Chapter 15

"I'll help you find whoever you're looking for." Thirteen didn't ask how Lixue knew him. What's the use of asking a question that would obviously be unanswered?

"I don't need you." Lixue bluntly said. He wasn't surprised anymore that Thirteen knew his objective.

"I assure you, I will be of your need. At least, not now."

Lixue glanced at Thirteen, "Why the insistence?"

"You're my kind and my intuition told me that it will be very exciting following you around." Thirteen reached out to touch Lixue's face but was slapped away.

"Then, it's simple. just prove to me that you live up to your name," Lixue smiled, "Kill 13 people in this building tonight."

"Only that?" Thirteen asked.

The second round finished with Lixue being a winner again along with another guy. The third round soon began with Lixue betting the exact same credit as the last 2 rounds. This time Thirteen followed his choice.

"Of course not. If there is not a single news about those 13 people in a week, only by then I will consider letting you in on the fun."

Thirteen rubbed his chin with a grin, "Interesting. You clearly know what kind of people are inside this building. 13 is also quite a number in this place. It will truly be quite a challenge to not let any news out."

"Killing is an easy matter." Lixue shortly commented.

Thirteen understood what he meant. If it's only a matter of purely killing, anyone can do it. What was important was the handling skill starting from the pre-killing preparation and planning, killing method and technique, and post-killing cleaning and staging.

"Then, I'll excuse myself first to prepare after this round."

Lixue glanced at him lazily, "Then, you should know your first target, right?"

Thirteen chuckled with a glint in his eyes, "Of course," he looked up at the pale fox-eared woman standing behind Lixue before looking back at Lixue, "You knew I was here, didn't you?"

Lixue watched the spinning roulette and answered, "I know, but I don't."

"You knew 'someone like me' is here, but you didn't know it was me," Thirteen quickly guessed.

The third round finished and both of them won. Thirteen stood up after receiving his credit.

"Interesting, very interesting," Thirteen took Lixue's hand on the armrest and softly brushed his lips on Lixue's finger joints with a smile. It was as light as feather as if his lips didn't touch the glove's surface at all, "I will not disappoint your expectation."

He left with long eager strides, giving a meaningful smile to the fox-eared woman in passing.

"…"

Lixue looked down at his left hand that was just touched by Thirteen with unknown thought. He suddenly smiled in amusement.

"So proud in cheating? You should practice controlling your face before practicing your tricks. I'm going to report this to the casino's management. Let's see if your face is still thick enough to continue laughing."

Lixue fixed his glasses as he looked up to the woman who just spoke to him. The smile on his face gone. The woman sneered thinking that she was right and Lixue was afraid to be exposed.

Truthfully, she wasn't the only one who thought like that, both about the earlier statement and Lixue's reaction. There was no way someone could win 3 times in a row while betting on a single number. Not to mention, the young man only bet on one exact number in each round and always won. The first time could be counted as beginner's luck, the second time could be counted as him luckier than average, but the third time? It became too much for a coincidence.

The woman wearing gold tassel earrings ordered one of the escorts at the table to call a staff. She already didn't like the young man who stole her spotlight at the table. She was enjoying the men's attention and admiring gaze at her when the young man suddenly barged in.

Not to mention the table, he caught all the people's attention in the whole area around them. Fortunately, her patron was taking a call somewhere, or she would really do anything to erase that pretentious young man if he managed to hook her patron.

Lixue noticed something and turned his head. There, he saw a short figure with white skin and gold curly hair wearing bunny ears. His hair must be sprinkled with some glittering dust because it shone and shimmered with every move of his head under the light.

The figure coincidentally turned around and Lixue saw the bright sparkling blue eyes like starlight. Even when he was at his lowest, his eyes still sparkled. Now that his condition hasn't reached that low yet, his whole person glowed with liveliness.

"Call that person for me." Lixue ordered the fox-eared woman, pointing at the short figure who was chatting with a guest while handing the drinks on his tray.

She quickly nodded her head and called him through the special communicator for escorts. The baby-faced man heard his communicator rang and checked it. He promptly looked at Lixue's direction and politely excused himself to the guest he was chatting with. Turns out he wasn't accompanying that guest. Still as friendly as ever. He really exuded a comfortable air around him that made anyone who talked with him reluctant to part.

The woman was ignored, and she felt indignant. She saw that the managerial staff was coming their way and sneered, "You dare to ignore me knowing who I am. Scared much? Don't worry, I'll make sure you pay back what you cheated three times the amount."

"This blabbermouth lady, you keep accusing me of cheating but isn't it you who is cheating? Why don't you look in the mirror first and say that again with clear conscious?" Lixue clicked his tongue as he shook his head "8 people. It won't even be enough to spend one man a day in a week excluding your legal partner."

He made an 'okay' gesture with his hand. Putting it in front of his lips, he smiled wickedly and stretched out his tongue to the circle he made with his fingers, "Your va*ina stinks."

The people at the table bulged out their eyes in shock at the beauty's vulgar words. They were all educated people that rarely spoke profanity. It was the first time they heard someone spoke such words in an unbridled manner.

But that face, that gesture, that aura… How can he look so sexy while saying such words?? It's unscientific, okay?!

The woman fiercely stood up with a red face full of anger and embarrassment. Her fingers pointing at Lixue trembled from her intense emotion, "YOU–!!"

"Dear honorable guests, how can I help you?"

"Thank you for requesting me, my name is Ningjui. Guest can call me however guest likes it."

The managerial staff and Ningjui arrived at the same time and spoke at the same time. Ningjui blinked blankly at the managerial staff and politely nodded in greeting. The managerial staff also returned his greeting.

"This b*tch here is cheating this game! I demand compensation. Make him pay the money he took from us 10 times the amount!" the woman rudely pointed her finger to Lixue's face who didn't even bother to watch.

Lixue at Ningjui from top to bottom. He smiled as he took off his glasses and put them back on his head. He stood up and leaned to whisper at Ningjui.

"Do you want to be freed from here?"

Ningjui was stunned. Before he could react, Lixue already pushed him down to sit on the seat he was at before. He clutched Ningjui's shoulder and smiled at all the people around the table with the annoying woman the last.

"You accused me of cheating without evidence. You think I will take it hands down? You can check whether her claims are baseless or not. As far as I'm concerned, I am more 'innocent' than this miss here."

The other guests at the table understood what he meant and chuckled. They knew this woman's identity is Guang Rong, the mistress of Yuan Jintian the current head of Yuan Family. True, that she was somewhat pretty, but her arrogant character and extravagant spending were notorious in the circle. She even underwent surgery to modify her face, so her current beauty was unnatural. Those in the know didn't even bother to glance twice at her.

They doubted that Yuan Jintian would pay for a mere mistress's trivial beautifying surgery, but now they knew where Guang Rong got the money for it. Yuan Jintian was wearing 8 green hats all along!!

A/N: wearing green hats: an expression meaning being cheated on

The managerial staff opened his communicator to check every camera installed in this game table including the one from the android's vision and motion sensor. The game itself wasn't conducted with any electronic device and it only needs the android to turn the roulette. In the whole 3 rounds of the game, it was proven that Lixue sat quietly in his seat. He only moved his legs from time to time while watching the game.

"This guest is proven to be innocent." The managerial staff announced.