"I don't smoke," Xu Huo said coolly.
The female player first stared at his hand, then glanced at his face and scoffed. She turned to ask the player beside her for a light.
The two struck up a conversation over the borrowed light. After chatting for a while, they seemed to hit it off like old friends who had only just met, then headed one after the other into the Transfer Carriage ahead.
Quite a few people in the carriage were watching the fun. A man with a head full of spiky braids said enviously, "How come nothing like this ever happens to me? That guy's way uglier than I am."
The female player sitting at the same table played a hand of cards and took a sip of wine before saying, "Lust is a knife hanging over your head. Be careful you don't lose your life before you get what you came for."
Spiky Braid casually draped a hand over the tanned arm of the female player in a vest, whose shoulders were held by just two thin straps. "It's just a bit of fun, and we're both willing. No need to take it so seriously."
The vest woman player turned and smiled at him. Her pretty fingers hooked around the hand resting on her arm and slammed it hard against the table. Spiky Braid, who'd been enjoying himself, went tumbling to the floor. Propping himself up on one arm, he yelped, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Let go, let go!"
"That's what you get for letting lust go to your head." The burly player sitting on the other side of the female player kicked Spiky Braid and burst out laughing.
Everyone joined in. Spiky Braid didn't seem to feel mocked at all. He got back to his feet and