My skill tree increases every day.

Lin Yu had just thought of claiming it, but before he could do anything, he heard Liu Siwen speak up.

"The king must state the punishment first," she said, adhering strictly to the rules of the game. "There's no such thing as telling someone to state the punishment before they've said it."

The King's Game is all about randomness; if you had to see who the player was before making a request, the game would lose its excitement.

That's exactly what we want – random matching without any clues; otherwise, it would be much less fun.

"Alright, then let's have a drink together, Number Three and Number Five."

The game had just started and the atmosphere hadn't warmed up yet, so Ruan Yunchuan didn't want to make any unreasonable demands. He simply made a small request.

"Do you want to finish it?" Lin Yu asked.

That Ruan Yunchuan is really wicked; he's just hoping we'll drink more and spend more money.

"No need, just a sip is enough."

"Okay, so who wants to have a game with me?"

Lin Yu turned over his number three card.

"Here." Li Siliang played his card, and across one person, lightly clinked glasses with Lin Yu and took a sip.

"Hey boss, you're being too lenient. At least make them drink a toast together."

Liu Siwen started to make noise, and apart from Ruan Yunchuan who runs a tavern, she probably has the most experience in drinking parties here.

"Keep going, keep going!"

Shuffling and stacking the cards.

Soon everyone had finished drawing cards.

This time, Lin Yu struck gold on his first try, directly capturing the Joker in position one.

"Okay, then..."

……

After playing a few rounds, the atmosphere among the group started to warm up.

This round of jokers finally landed in Liu Siwen's hand, and her eyes lit up: "Finally, it's my turn! Let me think..."

"Then, numbers four and five, hug for ten seconds!"

"Huh?" Su Wanqing stared in disbelief at the number four card that was displayed in front of her.

Before, we just clinked glasses and told jokes, but why is she suddenly making physical contact with me?

"Who is number five? Show yourself!"

Lin Yu slowly placed the number five on the table.

"it's me."

crunch.

When Lin Yu revealed the cards, he seemed to hear a scraping sound.

"Oh~" Liu Siwen drawled out the last syllable, scanning the two of them with great interest.

Su Wanqing's face showed a shy expression at this moment.

Lin Yu was also a little embarrassed.

Strange noises were coming from somewhere nearby.

Ruan Yunxian maintained her sweet smile, but her back molars were almost worn down.

She's so angry!

She'd played seven or eight rounds and hadn't drawn a single joker, and now she had to watch Lin Yu hugging another woman.

A full ten seconds!

"Siwen, are you up to something?"

Based on Su Wanqing's understanding of Lin Yu, he was a very gentlemanly person and wouldn't take advantage of the situation. Therefore, she didn't take it too seriously. So Su Wanqing originally had no objections; it was just a game.

But Liu Siwen's expression made her feel that something was off.

"Oh dear, what kind of tricks could I possibly pull? These cards were just something the store found on the spot," Liu Siwen explained, slightly allaying Su Wanqing's suspicions.

But these words made Ruan Yunchuan's eyes twitch slightly.

So, is all of this really just a coincidence?

Let's take a look back at what happened in the game just now.

In the previous rounds of the game, the tavern owner, Ruan Yunchuan, drew the Joker the most times, accounting for half of all the draws. The number of times he drew the Joker alone was equal to the total number of times the three Gophers drew the Joker.

The girls drew the lottery very few times; only Su Wanqing and Liu Siwen each drew it once.

As for Ruan Yunxian, who drew the last card, he had never been the king!

It's zero!

This data is too distorted and clearly does not conform to the most basic probability theory.

She noticed that, with Ruan Yunchuan as the dividing line, almost all the jokers were before this line, while almost none appeared after it.

From this, Liu Siwen, who had been involved in this for many years, came to a simple conclusion.

Ruan Yunchuan was dishonest; the cards he provided were clearly problematic.

Then she carefully examined the playing cards she had drawn.

There's definitely something wrong with this card!

If you piece together the patterns on the top left and bottom right corners of the back of the card and then mirror it, you can get the card's value! Similarly, by doing the same to the patterns on the top right and bottom left corners of the back of the card, you can see the suit of the card!

Having reached this conclusion, all that's left is to wait.

Ruan Yunchuan couldn't possibly block all the Joker cards, that would be too conspicuous, so he just needed to wait for the opportunity when a Joker card came into his way.

Liu Siwen looked at the two cards in front of her and quickly scanned the patterns on the back of the cards.

Number five, and there's also a joker!

Wait!

Liu Siwen reached out and drew a card, pulling it in front of her and revealing a corner of it.

really.

The Joker is in hand!

By revealing the Joker card, Liu Siwen became the King of this round.

Liu Siwen scanned the face-down playing cards on the table, carefully examining the patterns on the backs of the cards.

The three moles are a bit far away, so I can't see the patterns clearly. But that's okay, we don't need to know their cards.

Su Wanqing was right beside me, number four, I could see her clearly. Then Lin Yu was… okay, I see clearly now, number five.

"Then, numbers four and five, hug for ten seconds!"

Liu Siwen revealed the Joker.

The atmosphere at the table instantly became subtle.

Su Wanqing looked at the number four card in front of her, and then at the number five card that Lin Yu slowly lifted.

Kind of embarrassing.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, was upright and had nothing to hide. He was just playing a game and had no ulterior motives whatsoever.

"Hurry up, or the punishment will be increased!"

Lin Yu stood up and looked at Su Wanqing.

Su Wanqing hesitated for a moment, but eventually stood up. The two walked to the open space next to the bar and stood facing each other.

Su Wanqing was shorter than Lin Yu, so at this distance, she needed to tilt her head slightly to see Lin Yu's face clearly.

Is he that tall? How come I never noticed before?

"Ready—Go!"

Lin Yu opened his arms and gently wrapped them around Su Wanqing's shoulders.

Su Wanqing raised her hand and lightly placed it on Lin Yu's waist.

Although the two were embracing, they carefully maintained a distance of about a fist between their torsos.

Very plain.

Although their bodies weren't touching, Su Wanqing felt herself getting warmer rapidly, and she could almost hear Lin Yu's heartbeat.

Crunch. Crunch.

"This is so plain!" Liu Siwen complained, "It's so boring!"

The three gophers joined in the commotion: "Hold on tight! Hold on tight!"

Lin Yu glanced at Su Wanqing, and Su Wanqing glanced at him in return.

Both of them at the same time—

It didn't move.

There's no need to pay attention to those guys who love to watch the drama unfold.

Seeing that neither of them was moved, Liu Siwen rolled her eyes and pushed Su Wanqing from behind.

"oops!"

Su Wanqing stumbled and took a step forward, bumping right into a warm chest.

At the same time, strange noises rang out again.

Creak. Creak. Creak.