Xie Chiyuan was talking to Pei Si, while Yu An was touching his pocket.
He searched all the pockets, but still couldn't find Little Nine.
Pei Si briefly explained the situation to Xie Chiyuan. After finishing, Pei Si looked at Yu An: "Father Xie, you and Little Lucky Boy..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yu An grabbed Xie Chiyuan's sleeve in a panic.
"We're still one short."
Yu An said anxiously to Xie Chiyuan, "Everyone who got separated is here, except for my little Jiu Zai Zai."
In this chaotic place, with so many other mutants, Xiao Jiu is just a mutant who has regressed to childhood. He hasn't been handed over; has he encountered some danger?
Seeing the anxious look in the eyes of the young man in front of him, Xie Chiyuan frowned and looked up to count the number of people again.
There is still no shortage of people.
Yu An dared not tell them about Xiao Jiu's existence.
In the tense silence, Yu An suddenly came up with an idea. He asked Xie Chiyuan, "Can I borrow some leverage from you? My little one at home has gone missing, and I need to find him."
Xie Chiyuan had heard him mention Zai Zai before.
In the village, he still thought that Zaizai was a product of Yu An's imagination.
“I can pay interest; we can discuss whatever interest rate you want.” While Yu An was still negotiating, Xie Chiyuan had already given him the entire bag of chips.
"Take it carefully."
Xie Chiyuan withdrew his gaze, his tone sounding normal: "Keep rolling the dice for me, let's win together."
Yu An's eyes lit up, and he hugged the bag of chips tightly.
Pei Si stared blankly at the scene of Yu An and Xie Chiyuan interacting, feeling dazed. He had followed Xie Chiyuan for so many years, through thick and thin, and had only barely managed to recognize him as a father figure, receiving a pitifully small amount of care from Xie Chiyuan.
This care only applies when he's about to die.
As for Yu An, she had only been with Xie Chiyuan for a few days, and before even recognizing him as her father, she went straight to recognizing him as her husband.
Seeing that Yu An was so close to Xie Chiyuan and hadn't been kicked out yet, Pei Si said softly, "Father Xie, I also want to roll the dice for you."
Xie Chiyuan didn't even lift his eyelids, and coldly said, "Get lost."
Pei Si: "..."
Damn, he's even considering becoming an unfilial son.
With his teammates all around him, Xie Chiyuan didn't have any extra chips to waste on. Pei Si leaned closer and whispered, "I'm just looking around here."
Xie Chiyuan hummed in agreement.
While his teammates dispersed, pretending to be bystanders, Yu An continued to roll the dice for Xie Chiyuan.
"Three 1s, small."
"Roll a straight, 456."
"Three sixes, that's big."
The gamblers opposite kept changing their bets. Xie Chiyuan first placed bets to get talismans for Pei Si and the others, so they wouldn't be taken away again.
Then, Xie Chiyuan looked directly at the clown magician and said, "I want you to send Ruan Ke here."
The clown magician had changed several times, and the new one, after a moment of hesitation, maintained his smile and said, "Guest, we can provide you with his whereabouts."
Xie Chiyuan scoffed: "What I want is a person."
The two sides failed to reach an agreement. Seeing the clown magician's smile fade, Xie Chiyuan gave the opportunity to Yu An: "Name what you want."
That's exactly what Yu An was waiting for.
Without any hesitation, he began to make his demands: "I want my little Jiu!"
"I want a big baby."
"I want a second child."
Yu An kept asking for more children, and the clown magician's exaggerated smile slowly froze on his face.
A few minutes later.
The clown magician suddenly looked at Xie Chiyuan: "Guest, we can discuss your request again."
Yu An: "!"
Yu An's eyes widened. He shook Xie Chiyuan's wrist and complained, "He's ignoring me!"
The clown magician's deliberate neglect of Yu An was all too obvious.
Xie Chiyuan raised an eyebrow, sensing something unusual. He lowered his voice and asked Yu An, "What are the origins of your children?"
Yu An's heart tightened, and she answered without hesitation: "My kids are all ordinary good kids. They've received an education and are a little clingy."
In Yu An's eyes, Zai Zai is perfect in every way.
He praised the boy to the skies, completely oblivious to the clown magician's almost collapsing expression upon hearing this.
Time passed little by little.
An eerie silence fell over the gambling table as the bet failed to be placed. The clown magician stared intently into Yu An's eyes, and the latter, after being stared at, immediately turned his face away, refusing to look at him.
Xie Chiyuan has had enough of playing this game.
He pulled Yu An behind him and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Follow Pei Si and hide well."
Upon hearing this, Yu An immediately knew what he was going to do.
This is going to cause a stir!
Xie Chiyuan shielded Yu An with one hand and slowly drew the bone blade from his back.
At that moment, someone was broadcasting the casino's situation live on a large screen. The handsome young man sitting in the room watched it with utter boredom.
He kept yawning as he watched: "Has the magician's madness not worn off yet? Isn't Red Bird going to do anything about him?"
No one answered.
The young man stood up, deciding to go outside to find something to eat, ignoring the magician showing off in the casino. Before he even turned around, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.
The next second.
He stood in front of the screen, his gaze fixed on it for a long time.
On the screen, Yu An was holding Xie Chiyuan's hand. The two were close together, and at first glance, they looked quite intimate.
The young man stared at their hands, his eyes a mixture of tenderness and coldness. He smiled and said to those behind him, "A magician can die, but Xie Chiyuan cannot live today either."
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Author's Note:
Some brat: Die!
The relationship between the little one and his older brother is all based on family ties!
Chapter 21
Inside the noisy casino.
Xie Chiyuan held the bone blade in one hand, while Yu An instinctively grabbed his other hand in a tense grip.
The other gamblers seemed oblivious to what was happening, continuing their usual pattern of winning or crying.
Pei Si had already led his team to stand behind Xie Chiyuan. He called out, "Yu An, come here."
Yu An glanced back, hesitating to move. Then Xie Chiyuan whispered, "Go stand next to Pei Si."
He then walked over in a few steps.
Pei Si consciously stepped aside, giving Xie Chiyuan some space.
The enormous casino seemed to have been forcibly split apart.
Xie Chiyuan drew his blade and slashed at the clown magician without any warning or uttering any nonsense.
The clown magician dodged, but Xie Chiyuan persisted, moving with lightning speed.
"Plop—"
The bone blade pierced the clown magician's chest. The next second, dark green liquid, sizzling as it flowed from the chest, climbed up Xie Chiyuan's bone blade.
The liquid was bubbling and clearly contained strong corrosive properties.
Xie Chiyuan remained expressionless and swiftly severed the clown magician's head.
Its head rolled to the ground, and its exaggerated grin widened even further.
"You can't kill me."
The clown magician's giggling voice echoed throughout the casino: "No one can kill me!"
really.
After smashing the head of this clown magician, a new clown magician came along.
One after another.
The table was chopped in half, the stone pillar was destroyed, and heads were cut off.
The number of people at the casino remains unchanged.
Pei Si shielded Yu An behind her and led her towards the door: "I've looked around this casino, it's really weird."
"These people who wear masks don't even have faces underneath."
Pei Si had been under Xie Chiyuan's tutelage for a long time, so his abilities were naturally top-notch. However, since the outbreak of the infected, he had lost his special abilities, which made him somewhat vulnerable when facing the mutants.
"Yu An, come out."
They approached the gate, now just waiting for Xie Chiyuan to level the place.
Xie Chiyuan's combat power is extremely terrifying, whether it's the bone blade he forcibly extracted from his body or his wide-ranging fighting style.
In the blink of an eye.