Prince NanAn’s mouth twitched.
Losing with genuine skills?
This loyal little maid didn’t know.
Her young master almost had them streaking down the street on real skills.
Su Jin checked Su Chong’s pulse, saying, "No one drugged him."
Su Jin stood up, looking at Xingxing, about to ask about Su Chong’s gambling skills.
Su Chong rolled off the small couch with a flip.
Thud.
The sound was particularly loud in the quiet backyard.
Xingxing quickly helped him up.
Su Chong woke up from the fall and said, "My head feels a bit dizzy."
Su Jin looked at him and said, "Brother, you lost on purpose?"
"Hmm," Su Chong nodded decisively.
"Why?" Su Jin asked.
"I don’t know either," Su Chong said.
"...."
Su Jin was choked up.
Why did he lose? He doesn’t know himself?
"My intuition told the worse the loss, the better," Su Chong said.
"...."
Chu Shun and the others had scribbled black lines on their faces.
One lost on real skills just now.
Now there’s one losing on intuition...
Su Chong looked around and said to Chu Shun and them, "Good brothers, you didn’t drag directly back to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, otherwise I’d be dood."
Chu Shun, "...."
"I’m a bit regretful now," he said.
Su Chong, "...."
Cough cough!
Su Chong cleared his throat twice and said, "Where’s brother-in-law?"
"Soaking in the bathtub," Su Jin said.
"...."
Su Chong went out, stepped to the bathtub, and said, "Brother-in-law, do you have any estate where I can stay for a couple of days?"
Xie Jingchen, "...."
The Hidden Guard’s mouth twitched and said, "The eldest young master has an estate in the east of the city."
The Hidden Guard gave a detailed address, Su Chong noted it down.
He turned and walked down the stairs, Prince NanAn looked at him and said, "You’re going to stay at the estate, what about us?"
"Of course, we’ll all accompany him," Chu Shun said.
"Good brothers, knowing you was worth it," Su Chong said, moved.
Su Chong called Xingxing to the side and instructed her a few sentences.
The Hidden Guard brought a brocade robe for him to change into, and they climbed over the wall and left.
Su Jin looked at Xingxing and said, "What did he whisper to you?"
"The eldest young master instructed to keep it from the lady," Xingxing said honestly.
"...."
Su Chong and the others rode to the east of the city.
Outside the gate, it looked grand, but inside was a complete ss.
Charcoal was piled up at the entrance, with ash everywhere.
Su Chong, "...."
Chu Shun and the others’ mouth corners twitched.
"Almost forgot, this estate was where Brother Jingchen stored charcoal for sister-in-law," Chu Shun slapped his forehead and said.
The Heir of Marquis Beining grabbed a servant and asked, "Is the inner yard any better?"
The servant said, "There’s even more charcoal in the inner yard."
A perfectly good estate had been completely ruined by charcoal.
They all wanted to stay away, yet these young masters ca to stay.
Prince NanAn looked at Su Chong and said, "Well, we won’t join you here then."
They mounted their horses and rode off in a cloud of dust.
Su Chong, "...."
What happened to the good brothers?
Brotherhood couldn’t withstand a bit of charcoal.
Chu Shun and the others had nowhere to go.
They were so pampered that they didn’t even know where their own family’s estates were, even if they did, they wouldn’t dare stay there.
They had to return to Dongxiang Marquis Mansion.
They stopped at the gate with heavy hearts.
Commander Tie saw them and said, "Aren’t you gentlen going in?"
Chu Shun dismounted.
They entered the Marquis Mansion, and the servants treated them the sa as usual.
After walking a bit, Prince NanAn said, "Could it be that word of Brother Su’s loss hasn’t reached here?"
"It’s possible," said the Heir of Marquis Beining.
They were relieved and went about their business.
After dinner, a servant brought the food, along with Young Master Su and Little Black.
"Why are you here?" Chu Shun said with a smile.
"My big brother lost a bet and doesn’t dare to co back. My mother was worried you guys wouldn’t be comfortable, so she sent to keep you company," Young Master Su said.
"...."
Turns out, Dongxiang Marquis’s wife knew?!
They failed to stop Su Chong and should go apologize.
"Isn’t your mother angry?" Prince NanAn said.
"Not angry at all," Young Master Su said.
"Your mother has a fine disposition," the Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo admired.
Young Master Su sat down and said, "You guys don’t know my mother. When she’s not angry, it’s either she’s truly not angry or she’s extrely angry."
The Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo, "...."
"Can you tell the difference?" Chu Shun asked.
"Can’t tell," Young Master Su shook his head.
"If my brother resolves the issue, then she’s truly not angry. If not, then she’s extrely angry."
"...."
Young Master Su had a good appetite.
A whole day of running around exhausted a lot of energy.
Chu Shun and the others weren’t hungry; Young Master Su thought they were worried about the matter and lost appetite, so he consoled, "Don’t worry, besides Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, our family has no money for my brother to lose. As long as he doesn’t lose the mansion, it’s fine."
"I’ll sleep with you tonight. I’m still small, don’t kick ," Young Master Su said.
"Don’t worry, we won’t kick you," Prince NanAn said.
Hmm.
By night, Prince NanAn not only wanted to kick Young Master Su.
He wished to throw him out the window.
No one kicked him.
Instead, he kicked everyone in his sleep.
Chu Shun and the others held their blankets, watching Young Master Su roll around in his sleep.
They had never seen anyone sleep more wildly than him.
No one slept well; they were out of spirits.
The next day during training, they lasted half a teacup of ti before becoming punching bags.
It was unprecedented misery.
Upon bathing and going to the streets...
Su Chong and the Heir of Duke Chong were gambling again.
Su Chong lost worse than ever—
He lost Dongxiang Marquis Mansion!
Chu Shun and the others pushed through the crowd and saw Su Chong sitting there dejectedly, looking like he regretted it deeply.
The Heir of Duke Chong across from him was in high spirits.
No matter how powerful Marquis Dongxiang is, having such a useless son who only knows brute force is his biggest failure!
Now even Dongxiang Marquis Mansion belongs to Duke Chong’s Mansion, what’s there to be proud of?!
Oh right.
He’s not going to have the destiny to return alive to the Capital.
The Heir of Duke Chong was pleased, leaving with the IOU note.
He even nudged Prince NanAn as he walked by.
Bold provocation.
Prince NanAn clenched his fists, halted by the Heir of Marquis Beining.
The Heir of Duke Chong left triumphantly.
Chu Shun looked at Su Chong.
After a mont, he finally spoke, "Did you really lose Dongxiang Marquis Mansion to him?"
"Not just Dongxiang Marquis Mansion, even Qingyun Mountain I lost to him," Su Chong said.
"...."
Prince NanAn and the others looked at each other.
Was this loss due to real skills?
Or was it due to intuition?
Su Chong looked at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion’s shopkeeper, "I haven’t had breakfast, I’m starving, raid a few dishes."
The shopkeeper, "...."
Impressed indeed.
New nest and old nest both lost, with a mountain of debt, yet still in the mood for food.
From Su Chong’s expression—
The shopkeeper seed to see a resolve to make a coback.
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