The Thousand Nights Castle is divided into three areas by a huge city wall.

The outermost layer is a residential street where civilians live, and in a corner that is barely visible to civilians is the city's largest and only zài slum.

Ten Street.

Connecting residential streets and slums.

At such an intersection there is an ordinary two-story house.

Bai Ye came to the door, he could see that there were traces of being smashed on the door, and he felt a lot of hostile eyes along the way, it was not very safe here that he was already close to the slum.

"It's really a troublesome errand for me. He raised his fist rudely as he complained.

There was a knock on the door, but no response was heard in the room for a long time.

"Police, open the door quickly and check the residence permit. This time, he kicked the door that looked sturdy with his foot, and finally, the door was opened by the other party with a thin slit, revealing a pair of uneasy eyes, "Are you...... Police?" the owner of the voice sounded scared of something.

"Ha, how is it possible, are the police as handsome as me?" Bai Ye kicked again, and the person who pressed his body behind the door retreated, and strode into the house, the furnishings inside were already a little old, but it could be seen that it should have been expensive furniture before.

The guy in front of him is the owner of this house.

A beautiful woman.

Beside the woman was a little girl with pigtails, who was hiding behind her mother in fear, tears rolling in her eyes.

"You...... Are you here to ask for money?" asked the woman with a forced composure, but the trembling body had betrayed her affection.

"Am I so much like a bad person?" Bai Ye touched his chin with a little disappointment.

"It's a lot like ...... Oh, no, no, it's not like ......" The woman was afraid that she would anger the strange young man in front of her because of a few words.

"I'm the guide of the exit office, but I didn't get the certificate of the association, because I accepted your husband's commission, I came to you. As he spoke, Bai Ye looked at the clothes of the woman and the girl, and it seemed that they were not doing very well.

"Daddy asked you to come to us!" the little girl who was hiding behind her mother cried out in surprise, if she hadn't been caught by her mother, she would have rushed over immediately.

"This is his letter to you. A bloodstained letter was thrown over by Bai Ye, and the woman's body shook violently after seeing the dazzling color, "He ...... What about people?" "Dead, in the cave of the white woods, only bones are eaten by rodents. Bai Ye put his hands in his pockets and said with a smile, as if he didn't know how cruel these words were.

He ...... Dead?" The woman clenched the envelope in her palm and shook her head in disbelief, "How could he die, didn't he have a guide by his side!" At this moment, she seemed to have forgotten the fear of the strange man in front of her, and only the despair and anger that instantly dominated her brain.

"Please, he can't even pay me, I am not obligated to do day labor, and in the end, he entered the White Wood Forest alone. Facing the woman's questioning eyes, Bai Ye just shrugged innocently.

"It seems that I made an agreement with my daughter that on my tenth birthday, I would come back from Hedong City to see her, and I couldn't afford to pay the guide's money, so I rushed into the white wood forest alone without any plans, and I don't need to say more about the result. Bai Ye walked in front of the woman, and his eyes fell on a golden pocket watch hanging around the other party's neck, which was very abrupt at this time from the expensive items that did not match the plain clothes at all.

"On the way here, I found his body, and at that time, the only thing that was rescued was this letter, and now that the letter has been delivered to you, it is time to receive payment. "What ......" Before the woman could react, the short sword in Bai Ye's hand had already slipped into her hand, cutting the chain of the pocket watch in the blink of an eye, and the heavy golden pocket watch fell into Bai Ye's hand.

"No!" Seeing that the pocket watch was taken away by Bai Ye, the woman finally reacted and pounced, but what greeted her was a cold and bone-chilling killing intent, and the short sword was against the soft throat, as long as Bai Ye used a slight force, the blade would cut the throat and spurt out fresh blood.

It was as if the woman could imagine herself lying in a pool of blood, unable to move from the fear of death.

"Mommy!" the girl was scared, but she still stood in front of her mother, "You lie, Dad promised me that he would come back to see me on my tenth birthday! He promised me! Dad can't die like this!" "Noisy to death, little ghost, you should be glad that it was me who came to trouble you, and if it were someone else, the price you two would have to pay would not be as simple as a watch." Bai Ye quickly put the pocket watch into his pocket, and he could judge its value from its weight, and the price he got from selling the pocket watch on the black market was probably more than all the honorarium that Li Yue paid him this time.

"In today's cannibalistic world, the weak are either eaten or eaten by others, your mother is a good beauty, it is better to find a rich family to marry, and you, if you want to live, abandon the boring fantasy, your father is dead, no one can protect you! I've seen a little ghost of your age, in order to survive, he already knows how to exchange his body for a piece of dry and hard bread, and if he wants to live like a human being, he has to do whatever it takes, even giving up his dignity, and you probably think my words are contradictory, but that's the truth. Bai Ye's indifferent eyes made the girl's whole body stiff and unable to move, and for the first time, she felt such a suffocating fear.

