Heavenly Winning Hand

After Mu Qingshi and Qin Yu came out, Old Hou looked at the people ahead and shook his head. “Ah, who knows what misfortune will befall them!”

“Old Monkey, you don’t need to worry about that. That’s their business.”

“I’m not worried about them, I’m worried about you. What if their bad luck spills over onto you?”

Qin Yu listened, puzzled, glancing at Mu Qingshi and then at Old Hou, finally pointing at them both. “Do you two know each other?”

“Uh... Wei Yu, I haven’t had a chance to explain. Old Monkey and I are friends. You can just call him Brother Hou,” Mu Qingshi replied.

“Oh, Mu Mu, what’s Tianhu anyway? Whenever someone mentions it, your expressions all get weird!” Qin Yu blinked her eyes, full of questions. Her face was already adorably innocent, and now she looked even more endearing.

“Hehe, let’s eat first. I’ll explain it to you slowly after,” Mu Qingshi said, pulling Qin Yu’s arm. Turning to Old Hou, she added, “Old Monkey, come on, dinner’s on me tonight.”

None of them refused. She, Qin Yu, Old Hou, Second, Third, and Fourth—six of them went to a hotpot restaurant near the bar.

The hotpot place was a large chain establishment. The manager there was about Old Hou’s age. When the two met, they chatted and laughed. Mu Qingshi found the man strangely familiar, and after staring for a moment, she asked, “Excuse me, are you...? I feel like I’ve seen you before. I’m not trying to hit on you—really, I just think I’ve met you.”

“Hahaha, you must be Little Mu!”

Hearing this, Mu Qingshi felt even more confused. He knew her? Who was he, and why couldn’t she recall?

“Little Mu, he’s Squid,” Old Hou said.

“Squid. Squid... Yu You, is it? Are you Yu You?”

“Hehe, you remembered! Not easy, huh? So, what are you eating? Dinner’s on me tonight.”

Yu You was her cousin’s friend. When her cousin visited in childhood, Yu You would tag along, and she got to know him that way. She liked playing with him, and they became acquainted. Unexpectedly, after so many years, Yu You had grown even more handsome, now more mature, a few years younger than Old Hou, and very gentle.

Mu Qingshi ordered a squid broth, picked out some dishes, and during the wait, introduced Yu You to Qin Yu. “Wei Yu, this is Yu You. We used to play together as kids. He’s a good person. If you ever want hotpot, just come find him.”

“Hehe, Little Mu, I know Qin Yu,” Yu You smiled.

“You two know each other?” she looked at Qin Yu.

“Yeah. He’s Yu Qian’s cousin,” Qin Yu replied calmly.

Yu Qian, Qin Yu’s ex-boyfriend—he’d slept with another girl and tried to date two at once, so Qin Yu dumped him.

Feng Han, her own ex-boyfriend, had been seduced by another girl, disappeared for two years, then showed up only to break up with her.

Ah, the world is so small. People who seemed unrelated end up connected, tangled together. She and Qin Yu were alike, both wounded by love.

“Hehe, enough about all that. Mu Mu, tell me what Tianhu is?” Qin Yu shook the absent-minded Mu Qingshi.

“Tianhu, well, Tianhu is just—Tianhu,” Mu Qingshi said.

“Mu-Qing-Qi. Are you looking for trouble?” Qin Yu glared at Mu Qingshi, gritting her teeth.

“Hehe, just kidding. Tianhu is a term in Ma Jianghu, meaning when the dealer wins with the fourteenth tile. Although the name sounds auspicious, it’s actually an ominous sign, foretelling misfortune for oneself and one’s family and friends—unlucky things will happen.”

Finally, Qin Yu understood why everyone’s faces changed at the mention of Tianhu. So that’s what it was. No wonder Liu Jun wanted to break up with Li Ruoying—this Tianhu, Li Ruoying played it just right.