The Happy Life of a Duchess

"Do you mind if I come for a round?"

Mr. Duval saw at a glance that Adele, who was playing the game, was very polite, but in fact he only looked at Adele for questions.

"Of course, please."

Adele nodded with a smile, asking him to be at his ease.

Armand stood up, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief.

Duval's eyes swept over him lightly, and his let-down heart seemed to lift up again.

That subtle embarrassment did not miss the eyes of Adele who was observing carefully, but she felt a little subtle.

Morgana is not nervous anymore, why is Armand nervous again?How did Mr. Duval, the father, do it?

In her opinion, he is really a gentleman with a good temper, no matter what, he doesn't seem like the kind of person with deep prestige, why both of them——

But if you do something bad and feel guilty in front of your elders, it is possible.

Adele consciously found a reason, and didn't struggle too much.

Anyway, as far as she was concerned, Mr. Duval was indeed a gentle gentleman who was easy to get along with.

"This..." Mr. Plucker paused slightly. He originally treated Armand as a soft persimmon who was easy to bully. He can occasionally win one or two hands by playing cards, but he doesn't know what level the opponent's father is.

Of course he knows that Duval is a popular celebrity nowadays, and he must not be able to offend——

Although he didn't win Armand's money, he felt that his poker skills were the best in the world. He deliberately gave in when he lost to Adele, but he didn't pay attention to losing to Armand. If he played Armand's cards seriously, then He is sure to win.

So, he couldn't help but wonder if it was because he "bullied" Armand that made Mr. Duval unhappy. After all, he is the most powerful of the younger generation, with a noble status and a lot of wealth... …

"Mr. Prucker?"

Duval was under Pruc's hand, and Pruc didn't move his cards for a long time, and it was not easy for him to take the cards.

Adele glanced across his face with a smile, and Duval lowered his eyes slightly, as if he didn't notice.

The two sat facing each other, very sure that the other understood very well, with Pluke's simple and stupid head, he couldn't hide his little thoughts at all, both of them could see it but pretended not to know.

Adele wanted to see a good show on purpose. She wanted to teach Pruc a lesson, and it would be best to get him to dispel his obscene thoughts about her. In the end, he didn't want Armand to be kicked down by his father, and Mr. Duval came on stage in person.

The other party seemed to be ignorant, but she believed that such a smart gentleman, with his ability to observe the details, how could he not understand the current situation?

It's just that the two of them have something on their minds and don't talk about it.

"Oh, good." Pluke finally came to his senses.

His narcissistic inner activities have ended, and he has returned to his rationality. While secretly wiping off the sweat from losing to Adele, he cleaned up his mood and turned into a warm The accent was on Duvall.

He realizes that this is an excellent opportunity to build a relationship, and what could be easier to promote the relationship between the two parties than winning and losing each other in a game of poker?

He didn't ask for anything else, if he could be ranked, he would be able to arrange a position in a government department. The matter of a letter of recommendation...

He made up his mind to make friends with Duval and let the other party arrange letters of recommendation for him, so his attitude became more and more obsequious.

It was the first time Armand and Morgana had seen this amazing face-changing.

Morgana and Leo looked at each other in blank dismay, they were very unaccustomed to Pruc who suddenly talked too much and seemed very flattering.

The awkwardness of the two of them was noticed by Adele, who raised her eyebrows a few times and looked at Mr. Smart who calmly overwhelmed her two hands——

"I'm a little unhappy."

It was clearly written on Adele's face.

Mr. Duval smiled slightly, as if he really didn't understand.

Adele lost this hand without accident, mainly because the cards were really bad, and the luck obviously fell on Mr. Duval.

In the first one, all the other three players present lost to Mr. Duval.

Prouker, who had originally asked if he wanted to re-roll the chips, no longer asked extravagantly.

"Mr. Duval is lucky!"

Pruc's voice was full of emotion.

The hand just now was really astonishing. The others didn't have many chances to drop their cards. They just watched him stand out alone.

When he came to the table, he kept the chips left by Armand to make a bet. At first, he thought that he should make a fresh start, but now it is completely unnecessary.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at poker, and there is no one in Paris who can match you..."

This compliment was disgusting and clichéd, Leo stopped counting chips and exhaled slightly, but turned around and found that neither of the parties seemed to feel the same.

Pruc, who is skinless and shameless, doesn’t say anything. Unexpectedly, Mr. Duval, who was complimented so much, didn’t even twitch his brows, and the standard social etiquette smile didn’t even change the arc. Leo couldn’t help it. Zhu Zhu praised the word "high" in his heart, and when it was his father's turn, he might have any expression.

Morgana is still hesitating whether to add a little more chips. Armand seems to want to take money from his wallet to support his sister, but in the presence of his own father, he is not sure, hesitating In the meantime, I didn't dare to take more actions.

As a result, Adele quietly gave Leobi a index finger and shook it under the table, signaling that she would not want it. Leo and Morgana both saw it, so they gave up the idea.

