159: Chapter 159 The final battle is over; now it's time for the real bloodbath.

After the fight, it was time for the real bloody battle.

Lin Chen pulled out a chair and sat down opposite Liu Shishi.

He casually picked up a mahjong tile from the table, rubbed his thumb over the face of the tile twice, and then slapped it face up on the table with confidence.

A vibrant "Nine of Wan."

"Yaya is packing her luggage, and I can't help, so I came over to keep you company for a while," Lin Chen said indifferently.

Guli Nazha's distinct, black-and-white fox eyes darted around, and she instantly understood the little scheme Tong Liya was playing by retreating to advance.

However, she was a smart woman and didn't expose her.

She walked behind Lin Chen, her soft arms naturally wrapping around his neck, and pressed her fair, delicate cheek affectionately against Lin Chen's broad shoulder, whispering, "Hubby, your technique for feeling the tiles is quite practiced. Can you play mahjong?"

"Five of Wan!"

Lin Chen didn't answer directly; instead, he closed his eyes and felt for another tile, sensed the texture, and slapped it face up on the table.

Sure enough, it was exactly a "Five of Wan."

"Wow! Hubby, you're amazing! Do your fingers have eyes?" Liu Shishi held her hands over her heart, her eyes full of undisguised admiration, looking exactly like a little fangirl.

Lin Chen chuckled dismissively, "That's nothing special. Anyone who has spent a few years at a mahjong table can basically identify them with their eyes closed. It's just basic skill."

Liu Shishi's competitive spirit was ignited.

She copied Lin Chen, closing her eyes and picking a tile from the pile.

She rubbed her slender, white finger back and forth on the tile for a long time, brows furrowed, and after hesitating for a while, she gave an uncertain answer, "Five of Bamboo?"

She turned the tile over to look.

"West Wind."

Looking at the two green characters, Liu Shishi pouted her rosy lips in annoyance.

Guli Nazha stretched out her snowy white arm and also picked up a tile from the table, mercilessly mocking her:

"I ask you, has your brain left home? Can the texture of a West Wind and a Five of Bamboo be the same? You were just guessing blindly! Watch me, this is definitely a Five of Bamboo!"

"Slap!"

The tile was flipped over, and it was also a "West Wind."

The smug look on Guli Nazha's face instantly froze, and her small mouth pouted high.

Seeing this, Liu Shishi was overjoyed.

She leaned over the mahjong table, her shoulders shaking with laughter, and retorted unceremoniously, "Hahahaha! I thought you were so capable! After all that, you're just a half-baked poser!"

Guli Nazha's cheeks flushed slightly, and she stubbornly tried to save face, "It's just that I haven't played in too long, so I'm rusty!"

Saying this, she defiantly picked up another tile.

This time she learned her lesson, carefully and earnestly feeling the tile with her thumb for a long time.

"One of Dots!"

Flipping it over, it was indeed a One of Dots with a big circle.

Guli Nazha clapped her hands happily, like a primary school student who got a perfect score, "See that, see that! I told you I was just rusty! Once I get my feel back, I'm still a God of Gamblers who can sweep the board!"

Liu Shishi rested her pretty face in one hand, picked up the One of Dots with two fingers, and looked at her with disdain:

"Oh, please. The One of Dots just has a big hole in the middle; it's the tile with the least technical skill in mahjong. Even a fool could identify it with their eyes closed, okay?"

Guli Nazha rolled her eyes charmingly, deciding not to lower herself to the level of this contrarian.

She hugged Lin Chen's neck tighter and suggested excitedly, "Hubby, it's raining outside anyway and we can't go out, why don't we play a couple of rounds of mahjong to pass the time?"

Liu Shishi perked up upon hearing this, "Yes, yes! Hubby, let's play mahjong! It's better than just staring at each other!"

Lin Chen looked at the two of them, "There's three of us, how can we play?"

"I'll go to the next room and call Yaya over to make up a table!"

Liu Shishi was a woman of action; as soon as she finished speaking, she flew out of the room like a light butterfly.

In less than two minutes, she came running back in a rush, dragging Tong Liya with her.

Some people joke that mahjong is the true fifth national treasure of China, with a status comparable to Peking Opera and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Although this sounds a bit exaggerated, it also indirectly confirms the popularity of this activity.

For Chinese people, mahjong has long transcended the realm of gambling and evolved into a deeply ingrained way of socializing and entertainment.

During holidays and family gatherings, even if the rules differ from place to place, the mahjong table is always an indispensable soul-soothing prop.

The four members of the Lin family soon took their seats at the mahjong table, facing north, south, east, and west.

After briefly agreeing on the basic rules of "only Pong, no Chow," the four of them rubbed their hands together and started building the Great Wall.

Because they were recording a program being broadcast live online, gambling with real money was strictly prohibited. They didn't even use stakes like drawing tally marks or sticking notes; it was purely for killing time.

