Free Web NovelThe layout of Fu Xing Chess Room was different from other places. Upon entering the main door, you were immediately greeted by a row of massage beds. In a corner of the room sat scantily clad Misses, ready to provide a back massage at any time.
Those who didn't know the ropes would usually be fooled by this facade, spending four or five hundred yuan for a completely legitimate massage with no 'color' at all.
Only those who knew the ropes, relying on familiarity, could be led by the Misses into the underground casino behind the secret door.
Jiang Li had been coming here to play mahjong since she was fifteen. At first, she didn't know the way in. The Misses at the entrance, seeing how pretty she was, arranged her on a massage bed. She spent money and was touched all over.
Later, she finally managed to become familiar, entering the inner area, but could only play a couple of rounds at the small tables on the periphery. Before long, she would lose everything and could only leave dejectedly.
At that time, as soon as she entered the main door of the inner area, the thugs and rascals mixing there would jeer loudly, "Oh! Miss Jiang is here to give us money again!"
"You must have stolen from your mother's wallet again, right?"
Jiang Li didn't argue, just her face flushed red, her eyes welling up with tears. She found a table to sit at, spread out a handful of chips, and said to herself, "Shuffle!"
However, today was different from the past.
"Creak—!"
As soon as Jiang Li pushed open the secret door, exchanged chips, and entered the inner area of Fu Xing Chess Room, there was an uproar inside.
Some people had meaningful smiles on their faces, waiting to watch others' misfortune.
Some quickly settled their chips and ran outside, afraid of being targeted by Jiang Li.
Others, not minding the commotion, shouted at the top of their lungs, "The Queen of Mahjong, Jiang, is here! Everyone, run!"
Jiang Li ignored those people, just walked straight through the large chess room to the corner in the southeast direction, found the table that seemed to always have only three people, and with a "bang!", placed her cane and chips on the table together.
Jiang Li glanced at the three people and said calmly, "You all seem quite free today? Didn't go possess someone and make your opponent doubt their life?"
Seeing Jiang Li, the sallow-faced man, who under Spiritual Energy detection had seven or eight arms growing all over him, each hand clutching mahjong tiles, shivered. The mahjong tiles in his hands clattered to the ground.
"You, why are you here?" The man forced a smile towards Jiang Li with difficulty, "You only come on those specific days..."
"That's right!" The woman sitting across from the man, who had six pairs of eyes on her face, also panicked and said weakly, "If your hands are itching, we can play a couple of rounds with you, but let's make it clear first! We're not gambling for money, just purely enhancing friendship!"
The last person didn't speak, just nodded. Under Spiritual Energy detection, there was no one there at all, only a blurry shadow, with a terrifyingly long neck coiled around its shoulder like a venomous snake.
Gambling was originally a harmful thing. It was not strange for a few urban legend specializing in winning money to appear in a place where gamblers gathered, especially since they were all Jiang Li's "informants."
Jiang Li sat down silently, scanned the three urban legend in front of her, and said calmly, "I just came to ask if the matter I asked you to investigate last time has yielded any results."
"No!" The three urban legend said in unison, and then they started talking one after another.
"I've asked around in the eastern suburbs, and no one has ever heard of any Witch Seed."
"There have been a few incidents of urban legend disappearing around Linjiang Avenue, do you think..."
Jiang Li waved her hand at the woman with six pairs of eyes, interrupting, "There's a lone Psychic living nearby. We tried to recruit her, but it wasn't successful. I think she's likely the one who did it."
"The University City area..." The man with multiple arms looked at Jiang Li and gave a bitter smile, "Don't you already know? Since that level of Spiritual Energy fluctuation appeared last time, I haven't dared to go out."
"Today, I really couldn't hold back anymore. If I don't play a couple of rounds, these hands of mine will start falling off."
After listening to the information from the three urban legend, Jiang Li frowned slightly and continued to press, "Then what about the card game I've been asking you to keep an eye out for? Is there any news?"
The three urban legend exchanged glances and all shook their heads in unison, "Even less so."
"Miss Jiang, if I may speak freely, everyone has heard of that legendary card game that can fulfill any wish, but no one has ever seen it! Maybe it really is just a legend."
Jiang Li, "..." No one has ever seen it? Really? Then what was it that I saw?
After a brief moment of thought, Jiang Li collected her thoughts, scanned the three urban legend, and a meaningful smile appeared on her lips.
"Since there's nothing, I'll give you some information fees. Come on, shuffle!"
Gathering information was real, but after gathering it, the card game still had to be played.
The three urban legend, "..."
Only a ghost would believe you!
Which time wasn't it that they only got "information fees" after providing useful information, and lost everything, even their pants, when they didn't provide useful information?
...
That night, on the summit of the small mountain where Shihekou Middle School was located, two dark figures rapidly swept over and landed steadily in a relatively open area on the peak.
One was a seductive woman dressed in rather provocative clothing, and the other was a man in a dark blue suit with a fair complexion but lifeless eyes.
The two stopped on the summit, looking down in the direction of Shihekou Middle School. After a moment of silence, the woman couldn't help but speak, "This is fun now, your plan has been ruined."
The man frowned slightly, not rushing to explain. Instead, he reached into his jacket pocket, fumbled for a while, pulled out a stack of sticky notes, and flipped through them.
"This is just a very small part of our plan in Hua City. Even if it's ruined, it doesn't affect the overall situation much. You just need to do your own thing and stop asking about the rest."
Listening to the man's somewhat unfriendly words, the woman's expression darkened slightly. Something wiggled within her brown wavy hair, and then a pair of pure white rabbit ears emerged.
