The Favored Heiress
Chapter 358: Double Row Arhats

Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Double Row Arhats

Describing it as a meeting of minds might not be wrong, but from He Xi’s mouth, it sounded extremely unpleasant.

Li Qiao’s expression became much more subdued as she carelessly picked up the Western liquor from the table and poured herself a glass. "Is Miss He playing truth to find out about my relationship with Yun Lih?"

He Xi was taken aback, not expecting Li Qiao to expose her little scheme so bluntly.

It was a hurdle she just couldn’t get over in her heart, so she thought about creating some topic of conversation in front of Shang Yu by using the relationship between Li Qiao and Yun Lih.

When a woman’s jealousy surges, she sometimes speaks without rationale and never understands the virtue of being happy for others’ successes.

At this moment, He Xi composed herself, trying to appear calm and collected, "Miss Li is mistaken. Everyone has curiosity, and tonight we are all sitting together to relax, it’s just a game, Don’t take it too seriously, Miss Li."

The implication was, can’t you take a joke?

Li Qiao understood what was being insinuated. She took a sip of her Western liquor and nodded earnestly, "You make a fair point, Miss He. Since you are known as the ’Casino Queen,’ a game that merely compares the size of points seems beneath your talents.

How about we switch to a more interesting game with heavier penalties? What do you think?"

He Xi looked straight at Li Qiao and agreed to her suggestion without hesitation, "Sure, how do you want to play?"

Li Qiao’s lips curved playfully as she then motioned for Liuyun to bring over twenty more dice.

Although He Xi was puzzled, her confidence in herself made her watch Li Qiao’s actions with ease.

Before long, Liuyun returned.

Li Qiao glanced at the white crystal dice on the table, using her peripheral vision to look at He Xi, "Miss He, since you’re so curious about me, why don’t we have a competition first?

If you win, you can make me do anything.

But if I win, you only need to accept my daring punishment. How does that sound?"

This condition sounded very tempting.

The others also turned their attention to He Xi, as this was a ’duel’ between women, the men preferred to just wait and see what happened.

At that moment, He Xi’s gaze involuntarily shifted to Shang Yu, but she quickly lowered her eyelids to hide the triumph in her eyes, "What you mean is, I can make you do anything if I win?"

Even break up with Shaoyan?

Of course, she couldn’t ask that directly, but He Xi believed Li Qiao would surely understand.

Even if she didn’t have the chance, if she could make Li Qiao take the initiative to break up, Shaoyan, being such a proud man, would certainly not want her anymore.

She just couldn’t stand to see Li Qiao monopolize Shaoyan.

This nearly twisted form of jealousy drove He Xi to completely lose her composure and forget her status.

Li Qiao met He Xi’s gaze, raising her eyebrows in a challenging manner, "That’s right, as long as you win, you can make me do anything...anything at all!"

With that, He Xi’s fighting spirit was completely ignited. She didn’t earn the title of ’Casino Queen’ for nothing. "Fine, then tell me, how do we play?"

Li Qiao casually scooped up a handful of dice, spreading them on her palm towards He Xi, "Ten dice, guess the size by the sound, best two out of three."

"Ten dice?" He Xi looked at her palm incredulously, "Are you sure?"

The game of guessing the size by the sound is usually played with no more than five dice.

Does she really know how, or does she not?

He Xi squinted at Li Qiao, recalling the scene that day at Earl Hotel.

This young lady, she might have a trick or two up her sleeve but is still too young, thinking everyone will indulge her?

"Does Miss He dare not?" Li Qiao asked faintly.

He Xi let out a light sigh, reaching for the other ten dice on the table, "It’s not that I don’t dare, I’m just afraid you’ll lose too miserably."

"You worry too much." Li Qiao put the other three dice from the shaker aside, looking at He Xi with a gleam in her eye. She tossed in ten dice and taunted, "To be able to compete with the Casino Queen, even if I lose, it’s not shameful."

He Xi smiled and didn’t make a sound. She placed the dice into the dice cup and lifted her chin towards Li Qiao, "Shall I start?"

"Mm."

As soon as she finished speaking, He Xi held the shaking cup with both hands, seeming chaotic but in reality, every shake was full of mysteries.

Half a minute later, she placed the shaking cup on the table, "Your turn."

Guess the dice numbers by listening to the sounds.

This was even more thrilling and tense than the game they had played before.

Even professional dealers might not be able to discern the numbers of ten dice falling into the cup.

He Xi stared unblinkingly at Li Qiao, tilting her head slightly and pricking up her ears to carefully listen to the sounds of her dice colliding.

Guessing the points with ten dice was indeed challenging, but she believed in her abilities.

Li Qiao didn’t delay either. She still held the shaking cup with one hand, moving it up and down at an unhurried pace before placing it on the table, "Who guesses first?"

He Xi furrowed her brows, "I’ll go first."

Actually, she hadn’t quite discerned the frequency of the clatter from the dice in Li Qiao’s hands before she finished.

But she did hear the sound of several sixes landing in the cup.

He Xi narrowed her eyes at the shaking cup beneath Li Qiao’s palm, and after some calculations, gave her guess, "Forty-four points."

Li Qiao curled her lip, "Wrong. Like you, I have fifty-eight points."

He Xi looked surprised, she actually guessed right.

As the words fell, Li Qiao removed the lid, nine sixes, one four.

He Qing also removed the lid from He Xi’s cup, and indeed it was the same as Li Qiao’s.

If the coincidence of her and Shang Yu getting the same points before was just luck, now it seemed not so simple.

Sweat beads, not so noticeable, appeared on He Xi’s forehead. She covered the cup again and said, "Let’s continue."

Best two out of three rounds, she still had a chance.

In the next game, Li Qiao continued to shake the cup casually, while He Xi handled it with even greater caution.

In the second round, He Xi seemed confident, her serious expression relaxing a bit, "You have the ’Pillar Piercing the Sky,’ one point."

Li Qiao rubbed her forehead, with a slightly lackluster interest, she sighed as she lifted the cup, her lips hooked in a smile, "Miss He, you’re wrong again. I have two points, it’s you who have the ’Pillar Piercing the Sky’ with one point."

Inside the cup, the ten dice of Li Qiao were indeed stacked together but in two rows.

And He Xi really had played the ’Pillar Piercing the Sky,’ with one point at the very top.

Lu Xirui looked at Li Qiao’s shaking cup and pointed at it in surprise, "This is the ’Double Row Arhats.’"

It was a high-level skill in dice shaking.

Li Qiao didn’t talk much, without bragging, simply showcased her ability to everyone with an understated approach.

He Xi, who had been confident of winning, was now only left with cold sweat.

’Double Row Arhats,’ she couldn’t do it, but Li Qiao had done it effortlessly.

He Xi looked dispiritedly at Li Qiao’s shaking cup, taking a long time to regain her composure.

Shang Yu, silent for a while, looked at the ’Double Row Arhats’ on the cup with a thoughtful expression and smiled.

He leaned in slightly, with the palm of his hand gently rubbing the top of Li Qiao’s head, and asked in a low, resonant voice, "What’s the punishment for the big adventure?"