The sound of his wife’s palm hitting the table startled Chu Zhongtian, who was in the midst of sipping his tea. He gave an involuntary jerk, nearly causing his tea to spill. In order to conceal his awkwardness, he cleared his throat and went along with his wife. “Indeed! Zu An, do you know what you’ve done wrong?”

Zu An inwardly scoffed at Chu Zhongtian for being a henpecked husband, but he replied with all the sincerity he could muster, “I know that I’ve done wrong.”

Both Chu Zhongtian and Qin Wanru were taken aback by Zu An’s response. They had expected him to rebut them, as he had done many times before, and they had even thought of how to counter his rebuttals. Zu An’s unexpected act of yielding took the wind out of their sails, leaving them scrambling to find an appropriate way to continue the conversation.

Chu Chuyan and Yue Shan exchanged surprised glances. This show of obedience from Zu An was startling. Was this really the fellow who had dominated everyone else in the casino with his sharp mouth earlier?

Qin Wanru pondered for a moment before deciding to go ahead with the script she prepared earlier. “Don’t you know that our Chu clan has rules forbidding our members from gambling?”

“I was unaware until you just mentioned it,” Zu An lied without even batting an eyelid. He thumped...