The girl and the man packed up everything and got into the old car at the entrance of the shop. It was a silver Fiat Linea.
"Let's go to Switzerland and Milan first.”the little girl said.
"Hey, beautiful lady, have you forgotten what you promised me?”He sized up the little girl's appearance and analyzed whether she had so much money on her. However, the small satchel she was carrying was indeed bulging.
"I never go back on my word." She took out a Huaxia Bank card from her pocket and threw it at him.""Let's find an ATM."
He couldn't understand the words on the card, but the UnionPay logo on the lower right corner looked familiar. Soon, they arrived at a crowded place where there was an ATM with a UnionPay logo.
"What's the password?" he asked.
"145856. You can withdraw 1200 euros. This card has a limit.”
"What is it? 1200 Euros?"
"What's the rush? It's not that there's no money on this card, but there's a daily limit according to the exchange rate. Withdraw the money first. The police will come to check the cards later.”
The man did not turn off the engine. He got out of the car and looked around to see that there were no police officers nearby. Then, he rushed to the ATM.
Soon, the man returned to the car and returned the card to her. The car started moving.
"Miss, your Italian is really good.”he said as he drove.
She looked out the window and did not reply to him.
"Miss, what's your name? If we were to encounter a police inspection, our group would be a little strange.”He glanced at her and asked.
"If you meet me, just say that I came to Italy to participate in a music competition and that I'm staying at your house.”As she spoke, she took out a competition pass from her bag and waved it in front of him. Then, she said,"Just say that I want you to take me on a trip to Milan before the game and that I like the AC Milan football team.”
" The AC Milan team no longer has the spirit of Italian football," the man quickly said." They are all foreign players. I can take you to watch a match of the Roman team."
"That's for the police, idiot. I don't like football.”She interrupted him and said," The money just now is not included in the reward I want to pay you. It's only for our expenses on the road. You can drive to Florence first. It's on the way anyway. I'll pay you 10,000 yuan as a deposit there. If you drive faster, you can make it to dinner there."”
The man was a little angry when he heard the girl call him an idiot, but when he heard about the money, he finally felt better. "Then how should I address you?"”
“Eva。”she said.
"Oh, so you're not Italian, and you don't look like one. Are you from Japan?"
"I'm Chinese. Alright, I'm tired. I'll sleep for a while.”She lay down on the seat and placed her legs on the window on the right side of the front desk. Her skirt slid down, but she was not barefooted. Instead, she was wearing tight leggings.
He felt a little uncomfortable looking at the tights and said,"Miss, although I'm not a pedophile, you're not a lady.”
"This is Italy, sir, Rome. Where did the gentleman and lady come from? Even Roman Holiday had to use two foreigners as the main characters. You're not a gentleman, are you, Mr. Andrea?”
"You know my name?"
"Yes, so don't have any evil thoughts. If you want a woman, I can find one for you in Florence. I can wait for you for an hour.”
"Wait, this is too strange. You know my name, and I speak Italian so well, but I'm from a faraway country on the other side of the world. I don't want to cause any big trouble.”He slowed down the car.
"Relax, I don't have any big problems here. I only have 50,000 euros. I can find anyone to achieve my goal. You should learn from Lippi and not go against the Chinese people's money.”
Andrew thought for a moment and said,""How about this? I don't have to ask you anything, but you have to give me all the deposit today. Besides driving, I won't do anything else.”
"Deal…but I'll find you a woman in Florence. I'm afraid you'll oversecrete hormones if I stay in this broken car with you.”
He smiled and sped up again."This is the romance of the Italian southerners.”
Walking into the interior of Hapsberg, Fang Xiaogang immediately felt that it was like a cultural relic. It was completely different from the outside. The interior was mostly made of stone and had been repaired many times. In Europe, the maintenance of historical sites always deliberately distinguished between old and new, making the interior look particularly mottled.
The eight candidates and Mysterious Queen sat down at the oval dining table. Guna and the others stayed outside the restaurant, guarding the entrances and exits like bodyguards. At this moment, cindy, Shirley, Angel, and the other eight people began to set the cutlery and set the table. They still did not communicate with anyone as they did in the morning. This made the candidates who were looking at each other feel a little strange and nervous.
