Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

The exposed thighs and calves were smooth and flawless, even cleaner than if they had undergone laser hair removal.

"thank you boss."

Liu Zheng stuffed the black deer head, which had shrunk to the size of a fist, into the takeout box.

"Tell me, what reward do you want?"

Si Xue asked.

"Can we save it up first?"

he asked.

"Sure, there's only one limit anyway."

"Then I'll use it."

Liu Zheng changed his tune.

"You have one minute to think about it, otherwise it's invalid."

Si Xue sat cross-legged on the grass, her voice sounding somewhat weak.

One minute isn't enough to decide what to eat for dinner, let alone the mountain of things he has to do.

Countless ideas and thoughts came rushing in, but one last thought broke through the encirclement and was blurted out.

"Boss, I need to be someone's date at a salon. Can you give me some advice?"

"what?"

A rare look of confusion appeared on Si Xue's face.

"I thought that with your distinguished status, boss, you must be very experienced."

Liu Zheng scratched his head and said.

“I’m not surprised that you’re asking me for advice on attending the salon; I’m surprised that you were invited to attend one.”

Si Xue looked at him and said.

"Aren't you a delivery driver being a bit too capable?"

"It's all thanks to your support, boss."

He said modestly.

"I don't have the ability to help you. If you continue to develop at this rate, one day I'll have to rely on you to help me."

Si Xue said, seemingly seriously.

"Boss, please don't laugh at me. I'm just a blade of grass under your towering tree. No matter how much I grow, I'll never be as tall as you."

"With such eloquence, what are you worried about at the salon? I think you'd be good enough to be a spokesperson for the city hall."

Si Xue pouted.

"How could that be? Only you, boss, are willing to listen to advice. I wouldn't even have a chance to speak anywhere else."

Liu Zheng's flattery was as incessant as diarrhea seeping through a sewer.

However, it is indeed useful.

"That's true."

Si Xue nodded.

"You must have saved the metropolis in your past life to be able to join the company just in time to become my boss. If it were one of the previous batches, you would have been skinned alive and used as a doormat by now."

"That's right, I'm really lucky to have you as my boss."

He said it sincerely.

To be fair, compared to those corrupt executives in office buildings who try every means to get their subordinates to the 11th floor to be their playthings, Si Xue is already a conscience among leaders.

"Hmm, they're quite sensible. So, what kind of salon is it?"

Si Xue sensed his sincerity and said with satisfaction.

She didn't have time to keep an eye on Liu Zheng, so she really didn't know about such a small thing as attending a salon.

"I don't know what level it is, but they said it was a salon ball hosted by the Metropolitan Writers Association."

Liu Zheng said.

"The Metropolitan Writers' Association? Will their president attend?"

Si Xue frowned.

"They didn't say that."

"Then you'd better pray that person doesn't come. Otherwise, if he targets you, unless he becomes your bodyguard, no one can save you."

Si Xue pointed to the gold star medal on his chest and said.

"Even you, boss, can't save me?"

he said in surprise.

“You’re not participating in the event at a restaurant, so of course I can’t control you.”

"Can I make a phone call and ask?"

Liu Zheng asked for instructions.

"let's hit."

Si Xue waved her hand.

With her consent, Liu Zheng immediately called the novelist.

"Senior, what's the matter?"

The novelist asked.

"Is your president going to attend that salon tonight?"

He got straight to the point and asked.

"I'm sorry, senior, I can't be sure. Apart from the annual conference, the chairman doesn't give advance notice of whether he will attend or not."

The novelist replied.

"okay, I get it."

Liu Zheng hung up the phone and looked at Si Xue.

"Looks like she wants to turn you into her ex-boyfriend."

Si Xue's tone was sarcastic.

"Boss, how about you save me? I still need to find you a sewer to get your brains."

"I really can't protect you; dealing with him is not my specialty."

Si Xue shook her head.

She's better at destruction than protection, and ordinary protective measures are useless against someone like the president of the Writers' Association.

You can use your abilities as the restaurant owner while you're in the restaurant, but you can't use them outside the restaurant.

Unless she goes to the ball with Liu Zheng and then slaps him across the face to distract him.

"but."

Just as Liu Zheng was feeling disappointed, Si Xue spoke again.

"There is a way, but the success rate is very low."

"You say."

"There's nothing to say. Just tell me if you're going to try or not. Whether it succeeds or not, I'll still pay out the reward."

Si Xue said domineeringly.

".OK."

he said helplessly.

Using cleaning as an excuse to steal his reward, and now giving him an option with an extremely low success rate, no wonder he's a boss, his heart is black.

"Pick me up."

Si Xue said.

"Oh, isn't this inappropriate?"

Liu Zheng hesitated.

"What do you think you are in my eyes?"

Si Xue countered with a question.

"Not a thing?"

"Wrong, you are a thing."

Si Xue said expressionlessly.

"Ok."

Since she had said that, Liu Zheng let go and squatted down to pick her up around the waist.

It feels very light and moist to the touch, like holding a ball of jelly.

Si Xue yawned and then raised her hand.

Boundless flames erupted from the ground, instantly turning the lush grassland into nothingness, and the ground once again into a vast ocean of lava.

Si Xue raised her hand again, and an obsidian pillar rose from the lava.

Liu Zheng's pupils dilated, and inside the obsidian pillar was the very same colorful phoenix he had seen last time.

"Tell me, which of the following virtues do you possess: morality, propriety, righteousness, trustworthiness, and benevolence?"

"Think carefully before you speak, or you'll be crushed if you choose the wrong one."

Si Xue said.

Chapter 215 The most important thing in life is loyalty.

Virtue, propriety, righteousness, trustworthiness, benevolence—which one do you possess?

To be honest, Liu Zheng felt that he didn't fit any of those criteria.

Needless to say, Li was an orphan who grew up in a wild environment. If it weren't for the old director and the government's welfare policies, he would have been lucky not to become a gangster.

While he wouldn't be considered a complete liar, he certainly made quite a few perfunctory remarks to his superiors and colleagues.

Morality and benevolence are even more out of the question. The security guards who died at Liu Zheng's hands, the waiters on the 11th floor, and the pets at the "Sunshine" pet shop would not accept it.

Only Yi could barely be considered a righteous person, since he was just about to betray the homeowners who provided him with intelligence when he was interrupted by the news of his ALS diagnosis.

"Then let's try righteousness first."

He made his decision.

Although Liu Zheng still didn't think he could handle it, he thought it shouldn't crush him, right?

"it is good."

Si Xue wouldn't give him a chance to back out, and directly reached out and grabbed him.

A piece of pictographic pattern resembling a sheep, along with feathers and flesh, was torn off from the leg of the five-colored phoenix.

"Wow!"

Although the phoenix did not move, Liu Zheng heard its mournful cry.

He could only say that he couldn't help with this.

Not to mention that he has no ability to rescue it, he does need the phoenix's power to protect himself right now.

A whole clump of flesh and feathers was pulled out of the obsidian pillar and came to the top of Liu Zheng's head.

Si Xue released her hand, and the flesh and feathers immediately transformed into a colorful oracle bone script character "义" (righteousness), which fell towards him.