Chapter 151 - 151 147 Cheating

151: Chapter 147 Cheating 151: Chapter 147 Cheating In a private entertainment suite at the club, Ye Fan heard Zeng Jingwei’s singing for the first time. Her voice was pure, resonant, and pleasing to the ear, without a trace of impurity, and she had a wide vocal range. Moreover, her singing voice differed slightly from her normal speaking voice, and this slight difference gave her voice a high degree of recognizability. Absolutely perfect! Ye Fan began to look forward to Zeng Jingwei’s future musical climb. And Qin Mengyao and Bobo were clearly impressed by Zeng Jingwei’s singing. “Wow, Jingwei, you sing so well!” the two exclaimed in unison, “If I had a voice as good as yours, I’d have become a pop star long ago!” Complimented by Qin Mengyao and Bobo, Zeng Jingwei’s face revealed a shy smile and she said, “Not really, I’m still far from being a real singer.” Ye Fan laughed heartily, “Yaoyao, Bobo, Jingwei is going to pursue a music career from now on.” “Really? Heehee, Jingwei, I’m going to be your hardcore fan!” Qin Mengyao said as she went up to hug Zeng Jingwei. Bobo also called out with a smile, “Me too!” Seeing Qin Mengyao and Bobo so enamored with her singing, Zeng Jingwei felt more confident about her musical path, despite their exaggerations. After singing two songs, Zeng Jingwei put down the microphone despite Bobo and Qin Mengyao’s pleas for more, indicating they hadn’t had enough, and let Qin Mengyao, Bobo, and Ye Fan sing karaoke together. Bobo was in no rush to grab the microphone and let Qin Mengyao sing two songs on her own before taking it and singing a duet with Ye Fan. As Ye Fan’s singing began, Zeng Jingwei and Qin Mengyao were both surprised. They really hadn’t expected Ye Fan to sing so well. After singing for about an hour, Ye Fan and the others’ throats were a bit tired, so they moved to another room in the suite to play mahjong and relax. Ye Fan sat opposite Qin Mengyao while Zeng Jingwei and Bobo each took a seat to Ye Fan’s left and right sides. For some reason, whether the club was stingy or not, the mahjong table in the lounge was not an automatic one but a manual one. However, this kind of manual mahjong table was perfect for Ye Fan and the others to relax and chat. They didn’t have to rush through games as if reborn, and could casually talk about their play during the last round while shuffling and stacking tiles. After four games, Qin Mengyao was incredibly unlucky, losing to Ye Fan’s self-drawn win, getting robbed of a Kong, being hit by three players at once, and somehow, in the fourth game, she bluff-called Mahjong with an empty hand, ending up with her wallet cleaned out. “Giggle, Meng Yao, you’re so bad at mahjong, you need to practice a few years before you can play with us,” Bobo said with a playful laugh. “I let you win on purpose,” Qin Mengyao retorted obstinately, “Starting from this round, I’ve decided not to let you win anymore!” As they talked, the tiles were shuffled and set, and the fifth game began. They rolled the dice, drew tiles… Ye Fan arranged his drawn tiles and found they weren’t bad; he might be able to win by self-drawn. After a few tiles were discarded, his hand was ready to win. Just then, he felt a light tap on his leg. Assuming he had stretched out too far, he drew his foot back. But immediately after, the delicate foot that had tapped him followed, resting directly on top of his foot. “Huh?” Ye Fan was startled and couldn’t help but look up at Qin Mengyao, who quickly gave him a wink. Considering her string of losses and the bold statement she had just made, Ye Fan guessed that Qin Mengyao wanted his help to cheat. However, Ye Fan ignored her and looked down, pretending not to understand her intention. Seeing Ye Fan playing dumb, Qin Mengyao felt annoyed. Her luck was so bad that with the tiles she had drawn, it would be impossible to win unless she cheated. So, she spread her big toes wide, and then forcefully clamped the flesh around Ye Fan’s ankle, twisting and pinching. “Ouch!” Ye Fan winced at the pain and instinctively withdrew his foot, but Qin Mengyao’s grip with her toes was so tight that he couldn’t pull away for a moment. Ye Fan had no choice but to look up at Qin Mengyao, who met his gaze with a threatening look. Out of options, Ye Fan subtly nodded his head, indicating he agreed to help her cheat. As he