Lucky Cruise Ship
Chapter 579: Ally
“You… uh!”
The kiss came too urgently and too quickly, blocking back all the muffled curses.
Wu Zhu lowered his head, one hand clasping Wen Jianyan’s neck, passionately kissing the human’s lips.
His back was pressed against the hard, cold wall, and the tip of his tongue and lips were sucked numb. Saliva that couldn’t be swallowed in time trickled down the corner of his mouth.
In the intervals between kisses, Wen Jianyan managed to utter intermittent warnings through gritted teeth.
“Ten… mmph… fifteen, minutes…”
Hearing this, Wu Zhu immediately kissed even more fiercely, as if racing against time to extract the air from his mouth.
Wen Jianyan’s ears buzzed, filled with the sensual sounds of wet kissing. Every detail was amplified by the silence. His vision went black, his ears turned red, and his breathing quickened. He didn’t know if it was from anger or embarrassment.
Damn it.
Is this… what the hell… I meant?
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Wu Zhu released him.
The force pinning him against the wall loosened. Wen Jianyan’s legs went weak, and he almost slid down.
Wu Zhu reached out but was pushed away:
“Get lost!”
Wen Jianyan didn’t even have time to curse. He quickly opened the live broadcast interface to check the remaining time for his break.
“There are only five minutes left now!”
His originally thin lips were now thoroughly swollen. The full lower lip was wet, with faint tooth marks visible. His angry eyes were covered with a layer of mist, the corners red, looking extremely vivid.
Wu Zhu’s throat moved, and he subconsciously took a step forward. But under Wen Jianyan’s fierce gaze, he sensibly suppressed the urge to kiss him again.
He thought for a moment: “I’m sorry.”
Is an apology appropriate at this time?
“…”
Wen Jianyan’s chest heaved rapidly. He really wanted to curse a few more times, but time was indeed running out. He had to suppress his anger and start discussing serious matters.
“Considering your current condition, it’s best if you don’t participate in my upcoming actions. You’d better go back into the ring for now. If the situation changes later, I’ll make other plans.”
Indeed, Wu Zhu was non-human, and his help might be very useful, but similarly, Wu Zhu’s participation would bring unpredictable consequences.
Moreover, Wu Zhu was too restricted in this instance.
Unlike other instances Wen Jianyan had participated in before, the Lucky Cruise Ship was a brand-new instance. Just from what Wen Jianyan observed, not only did Wu Zhu have no advantage here, but he was also greatly suppressed. Wen Jianyan worried that even if he participated in the upcoming actions, the changes he could bring would be minimal.
In that case, it was better to choose a more conservative strategy and let him stay in the ring.
Wait until Wen Jianyan successfully enters the deeper levels and sees traces potentially related to Wu Zhu before letting him participate.
But Wu Zhu frowned.
“…No.”
No?
Wu Zhu’s refusal stunned Wen Jianyan.
He coaxed patiently, “Just like I promised before, I will definitely go in once a day to accompany you. How about that?”
“This time is different from before.”
Wu Zhu raised his hand, his fingertips brushing across Wen Jianyan’s neck.
His collar had been messed up during the intense kiss just now, revealing a small part of his neck. The bruise that had been well hidden was thus exposed. Due to the passage of time, it had gradually deepened, presenting a shocking dark red color.
His eyes were dark.
“This time, when I was in the ring, I knew nothing about what was happening outside.”
Wen Jianyan paused.
He avoided Wu Zhu’s fingers and readjusted his collar, speaking somewhat unnaturally, “Don’t worry, that kind of thing won’t happen again.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Wen Jianyan felt the previous conversation seemed a bit off.
…Why do I sound a bit like a scumbag?
Just as Wen Jianyan was pondering, he felt his shoulder being pulled. Before he could react, his lips were bitten hard.
“I’m not going back into the ring,” Wu Zhu said.
“?” Wen Jianyan was startled and didn’t have time to care about the other party’s untimely, ambiguous action. “Then where are you going?”
Wu Zhu: “I have my own plans.”
“What plans?” Wen Jianyan frowned tightly, his voice urgent. “Do you know that you can’t appear in—”
“Appear under the live broadcast,” Wu Zhu said. “I know.”
Wen Jianyan’s face darkened as he stared at him.
The time the Nightmare allowed him to turn off the broadcast was about to end.
“See you tomorrow.”
Wu Zhu leaned closer, his golden eyes shining in the darkness.
A few seconds before the countdown ended, he planted a final, fierce kiss on Wen Jianyan’s lips. His voice was very soft, as if speaking some intimate lover’s prattle known only to each other.
“—My important ‘ally’.”
Such a simple and innocent word, yet at this moment, it became exceptionally ambiguous, like fingers hooked under a table where no one could see or an urgent, hidden kiss in a dark corner.
The countdown ended, and the live broadcast automatically turned back on.
Almost a second before the broadcast started, the cabin door had already closed again. In the blink of an eye, only Wen Jianyan remained in the room.
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
[?]
[Ahhh what did I miss? Did nothing happen or is everything over!]
[I don’t know!]
[So what was that knocking sound about?]
[I don’t know ahhhh!!]
[Uh, is it the lighting? The anchor’s lips look much redder than before…]
[Swollen or what?]
“…”
Wen Jianyan stood in the empty room, staring fixedly at the closed cabin door. He clenched his back teeth, his expression complex and changing.
In the cabin purchased at a heavy price, the night passed peacefully.
Early the next morning, everyone met at the agreed location.
“What do we do?” Chen Mo asked.
Although Wen Jianyan had told them yesterday what they were going to do next, he hadn’t explicitly mentioned the means to achieve this goal.
