I Just Won't Play By The Book
Chapter 73: If You Keep Talking, I’ll Run Away

“Six! Six! Six! Six! Give me a six!!!”

Yu Manwen, who had just returned from her night patrol, heard an extremely excited voice coming from the main hall as soon as she entered the courtyard. The veins on her head popped up.

“No… this voice seems to be Xiao Duo’s? No wonder the gatekeeper was a different person today. This Jiang Beiran! I thought he was leading the Order Master in a good direction! Why did he bring Xiao Duo along to gamble!?’

Thinking that Xiao Duo had finally been led astray, the blue veins on Yu Manwen’s forehead instantly popped up into two.

Bang! The door was pushed open with a bang, and Yu Manwen walked in with a cold face.

Xiao Duo, who was about to roll the dice, immediately stood up and saluted, shouting, “Greetings, Law Protector Yu.”

“Xiao Duo! Why are you fooling around with them too?!”

Xiao Duo was about to answer when Jiang Beiran stood up first and said, “Why don’t Law Protector Yu join us too? We need one more player.”

“Jiang Beiran, your courage is really getting… Huh? What is this?” Looking at the square and colorful wooden board on the table and the twelve mini figures on it, Yu Manwen asked in puzzlement.

“This is called Chivalrous Heroes. It’s the folk gambling game in Fu An. Law Protector Yu, do you want to try it?”

Seeing Jiang Beiran explain while blinking his eyes, Yu Manwen immediately understood.

Actually, from a few days ago, Yu Manwen had discovered that the “bad habits” of Shi Fenglan had slowly changed. Shi Fenglan didn’t paint her arms with flower painting anymore. Also, it had been a long time since she last saw Shi Fenglan smoking a pipe. Moreover, she did not even wear clothes with open collars.

This made Yu Manwen very surprised. After all, she had tried so hard to persuade Shi Fenglan to get rid of these habits several times. However, to Shi Fenglan, these habits were like her lifestyle, her principle. Just like how they could ask her to play less but couldn’t completely stop her from gambling. They couldn’t cure the roots of her “bad habits”.

Recently, the only change that had happened around Order Master Shi was the appearance of Jiang Beiran. Therefore, even though Yu Manwen did not know what Jiang Beiran had done, she knew that Order Master Shi’s change was definitely because of him.

Now that she saw Jiang Beiran blink his eyes, Yu Manwen understood that this time, Jiang Beiran was going to help the Order Master “quit gambling”.

“Cough cough!”

After two light coughs, Yu Manwen roared, “No! No matter where the gambling method is, it’s still gambling! It’s not allowed!”

“Alright then.” Jiang Beiran shrugged and was about to pack up, she saw Shi Fenglan protect the board and said, “No, no! My hermit and iron beggar have already landed on Vigilante Island! Gust and the Chain Fairy have already fought side by side and are about to defeat me.”

Jiang Beiran could only spread his hands after hearing that, meaning that it was useless no matter how she complained.

Therefore, Shi Fenglan stood up and grabbed Yu Manwen’s arm and said, “Manwen! Just let me finish this round! Just one round!”

Taking a deep breath, Yu Manwen glanced at Shi Fenglan and said, “Just one round?”

“Yes, yes! Just one round! I promise!” Shi Fenglan raised her index, middle, and ring fingers and pointed to the sky.

“Okay, just this one.”

“Yay! I knew you were the best, Manwen!” Shi Fenglan sat back in her chair and shouted, “Come, come, Xiao Duo, hurry up and roll the dice. I will catch up with your Little Flying Hero soon, hehehe.”

Xiao Duo first glanced at Yu Manwen. When she saw Yu Manwen nod at her, she happily picked up the dice again and shouted, “If I get a six, my Little Flying Hero will get to the checkpoint and fly away. Give me a six, give me a six!”

II

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Yu Manwen turned her head and looked at the 12 lifelike little people on the board. She could not help but sigh at how good Jiang Beiran’s crating skill was.

An hour later.

With Shi Fenglan’s shout, “Give me four!” The dice rolled a few times on the table and finally stopped at the side of the four points.

“Hahahahaha! Four! It’s four! It’s finally here!”

With wild laughter, Shi Fenglan picked up her own Chain Fairy and Gust, and boarded Vigilante Island. “I won! Haha, I finally won!” Shi Fenglan shouted as she took out a piece of paper and stuck it on Jiang Beiran’s forehead.

Jiang Beiran nodded with a sad face and sighed, “I didn’t expect Order Master to be so talented in Chivalrous Heroes.”

“Hahaha! Of course! What am I not good at? I’m just go easy on you in the previous game.”

“Yes, you are really wise.”

“Come, come, let’s have another round!” Shi Fenglan had just finished speaking when she saw Yu Manwen looking at her with a kind gaze.

Immediately, the arrogant Shi Fenglan fawned on her, “I still want to play…”

“No!”

Hearing Yu Manwen’s firm tone, Jiang Beiran also stood up and said, “I’ll leave now. I haven’t done my work for today.”

However, Shi Fenglan grabbed Jiang Beiran and said, “No, you promised to play with me for a little longer today.”

“Order master, it’s almost past 11 pm.”

“Ah? It’s so late already?” Shi Fenglan asked in surprise.

“Yes, Law Protector Yu is back from his night patrol.”

“Okay, then you have to come early tomorrow.”

“I’ll try my best.” After saying that, Jiang Beiran put the Chivalrous Heroes back into his storage ring, leaving Shi Fenglan’s favorite Chain Fairy behind.

“Brother Jiang…” Xiao Duo suddenly said.

“Hmm?” Jiang Beiran looked at Xiao Duo. “If it’s possible… Can you put Little Flying Hero here as well, as a tempor…”

“Here, it’s yours.”

Jiang Beiran put Little Flying Hero on the table and cupped his hands to Shi Fenglan and Yu Manwen, “Then I’ll take my leave.”

Then, he turned around and left.

Not even two steps out of the Mirror Garden, Jiang Beiran heard Yu Manwen’s voice beside him.

“Thank you for your help.”

“You’re too kind, Law Protector Yu. I was just accompanying Order Master Shi to cause a ruckus.”

“Do you really think I can’t see through your ruckus?” Yu Manwen said with a smile, “Besides, do you really think that any random disciple can cause a ruckus with Order Master of Order of Water Mirror?”

“Then I really have to Law Protector Yu for giving me this opportunity.” “Then do you know why I agreed to let you stay by our Order Master’s side?”

Just as Jiang Beiran was about to speak, three options popped up.

[ Option 1: Say your guess. Reward for completion: Linfeng Slash (black grade low tier)]

[ Option 2: I’d like to hear the details. Reward for completion: Earth Order (yellow grade high tier)]

[ Option 3: “I don’t want to know.” Reward for completion: Random basic attribute points + 1] After choosing option 3, Jiang Beiran immediately replied, “I don’t want to know.”

[ Chosen quest completed. Reward: Physique +1]

Yu Manwen almost choked on air when she heard Jiang Beiran’s reply. She couldn’t help but glare at Jiang Beiran and said, “Why do you refuse to listen to me every time I want to talk about this?”

“Because it feels very dangerous. I don’t want to get involved.”

After a moment of silence, Yu Manwen sighed and said, “You are as honest as ever, but this is actually not a very dangerous topic.”

“Law Protector Yu, please don’t make things difficult for me.” Jiang Beiran cupped his hands and spoke.

Looking at Jiang Beiran’s firm attitude of refusing to listen to her, Yu Manwen could only sigh again. She knew if she kept talking, he would run away without looking back.