Chef's Knife

The gambling game that day caused the whole underground workshop to boil

It was probably the first time in Luo Sheng's life that he went to the gambling table. Although the expression on his face was indifferent, the trembling fingertips, the cheeks that had lost some blood color and the uneven breathing betrayed him.

All wins and losses, success or failure, are only in the blink of an eye.

The dice hit the enamel cover with a crisp snap.

"I bet big."

The lights made everyone's faces look pale, and the cover was slowly lifted, five, four, two, it was a narrow victory.

"It's a good start, Boss Luo—" Jin Daya grinned.

For a moment, Luo Sheng opened those almond eyes and glanced in a certain direction inadvertently.Chu Yuanzhong felt that gaze rest on his body, but it was fleeting.

Then Luo Sheng began to lose without any suspense, losing in a random and reasonable way.

The lid was lifted again and again, and the ivory dice reflected porcelain white light under the lamplight, making people feel like they were in the environment like a dream.

Ten rounds, three wins and seven losses.

"Unfortunately..." Jin Daya pretended to be sorry amidst the sighs, "It seems that God has no intention of favoring Boss Luo, so—"

"Uncle Luo..." Liu Xuzhi crawled up to Luo Sheng with her knees rubbed against her, hugged Luo Sheng's waist sobbing, leaving two long bloodstains behind her knees, "It's all my fault... woo..."

"You have always been a good boy. Uncle likes you, just like 'him'."

Luo Sheng opened his eyes, with an unconcealable exhaustion in his expression.

"This is the last time. Remember not to make any more mistakes. Uncle will not be able to help you in the future... When you get home, tell your father that you made a mistake. Where did your father and son get their revenge? Tell your father that 'Luo Sheng' owes the ancestors of the Liu family The favor is paid off once."

Luo Sheng's voice was too soft to be heard.

"Uncle didn't have the ability to save him back then, he was only 12 years old... Uncle is really a waste."

Just when everyone thought everything was a foregone conclusion, they suddenly heard something human.

"really interesting."

The speaker's tone was lazy, as if he just yawned.

"A cook is a cook, why come to a casino?"

Chu Yuanzhong squinted his eyes, moved his soft muscles and bones, and wrote lightly.

"It's only 60, what's the big deal."

Only... 60, everyone in the audience stared at this arrogant man with surprised eyes.

"Who are you?" Someone yelled, "Where are you talking here—"

"Guess what?" Chu Yuanzhong smiled instead of anger, brushed off his sleeves, and pointed at Luo Sheng indifferently, "I'll take care of his debts, just give me an IOU, and wait for the day when I'm in the mood Well, I will pay you one hundred and eighty thousand."

"You..." There was an uproar in the arena. Unexpectedly, there was such an arrogant and daring person, who seemed to be taking the opportunity to make trouble, "Where did you come from? Get him out!"

"Shut up!" Li Si, nicknamed 'Vicious Dog', stood up awkwardly, drew his knife and said, "My lord prime minister is here, Rong Deer and others are presumptuous?!"

This time the audience went silent.

"Gathering a crowd to gamble, according to the law, you will be fined [-] gold." Chu Yuanzhong stood up and said solemnly, and then added with a smile and understanding, "I am wronged to stay in the prison of the Anti-Corruption Factory tonight, waiting for relatives to come Now that the payment has been received, Chu really can't bear it..."

To be honest, in today’s era when the monarch is fatuous and the courtiers are in power, ceremonies and music are bad, gambling is not a serious crime among the people compared to murder and arson, and people like Jin Daya who dare to open casinos in the capital to lend usury must have extremely serious crimes behind them. Strong background.And the gamblers present here are mostly businessmen and dandies, who are not afraid of fines or anything.

But who doesn't know that if you entered the crime detection factory, even the emperor would have to scrape off three layers of oily skin and squeeze out the oil inside and out for you, and the three hundred fines would go into the pocket of some brazen person!

How could there be such shameless people in the world?So blatantly amassing money!

All the big and small gamblers in the audience cursed bitterly in their hearts.

Pooh!Those with the surname Chu have no good things——

****

When the boy fed the small animal he picked up for the first time, although he had prepared for it, he was still frightened by the astonishing amount of food.

Chuning's stomach is like a bottomless pit, which never refuses anyone who comes and can hold any number of things.

Even if he was reincarnated as a starved ghost for eight lifetimes, there is no such way to eat it...

While Chuning was eating, the boy sat aside and watched silently.

This boy's eating is quite gentle. Although he eats extremely fast, he doesn't have any common problems of children of this age, such as splashing soup, knocking bowls, and smacking his mouth.He was quiet all the time, sweeping away the food like a storm.He stared at the food, with a ferocious expression on his face; if you dare to take meat from his bowl, he will tear you to pieces.

Sure enough, the boy laughed, but no matter what this guy has become, the gluttony in his bones will not change.

However, there was a bit of sourness in this smile.

He remembered that 'he' was not only gluttonous, but also very particular about eating, and he was extremely picky about food.

Chu Ning is not like a child from a poor family. Although he has injuries, his hands are obviously not exposed to spring water, the joints of his hands and feet are not deformed, and there are no traces of rough work.

When the boy was trimming Chuning's nails, he noticed that his index and middle fingers had thin calluses, indicating that he had held a pen for a certain period of time, and a family that could afford the boy's reading and calligraphy would not be too embarrassing, at least food and clothing would be no problem .

"You're sweating all over, how can you do it if you don't wash it? Besides, this clothes is dirty, I'll change it for you." The young man tried to take off his clothes, and persuaded him softly, "Be obedient, how can you do this?" If you move around, you will touch the wound, I didn't mean to hurt you—”

The boy shrank back with a face of resistance, but unfortunately, he was finally stripped naked by the young man and carried naked into the wooden barrel.

As if he was ashamed to see people, he plunged his head into the water and didn't intend to show his head. The boy was taken aback by his ostrich-like behavior, and then burst out laughing.

"Haha... you... are so funny..."

Chuning's porcelain-white skin was flushed from the hot water, and he was touched from top to bottom unceremoniously.The young man felt that he was slippery in the water like a fish, and his black and smooth hair slipped through his fingers like water plants.

I said, how did you become like this?

The young man gently wiped Chuning's wet hair, the latter's eyes were closed and the tips of his ears were so red.The more he looked at the boy's appearance, the more he felt the wonder of nature, and he couldn't even imagine it.It was as if he suddenly had a younger brother, and his whole heart was rippling.He couldn't help kissing the boy's cheek, he thought he could slowly learn to be a good brother, and he would be an integral part of him no matter what.

However, after the kiss, he was a little bit regretful and uneasy. Although the boy was no longer so wary of his contact during this period of time, this kind of intimacy was obviously a bit abrupt—he was worried that the boy would be as tense as he was at the beginning Like a little beast.

But actually it wasn't that bad, the boy just opened his eyes, which dimmed for a moment.

When the boy washed the boy's body, he carefully inspected it inch by inch. The wounds on the boy's body were all recent wounds, and there were no old marks.This shows that he grew up in a relatively stable environment in his early years, and he has not suffered long-term abuse and violence...or even signs of violation.

Then, he was puzzled, what is the nightmare that haunts the boy in front of him every night?