"Mother......"

"Yes, we'll take you to the hospital to see your mother for the last time, and then you just need to follow us home. Don't live in this shabby place anymore. It smells so bad." The woman glanced at the place where Gigi Lai and Lai Xiaoxin had snuggled together for many years with some disgust, and waved her hand to disperse the dust that was rushing towards her.

When Li Xiaoxin heard about her mother, her eyes darkened and the last glimmer of hope in her heart was shattered. She followed the couple silently like a lost soul.

"And you, stop eating."

"Hey hey hey."

The little boy's narrowed eyes remained on Li Xiaoxin, and his gaze swam under the little girl's patched princess dress, looking extremely obscene.

Seeing that Li Xiaoxin deliberately avoided the little boy, the woman was so disappointed that she slapped the boy in the face, who was still grinning foolishly, and slapped his face so hard that it swelled up:

"Laugh, laugh, laugh, what the hell are you laughing at!"

The man took a deep look at Li Xiaoxin who was walking in front of him, and then looked at the woman, both of them revealing an unspoken smile.

I have to say that Gigi Lai has taken good care of Lai Siu-yan over the years. Even though the little girl has messy hair and a gray face, which is in stark contrast to the slovenly look of other people in the slums, she is still as delicate as a little princess.

The vehicle drove out of the abandoned alley and headed for Madison State. Compared with the abandoned alley, it has a more comprehensive medical system, better medical insurance, and a better medical system. As a result, 30% of the factories in Lighthouse are distributed here, so most of the small and medium-sized enterprises will open their head offices here.

After arriving at the hospital, Li Xiaoxin remained silent. She just carried her bag and followed the couple until all the procedures were completed. They came to a ward, where they saw a bed covered with white cloth parked outside as if it had been abandoned, and countless people walked past it.

Through the cloth, Li Xiaoxin could also feel who was lying under the white cloth.

She walked forward in a daze, leaned lightly against the bed, and called out for her mother again and again, but she could not get a response from the woman like before.

She knew that her mother would never respond to her again.

She did not cry out loud, nor did she remove the white cloth. She just stood quietly beside the bed, with misty eyes. She wanted her mother to have a good rest and not be disturbed anymore.

The couple watched the scene calmly, folding their arms and waiting anxiously for something. Soon, a man dressed like a doctor came over, and the couple hurried forward with a smile on their faces:

"I'm coming."

"Is it Gigi Lai's family member?"

The doctor glanced at them casually.

"Just sign it. Remember to pay these fees later."

The man took the bill and frowned:

"More than 10,000 EUR? Just one night, robbing money?"

"Are you going to 'adopt' this child? If you don't pay, the hospital won't let you go through the formalities. We won't sign anything. Just watch it for yourself."

The doctor glanced at the couple who looked miserable, spoke with a somewhat sarcastic tone, and then walked away from the couple.

The man stood there awkwardly, but the woman rolled her eyes and snatched the bill from the man. At the same time, she took out a contract from her bag as if she had planned it in advance, walked to Li Xiaoxin, and pretended to speak in a serious tone:

"Xiao Xin, you see, the fees here are more than 10,000 EUR, and we will pay for all of this. When we take you home and ask you to do some work, you can't refuse. Come on, sign this adoption contract first."

As she spoke, the woman handed the contract to Li Xiaoxin.

Li Xiaoxin was slightly stunned and stared at the contract blankly.

'Voluntarily transfer the assets under the name of 'Gigi Lai', including but not limited to the compensation for work-related injury insurance, to XXX......'

It was not until this moment that the couple truly exposed their greedy fangs.

They never showed up when the mother and daughter were in the most difficult times. Until after Gigi Lai's death and before she was buried, they showed up in a hurry, coveting the property that the woman had worked hard to accumulate during her lifetime. The so-called adoption was just a cover.

The couple planned to raise Li Xiaoxin to a certain age and then marry her to their mentally retarded son. This way they could kill two birds with one stone. They wouldn't have to worry about their mentally retarded son being unwanted, and they would still have such a beautiful wife.

Li Xiaoxin looked at the woman with such an impatient expression with empty eyes. The greed on her face was mixed together, as if she had turned into a monster, so hideous in this city that eats people.

"Sign it now, sign it, and we will take you home. Sign it."

"Tsk, why are you so disobedient kid!!"

The woman's urging voice echoed in Li Xiaoxin's ears again and again, until she became impatient and forcibly held the little girl's hand, pulling the little girl towards her, and forcing her to write down her name.

At this moment, a thin figure kicked the woman and knocked her to the ground:

"Sign your mother's name and get away from me. It's annoying just to look at me, or I'll beat you to death."

Everyone present was slightly startled. Li Xiaoxin looked in the direction of the light. She could not see the figure of the black-haired girl clearly under the outline of the light. She just felt that she was really dazzling in the light...

Chapter 523 "Decadent City" Because of you, my whole world has become colorful

"Oh no, what's wrong with you little brat! Where did you come from?!"

