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In my memory, there is a long, long road outside the orphanage. Every half a month, a car from the hospital will come, and some doctors and nurses will come down to give the children in the orphanage a physical examination.

Other than that, there is very little traffic on this road.

Chen Zhifei still remembered how he came to the orphanage, he walked for a long time holding his hands with no end in sight.When he couldn't walk, those hands would grab him vigorously and keep going.

From dawn to dusk, it seemed like a long time before he saw this house with lights on.

The woman who held his hand said a lot of strange things to him, probably telling him to be good and not to make the elders angry.

The following tone began to bring a lot of reluctance and sadness. The man told him that because life was too difficult, there was nothing he could do, and in the end he slowly let go of his hand.

Then that person never showed up again.

Then, four-year-old Chen Zhifei lived in this dilapidated orphanage.

There are a lot of children in the courtyard, and it is a joy to gather a bunch of children together. In addition to attending classes, they also need to help the teachers in the courtyard to do some work within their ability.

Later, some children were gradually adopted, but he remained in this orphanage from beginning to end.Probably because they have no eyesight, the children who were not selected are basically comforting themselves in this way.

After growing up a little bit, Chen Zhifei no longer waited for someone to adopt him, and he was able to hear some things about the adoption.

"The child is getting older, and many adopting families are unwilling to adopt older children. After all, children of this age can remember their parents and their origins, and they are not familiar with them."

Such words didn't do much harm to Chen Zhifei, he just watched the familiar people around him turn into strangers, stumbling and growing up.

Chen Zhifei became a teaching assistant in the orphanage. He hadn't been to places other than the orphanage, and he felt that it would be good to stay in the orphanage all the time.

But one day, there was a car that had never been seen before outside the orphanage.

Children who seldom see this kind of situation are inevitably curious. They lie on the window and stare at the people who get out of this brand new car. Maybe they are envious, maybe they are curious, and they can’t tell.

"Are you here to adopt us?" A child looked up at Chen Zhifei, "This car is so powerful!"

Chen Zhifei reached out and touched the child's head, not knowing what to say.

Chen Zhifei was also quite strange when he was handed over by the dean.Pushing open the door, the people who got out of the car were sitting on chairs and looking at him.

There were no incomprehensible words in the content of the conversation, but it was quite difficult to understand the combination.

"Actually, it's a kind of job, but this job is quite dangerous. If you want, you can try it first." The person opposite said, "If you meet the requirements, we can consider letting you take the job directly. It can be mentioned."

"Generally speaking, as long as there are no excessive requirements, we can meet them, and the rewards are quite generous."

The tone of the person opposite him was something he had never heard before. The tone was very polite, but the arrogance in the words could not be concealed.Chen Zhifei lowered his eyes slightly, as if he was digesting what the other party said, and looked around aimlessly, as if he was not confident.

"How much is the salary?" After a long time, he asked the first question.

"A lot, so much that everyone in this orphanage can't use it up for a year." The other party said.

Although he has not had much contact with the outside world, he is as cautious as Chen Zhifei. He knew from a young age that these seemingly benefits come at a price.

So, he asked again: "What's the price?"

Perhaps he didn't expect that this child who seemed to have never experienced anything could think of this level, and the lively person on the other side pondered for a while and said: "Freedom."

The other party said, and then added: "Of course, that is under the condition that you can succeed."

"It didn't work?" Chen Zhifei asked again.

"If you don't succeed, you will return to this place again." The other party said, "You can think about it, we still have time."

Chen Zhifei got up and went out. The old door of the orphanage was opened twice after being pulled twice. He had just walked out of the sight of the people inside, and then quickly turned back again.

"Try it." Chen Zhifei said, his eyes sparkled, probably the most precious thing at that age, "I want to try it."

The people in the room didn't seem too surprised by his decision. They exchanged glances, and a dark card appeared in front of Chen Zhifei.

Later, the group left.

What Chen Zhifei couldn't understand was why the other party only left one card when they were talking about a job?

And this doubt was broken by the sudden appearance of a door one night not long ago.

This door suddenly appeared in the middle of the corridor, and the front and rear space was strangely divided into two halves, and the space blocked on the other side could be seen from the edge.

There seemed to be some strange movement inside the door. He was a little curious, and reached out to touch the armrest, only to find another rectangular slot on the upper end of the armrest.

He thought of the pitch-black card, and inserted the card in by accident, and an abrupt sound sounded.

-Welcome to the game, I wish you a lot of money!

