My Fortune-Blessed Leading Lady
Chapter 288: You’re Really Awesome

Chapter 288: Chapter 288: You’re Really Awesome

Yuran also sensed the simplicity of Lu Xizhou. She didn’t mean it as a joke but seriously asked Bo Yan, "What does Fifth Brother do?"

"Scientific research."

Yuran suddenly realized, "That explains it. Geniuses are always a bit special."

Lu Nanzhou clenched his fist and punched Herman, "If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you won’t learn to respect your elders and cherish the young."

Herman grasped his fist, looking down on him, "Fifth Brother, don’t bully the younger ones! You’d better take our ancestor’s words to heart. Hurry up, stop dawdling; Yuran is waiting to play billiards with you."

That calmed down Lu Nanzhou’s simmering anger.

After observing the whole scene, Yuran turned to Bo Yan in disbelief, "That was... too easy to soothe."

Bo Yan planted a kiss on top of her head, "Fifth Brother is, well, quite naive."

"Hmm, I see that now."

The onlookers: "..."

Didn’t get it.

The rules of billiards are simple, with two people facing off, or several people forming teams. Lu Nanzhou felt it wouldn’t be fair to take advantage of Yuran, so he let her team up with Bo Yan, and he paired up with his brother, Lu Xizhou.

The scoring rules aren’t complicated, either. There are a total of 21 balls in snooker.

Each of the 15 red balls is worth 1 point, the yellow ball 2 points, the green 3 points, the brown 4 points, the blue 5 points, the pink 6 points, and the black 7 points.

There’s only one white cue ball, which must be used to pot the red balls in sequence, off the table, and then the colored balls in ascending order of their value.

The player with the highest cumulative score wins.

A skilled opponent will set up obstacles for the other, which is all about technique.

Bo Yan briefly released Yuran’s hand, handed her the cue stick, and applied chalk to her tip. Raising his eyes to the Lu brothers, he said, "Don’t say I bullied the two of you. Who will break first? How do you want to start?"

Lu Xizhou toyed with his cue stick and casually leaned against the pool table, looking at his brother. He sighed in resignation, "I can’t take advantage of you. How about this—let our sister-in-law and Nanzhou play rock-paper-scissors. Best two out of three rounds, and the winner breaks first."

Bo Yan agreed, "Let’s do it that way."

Yuran approached Lu Nanzhou with a smile, "Fifth Brother, no offense."

"Bring it on."

After three rounds, Lu Nanzhou lost all three. After he finished the last round, he turned his head to look at his brother, Lu Xizhou, who waved his hand without any will to win.

"As I expected, as I expected. It would’ve been better to let Xiaoqi and the others start, but I thought I should give you some confidence. But, Nanzhou, brother is powerless to help," said Lu Xizhou.

Yuran: "..."

That was quite a blow.

To everyone’s surprise, Lu Nanzhou actually replied, "Brother, don’t be discouraged. Your helplessness is just beginning now. What’s there to rush for?"

Utterly despairing.

Yuran could even sense the look of despair on Lu Xizhou’s face.

Bo Yan made the opening shot, sending the cue ball across, breaking apart the triangle of pool balls. For Bo Yan, billiards was a strong suit.

Herman sidled up to the eldest, Si Yao, and covertly asked, "Boss, who do you think will win?"

Si Yao raised an eyebrow, "Is there a need to guess? Don’t you have a hunch? With Lu Nanzhou’s temperament, it’d be strange if he won. Didn’t you hear what he just said to Lu Xizhou? His helplessness is just starting. There’s no need to guess; there’s no suspense whatsoever."

Herman: "..."

Everyone watched as the pool balls dispersed across the table, their eyes not even blinking. Just when it seemed like it was Lu Xizhou’s turn, the red number 8 ball rolled into a pocket beneath the table.

Lu Xizhou, who had been eager to show off, stared at the ball that fell into the pocket, the corner of his lips twitching, "That counts?"

Bo Yan let out a snort of laughter, "Why wouldn’t it count? It went in, didn’t it? Now we start with the number 2 ball."

Thump thump thump——

What followed was Bo Yan’s solo show. Although the pool balls seemed to waver a few times, hanging on the verge of not falling into the pockets, they eventually did.

As Bo Yan knocked the red balls into the pockets one by one, Lu Xizhou felt like just conceding the game.

Why even play at this point?

Isn’t it just watching your performance acceptable?

Yuran hadn’t expected Bo Yan’s skills to be so good. Her eyes sparkled, and after all the red balls were cleared, his cue ball ended up in a very tricky spot.

He needed to hit a yellow ball next, but it was blocked by the black ball. At this moment, choosing the right angle and controlling the force were essential, otherwise he would send the cue ball into a pocket too.

He held his cue at a peculiar angle, his long fingers braced on the table, the cue sliding back and forth between his fingers. His stance struck as highly professional, and his gaze became unusually sharp when he was focused on the task at hand.

Yuran stood directly in front, absorbing his concentrated expression, her smile carrying a hint of fangirl admiration, "Brother Qi, go for it."

Bo Yan was focused when suddenly his hand slipped and the cue ball moved a small distance without even touching the black ball in front. How could this incredible scene have happened?

Lu Xizhou looked at Yuran gratefully, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for giving us a chance."

Yuran, somewhat embarrassed, turned to Bo Yan with a blush, preparing to explain, but Bo Yan was already by her side, wrapping his arms around her and laughing, "It’s alright, I let them have it on purpose. They’re too pitiable."

Lu Xizhou: "...Can you stop making it sound like sweet talk when you’re clearly just being opportunistic?"

Bo Yan, "Better than wanting to say sweet nothings and not having an audience."

Lu Xizhou: "..."

Yet unexpectedly, Lu Nanzhou suddenly stepped forward, blocking Lu Xizhou who was ready to play, "Bro, bro, let me do this, let me do this..."

Lu Xizhou looked at him skeptically, "You? Are you sure you can handle it?"

"Sure, sure, I definitely can. I’ve calculated a formula just now, super invincible awesome. I’m sure it will work, really, believe me."

Lu Xizhou, "Hard to believe."

Lu Nanzhou insisted, "No, you’re my brother, you have to trust me."

Suddenly, that was a difficult argument to counter.

Lu Xizhou withdrew his cue, his face full of impatience, "Fine, fine, fine, you’re right, you’re right, just hurry up and show off your incredibly bad luck."

However, Lu Nanzhou suddenly exuded confidence, caressing his cue, finding the angle, ready to astonish everyone. But sometimes... the outcome isn’t as smooth as one wishes.

Just by looking at Lu Xizhou’s facepalm, you could tell.

A massive failure.

The cue ball dropped to the floor, and they lost their chance to strike back.

Bo Yan raised his thumb, generously and mockingly praising, "Brother Wu, you really did a bang-up job."

Yuran quickly grasped his hand and pulled it back, "Brother Qi, don’t be like that."

Herman, "Damn, Xiaoqi, how can you be so shameless with your mockery? Did you forget how ’awesome’ you were just now?"

Si Yao, "Did Lu Xizhou and Lu Nanzhou mock him? It’s not that they didn’t mock; they just always miss the chance to."