Sumire considers herself a young and energetic person, and it is not difficult for her to work all day, even all night. Genius remembers the first three or five in a second, but so far, she has never felt that time has been so long. Iron training had only a few items, but it was repeated countless times, and if there was the slightest mistake, he would start again immediately, until he felt that he had passed the test, and there was not even time to eat. Sumire has protested more than once, but the iron block that enters training mode is like a different person, and he does not back down in the slightest in his demands.

Sumire also understands that this is a matter of life and death after all, and once she is caught in the casino, the lowest price is the loss of a finger, which is already a permanent injury that ordinary people can't bear. The iron block is so strict with her now, precisely because he doesn't want her to end up like this in the future. Iron made it clear that she wanted to end such a harsh training unless she offered to give up.

But Sumire always gritted her teeth and endured everything. Before dawn, she finally passed the final test of the iron block, who looked at her with undisguised surprise and admiration in his eyes.

"You're more talented than I expected." He said.

"I told you early in the morning, I'm a genius!"

After more than ten hours of sleepless tossing, Sumire was quite tired, but her excited mood temporarily overshadowed the sleepiness of her body. She munched on her rice, knocked on the table, looked up and said proudly, "Come on, while you still have time, can you teach me something more pressing, teacher." ”

Iron looked at her deeply and nodded, "There is indeed another one, you won't lose if you learn to pack." ”

"What is it?"

"Don't bet."

A bright smile suddenly froze on Sumire's face. She looked at the piece of iron, and after confirming that the other party was not joking, she slowly shook her head with the same seriousness.

"I don't learn this." "I have to get revenge by gambling," she said. ”

"There is no other way?"

"There's just no other way." She said stubbornly.

The iron looked at her deeply, then leaned over in silence and gently pressed her hand down.

Sumire took a deep breath, only to realize that her hands had unconsciously clenched into fists. The constant state of concentration had worn her mind to the limit, and in this state, she calmly remembered many of her previous memories. She thought that she would bury these memories deep in her heart, but in the face of this man, she inexplicably had a desire to confide.

"I want revenge, but in this land, willing to gamble and lose is everything." "So, I have to make a difference in gambling." Although I can't find my enemy, I know that if I'm eye-catching enough, that person will come to the door on his own, like ......"

She bit her lip, as if her heart was gripped by anger, and she struggled to finish her sentence. Iron Lump nodded, "Like, your loved ones?" ”

"Yes, my mom and dad." "Mom and Dad got to know the casino, Mom is a promising young local dealer, and Dad is a foreigner who is very good at gambling. The two fell in love at first sight in the casino, and Dad chose to stay here, and soon after that, I was born. After that, they stayed away from the casino, opened a small shop with the money they had saved up, and lived a smooth life – until the man showed up. ”

"Who is it?"

"I don't know. I didn't even see his face. She shook her head, "I came home from school that evening, and the man was about to leave and passed me by. He was wearing a long trench coat and a large-brimmed hat, and the shadow cast by the electric light was just enough to block his face, and my head was only high enough to reach his chest. I don't know what method he used to persuade his parents to go with him, and they were calm even when they said goodbye. I remember my dad kissing me before he went out and saying that he would take care of everything soon and let me stay home and wait until they would be back tomorrow morning. ”

"But they didn't. They never came back. ”

Sumire pursed her lips and took a deep breath.

"I waited at home for a week, trying all the possibilities for optimism, but they didn't even contact me. Then I finally came to my senses and began to go crazy looking for them all over the city, asking every uncle and aunt I knew, and finally finding a clue in the casino where my mother used to work. One of my mother's apprentices secretly told me that a stranger came here with my parents that night and asked the boss to borrow a place to gamble. Soon after, most of the guests were taken out, and the low-ranking dealers were driven back to the lounge, and the entire casino was closed. She didn't know what was going on until the next morning, except that after that, she never saw my mom and dad again. ”

"That man took your parents somewhere else." Iron Lump said.

"It must be." Sumire is categorical.

