Mystery: Lucky

Such a childish decision made Ian's eyes become confused again. Before he could react, the cold sweat on his body faded away, and the stiffness and pain in his neck disappeared - he was healthy again.

Ian lowered his head in a daze. The deck of cards returned to his hand at some point and returned to its original appearance.

The last bit of panic in Ian's heart disappeared, leaving only a dead calm.

This miraculous scene went far beyond Ian's understanding of extraordinary beings. He realized that he was no longer incapable of resistance. In the worst case scenario, no one might know about his death.

That’s why she could naturally say, “Just kill them all.”

It's not that Ian has never thought about begging for mercy, but Alice's character obviously does not follow common sense. In Ian's view, begging for mercy will only be counterproductive.

Deciding to die decisively might arouse her interest and make her spare my life... Ha.

"Okay," Ian closed his eyes, exhaled, and then said calmly, "What are you playing?"

Hey, it seems the effect was counterproductive... Alice fell into deep thought.

Things seemed to spiral out of control when she made Ian break his neck on a whim.

Ian mistook it as a threat, and Alice, who had just made a bad joke, did not open her mouth to explain in the end, retaining her own image and using this image to achieve her own goals.

But Ian's attitude became more and more frightened, and in the end he was even despairing - Alice felt that she had left a serious psychological shadow on the child.

However, if you suddenly comfort me, you are probably slapping yourself in the face, right?

With this mentality, she made the choice she just made, ending with a childish and ridiculous suggestion like "Let's take a gamble", and cured Ian's sprain with "Restart".

However, Alice felt that Ian's psychological shadow seemed to be more serious.

Moreover, I feel that there is absolutely no hope of help... If I comfort him now, there is a high probability that it will not be effective, and it will also damage my own image...

Alice wanted to sigh, but she held back. She thought for a while and replied:

"Simpler.

"Draw five cards, add up the values, and whoever has the higher score wins... No, just draw one card, and whoever has the higher score wins.

"Actually, it seems better to use dice...forget it, just cards.

"Well...it's like 12345, JQK counts as 11, 12, 13.

"To be fair, you shuffle the cards."

Although there is no difference who shuffles the cards, I can decide who will win... Alice added in her heart, but looked at Ian and smiled:

"let's start?"

Ian silently began to shuffle the cards.

He actually knows a little bit about Qianju, but he is not very good at it, but if he is facing an ordinary person who doesn't know anything, he thinks his Qianju can still come in handy.

But this one...

After finishing shuffling the cards, Ian glanced at Alice and found that Alice didn't care at all what he was doing or how he shuffled the cards.

Alice was tracing patterns on the table with her fingers, looking extremely focused.

She didn't care what I did...why? Ian pursed his lips, coughed lightly as a reminder, then handed the card forward and said:

"To be fair, you deal the cards."

Ian has seen such careless people at the poker table. Generally, there are two possibilities for such people, either they are already sure of the outcome, or they don't care about the outcome.

No matter what the outcome is, cheating is not a good idea, not to mention that Ian has no guarantee of not being discovered.

Alice looked at him with a slightly surprised look. She suddenly realized that leaving everything to Ian would not be fair in form. After all, Ian was also a player, not a dealer.

Alice, who wanted to be lazy, did not retort, silently took the cards, lowered her eyes to prevent Ian from seeing the changes in her eyes, and then reached out and pulled out two cards.

Then, she pushed one of the cards from the table to Ian, smiled and invited:

"open to take a look?"

Ian turned over the card and turned pale instantly - it was a 2.

Hey, even if you are prepared to die, you will still be afraid when death is really coming...

Alice looked at Ian's expression and showed a little surprise. Then she showed a teasing smile like Amon's and imitated Amon's tone and said:

"Oops, what should I do? You seem to be losing?"

She was satisfied to see Ian sitting there blankly, his eyes seeming to have lost their light.

Alice then reached out and turned over the cards in her hand, exposing the Ace, and then said with a smile and a lost tone:

“Oh, what a pity, it seems like I’m the loser.

"It seems that we can't be too proud too early..."

"Anyway, congratulations, you won.

"happy?"

——She did it on purpose.

Ian read this meaning from Alice's expression. Under the ups and downs of emotions, his body was exhausted and weak, but his mind became calmer. He looked at Alice and did not speak for a long time.

This made Alice anxious. She leaned forward and asked, "Are you using silence to express your anger?"

After Ian was silent for a few seconds, he looked down at the cards in his hand and asked, "Do you still care about the toy's mood?"

"How could I treat you as a toy?" Alice opened her eyes exaggeratedly, "I'm not... well, anyway, I didn't do anything excessive, did I?"

After a pause, she suddenly became a little uncertain, and she asked hesitantly:

"I shouldn't... You weren't really hurt, right?"

Ian opened his mouth, and suddenly didn't know what to say. He closed his eyes and didn't answer the question, but asked:

"What do you need me to do?"

Alice's eyes flashed with confusion, she was still entangled in the previous question: "How could I treat you as a toy? I, I just teased you... a few times."

After a few seconds of silence, Ian said softly:

"When my life is completely controlled by another person, it doesn't matter what she thinks.

"The fact is, I am her toy, and whether I live or die depends on which result is more fun for her. "

Alice was stunned for a moment, looking at Ian in a trance, and suddenly remembered the joke she had made that made Klein angry before.

For humans, life is not something that can be used for fun... Alice blinked and realized this belatedly.

Yes, life is a very precious thing for humans, and precious things cannot be used as a joke...

Alice pursed her lips and looked at Ian. Her expression suddenly softened. She said softly:

"Thank you, and... I'm sorry." (End of this chapter)