373: Chapter 373 Fearless Gambler 373: Chapter 373 Fearless Gambler Arriving at the city gate, Iyas was stopped by the guards who told her to go to the back of the line for entering the city.
Seeing the carriages of the Chaoyang Chamber of Comrce getting further away, Iyas had no choice but to lower her hood.
After her rescue, Iyas had learned much from Yang Yu.
Beauty, too, was a weapon.
By human standards, she seed quite popular.
To pass through the gate quickly, she deliberately put on a pitiful look, explaining that she had urgent business in the city and asking the guards to make an exception.
Seeing such a beautiful woman pleading, and having just received a gratuity from the Chaoyang Chamber of Comrce, the guards blushed and let Iyas cut in line.
Breezing through the checkpoint, Iyas quickly looked around the streets, and seeing that the carriage of the Chaoyang Chamber of Comrce was still in sight, she heaved a sigh of relief, pulled her hood back up, and hurried after the carriage.
anwhile, on the carriage, a handso young man was discussing recent events with another passenger—a thin old woman dressed in a blue-black dress, leaning on a cane.
The old woman asked, “Hei Yao, have you heard that the order request from Red Blood Rose has been canceled?
Do you know what happened?”
The man known as Hei Yao replied, “Pogranate Granny, I heard that they’ve found what they were looking for elsewhere.”
Her face, full of wrinkles, couldn’t hide Pogranate Granny’s disappointnt.
“That’s really a pity, it was a rare chance to earn a favor from Red Blood Rose.
Liu Li must be feeling upset for not being able to help Gordon.
Take so ti to comfort her.”
“That guy doesn’t need my comfort.
That man took my job forcefully because of their connection.
I don’t need to comfort such people.”
With disdain in his eyes, Hei Yao crossed his legs,
“I’ve gotten tired of that woman bossing around.”
“She is your aunt after all, how can you talk about her that way?
At least, keep your voice down.
You ingrate.
If only you could marry a high-ranking noble daughter like your brother did, you wouldn’t have to run around, hosting auctions.
Wouldn’t it be nice to stay in an office where people flatter you?”
“Pogranate Granny, I run around like this purely because I love the auction business.
Especially, auctioning slaves.
Even though the buyers below wear masks just like I do, I can still see the greed in their eyes.
Teasing that greed, releasing their desires, making them fight each other nastily, for , it’s an unmatched ultimate spectacle.
The confusion, despair, anxiety, worry of the slaves being manipulated at the clap of hands, it adds a certain flavor too.”
“Hmph!”
Angrily scoffing, Pogranate Granny aggressively jabbed the carriage with her cane,
“You’re always talking in these unfathomable ways, that’s why opportunities keep getting snatched away from you.”
Facing Pogranate Granny’s scolding gaze, Hei Yao averted his eyes towards the outside of the carriage, saying indifferently,
“What can I do if soone higher ranking takes my opportunities away?”
Opportunity is such a thing; if you don’t get it, you just don’t.
When it cos, it will find all sorts of ways to cling to you.
“Let it be said beforehand, even if I beco a higher-up, I will not give up my job as an auctioneer.”
“You little…” Pogranate Granny almost choked on her anger, struggling to speak for a while before finally catching her breath, “Forget it, there is an opportunity right in front of you now, it depends on whether you cherish it.
I have so old connections with ‘Red Blood Rose’, and Gordon will be visiting soon.
That’s why I ca back with you…
You must cherish this opportunity and try to make friends with him.”
Regarding Pogranate Granny’s earnest advice, Hei Yao indifferently replied, “Yes.”
Pogranate Granny sighed, drew a circle in the carriage, which then turned into a mirror,
“Let’s put that aside for now.
I have sothing else here.”
In the mirror appeared a bustling crowd.
It was clearly visible that a figure wearing a hood was following their carriage.
“Is soone tracking us?”
Through Pogranate Granny’s Magic Mirror, Hei Yao imdiately felt that the person following their carriage looked sowhat familiar.
“Pogranate Granny, can you change the angle to see her obscured face?
I need to confirm sothing.”
“If there’s a mirror or glass nearby, I can use my magic to reveal her face.”
Quickly, Hei Yao instructed the coachman to turn, adjusting their route to a street lined with glass windows.
Passing a clothing store displaying garnts, Pogranate Granny’s Magic Mirror instantly projected the appearance of Iyas.
Iyas only felt a brilliant light sweep across her face.
She instinctively closed her eyes, then imdiately reopened them, looking left and right for the Sunrise Chaoyang Chamber of Comrce’s carriage.
The carriage hadn’t disappeared from sight; Iyas breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as she was about to catch up with the carriage, a voice sounded not far from her.
“Iyas.”
The woman speaking had ssy hair, a wooden Magic Wand in her right hand, and sothing resembling a scroll in her left arm.
The eyes peeking through her hair harbored indescribable emotions—astonishnt and wonder mixed together, bringing a hint of anger in her eyes.
The man next to her had an ordinary face that betrayed a unique depth.
His expression was straight, but his eyes seed to penetrate everything.
To encounter these two at this ti, to say I’m lucky is undoubtedly a lie.
Looking at the carriage growing more distant, Iyas clenched her teeth and said, “You have the wrong person,” before she ran after the carriage.
This was an opportunity that Iyas did not want to miss, to pinpoint her brother’s whereabouts all at once.
Nor did she want Yang Yu to discover her breaking their promise.
The only way Iyas could think of was to quickly grab the man and force him to disclose her brother’s whereabouts and then, before the chaos escalated, return to the woods.
In a crisis, it’s hard for one to fully consider the consequences.
Right now, Iyas only wanted to get the information and leave, never weighing the consequences of her actions.
She was like a gambler, staking all on the next hand after a loss,
dreaming only of the glory of winning, transforming bicycles into motorcycles, dining on varied barbecues every day, enjoying models at hotels; never considering, if she lost, she would end up moving bricks at a construction site, dividing a pack of noodles, worth two yuan and fifty, into three als.
Believing she must and can only believe in what she believed, could lead one to not see oneself clearly, to not properly assess oneself, unaware that it is a ga destined to be lost.
No matter how big the bet, no matter how confident, no matter how courageous, Iyas could not win this ga that was bound to be lost.
Fearless gambler, only the Abyss awaited her.
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