But even so, the competitive spirit of these three women—Tong Liya, Liu Shishi, and Guli Nazha—was off the charts, and their enthusiasm was frighteningly high.

In terms of card skills, these three women were actually on par. They were recreational players who knew the rules and how to count points, but didn't understand high-level operations like memorizing or calculating tiles.

Of course, this was based on the premise that Lin Chen was going easy on them.

If Lin Chen really played for real, with his master-level hand speed and magic-like techniques, wanting to cheat or swap tiles at the table would be simpler than breathing.

Making these three women doubt their lives by winning would be a matter of minutes.

However, Lin Chen understood the essence of playing cards with his wives—winning money is secondary, making his wives happy is the ultimate goal.

After a few rounds, the four of them had wins and losses, and the situation was extremely tense.

This back-and-forth tug-of-war completely ignited the fighting spirit of the three women of the Lin family.

Each of these female stars, usually as beautiful as peach blossoms, now had their pretty faces tightened, eyes fixed on the mahjong table. Their focused expressions made it look like they were participating in a national-level secret project concerning their very lives.

Lin Chen actually didn't have much of an addiction to playing mahjong.

But looking at the cute way these three little women were immersed in it, he was happy to go along with it, patiently accompanying them to fight to the end.

Liu Shishi held a tile between her fingertips and slapped it on the table with great spirit, "Five of Dots!"

Tong Liya, sitting to her left, immediately grabbed the tile with quick eyes and fast hands, "Pong!"

Liu Shishi saw this and immediately panicked, "Hey, hey, hey! Wait a second! I played the wrong one! My brain short-circuited just now, I didn't mean to play this one!"

Tong Liya protected the tiles in front of her firmly and wouldn't give an inch, "Dream on! A played tile is like spilled water! Where is there a rule about taking back a move on a mahjong table? Do you think you're playing Gomoku here!"

Liu Shishi stomped her feet in anxiety, her eyes almost turning red, "Oh, good sister, I really just slipped and grabbed the wrong tile! My hand was already waiting for a win, playing the Five of Dots ruined it! I'll even reveal all my hidden tiles for you to check, is that not enough!"

Guli Nazha was watching the fun from the sidelines, adding fuel to the fire:

"Little sister, the card table is like a battlefield. If you fire a shot on the battlefield, can you make the bullet fly back and shoot again? A real person doesn't regret their moves; a played tile cannot be taken back."

Liu Shishi begged with a bitter face, "Sister~"

Tong Liya remained unmoved, "Even if you call me your own mother today, it's useless! Rules are rules; we can't ruin the atmosphere!"

Liu Shishi couldn't win against the two of them, so she turned to the head of the family for help, "Hubby! Look at them! They're ganging up to bully me!"

Tong Liya immediately glared at Lin Chen to warn him, "Hubby, you are not allowed to be biased and help her!"

Lin Chen leaned back in his chair, watching the show, and said calmly, "I don't intend to help her. However, if Shishi's Five of Dots is considered played, then Yaya, you might not be able to Pong it."

Tong Liya was stunned, "Why?"

Lin Chen smiled slightly and pushed over the tiles in front of him, "Because I happen to have a winning hand with this Five of Dots."

Tong Liya: "..."

The air suddenly went quiet for two seconds.

Tong Liya instantly changed her expression, cleared her throat, and pushed the Five of Dots back to Liu Shishi with righteous indignation:

"Ahem! That... Shishi, considering how sweetly you called me sister just now, I've decided to give you a chance to make amends."

"Take this Five of Dots back. As your sister, how can I haggle with my own little sister? That would make me seem so ungenerous."

Guli Nazha also immediately followed suit seamlessly, echoing with a saintly glow:

"Right, right, right! Sister Yaya is absolutely right! Although the card table is like a battlefield, we are family at the end of the day! It's not like we're betting our lives, it's just for fun. There's no need to be so serious. Take it back, take it back, hurry up and take it back to play something else!"

Liu Shishi was instantly beaming with joy, happily taking back the Five of Dots that had almost cost her the game:

"Alright! Thank you, my two wise and righteous sisters! Hehe! Then I'll play another one, One of Wan! This is the tile I actually wanted to play just now!"

"Winning hand." Lin Chen spoke again, unhurriedly.

Liu Shishi was dumbfounded, her hand holding the tile frozen in mid-air, "No, Hubby, didn't you say you were waiting for a Five of Dots? This is a One of Wan! Look closely, it's a One of Wan!"

Lin Chen smiled and pointed to his exposed tiles, "Sorry, I'm playing for a Pong-Pong Hand. I happened to be waiting for both the Five of Dots and the One of Wan. Whichever you play, I win."

Liu Shishi: "..."

Tong Liya: "..."

Guli Nazha: "..."