nodded, Qin Mengyao’s lips immediately curled into a smug smile; she released the grip on Ye Fan’s ankle from under the table and began to gently rub her soft, boneless foot against his sole. Ye Fan smiled wryly, thinking to himself that this girl can’t even play a fair game of cards. “Jingwei jie, give me one of your bamboos to munch on,” Meng Yao joked with her partner Zeng Jingwei. At the same time, Ye Fan felt his comfortably stroked foot being scratched three times. Zeng Jingwei smiled and said, “That won’t do, my bamboos are just right, I can’t just break them up for you.” While speaking, it was Ye Fan’s turn to play. With a pained heart, he broke up his two, three, four bamboos and threw out a three bamboo. “Bang!” Qin Mengyao immediately exclaimed excitedly, “Three bamboo bang. Teehee, Ye Fan, you’re so good to me.” She laughed triumphantly, took the three bamboos back, and threw out a one bamboo. Ye Fan was embarrassed; this girl had cheated, and now she was making a spectacle of herself, worried that no one would suspect her. Little did they know, Helian Bobo chuckled and said, “Don’t flatter yourself – I don’t believe Ye Bro knew you just needed three bamboos. It’s just a coincidence.” “Giggle, not necessarily. The day before yesterday, I used Ye Fan’s birthday to tell fortunes, and it showed we’re a perfect match. Watch closely, I’ll bang Ye Fan’s tile again!” Qin Mengyao giggled. Helian Bobo and Zeng Jingwei both turned to look at Ye Fan, who said irritably, “Don’t believe her. I’ve never told her my birthday.” “Bad Ye Fan, stinky Ye Fan, making me lose face in front of so many people!” Qin Mengyao pouted. As she spoke, she wrote a “6” with her big toe on the surface of Ye Fan’s foot, then circled it. Six circles. Ye Fan looked at his hand and indeed had a six circles. So, after Qin Mengyao’s next player, Helian Bobo, played a tile, Ye Fan threw out the six circles. “Haha, six circles, bang!” Qin Mengyao shouted loudly, with a look of extraordinary pride, and coquettishly giggled, “See? Actions speak louder than words! Giggle giggle…” As she spoke, she moved her soft sole up, caressing and stroking Ye Fan’s calf as a reward. Helian Bobo naturally said it was another coincidence, and to bolster her position, even enlisted Zeng Jingwei to agree with her point of view. After two consecutive bangs, Qin Mengyao temporarily ran out of pairs and no longer needed Ye Fan to feed her tiles. However, her foot was still resting on top of Ye Fan’s. After these two bangs, she unexpectedly started to draw good tiles, and she actually won with self-draw. “Giggle, I’ve won!” she proudly pushed her cards over for everyone to see, “See? I was just letting you all win before!” “You have lost four rounds in a row, winning once by chance is too normal,” Helian Bobo said. Zeng Jingwei also agreed, “Exactly. It’s just a matter of probability.” “Giggle, I know you’re not convinced. The next round, I’m still going to win,” Qin Mengyao said confidently. In the next round, with Ye Fan’s feeding, plus her change in fortune, she did not take long to win again. Qin Mengyao won three rounds in a row, as proud and pleased as a little hen that had just laid an egg. Her arrogance irked Helian Bobo and Zeng Jingwei. At the start of the eighth round, not long after picking up the tiles, Ye Fan suddenly felt a small hand touch his leg. “What’s this…” Ye Fan couldn’t help but turn his head towards Helian Bobo. He saw Helian Bobo quickly wink at him, the corners of her mouth hooked with a suggestive smile. “What do you mean?” Ye Fan wondered silently. The next moment, he felt Helian Bobo’s slender fingers tracing on his thigh. Nine characters. It turned out Helian Bobo was also looking to cheat with him; Ye Fan was somewhat bemused but nodded slightly to show his agreement. Helian Bobo smiled, turned her head straight towards Zeng Jingwei with a confident, challenging look. Shortly after, when it was Ye Fan’s turn to play, he reluctantly broke his set of “seven characters,” “eight characters,” and “nine characters,” and threw out a tile to feed Helian Bobo. “Haha, bang!” Helian Bobo immediately and triumphantly laughed aloud, joyfully taking the “nine characters” home, happier than if she had won by self-draw. Thus, Qin Mengyao with her jade foot on Ye Fan’s foot and Helian Bobo with her jade hand on Ye Fan’s thigh both had Ye Fan help them cheat.