The Amazing son in law Chapter 587
Despite Hannah’s efforts to help stabilize Elaine’s mental state, Elaine’s mindset had already deteriorated significantly!
To be frank, Elaine possessed some skill in mahjong. However, her main issue was that she couldn’t change the tiles she drew. If her hand was poor, there was nothing she could do about it. Her emotions were now clearly visible on her face.
For instance, she could radiate excitement for an extended period if she won, but when it came to losing, she felt an overwhelming urge to devour her opponents alive!
Earlier in the day, she had enjoyed a series of victories, managing to win around three hundred thousand dollars. Yet, after suffering losses in two significant games, she had lost a staggering amount. Not only did she forfeit the three hundred thousand dollars she had previously won, but she also lost over two million dollars! This was essentially half of her life savings!
Elaine hadn’t accumulated much wealth in her life, and her husband lacked any real skills, making it particularly challenging for her to save two million dollars.
In fact, she had come dangerously close to losing a significant amount when she invested in P2P financial management funds previously. It was only thanks to Charlie stepping in that she managed to retrieve her money.
After that incident, she used her daughter’s office rental refund, which exceeded one hundred thousand dollars, along with funds from Jacobs’ modest sale of antiques to rebuild her two million dollars in savings.
Now, all of that hard-earned money was gone because of just two games…
Seeing Elaine’s face turn a sickly green, Linda decided to provoke her further, asking, “Sister Elaine, do you still want to play? Are you feeling heartbroken over your losses? It’s just a little over two million dollars. You can easily afford a villa in Thompson First, so why does losing this amount hurt so much?”
“Of course, we’re playing!” Elaine replied, her face twitching slightly. “This small amount of money is nothing! We’re just having fun, right? Let’s continue!”
“Yes, we’re just playing for fun! Money isn’t an issue,” the other two women chimed in enthusiastically.
At that moment, Elaine had no idea that the three women were actually collaborating to swindle her out of her money. The source of thɪs content is fιɴdnοvel.net
This was an automatic mahjong machine, and while shuffling the tiles, Linda could manipulate the shuffle to follow a prearranged plan.
This allowed her to control how the tiles were distributed!
In the previous game, although Elaine had a fantastic hand, the winnings of sixty thousand and ninety thousand had been evenly split among the other three players. Consequently, Elaine was already at a disadvantage as soon as she received her tiles. Unless the three of them discarded their cards, Elaine would never stand a chance of winning.
Yet, Elaine was blissfully unaware of this.
Filled with confidence after drawing a Heavenly Hand, she remained hopeful despite her eventual loss, attributing it to mere bad luck for not drawing the right tile.
This mentality only fueled Elaine’s determination to continue playing.
Afterward, Linda used the automatic mahjong machine to ensure that Elaine would win the next game.
Elaine went on to win two consecutive games, her tiles appearing very favorable. However, even with those victories, her winnings amounted to only one hundred thousand dollars from the three women. This was merely a drop in the bucket compared to her previous losses!
Elaine’s emotions became even more volatile. Having lost over two million dollars in just two games, how was it possible that she only won one hundred thousand dollars after winning two more?! Why couldn’t she have won two significant games instead?
These thoughts raced through her mind as Elaine clenched her teeth, ready to confront the three women!
They resumed their game.
This time, Elaine held three east tiles, three west tiles, three south tiles, and two north tiles, along with two red suits.
Elaine was taken aback when she glanced at her tiles.