Chapter 53: The World of the Rich 24: Want to make a bet?
As Chu Sicheng finished speaking, the entire space seemed to have been paused.
The gauze curtains blown by the wind floated in the air and were reluctant to fall. The sparrow that flew by the window occasionally still maintained its flying posture, and Chen Ci, who was next to Chu Sicheng, still had a worried look on his face.
"What...what's going on?"
Zhou Luoluo suddenly found that everything around him had become quiet. He looked up in a daze, but found that in the corridor, except for him and Chu Sicheng, the other two people remained in their original positions.
Time stopped at this moment, so no matter what Chu Sicheng did to him next, it would not be captured by the surveillance.
Thinking of this, Zhou Luoluo felt as if he was soaked in ice water, and his whole body was cold.
"You...don't come over here!"
"You're not Song Le'an at all, right?!"
Zhou Luoluo looked at Chu Sicheng who was walking towards her with an expressionless face, and the fear in his eyes almost solidified into reality.
It was also at this time that he slowly realized the various suspicious points about the "Song Le'an" in front of him.
Originally, he thought that the boy was a reborn person like him, so he hated him and Li Yanze so much, and tried every means to leave them, and in the process of leaving, he didn't even give them a good look.
But until now, the time around him was suspended. This strange skill that he had only seen on the skull was definitely not something that a reborn person could master.
After all, he didn't have it, so it was natural to think that the reborn Song Le'an wouldn't have it either.
Besides, Song Le'an's personality changes are indeed a bit too big.
Zhou Luoluo believes that after a person has experienced betrayal by his lover, he will develop a strong hatred towards his lover, so much so that when he sees his lover again, he will look indifferent or disgusted.
But he didn't believe that the other party would abandon his relatives as well.
Even though he didn't have much contact with Song Le'an in his previous life, he knew that the boy was very good to his family, especially his sick mother. He took care of her tirelessly, spending both money and effort, and it was as if he was living in the hospital every day.
But as far as he knew, the Song Le'an in front of him had always been indifferent to the Song family, whether before or after the time reversal.
Although the money was still in the hospital account, the person never showed up.
If Li Yanze hadn't asked him out again and again today, he probably wouldn't have come.
He doesn't care about the Song family, just like... he doesn't care about the rule of law society he talks about.
But why?
If the boy in front of him wasn't the real Song Le'an, then why would he kill himself?!
Zhou Luoluo couldn't understand.
"You are not Song Le'an. No, strictly speaking, you are not the Song Le'an from before, right?!"
Chu Sicheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he did not hide his intention from the other party.
"So you're not stupid."
Zhou Luoluo: “…”
Of course he is not stupid!
If she were stupid, how could she have fooled Li Yanze around so much, abandoned him and gone abroad, and still be the white moonlight in his heart.
However, although he is not stupid, he still can't figure it out.
"Then why did you want to kill me?!"
Zhou Luoluo was very puzzled.
"Since you are not Song Le'an, and there is no hatred between you and me, why do you want to kill me?!"
He framed the previous Song Le'an. Even if there was to be retribution, it should be the previous Song Le'an. What does it have to do with the boy in front of him?!
"Is it okay?"
Chu Sicheng walked to Zhou Luoluo, glanced at his face, and spoke in a gentle tone, but when it fell on Zhou Luoluo, it was like a soft knife, cutting him and making him tremble all over.
"If you hadn't targeted Song Le'an who framed me before, why would I have come here?"
The boy said:
"Also, the time-space reversal is indeed a good thing, but at the same time, you have also added some unnecessary workload to me."
"So, you're saying this matter has nothing to do with me?"
The light question obviously had no weight, but it made Zhou Luoluo's heart sink suddenly.
He looked at the boy in front of him. Although he was bathed in warm sunlight, he felt that he was slowly being surrounded by a sticky and cold feeling.
It wrapped around his body, climbed up his face, and then blocked his mouth and nose, making it difficult for him to breathe and his heart beating faster and faster.
