MTL - How to Feed an Abyss!-Chapter 27 play cards! !

Shi Yuan asked: "Your time? Do you want to be patted on the head too?"

Lu Tinghan coldly denied him: "No."

Five minutes later, Po Tong found a pack of playing cards from a storage box.

Shi Yuan looked forward to it: "Oh, are you going to teach me how to play cards?"

Lu Tinghan nodded: "That's right."

Shi Yuan, Lu Tinghan, Po Tong and Rotten sat on the sofa in a circle. The robots deal the cards, and they play "blackjack" first.

Lu Tinghan doesn't usually play poker, and he has no interest in it. The rules are all mentioned by his classmates in the military academy, and he has seen others play a few times.

That doesn't stop him from playing well.

On the other hand, Shi Yuan, surrounded by him and the two robots, lost in a complete mess, without any strength to fight back.

Shi Yuan once again realized that he was good at it, hugged his tail and said, "Maybe I don't have talent, I never thought I could win."

Hearing this, Lu Tinghan stopped what he was doing: "Shiyuan."

His voice was very serious, completely different from usual, when Shi Yuan looked up at him, he saw a serious face.

Lu Tinghan: "Shi Yuan, sit down."

Shi Yuan immediately sat upright, with his hands on his knees, and even his tail in order.

Lu Tinghan's tone was calm: "My father was born in a military academy. He performed well both at school and on the job, and strived to be the first; my mother was interested in distortion since she was a child, and devoted herself to research. My grandma is fond of chess and cards, she is the champion of the League Go Contest for three times in a row; my grandfather is an artist, and under the circumstance that everyone is not optimistic about him, he created his own artistic style, which is still in the museum now. There are his works."

Shi Yuan was confused by such a luxurious family history, and said slowly: "...Wow!"

Lu Tinghan went on to say: "My grandfather was keen on hiding private money. He couldn't beat the grandma who was the champion of Go. He was defeated repeatedly, but he didn't give up. He finally saved 5 yuan before he died; People she can't stand say 'I must live longer than you', she did what she said, lived to 108, and killed all her classmates; my great-grandfather was a gangster when he was young, declaring 'this road is mine, who You are not allowed to come', I have been admitted to the hospital four times in the past three years, and a total of six gangsters and three stray dogs have been beaten away."

Shi Yuan:? ?

Shi Yuan: "Wow?"

Lu Tinghan looked at him and asked, "From these cases, what do you know?"

Shi Yuan was completely dazed by him: "Ah, I, I don't know..."

"It's the spirit, the spirit of never giving up." Lu Tinghan said, "You have to believe that you can do it. The same is true for playing cards. You can't say 'I never thought I could win'." When he squeezed one hand Yuan's shoulder, and said very logically, "The people of the Lu family will never give up, Shi Yuan, you have to win."

Shi Yuan:? ? ?

No one would have thought that Lu Tinghan, who had always avoided chess and cards, seldom entertained, and maintained a high level of interest, would return to this simple and exciting human entertainment.

On this day, Lu Tinghan played dozens of games with Shi Yuan.

Several types of card games have been changed, and the AI ​​intelligence of the two robots has been adjusted to "novice". Even so, Shi Yuan still has no sign of winning at all.

Not so long ago, he sincerely believed that humans lay eggs, and that the number 1 represented a powerful human being—and he believed so firmly now, so it was really hard for him to learn to fight with his strength and wits.

Lu Tinghan: "Shi Yuan, playing cards is a game."

Shi Yuan: "Yes."

Lu Tinghan: "It's not just a tactical game, but also a psychological game."

Shi Yuan: "Yeah."

Lu Tinghan: "You can count the back and forth cards, it's very simple."

Shi Yuan: "Mmmmm."

And then lost again.

Lu Tinghan was as calm as usual, and Shi Yuan was beaten like this, he was not impatient at all, and maintained good patience. And Shi Yuan was also very happy, as long as his human beings could accompany him, it would be the same in whatever he did.

Anyway, as incredible as it is—

The whole process was horrible and enjoyable.

After the last game, Shi Yuan ended brilliantly with 0 wins.

