Puffing with anger, Mu Lingshan ca to the bedside and looked at Chu Ge's sleeping profile, but she hesitated.
She really wanted to kick Chu Ge awake and drive him to the sofa so she could rest well on the big bed, but she found she couldn't bring herself to do it.
No matter the reason Chu Ge ca here, ultimately, his presence was likely to face multiple dangers, and she couldn't say it had nothing to do with her. She hadn't rested well these past few days, but hadn't Chu Ge been just as busy?
She was tired, so was Chu Ge not tired?
"Forget it, I am broad-minded and won't stoop to the level of this guy."
Mu Lingshan muttered, glanced at the large empty space on the bed, stood at the bedhead thinking for a long ti, and finally tiptoed into bed, keeping a person's distance from Chu Ge, quietly lying down.
She was truly tired these days. What would happen tomorrow was still unknown. She felt she needed to recharge and relax. Only by ensuring her physical strength could she cope with any sudden situation.
Not knowing what she was thinking, Mu Lingshan watched Chu Ge's profile up close for a while until she felt her cheeks growing warm and her heart a little flustered, then she turned around to ready herself for sleep.
The more she wanted to sleep, the more her mind refused to quiet down. The events that happened with Chu Ge flitted through her mind like a movie, sotis making her grit her teeth, other tis making her chuckle.
Although this guy had a weird temper and was sotis sleazy, actually... he seed to be a good person.
She glanced sideways at Chu Ge again. The lines of his face were actually... very firm, very masculine, full of manly charm. Ah, this guy looked much more handso asleep than awake.
Mu Lingshan secretly whispered, and who knows how long it took before she finally drifted into a restless sleep full of strange dreams.
In these muddled dreams, she was sotis wearing a police uniform with a frosty expression, sotis dressed in flamboyance with a smiling face. Her surroundings constantly changed—a bar she and Chu Ge first went to, then Jinkai Villa, a police station, and so unknown place.
The next morning, as Mu Lingshan's consciousness gradually awoke, she felt a wave of hot breath coming towards her face.
The mont she opened her eyes, Mu Lingshan's pupils shrank fiercely. Within her sight was Chu Ge's firm face, only a few centiters away from hers. The heated airflow was evidently from Chu Ge's breathing.
It must be said that as a policewoman, Mu Lingshan's psychological resilience was much stronger than most girls her age. Although her mouth fell open, she suppressed the urge to scream.
For in the flash of a mont, she realized waking Chu Ge now would definitely result in monuntal awkwardness.
She swallowed nervously, carefully shifted her body, and left the big bed.
When Chu Ge woke up, Mu Lingshan was already fully dressed and was throwing darts at a target as if the target had wronged her sohow, her pretty face full of resentnt.
"Hey, quite at ease, aren't you?"
Chu Ge greeted cheerfully. Mu Lingshan turned to glance at him, her eyes twitching slightly, with a gaze as if she wanted to kill soone.
"What did I do to deserve your glare?"
Chu Ge mumbled in confusion, turned around, and headed towards the bathroom. Mu Lingshan took several deep breaths before finally suppressing the urge to throw a dart at him, hurling it at the target instead.
The entire morning, Chu Ge and Mu Lingshan wandered around the villa like ordinary tourists. Chu Ge was as flashy as always, especially when playing billiards, earning rounds of applause.
Chu Ge was excellent at billiards, a leisure activity he particularly enjoyed. High strokes, low strokes, angle shots, all kinds of techniques were no problem for him. Even Mu Lingshan had to admit watching Chu Ge play billiards was truly a pleasure.
Straight shots were naturally a given. Even complicated side pocket shots seed effortless for Chu Ge, rarely making mistakes. Under his cue, the cue ball on the table seed to have a mind of its own, its positionings were astonishingly precise.
Watching Chu Ge play, Mu Lingshan couldn't help but wonder how many more skills this guy possessed that she didn't know about.
Even having witnessed many of Chu Ge's amazing skills, Mu Lingshan felt that way. It was needless to say how the other tourists at the villa felt; his exquisite billiard skills seed practically miraculous to them.
After lunch, the two returned to their room. Around three o'clock, the phone in the room rang.
Chu Ge and Mu Lingshan exchanged glances, curled a corner of their lips, then picked up the phone and lazily said, "Hello."
"Boss, it's Xiao Lan. We t yesterday. I wonder if you're interested in playing cards today?"
Chu Ge replied with little interest, "If it's the sa small ga as yesterday, forget it. I'm not interested."
