Card Master Guide

At daybreak, the maids and helpers in Mr. Jones' manor were already busy preparing for today's banquet.

In the bedroom, Mr. Jones was wearing a dark suit, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror and adjusting his tie. His eyes fell on the photo frame on the mahogany chest of drawers, and there was a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

In the photo frame is a photo of him when he was young, with Jolena's mother.

Over the years, Mr. Jones has been guilty of his daughter.

But as time passed, Qiao Linna gradually grew into a well-known card master in the world.

The guilt in Mr. Jones' heart not only did not lessen, but intensified.

Because I couldn't let my daughter live a stable and happy life... She narrowly escaped death during the journey in Shaluo, and was seriously injured on the stage of the World Championship. But as a father himself, there was almost nothing he could do.

Her daughter has stepped into the field of top card masters, she is an idol that countless people look up to, she is Shaluo's 'National Warrior', and she is the messenger of the gods.

In the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Mr. Jones tightened his tie and sighed softly.

The kite has flown away, becoming a wind of freedom. It's time to hand over the remaining kite strings to others.

but. That person must be trustworthy and trustworthy.

Mr. Jones, with gray temples, opened the door and left the bedroom, waiting for today's visit from his daughter and son-in-law.

*

The sky is clear.

A snow-white plane flies across the blue sky.

In the first class cabin, Lin Xiao looked away from the porthole and looked at the girl on the sofa beside him.

She wore a neat golden high ponytail, and her side face was like a delicate work of art, with bright ruby-like eyes inlaid. Wearing a small black and red suit, she looks quite like a big sister. Cut shorts that accentuate your perfect waist and long, straight legs. Further down, there are a pair of high-heeled sandals with thin black straps on the snow-white instep.

She cast her eyes and stared at Lin Xiao.

"Like it here?" Jolena said in a serious tone as if she was asking an academic question.

Lin Xiao raised his eyes, nodded and said, "There are very few men who don't like feet."

Qiao Linna spat lightly: "Pervert."

"On the bright side, if you let me massage you when you're tired from walking, I won't hold you back." Lin Xiao said.

Jolena flipped through the furniture advertisement album in the cabin, and said with a light smile, "I remember what you said."

Lin Xiao followed her flipping through the album, and said, "Previous page."

Jolena turned back to the previous page, her cheeks flushed, and she turned to the next page.

"Turn so fast."

"What's there to see in a crib."

"Isn't that page a Lego building block toy set?" Lin Xiao was surprised.

"...There are two pages left and right, I misread it." Qiao Linna continued to turn the pages.

Lin Xiao felt a little pity. I am quite interested in Lego.

However, today's main task is to visit the "prospective father-in-law".

Concentrate, don't be careless.

The plane sailed across the sky smoothly, and the warm sunlight passed through the porthole and fell on the center of the armrest of the sofa for two people.

The stewardess came to ask what they needed for lunch and drinks. Lin Xiao ordered orange juice and steak, while Qiao Linna ordered dried fruit bread and sparkling water.

"You haven't told me about your journey in Shaluo Kingdom in detail yet." Lin Xiao said, "What happened in more than a month?"

Jolena's red pupils flashed through the memories, and said slowly: "In more than a month, the sandstorms I experienced the most...even the source power shield can't resist it. After going through the storm and returning to the residence, sometimes I can wash a catty. Lots of sand."

Lin Xiao put down the knife and fork cooperatively: "There is enough sand."

Jolena rolled her eyes and said, "Of course it's an exaggeration."

"Then, kill people, collect tarot cards, and then kill people..." Qiao Linna's eyes flashed, "Sometimes I wonder why I want to travel to Shaluo and make myself look like a butcher."

"Why." Lin Xiao also wanted to ask, "You can study at Honeysuckle University until you graduate, and then come and join me."

Qiao Linna shook her head: "This is different, Lin Xiao."

"I have to be me first, so that I can stand with you..." Jolena paused, then said with a smile, "Take it as my arrogant, ignorant remarks."

Lin Xiao stared at the proud girl with a single ponytail.

Weak, helpless, waiting for someone to help, is this still the Jolena I know?

She had to be a girl as free and easy as the wind, as brave as a lion, to be Jolena Jones.

She is one of a kind with me, with the same heart and soul as me.

"And then." Lin Xiao said softly.

"Then, I met a girl in Shaluo..."

Qiao Linna slowly told her story in Shaluo, and Lin Xiao listened carefully.