"Get out of this city, there are too many people who want to eat you, and in this day and age, women are a scarce good thing. Bai Ye left, leaving behind only a cold warning.

The woman finally realized the reality.

Without the protection of men, sooner or later, their mothers and daughters will become the playthings of others.

However, where can they flee without money?

"Mom...... That man is a bad person, right, he is lying to me!How could Daddy die! Daddy promised me ......" The girl grabbed her mother's garment, and tears fell uncontrollably, but the woman could not say a word of comfort.

After leaving the house, Bai Ye was soon surrounded by a group of fierce men.

"Little ghost, did you take that woman's pocket watch? Unfortunately, this thing is what we wanted. "In the midst of the group of shirtless men, there was a slender young man dressed in a very different way, wearing a neat purple coat, neatly combed hair, and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, which gave the impression of some down-and-out aristocrat.

"Her husband Carmon asked us to borrow a lot of money, originally a big man in the inner city lent him money as a capital to turn over, we thought he might have a chance to turn over, but I didn't expect you to bring the news that he died in the white woods, and even the guide couldn't be hired, it seems that it has failed again. The young man used his white-gloved index finger to push up the sliding frame, and there was a bit of grace in his movements, "Even a big businessman who was famous in the past would end up like this, and from now on, the property left by Carmon is ours, including the mother and daughter." Speaking of this, the young man's breathing became rapid, his lower body changed significantly, and the big men around him let out strange laughter one by one.

"This watch is my payment, if you want money, you should ask the mother and daughter. Bai Ye shrugged, not reassuring the young man's threat at all, "Do you have the desire to go to them, but you don't have the courage to go to the door?" "I want a woman, and we want this watch!" The young man grinned, staring at Bai Ye's bulging pockets with unkind eyes.

"This watch is the dowry of the woman, who was also a famous nobleman, and according to my experience, this thing can be sold for a lot of money, plus the house and the body of the mother and daughter, I think the debt should be paid off. ”

"Why do I think you're earning it? Bai Ye said, walking forward.

"It seems that you are going to pretend to be stupid to the end, what I want to sue you is that not all the money, you have the life to spend. The big men drew their daggers and machetes, which had been prepared long ago.

"Hey, violence isn't good. Bai Ye tilted his head and looked at the young man with glasses raised from his chin, "Shut him up." "The young man has lost his patience, and after getting the pocket watch, it is time to enjoy the mother and daughter, although the daughter is still young, but maybe there will be more fun for the young man.

The young man, who was delusional, heard his favorite sound, which was the sound of a blade slicing through a human body.

The only thing that upset him was the viscous liquid that had been spilled on his face.

"Wouldn't it be lighter! The blood of the garbage got on my face...... ......The young man who came back to his senses swallowed back the second half of the words, and the remaining ones of his men fell to the ground in a pool of blood, their expressions were perfectly frozen in fear, and Bai Ye was maintaining that casual smile, if it weren't for the short sword with a blood-colored aura on his right hand, I'm afraid it would be hard for the young man to believe that it was the person in front of him who killed all his subordinates.

On the tip of the "tick" sword, a drop of moist red liquid dripped to Bai Ye's feet, and then his sigh sounded: "Indeed, not all money, you have a life to spend." "No...... I...... I ......" The young man stepped back helplessly, but a silver light flashed in front of him......

"This cannibalistic world, the weak are either eaten or eat others, I'm sorry, I choose the latter. ”

"Poof" blood, sprayed on the ground, "Ahhhhh............h Ahhh......h "Ahhhhh............h

Early the next morning.

At the door of Carmon's house, Carmon's wife dragged an old suitcase, and the other hand held her daughter, looking at the building in front of her, which belonged to her and Carmon's memories, and now, she had to give up and continue to stay here, only to be forced into a desperate situation by the high debt.

"We're leaving. "Hmm. The girl nodded, not crying or making a fuss.

"Mom, aren't we coming back?"

"I guess so, Daddy is gone, and many people don't like to see us. There was a bit of gloom in the woman's expression.

"Dad is gone, so I won't cry, and from today onwards, I will protect my mother. Maybe it was the words that Bai Ye said when he left yesterday that had an effect, and the girl's expression changed somewhat.

"Our little snow has grown up, okay, let's go, while it's just dawn. The woman was worried that the ubiquitous creditors would catch up with the two of them, and just as she was about to leave, a tall man appeared, "It's Madame Carmon, and his daughter." "Yes, you are ......" is probably the man's decent appearance is reassuring, the woman is not too flustered, and the man in front of him seems to have seen it somewhere.

"I'm Luca, the guide of the Thousand Nights City Exit Station. The man gave a brief introduction to himself, and the woman finally remembered the other person's identity, among the few guides in Thousand Nights City, Luca was known for the highest mission completion rate in the city, and his approachable personality made him a celebrity in Thousand Nights City.