"A few days later, a group of strangers came to my house and said they wanted to 'collect gambling debts'. When I asked them, they ignored them. Because I was always looking for my parents, I didn't take care of the house, and I sold everything I could for money and used it to inquire about the news. All they took back was an empty house, and the man at the head was so angry that he asked where the rest of the money was, and then beat me up. When he hit me, he said that he had just thrown two ignorant guys into the sea half a month ago. When I heard that, I immediately understood, and at that moment, I didn't even feel any pain in my body. ”

Sumire's nails sank deep into her palms, and the marks were dazzlingly red. The iron piece held her fist, and she only knew that she could not break it with brute force, but she did not know what to do. At the gambling table, he had used his clever words to defeat many strong enemies, but at this time, facing this girl, he felt so powerless to say anything for the first time.

With his mind blank, he awkwardly raised his arm and gently wrapped his arms around Sumire's shoulders.

"After being kicked out of my home, I searched for two more days and finally heard the news from a fishing uncle at the dock. In the early hours of that morning, a group of people did go out to sea in a boat. They anchored for a while offshore, and the uncle faintly heard someone talking, followed by two piercing gunshots. Hearing my uncle's words, I finally knew that I would never see them again. ”

To the sound of the iron, Sumire's voice was terrifyingly stable, like a machine without any emotion. He knew that it was not true peace, but a different state of anger that came from the extreme.

"So you have to take revenge." He said, "Take revenge on that man with these things I taught you." ”

Sumire nodded. "I could feel that the man must still be in McCaw, and even rubbed shoulders with me on the street, but I didn't recognize him." "However, I know that my parents are being targeted by him because of their gambling skills." If I can make a name for myself in this area, he will come to the door himself, even if I don't have to look for it. ”

She gritted her teeth, "When the time comes, I will win back all the losses I have lost before." ”

The iron took her shoulders around her and sat quietly with her until she felt the tension under her arms slowly relax. After some catharsis of high emotions, the fatigue that had accumulated for a day and a night suddenly came up, and Sumire suddenly felt a little out of strength. At this moment, she suddenly found herself leaning on the young man's arms.

"Ahh

She tried to sit up straight, but she didn't have any strength in her hands and feet. Iron suddenly put his other hand under her knee, picked her up gently, and walked towards the inner room.

"You, this ......"

Sumire was inexplicably nervous, so nervous that she couldn't speak incoherently. She subconsciously wanted to struggle, but in the end she just pushed her face into the iron chest. For a moment, there seemed to be many sentences in her head, but the words were scattered and illegible, and before she could think about how to react, she already felt a soft touch on her back.

The next second, Sumire fell into the large round bed. Her hands and feet were limp and weak, and she felt as if she was in the clouds.

"Well, won't it ......be too soon," she muttered.

"Quick?" Iron looked at her in surprise and smiled.

"Don't be too impatient." He said, "I have been an orphan since I was a child, and although I try to imagine myself in the shoes of what you just said, I still cannot understand the eagerness to avenge my loved ones. But I dare say you've worked hard enough on this matter. Now that you have understood what you have taught tonight, there will be time for you to practice slowly in the future, and you don't have to rush overnight. ”

He thought for a moment, and cautiously stretched out his finger and tapped it timidly on her forehead, as if this was already the most intimate move.

"Get some sleep and get some rest, that's what you should do." He laughed.

Sumire looked at him in a daze, and suddenly her whole face turned red, and she suddenly turned around and lifted the quilt, buried her face in the pillow, and shrunk her whole body into the quilt.

"Stupid!" The quilt and pillow combined couldn't cover her roar.

The iron piece scratched his head, unable to make out the girl's sudden change of mood.

"You can sleep at ease, I will sleep on the sofa." He said.

"Get out!"

Seeing that the girl was buried in the quilt and looked like she didn't want to pay attention to him, Tie Block shrugged his shoulders and got up to go to the living room to rest. Although teaching is not as tiring as learning, he has experienced a big battle with Hong Rixin before this. Those dozens of minutes may not seem like a good thing to others, but for him, it was a battle with extremely high brain strength, and he was already very tired after holding on all the way to now.

But he took a few steps, but stopped again.