Armand hadn't made a good decision in the first place, so he simply gave up his mind seeing this.

He seemed to be obediently staring at the poker table again, as if he really cared.

"Are you afraid that I won't pay you back?"

Duval's chip movement paused slightly, and he turned to look at Armand who was sitting beside him silently.

"Of course not, Dad."

Armand quickly denied it, but Duval did not answer immediately, but looked at him inexplicably.

After a while, Armand did not respond, so Duval had to ask again:

"Aren't you going to dance?"

"I..." Armand paused for a moment, looked at his sister who was still here, and thought about it again. He was about to ask to take his sister away, but Mr. Duval spoke again.

"You are you, your sister is your sister, she can play wherever she likes..."

Why does this conversation sound weird?

Adele thought about it for a while, and decided to pass a step down. The main reason is that if Duval is too uncooperative, she will kick him down and replace him with the more upright Armand, who is easier to bully.

"It's okay, let's take a look together." Adele waved her hand to indicate that it's okay, and after thinking about it, she threw ten louis into it, "The dance party is supposed to be fun, and I'm very happy with this card today, but if If you can’t have fun, it won’t work.”

"Of course, of course, I must have fun with you, and I must have fun."

Adele noticed that Duval originally wanted to answer the conversation, but was snatched away by the winking Mr. Prucker.

She admired his subtle choked expression, and began to take cards with great pleasure.

In the second hand, it is obvious that the cards in everyone's hands are not very good.

Morgana, who was watching Leo's cards, wrinkled her face. She cheated Adele a lot of cards with her little expression, but she, like Leo, didn't care, as long as she could suppress Prucker's cards, winning his money, whatever.

However, Leo's card skills are really not that good. Adele can basically count the weight in their hands without relying on the expressions of the two of them to guess the cards. Ke's card, she can't pay more attention to Leo's side, otherwise it will be bad if the water can't be suppressed.

Both Duvall and Adele were calm when they got the cards.

Whether it is a good card or a bad card, they are always smiling, without revealing anything.

Pruk is basically a fool who looks very happy no matter what kind of cards.

However, Adele won many times in a row before, even if he wanted to make his face look better, he couldn't suppress it.

With Duval's substitution for Armand's off-field buffer, he seemed a lot calmer.

I don't know if he wants to be open, the money lost has already been lost, and he can earn it back later, or his purpose has shifted to please and build a good relationship with Duval. Anyway, the mood has improved, but the standard Also gradually came back.

"Suppressed..." He directly pressed Adele's cards.

"Okay." Mr. Duval remained calm, and Adele frowned quickly.

Armand, who had witnessed all this, looked at the cards in his father's hand, and felt as if he could not understand the number.

He looked at the people present with different expressions, and then looked at the card again for confirmation, only to feel that he was still too young...?

Adele paused for a moment, and her mind turned away.

She thought that Duval would ask for it, but she didn't expect that he didn't ask for it. In all likelihood, Leo couldn't afford it.

Sure enough, Leo looked at the faces of everyone present, then looked helplessly at Adele, and had to shake his head to express his apologies.

As a result, he just let go of a hand of Prucker's cards.

Adele felt that this hand was about to be over, and secretly hated her. Just now she bet a lot of chips, and Leo followed her in the bet. As a result, if Pluke wins this hand, he can make back half of what he lost just now. Leo's side Most of the chips will be lost to Pluke.

She's just mad--

If Armand is here, he should press a hand and then give up a round, and then make a small one to feed Leo.

She glared at Duvall again.

Mr. Duval, who was sitting across from her, couldn't feel it. He couldn't help feeling funny while thinking about the cards behind him.

Now, this lady can't wait to eat me.

He was thinking in his heart, but the corners of his mouth kept rising.

Prouker went all the way smoothly, leaving in handfuls, no one wanted him, and he walked away in a comfortable way, as if the goddess of victory and money were waving to him.

However, just when Prouker played a few times in a row, thinking that the victory was only the last small leaflet in his hand, Duvall's next move was a bomb.

His self-satisfied smile froze for a moment, and his eyes looked at him.

Mr. Duval still smiled, as if he couldn't see the surprised eyes of everyone.

Then, under Pluke's shocked expression, he played the cards in his hand once again.

Armand, who was reading the cards next to him, had already frowned.

Adele paused first, and after seeing Mr. Smart's expression of knowing everything, she finally came to her senses in his expression full of smiles.

Their cards were poor because all the good cards went to Duval's side, so everyone's cards were poor.

Obviously, he could have played this way in one go, but the result was dragged to the end, making Pluke think that he would win after dismantling and reorganizing the cards, but in the end, there was only one card that could not be matched after the reorganization——

The worst thing is that Duval left a small pair in the end. Leo and Adele rely on this pair, you pair, I pair... They just cleared all the cards in their hands. Only Pluke's single big card, which was rotten in his hand, was left.

Duval became the only biggest winner. According to the rules, both Adele and Leo lost a little bit, but it didn't matter. The worst loser was Mr. Prucker.