The man was furious when he saw his wife being kicked. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to go to the black-haired girl to ask for an explanation. However, the black-haired girl just sneered and put the wooden stick with a bundle on her shoulder and pointed at the shoulder strap:

"You are blind, look at what's on my shoulder?"

The man then saw clearly that the belt tied around the little girl's shoulder was from the largest local gang, the Valencia Gang. This meant that she was at least a junior cadre of the Valencia Gang. Of course, he had heard many horrific stories about that gang. Although they seemed to stand up to protect the local people, they were definitely not good people behind the scenes.

"Have you seen it clearly? If you have, get out of here right away. Don't get in my way and make me upset."

Mori Xiaolu couldn't bear to see this kind of thing, and the pink-haired little girl looked so pitiful that she couldn't help but take action in the end.

The man swallowed his saliva, but his wife was still lying on the ground, wailing like a pig being slaughtered:

"I was beaten, and you, a coward, just stood there watching. Call the police, call the police!"

"Call the police? In this state of Madison where the CPD (City Police Department) has disappeared, telling a junior officer of the Valencia gang to call the police? Hahahahaha!"

The black-haired little girl seemed to have heard something very funny and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

No matter how cowardly a man is, he has to stand up after his wife is beaten. What's more, his stupid son is watching. It's too embarrassing to be frightened by such a little devil! So the man straightened his collar and pretended to be tough and took a step forward:

"Why, do local gangs still care about other people's affairs?"

"This is our own family matter! It has nothing to do with you!"

"Others don't care, but I do. I am happy to care about this kind of thing. Why, you don't accept it?" Sen Xiaolu raised his head and looked at the man with disdain on his face, then he made a sound of "tsk".

"Head held too high."

As he spoke, Mori Xiaolu raised his foot and kicked the man on the leg. The man fell to the ground wailing in pain, holding his leg and screaming in embarrassment.

Inside the hospital, many people noticed this scene, but after seeing the identity of the little girl, they pretended not to see it and walked past it ignoring it. The man shouted and screamed with a pale face, like a clown in the crowd.

Mori Xiaolu was feeling very proud when she suddenly felt a soft touch on her hand, which made her whole body tremble as if she was electrocuted. Her face turned slightly red and she turned around to glare at the little girl behind her fiercely. However, she froze on the spot when she saw her appearance.

At this moment, Li Xiaoxin was blinking her big watery eyes, her messy pink hair was disheveled in front of her forehead, and there were red marks on her face left by the pushing and shoving. It was as if she had seen something very beautiful. She just stared at her blankly, with her mouth slightly open, as if she wanted to say something.

In her eyes, the world was black and white, except for the black-haired little girl in front of her who had colors. Her whole body was covered with many colors she had never seen before. This unprecedented feeling, such stunning beauty, made her subconsciously want to get closer to her.

When Mori Xiaolu saw the pink-haired girl coming closer, he took a step back embarrassedly.

Damn, this guy is so cute.

It's so strange, why is my heart beating so fast now...

She could feel the warm breath as she got closer and closer to this guy.

Mori Xiaolu only felt that his heart was hit hard, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface and pulled the pink-haired girl's hand away:

"What are you doing? Are you crazy? You come close to me for no reason."

She regretted the curse as soon as she said it, but the pink-haired little girl pretended not to hear it and continued to stare at her blankly. Her somewhat broken eyes seemed to have regained light and became bright and full of new vitality.

At this moment, the man struggled to get up, interrupting the two little girls, and wanted to shout something, but several figures in suits suddenly walked out and stopped the farce.

"It's Li Xiaoxin, right? We are from the Federal Taxation Bureau. Your mother died of overwork yesterday, but before she died, she bought more than ten additional work-related injury insurance policies, which is suspected of 'insurance fraud'. Of the 300,000 EUR that should have been paid, 296,000 EUR are currently under investigation and have been frozen. We will allocate the remaining 4,000 EUR to your bank card and enforce supervision. As for these people, are you relatives of Li Zi?"

After seeing those people in suits and ties who claimed to be from the IRS, the couple suddenly lost their confidence and hurriedly shook their heads to deny it. If they were to accuse him of something like "insurance fraud", it would be a waste of time to go to jail.

Even Mori Xiaolu couldn't help but frown when he saw these people.

In Lighthouse, even gangsters have to pay taxes honestly, otherwise the armed forces of the tax bureau can shoot up their long-standing dens in just one night.

Watching the couple running away in shame, Li Xiaoxin had no intention of listening to what those men in suits said. She just kept nodding woodenly. It was not until they were far away that sadness and helplessness surged up in Li Xiaoxin's heart.

Although she was not clear about what happened, she believed that her mother would not do such a thing and would not abandon her. But she was still too young and really couldn't understand why she only had 4,000 EUR left out of the 300,000 EUR her mother left her.

Is she going to use these 4,000 EUR to face an uncertain future alone?

Li Xiaoxin's eyes gradually became confused. Suddenly, she suddenly thought of something. She looked extremely anxious and stepped forward to grab the black-haired girl's hand:

"Help me, help me..."

"Why? I won't support you, and I'm not interested in raising a wife or anything like that. Go away and don't rely on me."

"no no."