"Although she betrayed me at that time, she also left me the "Lover" card."

"Oh, speaking of this!" Jolena was startled, showing a shy little woman's expression, and said softly, "I have a gift for you..."

"Isn't it a lover's card?" Lin Xiao said with a smile.

"Hmm..." Jolena stared angrily.

"You don't have to look resentful if you get guessed right! And it's too easy to guess!" Lin Xiao complained.

As a result, Lin Xiao had an extra tarot card "Lover" in his hand.

Using tinder to build a connection with the "lover", Lin Xiao vaguely felt that the connection between himself and Jolina was getting closer.

"The lover card can be divided into two "lovers". When one is hurt, the other can bear part of the damage for him."

Jolena smiled and said, "I'm also Sanctuary, so you don't have to be polite, just use me as a shield."

"Idiot." Lin Xiao tapped Qiao Linna's head with his fingers, "Do you understand the gold content of the ninth level? Binding my blood bag, you can say that you are invincible."

"Cut... are you good at fighting? When you come out to mess around, you have to talk about power."

Qiao Linna paused and reminded: "The gods on Shaluo's side should give me some face. You can also rely on their power when you need it."

Lin Xiao nodded slightly.

As expected of a card master of the same type as me... The routine of using the "Face Fruit Ability" against gods is so familiar!

Jolena's story about Sharo has come to an end. When she mentioned that Buster was dying and that the "World" card had the ability to sacrifice equivalently, Lin Xiao asked:

"The 'world' can bring the dead back to life?"

Jolena's eyes flickered slightly, she nodded and said: "Yes, as long as you pay the corresponding price, even a god of Buster's level can be resurrected..."

Lin Xiao was speechless: "What a perverted ability."

"No, it should be said to be an exchange of equal value." Jolena said seriously, "I don't have the power to revive Buster. God Ra cast his gaze and paid the price of the sacrifice for me, so Buster was able to be resurrected."

"In other words, you are now the envoy of the Dragon of Creation?"

"Probably." Jolena nodded.

Lin Xiao nodded, and suddenly said seriously:

"Promise me, don't use the sacrifice ability of [World] indiscriminately."

Qiao Linna wanted to distinguish something, but noticed Lin Xiao's eyes and nodded silently.

After a moment of silence between the two, Jolena said:

"What about you, how was your trip in Central Continent?"

"That's a long story..."

Lin Xiao talked about it all the way from Lu Bu, the second and fifth son, to the Golden Dragon True Monarch with one body and two souls, and he spoke vividly and eloquently.

Qiao Linna listened, expressing surprise and exclamation from time to time, and a series of laughter burst out from time to time between the two.

The plane gradually descended and landed at Xingtu City Airport.

After leaving the airport, Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna rode motorcycles along the expressway, all the way back to the luxurious manor next to the scenic spot in the bay.

...

The lake is as clear as a mirror, and there is a white manor next to it.

Lin Xiao stopped the motorcycle outside the gate of the manor, and belatedly said:

"I came empty-handed, isn't it good?"

"It doesn't matter." Jolena walked towards the intercom at the gate, "He doesn't care about it anyway."

The guest does as he pleases, Qiao Linna is the hostess of this manor, Lin Xiao has no objection, after waiting for a while, the gate of the manor opens slowly.

"Let's go." Qiao Linna turned her head and said lightly, "Don't be too polite to that guy."

"Is your relationship with your father not very good?" Lin Xiao asked.

Qiao Linna was silent for a moment, folded her arms, and said in a low voice: "He is a scumbag who abandoned his wife and daughter, an opportunistic businessman, an old-fashioned and stubborn parent..."

"But he is my father after all." Qiao Linna looked at Lin Xiao: "So you can understand?"

Lin Xiao nodded vigorously: "Understood."

This resentment has broken through the sky!

Jolena let out a breath: "Huh... come with me."

With long legs, the girl with the high ponytail walked across the lawn and the fountain, through the garden, and came to a palace-like building.

Lin Xiao followed her, looked up at the magnificent building, and praised: "I thought the aesthetics of real estate developers would be more old-fashioned."

"He's an old-fashioned honorable man trying to differentiate himself from the upstarts of the Federation, but in reality, they're all the same," Jolena whispered. "It's all based on exploitation and extraction."

Lin Xiao was surprised, he didn't expect the girl to be so enlightened: "But you are his heir."