“Hunt the dealer.”
From any perspective, this matter seemed out of reach, like a fantasy.
Wen Jianyan shook his head, signaling them to wait a moment, then raised his eyes to look at the few people walking towards them from a distance.
It was the Dark Fire Squad.
“You were looking for me?”
Qi Qian’s gaze circled behind Wen Jianyan before finally resting on him.
“Yes.” Wen Jianyan didn’t hide it and went straight to the point. “I want to discuss cooperation with you.”
“…”
Qi Qian paused imperceptibly and asked slowly, “What kind of cooperation?”
Casino B2 floor.
Compared to the last time Wen Jianyan came, the number of people on this floor hadn’t decreased much.
Although a batch of unqualified anchors had been filtered out, the B3 floor was a welfare floor that couldn’t be visited multiple times, and the racecourse on the B4 floor wasn’t always open. Only a small number of lucky ones entered the B5 floor. So, even though the instance had progressed to this stage, for the vast majority of anchors who were eager to earn more points, eager to the point of desperation, this floor remained their biggest hope.
Wen Ya sat at one of the gambling tables and tossed a bright red chip onto the table.
The chip rolled twice and fell silently.
The next second, invisible red began to spread from under the chip. In the blink of an eye, the felt on the gambling table turned blood red.
Soon, footsteps came from not far away. A dealer with a sturdy build and handsome face appeared from somewhere. He came to the gambling table, and the ordinary dealer originally sitting there immediately stood up and gave way to him.
On his chest was a badge reading [No. 4].
No. 4 smiled and sat down opposite Wen Ya. Before he could speak, Wen Ya glanced at him and said, “Wait a moment.”
“…” The smile on No. 4’s face stiffened for a second.
Wait a moment?
Wait for what?
Can gambling wait a moment?
“If you don’t start the game within three minutes, I’m afraid I’ll have to leave,” No. 4 said.
Wen Ya nodded: “Okay.”
After replying, she sat still, clearly intending not to start until the last second of the three minutes.
At the same time, two tables away, the moment No. 4 appeared, Ma Qi had already received the signal and tossed the chip in her hand onto the table.
As the gambling table turned red, a core dealer appeared.
This time, appearing in front of Ma Qi was a red-haired woman. The badge on her chest read [No. 7].
Ma Qi blinked, clasped her hands together, and revealed an innocent and sweet smile:
“Um… Big sister, big sister, can we wait a moment before starting?”
Not far away.
An Xin tugged at his collar uneasily, turning his head to whisper in Qi Qian’s ear: “Captain, will this really work?”
Qi Qian crossed his arms expressionlessly and didn’t speak.
It wasn’t his plan.
How would he know if it would work!
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
[?]
[No, gathering so many dealers here at once, can they handle it? The anchor shouldn’t be that stupid, actually wanting to deal with so many dealers at once?]
[Damn, wait… wait, I think I know what they want to do!]
Chen Mo sat at the table, raised his hand, and tossed down the blood-red chip.
The same color spread from under the chip. In the blink of an eye, the gambling table was dyed red, and this time, a familiar face appeared in front of him.
A baby-faced young man with a badge reading [No. 8] on his chest appeared opposite the gambling table.
He smiled at Chen Mo, revealing a pair of canine teeth:
“Hello, guest.”
The moment No. 8 appeared, several people sitting at other gambling tables nearby immediately stood up, including Ma Qi and Wen Ya, whose tables had already turned red.
Here, because the time exceeded expectations, Wen Ya had already started the game.
Even so, she still stood up without hesitation before the dice cup was opened. No. 4 looked stunned but still reminded her:
“Guest, your chips cannot be retrieved…”
Wen Ya’s voice was gentle. Without turning her head, she lightly dropped a sentence:
“Mmhmm, they’re yours.”
No. 4: “…”
In the “Integrity First” live room chat:
[……]
[Damn.]
[Damn!!!]
[Each person occupies a gambling table, stalling time until the core dealers arrive to prevent non-target dealers from being summoned repeatedly. Once the dealer they want appears, they immediately abandon the table.]
[But if they abandon the table directly, isn’t that five million points to start the table completely wasted!!]
[But don’t forget, the bets on this floor are leveraged. Winning is fine, but if you lose, not only do you have to pay more, but dice points will also appear on your hand. Isn’t that even less worthwhile?]
[Right, and the anchor clearly doesn’t want to get into a one-against-many situation. So, abandoning the table immediately and letting the core dealers leave as soon as possible is the best choice.]
[Holy crap, so they planned to throw tens of millions of points down the drain from the start?]
[Probably.]
[Damn. No matter how you look at it, this is the quickest and most efficient method.]
[And I have to say, what a huge fucking gamble!]
At the gambling table.
“I wonder what the guest would like to—” No. 8 raised his hand smilingly and pushed out the dice cup in front of him. However, before he finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure not far away from the corner of his eye.
Instantly, his polite smile froze at the corners of his mouth.
The young man left the darkness that concealed his figure and walked slowly towards this side.
Seeing him approach, Chen Mo stood up and moved aside.
Under No. 8’s ghost-seeing gaze, Wen Jianyan naturally sat down in the empty seat.
“Hi.”
The young man leaned forward casually, blinking with a smile, skillfully acting familiar. “What, don’t you remember me?”
No. 8: “…”
Looking at that haunting face, his expression couldn’t help but distort for a moment.
Bullshit! I’d recognize you even if you turned into ashes!!!!
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Author’s Note:
No. 8: Help! Why is Wen Jianyan everywhere here!
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