Ugh, wasn't the Awakening System supposed to make me the main character?

But now it's too late to regret it, because Ning Xueyang has already moved closer.

She sat down next to me and whispered, "Teacher, do you remember how many times you owe me for dehydration today?"

Sure enough, it wasn't a good thing.

Upon hearing Ning Xueyang's words, my face turned deathly pale, and I nodded stiffly.

If I pretend to have amnesia here, she might attack me right now.

When do you plan to pay it back?

"Waaah, Ning Xueyang, please, please let me go. I was already breaking down at school this morning, and if this keeps up, I really can't take it anymore..."

I shifted my body, trying to create some distance between myself and her, but the space on the sofa was only so big. Before long, I was at the very edge, with no room to retreat.

Ning Xueyang looked at me with a smile on her face, and she didn't seem to be in a hurry to make a move against me.

Then, as if she had thought of something, she spoke to me again, "Teacher, how about this, for the game later, as long as you lose fewer times than me, we'll forget about the ones you lost before."

But if the teacher loses more times than me, then the teacher has to obediently come to my room and sleep with me tonight.

Upon hearing Ning Xueyang's suggestion, I realized that if I refused, Ning Xueyang would most likely force me to go to her room and sleep with her.

If I win here, not only will she be less likely to force me, but all the old scores from before can also be wiped clean.

With that in mind, I finally agreed.

"Alright, but you have to keep your word and don't go back on your word!"

"Mmmmm~"

245. Waaah, that's why I did such a stupid thing when I was feeling smug!

"To put it simply, the rules are quite simple. At the start of the game, the King is removed, and then I deal the remaining 53 cards. Everyone then throws down all the cards in their hands that can form pairs, and the game begins."

We all take turns drawing cards from everyone else. After each draw, if a pair is formed, the cards are discarded. Eventually, only one person will remain with a Joker; that person is the loser.

After briefly explaining the game rules, Yu Muyuan took the playing cards out of the box, removed the King, and then began dealing the cards.

I took the cards Yu Muyuan dealt to me, silently praying, "Please, please don't deal the Joker to me! Please, please don't deal the Joker to me!"

You know, this game was no easy task for me; the bet I made with Ning Xueyang was still echoing in my mind.

If I lose less, she won't force me tonight, but if she loses less, I'll have to go to her room later when we go to sleep.

As for what he went to her room for, you can guess without even thinking about it.

With a heart full of trepidation, I looked through all the cards in my hand. It seemed that God heard my prayers, because at least there were no junks in my starting hand.

"Whoo~"

I breathed a sigh of relief. Now all I had to do was throw out all my cards without drawing the Imp.

However, I only had three pairs at the beginning, so I still had seven cards left after discarding them.

Yu Muyuan, who plays before me, has four cards left, Ning Yaqin, who plays after me, has five cards left, and Ning Xueyang only has three cards left at the start?!

Looking at the seven cards in my hand, and then at the three cards Ning Xueyang only had left, I suddenly felt that this hand was already half lost.

No, this person must be a laurel!

Our rule is that the player with the fewest cards in their starting hand draws first, so Ning Xueyang was the first to draw a card.

Ning Xueyang glanced at us, then finally looked at me. "The teacher seemed to breathe a sigh of relief just now. He probably doesn't have any jokers in his hand."

Hearing Ning Xueyang say that, I realized that my actions just now had revealed that I didn't have the Joker card in my hand. If I hadn't revealed it, Ning Xueyang might have gotten the Joker card from someone else.

But it's too late to regret it now. Ning Xueyang has already skillfully snatched a card from my hand. "No pair."

Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief again.

If they form a pair, then this guy will only have two cards left in his hand.

Next was Yu Muyuan. After taking a card from Ning Yaqin's hand, she threw down a pair.

It doesn't matter about the two of them; the most important thing to pay attention to is Ning Xueyang.

Next up is my turn to draw...

Which one should I choose? I silently analyzed the situation in my mind...

The way Ning Xueyang analyzed things so carefully before made it seem like she didn't even have the Joker card, and that she was afraid of drawing it.

And just now, a card was drawn from my hand. If none of the starting cards were jokers, and a card was drawn from my hand, then there certainly wouldn't be any jokers.

Although choosing Ning Xueyang here would reduce her hand by one card, at least there's no risk of drawing the Joker.

