Like lightning, like a meteor.
Luo Jiujiang was unable to dodge, and watched helplessly as the arrow grazed his cheek. He felt a sharp pain, and a thin streak of blood oozed out. He looked back in the direction of the arrow and saw a person not far away. Without a sound, he clutched his neck and collapsed limply onto the snow.
The man held a crossbow on his wrist, its sharp tip coated with a dark blue poison pointed directly at Luo Jiujiang's vest. However, his attack was unsuccessful. Before the crossbow could be fired, the man was killed by Xie Chuncan's arrow.
Xie Chuncan didn't kill Luo Jiujiang, he saved him.
At this moment, Luo Jiujiang was less than ten feet away from Xie Chuncan, his long sword held horizontally and could have touched the tip of his nose. His intense focus on Xie Chuncan made him unable to pay attention to the movements behind him. If Xie Chuncan had not suddenly changed the direction of his arrows, Luo Jiujiang would have been attacked from both sides and would have been killed or injured.
"Don't thank me. Do you think I should let others interfere with what's going on at the gambling table?" Xie Chuncan snorted and laughed. "I, Xie, set up this place. There's no need for the head gambling shop owner to interfere, let alone the dog of Lao Lai's family."
"No matter what Brother Xie says, I lose this round." Luo Jiujiang sighed and admitted defeat, "But in this fight, Brother Xie and I will have to decide who is better."
"If you, a kid who hasn't even established his foundation, were to admit defeat to me over something else, then all my efforts of more than ten years would have been in vain." Xie Chuncan raised his eyebrows and sneered, "Don't worry, Jiujiang, I guarantee that I'll beat you to tears in this round."
Beating someone until they cried was, of course, just a boast. The last person to beat Luo Jiujiang to tears was the midwife who delivered him. However, Xie Chuncan didn't use broken-headed arrows this time. Each arrow was powerful and carried a terrifying and menacing aura.
As the oncoming arrow flew towards him, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Luo Jiujiang. A past memory overlapped with the powerful arrow before him, and Luo Jiujiang suddenly realized something.
His sudden realization came at a very dangerous moment. If Xie Chuncan had not shot the second arrow right after that and cut the first arrow into two pieces, Luo Jiujiang would have had to go to the underworld to verify his idea.
Afterwards, Luo Jiujiang clutched a piece of cloth he had cut from the corner of Xie Chun's remnant clothes and reluctantly took off the fur coat, which was now torn and tattered in all directions. He commented on his injuries and said, "Blood is flowing like tears. Brother Xie has finally got what he wanted."
Xie Chuncan didn't laugh again.
He simply glanced at his hands, then cast his gaze towards the fallen body in the distance. He remained silent for a long moment, as if lost in thought. After a long pause, he slowly spoke, "The stakes of losing to me this time are yours to decide."
Without waiting for Luo Jiujiang to react, Xie Chuncan quickly added, "Because the next round, or the next round after that, will probably be the time when I really want you dead."
"...I thought this wonderful friendship between me and Brother Xie could last a little longer."
"It's been five days and five nights, isn't that long?" Xie Chuncan asked, "How long do you want it to last?"
"Even if I have a friend like Brother Xie for a lifetime, I still feel that the friendship is too short." Luo Jiujiang sighed, his voice full of regret.
"Five days ago, Brother Xie said he wanted to play a game with me. You gave me good medicine and allowed me to rest, but I could sense murderous intent in Brother Xie. Now Brother Xie keeps saying he wants to kill me, but I don't smell a single bit of murderous intent... Brother Xie has saved me twice, and Luo Jiujiang is grateful. Let's turn enemies into friends, what's wrong with that?"
"The only downside is that if I don't kill you soon, I might not be able to do it again." Xie Chuncan turned his back to Luo Jiujiang and admitted it very frankly. "What chips do you want to lose from me this round?"
"Then I'm willing to lose to Brother Xie..." Luo Jiujiang said softly.
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"That guy in black isn't dead yet?" Lu Qi put down his teacup in surprise. "Even if he was hung upside down and a cut was made on his scalp, he would have bled out by now. How could Xie Chuncan spare his life?"
"I don't know," the man who reported the news said fearfully, crouching at Lu Qi's feet. "According to what they reported, Xie Chuncan has been chasing the black-clad boy for some time, but he's been catching and releasing him. Yesterday, someone even saw them playing finger-guessing games and dice together. Our men tried to kill the black-clad boy, but were killed by Xie Chuncan's arrows. Now, the two have been chasing each other for thousands of miles. I wonder why Xie Chuncan hasn't made his move yet."
Lu Qi slammed his palm on the stone table, making it hum softly. "You showed no mercy when killing my people. You killed a kid who couldn't even reach the foundation stage and you're like a worm? Fuck the thousand-mile chase where we can even play finger-guessing games together. I think this is just a 18-mile farewell and a thousand-mile **!"
The author has something to say: We sincerely believe that Brother Xie and Jiujiang are a crosstalk duo who share weal and woe. A certain Mr. Han, who wishes to remain anonymous, hereby appeals to the general public not to believe the rumors spread by the villains. ^_^
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