In the end, Lucy could only settle on a broad condition. “How about this, whoever loses will have to promise the winner one thing. No matter what it is, the loser can’t refuse.”
Joel’s eyes suddenly lit up at the words.
He narrowed his eyes and laughed wickedly.
“Are you serious?”
Lucy had no idea that she dug a hole for herself to jump into.
She said righteously, “Of course. A real man never goes back on his words! Whoever cheats is a dog!”
Joel burst out in laughter. “Okay, since you want to bet, I’ll play along with you.”
Thus, the two squared up again and began to bet on the last two balls.
Lucy suddenly thought of a problem. “Wait, what if we both score these balls?”
Joel said, “That’s fine. We’ll just keep going until someone doesn’t score, and that person loses.”
Lucy thought about it and felt that that was fine. It was also fairer.
Thus, she agreed.
Then, they started a new round.
Joel managed to score on the first ball.
Lucy was no exception. After experiencing the few anxious rounds earlier, her present state of mind had stabilized, and she scored as well.
However, there was no such luck for the second ball.
Joel naturally managed to score without any accidents, but Lucy had misadjusted the direction, and the ball went off-course, and did not enter.
She looked at the ball and widened her eyes in surprise.
She did not feel good. How did this happen?
Joel immediately became happy when he saw that the ball did not go on.
Standing there with his club, he laughed. “How about it? Do you admit defeat?”
Lucy wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction and said, “This one doesn’t count. The wind was too strong just now and blew the ball.”
“Tsk.” Joel narrowed his eyes but did not argue. “Fine, if you say it’s the wind, then it’s the wind. Let’s go another round?”
Lucy was slightly surprised. She clearly did not expect him to agree with her.
The sun was shining now, so where did the wind come from? It was obvious that she just refused to admit defeat.
However, the man did not expose her, so she naturally played along.
Thus, she quickly smiled and said, “Yep, yep, one more.”
Little did she know that this was all part of the man’s trap.
The reason he went easy on her was so that she would no longer be able to find an excuse not to fulfill her promise when she lost later.
It was clear to see that Lucy lost the next few rounds.
All the excuses she could come up with were exhausted, but it was as if Lady Luck no longer visited her and had abandoned her. No matter how hard she tried, she was not able to score.
In fact, what she did not realize was that she had been playing for more than an hour. Any normal person’s physical energy would have been exhausted.
Even if she still had strength, the force that her muscles could muster was no longer as precise as before.
That was why she repeatedly missed.
However, it was different for Joel. First of all, he worked out a lot, so an hour of exercise meant nothing to him.
Besides, how long had Lucy played this game? The man had been playing for so many years, so she was no match for him at all.
Thus, in the end, Lucy was completely convinced that she lost to Joel.
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