Thinking of this, I reached out and took a card from Ning Xueyang's side, full of anticipation.

But when I saw the gray card, my vision went black, and my expectant mood turned as gray as the Joker card!

No way! Am I really that unlucky? I drew the Joker in the very first round!

When Ning Xueyang saw that I had taken the Joker card from her hand, a wicked smile immediately appeared on her face, which almost made me so angry that I slapped my thigh.

No! Waaaaah...

Why am I so unlucky?! This wicked woman tricked me!

Even so, I dared not show any anger, because if I did, Ning Yaqin and Yu Muyuan would know that the Joker was in my hands, and then it would be very difficult to get the Joker to be taken away...

I don't know if it was because I revealed something, but afterwards none of the three of them drew cards from my hand.

I could only stare at Ning Xueyang resentfully, while Ning Xueyang, as before, returned my gaze with a mischievous smile.

Soon, Ning Xueyang finished playing all her cards, and it was Ning Yaqin's turn next.

In this way, Yu Muyuan would only be able to draw cards from my hand each time.

"Guiye, let's have a duel between men!"

Yu Muyuan stared at me, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

Under other circumstances, I might have joined her in being silly, but looking at the little joker in my hand, and thinking about losing more than Ning Xueyang tonight and having to go to her room, I really had no desire to accompany her.

At this moment, I still had three cards in my hand, including a joker, while Yu Muyuan had two cards in his hand.

Next, it's Yu Muyuan's turn to draw a card. If she doesn't draw the Joker from my hand, then I'll lose this round.

A one-in-three chance... God, please give me a chance, sob sob, considering how miserable I am today...

Yu Muyuan placed his hand on my cards, feeling each one carefully, seemingly trying to determine which card was the Joker from my reaction.

Seeing Yu Muyuan like this, I suddenly had a bad idea.

She placed her hand on a card next to the Joker. I controlled my nervousness and pretended to burst out laughing, my smug expression making it seem as if I were saying, "That's the Joker."

Seeing my reaction, Yu Muyuan immediately moved her hand away, decisively pulling away the Joker card next to her, while not forgetting to mock me, "Foolish little girl, your expression has already betrayed you, just admit defeat~"

Hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Hahaha, you idiot, look at what you have in your hand before you speak."

Yu Muyuan froze upon seeing this. "Eh?"

No! But your expression…

"Hmph, you stupid little girl, you don't understand. All's fair in war! Alright, let's continue the game. It's my turn to draw now."

I put my hands on my hips, looking like I had already won.

The situation reversed because of Yu Muyuan's draw this time. As long as I don't draw the Joker, Yu Muyuan will lose.

A two-thirds win rate, isn't that secure?

Thinking about it this way, I immediately pulled away the top card from Yu Muyuan's deck, and froze again...

If I remember correctly, right after Yu Muyuan drew this card, it seems like I drew it before they even had a chance to shuffle the deck...

"Pfft, hahaha, Guiye, I haven't even warmed it up yet, are you in such a hurry to take it away?"

Yu Muyuan's mocking words were undoubtedly a heavy second blow to me. Waaaaah... It's ruined, completely ruined!

"If the teacher wants it, they can just say so; there's no need to act it out."

As Ning Xueyang spoke, she made a gesture with her hand, as if a small snake were crawling into a hole.

"I... I don't want that!"

My face flushed red when I heard Ning Xueyang's teasing.

After praying silently for a while, he shuffled the cards in his hand and handed them to Yu Muyuan.

However, this time I wasn't as lucky as before; Yu Muyuan didn't draw the Joker card from my hand.

She took the cards from my hand, formed a pair, and threw them down. I could only helplessly take the last cards from her hand.

Waaaaah, that's why I did such a stupid thing in a moment of triumph!

246. I got caught cheating!

After being discouraged by the first game, I was completely out of sorts for the rest of the game. Forget about hiding my emotions, I was lucky if I didn't scream when I drew the Joker!

It was precisely because I couldn't hide my emotions that I lost three out of seven games, a losing rate that is quite high for a four-player game of drawing jokers.

Ning Xueyang has only lost one game so far, which means that I need to make Ning Xueyang lose at least two games before the end of the night, without losing a single game myself. Otherwise, I'll be sharing a bed with Ning Xueyang tonight...