Lu Tinghan tidied up the cards and said, "Others bet when they play cards. Shi Yuan, you lost all night and don't have any chips?"

Shi Yuan said, "I gave you a flower."

The cards were flying between Lu Tinghan's fingers, and what those hands who were accustomed to holding guns were doing was pleasing to the eye. The cards danced beautifully, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "One yard is one yard, there is nothing else? "

Shi Yuan thought for a long time, and felt that Lu Tinghan didn't need anything, so he asked, "Do you want to play with me?"

Lu Tinghan: "..."

A card almost flew out of his hand.

Only then did Shi Yuan realize that there was ambiguity in what Lu Tinghan said to him, so he quickly added: "I mean, do you want to play with my tail?"

"Your tail is lying around every day." Lu Tinghan said, "It's right by my hand, if you want to touch it, you can touch it, it's not enough to be a bargaining chip."

While Shi Yuan thought it made sense, he felt that Lu Tinghan was deliberately bullying him. But he has been playing cards for a long time, his brain is overloaded, and he has no room to distinguish.

What else could he give Lu Tinghan?

After Lu Tinghan put away the cards, and the broken copper and rotten iron returned to their original positions, he asked, "Have you figured it out yet?"

Shi Yuan came over. He put his hand on Lu Tinghan's head, and stroked it lightly, the hair slipped through his fingers, just like what Lu Tinghan usually did to him—

He was too close, that too pretty face was so close at hand.

In this war-torn era, Shi Yuan's appearance will also be memorable and amazing. In Qin Luoluo's words, if he hits the stage with a pestle, even if he doesn't say a word, he will be as cheap as a piece of wood. He buys tickets and throws bouquets.

Lu Tinghan saw the trembling eyelashes, the glimmering dark eyes, and himself in the eyes.

Lu Tinghan has seen the eyes of many people, some are affectionate, some are vicious, soldiers are resolute, children are pure, the so-called expressive eyebrows, all emotions are reflected in the eyes like a mirror, and cannot be hidden. But when Shi Yuan looked at people, he was very unique, attentive and sincere, as if they were the only two of them in the world—so, without other fiery emotions, this alone was enough to touch people.

The senses are infinitely magnified, so clear that there is no way to avoid it.

As long as he leans forward a little, just one centimeter more...

Lu Tinghan paused for half a second and said, "You..."

Shi Yuan had already retracted his hand and backed away, regretfully saying: "Ah, I thought you also liked to touch your head."

A few strands of Lu Tinghan's hair were messed up and fell on his forehead. He said, "Probably only you like it."

"Maybe," Shi Yuan tilted his head, "Then I have nothing to give you as a bargaining chip. What do you want?"

Lu Tinghan stood up: "...don't worry, just owe it first."

Lu Tinghan went upstairs, and Shi Yuan sat on the sofa, a little puzzled: Lu Tinghan was very concerned about the gift before, and even used clichés, why did he give up so easily when he got the bargaining chip this time?

There was a question mark on his tail, and after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that maybe he was too poor to give anything.

The next day, Lu Tinghan went to the headquarters in the morning and returned early in the afternoon.

Then Shi Yuan lost another night's poker game.

Lu Tinghan was releasing water, and broken copper and rotten iron were also releasing water, but he just kept losing. Putting away the playing cards, Shi Yuan asked: "Lu Tinghan, do you think I can beat them?"

Lu Tinghan said, "You have made progress."

Shi Yuan asked again: "Can you win?"

Lu Tinghan said, "Work harder."

Shi Yuan asked again: "Can you?"

Lu Tinghan said: "Tomorrow can be expected."

Shi Yuan knew that he would never win.

The next day, he went to the "City East Cafe" as scheduled, and met Zhou Ping'an and his party.

The reconstruction work has been going on for more than a month, and some people have returned to normal work. This coffee shop just opened yesterday, and they are the only ones in the whole store.

The store is out of stock, no coffee, no juice, only very expensive milk. They each drank a cup of hot milk and chatted about the recent situation.

Zhou Pingan said that the shuttle bus to the main city has not resumed operation, and he has no way to find his girlfriend—Xuejian's flower season is over, and he can't send her favorite flowers. And the young couple said with a smile, it is her best gift that you can meet her.

