Chapter 106
Allen finally noticed Jin Wu slouched on the sofa, and Jin Fei introduced her, saying, “Ah, this is my sister; she’s studying in France.”
“France?” Allen raised an eyebrow and looked at Jin Wu, greeting her in standard French.
Jin Wu: “…” (Internal turmoil: Ah, I’m so excited I can’t even speak. Why is this happening to me? Why don’t I have any eloquence right now? Am I being unladylike? Why don’t I have a chest when I need it? Help!)
Su Bin was also stunned and asked Allen, “You speak French?”
Allen: “Yes.”
Jin Wu blushed and said, “Bonjour! You can call me Elise; that’s my French name. French is my first foreign language! I’ve been in French classes since I was a child, so I’m not very good at English. Your ability to speak French is amazing!”
“Thank you,” Allen smiled and continued chatting with Jin Wu in French.
Just as they were about to continue their conversation, Jin Fei returned and urged them, “Alright, let’s chat later. We’re going to the game room.”
Jin Fei had two game rooms in his house, both on the second floor. One had a mahjong table and the other had a Texas Hold’em poker table. The mahjong room was originally prepared for Jin Fei’s mother, but she didn’t like inviting her friends over to her own house, so it had gradually become unused, only coming in handy during family gatherings.
Jin Fei turned on the music system and played some lively music. After everyone sat down at the mahjong table, Su Bin asked, “How do we play?”
“Come on! Are you even Chinese?” Jin Fei looked at Su Bin with an expression of disbelief. “You don’t know how to play mahjong? How do we play then?”
Su Bin was indignant. “Can’t you teach me?”
Jin Fei sighed. “Fine, I’ll teach you. Jin Wu, you teach Allen.”
Since there were two people at the table who didn’t know how to play, they had to start with the basics, “Pair Up.”
Jin Fei had Su Bin recognize the tiles and explained the basic rules of “Pair Up.” He also added, “Remember, discard the tiles you don’t need and claim the ones you want, but you can only claim the tile just discarded by the player to your right, which is me. After claiming and completing your hand or self-drawing, you can win if you meet the winning conditions!”
“Isn’t this quite simple?” Su Bin seemed to understand, and he glanced at Allen, who was still struggling. They were speaking in Chinese, and Jin Fei and Su Bin couldn’t understand what they were saying, so they had to wait patiently.
After a while, Jin Wu said to Jin Fei, “Brother, your friend seems to be very smart!”
Jin Fei asked, “What do you mean?”
Jin Wu replied, “He… asked me a lot of questions that I couldn’t answer.”
Jin Fei laughed. “Ah, it’s typical for newcomers. They’ll figure it out after playing a few rounds.”
Jin Wu silently complained in her heart: You don’t understand…
Jin Fei pressed the button on the automatic mahjong machine. “Alright, let’s start!”
Jin Wu asked, “Are we playing for money?”
“Of course! Otherwise, it’s not exciting. But since we’re all family, let’s play for small stakes, like ten yuan per round.”
Su Bin was taken aback. He didn’t have any money with him. He quickly looked at Allen and said, “We’re in trouble!”
Allen asked, “Why?”
Su Bin replied, “These two siblings are trying to hustle us. They’ve set a trap for us to jump into, taking advantage of us being newcomers!”
Allen said, “Oh…”
“Oh?” Su Bin glared at Allen. “All my belongings are with you, and you just say ‘oh’?”
Allen smiled at him. “Don’t worry, I have money.”
Su Bin: “…”
In the first round, they played without betting to let the two “rookies” get familiar with the rules. In the second round, Jin Fei was all set to fleece them, but Jin Wu and Su Bin accidentally hurt each other, and Jin Fei ended up losing ten yuan to Jin Wu. In the third round, Lady Luck smiled upon Su Bin, and he unexpectedly won a hand, to everyone’s surprise.
In the fourth round, apart from Allen being a bit slow at recognizing the tiles, everyone else got the hang of it. In the fifth round, and the sixth, they continued to play. It wasn’t until the tenth round that everyone had won at least once, except for Allen, because he only knew how to “claim” tiles!
Su Bin was Allen’s neighbor, and whenever Su Bin discarded a tile, Allen often leisurely uttered one word in Chinese, “claim,” and he did it so smoothly!
Everyone was speechless. Was Allen playing or not? Su Bin was frustrated because Allen had “claimed” his tiles so many times. “You can’t just keep ‘claiming’ my tiles… Claiming so many, and you still didn’t win!”
Allen, with a smile, responded, “Because every time I ‘claim’ your tiles, your expression is so… interesting.”
Jin Fei, who knew the truth, almost wanted to kneel down and worship Allen. Jin Wu also had an amused expression. “Brother, your friend has a peculiar sense of humor.”
“You can’t do that,” Jin Fei couldn’t help but interject. “Mahjong is a four-player game; how can you enjoy it alone? Jin Wu, switch places with Allen!”
After they switched positions, they began the eleventh round. Shortly after the game started, Allen smoothly drew the tiles he wanted and won with a “lucky.”
Everyone: “…” Indeed, he’s just lucky!
In the twelfth round, Allen combined drawing and claiming tiles and played exceptionally well. In the end, he claimed one of Jin Wu’s tiles and won.
In the thirteenth round, Allen claimed Jin Fei’s tile and won again.
In the fourteenth round, Allen won.
Fifteenth round, sixteenth round… all the way to the twentieth round, Allen pushed his tiles forward with a smile and said, “Mahjong is quite interesting.”
