Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
The Ballâs Alive
Chen Yushu and Chu Mengyao thought it was inappropriate to solve the problem like this. It wasnât ideal to provoke the enemy. Was it because they knew that they had Lin Yi behind their backs?
Lin Yi always thought that Chen Yushu wasnât brainless, but rather smart. It was why she provoked Zhen Yingjun without worrying because he was here with them.
â10,000 yuan for a game, do you dare to compete with me or not?â Zhen Yingjun roared as his pride in pool was challenged.
âWe didnât bring that much money here today. We are not competing with you!â Chen Yushu replied, full of regrets.
âI donât need you to give me money. If you lose, you just have to admit that Iâm good at pool and you have to learn how to play pool from me!â Zhen Yingjun wasnât stupid and didnât say that they have to sleep with him if they lose, he thought it was better to take things slow.
âOh?â Chen Yushu pondered for a while and thought that it was worthwhile. She turned to Chu Mengyao, âYaoyao sis, are we going to compete with him?â
âCompete with what? Are you certain that you can win?â Chu Mengyao knew that she couldnât win against Zhen Yingjun. He was telling them how skilled he was and it didnât sound like he was boasting, hence Chu Mengyao never planned to compete with him.
âI donât know...â Chen Yushu pondered for a while. It was possible that two of them canât win against Zhen Yingjun by himself, but they couldnât back out now that theyâve talked big. If they backed out now, Zhen Yingjun may think that they were afraid of him. Chen Yushu couldnât help but to turn her head around towards Lin Yi, âShield bro, will we win?â
âMaybe...â Lin Yi shrugged, â...â
âFine, I will! But Yaoyao sis and I will both compete against you! If we win, you have to give us 10,000 yuan each!â Chen Yushu thought Lin Yi had it under control and nodded to accept Zhen Yingjunâs challenge.
Lin Yi immediately smiled bitterly as he didnât finish talking. He wanted to say âMaybe... Maybe not...â but Chen Yushu cut his sentence off.
âNo problem!â Money was not a big problem to Zhen Yingjun, âHow do you want to compete? Snooker?â
âWhatâs snooker?â Chen Yushu didnât understand what it was.
âItâs a type of way to play pool....â Zhen Yingjun laughed coldly inside. You donât even know what snooker is yet you dare to play with me? Youâre only looking to get beat.â
âOh, if you are competing with me, you have to play it my way!â Chen Yushu didnât mind, âWe pick a pattern each, whoever finishes hitting all the balls into the hole wins!â
âIf thatâs the case...â Zhen Yingjun thought that it was almost the same as ordinary pool but without rules to minus and plus points. However, it didnât matter as he was confident, âFine, whatever you say!â
It was obvious that he was professional. Although he made Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu feel uncomfortable, he was indeed skilled. Without any doubt, Zhen Yingjun quickly hit all his balls into the pocket, yet Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu only got one in by luck.
âSo?â Zhen Yingjun didnât expect himself to win so easily. They were obviously newbies who didnât know any skills.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âAll proper competition was best of three, you just won one, why are you so pleased?â Chen Yushu was dumbfounded. Didnât Shield bro said she could win? Why did she lose? She turned her head towards Lin Yi in panic.
âFine, best of three it is!â Zhen Yingjun didnât mind. With Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushuâs nonexistent skills, he would definitely win even if they won 100 games. Hence, he didnât mind winning one or two as he thought the win was in the pocket, that was also why he needed these girls to lose willingly, âNext game, you two can have a turn each after my turn! If the two of you can hit all the balls into the pocket together, it will count as your win!â
Zhen Yingjun won a game and tested their level, he wasnât afraid to talk big.
âOkay...â Chen Yushu wasnât as confident this time. She expected Lin Yi to help them turn this around but she lost as Lin Yi didnât appear.
Lin Yi had no choice but to get up, approached the pool table and put both of his hands on the side of the table.
âWhat are you doing?â Zhen Yingjun didnât expect Lin Yi to suddenly intervene in it. He thought that he had to be a gentleman all this time without being pushy. What was Lin Yi doing here?
âNothing, just gonna watch,â Lin Yi replied indifferently, âWhy? Canât I watch you guys play? Iâm making sure that you are not cheating.â
âFine! Go ahead!â Zhen Yingjun heard that Lin Yi just wanted to check whether he was checking or not and he didnât care. What could Lin Yi do just by watching alone? On the contrary, if he chased Lin Yi away, he would look guilty!
Previously, Zhen Yingjun thought that Lin Yi was going to replace either Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu. If that was the case, Zhen Yingjun would never agree as he didnât know how skilled Lin Yi was. How could he let Lin Yi ruin his opportunity to win two girls over?
However, Zhen Yingjun neglected Lin Yi as Lin Yi didnât look like he was going to intervene. He turned to Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu and said, âYou guys can start, Iâll give you three turns!â
Normally, a skilled pool player could hit one ball into the pocket from the break shot, but obviously, Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu were incapable of doing so. Hence, having the break shot didnât give them any advantages. Zhen Yingjun said that he will let Chu Mengyao and Chen Yushu three turns each. Letting the opponent six shots was enough to show how overly confident Zhen Yingjun was.
âBang!â
Chen Yushu took the break shot. The balls were scattered all around the table messily yet none fell into the pocket.
Chu Mengyao was up next. She aimed at one of her balls towards the direction of the pocket, but it was far from its distance due to problems in aim and strength.
It was then Chen Yushuâs turn. However, her light shot didnât make a ball fall into the pocket, but made the ball strike around like crazy as if it was alive...
Chen Yushu was shocked, so was Chu Mengyao. Even Zhen Yingjun widened his eyes in shock! What was happening? Why didnât the ball stop? How could Chen Yushu possibly be so strong to make the ball spin none stop?