A giggle ca through the receiver, "Boss, don't worry, since you said so yesterday, how could I disappoint you?"
Chu Ge appropriately let out an "oh," slightly dragging the tone, then heard Xiaolan continue, "Boss, it's the sa room as yesterday, everyone there is a regular. I believe they should suit your taste."
"Then I'll go take a look. I hope you won't let down."
"Rest assured, boss, I definitely won't."
Chu Ge hung up the phone, and Mu Lingshan imdiately ca over, looking expectantly, "So, are they planning to take us to the casino?"
Chu Ge shook his head, "Not that easy, they're still having us go to the sa room as yesterday."
Hearing this, Mu Lingshan's face imdiately showed disappointnt, but Chu Ge just smiled and said, "Alright, don't look so gloomy. If you were running a casino, you'd want to test strange faces a few tis too. If all goes well, there should be soone at today's ga keeping an eye on us from their casino. This kind of progress is already pretty decent."
The fact was just as Chu Ge had anticipated, among the people playing cards with him this ti, there was indeed soone who wasn't a tourist but an insider from Jinkai Villa.
This person was called Ma Wu, not yet thirty, tall and thin, with many freckles on his face, and a pair of very sharp eyes. He was here today to continue probing Chu Ge.
This ti, the stakes were much higher than yesterday. On the surface, Chu Ge seed genuinely intrigued, at least he wasn't randomly playing dark cards anymore.
At the table, Chu Ge won so and lost so, but in the end, he lost more than two hundred thousand. Yet, he didn't show even the slightest bit of distress; instead, he displayed a rather good mood.
Ma Wu had a big win today, and after the ga dispersed, he rolled his small, sharp eyes and followed Chu Ge and Mu Lingshan, actively trying to get close.
"Buddy, I won quite a bit from you today, I'm feeling a bit guilty. How about grabbing a al together?"
Mu Lingshan was delighted at heart; it was clear Ma Wu wanted to probe further.
Chu Ge, however, disdainfully curled his lips, snorting from his nose, "Just a couple of bucks, who are you trying to fool with that line?"
Ma Wu was taken aback, then quickly plastered a sheepish smile on his face, "Buddy, don't take it the wrong way. That's not what I ant. Honestly, I just think you have an extraordinary presence and want to make friends."
Chu Ge raised an eyebrow, nodding slightly, "Hmm, if you put it that way, it sounds reasonable. But..." He paused for a mont and continued, "I'm not familiar with you, no interest in having a al."
With that, Chu Ge arrogantly strode away without even glancing at Ma Wu, whose expression was extrely awkward.
Mu Lingshan was fuming upon hearing Chu Ge speak like that, wanting to pinch him hard, but in this situation, she could only suppress her anger, reluctantly following in Chu Ge's footsteps.
When they returned to their room, Mu Lingshan imdiately exclaid in frustration, "Chu Ge, are you here to have fun or to bust the gambling ring? That was such a good chance to gain Ma Wu's trust and secure an early entry to the casino! What were you thinking? Why didn't you go when he invited you to dinner?"
Chu Ge looked at Mu Lingshan with amusent and shook his head helplessly.
"You, why so impatient? Hey, have you ever heard of the strategy to bait and lure? If I agreed to eat with him, it wouldn't be as effective as rejecting. I'm playing the part of an indulgent rich kid. If I accepted any invitation from just anyone, wouldn't that cheapen ?"
Mu Lingshan froze, quickly realizing she had indeed been too hasty, overlooking this rather simple point.
However, even though she acknowledged this internally, she mumbled, "You're always right. Might as well call yourself Chu Youli. But just waiting around like this, when will it end?"
Chu Ge gave a slight smile, "Alright, you understand the principle of haste makes waste, right? They're watching our behavior over the past few days. Soone as loaded as , they won't miss the opportunity. Don't think too much for now, just be a little more patient."
What else could Mu Lingshan say? She could only nod in agreent.
Another two days passed, and Mu Lingshan beca increasingly anxious, while Chu Ge nonchalantly continued his indulgent lifestyle, playing the Money Scatterer, throwing wads of cash around.
Just when Mu Lingshan couldn't hold her patience any longer and started seriously doubting Chu Ge's plan, that afternoon, Ma Wu ca to find Chu Ge again.
"Buddy, want to play for even bigger stakes?"
Chu Ge curled his lips slightly, "Oh?"
It was the sa indifferent tone, with a tinge of superiority and a hint of nonchalance.
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