Jin Wu was lying there, feeling defeated. “I thought he was just smart, but his luck is also incredible… It’s unbelievable!”
Jin Fei was exhausted. “You should switch back to keep claiming Su Bin’s tiles…”
Su Bin protested, “No! Don’t make it sound like Allen was letting you win!”
Jin Wu looked up at Su Bin. “Isn’t it true? I put all the tiles in front of him, and he remembered them all with just one look!”
Su Bin had nothing to say…
Back in their room, Su Bin curiously asked Allen, “Have you played mahjong before?”
Allen replied, “No.”
Su Bin wondered, “Then why are you so good at it?”
Allen said, “Good luck.”
!
Su Bin had a “Are you kidding me?” expression on his face. “Why isn’t my luck good?”
Allen tapped his forehead lightly and said, “Because you’re silly.”
Su Bin: “…”
After laughing for a while, Allen finally revealed the reason to Su Bin. “There are only about a hundred tiles in total. If you try to deduce based on your opponents’ discards, your winning chances will be higher.”
Su Bin was taken aback. “Wait, you can remember all the tiles we discard?”
Allen nodded. “Yes. You like the circle tiles, don’t like the numerical tiles, and often form pairs with bird tiles, right?”
Su Bin thought for a moment. “Damn… that’s true!”
Allen continued, “But in this game, luck still plays a big role. Tonight, it’s just my lucky night.”
Su Bin silently pondered. He remembered reading somewhere that luck was also a part of skill. But he decided not to dwell on it. Allen was an extraordinary person after all…
Later that night, Allen convinced Su Bin to take a shower together. Su Bin hesitated and felt embarrassed about being naked in the water with Allen. He thought it was more shameful than doing intimate things in bed, especially in Jin Fei’s house.
However, he couldn’t resist Allen’s threatening gaze and reluctantly took off his clothes and stepped into the shower to endure the “torture.”
But as they began, Su Bin found himself enjoying the sensation of their skin touching in the water. He recalled Allen speaking French to Jin Wu earlier in the evening and asked Allen in admiration, “Have you ever lived in France?”
Allen replied, “I have a distant relative in Paris, and I visited her once, but I never lived there.”
Su Bin asked, “Is Paris fun?”
Allen said, “It’s a charming city. Would you like to go? I can take you there in the future.”
Su Bin hesitated, thinking of the time when Yang Chengzhe mentioned that Allen had been hospitalized after returning from France. “But I don’t want you to take a plane again.”
Allen kissed his cheek and reassured him, “If we have enough time, we can take a train. There’s an underwater tunnel from B country to France.”
Every time Allen kissed Su Bin in the water, Su Bin felt a warm sensation in his heart. In those moments, Allen was genuinely gentle and charming.
People naturally appreciate beautiful things, and Su Bin was no exception. In his eyes, Allen was shining brightly. When Allen earnestly stared at him, Su Bin even had a feeling that he was starting to shine as well.
…
As Allen’s actions became bolder, Su Bin quickly changed the topic. “When did you start learning French?”
Allen replied, “At the age of seven.”
Su Bin asked, “When I was in college in China, I knew a senior who studied French, and she said it was very difficult…”
“Not difficult. I learned it for a year,” Allen said a bit impatiently as Su Bin kept interrupting him. He bit Su Bin’s earlobe and asked, “Why do you keep talking about French?”
Su Bin moaned, “It’s the first time I’ve heard you talk about languages from other countries…” He recalled that Allen had spoken a few sentences in other languages on the phone before, but they were short phrases, and he didn’t pay much attention.
While biting him, Allen continued intermittently: “I don’t just know French.”
Su Bin: “Ugh, what else?”
Allen: “German… Ich finde dich attraktiv und sexy.”
Su Bin spoke in a throbbing pain tone: “…what do you mean?”
Allen continued to nibble on him as he spoke in a variety of strange languages. Su Bin listened, feeling confused, and asked, “What are you saying?”
Allen let go of him and mumbled, “Spanish, Portuguese, Latin… Although Latin is rarely used and only for reading.”
Su Bin’s mood had already shifted from admiration to shock, and now he was completely numb. “You know so many languages, but you don’t know Chinese?”
Allen gently sighed, “Ah~ Do you want me to learn it?”
Su Bin, with a heavy heart, thought it was better not to. If Allen learned Chinese as well, he would be too extraordinary!
“…I just want to know what those words you said mean…” Su Bin asked.
Allen smiled and didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “Now that you know, how does it feel when you occasionally speak Chinese words that I don’t understand? Frustrating, isn’t it?”
Su Bin: “…Is that a complaint? I’d rather you not understand, as those words are not pleasant…”
Allen moved closer to him and whispered, “But it’s okay. I like listening to your voice. Your Chinese pronunciation is better than Fly’s… very sexy.”
Su Bin: “…” It’s one thing to sound good, but why “sexy”? OAO
The two of them were engaged in activities unsuitable for children under the showerhead when suddenly, someone knocked on the door!
Su Bin shuddered all over. Being in the water with Allen, naked and exposed, felt even more embarrassing than before. Especially since they were in Jin Fei’s house.
However, he couldn’t resist Allen’s threatening gaze, so he reluctantly dried himself off in three quick steps and hurriedly left the bathroom, his face flushed.
The author has something to say:
Ich finde dich attraktiv und sexy.
It means “I find you attractive and sexy.”
