52. Night 52: Judgment
Coming down from upstairs, Lu Xi felt heavy-hearted. Yuan Lou's death had been so sudden. She suddenly had no idea when this mission would end, and she felt powerless about the future. However, she was never afraid of losing. No matter how big the challenge, she would always overcome it. She composed herself and walked out the door. The merman immediately turned around and she walked towards him, "Let's go."
The weather in Xiecheng was very good. Lu Xi hadn't been home for a while and suddenly didn't want to go back to the villa so soon. She asked Yuan Mu to go back first and walked along the path. There were also passers-by who came out for a walk at this time. Seeing the two good-looking people, they couldn't help but look at them.
There was a family whose yard was planted with many flowers and plants. She stopped in front of the yard and looked at it for a long time. Suddenly, she remembered that many years ago, when the little mermaid fell into the flowers and was covered in wounds, she picked her up.
"Miss Lu Xi is looking at flowers?" He smelled the fragrance.
"Well, it reminds me of when you were little."
The merman's thin lips moved and his brows furrowed slightly. He obviously didn't like her talking about her childhood. She always treated him as a child.
"I've grown up."
Lu Xi noticed his expression, which was like an adult being reminded by a neighbor lady about the time when he wore open-crotch pants as a child.
She chuckled, "Well, you've grown up."
The mermaid has indeed grown up. She seems to have grown taller during this period of time. She can only reach his shoulders. Her facial features seem to be more mature. Her disguised black hair still attracts countless people's attention.
"Have you grown taller?"
She put her head close to his shoulder for comparison, and the faint scent of soap on his clothes filled her nose. The mermaid stood there in a daze.
“It’s higher than before.”
Lu Xi's doting tone was like a mother who noticed her son had grown taller. The merman pursed his lips and said, "I'm not a child anymore."
Yuan Sen clenched his fist at his side slightly, and he suddenly grabbed her wrist. He knew she was looking at him, knew she had a puzzled expression, and she didn't understand anything. "Asent?"
"Let's go back." He let go of her.
In the two days since meeting Lan Xi, Lu Xi felt that the mermaid seemed to have something on his mind and he seemed to be sulking all the time.
Is it because she mentioned his childhood that day?
Normally he seems nonchalant and lazy, but I didn't expect that he cares so much when others mention his childhood.
He even left the house without telling her.
"Asent, are you going out?" Lu Xi was reading a magazine on the sofa. Seeing the mermaid about to go out, he called him and said, "Where are you going?"
He paused and continued walking forward, "Training."
Lu Xi was slightly stunned. Was he talking about the training where he would come back covered in blood every time? She almost forgot about it after traveling for so long.
"Wait." She walked over, her expression becoming very serious. "Arsenal, can you tell me what kind of training this is?"
She has been curious about this for a long time. What kind of training would result in that state? Is it really necessary?
Although she knew that even though human society now emphasizes civilization, what can truly intimidate the demon clan is still their own combat effectiveness. Therefore, Yuan Lou, who has the strongest combat effectiveness, became the previous head of the Yuan family.
"Miss Lu Xi, are you worried about me?" He looked at her with his silver-blue eyes. From his hair to his eyelashes, his eyeballs seemed to be coated with a layer of ink, gradually dyeing it into the quiet black color of the night. "I will be fine."
After he finished speaking, he walked out the door.
The Yuan family owns a hidden underground arena. To be precise, the owner of the arena is Ji Qiuhu. This arena is not for public use and few people know about it. A huge amount of money was spent to build such a place just to train a certain cub, a ferocious mermaid.
The cold and bloody arena was filled with a disgusting smell, which could not be washed away no matter how many times it was washed with water, because the bloody smell had already penetrated into it. The tall boy in a snow-white shirt heard the sound of a metal door opening not far away. His slender neck raised slightly, revealing the face that would make anyone feel inferior when seeing it. He had a faint expression, waiting for the upcoming toy.
This personality always had a faint smile on his face in the past, but today his expression was very cold, giving off a more dangerous aura.
Someone pushed an iron cage in and the heavy iron cage door opened. First, there was the sound of iron chains hitting the ground. With slow and rhythmic footsteps, a withered and old demon came in dragging a burly man with a strong back. The man was at least two meters tall and his breathing was heavy and powerful.
The old demon's voice said, "Five years ago, he robbed three humans. Later, he was hunted by the police. He changed his appearance and committed crimes many times. He is responsible for more than ten deaths and joined the demon poachers..."
The old man read out the strong man's charges one by one. The first charge alone was enough to send him to jail, yet he has been at large.
Because human rules cannot control the demon race at all.
“…according to the final judgment, the death penalty was imposed.”
After the old man finished reading in a slow and vicissitudes of life voice, he turned and left. With the sound of the iron door being locked again, the next moment two "whoosh" sounds of bullets were heard, and the chains on the strong man's hands and feet were broken.
A dangerous atmosphere spread in the arena.
"Are you the butcher?" The burly man circled the arena where only the two of them were, and fixed his eyes on the young man not far away.
The boy was tall and thin, and compared to the sturdy man with bulging veins and muscles, he looked like a tiger staring at an ant.