Lunch was served with very traditional food. Large pieces of bread, milk porridge, fried dough, and fried eggs. There was almost no meat. After another pot of vegetable soup was served, Empress Xuan told everyone that the dishes were all served and they could start eating.
Xu Haoran took a sip of the milk porridge in front of him, and the word 'disgusting' was written on his face. Bian Kai stood up and picked up the long knife on the table. He cut a large piece of hot bread on the table and put down the knife. He picked up a small bottle of salt on the table and sprinkled it into his soup. The bread softened in the soup before he started eating. He smiled as he took a bite, as if he had eaten a great meal.
The others also followed his example and ate bread, milk porridge, and fried dough. Finally, it didn't taste that bad. Cindy played the song "Praise of Love" on the violin in her room and became the warm-up musician in the restaurant.
Empress Xuan also started to eat with everyone. She sat opposite Fang Xiaogang. When she stood up and cut the bread with her long knife, he saw her through her collar. The skin inside was much smoother and fairer than her face, and the red patterned underwear was also very unique. Other than Cindy, Shirley and the other seven members of the Internal Affairs Department stood against the wall in the dining room.
Empress Xuan said as she soaked bread in the milk porridge,""Eating here, I have to mention the owner of this place, the Habus clan. They started their career in Rudolf vonhabs *burg. At that time, he had many beautiful daughters. He married them all to the Kurfürst of Germany at that time, so he was later elected emperor.”
Fang Xiaogang and the others looked at her and listened to her. She smiled and said,"This history has nothing to do with the girls behind you. There are some similarities. We also need to choose someone among you.”
"What will happen to the person chosen?”Gray asked.
Empress Xuan lowered her gaze and said with a hopeful expression,""I hope that he can have the same view as us, agree with what we have done, and continue to do it together.”
The men exchanged glances and Xu Haoran asked,""I don't know what you're referring to. Is it a person, a company, or an organization?”
"This question is quite difficult to answer. I guess there will be different answers after we choose. Now, it might be a company.”she said.
"When I came here, Teacher Norma told me that this place is my hope for survival. But here, it's a selection process. How can a terminally ill patient like me be selected?”the teenager with cancer said.
"Your illness won't affect you. I guarantee that this won't affect your chances of being chosen.”Empress Xuan said.
"Then what is this selection based on?”Xiao Fuyun asked.
"It's very complicated. Even we don't know. Maybe it's luck. Today's small competition, we'll compete in luck.”Empress Xuan clapped her hands three times and Cindy ended her violin performance. The beauties of the internal affairs department who were standing in the dining room came forward to take away the cutlery. Regardless of whether they had finished eating or not, they took everything away.
Then, Xue Li handed a deck of poker cards to Empress Xuan.
"Today, we will play Texas hold 'em. The loser will be eliminated, and the winner will get today's prize.”Mysterious Queen skillfully opened the poker cards, removed the big and small jokers, and began to shuffle the cards.
"I don't know how to play Texas Hold 'em." Xiao Fuyun said awkwardly.
"It's okay. Your good friends will help you.”As Empress Xuan spoke, the secretaries of their respective internal affairs teams returned to the side of their clients. Each of them brought a large box of chips and placed it on the table in front of the men.
Xue Li smiled as she walked over to Fang Xiaogang. After putting down the chips, they smiled at each other and held each other's hands under the table.
"Then I'll start dealing. If you don't understand, you can ask the people around you.”Mysterious Queen took on the role of the dealer, standing at the middle of the long table and accurately flying the cards in front of the others.
The atmosphere became much more relaxed. Xiao Fuyun asked the long-legged beauty behind him about the rules, and the beauty whispered into his ear.
"Our minimum bet is 100. In the first round, my right hand side is the banker. Please place the big and small blind next.”On Empress Xuan's right was the sickly youth, and on her left was Sun Lingdong, who took out a chip marked 100 from the box and placed it in the middle of the table. The second person was Xiao Fuyun. The beautiful woman behind him pointed at him and told him to find a 50-yuan pill from the box and throw it in the middle of the table.
After getting the cards, Fang Xiaogang looked at his own cards. The King of Diamonds, Caesar the Great, and the Nine of Diamonds.
Gray bet 500. Sick youth with note, Bian Kai with note, Xu Haoran, Xiao Fuyun, Sun Lingdong fold, Fang Xiaogang with note.