The smile on the corner of Adele's mouth could not be suppressed anymore, Leo and Morgana had already turned their heads, it was Pruc's face that was so funny.

"Hahahahaha..." Adele finally couldn't hold back anymore, and laughed directly, "Mr. Duval, you are too bad, hahahaha."

"Um..." Mr. Duval paused for a moment, then showed a fluffy smile, and looked at Mr. Prucker who seemed to be a little bit indignant.

"If I don't do this, how can I become the biggest winner? Don't you think so, Miss Adele?"

"Really?" Adele's laughter stopped, and she had already started to shuffle the cards, "Then I have to say, your luck will not always be with you, and it may not be the next one." Yes, I will earnestly win you."

"Is that so?" He tilted his head slightly, his eyes fell on her face with a gentle expression, "Then I... look forward to it?"

Adele paused as she shuffled the cards, she looked up and met his gaze.

The atmosphere became inexplicably strange. Adele felt that Pluke was nothing. He was an idiot. If he lost so much money to her, he might lose his mind. She didn't care anymore——

Now she just wants to win Mr. Smart!

So, in the next four or five hands, the people present saw what it was like for Miss Adele and Mr. Duval to play cards seriously.

It seems a bit exaggerated to say that it was a bloodbath, but from the time they spoke to the cards they dropped, it was true and false...

While saying, "I'm really not good at this hand, I must rely on my strength to beat Mr. Duval", and then relying on a scalp-numbing combo to suppress Mr. Prucker's cards, Then outshine others and win all the chips.

While saying, "Goddess of luck must be favored in this game again, it seems that you don't have to worry about playing cards", and then lost, and then raised again and again, and after Mr. Prucker thought he had won a hand, he was able to win back all the money Afterwards, the gentleman who lost a little at first relied on multiple doublings to forcefully recover several times the chips from Mr. Prucker.

Even so, Adele still didn't nod and said she had fun, and Mr. Duval didn't seem to notice it, and several people played continuously at the poker table.

In the end, Leo consciously knew that he was a rookie, and then very consciously gave up the seat to Armand, but Armand did not dare to take it, and found an excuse to refuse, so Morgana came on, she would not, but she would Follow up.

She may not be the biggest winner, but anyway, the biggest loser will only be Mr. Prucker who is being suppressed by Duval and Adele, so she paddles in it, doing whatever she wants, very comfortable.

As a bystander, Leo could see it more clearly. For Adele and Duval, an opponent like Prouker was nothing to worry about.

The two of them had a really good time playing cards, and the smiles on their faces were real, whether they were winning or losing, they were always smiling, and the only one who wanted to cry was the annoying Pruc.

Although the two of them looked at each other in a tit-for-tat atmosphere, in fact, when they played cards, they would tacitly suppress Pluke's cards one by one, as if what the annoying guy was holding was not a card, but a simple toy for children , People can see through it at a glance.

Prouker already had an expression of doubting his life at the end. He no longer dared to continue to raise bets. He only dared to keep ten louis chips in and put them in. , was immediately won by Miss Adele or Mr. Duval.

In fact, if they wanted to, the two of them could also make Pluke invest money in it one after another like an addiction, without realizing it.

But Adele didn't want to do this, and Duval didn't seem to have this intention either. She guessed that the other party was seeing her thoughts.

That's right, Adele has only one idea, which is to dispel his unrealistic ideas by letting him lose so much that he doubts his life and loses his pants, and firmly regards Adele as a "devil" rather than a Golden thighs for him to cling to.

Anyway, she is not a person that a guy like him can think of, and she will not have the chaste and saintly character that he expects, and she will not marry him as he expected, and she will not marry him as he expected, and she will not marry him as he expected. She just ignored her words and didn't take them to heart at all, although she was still disgusted when she heard them.

After this encounter, Adele was sure that the way the other party looked at her changed.

As long as he thinks of her in the future, he can only recall how he lost miserably and was "beaten" to the ground, thus losing the self-esteem of all men, then she can rest assured.

"Okay, okay, it's almost there."

Seeing that his expression was close to collapse, Adele considered the time and finally decided to stop.

Most of the dance is over, and at night, I can no longer stay at the card table to kill time, it's time to go dancing.

"...good good."

Pluc breathed a sigh of relief.

Duval looked at the chips in front of everyone, and couldn't help laughing again.

"Then should I... congratulate our biggest winner, Miss Adele?"

"Huh?" Adele was sure that this was a smart and unforgiving gentleman, but she didn't feel disgusted at all, on the contrary she was a little happy.

"Thank you Mr. Prucker for your generosity."

She smiled, and deliberately said to Mr. Prouker, the other's facial muscles trembled.

"Dancing to celebrate?"

Before Pruker could respond, Mr. Duval had already stood up and extended his hand to her, and Adele was naturally distracted.

The author has something to say:

Adele: Happy!

Duval: Well, just be happy