Played by the devil in the palm of his hand

At 06:30 in the afternoon, approaching dusk, a group of crows passed by in the orange sky, landed on the wires in twos and threes, and did not call. They just tilted their heads and looked at the street with red eyes, which made people feel inexplicably ominous.

But Xu Chi's rough nerves are basically immune to all kinds of premonitions. Standing at the door of this familiar and disturbing tall tower, he looked at the luxurious English-style double-door in front of him, and then raised his leg without saying a word. Kicked up.

There was a loud bang, and the heavy door didn't move at all. Xu Chi frowned slightly, and leaned over the door to find the lock cylinder, intending to pick the lock directly.

Then he heard footsteps from far to near inside, very light but fast.

Xu Chi immediately became alert, took a step back, and put his right hand on the dagger.

With a slight squeak, the door was slowly opened, and it was not Ling Ya or Jun Ye who opened the door, but an ordinary waiter.

He stood sideways in front of the door in a regular manner, with his arms spread out, meaning to invite him in.

Xu Chi looked at him suspiciously. Although he couldn't see his face, he could tell from the other's standing posture and temperament that he was not malicious, so Xu Chi put away the dagger and stepped in.

The decoration style inside is still exquisite and luxurious, full of classic atmosphere, but Xu Chi found that the layout of the room seems to have changed again, it is not the same as last time, but the degree of intricacy has not changed.

The waiter seemed to know who he was looking for, and led him politely, Xu Chi followed him up to the third floor.This time, the dark red carpet on the stairs turned into an expensive light brown Persian carpet. Xu Chi stared at the patterns on the carpet, thinking about something, when he suddenly heard the faint sound of a piano in the air.

The waiter bowed his head and stood beside a white gate, and the sound of the piano came from inside.

It was a classic 'Adrina by the Water', and the tune sounded very comfortable.

Xu Chi hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and opened the door, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Jun Ye stood up from the piano bench, tidied up the hem and cuffs of his suit gracefully, and said with a smile: "I never thought you would Take the initiative to come to me."

Xu Chi glanced at the wall clock on the wall. It was now six forty. According to the plan, Edward and the others should be preparing to take off.

Xu Chi stared at him coldly, "I didn't come to look for you, where is Lingya?"

Jun Ye looked very surprised, and said pretentiously: "You came here specifically to find him? This is too sad, obviously I am your lover."

His eyes were so sincere and full of sadness, and his appearance was so good-looking, for a moment, Xu Chi really had the illusion that he was a scumbag who was treacherous and two-footed.

"..." Although this was the strategy he chose, Xu Chi was still unavoidably annoyed, "Who is your lover, nonsense!"

"Okay." Jun Ye restrained the artificial sadness in his eyes, returned to his usual gentle and elegant look, walked to the sofa and waved to him, "Come and sit first."

Xu Chi sat in a corner of the sofa, diagonally opposite to Jun Ye, which was the farthest distance.

The waiter pushed the door open, brought them black tea and snacks, and then left quickly.

Jun Ye picked up the teacup and said with a smile, "So, what are you doing with Lingya?"

"I want to compete against him again." Xu Chi's eyes were sharp. "The last time is not over yet. I have to beat him, or I will feel bad."

Jun Ye thought for a while, "Is your injury healed?"

"Completely..." Xu Chi's words suddenly stopped, because he remembered the fallacy that Jun Ye said when he was in the hospital last time that 'healing the body means being able to have sex/love'.

He immediately changed his tone, adjusted his sitting posture uneasily, and took the pillow very insecurely, "I mean, it's completely fine to play in the ring."

"I'm glad you're in good health." Jun Ye looked at him tenderly, and changed the topic, "But I'm afraid I'll disappoint you, because Lingya is not here."

Xu Chi was taken aback, "He's not here? Where did he go?"

"I have some things for him to do, so I asked him to leave temporarily." Jun Ye served tea to see off the guests, "So please go back, baby, and have a good rest, the next game is about to start."

Xu Chi's face suddenly became serious. He didn't expect that Bengya was not in Chang'an Town. This was an accident in the plan, but it wasn't necessarily a bad one. Originally, his purpose was to lure Jun Ye and Bengya away. Without Ya, he would only have to deal with Jun Ye alone.

Xu Chi quickly calmed down, threw away the pillow, raised his legs carelessly, put his arms on the back of the sofa, looked at Jun Ye and said, "If he's not here, why not? Why are you in such a hurry to drive me away?"

He picked up the teacup on the table and took two sips. His fingertips were slightly white due to the force - he had to use a lot of strength to restrain his body's trembling instinct. When facing Jun Ye, he was always very nervous. Tension is like forming a conditioned reflex.

Jun Ye seemed a little surprised, "I thought I didn't like staying by my side."

"I really don't like it." Xu Chi put the cup on the small round table next to the sofa, and said half-truthfully, "But I like to win something from you."

"Huh?" Jun Ye looked at him with interest, and asked, "For example?"