"Hmph...I want to donate this manor to a charity." Jolena crossed her arms, "It's a pity that the charity is also a group of guys who eat people and don't spit out their bones. What they talk about is friendship, but behind their backs are business .”

Lin Xiao nodded and said, "You seem to hate businessmen."

"I just hate businessmen with dirty means...but some people's wine business is still clean?" Qiao Linna asked sideways.

"It's okay." Lin Xiao said righteously, "I don't oppress civilians, I only oppress demon gods!"

Jolena smiled slightly, and stretched out her little white hand: "Give me your hand."

Lin Xiao handed out his right hand, and felt that the girl was holding his hand firmly, fingers intertwined.

Jolena knocked on the door, and Mr. Jones, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, opened the door himself.

He stared at his daughter, his eyes flickered complicatedly, and then his eyes fell on the hands they were holding tightly, and then fixed on Lin Xiao's face.

"Hello, Mr. Jones..." Lin Xiao was a little embarrassed, feeling that holding hands was not suitable for such an occasion, but Qiao Linna held his right hand firmly.

There seemed to be a powder keg between Jolina and Mr. Jones, but Lin Xiao didn't know why the relationship between the two became so rigid.

"Let's have dinner first." Mr. Jones sighed softly, and said to Lin Xiao with a smile, "I'm glad you can come, Lin Xiao."

Landscape oil paintings are hung in the dining room, and the elegant window screens resemble the skirts of court ladies.

On the long Victorian table, there are silver candlesticks, fine china, and various dishes such as roast suckling pig, potato salad and smoked sausage.

Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna sat on one side, and Mr. Jones sat on the other. Servants are not qualified to enter here, there are only three people in the huge restaurant.

The sound of knives and forks echoed crisply in the room, and Mr. Jones said slowly:

"It seems that your trip in Shaluo is going well."

Lin Xiao glanced at Qiao Linna and saw that she did not speak.

"Actually, communicate with me well, and I will promise you to go to Sharo... Therefore, you don't have to run away from home." Mr. Jones said cautiously.

Lin Xiao suddenly understood how Qiao Linna left the Federation and Honeysuckle University. She ran away from home, took her luggage and the cat god, and went to Shaluo alone.

A wayward princess... But if Jolena is not a princess, but a knight, embarking on a wandering adventure, it will be understandable.

Qiao Linna said calmly: "Back then, if you had communicated with your mother well, she would have promised you to go to the Federation."

Lin Xiao clearly saw a trace of sadness in Mr. Jones' eyes, and said:

"Joelna, you know, I don't want this, it's your grandfather who disagrees..."

"I know." Jolena raised her eyes, "so I won't ask you for anything. But, only this time..."

Qiao Linna glanced at Lin Xiao, and Lin Xiao saw tenderness like water in her eyes.

"I think, with your blessing," Jolena said.

Mr. Jones raised his voice and said, "At least you have to stay for me to inspect his time!"

"If you leave time for grandpa to investigate, you won't be able to meet your mother." Qiao Linna said coldly.

"Jorina!" Mr. Jones said with pain in his eyes.

A deep thorn has always been buried between the father and daughter.

The quarrel broke out at the dinner table, not the wealthy real estate tycoon and the sanctuary card master. It's a pair of ordinary father and daughter who have a grudge because of the past.

Lin Xiao felt the need to say something: "Of course, Mr. Jones, you can investigate me...but I don't think it's necessary."

"Why?" asked Mr. Jones.

"Because I know your daughter well, she won't change one thing easily. I like Jolena, I like her heart, and I like her soul that is the same as mine."

Lin Xiao said in an uncompromising tone: "So, please, marry her..."

Jolene put her hand over his mouth.

Lin Xiao was puzzled, looked at her twinkling eyes, followed her gaze, and looked at Mr. Jones, who looked ten years old with his head in his arms.

I am a quasi-ninth-level card master, and Mr. Jones will not have any chance to refute if he proposes marriage on this occasion.

Jolena still cared about her father and wanted to preserve Mr. Jones' self-esteem.

Mr. Jones said hoarsely: "Jolinna, you go out first...Let me be alone with Lin Xiao and say a few words, is that okay?"

Qiao Linna glanced at Lin Xiao hesitantly, and Lin Xiao nodded slightly. With the door closed, there were only two men left in the room.

"I know your name, Lin Xiao... I also know that you have the ability to take care of her."

Mr. Jones spread his hands and said weakly: "I'm just, I'm sorry Jolena, I want to do something for her in the end..."

"Why do you feel so guilty about her?" Lin Xiao asked puzzled.