Immediately afterwards, his vision was filled with white light, and the door behind him was closed without warning, and when he raised his eyes again, he was in another strange space.

There were dozens of people of all kinds standing in the space, their faces full of curiosity and scrutiny just like him.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, a voice appeared again.

-Hi all the selectors, welcome to the dealer selection competition. The purpose of this selection competition is to select suitable dealers for the upcoming gambling system. You can regard it as an exam.

-In this trial, the number of participants is 55, and the number of admissions is 12.In the selection competition, the selectors will take turns to take the test of the game. The test is divided into 6 rounds. The players who successfully complete the 6 rounds will meet and become the official dealer.

- There are a variety of scenarios in the selection contest in the gambling game. In order to reduce panic, all selectors are required to be mentally prepared in advance to avoid accidents.

- The selection contest will officially start in 1 minute, please prepare well for the selection, I wish you a lot of money!

Later, that door left a deep shadow on Chen Zhifei, and it was also the first time he saw a person who was still jumping around turned into a pile of pieces.

Not only that, the death is extremely strange, and the incident of strange power and chaos has become a common thing in this so-called gambling game.

He was lucky enough to survive this nightmare place again and again, and as the number of people around him dwindled, he became more and more indifferent.

In the last trial, there were only 55 of the 15 people left, and after this round ended, three more people would die.

Suspicion and suspicion have become an invisible barrier between them. At this point, they have already undergone earth-shaking changes. Weakness and pity have become forbidden words, and some can only live.

At the last door, they returned to the orphanage. At that time, Chen Zhifei thought the exam was over, but before he had time to rejoice, one person disappeared again.

Every night, someone disappears, they fall asleep in fear, and wake up in fear.Especially Chen Zhifei, who grew up in an orphanage, but suddenly felt that the people in the orphanage were strange and scary.

The familiar and gentle dean's mother has become a mysterious and strange woman, and the familiar dormitory has become a terrible place for cannibalism.

The eyes of those children were full of fear and suspicion, and the familiar orphanage became part of the game.

At this time, Chen Zhifei realized that it was destined to become like this since he agreed to this matter.While looking for clues, he accidentally found a document in the dean's office. It was clearly written in black and white that he was sold to this gamble by the orphanage.

Live or die.

That is to say, since that strange vehicle appeared that day, he has already been bought out by the place where he grew up, regardless of life or death.

He looked at the document with a strange smile on his face.

After that, he struggled to find the exit in the air-raid shelter on the back mountain. When he walked out of the air-raid shelter, the game gave him a choice.

Become a dealer or leave.

Chen Zhifei looked at the familiar orphanage. He didn't know where he should go after leaving, and he chose to become a croupier without any hesitation.

There is one more thing in the ear, which is the same as what they said before, just a little less freedom.

Half a year later, the first batch of bankers appeared in the gambling game, and Chen Zhifei became a croupier. He led the group of people into the gambling game, and watched them go from novelty to despair, clamoring to go out, and finally died in the game. In the game.

Some people say that the people who participate in the gambling game are willing to participate in the gambling game. Among them are old-fashioned, some are homeless, some are curious, and some unconsciously break in.

No one knows why the gambling game exists, not even Chen Zhifei, but there are always people appearing in a steady stream, and there are always people who know that this is a fire that will destroy lives and traces, but they will still fly to the flames.

Chen Zhifei looked at these people, and just looked at them like this. These people were afraid of him, thinking that he was part of the game, and that he was like those terrible games.

Chen Zhifei naturally knew this, but he was used to it.Until someone suddenly appeared.

The banker seems to be called Ding Bai. He is different from those old Lai, tramps, and curiosity hunters. He is also full of curiosity about this place, but cautious enough.

He was also the first person to speak to Chen Zhifei.

He said, "Handsome guy, do you have a lighter?"

In the gambling game at that time, the croupier had many tasks, such as dealing cards, keeping score, counting points, and observing. They could be said to be observers. They generally would not approach the activity area of ​​the dealer in the game, but I don’t know why the person named Ding Bai always Where can I find him.

inexplicably...

Sometimes it is to borrow cigarettes, sometimes to borrow fire, sometimes to complain, sometimes to set information, and sometimes to chat inexplicably.

He complained that Chen Zhifei would not save him, complained that Chen Zhifei did not report what he knew, and complained that Chen Zhifei had a downcast face all day long.

It sounds like the two are good friends.

strangely very...

After several times, the man named Ding Bai suddenly said to him: "Why don't you come with me?"