"I received an order to send the two of you to Lanling. "Compared to Thousand Nights City, Lanling can only be regarded as a small town-like place, but it is a little more humane than a big city.

"Entrustment? But we didn't submit such a commission to the Exit Office...... And we don't have the money...... "Of course the woman would have liked to have a guide to escort them, but the commission for hiring a guide was an astronomical amount that the two of them could not afford at present.

"The other party has already paid the payment, and he seems to be a friend of Carmon's. "Friend, my husband has been in debt all these years, and the so-called friends have cut off contact with him......" The woman was a little puzzled, but she didn't doubt Luka's words, but she wondered when her husband still had such a kind friend.

"Let's go, the city will be banned soon. Luca didn't seem to have any intention of continuing the topic.

"Hmm...... Okay, may I ask what the name of the man who paid us the honorarium?" the woman cautiously probed again.

"This ...... The other party didn't leave his name......" Lukka hesitated visibly, and finally he casually passed it by.

The three of them left Thousand Nights City ten minutes later, but they didn't notice that Bai Ye, who was sitting in the corner of the city wall, had seen them leave.

It wasn't until he couldn't see those three figures anymore that Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's hard to do your commission, Carmon. In front of me, it seemed that the old face appeared again.

"Listen to me, Bai Ye, my daughter, super cute! You see her, don't fall in love with her! She's my little angel!" It was in a bar in Hedong City, and the decadent-looking Carmon was already drunk and began to babble nonsense.

"I'm not Lolicon, who would be in heat with a child who is less than ten years old. Bai Ye picked up the wine glass and poured the turbid wine into his mouth, to be honest, there is really no good wine in a small place like Hedong City, "I heard that you had a treat, so I came, hey, Kamon, do you have the money to pay the bill?"

"Don't worry...... Hiccup...... "With a satisfied wine burp, Camon smirked, "I must pay it, I want to make a comeback this time!" After all, I promised my daughter that I would go back on her tenth birthday, and there would be half a year before the appointed day......" "Can you still make a comeback with your virtue......" Bai Ye didn't have the habit of comforting others, he usually didn't like to associate with others, and he would sit and drink with Carmon, even he himself felt incredible.

"Next time, it's her tenth birthday, send me back...... I will definitely become a big businessman again...... Give happiness to my little angel...... Ha ha...... Hahaha......"

"Hey, Carmon, why don't you marry your daughter to us, look at your poor and sour appearance, do you still expect to get rich?" In the bar, other people could vaguely hear the ridicule of Carmon, and Bai Ye just quietly drank the glass of wine that belonged to him.

In fact, Carmon still failed, according to Bai Ye's observation, someone should have deliberately attacked him and forced him into a desperate situation with a large amount of debt step by step.

Maybe it was the big guy who lent him money, maybe it was some of his peers who didn't like him.

It no longer matters who drove him into a corner.

Finally, Bai Ye was in the nest of the rodent ape in the White Wood Forest, and he saw Carmon who had become a fragment.

"This shit era......" The oncoming wind made Bai Ye wake up from his memories, and he accepted Carmon's death very naturally and had no mercy.

At first, Carmon begged him to take him through the white woods, saying that he would not be able to catch his daughter's birthday, but he simply refused.

Bai Ye did not regret his actions, in this crazy and dirty world, just thinking about how to keep himself alive was already exhausting, and there was no room for charity and love for others.

The last two hundred coins were left for the money from the sale of the pocket watch, and the rest was used to entrust Luca.

Bai Ye picked up the money bag containing two hundred coins and put it in front of his eyes, as if he had seen Camon's expression before leaving.

"I'm leaving. Carmon said with a smile, and Bai Ye just sneered mercilessly.

"If a layman wants to cross the white wood forest alone, he will definitely die, so you might as well leave later, and when I find the next group of guests, I will pick you up by the way." In Bai Ye's opinion, this was already his great kindness.

"No way, because it's agreed, what if...... If I didn't arrive in Thousand Nights City alive, can I make a commission to you in advance, so that my wife and daughter can leave Thousand Nights City safely and let them go to a quiet little place to live. Carmon's demeanor was very natural, so natural that it made Bai Ye feel very uncomfortable.

"Do you think I'm a charity? If you don't have money, don't talk about it. ”

"When the time comes, I will pay for it with the golden pocket watch that my wife brought with me, it is very valuable, but it is not very safe to put it on my wife, and it is better to use it in exchange for their happiness and safety than to attract people with good intentions. ”

"......" Bai Ye was silent and did not answer.

"I believe in you, Bai Ye, you are my friend. "Friend, heavy and unfamiliar words.

"We've never been friends. Bai Ye walked down from the city wall and headed towards his home in Thousand Nights City.

"It's just a relationship between the employer and the guide...... Now, commission—done, Carmon. "It's like saying goodbye.

Finally, it was annihilated in the corners of the city walls with the sound of the wind.