“Property… deed?” Qiao Jiajin hadn’t heard this term before. “Is that a ‘building deed’?”

“Right! Building deed, property deed, land deed—anything works! My hand is absolutely off the charts.” Chen Junnan said. “If I could pull out a Beijing property deed right now, I could make Brother Monkey lose until his ass turns bright red.”

“Junnan boy, fat monkey’s butt is already very red.”

“Then I’ll make him lose until his ass turns deathly pale.”

Earth-Monkey glanced at Chen Junnan, the corner of his mouth curling up to reveal a trace of mocking cold laughter.

This cold laugh made Qi Xia feel somewhat puzzled. Chen Junnan had been “attacking the heart” since the first round, but now it seemed that Earth-Monkey was no longer affected. Was he really this confident?

Seeing that Chen Junnan didn’t speak, Earth-Monkey spoke softly again, “If you didn’t bring your property deed, you can stake your life. I’ll call.”

Hearing Earth-Monkey’s statement, Chen Junnan, who had been grinning playfully all along, slowly became stern. Even with his careless personality, he could sense that Earth-Monkey’s aura had changed somewhat.

The other party truly seemed to no longer fear his provocations and deceptions.

“I stake my life… and you’ll call too?” Chen Junnan asked expressionlessly.

“That’s right. As long as you dare stake it, I dare call.”

Chen Junnan lowered his head to look through his cards. It was “Rain Water.”

This year’s Rain Water was “First month, 21st day”—”one-two-one.”

Adding that to the “Start of Spring” he’d gotten earlier, “one-six,” along with the “Spring Festival” in the center of the table, “one-one,” he had a total of five “ones” in his hand.

Chen Junnan thought and thought but couldn’t figure out what Earth-Monkey’s motive was. Would a pie really fall from the sky?

Could it be that if he staked his life here, Earth-Monkey would just die along with him?

Things that were too simple always made people suspicious. Chen Junnan keenly felt that he seemed to be drilling into a trap—this feeling was hard to explain clearly.

He had always done things without looking at “rules,” relying only on “intuition,” and Earth-Monkey gave him a somewhat dangerous feeling this time.

But when he looked at Earth-Monkey’s “open card,” a puzzled expression appeared directly on his face.

“Tomb-Sweeping Day”!

He had a “three-six” in hand, and a “one-one” in the center of the table. What gave Earth-Monkey the confidence to be so bold?

Could he gather five numbers?

Or could his “hole card” draw a card with “two-four-five” to directly form a “straight”?

“You messing with me?” Chen Junnan slowly frowned and muttered to himself, “Where the hell is there a card that has ‘two-four-five’ all at once?”

After briefly thinking for a few seconds, Chen Junnan slowly raised his head. From his expression, it didn’t look like he’d figured it out, but rather that he’d given up thinking.

“Too troublesome…” He reached up to scratch the back of his head. “I really can’t handle this kind of game.”

“Oh?” Earth-Monkey smiled. “So you don’t dare stake your own life?”

“I’m a ‘Good General.'” Chen Junnan smiled. “The reason it’s called ‘General’ is because the ‘provocation method’ works too well on me. Earth-Monkey, listen well—this life of mine…”

“Don’t!”

Qi Xia suddenly shouted in a low voice, stopping Chen Junnan’s words.

Chen Junnan froze and turned to look at him.

“Not yet…” Qi Xia said in a low voice. “Chen Junnan… wait a bit longer…”

“Old Qi…” Chen Junnan’s voice also softened. “You really don’t look right, kid. Are you okay?”

“I’m fine… focus on the gambling game at hand.” Qi Xia said. “You can’t stake this life right now… wait a bit longer…”

“Fine.” Chen Junnan nodded and turned to look at Earth-Monkey. “Brother Monkey, sorry about that. Even as a ‘Good General,’ I still have to listen to my ‘Lord.’ See you around.”

Earth-Monkey knew that Qi Xia and Chen Junnan were the two most difficult opponents on the field—one didn’t play by common sense, and every sentence from the other was deception.

No matter how you looked at it, he could only respond carefully and try not to follow the other party’s train of thought.

“If you don’t stake your life this time, you might miss the chance to kill me,” Earth-Monkey said.

“Then I’m really happy for you.” Chen Junnan replied without hesitation. “You picked up another monkey life. Have dumplings tonight.”

The atmosphere was silent for a while, then Earth-Monkey surveyed everyone again. “No one wants to ‘raise’ anymore?”

Having reached this point, everyone could only shake their heads, anticipating the reveal this time.

Since many people had already grasped the rules, everyone had some confidence in their hands—at least from Earth-Monkey’s currently revealed “open card,” the probability of losing looked very small.

First, Tiantian turned over her “hole card.” In her hand was a “Grain Buds,” with a total hand of “four ones.”

Next was Xiao Cheng’s “Winter Solstice.” His hand was also very big, with a total hand of “five ones” with “a pair of twos” and “a pair of threes.”

Chen Junnan’s “Rain Water” had a total hand of “five ones.”

Qiao Jiajin’s “New Year’s Eve” had a total hand of “three ones.”

Next was Qi Xia’s “White Dew” and “Heavy Snow” matched with “Spring Festival,” with a hand that simultaneously achieved “three eights” and “four ones”—according to traditional gambling rules, it even beat Xiao Cheng’s hand.

Aside from Zheng Yingxiong who had already dropped out of this round, Qi Xia’s hand was already the biggest hand currently on the field.

Finally, everyone turned their gaze to the “hole card” in Earth-Monkey’s hand. According to everyone’s current understanding of this game, whatever his “hole card” was, it couldn’t possibly beat Qi Xia.

But what was the reason for Earth-Monkey’s sudden change in attitude?

Under the gaze of the group, Earth-Monkey turned over his hand.

“Spring Equinox.”

Seeing this scene, everyone fell silent.

This year’s “Spring Equinox” was “Second month, 21st day.”

Looking at it this way, Earth-Monkey’s hand cards were “Tomb-Sweeping Day’s” “three-six,” “Spring Equinox’s” “two-two-one,” and the “community card” on the table’s “one-one.”

No matter how these numbers were combined, the biggest hand was merely “three ones” and “a pair of twos.”

Not to mention beating Qi Xia, this hand couldn’t even compare to Chen Junnan’s “five ones.”

Qi Xia… won?

This thought couldn’t help but emerge in everyone’s minds, but this round felt truly too strange.

From the very beginning, Earth-Monkey had been full of confidence with a look of certain victory. He’d even raised individually against Qi Xia and provoked Chen Junnan to stake his life, yet now he produced such a small hand. What exactly was he thinking?

“Brother Monkey, did you screw up?” Chen Junnan asked with his chin raised. “Did you mistake this ‘Spring Equinox’ for ‘ten thousand nines’?”

At this moment, Qi Xia sat up straight, leaned against the back of his chair, then reached up to touch his chin.

Yes, Earth-Monkey gave people a very strange feeling.

Even if this hand had changed rules, it still used three cards to “compare sizes.” No matter which rules were used, this pile of numbers in his hand couldn’t possibly form a big hand.

Earth-Monkey didn’t speak. He just casually surveyed everyone.

Seeing that everyone showed puzzled looks, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly as he said softly, “Everyone, I yield to your superiority. I won this round.”