it is Zhang Jiutiao, and they are in a pair again.Su Mu closed his eyes and kept nine sticks to fight chickens. It's safe. eat.Chen Zhengyi, the next player, smiled: Just wait for this card to stop. Wow, another company has been suspended.Su Mu looked at Xue Bingchan, her calm look seemed to have stopped early, right? Chen Zhengyi played his cards.Red!Alas, why is it red and not rich? bump.It's Snow Ice Cicada again!Could it be that she is doing a big three yuan?Whiteboard, cooked Zhanger. Zhong Lai smiled flatteringly: "Miss Xue is shrewd in business and so calm in playing cards, she is really a hero among women!" Su Mu scolded his mother in his heart, he played cards as he played, where did all this nonsense come from?What's more, what's wrong with beating, he even hit 90,000, and let the next family, Chen Zhengyi, touch it.Let yourself stretch out your hand in vain, and even deprive you of the right to draw cards.Hey, hasn't Chen Zhengyi stopped?Why do you still touch? It's not good to stop talking.Chen Zhengyi smiled, and changed to a single fishing card, five barrels. It turned out to be a fart.Su Mu smiled contemptuously. It seems that the cards for single fishing are either three or seven. Xue Bingchan drew a card, but instead of playing it, she pushed it down together with the three cards in her hand, making a concealed kong.Isn't she a big three yuan but a big four happiness?Su Mu looked at the cards in his hand, the red middle was in his own hand, where would she go to play the kong, wouldn't it hurt her?Concealed kong, what other card on the ground is a card that has not met?Could it be... Just as she was thinking, Xue Bingchan had already drawn another card from the end of the card, smiled and played it out, four barrels. push!Chen Zhengyi pushed down the cards, and he was sorry, and only called four cylinders. With a bang, the golden bell spoke out for Su Mu: You are not fishing for four cylinders with three or six cylinders, what are you doing? Want to open the bar.Chen Zhengyi smiled naively, such a small reconciliation, it's better to have a fight. Hey, I really deserve to be Professor Dong's disciple, so polite. Xue Bingchan also smiled and turned over the cards, really, I lost, but having a kong doesn't count as a loss, and it's okay. The four lodging cards are all the same, colorful, and they are the four cards that make a fortune! And that fortune, you should have touched it yourself! Apart from fainting, Su Mu had nothing to say.God will never let him go, so what can the husband say? "Green sky, yellow leaf land, autumn colors are rolling in waves, cold smoke and green on the waves..." Xue Bingchan sang and danced, her singing voice was mournful, and her dancing posture was gloomy. Time and time again, Su Muzhe ruthlessly and indifferently bet on her, putting her in a precarious position anytime and anywhere.He really doesn't care about her that much, and is willing to give up on her? With so many winds and rains, warming the stove to warm the wine, and red sleeves to add fragrance, doesn't he care about it, don't miss it?If he really left him, would he miss him? No, he won't, a person like him never has the word "emotion" in his heart. Heartbroken, Xue Bingchan slowly covered her cheeks with her sleeves, took them off gently, and between rolling them, she had changed into a peach blossom face that was both angry and happy. Unless you have a good dream, keep people drunk every night..." The singing sound swam into my heart like a snake, and it was cold.With a sad heart and a sad face, Su Mu stood up and turned to leave. Everyone thought that he couldn't afford to lose, and his actions were seen in color.But no one knew that what he lost was not just a mahjong match, or even a Xie Xuan villa, but a chance of rebirth. Professor Dong thought he understood what this stepson was thinking, so he came over and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young man, don't be too conceited. You can't always win after chasing your girlfriend. You have to be good at admitting defeat. Coax her." "Okay!" Anyway, I have already lost, so I will lose to the end.Su Mu suddenly stood still, turned around, and went straight to Xue Bingchan in front of all the contestants and audience: "Miss Xue, I know that I have lost, and I am no longer qualified to ask you. However, it is not a prize for the competition, only It's just my personal request, can you please give me some time and let me tell you a story." "Three minutes," Xue Bingchan looked at him, "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, Bingchan Building."