"Maybe you can't listen to it, but I still have to advise you." He turned his back to Sumire on the bed and said slowly, "There has never been a winning general at the gambling table, and no matter how confident you are, there are times when you lose." Even if you've learned the best gambling skills and practiced them to perfection, there's always someone better than you – just like me. ”

He took out his badge, looked at it, and sighed.

"After all, it's the 'ninth' before, and the strength is really not comparable to an anonymous person like me, and even the most sure thing has been lost. I couldn't help but lose this game, and even my confidence was a little bit damaged. I hope you don't have the same thing. ”

He pursed his lips and stared at the golden badge he held in his fingertips, when Sumire's voice suddenly came from behind him.

"I don't think you're losing, he's weaker than you." She said.

Iron turned around, but saw that she had sat up, looking at herself with confidence. "You didn't lose, he took advantage of the home advantage to cheat. Use the power of the entire venue to arrange a backhand against you, which just shows that he is not as good as you in a head-to-head duel! "I couldn't keep up with him, but he did move when the hall lights flickered and everyone was distracted." But I can't tell you, and I don't have time to figure out how to play the code, and suddenly you flop. ”

The iron was stunned. But in retrospect, when he looked at Sumire in the audience, the latter really looked like he had something to say. If everything was true as Sumire said......

"I remember that the voltage was unstable at that time, and there might be a little lag in the live screen, which created a short gap in the surveillance and caused a bit of chaos in the audience. If he had arranged everything, it was possible for him to steal a card while I was distracted. He then terminates the game early to avoid exposure. He frowned, "But, such a risky strategy ......"

"It was the most tense moment, and maybe in his calculations, everyone in the audience should be focused on the big screen." Sumire smiled a little smugly, "But he didn't expect that there was another person who had been firmly on the stage from the beginning and never distracted." ”

Tie Lu looked at her blankly, seeing her smile like a flower, and suddenly a trace of joy swelled up in his heart inexplicably. What emotional control, he has long been ignored, and before he notices it, he can't help but smile on his face.

I see.

She kept looking at me.

He couldn't help but laugh and looked at the badge in his hand again. Until then, the badge was a mark of shame, commemorating him for accepting the other party's conditions as a last resort, but as Sumire revealed the truth, everything changed slightly. He was still the one designed by Hong Rixin, but compared to a defeat, at least he didn't lose where he cared.

She said, "You're the one who wins." Iron Block's heart echoed with such sentences repeatedly.

This is a medal for preserving a first-line victory in a crushing defeat. And beyond that, what he gained was something he had never thought of. Iron closed his eyes intently, feeling the subtle emotions in his heart until he felt a pair of hands gently grip his palms.

He opened his eyes and saw Sumire standing in front of him with her feet bent, pale and speechless.

She gently removed the badge that was in the way, so that her hand was clasped to the ten fingers of the iron and the palm of her hand was close to each other. The warm temperature came from the palm of her hand, like the warm emotion flowing in her eyes. Iron looked into her eyes, unable to see through the complex emotions contained in them for a moment. What Sumire hastily learned overnight turned out to be the best weapon to disguise her intentions at this time.

"What a good student." He grudgingly smiled bitterly, hiding the fact that he was at a loss.

Sumire didn't talk, but suddenly opened her hands and hugged him tightly. Her hot body threw herself into his arms, like a raging fire, and her beautiful face was pressed against the iron chest, and the scorching temperature seemed to melt his body as well.

"You're leaving tomorrow, right?"

Sumire looked up, tears glinting in her eyes, but she still looked at the iron in the eyes without flinching. The iron block saw the love and reluctance from there, and they were all real emotions. He subconsciously wanted to look away, but he also knew that he had to respond to the other party's thoughts here and now. He nodded slowly but firmly.

"Will you come back, then?"

She knew the answer to the question, but she asked. Before Iron could reply, she stood on tiptoe, closed her eyes, and kissed him firmly on the lips. I don't want to see, I don't want to listen, I don't want to think about what will happen after dawn. In the dim light, there was only the sound of clothes squirming and falling to the ground.

And a kiss that is as long as centuries.

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