: You, what on earth happened?

: I'm really worried about you now, can you tell me where you are?

: Feeling a bit uneasy, I want to see you...

Message after message popped up, Xu Xiaoyou turned off her phone screen directly.

She could almost be certain that Bai Youyou must have found something these past two days.

Her heart felt inexplicably uneasy, people like her often have a strong sense of crisis.

Her intuition told her Bai Youyou was extremely dangerous at this moment.

She trusted her sixth sense completely.

"Looks like we can't continue being friends, Youyou."

She originally intended to block the girl's chat account, but her fingers hesitated over the red block button repeatedly.

In the end, Xu Xiaoyou gave up on the idea.

Let's leave it as a memento, after all, she was the first friend who truly connected with her upon coming into this world.

The time moved to the evening.

In the lavishly decorated gambling hall, the wealthy squandered money without restraint.

Debauched lights cast upon everyone's tense faces, tightly gripping the card table, eyes locked onto the cards; greed was like the water filled to the brim in a cup, seemingly ready to spill over any moment.

Everyone here was sailing on a small boat named 'Desire,' navigating through an endless sea of crisis and gambling, the still atmosphere constantly stirring up storms, a slight misstep and the ship would capsize, dragging people into the abyss.

At a corner table, an old gambler seemed somewhat at a loss, beads of sweat dotted his forehead as he gasped for air like he was drowning.

His gaze searched everywhere, seemingly trying to find a straw to clutch at, yet the onlookers had eyes filled with indifference and mockery.

Eventually, his gaze landed on the person before him, a blonde girl.

"All in."

Xu Xiaoyou pushed over the mountain-like pile of chips in front of her.

The chips fell onto the table, seemingly shattering the old gambler's heart, crushing his confidence and arrogance into pieces, leaving only a hollow shell already eaten away by desire.

"No..." The old gambler swallowed heavily, shaking his head in horror.

"Either call me or leave." Xu Xiaoyou said.

"What are you all looking at me for!"

The old gambler saw the cold indifference in those around him, his psychological defenses completely collapsed.

He had already staked everything he had.

Even the wealth he gained from selling his daughter to an old man didn't allow him to turn the tides.

The girl's pile of chips was so light it bounced on the table. The crisp sound of the chips collapsed him completely.

He had no more money to call...

He lost everything he had put in before...

Suddenly, the man made an extremely outrageous move.

As if he had snapped, he leaned over to scoop up a large pile of chips, stuffing them in his pockets, pants pockets, even his collar.

Then, under everyone's gaze, he fled awkwardly outside, with each step leaving behind a trail of chips that clattered as they hit the ground.

When caught by the security guards in the gambling hall, the chips on him had just about all fallen out, and he was detained at the gambling table.

He looked up, the blonde girl's emotionless golden eyes reflected an icy light, the last chip flipped at her fingertips landed before him.

"I'm begging you, let me go..."

"I need money to ransom my daughter, and I need to treat my mother's illness, I'm begging you!"

Seeing the man's ingratiating, laughable, pitiful smile, Xu Xiaoyou remained unmoved.

"I really know I was wrong, I shouldn't have gambled, I deserve to die! I let my daughter and wife down..."

"When pushed to the brink, people indeed start saying anything."

Escaping the eyes flickered with disgust.

"It's not that you know you were wrong, it's just that you know you're going to die."

"Are you human!?" The man broke down, shouting, "Are you going to just watch me die, sent to the Fresh Meat Restaurant, I'll die!"

"Being a swine suits you just fine," Xu Xiaoyou smiled, "After all, some people lose their right to be humans the moment they throw away family for gambling money."

The man was dragged away, hurling the vilest curses at Xu Xiaoyou.

"I can't hear, can't hear, can't hear, the dog's barking, the dog's barking, the dog's barking."

Xu Xiaoyou simply covered her ears, pretending she heard nothing.

Once quiet settled, Xu Xiaoyou blinked:

"Still playing?"

She looked at the people around.

No one responded this time since this blonde girl walked in tonight, the regular gamblers here hadn't won once, her hands seemed to possess magic power, always drawing the best cards, her eyes sharp as a hawk, always evading any risk, any disadvantageous situations.

It's as if she's cheating!

But they couldn't catch any evidence of the girl cheating; she had won almost more than ten thousand credit points by herself in one night...

Considering the man's outcome, they all felt a chill down their spine.

Soon, everyone cleared out.

Xu Xiaoyou spread her hands: "I knew it."

Looking at the poker table where her hand remained the highest in Texas Hold'em, her face showed no emotion.

Thinking getting rich relying on such things is the most foolish.

Gamblers betting lives cannot bet money.

Thinking of the man, Xu Xiaoyou's gaze was distant.

No gambler deserves sympathy.

She didn't think this gambling hall could allow her to leave alive with a fortune.

Moreover, no one keenly aware of danger would keep playing after facing consecutive losses against her.

The crowd was gone, leaving only one girl with black long hair standing silently in place.

This position covered the entire card table scene within vision.

Xu Xiaoyou walked up to her, her lips curled slightly, gently lifted her chin; she had a pair of pretty amber eyes.

Just like her own.

"Alright, that's it for tonight, let's go."

Xu Xiaoyou said, waving her hand, heading towards the depths of the gambling hall.

Substitute: "..."

Water mist drifted around.

Xu Xiaoyou leaned against the private hot spring, her expression relaxed.

The feeling of soaking in the hot spring water was excellent, warmth wrapped her whole body, the fatigue of a few days vanished with the rise and fall of water splashes, the flower buds planted around the hot spring wafted a rich fragrance, soothing the soul.

A female attendant approached, the black and white attire tightly encased her figure, elongating her legs, face adorned with a fox mask.

She handed over a glass of chilled white wine.

Xu Xiaoyou accepted, the glass wall frosted with ice, the fruity aroma lingered at the tip of her nose.

This was the kind of life she wanted, so leisurely and pleasant.

The most crucial thing was to be above countless others.

Thinking so, Xu Xiaoyou sipped gently from the glass.

The hotel named Angel's Kiss offered unspeakable services, where in dark, narrow spaces, the Siren dance troupe would perform a raunchy dance for you, followed by a chaotic party.

"What kind of people would be interested in imps?"

Xu Xiaoyou's head emerged from the hot spring, water droplets fell from her damp hair, hands rested on the coarse rock wall, her chin gently leaned on her encircled fair arms.

The Sirens cultivated by Angel's Kiss were all purebred.

Raised from childhood.

Throughout the city, only here could one usually see purebred Sirens.

Just when she thought such peaceful times would endlessly continue, a call came in.

Her entire face lazily rested on her arm, not bothering to glance at the phone screen, she answered in a slightly drunken voice, "Hello, who is it?"

A raspy voice came through, as if repressed emotions were about to break free.

"You have three minutes to run."

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