"But……"
He opened his mouth hard, wanting to defend himself again.
"At that time, I didn't know you were not Song Le'an."
If he knew, he would definitely not instigate Li Yanze to target him.
It’s a pity that the most impossible thing in this world is the word “if”.
Chu Sicheng chuckled.
From Zhou Luoluo's perspective, he felt that Song Le'an's smiling eyes, which were originally sunny and full of hope, had lost their slightly curved arc. The boy looked down at him condescendingly. His round almond-shaped eyes now looked cold and sharp.
For some reason, the thin figure suddenly became broad and tall, directly blocking the last ray of sunlight on Zhou Luoluo, and causing his entire body, including his soul, to fall into the darkness brought to him by the boy.
The smile on Chu Sicheng's face had disappeared. As the card between his fingertips turned, the figure on it became more and more clear.
He was a man with his mouth open and a look of horror, who looked almost exactly like Zhou Lolo on the ground.
The only difference might be that the man on the card has no eyes, only two pitch-black holes, as if telling the people around him that he has no soul, or is missing only one soul...
The coldness on Zhou Luoluo became more obvious.
He wanted to say something, but his brain was blank due to extreme fear, and he could no longer think of an excuse to escape from Chu Sicheng.
However, at this moment, the skull hidden in his body, which had been silent all along, suddenly appeared beside him. The black mist was still surrounding him as usual, but compared with when it was just bound to Zhou Luoluo, the black mist was obviously much lighter.
"Young man, do you want to make a deal?" the skull said in a hoarse voice, with a hint of obvious reluctance in his tone.
It probably didn't want to confront Chu Sicheng at this time, but seeing that the duck that was about to be caught was about to fly away, the skull had no choice but to show up and save the soul of Zhou Luoluo, the waste.
It doesn't want to continue losing money!
Thinking of this, the skull looked at Chu Sicheng who had stopped moving and looked at him quietly. He paused and continued:
"If I'm not mistaken, you should be a tasker of the Space-Time Administration."
Chu Sicheng didn't say anything, but just shook the card in his hand to signal the skull to continue.
The skull was also very sensible. Seeing this, he said hurriedly:
"I've heard about your organization. It's full of things to do, the tasks are difficult, and there are many restrictions. Often, they even intervene in matters like whether the tasker develops unnecessary feelings with the NPCs in the small world. At the very least, they'll kick the tasker out of the small world and declare the mission a failure. At worst, they'll destroy the NPC's data along with it..."
At this point, the skull chuckled softly.
"Young man, am I right?"
The skull head looked in the direction of Chu Sicheng. On the surface, it was looking at Chu Sicheng, but in fact, it was looking at Chen Ci, who had been hidden and protected by the boys since it appeared.
It thought it was playing the long game and catching a big fish.
Because if its feeling was correct, the boy in front of it was most likely the protagonist named Ryan whom it had the misfortune to meet in the previous world.
Since the other party can travel through time and space again and again like him, he must have a mission, and most of those missions are related to supporting characters like Zhou Luoluo who are reborn or travel through time.
The skull knew that with its current abilities, it would be impossible for it to gain any benefits from the boy, so it had to preserve its own reserve food, which was Zhou Luoluo's soul.
And it is obvious that Chu Sicheng's target is also Zhou Luoluo.
Then it will have to negotiate with the other party.
If the Skull wants Chu Sicheng to give up Zhou Luoluo's soul, he must create a conflict of interest between the other party and the party that sent the task.
For example, life, money, and... the NPC behind Chu Sicheng.
The skull thought he had grasped Chu Sicheng's weakness, so in the silence, he spoke again confidently:
"But I also know that, oftentimes, emotions are uncontrollable. You must have really liked the villain from the previous world, otherwise you wouldn't have fallen for the man who looks almost identical to him in this world at first sight."
"but……"
The skull floated to Chu Sicheng's side and whispered in his ear:
"Do you know what serious consequences you will face if the Space-Time Administration discovers this?"
