Chapter 265 The Favored Gambler
Wu Xian was startled.

He subconsciously felt that Tong Yuai was pretending.

It is speculated that this woman might be a hidden player like Aunt He, and her words and actions in the blessed land might be false, which is why she was able to trap the great ghost Luo Wang so miserably.

But when Wu Xian looked Tong Yuai up and down, he suddenly understood. His eyes were first filled with pity, then relief, and finally a sense of pity.

Before leaving the blessed land.

Tong Yuai's cheeks were dirty, her body was wrapped in bandages in many places, her red skirt was stained with blood, and large parts of her black stockings were torn.

But now she is spotless, just like when she just entered the blessed land!

Even if Tong Yuai could hide better, she couldn't just take a bath in the blessed land and change into the same clothes and come out, right?
So there is only one possibility that she doesn't know Wu Xian!
That was because she was mediocre and did not get the recognition of the immortals and gods to become their loved ones, so the trip to the blessed land was a one-time one, and her memory was wiped after the trip ended.

From Wu Xian's point of view, this was undoubtedly a bad thing, so Wu Xian felt pity at first.

But he soon realized that this ending was what ordinary people dreamed of. It was better to live in the real world than to rot and stink in a paradise with maggots crawling all over your body.

Unfortunately.

The spoils that Tong Yuai took away were wasted.

These thoughts only flashed through Wu Xian's mind. At this moment, Tong Yuai was still staring at Wu Xian. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her mind was almost broken.

The "kindness" of the immortal gods cannot solve her current predicament.

Her child was still held hostage by her husband. Although she stayed in the underground passage as agreed, whether the other party was willing to let her go was another matter.

Jingle bells, jingle bells…

Tong Yuai's phone rang. She picked up the phone and spoke rapidly as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Zhou Xingsen, I have already stayed in the underground passage for the time you requested. Hurry and return Xiaobao to me!"

"Damn it!"

There was a curse from the other end of the line.

"How about this, you come to my place within an hour and we'll make a bet. If you win, I'll return Xiaobao to you and divorce you. If you lose..."

After saying that, the person on the other end hung up the phone.

Tong Yuai lost control of her emotions on the spot: "Zhou Xingsen, you bastard, you go back on your word..."

But the other party could no longer hear her words.

Wu Xian was stroking his chin.

"Tsk, what a trouble..."

He intended to help, but the other party didn't recognize him anymore, so how could he help?
Gain her trust first?
But the things that happened in the blessed land cannot be told, and Zhou Xingsen limited the time to one hour, and Tong Yuai would not have the patience to listen to his story.

and so……

There are only dim lights in the underground passage at night.

Wu Xian roughly pushed Tong Yuai against the wall with a ferocious look on his face.

"I heard the phone call just now. Where is Zhou Xingsen? That bastard owed me a lot of money and ran away. I must kill him!"

Tong Yuai looked desperate.

No wonder this man greeted her enthusiastically just now, it turns out he came to collect a debt!
But she immediately realized that in the current situation, the debt collector who also had a grudge against Zhou Xingsen was the only helper she could find.

So Tong Yuai grabbed Wu Xian's sleeve and said, "I can take you to find him, but you have to help me rescue the child!"

……

A black Citroen was parked downstairs in an old residential area.

Just got off the bus.

They saw a group of people gathered nearby, and from the crowd they could hear a woman crying and a faint smell of blood.

Wu Xian squeezed over and saw a body lying on the ground, bloodstains radiating around it, the head of the body was turned over, and judging from the clothes and limbs, this should be a middle-aged manual worker who jumped from the roof and landed head first.

"Alas, how could a good person become addicted to gambling?"

"I heard that he lost everything his family had and owed a huge gambling debt. He was desperate and committed suicide by jumping off a building..."

"Where did he lose?"

"Where else could it be? The one that just moved into Building 4 a few days ago... I don't know what's going on, but people go there to gamble every day, and often people come down crying after losing all their money. Just now, Old Chen from Building 3 went there."

"Oh, then I have to keep an eye on my old Zhao."

After listening for a while, Wu Xian learned what had happened from the aunties who were watching.

He asked Tong Yuai, "Is Zhou Xingsen in Building No. 4?"

Tong Yuai nodded hesitantly: "Could it be him? But Zhou Xingsen always loses when he gambles!"

"Maybe... things are different now than before."

Wu Xian narrowed his eyes.

On the way, he got a basic understanding of Zhou Xingsen from Tong Yuai.

Zhou Xingsen had always liked playing cards, but he had always played for fun. Until more than a month ago, his personality suddenly changed and he started playing "big" with others, and soon squandered most of his family's wealth.

But at this time, Zhou Xingsen was still a normal person.

Until a few days ago, his temperament changed drastically. Not only did he move out of his home, but he also kidnapped his own child yesterday...

Therefore Wu Xian speculated.

Zhou Xingsen should have only two blessed land experiences.

The first time he lost his fortune made him realize that he might not live long, so he began to indulge himself, ignoring his family and only caring about his own enjoyment, and stepped into the abyss of gambling.

The second blessed land caused his already broken mind to degenerate further, but he must have obtained some blessing or props related to gambling, so he was able to kill everyone in this dilapidated neighborhood.

Facing such a loved one.

Wu Xian thought he could easily control it.

He only needed to go upstairs and beat Zhou Xingsen up, take Tong Yuai's child back, and then threaten Zhou Xingsen not to harass him, and the matter would be over.

The two came to Unit 2 of Building 4.

This neighborhood is full of old buildings and there are no elevators. The two walked up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Just then, an old man came down from upstairs. He had only half of his hair left and was wearing a white vest, beach pants and flip-flops. He looked ugly and lost, and kept muttering to himself.

"How could I be wrong?"

"I clearly saw it was a straight, but why did it suddenly change when I turned the cards..."

Wu Xian stopped and wanted to ask Lao Chen what was going on with the gambling upstairs, but he took the words back when they reached his lips.

Lao Chen passed him by.

Wu Xian suddenly realized that this matter might not be as easy to resolve as he had imagined.

Tong Yuai grabbed Wu Xian's arm.

"What's wrong? Hurry up, the hour is almost up..."

"Don't you think it's a bit cold in the corridor?"

Tong Yuai was stunned for a moment. She did feel a little cold, but the coldness was nothing compared to her child.

Then she realized that Wu Xian had been staring at Lao Chen, so she followed Wu Xian's line of sight and saw Lao Chen just passing the platform between the two stairs, with the setting sun shining on Lao Chen's body...

Lao Chen... has no shadow!
(End of this chapter)