Rewind time by eight hours,

Around noon.

Cook Hill House.

It is a well-known private estate, and after the death of its owner three years ago, he donated the estate to a charitable organization because he had no children and no children.

After the charity took over the estate, it was converted into a resort area and used as a short-term rental to collect rent.

Now, for example, Cook Hill is being rented by a client who seems to be going to have some kind of party here.

As long as you can collect rent, who is not renting to?

At the moment, there are still snowflakes floating outside the villa, and the fireplace inside is very hot, so you don't feel the slightest cold.

This is a two-story villa, the lobby on the first floor is very spacious, about 100 square meters, and the decoration style is completely American.

There is a person sitting on the sofa in the lobby.

The middle-aged man sitting on the left-hand side is McGovern, an employee of a hunting club who specializes in accompanying large clients on hunting trips.

In the United States, as long as you can afford it, you can apply for a hunting license and hunt within the scope of the government's permission - many adventurous, thrill-loving rich people are happy to do so, even if it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to hunt a North American gray wolf or an Alaskan brown bear, it is worth it.

Hunting clubs, is to make money from these big customers.

The rich don't necessarily have a good command of firearms or the hang of hunting, so they need to be accompanied and mentored, and McGovern does just that.

Sitting across from McGovern was a man in his forties, tall and named Daniel.

Daniel is the owner of a toy company, which is not a big company, that is, an ordinary small company.

Daniel's toy company mainly deals in some model toys, from drones to miniature model cars, which they sell.

McGovern and Daniel are old friends and are chatting at the moment.

"What's wrong? You don't seem to be talking much today. Daniel asked, holding his head in his hands, lying on the couch.

"No, I'm just wondering, it's been a long, long time since I've had a party, and all of a sudden I want to get everyone together," McGovern said, lighting a cigarette, "It always feels awkward." ”

Daniel smiled and said, "What's the matter? Sometimes people are like that, and suddenly on a whim, they will call their former friends together to play, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

After a pause, Daniel continued: "Anyway, it's not fun to stay at home every holiday. It's nice to be able to come to the countryside and breathe some fresh air. Besides, we haven't been in touch for so long, so it's not bad to see each other. ”

McGovern pursed his lips and said no more, as if he didn't really want to come here.

Daniel glanced at him and teased, "I think it's your old love unforgettable, right? If Kelly doesn't come, I guess you slacker won't come anyway." ”

"Don't talk nonsense. McGovern blushed and said angrily, "Everyone is already married......

Daniel's "Kelly" is McGovern's ex-girlfriend, and later broke up because of personality incompatibility - the breakup is also a friend, everyone received an invitation with Kelly's name, and it seems that she will soon come to Cook Hill.

"Hey, I said why haven't they come yet?"

There was a sound of footsteps at the staircase on the second floor, and soon a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby figure walked downstairs and asked as he walked.

The man's name was Robert, who was also a friend of McGovern and Daniel, and now worked for an IT company.

Robert walked over to Daniel, sat down on the couch, glanced at McGovern and Daniel, and asked, "Didn't you say you would arrive at twelve o'clock at noon?" ”

"Wait, maybe the car is going very slow because of the snow on the road?" McGovern touched his head, "Besides, they live the farthest from here, and they should be the latest and late to arrive at the distance." ”

"By the way, what about Ríos, why haven't you seen him for so long?" asked McGovern.

"He's upstairs alone," said Robert, twisting his neck, "and we'll see him when we come."

He's been in the room since then, not knowing what he's doing. And he looks preoccupied. ”

"This host is really bad, he was the one who brought us together, but he hid in his room. McGovern looked dismissive.

"I'm wondering," Daniel said, with an eerie expression, "if he's trying to get us together and kill us one by one?" ”

"Who wants to kill us?" a familiar voice came from the gate, and McGovern immediately looked towards the door.

A beautiful woman with long hair in a pink cotton suit walked in, followed by a man with a high degree of scab into the house.

The woman shook the snowflakes on her body and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, because it's snowing heavily, so I'm late." ”

McGovern smiled and said, "Kelly, you're finally here." ”

Kelly walked up to McGovern and said, "Hello, McGovern. ”

McGovern nodded, looked at the tall and thin man behind Kelly, and quipped with a smile, "Gibson, your temperament hasn't changed at all." Obviously, there is only Kelly's name on the invitation, you must still be uneasy, and follow her to ......"

Gibson was also an old acquaintance with everyone, and he smiled, noncommittal.

At this time, Robert stood up and said to Kelly, "You guys, you know it's snowing, you won't come sooner." ”

"Haha, I'm sorry I'm sorry, I know Robert, you're the most punctual. Kelly hurriedly made a reparation to Robert.

"Since everyone is here, let's have a meal. Robert touched his belly.

Daniel was already hungry, and when he heard Robert say that he wanted to eat, he was naturally the first to agree.

Robert then walked to the kitchen and went there to get the food.

Next, the rest of the people were chatting in the living room, but McGovern sat silently in the corner alone, not saying anything, just quietly watching Kelly. And Kelly was very deliberate not to look at McGovern.

Soon Robert brought out the hot pizza and sandwiches, and everyone sat down around the table.

Kelly glanced at everyone and saw that Rios was not there, so she asked, "Where's Rios?"

Robert replied, "He's upstairs in the room, and he doesn't know what he's doing." ”

"Ah, then go up and call Rios down. He's really, and he doesn't come to say hello when everyone arrives. ”

"Okay. ”

Within a few minutes, Robert brought Rios downstairs, and after a few pleasantries, the meal began.

After lunch, Daniel and Robert found a deck of poker, and everyone played Texas Hold'em, the most popular poker in the United States.

The dealer, who is also the dealer, is naturally the only woman on the scene, Miss Kelly.

Everyone began to fight the cards, but Rios seemed distracted and did not participate in the game, and he returned upstairs without saying a word, locking himself in his room.

"What the hell is wrong with this guy?" said Daniel, frowning as he glanced at Rios as he walked upstairs.

"I don't know, whatever!" Robert also quickly looked at his hole cards and threw a chip: "Raise!"

"Dude, you're still playing so urgently!" Daniel also threw a chip and "called".

The hand was uneventful, and Daniel won the pot, muttering, "I guess something happened to Rios." Did you say that his family died, but he was too embarrassed to leave, so he had to be alone in the room?"

"Heh, your logic is really ...... What's so embarrassing about this? It's not the end of the world, so can we only get together once? If something big happens at home, we will definitely rush back. Robert said with a smile.

"That's true, but it's strange that he didn't say a word when he was just eating. ”

"What's this," Robert said, looking at McGovern, who had been folding and not participating in the pot, "didn't this guy just say a word and stay there? ”

It didn't take long for the game to go on.

It seems that everyone has something on their minds, and playing cards is not as passionate as in the past......

Kelly was chatting with Robert and Daniel, while his husband, Gibson, had just gone for a walk while he was playing cards......

McGovern read the book for a while, then stood up and said to the group, "You talk slowly, I'd better go out for a walk." ”

As he was leaving, McGovern glanced at Kelly again, but the latter seemed to be chatting with Robert and did not react at all.

After McGovern left, everyone chatted for a short time, and then went back to their rooms for a lunch break.

Time passed minute by minute, and no one knew that a huge conspiracy was happening quietly, step by step......