Just as it had seduced the souls bound to it in the past, the Skull once again unleashed its sophistry.
Unfortunately, unlike those who were eager to get the answer after it raised the question, the boy did not show any hesitation after hearing the question. Instead, he laughed out loud as if he was watching a fun event.
"It seems that you know a lot about the Space-Time Administration. Could it be that you are a criminal who did something wrong and was expelled?"
“…”
The bait was originally thrown out to lure Chu Sicheng into taking the bait, but unexpectedly the topic of gossip fell on himself.
The black mist beside the skull twisted uncontrollably for a moment.
But it soon adjusted its mood.
"This...is not important. Just tell me whether you want to cooperate with me or not!"
"Cooperation on what?"
The cards on Chu Sicheng's fingertips were almost turning into butterflies, but his tone was still indifferent.
"You said a lot, but it turned out to be all some nonsense I knew. What's the point of cooperating with him?"
As he spoke, the card at his fingertips suddenly froze, as if he had lost his last patience and was too lazy to cooperate with the skull anymore, as if he just wanted to take Zhou Luoluo's soul away.
The skull immediately became anxious.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! I'm telling you, isn't that enough?"
After this, the skull knew that it was useless to act mysteriously in front of Chu Sicheng, so he just said honestly:
"Let's make a deal. You give me Zhou Luoluo's soul, and I will help you smuggle the villain's soul out of the small world."
"How's it going? Isn't this a good deal?"
From Chu Sicheng's previous behavior, Skullhead could also tell that he was not a person who followed the rules.
What such people hate most is being bound by rules, and what they want most is to break away from the rules and become a free person.
Especially after he fell in love with the NPC, this desire only became stronger.
Therefore, Skull felt that he had offered Chu Sicheng an irresistible cooperation condition.
Moreover, as long as the other party agrees, the control of the entire matter will be back in its hands.
The skull looked at Chen Ci who was frozen behind Chu Sicheng, as if he saw himself using him to control Chu Sicheng's life.
However, just as the skull was fantasizing about using Shen Ci to threaten Chu Sicheng to work for it, he suddenly heard a chuckle, and the next second, he felt a gust of wind blowing beside his cheek.
It was not until a sharp pain hit it that it realized it had been nailed to the wall next to Zhou Luoluo.
"You take me for a fool."
Chu Sicheng walked forward slowly, then leaned forward slightly and flicked the card next to the skull's cheek with his fingertips. His eyes were curved, but the smile did not reach his eyes.
"Why would I trade with a piece of shit who's fallen into my hands twice? Don't you think too highly of yourself?"
As Chu Sicheng spoke, he flipped his fingers and another card appeared in his palm.
This time, he did not listen to the skull's scream, but directly put the card on Zhou Luoluo's forehead.
[Ding! Bug cleared successfully, mission completed. I wish the host a happy vacation in the coming time.]
As the mechanical system sound rang out, the sound of the skull collapsing also echoed in his ears.
"You won't cooperate with me! Aren't you afraid that you'll never meet him again after leaving this world?!"
Chu Sicheng smiled when he heard this.
"Want to make a bet?"
"What's the bet?"
At the moment when the time skill was released, Chen Ci heard Chu Sicheng whisper a question in his ear, and he habitually followed the other party's words and said,
"What do you want to bet with me?"
"bet……"
Chu Sicheng was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyes to glance at the black fog on the wall that had disappeared, and Zhou Luoluo beside him, who had been restored by the rules, blinked and said:
"Bet, boss, do you want to get on the same boat with me?"
In fact, Chu Sicheng just wanted to make a joke to get away with it.
However, just as he was about to say that he was just joking, he saw Shen Ci's face hesitate for a moment, and then he slowly uttered a sentence,
"Why do I feel like you said this to me before..."
[Ding! Warning, the host's world is suspected to have a bug again. Please pay attention to your surroundings. If you find any, please eliminate them immediately!]
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