Chapter 913: Going to Play Cards

The two of them were chatting enthusiastically. Shi Lei took his mobile phone and found the true picture of the five stars and twenty-eight constellations from the Internet, and then confirmed it with Crawford in detail one by one.

Although Shi Lei's English is indeed not enough to handle such a conversation, fortunately, Crawford is quite smart and can always understand what Shi Lei wants to express through gestures and so on.

Shi Lei discovered that there was a strange tacit understanding between him and Crawford. It was this tacit understanding that allowed them to completely ignore the language barrier and communicate very smoothly.

As time passed, Crawford admired Shi Lei's profound knowledge in calligraphy and painting, and no longer regarded him as a junior. At least from an artistic point of view, Shi Lei was more than enough to be his teacher.

Seeing that Shi Lei and Crawford were chatting so happily, bursting into laughter from time to time, and both of them drank several times the amount of wine, Li Qianhaocheng felt extremely unhappy and also a little worried.

He stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, it's almost time. According to the tradition of the Scola family, should we start playing cards?"

After Crawford heard this, the conversation between him and Shi Lei came to an end, so Crawford said: "Mr. Shi, I am very happy to chat with you today. It has benefited me a lot. The time is almost up. Our Scola family has a card game every Christmas Eve, and my father will also play the game himself. I don’t know if Mr. Shi is interested in playing cards, so we might as well play together.”

Shi Lei said with a smile: "I'm afraid it won't work if I don't play, Li Qianhaocheng is staring at me!"

Crawford looked back at Li Qianhaocheng, and laughed dumbly. He said: "Qian, this child, I have watched him grow up. He is actually a very simple child, but his personality... I don't know who he looks like. , I have met his parents, one is a taciturn scholar, the other is an eloquent diplomat, but no matter who is usually reserved and deep, but he..."

"Perhaps it's because his family is too restrained and generous that he becomes mentally rebellious and develops such a character, right?" Shi Lei said with a smile.

Crawford nodded, feeling that it made sense, and said: "That may be true. I had a great time chatting with Mr. Shi today. The next few days are holidays. If Mr. Shi is not in a hurry to leave London, I would like to invite Mr. Shi to come to my home again. As guests, we can have a more in-depth chat.”

Of course Shi Lei readily agreed and said, "I still want to stay in London for a while. Mr. Scola is free to listen to my chatter, which I really hope for."

"Hahaha, okay, it's settled. Let's go play cards."

Under the leadership of Crawford, several people who were going to play cards went to a special chess and card room together.

On the way, Li Qianhaocheng came close to Shi Lei and said in a low voice but fiercely: "In a moment, I will let you know what the God of Gamblers is. Although we don't play with money, the person who loses all his chips will be ranked according to the one with the most chips. That person asked for a game. I hope you won’t cry when you lose..."

Shi Lei smiled faintly, thinking that such a punishment was interesting, and he didn't take it too seriously, thinking that in Scola's house, no matter how excessive Li Qianhaocheng was, there was still a limit.

Entering the chess and card room, Shi Lei was stunned.

He originally thought that the so-called card game was either bridge, stud, or the popular Texas Hold'em poker in recent years, but in the chess and card room, there were actually two mahjong tables, and they were electric ones.

Shi Lei opened his mouth wide, Mahjong? ! !

Crawford saw Shi Lei's expression and laughed loudly: "Haha, Mr. Shi, you didn't expect it, did you? In an English home, there will be your traditional Chinese mahjong table! This game was taught to us by Qian's grandfather , and then our family became deeply obsessed with this game from the East. There are more than a hundred mahjong tiles, but there are almost infinite possibilities. Our Scola family likes to play when we have nothing to do. For a while. And on Christmas Eve, this game has been our tradition for decades.”

Shi Lei shook his head and said with a smile: "It's really unexpected. I thought it would be playing cards. I thought that nobles like yours would play your Western bridge games, but I didn't expect... Haha... "

"Shi Lei, we are sitting at the same table. You sit here and I sit opposite you! Today I must kill you to pieces." Li Qianhaocheng pointed at Shi Lei and said arrogantly.

Crawford whispered to Shi Lei: "Be careful, Qian is a master. He has never lost when playing mahjong at our house."

Duke Scola also appeared again. He said with a smile: "I lose to Qian every year. This year, I must take revenge. Qian, be careful. The game I thought of five years ago has not been able to let go until now." You do it.”

Li Qianhaocheng said with great disdain: "Grandpa Duke, just be prepared to turn the game you thought of five years ago into the game you thought of six years ago."

Originally, Crawford wanted to sit at the same table with Shi Lei, but Jenny was afraid that Shi Lei would really lose to Li Qianhaocheng. She knew that Li Qianhaocheng, a flamboyant guy, would be disowned by his relatives as soon as he got on the card table. His mother was also won by him without even a single chip left. As for Duke Scola, you can tell from what he just said.

I'm afraid Li Qianhaocheng will be more restrained only when Jenny is at the table. Moreover, Jenny and Shi Lei were at the same table. When Shi Lei lost, she could also give him cards, water, etc.

Seeing Jenny at the table, Li Qianhaocheng immediately had a bitter face: "Jenny, you are at the same table with me, how can you let me win? No one dares to beat you! Besides, you don't want to let this kid win, do you?"

Jenny rolled her eyes and said, "Did I ask you not to win? Just try your best. If I lose, I will play the game according to the requirements of the winner."

Li Qianhaocheng grabbed his hair exaggeratedly, then stared at Shi Lei and said viciously: "It's you, it's all your fault that Jenny wants to play cards at the same table with me. She never wanted to sit at the same table with me before..."

"Then shouldn't you thank me, because of me, Jenny is finally willing to sit at the same table with you."

Li Qianhaocheng was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

Yes, Jenny refused to sit at the same table with him, which is obviously not something worth boasting about. And now Jenny is willing to sit at the same table with him, he can take the opportunity to get closer to Jenny, which is actually a good thing.

Seeing Li Qianhaocheng's expression, Duke Scola also laughed. He pointed at Li Qianhaocheng and said, "Qian, there is finally someone who can control you. Hahahaha, Shi, you must make sure that you can not only make him lose in verbal confrontation, but also let this arrogant boy taste the taste of failure in playing cards. This boy has never lost in playing mahjong in our family for so many years. Too arrogant, meeting an old man like me, he doesn't even know how to give in. I am a duke!"

Shi Lei shook his head secretly, thinking, how on earth do you look like a duke? It's more like an old child.

At the beginning of the card game, Li Qianhaocheng kept provoking Shi Lei. After Jenny scolded him a few times, he didn't dare to say more, but just kept staring at Shi Lei fiercely, playing cards and touching cards with extra strength.

It must be said that Li Qianhaocheng's mahjong is really good, and Shi Lei can only play it barely, and is not his opponent at all.

Even though Jenny kept letting the chips go, the chips Shi Lei dealt were quickly halved.

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