"My friend dragged me here. He's gone to the restroom now."
Sheng Cheng forced a smile. This young man and Ya Xiao's temperament were inexplicably similar, so Sheng Cheng always felt that bringing the other party would jeopardize his plans.
The young man curved the corners of his mouth as if he were just casually asking a question. He didn't see any loss even if he was rejected, "Well then, I wish you a good time tonight."
After saying that, he raised his foot and walked into the club.
Sheng Cheng looked at the other party's back. The ominous premonition gradually dispersed, and his eyes darkened. It was just a stranger. If he was so vigilant, he would easily let people notice that something was wrong.
"Sheng Cheng, why aren't you going in?"
The colleague who accompanied Sheng Cheng to come here just came out from the restroom, smiled, and asked on Sheng Cheng's shoulder.
"Nothing."
Sheng Cheng's behavior was not abnormal. He smiled and said, "You finally came out, let's go in."
"Okay, I don't know what's so fun in this club." The colleague rubbed his fists and face with excitement, walking two steps faster towards the club.
Sheng Cheng looked at his colleague's back, gathered his emotions, and followed him up. His plan with the adult could not be revealed. Naturally, the internal affairs of this club could not be known by outsiders. If he wanted to mix into this club, he had to have a reasonable reason that could not be suspected by others.
In the eyes of outsiders, he joined the club because of his colleague's encouragement, not his deliberate intention.
This was the illusion that must be created.
No one would know that it was he who had guided his colleague to want to come and see the dark club in the central city.
Sheng Cheng and his colleague were walking side by side, "We'll go back if there's nothing interesting to see."
"Got it." The colleague was a bit impatient with Sheng Cheng who was so old-fashioned, "It's not easy to come to the central city to get a better view. Don't be such a spoilsport."
Sheng Cheng smiled and said nothing more, looking towards the club, hiding the imperceptible excitement in his eyes.
On the other hand, Ya Xiao walked into the club lightly on his feet. In his heart, he told Fourth Uncle to keep an eye on Sheng Cheng.
He was curious about Sheng Cheng's purpose in joining the club, but following the other party would only cause Sheng Cheng to be wary, so it would be better to let Fourth Uncle keep an eye on Sheng Cheng.
He mainly came to scout the club to see what's odd about the place.
Ya Xiao stood inside the club, looking left and right with interest.
The Dark Night Club was only open at night. As an entertainment venue in the bustling central city, the atmosphere in the club was full of extravagance and enjoyment, the dimness surging with the madness of desire and joy.
Young men and women danced close to each other enjoying their night, gamblers slapping the tables, piles of dazzling gold coins clashing under the colorful lights making crisp sounds, constantly stimulating the greedy desires of people's hearts. Men and women wandered through the crowd with trays, offering hot kisses to customers who tipped them. This place was a feast of indulgence and freedom.
Ah, was that it?
Ya Xiao averted his eyes in disappointment, the tip of his raised tail drooping. The demon world was much more corrupt than here. Ya Xiao had been very curious as to what was in the club, but he didn't expect that it would be just that.
He raised a hand and touched his ear bone clip, intending to finish scouting the interior of this club early and head back to his room to sleep. Ya Xiao now had a little bit of dislike for this place.
If this club was just this ordinary, even if there was a Sheng Cheng conspiracy inside, Ya Xiao didn't really want to add to it.
"Are you alone?"
The male waiter who was at the door was wearing a white uniform. Noticing that a newcomer had come in, he took a few steps forward and politely said, "Do you need me to introduce you to the club?"
Ya Xiao looked at the male waiter with his red lips and white teeth. His eyes suddenly curved as he smiled and said, "Yes."
This smile caused the man's face to redden and also caused the surrounding people who had been paying attention to this side to become more dumbstruck. The young man should be a first-timer or else they wouldn't have been able to forget it just with this face that could attract countless wild bees and butterflies.
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Because the background of the man was still not clear, the surrounding people, although their hearts were moved, had no intention of approaching on their own initiative for the time being.
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This club was huge, and it would be faster to be guided by a staff member to get a feel for this club.
This was also the reason why Ya Xiao didn't lower his presence as he did before when he scouted the bar in the Fifth Base but instead entered the club directly.
Newcomers could visit the club for free for their first experience, but going forward, they could only enter the club if they applied to join the club as a member, which was the rule of the owner of the Dark Night Club.
"Of course."
The male waiter was mesmerized by the handsome youth in front of him and immediately nodded his head as he first took Ya Xiao to the front desk to register and then took him to the second floor.