Then the three community cards dealt the Jack of Clubs, the Ten of Diamonds, and the Two of Diamonds.
Sick Youth did not raise, Gray raised 1000, Bian Kai folded, Fang Xiaogang called, Sick Youth folded.
The fourth turn was dealt, the Ace of Diamonds. Fang Xiaogang's flush of diamonds had already formed.
Gray raised 2000, and Fang Xiaogang followed.
The fifth river card was dealt, the eight of spades. Fang Xiaogang's hand was already in the bag.
Gray added 3000.
Fang Xiaogang counted the total number of chips and gave everyone 100000. Then, he chose to call and added another 3000.
Gray chose to call and open his cards.
Fang Xiaogang's Ace of Diamonds flush won his Ace and Jack, winning the first game.
In the second round, Fang Xiaogang didn't have any good cards. Before the first round of the community card, someone placed a bet of 1000. He didn't call and directly gave up. In the end, Xiao Fu Yun, who had followed them to the end, won by two pairs.
In the room next door, Madam Wang was sitting by the glassless window of the castle, basking in the afternoon sun. Her eyes were closed as if she was dozing off. Alexia was by her side. She had sneaked a peek at the commotion next door while she was in the bathroom.
After standing there silently for a while, Madam Wang suddenly said,""Alexia, you can spend the night with Gray.”
" Ah," she thought Madam Wang had fallen asleep, so she answered after a moment of surprise,""Okay, Mother Wang." Then she couldn't help but ask,"Wang Ma, can you find a candidate by gambling?”
"Gambling is a form of observation. Other than Bian Kai, we don't have any data on the other people's gambling habits. It can be considered an important basis for judgment.”
"Then why did you choose a car?”Alexia asked again.
" Then it's a more comprehensive consideration. I don't understand it either. There will be a complicated analysis method that involves values, personality factors, environmental awareness, and so on. You have to understand that everything else is secondary. What we have to feel deeply is their hearts.”
Alexia nodded and pondered.
The game continued. In terms of luck, Xiao Fuyun was extremely lucky. Usually, when the trump card was very ordinary, it could be matched with the public card to produce a big card. Xu Haoran was the first to run out of chips. He counted that he only had 10,000 or so. He was very cautious at the beginning. Even if he had an ace in his hand, he might not be willing to bet more than 1000.
On the scene, Fang Xiaogang and Xiao Fuyun were having a good time, Bian Kai and Sun Lingdong were having a good time, the sickly young man-now that they knew his name, Lei Xinnuo-was still wearing a straight face, and Wang Xiaohao and Gray were playing nervously.
There was another stalemate. Xu Haoran placed a heavy bet when the first bet and the first three public cards were dealt, but it did not scare Wang Xiaohao and Gray away. The remaining chips at the turn did not allow him to not give it a go, so he could only choose to all-in.
In the end, Gray won the game, Xu Haoran was eliminated, and Wang Xiaohao's chips were reduced by more than half.
"Mr. Xu can go back to Basel first. Angel can accompany you.”Empress Xuan announced.
He looked a little embarrassed and said,"My luck is too bad. I have a pair of aces in my trump card…" He looked at the people sitting and was a little uncertain whether he should leave or not."Why don't I stay here and take a look?"
Empress Xuan smiled and said," It doesn't matter. This Mini games doesn't decide anything. There are still many days of arrangements." Why don't you go and comfort those lonely girls first? I'm sure they'll be happy to get close to you candidates.”
Bian Kai laughed when he heard that. The other men also laughed.
"Since the emcee has made such an arrangement, then I'll go back first?”He relaxed a little.
"Okay, drive faster on the road. Maybe the second one will go back and snatch the woman you like very soon.”Empress Xuan looked at Wang Xiaohao and Sun Lingdong, who didn't have many chips. Bian Kai had already lost more than half of his chips.
Angel grabbed Xu Haoran's arm and left under everyone's watchful eyes.
"Let's continue. I won't give up easily. I'll go back and snatch the girl from him. I still prefer that necklace.”Bian Kai confidently threw 100 blind chips into the pool.
"Every time one person is missing, the minimum bet will be doubled.”Empress Xuan said to him with a smile.
Bian Kai nodded.”He threw another 100 in.
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