"For example, about the prompt of the name, the chance to save others, you have heard of the resurrection card or the substitute card, isn't it interesting to add it to the game?"

Jun Ye laughed disapprovingly, "Baby, you are changing the rules of the game without authorization."

Xu Chi stared at him, "Are you scared?"

"That's not true. Your proposal is very interesting, but adding resurrection cards to the game is only beneficial to you. What good does it do me?"

Xu Chi was taken aback, but he didn't think much about it. Originally, the concept of the resurrection card was just brought up by him casually. He didn't care if it could be implemented in order to delay the time. But since Jun Ye asked, he had to make the lie come true. Go down and buy more time for Edward and the others.

"Your so-called resurrection card means that you can avoid one execution?" Jun Ye tapped the armrest of the sofa with his fingertips, and said with deep meaning, "If you want to get it, shouldn't you pay a price?"

Xu Chi had suffered a lot from him, and when he heard his tone, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he immediately changed his sitting posture, sat on the sofa with his chest up, and glanced at the door from the corner of his eye.

"What price do you want?"

"I think you are very clear." Jun Ye's eyes fell on Xu Chi's collarbone, and the black jacket was slightly unzipped, revealing a small piece of skin, which looked even fairer under the light.

This hint was too blatant, Xu Chi's face darkened, he raised his hand and pulled the zipper up, "This won't work!"

Jun Ye regretted: "Then we have nothing to talk about, please go back."

Xu Chi became angry from embarrassment, and couldn't choose what to say, "You are too much, what's so wrong with me as a man?!"

Jun Ye couldn't help laughing, "Baby, it's a little late to say this now? But since you asked, I can tell you clearly that my desire for you is much greater than you imagined, and Not just physically."

Xu Chi only felt shuddering, he looked away uneasily, and muttered in a low voice: "Anyway, I can't go directly, you have to give me a chance to die, right?"

"It's okay." Jun Ye looked at him softly, always being very tolerant of his willful demands, "What do you want to do?"

Xu Chi tried his best to talk in his own favor, "Just like before, we have a game and I win. You have to give me one, no, two resurrection cards."

"Did you lose?"

Xu Chi broke the pot, and replied shamelessly: "You can do whatever you want, if you ask me to lie on my stomach, I will never sit, if you ask me to kneel, I will never stand, it's okay to give you a mouthful."

In the past, even if Xu Chi was beaten to death, he would not be able to say this kind of debauchery, but now it may be a special situation, or he has slept with Jun Ye too many times, and his face has long been worn down. Left, it doesn't matter.

For example, if you have failed the exam, do you still care whether you made a multiple-choice question or a fill-in-the-blank question?

Jun Ye didn't expect Xu Chi to say such direct or sexy words. He thought about it, and after a few seconds, he readily agreed, "Okay, what do you want to compare?"

"Let me choose?"

"You can choose what you are good at."

What are you good at?firearms?fighting?pick the lock?No, no, these are just that I am relatively good at it, and Jun Ye is definitely better than him.

Xu Chi had a rare brainstorm: If you want to win, you have to choose a game that has nothing to do with strength and is all about luck. In that case, there is at least a 50% chance of winning.

If the escape plan fails, he can still have two resurrection cards as a guarantee, at least Edward and Anna can be preserved.As for the others, Xu Chi can only say that he will try his best to save them, but doing his best...it is probably impossible, after all, they are just 'acquaintances' who have only known each other for a few months.

Xu Chi decided, "Let's play cards."

"Playing cards? Playing what?"

"BlackJack, it's blackjack, can you?"

Jun Ye shook his head frankly, "No."

Xu Chi's eyes lit up: he won't?Is there something he doesn't know? !How lucky!

Xu Chi coughed twice, concealing the ecstasy in his heart, and said as calmly as possible: "The rules are very simple, the two of us use a deck of cards, take out two ghost cards, and among the remaining cards, 2 to 9 They represent their original points respectively, 10, J, Q, and K all represent ten points, and A can represent either one point or eleven points."

"In the beginning, each person will be dealt two cards, one open and one hidden. You can choose to continue to ask for cards or not. Anyway, whoever's card points add up to 21 points in the end will win. If it exceeds 21 Point, even if you are out, understand?"

"Understood, it's very interesting." Jun Ye raised his hand and snapped his fingers. A few seconds later, the door was pushed open, and the waiter brought in a pack of cards. Xu Chi noticed that the pattern on the face and back of this card was very Delicate, faintly plated with gold dust.

The waiter wanted to deal cards for them, Xu Chi reached out and took the cards, and said casually, "I'll deal it out, you go out."

The waiter didn't move, Jun Ye nodded, the waiter bowed, turned and left.

Xu Chi skillfully cut and shuffled the cards, and his fingers moved very quickly. When Jun Ye was not paying attention, he quickly took an A of diamonds and a 3 of hearts from the cards, and threw them into his sleeve without changing his face. .

Playing cards depends not only on skill and luck, but also on occasional tricks.