Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 471 - 473: Play a Game_1

Chapter 471: Chapter 473: Play a Game_1

Song Cheng noticed that the atmosphere was dull at most of the tables, except for Wu Yang’s which was lively. The New Year’s Eve dinner couldn’t be without an atmosphere. So, he proposed a riddle guessing game while they ate.

He initially wanted to propose duet games, but there were some constables who couldn’t even recognize characters, hence guessing riddles was much quicker.

Song Cheng started: "Let me give you all a riddle: Year’s end, abundant in fish and rice. Guess a character!"

Song Cheng only realized that the constables didn’t understand characters and couldn’t play duets, but he forgot that they also needed to be able to read to solve the character riddles. Hence, they continued eating. Only the scholars at Mo Wenxuan’s table attempted to answer: "The character ’Lin’ from ’fish scale’!"

Song Cheng nodded in satisfaction, saying he’d reward the correct answers later.

When everyone heard about the rewards, they became more enthusiastic.

Song Cheng asked several more: "Staying up all night on New Year’s Eve, guess a saying."

Everyone knew this one, and many quickly answered: "Out with the old, in with the new!"

"There are holes without insects, nests without bees, silk without silkworms, an umbrella without people underneath. Guess an object."

Another person quickly answered: "Lotus root."

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The atmosphere improved slightly, but it was not quite there. Because the answers kept coming from the scholars at Mo Wenxuan’s table, the guards and constables rarely participated, and the businessmen were the same.

Song Cheng felt bored, so he asked Mrs. Song: "Madam, do you have any good suggestions? For example, how can everyone eat more happily and enjoy the game more?"

Song Cheng himself hadn’t eaten much all night, too busy thinking about the riddles. He found it difficult to engage the young people’s interest.

Mrs. Song didn’t have any particular ideas either. After pondering a bit, she got a brainwave and turned to Mo Wenxuan: "Wenxuan, you’re quite clever. Why don’t you think of a game we can play?"

Mo Wenxuan had grown up in the village where children had the most games. So he suggested: "How about we play a counting game, for example, I say a number: seven, and then we take turns counting. Whoever counts to seven, stands up and sings a song."

Mrs. Song readily agreed with this idea and began with her group, saying: "One!"

Song Cheng said, "Two!"

The turns went round and it so happened that the turn of seven fell to Song Xiaoyue’s fiancé at Song Cheng’s table. The fiancé got up and bashfully expressed he really couldn’t sing. No matter how much everyone chided, he refused to sing and hardly blushed.

Someone brazenly suggested that Song Xiaoyue should sing for him. However, Song Xiaoyue didn’t help him out at all: "Whoever’s turn it is, it is, why should I be the one?"

The fiancé was even more embarrassed. He simply picked up the wine container on the table, filled a large bowl to the brim and downed it in three gulps, then said: "Okay, I’ve already been punished with three bowls of wine. Can I Please, please not drink anymore?"

Song Xiaoyue’s fiancé wasn’t a heavy drinker. Not long after finishing, he collapsed on the table and fell asleep, causing Song Xiaoyue a lot of embarrassment.

It was now Mo Wenxuan’s turn. He also drew a seven, and in reality, it was not by chance, he’d calculated that if he started counting from a particular person, the turn would surely come to him.

All he wanted was for Nan Feng to look at him more once more. Therefore, he stood up and sang a love ballad from his village, "My beloved, quickly look here...The mountain and stones are here...I am here and you are not..."