"I heard that if I kill you, I can be acquitted?"
Every criminal released would receive this promise in advance that they would be free as long as they killed the butcher. Ji Qiuhu's promise made these criminals crazy, and they tried their best to kill the mermaid. Even if they couldn't kill it, they wanted to take it with them before they died.
The woman valued the mermaid very much, but her value was also cruel. If he became even slightly weaker, he would be the one to go to hell.
"Yeah." He replied calmly.
"In that case, huh..." The sturdy man's bloodshot eyes bulged, and he rubbed his hands together. His face with a messy beard turned ferocious, revealing his ugly yellow teeth. "Little guy, just go to hell."
…
Mei Zhou is a new employee of the Colosseum. He learned about the existence of the Colosseum through some connections. Since he heard that the salary here was high, he ignored the advice of his friends and took the initiative to apply for the job. He was selected, but the prerequisite was to sign a five-year contract. If he left midway, he would have to pay liquidated damages.
Although the contract is very overbearing, the salary for this job is really too high. It can be said that as long as he works here for five years, he can save a lot of money to buy a house and get married, and become a winner in life.
Mei Zhouyi gritted his teeth and decided to do it.
However, he fainted from fright during his first job and lost more than ten pounds in a month. His friends asked him what was wrong and whether the new job was too tiring. His new job was not too tiring, but too scary. However, he signed a confidentiality agreement and could not say anything.
"Xiao Zhou, why aren't you going yet? Your supervisor is urging you to go."
"Got it, I'll go right away..." He had just finished speaking when his phone rang. He picked it up and saw something. "Hey, supervisor."
"Come quickly and clean up the scene."
"Okay, okay, I'll be there right away." When Mei Zhou heard the word "on-site", his scalp went numb. The thought of resigning, which he had just suppressed mentally, suddenly popped up again. Isn't it just resigning? Isn't it just working for nothing for these two months? Isn't it just paying the penalty for breach of contract?
What could be more important than life? If he dies of fear before he has worked for five years, he will have money but no life to spend it.
"Xiao Zhou, are you still so scared?"
Going with him was Uncle Xiu, a long-time employee of the arena. Uncle Xiu was clearly a member of the Deer Tribe, so how could he be bolder than him?
Perhaps seeing what he was thinking, Uncle Xiu smiled and patted his shoulder, "Just get used to it, take your time, it's a process."
"Uncle Xiu, you've been doing this for almost ten years, right?"
"Yes, I just bought a villa last year. This is something I never dared to think about before. I can enjoy my life once I get out."
"So good?" Mei Zhou's eyes lit up. "My family has built houses in the countryside for generations. If I could afford a villa..."
He had already started to fantasize in his mind and laughed foolishly.
"If you work hard, you'll definitely be able to afford it."
Uncle Xiu's words reassured him, and he made up his mind not to resign no matter what. He didn't want to owe liquidated damages, and he wanted to buy a villa.
As they got closer to the arena, the disgusting smell of blood hit their noses, becoming stronger and stronger, making them feel nauseous.
When the iron gate of the arena was opened, blood had spread to their feet, splattered everywhere. There were also some broken pieces of flesh scattered in every corner of the arena. This was not just an execution, it was a feast for predators, a nightmare.
One can imagine how fiercely the prey struggled to escape before dying, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not escape from this metal cage.
The young man standing in the center of the arena had his snow-white shirt stained with red plum blossoms, like a polluted snow lotus on an iceberg.
"Xiu Xiu Xiu...Uncle Xiu, I..."
The boy's empty eyes turned around, his long and thick eyelashes half covering his eyeballs, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.
"Come and clean up?" He raised an eyebrow.
Mei Zhou saw the young man walking towards him with a blood-red round object in his hand. As he walked towards him, he threw it towards him.
He caught it subconsciously, looked closely, and after seeing clearly what the round object was, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
Uncle Xiu shook his head, feeling helpless about the boy's prank. He had been working here for so long, he had seen all kinds of boys and had thrown everything at them. This was nothing to him. He dragged Mei Zhou from the ground helplessly to make way for the boy who was about to leave.
Yuan Sen came out of the arena. The area outside also belonged to the arena, and outsiders were not allowed to enter casually. The supervisor was waiting not far away, smiling and asking, "Do you want to take a shower? Or just go home?"
No one dared to mess with the young man in front of them, including him.
The blood on his body was sticky and disgusting. He was different from the other guy. The other guy could always endure the stench and go back, while he always washed before leaving. He couldn't wait that long. But the merman's thin lips moved, and he temporarily changed his answer, "Go back first."
"Okay, then I'll have the car drive over."
The glass of the car in the arena blocks the view. You can see outside from the inside, but the outside cannot see the scary appearance of the boy inside. The car drove directly into Xiecheng High School and parked in the villa garage.
As soon as Lu Xi heard the sound of the car engine, she came out of the villa and waited in front of the garage door until the young man covered in blood came out.
His shirt was a shocking red, and it was hard to tell whether the blood was his or someone else's, and it smelled of rust.
Lu Xi's eyes trembled slightly and her throat felt dry. Even though she had seen him countless times, she still didn't like him very much. She didn't like him like this.
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