Compared to the craziness of the first floor, the second floor seemed a bit more classy, yet it was no less impressive. The male waiter could see that Ya Xiao wasn't interested in any of this in front of him, and he thought for a moment, "Would you like to go to the third floor, sir? There are a number of night clubs on the third floor. The astronomy enthusiasts and numerology enthusiasts of the central city should all be there at this time."
Most of the night clubs in the central city focused on releasing stress and preaching enjoyment and freedom, which had a depraved side but also a positive side.
The male waiter felt that Ya Xiao didn't like the extravagance of the first and second floors and would probably prefer something a little more serious.
"Okay."
Ya Xiao smiled and said naturally as he went up the stairs, "If you become a member of the club, you can come and go as you please on every floor from now on?"
"No." The male waiter shook his head, then explained, "Not on the fifth floor, only gold members of the club can enter the fifth floor."
"Gold members?"
"Yes, as long as your consumption in the club reaches a certain standard, you can be honored as a gold member."
"What's on the fifth floor?"
The male waiter revealed a professional smile, "This is something only gold members know, we can't disclose it. It's just that the one hundred gold members recorded in the club are all very satisfied with the fifth floor."
Ya Xiao nodded as he heard this.
The membership hierarchy was a usual means of enrichment used by the clubs in the central city, and there was no problem with it on the surface.
The lobby on the third floor was indeed quite a bit quieter.
However, there was no less fervor in the eyes of the drunken enthusiasts of the stars and numerology than downstairs. Every now and then, they could be heard discussing something heatedly.
He padded over with interest. The astronomy enthusiasts adjusting their lenses were enthusiastic, inviting Ya Xiao to use their own telescopes to observe the starry sky.
Seeing that Ya Xiao seemed interested in all this, the male waiter relaxed. After some confirmation to make sure that his job of guiding the new guest was done, he reluctantly left the third floor.
Right after the male waiter left, Ya Xiao then wondered to the astronomy enthusiast wearing glasses next to him, "Do you guys know about the gold members on the fifth floor?"
"Not sure, that should be a rich man's game." The astronomy enthusiast wearing black-rimmed glasses said with a heartfelt feeling. The fifth floor was a place he could never enter in his life.
Ya Xiao watched his expression and could see that the man meant what he said. After a few glances at the gorgeous starry sky, he took a few steps back and returned the telescope to its rightful owner.
So, what was on the fifth level?
The man with the glasses, who had finished readjusting the lens, was just about to ask his new comrade to continue observing the starry sky when he turned his head and realized that the youth who had been by his side just a few moments ago had already disappeared.
At the same time, Ya Xiao stood in the doorway of the fifth floor. There were five or six black-clothed bodyguards in the corridor. The defense was so tight that it was impossible for anyone who was not a gold member to get in.
Ya Xiao raised his feet and walked over unhurriedly.
The black-clothed bodyguards didn't react as if they didn't see anyone walk into the fifth floor from under their eyes.
Inside the splendid hall, men and women wearing expensive dresses were twirling on the dance floor. They were either aristocrats or rich businessmen and between their laughter and playfulness, they were permeated with the happiness and nobility that could only be found in the central city.
Ya Xiao originally thought that the fifth floor, which was only accessible to gold members, should have something special, but these people all seemed to be just ordinary people? It also didn't seem like an existence that could conspire something with Sheng Cheng.
Could it be that this club was actually okay?
In the original storyline, the protagonist, Wei Shi, had also come to this club to look for clues, but in the end, the conclusion was that this Dark Night Club was really just an ordinary club.
Sheng Cheng's joining was also just a coincidence.
After thinking about it, Ya Xiao asked in his mind: [Fourth Uncle, what is Sheng Cheng doing now?
[He is currently on the third floor.]
System hunkered down in the corner and stared at Sheng Cheng with polished old glasses: [Sheng Cheng with his colleague is communicating with a newly recognized club member.]
[New club member?]
[Right.] The system looked at the person and described, [That person should have some problems with his eyes, wrapped in a layer of gauze, but the conversations exchanged by the few people were normal, nothing suspicious.]
Ya Xiao gave a thoughtful hmmm, turned around, and went downstairs. In the blink of an eye, he appeared near Sheng Cheng.
At that moment, Sheng Cheng was still chatting with that person, but the two looked as if they had just met and were not familiar with each other, and the exchanges were extremely polite.
Ya Xiao turned to look at the young man wrapped in white gauze.
The man was holding a cane in one hand and a thick book in his right arm, refined and gentle in temperament.
With just one glance, Ya Xiao recognized him as one of the plot characters, Sheldor.
