The Deception Game (Finale)

The Deception Game (Finale) (Thanks to Fishbones for becoming a sponsor)

A deathly hush filled the room, as cold as the air outside the window. For a moment, the vast reception room was so quiet that the drop of a needle might have been heard.

Contrary to what most people believed, being a con artist was dangerous. If a scam was exposed before the con artists could make their exit, death might well be waiting for them.

Raven's eyes widened as he stared at his accomplice in disbelief. Fear became a shriek that seemed to pierce his heart through the ringing in his ears. His heart went numb, his limbs lost their strength, and his hands and feet turned cold!

It's over. We're dead! I never should've trusted that idiot! When it mattered most, she couldn't stick to the plan!

They had agreed on their story before coming here. All she had to say was that Xia Lun had developed a terminal illness from swimming, and they would have had a chance of winning his trust.

Why did she have to improvise something as stupid as "White Line is an Internal Affairs Department Officer"?!

The first rule of lying was to observe. Only a complete fool would build a lie around someone she had just met!

Fear and resentment roared through Raven's mind like a storm. His thoughts grew muddled, as though his skull were full of cloudy soup mixed with shards of glass.

Pain, unease, terror! Madness was closing in!

Yet in the depths of that chaos and fear, just as Raven was about to tip into madness, a flash of clarity struck. In that instant, everything clicked!

Boom!

His frozen mind started working again. Every nerve cell analyzed the situation at a speed that astonished even him.

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