He did not hear anything from the man anymore. Perhaps, the man had already returned to the starting point, which was too far away for Eugene to hear.

Thankfully I only need a small jump to get over this.

Eugene exhaled slowly. Thinking about the man encouraging and supporting him from behind made his heart fill with courage. Bending down on his calves, he leaped and managed to land on the balcony, which was the endpoint.

“I’m coming now!”

At that point, Eugene’s face was teary. As his calves released all the tension from the high anxiety state abruptly, they started to cramp.

Clenching his teeth and bearing the pain, Eugene stood up. It was the first time he realized that there were still good souls in this world. He had made up his mind to use the twenty million that he had just won to clear that poor man’s debt. He also intended to give another million for him to start afresh, thinking that the man could quit gambling for his son’s sake since he could already overcome his fear of death for his son.

Eugene looked toward the mansion opposite, wanting to tell that man the great news.

However, no matter where he looked, whether it was on the iron bridge or the balcony, he could not see anyone.

What? Did he leave already? Eugene was confused. Suddenly, a huge shadow loomed over his heart as a thought flashed through his mind. Did he fall off…

He quickly refuted his thought. Impossible. If he fell, he would have screamed. Even if I were as focused as possible, I would have heard at least the echoes between these two mansions.

In the past, he had seen someone jump off a seven-story building after becoming bankrupt from gambling. That person started screaming shortly after jumping off. The firemen providing assistance at the scene also said that every single person they had seen jumping off buildings regretted it right after doing so and would scream throughout until they made contact with the ground. Sometimes, because the building was too tall, people at the bottom would only hear a splat without the screaming.

The organizers walked up to the balcony. They seemed somewhat unhappy at Eugene’s victory.

“Congratulations on being the only person who took on the challenge and survived.”

Eugene frowned. “The only person? Where did that man just now go to?” This time, he suspected that he was hallucinating. Perhaps, that person was just an illusion of his own fear.

preoccupied with this, he

mafias are really so cruel in their tactics. They simply view human

are foreign mafias. Their countries do not have bans on firearms, so these people are accustomed to violence and

or not, I am not afraid of these aliens.”

existed or was just an illusion. In the end, he was

but did not put it in his mouth. “I got the twenty million and went to search for that man. I didn’t believe that he was just an imagination and needed to

he treated Eugene rather nicely. Eugene wanted to know the plight of that man whose name he did not know. When he told the boss his intention, the latter waved and said, “You don’t have to

so Eugene would know the truth after watching it. He carried the tape in his hands as though it was an important and heavy shrine. His heart felt inexplicably

out that reality was always more surprising than

imagination. In the recording, he kept encouraging Eugene to walk to the finishing line while

ten meters was so great for him that

meters truly felt like to someone with acrophobia, but to

and lips had turned pale, and he was very close to entering a state

man in the recording did not faint. Instead, he squatted with his body curled up while both his hands rested

his arms to further stabilize himself

raised his head and turned to look at Eugene. Even such a small action nearly made him

how Eugene was about to achieve success with a plethora of mixed emotions in his eyes—envy, relief, and reluctance. His lips

on… I’m begging you. You

his hands, stood up, and jumped off the bridge, thus disappearing

man had chosen to end his life and assumed that he was still cheering for him on the

with all his might even when he was tormented by his terror on his journey to

way for Eugene to cross

while holding onto a wineglass. The ending of the story was somewhat different from what he had

up with tears. Even a defiant and

light up the cigarette in his hand for a very long time until he placed it between his lips. Without saying a word, he quietly sucked on the cigarette till his tears stopped

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