Thank goodness for my good luck; otherwise, I would have been kidnapped for ransom and still clueless about what happened.
After making up his mind, Lin Nineteen felt like he could already see the death on looming over his head.
No idea how many more traps lie ahead...
Sitting at ho, all I did was spew so verbal garbage, so how did I end up in this godforsaken ss?
If I can dodge this bullet, I swear I'll stay as far away from that bastard as possible—the farther, the better!
After praying with the few shreds of sincerity he had to the True Dragon Candle Yin, who had probably been dead for who knows how many years, he swallowed and mustered his last ounce of courage to pick up the phone.
Then he hurriedly knelt to beg for rcy.
[I only have 23 million on , Big Brother, please spare my life! I won't talk smack anymore!]
'¿'
On the ship, Huai Shi felt as if his whole world had been turned upside down.
What happened?
What's going on?
Why has he suddenly beco like this?
[Give a month, just one month, I'll find soone to borrow from!] Little Nineteen declared, stamping his feet in frustration. [If that's not enough, I still have a property in Yanjing...]
"..."
Huai Shi felt like he'd spun a full three hundred and sixty degrees, completely baffled and unaware of what had happened.
Weren't we just talking about KP a mont ago?
Why did things suddenly turn out this way?
[What do you an?] he sent a ssage asking.
Is this... dissatisfaction with the amount?
Lin Nineteen held back a surge of emotion, his trembling fingers typing a reply: [Nothing, if the aning isn't enough, I have a little more aning...]
Huai Shi frowned, unable to grasp what on earth he was up to. [I don't understand what you an.]
[Actually...]
Lin Nineteen, eyes brimming with tears, replied, "[There's no other aning, just a little token of appreciation.]"
"..."
Huai Shi rolled his eyes, feeling the conversation couldn't possibly continue.
He couldn't help but sigh.
Fine, maybe I asked for too much. The pressure must be huge for Little Nineteen, so it's natural for him to reject it so tactfully.
After all, they're not close.
[Alright, my apologies then.]
After replying, he turned off his phone and scratched his head, planning to think of another solution.
Then, two minutes later, DING! A notification popped up from the Magic Gold Bank app on his phone.
[Received a transfer of 23,160,000 from an anonymous account.]
Huh?
Huai Shi looked down at the transfer notification, utterly stunned.
Still no clue what had happened.
Money mysteriously sent to ?
Interesting...
「. .」
Eventually, he figured out where the money ca from and returned it to Little Nineteen.
But Little Nineteen's response was very odd. It was as if Huai Shi was about to kill him with a knife rather than simply return the money. He showed extre reluctance, almost on the verge of crying.
Did I unknowingly beco a monster in Little Nineteen's eyes?
That can't be...
Huai Shi stroked his chin, pondering in the ship's cafe.
He heard the sound of the chair opposite him being pulled out.
"Excuse , is this seat taken?" a dignified and mature female voice inquired.
Huai Shi looked up and saw a woman in a black dress that seed to cloak her in the night itself; even her exposed hands were covered with black lace gloves.
Her eyes were veiled by a piece of black tulle that hung from her hat, making her entire face seem blurred.
Hard to rember.
What puzzled Huai Shi more was that there were hardly any people in this café; or rather, there were barely any passengers on the ship at all.
After setting sail, Huai Shi had hardly seen any other passengers on board.
Why sit opposite ?
However, he didn't mind having soone to chat with during the trip.
After putting down his phone, Huai Shi nodded and gestured, "Please, help yourself."
"Thank you."
The husky and deep voice sounded particularly distant.
Huai Shi felt sothing wasn't quite right but couldn't pinpoint it. He just had the feeling... that this mature and dignified woman in front of him was sohow similar to that wild captain steering the ship.
But where the similarity lay, he simply couldn't say.
Huai Shi was certain he had never t her before.
One should be able to firmly rember such a mysterious woman from even a single encounter, yet he had no impression of her whatsoever.
But one thing was certain—he must have heard her voice sowhere before; it was just that Huai Shi couldn't recall it at the mont.
It felt as though a light mist was enveloping him, yet it didn't seem that important, not worth worrying about.
No need to be concerned.
It's just a bit strange, isn't it? These days, doesn't everyone go about like this when they travel?
"Hello, Huai Shi."
He extended his hand politely. "May I ask your na?"
The lady pondered for a mont. "...Just call by the na that fellow liked best," she said. Then, shaking Huai Shi's hand, she added, "Sophie."
She introduced herself, "You can call Sophie Tilton."
Huai Shi nodded. "Is Madam Tilton traveling as well?"
"I suppose you could say, it's my daughter's first journey, and I'm a little uneasy. I want to keep an eye on her. Her uncles probably feel the sa," Sophie said, her lips curving slightly into a semblance of a smile, making her appear even more mysterious.
She suddenly asked, "Since the journey is long, I wonder if you'd be interested in playing a ga, Huai Shi?"
"A ga?"
Huai Shi was puzzled, but after a mont's thought, decided it didn't really matter; he was idle anyway.
Then he saw Lady Sophie unbelievably take out a rather large wooden box from her small handbag and place it on the table.
It looked sowhat like a chessboard.
As she slowly opened it, an exaggerated interior space was revealed, completely disproportionate to its exterior. Within lay a multitude of neatly arranged cards.
Ever since the Card of the Ages was issued, more than two thousand card packs were all laid out here,
including over sixteen hundred limited-edition, out-of-print, flash gold, diamond, and origin tin cards—
It made Huai Shi's inner whale ache with envy.
He couldn't help but tactically lean back.jpg.
Where did this unparalleled tycoon co from!
Observing his shocked expression, Madam Sophie asked with a mysterious smile, "How about a ga of Card of the Ages?"
Her words held an unbelievable Magic Power, convincing and engaging.
It made one unable to resist agreeing with her.
It's just a card ga, right?
Bring it on!
And with that, Huai Shi fell into a stupor.
The instant he nodded, a faint mist engulfed the entire cruise ship, wrapping everything within the frawork set by the Creator.
Gazing at the young man now engrossed in the card ga, Sophie slowly raised her eyes.
"Mr. Huai Shi, as that child's guardian, I'm not as lax or kind-hearted as KP, thinking that as long as you make it to Canberra, you'll have passed," she said earnestly.
"Unless you can win a ga against , otherwise...
"You can just go back where you ca from."
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