Chapter 177
Wang Hao observed Gabrielle closely. He remembered that she was one of the commentators in for the livestream of the trial.
His first impression of her was a gentle, easy-to-be-with girl. She had the disposition of a nice Big Sister. Aside from this, she also had an elegant aura. Wang Hao could swear that she was like a combination of Eleanor and Fang Yu.
Wang Hao nodded appreciatively, clearly approving of her beauty. But even though she was a beautiful woman, he cannot let her off because she discovered about his abilities. Gabrielle just managed to ruin Wang Hao’s plans today.
“Huff.” Even though his body was feeling some weakness due to the backlash, he gritted his teeth as he tried to make himself look imposing. He cannot show any sign of weakness now. It was clear that if Gabrielle gets a whiff of his condition now, there might be a chance that she will initiate an attack.
Only by scaring her that Wang Hao can feel relieved.
“Hey you, you saw everything that happened right?” Wang Hao said in a low voice.
“Ah erm…. I did not see anything!” Gabrielle shouted as she tried to stop her trembling. “I just got here right now….”
“……. You know, even a parrot who can talk can lie better than you. So how do you want to die huh?”
“Please no!” Gabrielle kowtowed in front of Wang Hao, as she tried to plead for herself. “I can keep my mouth shut! I can swear in the name of my soul right now!”
“Heh. Better start doing it right now, or else….” Wang Hao sighed in relief on his heart as he realized his acting skills just saved him now. The only problem he had now was to maintain the illusion of power in front of Gabrielle. With the power he had shown earlier, Gabrielle will surely try to follow him. With his current state, Wang Hao cannot afford to be alone. More souls that will be joining him will be better.
Roxy and Jin gave a pitying look to Gabrielle while Old Billy sent idolizing looks to Wang Hao. Even they just woke up, they can get the gist of what happened just from hearing Wang Hao’s statement.
“Huhuhuhu, do I really need to do that?” Gabrielle leaned forward, trying to use the best ‘innocent puppy eyes’ look that she can muster. This move had already defeated countless men before. Wang Hao will surely fold from it.
But what she only got was a twitch on Wang Hao’s left eye.
“Trying to use that on me huh? How about saying it to you once more? Cough. It. Up.” Wang Hao’s eyes narrowed as he put both his palms in front of Gabrielle. From the way he looked, he will clearly not take no for an answer.
Gabrielle could only silently cry as she gave all her stuff to Wang Hao. Once Wang Hao was sure he received all of Gabrielle’s treasures, he said one more thing that almost brought Gabrielle to the brink.
“Oh, where are Bob and Krull, I want to be of great ‘help’ to them too. You are not that selfish to only ask help for yourself right?”
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