"You deal the cards,"
Lin Chunju pushed a stack of cards toward Yue Jiannan, and Yue Jiannan, without any hesitation, took them and shuffled twice.
His movements were deft, indicating he had indeed played quite a bit over the past few days.
The rules of the game were simple enough.
Each player got one card; both bet, and the one with the higher card won, taking all the chips.
Yue Jiannan dealt the cards, one in front of him and another in front of Lin Chunju.
Yue Jiannan placed one yuan in the middle, and Lin Chunju did the same.
"I..."
Just as Yue Jiannan was about to speak, Lin Chunju, without even looking at her card, tossed it aside.
"I lost this round. Continue," she said.
Yue Jiannan, baffled, took back both yuan and flipped over his card. It was a 9.
Curious, he picked up Lin Chunju's discarded card, only to find a 5.
"Indeed, mine is higher, but why wouldn't you check your card?" Yue Jiannan thought Lin Chunju didn't understand the rules.