Shi Yuan also told the story that happened at the distribution office, and said that the theater will reopen soon, and maybe it will be able to perform stage plays.

"Of course that's good!" Zhou Pingan said, "There is always some entertainment in life. It's a pity that I'm going to the main city, so I can't see it."

"Then let's read it when you come back." Shi Yuan said, "The script is so well written that it even appeared in the newspaper."

After the chat, Zhou Pingan took out the cards again.

Those who are not interested in playing cards bid farewell first, leaving only him, Shi Yuan and the couple.

Except for Shi Yuan, those three people are all addicted to cards, otherwise they wouldn't miss it until today. As for Shi Yuan...he is just interested in everything about human beings.

And he kind of likes them.

There is no gambling in the poker game, it is purely for fun. Those three players had superb card skills, and Shi Yuan really lost again.

Going home at night, Shi Yuan reported the results of the battle to Lu Tinghan.

Lu Tinghan was watching "Infection Biological Hypothesis", and said, "Maybe I will win next time."

"Yeah, maybe, you say I've made progress." Shi Yuan said, nestled beside Lu Tinghan, and rolled his eyes with a smile. But after a while, he became unsure again: "What if, I mean what if I really can't win?"

"Yeah, what should I do?" Lu Tinghan said, "You can't count cards and play tricks. Sometimes in order to win, you have to do everything you can."

Shi Yuan thought for a while: "Then if I touch the tail for them, maybe they will release the water?"

"...This is not allowed." Lu Tinghan said, "Shi Yuan, you should continue to lose."

Shi Yuan had no choice but to give up this idea.

Another half month later, Lu Tinghan got busy and resumed his life of leaving home early in the morning and returning late at night, so he stopped teaching Shi Yuan how to play cards.

Shi Yuan met Zhou Ping'an and the others again, but they still lost completely.

The Lu family's spirit of never admitting defeat, and the Lu family's tradition of fighting for the top, were carried forward by Lu Tinghan, and then ended in him with vigor and no suspense.

The last time they met was the night before Zhou Ping'an went to the main city.

They still found a place to sit on the terrace of the coffee shop, and this time they finally drank coffee.

Zhou Pingan scratched his head and said, "I discussed it with Lily. I will also develop in the main city in the future and will not come back."

The young wife was very emotional: "It will be difficult to see in the future, the traffic is too inconvenient."

"Yes." Zhou Pingan also sighed.

Shi Yuan asked, "How do I get to another city?"

"There is a scheduled shuttle bus." Zhou Pingan said, "The procedures are very complicated, and the tickets are very expensive. I made an appointment a few months in advance. Fortunately, the abyss is not very active recently, and the number of shuttle buses has increased."

"How much is the ticket now?" the young wife asked again.

"It was thousands of dollars when I bought it, and I don't know the latest one." Zhou Pingan smiled, "But it's okay, I can still contact you, but it's a pity that I really can't see Shi Yuan's stage play... let's not talk about it Now, let's play cards!"

They played late, and all the lights in the nearby buildings were turned off, except for the yellow wall lamp on the terrace.

At the last game, Zhou Pingan finished his engagement plan with his girlfriend, listened to the couple's suggestion, and said, "Shi Yuan, speaking of it, we never knew who your commander's boyfriend is. So good, can't you disclose?"

What he wanted to say was "mating partner", but there are so many people here.

"It's not convenient for me to talk about it." Shi Yuan explained, "Besides, he's not my boyfriend."

After saying this, he immersed himself in the study of the cards in his hand, not noticing the eyes of the three men who were as wide as copper bells and almost fell out.

—Someone put his shoulders on him.

It was a slender hand in a pure white glove.

When Shi Yuan turned his head, Lu Tinghan was standing behind him on the left, his white shirt outlined his broad shoulders and narrow waist, and his epaulettes were shining with a dark golden light.

Under the dim light, his features were handsome and deep, as if carved out of marble. His posture is actually very restrained, with half of his body in the shadows, one hand on Shi Yuan's shoulder, and he asks with lowered eyes, "Did you win?"

"Ah, why are you here!" When Shi Yuan saw him, the tip of his tail began to wag happily, "I haven't won yet, this is the last hand."