Mr. Jones was silent for a moment, and talked about Jolena's past.

From his mouth, Lin Xiao learned that Qiao Linna was not a princess who was pampered and pampered since childhood, but an illegitimate daughter who was not recognized by the family. Before she was fourteen years old, she spent time wandering on the streets of Wudu.

That proud demeanor was the armor she used to protect herself.

Her character is more like a boy, with her slender shoulders, she takes on the responsibility of fighting.

"But Qiao Linna doesn't look like a person who is infected with hooliganism." Lin Xiao recalled, "She is like a reliable shield... always guarding people who are weaker than her."

"She has the same gentle and brave character as her mother. People with these characters will never go astray." Mr. Jones said with a wry smile, "I want to give her a perfect childhood, or make up for some , but I... can't do it."

"Now, I can only investigate you carefully, Lin Xiao. Because you are the one she chose to spend her life with." Mr. Jones said.

Lin Xiao was silent for a long time, and sighed, "Thank you, I know what I should do, Mr. Jones."

"Take good care of Jolena." Mr. Jones held Lin Xiao's hand tightly, with tears in his eyes: "She deserves... a happier life."

It was midnight when we walked out.

The evening wind blows, arousing bursts of coolness.

Lin Xiao looked for Qiao Linna's figure, and finally found the weak girl beside the lake.

She was holding one knee and a pair of high heels, with one foot swaying lightly on the lake, her high ponytail hanging down to her lower back, and something soft was hidden in her eyes.

Behind her, the moonlight sprinkled on the sparkling lake, lining the girl with a soft gleam, as beautiful as a fairyland.

Lin Xiao sat down next to her, and said softly, "Thinking about something?"

"I'm wondering if you don't like me..." Qiao Linna whispered, "I'm seeing my ugly behavior just now..."

"I don't like to repeat the same thing, but you are unique, Jolena..."

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "I like you."

Qiao Linna raised her eyes, looked at Lin Xiao's eyes, and reached out to hold his cheek.

Suddenly, she took Lin Xiao's hand and stood up, saying, "Come with me."

"Where are you going?"

"To the small island in the center of the lake." Qiao Linna pointed to Lin Xiao.

The night is shrouded, the moonlight shines on the sparkling lake, and there is a small island lying quietly in the middle of the lake.

"How to get there?" Lin Xiao estimated the distance.

"Yacht, or, swim over." Jolena was about to take off her coat.

"I have a better way." Lin Xiao manifested the spell card "Walking Water" in his palm, and said, "Follow me closely."

Qiao Linna held Lin Xiao's hand without hesitation.

The moonlight filled the lake, Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna walked on the water under the moonlight of the whole lake, and they wanted to go to the island in the middle of the lake.

The wind was strong, and the lake surface kept rising and falling. Lin Xiao said softly, "Don't be afraid."

Qiao Linna then tightened Lin Xiao's hand.

The moonlight was bright, and the two figures walking on the lake came to the small island in the middle of the lake.

There are shimmering waves all around.

Qiao Linna dipped her feet into the lake, patted her side, and signaled Lin Xiao to sit down.

"It's beautiful here, isn't it?" Jolena said with a smile.

"Very beautiful." Lin Xiao looked around at the lake light and moon shadow, with a girl's fragrance lingering on the tip of his nose.

"There are still stars." Qiao Linna signaled Lin Xiao to look up.

Lin Xiao slowly raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Thousands of stars are shining brightly, like crystal diamonds, embedded in the huge night.

"The view here is the widest." Jolena hugged her knees and said softly, "When I'm sad, I come here by myself..."

"The stars are so beautiful." Lin Xiao murmured.

"Right." Jolena smiled slightly, and the stars reflected in her eyes, "People are so small in front of the stars, but there will always be things that only we can do."

"for example?"

"for example……"

Lin Xiao felt the girl put her head on his shoulder.

It was as if the great flood had swallowed the world, leaving only this small island, and only myself and her looking at the starry sky.

Lin Xiao lowered his head slowly and saw Qiao Linna looking at him, her red pupils shimmering.

The starlight, the lake light and the moon shadow, and the evening breeze are gentle, urging a wonderful chemical reaction.

Lin Xiao approached slowly, and tasted a pair of green and stubborn lips.

Like cherries in spring and lychees in autumn.

On the island in the middle of the lake, the two cuddled together.

There was silence.

...

The weather is getting cold, everyone pay attention to keep warm!