In the original book, Sheldor was a friend of the protagonist's group and one of the heads of the third level of the club, with a girlfriend who was dependent on him.
Sheldor didn't appear much, and it didn't end well as the protagonist group learned of his beloved girlfriend's death after a few sporadic meetings.
From then on, Sheldor was not in good spirits and eventually died at home without even leaving a suicide note.
The protagonist, Wei Shi, tried to get to the bottom of his death but only came up with the conclusion that he took drugs and killed himself.
It turned out that Sheldor knew Sheng Cheng?
This was too much of a coincidence.
Ya Xiao curled his eyes. It was at this moment that Sheng Cheng inadvertently raised his eyes and looked over, so Ya Xiao gave him a small friendly wave, "Hi, what a coincidence, we actually meet again!"
Sheng Cheng: ......
F*ck, what kind of bad karma is this?
"Do you guys know each other?"
Aibo, the colleague next to him, looked at Ya Xiao and then at Sheng Cheng.
"Uh-huh." Sheng Cheng's reply was a bit reluctant, "I met him at the door just now."
Sheldor looked a little quiet next to him, the corners of his mouth curved out in a gentle arc without the slightest hint of aggression.
Ya Xiao walked up to them and smiled, "Are you guys going to join this club?"
Aibo was a young civilian officer, just at the age where he liked to have fun, which was also the reason why Sheng Cheng deliberately picked him. Hearing Ya Xiao ask, he immediately replied, "Of course, I want to join! It's not easy for me to get my paycheck, so I must have fun at the club for a few days!"
"What about you?" Aibo asked back excitedly, like a child who hadn't grown up.
"I'll join too."
Ya Xiao's eyes traced over Sheng Cheng and Sheldor and finally landed on Aibo, a pleasant smile in his blue eyes.
The inner workings of this club seemed to be more interesting than he had thought.
He was curious about the role that Sheldor played in the plot, and direct conclusions using magic were too boring.
It was also quite interesting to explore it slowly without threatening to draw in his demon value.
System: [Host, you just can't let go of the demon value.]
[Fourth Uncle, you really understand me.]
Ya Xiao praised the system in a fluttering tone, then pulled out the optical brain and took the initiative to add friends with them.
Of course, the optical brain was newly purchased.
It would definitely not reveal his identity as Ya Xiao.
Aibo was a person who loved to make friends. He did not refuse and directly added his friends with this beautiful young man.
Sheng Cheng didn't want to draw attention to himself, so he just had to inwardly hold his tongue and friend Ya Xiao just like Aibo.
"Should I add too?"
Sheldor had been standing quietly by the side and sounded a little surprised when Ya Xiao came over to add his friend.
"I heard from Aibo that you're in charge of the third floor." Ya Xiao curled his eyes, "I'm interested in the stars, so I thought I'd ask you about astronomy on the optical brain."
"I see."
Sheldor was an astronomy enthusiast himself, and he looked a little happy to hear Ya Xiao's words, "Any questions you have about stargazing, you can come to me to talk about it."
"Okay."
Ya Xiao responded.
Next to him, Sheng Cheng watched the scene of the two men talking happily and once again developed an ominous premonition.
That adult had asked him to get close to Sheldor and secretly observe the other party for any acts of betrayal, such a simple plan shouldn't go wrong.
Surely, it wouldn't...right?
Ya Xiao was not clear about Sheng Cheng's thoughts. Of course, even if he knew he wouldn't care. When he finished adding his friends, he went straight downstairs to pay the fee and authenticate his membership.
The fake identity that Fourth Uncle had helped him fabricate wouldn't cause any problems. He was just an ordinary young man in the central city, and he didn't have half a relationship with the butler of the Sixth Base.
When everything was settled, Ya Xiao took advantage of the night to teleport back to his temporary residence.
After changing back to his usual attire appearance in the room, it was now 3:00 a.m. After thinking about it, Ya Xiao didn't go straight to bed, but took the room card and went to the next room.
When the villain met his brother Qin Chen in the evening, he didn't show any abnormalities, and his TH value was stable.
But Ya Xiao was still a little uneasy.
As a butler, he could go in and out of Qin Qi's room at any time to observe his TH value, which was completely in line with the rules. Ya Xiao attached the room card to the sensor and walked in gently, trying to avoid disturbing Qin Qi's sleep.
"What's wrong?"
A magnetic, low voice suddenly came from the dimly lit room.
Ya Xiao froze for a moment.
The demon's good eyesight allowed him to see that Qin Qi was not lying on the bed asleep at the moment, but sitting upright on a chair for an unknown amount of time.
This was a night without sleep?