Lu Tinghan stood silently, watching Shi Yuan finish his last blow.

Facts have proved that no way is no way.

Even if the three of them were so shocked that their hands were shaking, they were crazily winking at each other, and their faces were full of "fucking shit, **** it", Shi Yuan still couldn't beat them and lost without any suspense.

After leaving the coffee shop and standing on the deserted street, they bid farewell to each other and promised to see each other again.

Shi Yuan and Lu Tinghan stood side by side under the streetlight, watching the young couple whispering to each other, turning around the corner arm in arm, and disappearing. And Zhou Pingan walked straight ahead, the road was very long, and it took a long time for his figure to fade away.

Before being completely immersed in the darkness, Zhou Ping'an stood still, turned around and waved vigorously to Shi Yuan.

"Live well!" He shouted, even though he knew Shi Yuan couldn't hear him.

Shi Yuan also waved to him.

Standing on tiptoe and waving, jumping up and waving, and waving hard together with the tail.

Until I can no longer see that back.

The night wind slid across the street quietly, freezing to the bone.

When Shi Yuan got into Lu Tinghan's car, he turned on his phone and found that there were four missed calls, all from Lu Tinghan.

He said, "Ah, I was working on mute and forgot to turn it on... what happened?"

"It's nothing." Lu Tinghan said, "Go home early."

The next day, Shi Yuan found out that while they were playing cards, a shooting happened nearby.

After the battle, there are inevitably a small number of weapons left in the city, such as guns, ammunition, lighting/bombs, and so on. There are very few of them, and most of them can no longer be used. The military is trying its best to recycle them, but some omissions are inevitable.

The murderer just picked up a broken pistol/gun, and after simple repairs by himself, he took the gun to rob, but he missed and killed the victim.

The case happened three blocks away from the coffee shop, whether it was near or far.

At least, Shi Yuan knew why Lu Tinghan came to him.

After that he came home from work without delay—except for a few days, in fact, when he played cards, and after all, nothing was more important than being with his human beings.

The joy of victory was over, and the dark clouds quietly shrouded it again.

When Shi Yuan was working, he could hear people talking about the "peak infection period" again. This time, more people were talking about it, and their words were more convincing.

"There was no I-level warning in the previous low period." They said anxiously, "The alliance may have known that the peak period is coming, but they are afraid to cause panic and dare not speak out."

"That's right, there may be another monster coming tomorrow..."

"I know that many people are planning to go to the main city. It's the safest place. It's just that it's not easy to get a place to settle down, and it's not easy to take the high-education route. Damn it, I knew that I would desperately want to get a good diploma."

"What about technical jobs? Is it easy to settle down?"

"It's also difficult..."

While listening to their words, Shi Yuan stared at the tomato scrambled eggs, wondering how to cook them deliciously.

On the last day of working in the distribution office, Shi Yuan was transferred to the night shift and did not get off work until nine o'clock.

Lu Tinghan came to pick him up, the driver turned the steering wheel, the black car was driving silently in the city, its headlights peeping out the night.

Lu Tinghan didn't go home last night and stayed at the headquarters all night.

The city wall stands still, the soldiers are ready to go, the wind and rain are coming, and now is not the time to rest. The officers and soldiers who accompanied him had long since had red eyes and yawned again and again, but he was decent at all times, his hairstyle and clothes were not messed up, and he did not show signs of fatigue, and he was still able to command the next second.

After all is young.

In the end, there was a tough and upward force in his bones that supported his straight back.

However, unlike in the past, today Lu Tinghan closed his eyes and rested in the car.

The street lamps passed by the car window one by one, and the light staggered and fell, and went on and off. Shi Yuan didn't talk about what he saw today, he stared at Lu Tinghan's side face, after a while, he stretched out his hand and stroked Lu Tinghan's temple lightly.

—a strand of hair is messed up there.

Only he saw it.

The hair was pulled back, and Shi Yuan's hand was also grabbed.

Lu Tinghan didn't open his eyes, he lightly held his wrist, and said in a low voice, "... Shiyuan, come with me tomorrow."

"Where are you going?" Shi Yuan asked.

"Go to the grave."