The MC forgot the plot

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六十六 A woman with tricks up
her sleeves

How would they take over the ship? That's the question that struck the most in their mind; it was a ship with hundreds of soldiers with weapons on them. It is almost impossible to think they could take possession of it.

But Meng Jia Yi needs to go back to the capital, it doesn't matter if she couldn't find her family instantly, what matters is that she will find them— alive or not. To do that, she has to gain the trust of the leader of this organization, allow it to be integrated with them, and prepare for countermeasures in case something goes wrong.

But she must live.

"It's laughable that one could become a higher member of our organization with just the act of provoking our leader"

She looked back only to see the sneering face of Guo Dian, the muscular man accompanying the leader, Feng Xi. His build was much larger than the average person and with his narrow eyes and a nasty temperament, one would always avoid him.

Clang!

A knife was dropped to her feet, she looked up only to see several members circling her and Guo Dian. Now, the area they are in becomes a fighting ring and she could hear the people betting on who would win— no one voted for her since she looks much easier to be killed to death by just a punch from Guo Dian.

As she picked up the knife, she felt danger looming into her and before she knew it, she rolled to the floor. With a burning pain spreading into her right shoulder, she has barely escaped the heavy fists of Guo Dian before she rushed past a wooden pillar and held it for dear life.

"Look! A poor monkey hanging on the tree! Hahaha!"

"He looks like he was about to piss his pants!"

"Brother Guo should just hit him in the face!"

"Hit him, Brother Guo!"

Guo Dian looked at her with those pair of nasty, perverse eyes and her blood boiled remembering those crying women.

A typical follower of women and wine, a perfect description of his character after observing him. In just a day, he has already taken advantage of disadvantaged women and even allowed his followers to do the same.

"Come down here! Are you even a man?" He provokes, too bad she wasn't a man then.

"I admit defeat" she started and the whole crowd made jeers and booed at her. She didn't take it to heart and stared at Guo Dian, eventually, it went to another figure who was eye-catching.

Ying Wei was a fake monk that conned hundreds of people and was known for being a devious, calculating man. A certified two-faced, three knives person and someone that incited Guo Dian into fighting her.

Of course, a power balance cannot be maintained if the leader is managed by three or more factions, it would result in a bloodbath. Ying Wei calculated well, Guo Diam was nothing but a man who relies on his brute power and force and could easily be stimulated by simple lies. 

"Ha! You should revoke your title now, weakling!" 

Meng Jia Yi stayed clutching into the pillar, her eyes unwavering that even the members who poke fun at her no longer feel the need to provoke her. There was nothing on her face, not even a crack on her cold expression and it irritated Gou Dian.

"Get down here or I'll hit you with the tip of my knife!" He threatened, the bulge in his veins throbbing and she finally made an action.

"Let's make a deal first"

"A deal? Who are you to even ask that from me?" Arrogance filled his eyes and even his followers blew praise for his strength and vigor.

"So you won't do it? Fine"Guo Dian stopped in his tracks and met her indifferent eyes. "I guess the leader is much braver than you,  he's willing to take over the ship but you..." She trailed off before sighing in the end.

Her words rouse him into outrage, he has never been looked at with those pair of eyes. Those eyes show how weak, incompetent, and timid he was which he is not.

"A deal then! I'm not afraid of a little boy like you!" He snorted with his arms bulging closely as he pressed it to his chest. "Resorting into tricks, hah, typical of you"

"What can I say? I'm a weakling who can only resort to tricks after all"

Great. After making a sound in the east, she strikes in the west. But it would be better if she hit two birds with one stone and so turned to the other side.

"What about Ying Wei? Would his excellency also play with us?"

Ying Wei lifted his cocky brows and nodded, swinging his sleeves as he sat down. Now, a circular table has been placed and all three of them sat down, this, in turn, caused several members to revolve around them with their faces filled with enthusiasm framing those vicious grins and vulgar jeers.

"If I lose to the two of you, I'll lose one of my arms"

Both Ying Wei and Guo Dian's eyes glinted, it was two of them versus one; it would be easy to win this person but one should not underestimate the enemy— but the two are nothing but small-minded, reckless criminals.

"If I win..." She trailed off, she could see them looking at her as if she was a fool but once again never showed it on her face. "If I do win then you will honor me as your elder brother"

"Absurd! Call you elder brother, that's bullshit!"

Guo Dian was the easier one to light his fuse on the other hand Ying Wei's face darkened throughout. The two of them thought it was impossible in their life to call this lousy boy, elder brother much worse honor him.

"What? Scared? You two always love to provoke fights but in the end, lost to a weakling?" A sneer curled up on her lips seeing the deviant looks from the two before continuing. "So, are you two announcing your defeat without a fight?"

"I will not admit defeat from you!" Guo Dian's tone was sickened her and she was pleased to see him fuming.

"I will not either, especially from you" Ying Wei added, his eyes scowling at her.

With a clap of her hand, she started the game— a card game where they would bet and this time, she will show them what a resourceful, poor, gambling ghost she was in her modern life.

Notes:

• Two-faced, three knives meaning having double-dealing and backstabbing.
• Followers of women and wine meaning referring to crude people who only know how to get drunk and take advantage of women.
• Make a sound in the east and strike in the west meaning making a diversion.

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Chapter 66 is up!

Meng Jia Yi knew her disadvantages facing these raucous men, she knew her strengths and played them so beautifully. A woman may have disadvantages in the obvious disparity of strength among men with brutal experiences but she will never go without a fight.

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