Guan Xi touched her new hair and asked coyly, "Why, don't you recognize me?"
Xiao Jingming was still speechless.
Her appearance had changed, but her voice had not.
He sized her up again.
It was hard to imagine that this wild dominatrix-looking beauty in front of him was the same as his delicate young aunt.
Except for her voice, there was no other indication that they were the same person.
Xiao Jingming swallowed nervously and shook his head. "I don't recognize you."
"It's good that you don't recognize me." Guan Xi's beautiful red lips curled up. She walked to the car and got into the passenger seat.
When she saw the bag containing 200,000 yuan, she said, "We have the money. Let's go."
"Go?" Xiao Jingming was confused. "Go where, Aunt?"
She smiled sweetly. "To a place where I can make money so I can pay you back!"
...
Guan Xi instructed Xiao Jingming to drive.
After what felt like a hundred turns, they stopped in front of a rather remote-looking steamed bun shop.
Xiao Jingming had never been to such a shabby place before. He couldn't help but ask, "Aunt, can we really make money here?"
"Of course we can," Guan Xi replied as she opened the door. "Take the 200,000 yuan and let me do all the talking. Follow me."
"Okay." Although Xiao Jingming was doubtful, he obediently took the 200,000 yuan and got out of the car.
There was only an old lady who looked to be in her sixties inside the shop.
Guan Xi walked to the front and asked politely, "Grandma, I want a golden-stuffed bun. Do you have one?"
The old lady replied, "I don't have one in gold, but I do have one in silver."
Guan Xi said with a smile, "I want both gold and silver."
The old Lady stared at Guan Xi for a long time before finally saying, "The third room in the inner room. The golden-stuffed buns that you want are in there."
"Thank you, grandma."
Guan Xi thanked her and gestured for Xiao Jingming to follow her.
They passed the first room.
And then the second room.
When they reached the third room, Guan Xi pushed the door open and entered.
Xiao Jingming followed behind her, stunned.
There was another door inside.
Before he could ask his aunt what this was all about, she had already opened the door.
What appeared in front of the two of them was a long corridor.
The lights on both sides of the corridor were dim and the floor was covered with a soft carpet.
"Let's go," Guan Xi said to Xiao Jingming, taking the lead.
"Auntie, what exactly is this place?" Xiao Jingming couldn't help but ask.
She answered. "An underground casino."
'A what?'
"A casino?"
With a sad face, Xiao Jingming said, "Auntie, if Uncle Jiu finds out that we came here, he will beat us to death."
Xiao Jiuyan wasn't strict with Xiao Jingming.
As long as he wasn't involved with prostitution, gambling, or drugs, he was usually quite lenient with him.
However, he knew if he dared to mess with this kind of things...
Guan Xi looked at Xiao Jingming as if he was stupid. "I'm not going to tell him anything. Are you?"
"But what if..." His uncle's intelligence network was powerful. He was worried that somehow, this will get back to him.
"What if what?"
Guan Xi said with a smile, "When you saw me earlier, did you recognize me?"
"No."
Xiao Jingming was sure of that. He couldn't connect one single bit of the woman standing in front of him now to his delicate Aunt Gu Wenxi.
It was like they were two completely different people.
"Exactly." Guan Xi grinned and said mischievously, "Even if Master Jiu finds out about you being here, he wouldn't know that we were together."
Once again, Xiao Jingming was left speechless.
Was he just tricked by his aunt again?
She patted Xiao Jingming's shoulder reassuringly and said, "It's okay, little nephew. If Master Jiu finds out about this, I will stand up for you."
Xiao Jingming chuckled.
'Really?'
'Auntie, you're even more cowardly than me in front of Uncle Jiu!'