My skill tree increases every day.

Lin Yu carefully stacked the dice in front of him.

This was exactly the little game the boss suggested, perfect for playing at the dinner table.

The boss brought over a dozen dice and a dice cup and placed them in the middle of the table.

The rules of the game are very simple: everyone takes turns shaking the dice cup, and the number of ones they shake determines the number of dice they take out.

Then stack the dice in the middle of the table, and the next person continues with the remaining dice.

Then continue placing the dice that have been rolled to a small position onto the dice tower stacked in the middle.

Whoever knocks down the tower in the middle of the table when it's their turn has to drink a penalty shot.

The rules of the game are very simple.

However, with everyone having drunk quite a bit, it was still somewhat difficult to steadily stack the dice by hand.

Now it's Lin Yu's turn.

However, Lin Yu has awakened a lot of memories that require hand skills during this period, and correspondingly, muscle memory has also been reflected in Lin Yu.

Lin Yu's hand skills are now both steady and agile.

Damn it! Am I only supposed to use these skills when playing these kinds of simple games?

Can't you give me something that will allow me to make quick money?

Lin Yu appeared very relaxed, steadily stacking the three dice that rolled the number one on top of each other.

The others weren't bad off either; some were lucky enough to draw fewer items, while others managed to place theirs safely.

Soon, the dice tower in the middle of the table had accumulated to thirteen.

"Watch me."

After shaking the dice cup around, and finding that no one had yet been penalized with a drink, the boss decided to use a little trick.

"Wow! That's awesome!"

"Brother Yu, there's no other way! You might as well just drink it!"

The boss arranged his dice and stepped aside to show everyone his masterpiece.

On a row of neatly arranged dice, a lone die stands alone.

The die below it has one dot facing up, and the small indentation formed by this dot allows one corner to be placed in the indentation, maintaining balance by the slight curvature of the indentation.

The die leaned to one side and stood upright on top.

"Sigh! We haven't even tried yet, how can we give up so easily?"

Lin Yu did not flinch before the battle; on the contrary, the alcohol fueled his fighting spirit even more.

"What if I don't roll a one?" Lin Yu picked up the dice cup, which still contained seven dice. "Then wouldn't this great opportunity fall to you?"

To be honest, since the boss is so eager to win, Lin Yu could give way a little.

It's just a glass of wine.

Anyway, it's not like I'm the one paying for it.

If the next one isn't Liu Zhiyuan.

Leaving a huge pit for his brother was exactly what Lin Yu wanted!

When Lin Yu saw the boss arrange the items in this shape, he already had a solution in mind. Being careful wouldn't cause any major problems.

Judging from Lin Yu's current skill level...

Sprinkle some water!

It's a pity I didn't awaken the memory of playing dice, otherwise I would have stacked one inside this dice cup for you to see!

Open the dice cup.

Two at six o'clock, one at four o'clock, two at three o'clock, and one at two o'clock.

And a little bit.

One.

"Come on, let's see how you put it up!" Liu Zhiyuan perked up when he saw the dot. "Brother Yu, just accept the punishment and drink one!"

"Watch out!"

Lin Yu rolled up his sleeves, picked up the one-dot die, and carefully held it above the stack of dice.

With a slight movement of the fingertip, the die is gently rotated so that the one-point side faces down, perfectly parallel to the one-point side of the upright die.

Carefully place it down, and the dimple on the die that represents a dot will align perfectly with the upward-facing corner of the upright die.

After adjusting the balance between the dice, Lin Yu slowly loosened his fingers.

The upright die was sandwiched between the two dice, with the dimples on the two dice facing its two corners, thus maintaining its balance steadily.

"Please."

Lin Yu very gentlemanly poured Liu Zhiyuan a glass of wine.

"No? This is possible?" Liu Zhiyuan found it hard to believe.

"Liu, do you know?"

"What's wrong?"

"You should thank me."

Why?

"Because I could have let you drink forever, but I didn't," Lin Yu said with a smile, pushing his glass towards Liu Zhiyuan. "See? I've been kind to you!"

"what?"

After Liu Zhiyuan failed to complete the puzzle left by Lin Yu, he drank the glass of wine with relish.

Then everyone showed interest in this endgame.

Unfortunately, no one, including the boss, was able to crack it.

That's how this game is. It's not difficult normally, but when you've had some alcohol, the effects of the alcohol make it hard to keep your hand movements steady.

One careless move and the dice tipped over.

Then comes the penalty drink. The more penalty drinks you get, the more unstable your hand becomes, and the more unstable your hand becomes, the more likely you are to be penalized with a penalty drink.

Normally, with a little care, one could usually solve the puzzle after a few tries, but now that everyone was slightly tipsy, keeping their hands steady was not so easy.

What's more, they also have to drink a penalty shot.

In short, it's a mini-game that gets progressively more difficult as you progress.

It's perfect for filling bottles with alcohol.

However, they didn't play the game for very long; they only played one or two more rounds before giving up.

After all, Lin Yu has already demonstrated absolute dominance in this mini-game, while others will only gradually accumulate disadvantages.

A game where one person dominates is destined to be boring.

Then, they played a few more games in different styles.

"Let's go, that's about enough."

Although Lin Yu had drunk quite a bit, he wasn't drunk at all. He glanced at the time; it was past midnight, and it was about time to head back.

"You're leaving already? Don't you want to stay a little longer?"

The boss seemed somewhat regretful for some reason.

"Come again sometime!"

"Great! Boss, you're so generous! We'll definitely be a regular customer!"

"Yes, boss, you'll have to teach me how to brew wine!"

"Definitely! Definitely!"

Lin Yu and his companions smiled and said goodbye to the boss.

Liu Zhiyuan, his arm around Lin Yu's shoulder, walked a little unsteadily: "Brother Yu, hiccup...you know, that boss is such a good guy!"

"That's right," Chen Botao rubbed his hands together, "The boss is really generous! We'll come again next time!"

How could it not be grand?

I only drank the bottom of your glass, and you two drank a lot of alcohol for free.

"Let's bring some wine next time, so we don't just drink other people's."

The boss was so generous that even someone like Lin Yu, who loves to take advantage of small things, felt a little embarrassed.

"That's right. I happen to have a classmate who went to university in Europe, so I asked him to get some original bottles and send them over."

Liu Zhiyuan slurred,

"We can't just drink their food for free!"

"Alright, let's go!" Chen Botao put his arm around his girlfriend and got into the ride-hailing car. "You guys be careful too!"

"How are we going to get back? Should we take a taxi too?" Lin Yu looked around.

Wu Jing doesn't have much of a nightlife, and there were hardly any people on the streets at this moment. Since it wasn't a residential area, there weren't many cars parked on the roadside either.

"It's so close, taking a taxi isn't worth it." The wind woke Liu Zhiyuan up a bit, and he figured he could ride his bike back. "I might as well just scan a shared bike."

"Alright."

The two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at the only shared bicycle parked nearby.