Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

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The lake god hesitated for a moment, then silently sank back into the lake, leaving only half of his body visible.

"Very good, continue."

Si Xue threw the firewood back into the stove.

“That person wasn’t an outstanding employee, and he hasn’t worked for ten years. It’s against the rules to let him fish in Treasure Lake.”

The lake god suppressed his anger and said.

"Whose rule is that? Yours?"

Si Xue countered with a question.

"This was agreed upon between the restaurant and me."

The lake god roared in anger.

"What does it have to do with me that the restaurant made the agreement with you?"

As soon as Si Xue said this, the lake water suddenly trembled, and then the entire cave shook violently.

"What are you doing? You're allowed to talk about me with Liu Zheng, but I'm not allowed to talk about you?"

She stood up, put her hands on her hips, and cursed at the top of the cave.

"Tell me yourself, how well am I as a boss? Without me, would your takeout be delivered down the sewer?"

The cave was still shaking.

"Did you discover Liu Zheng? Did you negotiate with the city hall? With your brains, if you could handle this kind of high-end work, what would we bosses be needed for?"

Si Xue said without any politeness.

The cave shook even more violently.

"With Liu Zheng's personality, how can you get along with him? It's easy for you to get rid of him, but it will be difficult to find another one."

"He has a frightening number of brands on his body. If you kill him, it's like offending half of Metropolis."

"If the performance is poor, I'll just be used as cannon fodder, but the personality you've worked so hard to cultivate will be erased."

Si Xue remained unmoved.

The frequency of the cave vibrations gradually slowed down and eventually subsided.

"Tch, as expected, no matter what it is, once it has a personality, it becomes afraid of death."

Si Xue scoffed.

Do you have any further objections?

She looked at the lake god.

“I have a problem with it. I can’t control what happens at the restaurant or with you, but managing Treasure Lake is my responsibility and my right. If all the owners just let people fish like you do, how am I supposed to manage it?”

"The lake god said, his neck stiff."

"You're acting all aggrieved? Why don't you say I put my own treasures into the lake too?"

Si Xue sneered.

"If it weren't for my treasures, could you have stolen so much spiritual energy?"

"Stop talking, stop talking."

The lake god quickly tried to dissuade her.

"You think you can just tell me not to say anything and expect me to? Who do you think you are? And another thing..."

"Grandma, I was wrong, I was wrong. From now on, you can fish however you want, even electrofishing is fine, okay?"

The lake god was so frightened that he immediately kowtowed.

"You're not a blacksmith, why do you have to do this stupid thing?"

Si Xue looked at him with disdain.

"Then I'm going back."

The lake god gave a wry smile and prepared to return to the lake.

"Who said you could leave? I was just worried about not having any audience, and you've delivered yourself right to my doorstep. Stay there quietly and don't go anywhere."

Si Xue gave the order.

"This, I... sigh!"

The lake god sighed and stood still.

Si Xue took out her phone and made a call.

"Hey, birdman, are you still alive?"

She said with a smile.

"If you, a mere reptile, are still alive, how could I possibly die?"

The woman on the other end of the phone replied coldly.

"That's great. Just thinking about how shamelessly a guy like you can still live makes life a little easier."

Si Xue maintained her smile.

"Difficult to endure? If you hadn't used some shady means to become a restaurant owner, how could you be on equal footing with me? I could eat over a hundred lizards like you every day."

The woman's voice mocked.

"Your business hasn't improved in the last few years, but your arrogance has certainly grown. Over a hundred? Restaurants can't even stock that many. Are you including those who drank urine and ate excrement?"

"No wonder your mouth smells so bad."

Si Xue's smile widened.

"You speak even more vulgarly than before, you're a disgrace to our high society."

"Really? I think I'm becoming more and more persuasive with my words."

Si Xue was pleased with himself.

"You called me all this way just to argue? If so, I'm hanging up. My time is worth far more than yours."

"After all, you can only rot in your filthy restaurant, while I have to attend all kinds of high-profile balls, salons and auctions."

The woman retorted.

"Of course not. Speaking of auctions, how did you know I acquired two pieces from the Takamagahara collection?"

Si Xue felt the time was right and finally dropped the bombshell.

"These are just two items; my treasure trove is almost overflowing. If you like them, just kneel down and beg me, and I'll throw ten or eight more at you to pick up."

The woman's voice paused for a moment, then immediately spoke.

"Really? You also have Shao Yanming's head? It was just cut off."

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"Oh, right, there's also the brand of the Great Sun Noble, which was just removed and is still steaming hot."

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"Bitch."

After the woman cursed, she hung up the phone.

"Hahahahahaha!!!"

Si Xue held her phone and let out an incredibly wild laugh that shook the entire cave, even making the Lake God's body sway precariously.

"That crazy woman."

The lake god dared not speak out against his anger.

Si Xue laughed for several minutes before finally stopping.

"Alright, you can get lost now."

She waved to the lake god.

"okay."

The lake god, as if granted a pardon, collapsed into droplets and returned to the lake.

"Napoleon, give Liu Zheng what he wants, and also get me a whole bird feast."

Si Xue made another phone call.

"What standard? Top grade, I guess."

She said it casually.

Si Xue hung up the phone, holding her phone with eager anticipation, seemingly wanting to show it off to others.

But her finger kept poking around on the screen, and in the end, she didn't type anything.

"Ah."

She put away her phone, turned around and went back into the pavilion, where she silently took out two sweet potatoes and started roasting them again.

"Head Chef, I'm here."

Liu Zheng walked into the kitchen.

"Huh, why are there so few people this time?"

He looked around and asked.

"They've gone to unload the cargo."

The white-feathered chicken was squatting on the ground studying the corpses of the monsters from Mount Ooe, and said without looking up.

"The Yuan Shen Cult again?"

Liu Zheng asked casually.

"Idiot. Those guys can handle a little smuggling, but if we rely on them for large-scale transactions, everyone in the restaurant will starve."

The white-feathered chicken cursed.

"Oh. So, are these considered smuggled goods or legitimate goods?"

He pointed to the corpses of the monsters and said.