Villainess FSC Raising Her Bun - CH 238
Title: The Villainess Female Supporting Character Raising Her Bun
Translator: Fringe Capybara
Chapter 238 - “Oh, you missed me so much?” (2)
“I won’t.” The little girl took the money from her dad and smiled so much that her two dimples could be seen. Holding XingXing by his hand, she said to him as they walked away, “What would you like? I can buy them for you.”
“I have money too.” XingXing, who had just gotten two red pockets felt like he was a parvenu riche. He patted his pocket and said generously to the cousin whom he had just met, “I will buy you a doll, Big Sister.”
“Thank you so much!”
And just like that, the two kids who had just met had ready developed a sort of friendship. They chatted as they walked out of the living room. After they had left, the other mahjong table had already been set up. The cousin brought Jiang MingYuan over and waved at Cheng Huan to join them.
Cheng Huan really had no idea how to play mahjong and she quickly declined it. As soon as she started waving, two others rushed up and took the remaining seats.
The cousin wasn’t too pleased at how eager they seemed but, it being new year time, he didn’t want to say much. He had his wife brought another chair over so Cheng Huan could sit next to Jiang MingYuan.
Cheng Huan had never played mahjong before and couldn’t really follow what was going on. She pulled her cellphone out and started playing on it. The game wasn’t fun either. On this special day, not very many were online and most were saying happy new year in the channel but few wanted to join an actual game. Everybody said they would be taking the day off.
As it started to get boring, Cheng Huan quit the game, put her cellphone back inside of her pocket and returned to watching Jiang MingYuan playing mahjong.
Jiang MingYuan played the 8-Dot and the person sitting across from him made a set from it. After that, he giggled and said to Jiang MingYuan, “Little Uncle is being nice to me today.”
There were only 4 tiles left in his hand. Most of them had already been matched. He was saying that most of them attributed to Jiang MingYuan.
The man grunted an acknowledge but didn’t have much expression on him. His cousin, to his left, drew another tile, placed it at the very end, and discarded the second to last tile.
“Got it!!” said the man across from them happily when he saw the discarded tile. He stood up and reached out his hand. “Just like I have said. Little Uncle is being nice to me today. Pay up. Pay up. All of you!”
The cousin let out a sigh and stopped playing. If it wasn’t Jiang MingYuan’s random moves, for sure he had this one.
Jiang MingYuan didn’t bother explaining himself. He pulled out some of the notes used as chips and handed them over to the man across from him.
The man who won smiled and urged to start the next game. While the tiles were being shuffled, he pulled out a cigarette and lit it up. While cocking his head and stroking the mahjong tile, he chitchatted with Jiang MingYuan. “Say, when you are taking off, Little Uncle?”
“On the second.”
“That soon?” The one to his right was surprised. “Why don’t you want to take an extra couple of days off. Are you really that busy?”
Jiang MingYuan grunted a response and did not elaborate.
“I guess it’s not too horrible to be busy. You are making money after all.” The man on the right finished setting up his tiles and also lit a cigarette. He drew in a puff, tapped off the ashes, and put the cigarette back between his lips. He then mumbled, “Not like us. We can be free for three months on end sometimes and couldn’t even pay the workers. I’d stress so much that I can’t even sleep at night.”
As soon as he finished talking, the young man sitting across from him chimed in without missing a beat. “Right? The market is not doing well this year. A few of my customers had yet to pay me even after the projects have been completed. I heard from Fourth Uncle that their trading business isn’t all that hot this year either. A few companies had even gone bankrupt.”
Having said that, he passed the ball back to Fourth Cousin, “Am I right, Uncle?”
The cousin gave a noncommittal smile, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
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