The man finished reading the content on the sticky note in a flat tone, turned his head to look at the woman beside him, seemingly completely unconcerned that she had entered a combat state. He looked at her expressionlessly and added, "The above are the original words of the Elder Council."
Hearing the man mention the Elder Council, the woman immediately backed down. Her rabbit ears slowly retracted back into her long hair, and she said in a low voice, "When exactly will you give me that formula you mentioned? You've been giving me this empty promise for too long, and I don't have much time left."
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"Don't worry, I'll be able to give it to you soon. After the matter is completed, I will not only give you the formula, but if you encounter difficulties when dealing with Twilight Woman, we will also provide some assistance." The man said, "Hmm, this is also the meaning of the Elder Council."
"Alright, I'll just have to trust you one more time." The woman said with a helpless tone, and a trace of crimson light flashed in her eyes as she spoke.
Or perhaps, I can also find an opportunity to harvest the fruits of my labor in advance. The woman thought, that's thousands of units of high-purity source spirits. Even if it means offending the Eclipse Society, it's worth it!
"Hmm, let's go then! There's nothing left to stay here for." The man suddenly said. free𝑤ebnovel.com
"Huh?" The woman was startled for a moment, turned her head to look at the man, and said, "Didn't you say you came here to contact..."
"We did come to contact Purple Maiden, it's just..." The man stopped halfway through his sentence, closed his eyes, sniffed the air lightly, then gently shook his head, "As expected, that Spiritual Energy item is gone. I can no longer sense its presence."
"..." The woman pondered for two seconds, then sighed, "Ah, let's go then!"
"Wait, wait a minute! There's one more thing." The man said, suddenly grabbing the woman's shoulder and leaning forward slightly.
The woman, "..." What is he doing? Is he trying to do something inappropriate? Damn it! If you dare to kiss me, I'll open my mouth and bite your head off!
"Excuse me, is the club you work at still hiring recently?"
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"That place where you do pole dancing, are they still hiring?" The man said seriously.
The woman looked at the man suspiciously and asked, "Why are you asking about that?"
She originally wanted to ask the man if he also wanted to hunt people with Spiritual Energy potential, but then she remembered that he was a Psychic and usually didn't need to do such things, which made her even more confused.
"My wallet was stolen while I was eating this morning, so I need to find a job temporarily."
The woman, "..."
Right, he's human, he needs to eat!
The woman thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask for you when I get back, but..."
"It's okay, I can sell my looks!" The man said with determined eyes.
Hearing this, the woman covered her forehead, "..."
She really didn't know how the Eclipse Society sent such a simpleton to replace Cicada's job.
However, this might not be a bad thing. Perhaps in some situations, it will be more convenient for me to manipulate things.
...
In the early morning, before dawn, Lu Yibei was startled awake by her alarm clock.
She didn't know if it was because she was always thinking about bathing in the morning sun, but unconsciously, she had already adapted to the rhythm of getting up early every day.
When she changed her clothes and went downstairs, Ju Meng was still sound asleep on the sofa, her head resting on the Maotuan (Hairball) who dared not be angry. It seemed she had stayed up very late again last night.
This Miss is just like you guys, always likes to plant flags on herself and then ruthlessly pull them out.
The day before, she'd said she would go to bed and get up early, practice yoga, eat a balanced diet, and read more books, but the next day she changed her mind.
And she still has the nerve to ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ say she's a great Adult who is thousands of years old!?
Lu Yibei thought with disdain, tiptoed over, picked up the blanket that Ju Meng had kicked to the ground, gently covered her, then lifted her head with one hand, helped Maotuan (Hairball) escape, and at the same time, stuffed a pillow under her head.
"Demoness Adul..."
"Shh—!" Lu Yibei glared at Maotuan (Hairball) and lowered her voice, "What did I tell you guys before? Talk less when there's nothing going on, and stay out of the house."
If this continues, you'll kill me sooner or later! Lu Yibei thought.
"Understood, understood, I'm going now." Maotuan (Hairball) said, and after floating a short distance, it turned back and landed on Lu Yibei's shoulder.
"Adult, let me ask, when exactly is she leaving? Our brothers can't stand it anymore!" Maotuan (Hairball) said.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Do you think I don't want her to leave? Isn't this just something I can't help?
"Maybe it will take some more time?" Lu Yibei said.
"This..." Maotuan (Hairball) was speechless for a moment, then paused and continued, "Adult, there's something I don't know if I should say or not."
Lu Yibei frowned slightly and said, "Say it."
"Could it be that you've taken a liking to her? From my experience, you two really aren't suitable. This kind of thing isn't enough with just a good-looking appearance."
"..." Lu Yibei was silent for a moment, then glared at Maotuan (Hairball) and said, "Stop talking nonsense, I'm not interested in her."
As she spoke, she glanced at Ju Meng who was pouting her little mouth and sucking her finger in her sleep, and rolled her eyes, "Besides, without a good-looking appearance, who the hell would be willing to understand the soul?"
"Alright, stop talking. I'm leaving now. You guys also hurry and find a place to hide, don't get caught by her again."
After speaking, Lu Yibei turned and left the door. At the moment she closed the main door, her gaze slightly narrowed.
When I go to school later, how should I discuss the after-effects of being stabbed eighteen times with the Counselor? Lu Yibei thought, it's really a headache!
However, what Lu Yibei didn't expect was that this problem that gave her a headache was temporarily suspended before it even began.
The Counselor had actually gone crazy overnight...