Because she was in such a hurry, Li Xiaoxin, who didn't talk much to others, couldn't speak clearly.

"Exam, exam, it's too late, I have to take the exam!"

Mori Xiaolu probably guessed something, and his expression became slightly serious:

"Tell me where you are taking the exam and I'll send it to you."

"Here, here."

Li Xiaoxin handed her admission ticket to the black-haired girl.

After confirming the address, the two left the hospital in a hurry. Not long after, Mori Xiaolu smiled, rubbed the tip of his nose confidently, and pedaled a bicycle quickly:

"Okay, stop looking so gloomy, leave it to me. I will make it in time, I will definitely make it in time. I promise you!"

The bicycle was running on the road against the wind. Because the wind was too strong, Li Xiaoxin couldn't help but bury her whole face in Sen Xiaolu's back and hugged his waist tightly.

"Hey, you're too close..."

The overly soft touch constantly stimulated the black-haired little girl's senses.

Mori Xiaolu reminded him softly with a slightly red face, but then she thought again and felt that she was not that averse to the other party, so she just didn't care.

The feeling of walking freely in the city against the wind made the black-haired girl feel great. She couldn't help but laugh out loud:

"Hahaha, hold on tighter then, I'm going to speed up, and if you get thrown out I won't care about you anymore!"

At this moment, the wind ruffled the black-haired little girl's long hair. As she walked towards the sunshine, Li Xiaoxin's eyes reflected the black-haired little girl's free and easy profile. At this moment, the color on her body seemed to be endowed with vitality, and it actively spread to the world outside the frame, like a stunning stroke of thick ink on the black and white painting.

Her whole world was colored at this moment.

Chapter 524: "Decadent City" King Puppet

On the second day of the game, two years had passed in the copy from the time they first entered the game. Something had happened to the players' counterparts to varying degrees, and some players' counterparts had died due to major accidents, resulting in their elimination.

The existence of peers causes players distress. Not only do they have to hunt other players, but they also have to take care of their own peers in the city, and they even have to be on guard against other players attacking their peers.

After two rounds of hunting games, the coordinates of the top three players on the points ranking list were made public. The second and third places have changed several times, but the first place has never changed from beginning to end. Thousand-Faced Ghost Smile almost has the ability to dominate this group and always keeps the first place in his hands.

Looking at other groups, the singer was still like before. He leisurely captured three low-level players and gave them a lot of points, which put him in fourth place and always stayed in the dark.

As a high-level player, Thousand-Faced Ghost Smile could certainly think of this method, but his inner pride did not allow him to lower himself, and he was extremely disdainful of this method.

As for Li Anxin, the pink-haired girl is nowhere to be found on the current rankings. Because of her premonition, she did not participate in the first two rounds of the hunting game and let the 24 hours pass. Her two opponents also wisely did not bother her.

Up to now, Li Anxin's score is still 0.

Senlu and Wen Xiaotong both cleared their hunting targets, with points of 200 and 100 respectively.

At this moment, the three of them were sitting in a small room. Wen Xiaotong looked a little solemn. He spread a map of Lighthouse City on the table and analyzed the current situation to the two girls.

"First, there is a large desert called 'Bad Land' on the edge of Lighthouse City. CPD is almost extinct there. It was the original development area of ​​Lighthouse and was abandoned after the resources were exhausted. The people of the 'Evildoer' family occupied it. Players can take bounty missions from them to gain points. Therefore, most low-level players are currently entrenched in the Bad Land, relying on bounty missions to gain points."

"What about the high-level players?" asked Mori Lu.

"Everyone is busy stealing the points of those low-level players. Do you think everyone is as moral as us?" Wen Xiaotong complained.

"Secondly, heading south from the Badlands, this area is the 'Golden State', also known as the Sleeping City. There is industrial waste gas that never dissipates 365 days a year. Forty percent of the large factories in the entire Lighthouse City are gathered here. Wastewater treatment plants, waste gas treatment plants, everything you can think of is there. You can imagine how bad the environment is. All the workers suffer from diseases caused by heavy metals, but they still sleep in the toxic mist every day, dreaming of gold."

"The Golden State has been clearly divided into an extremely dangerous area in this instance, and it is marked as having no NPCs. This means that the workers have all been transformed into twisted monsters in the instance. In that area, there is a World Boss. The player who completes the final blow will receive a thousand points."

"World Boss?"

"Well, the name of the BOSS in this world... well..." Wen Xiaotong suddenly fell silent, with countless complex expressions flashing across his face. Finally, he sighed and spoke.

"Her name is, Sleeping Ghost."

"Ghost?"

The two girls blurted out at the same time, with some confusion on their faces.

"I've learned the intelligence. Yes, her prototype is the girl named Ghost who you, An Xin, applied for a job a few days ago. In this instance, she appears as a world boss, holding a katana, wearing a Prajna mask, and a geisha costume. Players who see her are basically eliminated."

"According to the survivors, the boss has the ability to kill instantly, is extremely fast, and is difficult to predict. He also performs a strange dance from time to time, and those who see him will fall into a 'deep sleep'."

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