"I've seen your crappy place several times when I've been here. It was quite interesting at the beginning, but gradually it makes people feel very cold-blooded."

"You've been here for so long, you should be tired of it?"

Chen Zhifei didn't speak. Looking at this person, he felt as if he had been seen through. His cold-blooded heart was seen through like a gambling game.

It was a bad day.

After a long time, Ding Bai found Chen Zhifei again, but this time he came crying.

Chen Zhifei had never seen a big man cry like this, the pear blossoms were raining, which was a bit ugly.

"I can obviously catch him."

Chen Zhifei knew who he was, a kid who had just turned 16.

"You look at them, no, it's us, one by one died in the game, don't you have a little bit of compassion?"

"Even a slight reminder? Even a slight clue?"

"Even if it's..."

Once again broke up unhappy.

When we met again, it was Chen Zhifei who found Ding Bai.He lay in the ruins like a dead dog, and he was the only one left in this game.

Chen Zhifei walked over and repeated the words that had been repeated countless times without expression.

"This gambling game is over, and the corresponding chips have been distributed. If you have any doubts, you can ask the croupier to raise an objection."

The man lying on the ground opened his chapped lips, and he said to Chen Zhifei, "What are you talking about? You...can't you say it clearly?"

Chen Zhifei looked at the typhoid fever on his face, and guessed that his ears might not have adjusted to the aftershocks of the explosion.He stood up expressionlessly, turned and walked towards the exit.

There was dust all over the sky behind him, and that dead dog-like person was quickly submerged in dust.

After all, he stopped in his tracks and returned to his residence with Ding Bai in his arms.

Chen Zhifei regretted taking Ding Bai back.Those few days in his so-called residence reminded him often of the tears the man had shed on his arms, the salty kiss.

It seems that things are starting to be different.

Later, the way he looked at Ding Bai became a little strange, he couldn't explain clearly, but when the other party proposed to exchange information with a kiss, he agreed by accident.

Ding Bai appeared in his residence more and more times, and he was so enthusiastic and straightforward that he messed up his life.

Chen Zhifei had never experienced that kind of sweetness. He was moved with compassion when Ding Bai said to him several times, "Why don't you come with me".

After leaving the gambling game for many years, the first thought that popped up.

Ding Bai was also very pleasantly surprised, he was eagerly looking forward to the last big ghost situation.He became a banker who won ten games in a row, and the square card became a heart.

It's just that later, they didn't wait for the big ghost scene at the end.

After the gambling game was blocked, Chen Zhifei was dragged out by those croupiers who worked together but didn't talk much.

One of his ears was broken, and together with his brain, he slept for a long time, and when he opened his eyes again, he didn't even remember who he was.

He returned to that dingy residence. At first, there was a croupier staring at him closely, it is said that he was afraid that he was doing something terrible.

It's just that Chen Zhifei at that time didn't even know who he was, and couldn't remember that terrible thing.

Later, the croupier who watched him told him that this was the last time, and then handed him two things, a ten of hearts card and a two of spades card.

Later, many inexplicable doors began to appear in the world he lived in. Sometimes he could hear the noise inside, and sometimes he could see the list on the door.

Then he entered that door for the first time, and the number on the spade card changed after he came out.

Every time you enter, the number of spades will change once, and the numbers on the two cards will soon become very close, but when the number of spades is about to become ten, that number becomes two again.

And this meant that he had to enter those doors again.

Chen Zhifei didn't know what these doors meant, but he had heard of some things during the gambling game, and slowly accumulated, those things he didn't know gradually became clear.

It turns out that he is a betrayer, and it turns out that everyone has only one card.

But who owns the extra card?He thought for a long time and couldn't remember.On an ordinary morning that couldn't be more ordinary, he mailed the card, the address was filled in random, and the recipient was also subconsciously written.

He is not very clear about why he wrote this, and it is unknown whether this card can be sent.It's like a small game on a whim, with the mentality of giving it a try.

Later, this matter was forgotten, and he continued to enter those various doors, trying to find things that he couldn't remember.

Then one day, in a gambling game, he met a dealer holding a ten of hearts.

Surprisingly, this person seemed to be entering the gambling game for the first time, but the value of the card in his hand was ten of hearts.

This person is very strange...

The second encounter was not an accident, it was just because Chen Zhifei saw the name on the door, so he entered the door again by a strange coincidence.

This guy is kind of funny.

The third time I entered the door, this person, how should I put it, why did I have a very familiar feeling?

