Chapter 37: Rules Of The Game


    Chapter 37: Rules of the game


    The door opened slowly and Mariana did her best to calm down.


    Then, she looked up to look at the person outside the door.


    He was Leopoldo''s assistant.


    Obviously, sensing the strange emotions of the woman in the room, the assistant gave a professional


    smile and walked quickly to the front of Mariana, presenting the thermos in her hand.


    -This is the tonic soup that Mr. Duran asked me to bring to you. She has been overworked on the set


    recently and is ill.


    -Therefore, Mr. Durán speciallymissioned the maid to simmer the soup for thedy, which is very


    nourishing. You should drink it to get better soon.


    The assistant spoke quickly, as if afraid of being interrupted.


    Hearing these words, Mariana was a little taken aback, her eyes full of surprise and joy. And then her


    clear cheeks that became flushed with shyness.


    He nced slightly down at the ck thermos his assistant was opening, and his heart seemed to start


    beating violently again.


    It was the nourishing soup Leopoldo had prepared for her.


    -Do you know that I am sick?


    Mariana took the tonic soup from the assistant''s hand, stirred it gently with a spoon and casually


    repeated the question.


    -Mr. Durán is actually very worried about you," the assistant answered seriously.


    The tonic soup had a bright color, with a slightyer of fat floating on top, but it didn''t seem very greasy,


    but rather appetizing. Mariana picked up the spoon and took a few sips. It was delicious.


    It was chicken soup with mushrooms.


    After finishing the soup, Mariana felt a warm sensation in her stomach and her mood improved a little.


    A happy smile that had been missing for a long time appeared naturally at the corners of her mouth.


    He handed the thermos back to the assistant with a slight smile on his face.


    -Please thank him for me.


    -Of course," after saying this, the assistant turned and left with the thermos.


    Sitting in a daze, with the taste of the soup she had just eaten slowly spreading through her mouth,


    Mariana smiled happily.


    In the afternoon, due to the arrival of the chief, the crew finished their work early and went to a meeting.


    The attendant had set up a private room and everyone was seated at the table upon arrival.


    Naturally, Andrea sat down next to Leopoldo. Mariana nced at him, then faintly withdrew her gaze


    and sat a little away from the two of them.


    As soon as he sat down, Ana sat in the chair on his left, while the one who sat on his right was


    unexpectedly Xavier.


    He smiled a sweet and kind smile.


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    Mariana only gave him a nce, then lowered her head and stopped looking at him, as if deliberately


    avoiding his eyes.


    Such an action caused Xavier to chuckle yfully, and his low chuckle rang deep in his ears.


    After a while, everyone was almost full, but it was still early, so Andrea proposed a game, and Leopoldo


    didn''t say anything, so naturally everyone epted.


    Ana whispered in Mariana''s ear and moaned softly:


    -Look, she must want to take advantage of the game to have something with Mr. Durán! She really


    thinks everyone is stupid like her.


    Shaking her head helplessly, Mariana reached out and gently pinched her friend''s palm:


    -Don''t say too much in front of so many people.


    But she was still a little uneasy in her heart.


    -Since everyone is fine with it, then I''ll tell you the rules of the game now," Andrea stood up quietly and


    gave Leopoldo a delicate smile before speaking.


    -Let''s go, let''s go!


    Hearing this, Andrea first nced at Leopoldo, then looked at the crowd, blinking yfully saying:


    -Here is a poker deck, I will draw the same number of cards as the number of people present. Among


    the cards there is a king, and the person who draws the king will stand up and say what he wants the


    participants to do, then he will call out two cards at random. And the people who have these two cards


    will have to stand up andplete the task meticulously!


    When she finished speaking, the crowd became very excited, looking at the poker cards in Andrea''s


    hands. Everyone was showing great interest in this game.


    -Well, now I''ve pulled the cards, which turns out to be the total number of people in the room.


    The poker ced in Andrea''s hand had obviously thinned a bit, and with her long, slender fingers,


    Andrea casually held the ck cards, creating a strong contrast that made her fair skin stand out.


    Andrea then dealt everyone in the room a card.


    Each held a poker card in their hand, and everyone moved around looking at each person,


    unconsciously turning away when they were about to touch each other''s gaze, creating a slightly


    nervous atmosphere in the room.


    Leopoldo cast his stern gaze towards a corner of the room where the woman was idly resting her chin


    with her hand, ratherzily, apparently uninterested in this exciting game.


    He had his head down, hiding all his emotions.


    But the man standing next to her at the time surprised the woman by reaching out his arm and gently


    bumping into her.


    -What is your letter? -asked Xavier with great interest.


    At the sight of this scene, a touch of fierceness shed through Leopold''s eyes, mixed with a touch of


    jealousy.


    He slowly raised the ss in front of him and swirled the red liquid for a moment before drinking it in


    one gulp.


    -Who has the King card?


    -That, who has the King''s letter? Howe no one has said anything yet?


    -Could it be Mr. Durán?


    While the crowd was talking, Mariana looked at her number 4 card in her hand and felt a little bored. A


    meeting like this really didn''t suit her.


    Finally, a girl timidly stood up, held up the poker card in her hand and showed it to the audience.


    He was the king of poker cards.


    The room, which had been somewhat noisy a moment ago, was silent in an instant. The girl cautiously


    nced towards the ce where Andrea was standing, and found that Andrea was staring at her


    viciously. Involuntarily she trembled slightly and tried to open her mouth several times before saying in


    as soft a voice as possible:


    -Then, let the person who gets the number 9 card and the person who gets the number 4 kiss each


    other.


    With these words, the girl sat back and breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had aplished something


    very difficult.


    After looking fiercely at the girl with his head down, Andrea threw the letter of his that was in his hand


    on the table and frowned a little annoyed.


    That girl was his assistant.


    He had nned for the girl to name Leopold and her directly, on the condition that the two kissed, but


    to his surprise, the girl had erred in the instructions she had given him, making him miss this good


    opportunity for nothing.


    How could this not make Andrea angry!


    He raised his eyes and looked at the audience, because he wanted to know who had ruined his n!


    When she heard "number 4," Mariana felt vaguely uneasy.


    I didn''t expect the condition to be kissing in front of everyone!


    The first thing Mariana did was to look at the indifferent man, and she became very anxious.


    -Which of you have the number 9 and the number 4?


    -That''s right, these two people who were drawn quickly introduce themselves, I still want to start the


    next round as soon as possible!


    -Kissing! Sounds exciting.


    ***


    Hearing these excited voices, Mariana felt annoyed, but she picked up her letter on the table and got


    up with some resistance.


    He showed his letter to everyone and said in a weak voice.