The time when the familiar feeling reappeared was in that infinite mini-game. It wasn't a difficult gamble, but it had more content.The images that suddenly appeared pierced Chen Zhifei's chest like a bullet, and when he looked at Ding Bai again, he was inexplicably flustered.

Then he ran away in a panic, although a large part of the reason was not shown in those pictures.

There were some problems with the spades card. The card that was originally like a bottomless pit has completely disappeared during this period of time.That card became a stand of blank cards.

And those doors that appeared several times also disappeared.Chen Zhifei was startled, he seemed to lose sight of the door.

And some memories, after the door disappeared, the game was gradually returned to him.

It took him a long time to digest those images, those distant, intimate, strange, and inseparable.

When Ding Bai appeared before his eyes again.One rainy night, the first thing I saw him say was: "How do you stand in the rain?"

At that moment, Chen Zhifei suddenly felt that he really missed the person in front of him, but he was cautious, afraid that his sudden enthusiasm would make this person who didn't think of him run away.

After so long, does he still remember me?

He told Ding Bai how they met in the gambling game a long time ago, but Chen Zhifei chose to conceal that straightforward and passionate love.

He chose to hide it, and he made this decision the first time he saw Ding Bai.He couldn't be sure whether the person in front of him was still as enthusiastic and straightforward as before, but the three-year cycle made Chen Zhifei become more cautious.

He suddenly felt that the punishment of being a betrayer was not the most difficult thing, but watching the people in front of him treat him as a stranger was the most difficult thing.

But the change came suddenly, and Ding Bai's next gamble was to return to that orphanage.Perhaps it was too long, but Chen Zhifei didn't think of the place where he lived for more than ten years. He kept picking up fragments of memory from that gambling game, and finally in the air-raid shelter, the camouflage was shattered.

The moment he hugged Ding Bai into his arms, what he thought was, whatever, let it be like this.

What he didn't expect was that Ding Bai, who hadn't thought of him until now, ran towards him again.

In an instant, Chen Zhifei's weakness and armor enveloped him at the same time.

Later, there were more things to face, and they returned to that gamble after three years.

Three years ago, as a croupier, Chen Zhifei had already been limited by the gambling game to the dealer. He only remembered standing in the opposite building and waiting for the last lesson.

He didn't know what Ding Bai had gone through, he only knew that in this gamble, Ding Bai was determined to take him away.

The shadow of failure hangs over him, but this time, he and Ding Bai are on the same side.

Unexpected changes happened, and a phone call from three years ago was unexpected.Regarding this phone call, doubts and suspicions accounted for most of it. There was a dialogue between the two Ding Bai from different time and space. Surprisingly, they seemed to be more sympathetic to each other.

In this conversation that spanned and was empty, they successfully found the key to breaking the game. After getting out of this gambling game, it was the little devil's game.

There are no rules, no croupiers, and no tips for a gamble, and there is not even Ding Bai in this gamble.

For the first time, Chen Zhifei felt powerless. Even he couldn't guess the final direction of this gamble, but fortunately, he hit the right track and found a little way.

However, the price for this is to let him pass by Ding Bai several times.

At this point, the content of the bet in the game is no longer those monsters and ghosts, but the bet is on human nature.

Greed, cowardice, arrogance, arrogance, inferiority, obsession, betrayal...

When he and Ding Bai were isolated by those bankers' plots, perhaps this bet was over.

The ghost scene appeared without warning, and the re-colored world seemed to give Chen Zhifei an illusion. He thought absurdly that they had gone out.

However, the change appeared in the dream.

Those recurring dreams eroded his nerves like poison, and he was so happy that he even wanted to never wake up.

But the answer was hidden in the dream.

There is Ding Bai in the dream.

They meet here, in a common dream.It turned out that the bet was not over yet.

He and Ding Bai tried to find the answer from the dream, and it went smoothly at first, but then some mistakes occurred, and Ding Bai did not appear again.

However, Chen Zhifei also found the answer in his dream.

It turned out that in the last gamble, only one person could get out.

He chose to give up under the different eyes of the old lady, and returned to that world full of illusions.

He searched for a long time, and suddenly thought of the golden flower card that he had sent by Zeng Jin, so he repeated the old trick and sent the only key in his hand to Ding Bai.

If Ding Bai can receive it, then all this is enough.

The later Chen Zhifei never dreamed again, and those doors never appeared in that world again. He seemed to be abandoned by a gambling game in an isolated area.

Live alone like this.

Until one day, someone called his name behind his back.

The man ran over barefoot and threw himself into his arms.

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