What the hell?
Huai Shi suspected that he was deaf. After picking his ears for a long time, he asked seriously, "General?"
"Yes." Sheng Tianmu nodded.
Huai Shi found it hard to believe. He asked again, "That … that American?"
"Yes."
Sheng Tianmu nodded and pointed to his car. "Let's go first. We'll talk about the rest of the way."
The chauffeur handed the car keys to Huai Shi as soon as he got out of the car. Huai Shi slipped the keys into her trouser pocket. Sheng Tianmu's footsteps paused, and his eyelids twitched wildly. "I told you to drive, not put the car away! I just gave you a Bentley last time, and you're already interested in my new car? "
"I'm not used to it. Are you used to it?" ‘
Huai Shi smiled awkwardly and took out the car keys again.
Sheng Tianmu stood in front of the car door. After waiting for a long time, Huai Shi did not open the door for him. Not only did he not open the door, but he also stood behind and looked at him in a daze. "Hey, why don't you get in the car?"
"Huai Zhijun …" Sheng Tianmu sighed.
"Hmm?"
Recalling this idiot's attitude of "I turn the table when the leader picks food for me, and I brake when the leader drinks water", Sheng Tianmu sighed. "It's Yingzhou's blessing that you didn't become a civil servant."
Ignoring his blank look, Sheng Tianmu shook his head and opened the car door and sat in.
He had not opened the door for himself for so many years. It was quite novel.
"Speaking of which, where are we going?"
Huai Shi tapped on his phone for a long time and found that the address could not be found. "I can't even find the GPS."
"It would be strange if the GPS could find it."
Sheng Tianmu said, "You can leave the capital from the south first. I'll tell you how to drive on the way."
"I won't go the wrong way, right?"
"There's only one way, Huai Shi. There's no other choice." Sheng Tianmu closed his eyes and sighed helplessly. "As long as I can get through, I won't go the wrong way …"
It was just like what Sheng Tianmu said.
After leaving the city, Huai Shi realized that Sheng Tianmu was right. After leaving the city for a while, there was only one road left in front of him. There were no cars on the road, only Huai Shi's car was moving forward alone.
There were no checkpoints, nor were there any inspections, but he felt like he was being watched by countless eyes.
On both sides of the road, Huai Shi had carefully constructed all kinds of gardens and landscapes that Huai Shi could not imagine. It was as if they had already entered the garden in front of the General's court.
In the early morning, the gardeners began to work hard, pruning the flowers and branches, respectfully offering their lifetime skills to maintain the most perfect appearance of the work, not daring to have a single flaw.
Even if the general couldn't be bothered to look at it.
Huai Shi felt an inexplicable pressure pressing down on him, making him involuntarily nervous. He straightened his body and drove in front. Finally, he asked, "Why do you want to see the general?"
Shengtian Mu still did not open his eyes. He only asked, "At this time, other than the general, is there anyone else who is willing to look at us?"
"…"
Huai Shi's hand holding the steering wheel stiffened. Finally, he felt the pressure he had been facing these days behind Sheng Tianmu's tired face.
The existence of the Command of Peace was like a heavy burden. For the inner circle of Danbo, it was undoubtedly a sudden disaster.
The consumption tax reform was pending in the struggle between the political parties, and there were constant storms. It sounded like a simple change in the tax point, but in fact, the impact behind it affected the entire Yingzhou, and even Southeast Asia …
Behind this was the conflict and friction between the new capital controlled by the Wu family and the old tycoons behind the Gong family. Once the Peace Order was officially issued, the existence of the Danbo Inner Circle would be like weeds floating in the dark and in the endless battles between the various parties. It would be extremely fragile.
Internal and external troubles.
It was also under this huge pressure that the alliance allowed the existence of the Huai Shi Group to soar like a rocket. They united all forces to protect themselves.
They did not ask to win the final victory, but only hoped to survive after the storm.
The gangs of Dongxia could close their doors and get out of the matter. But the mixed-race had no choice. If they did not seek protection, they would only end up at the mercy of others.
Even if they died, their corpses would be used as scapegoats and the source of all evil to bear the sins.
"If there is anyone who can help us at this time, it is only His Excellency," Sheng Tianmu said in a low voice.
"For a long time, the inner circle of Danbo has been able to exist because of the acquiescence of that lord. I only hope that the general can be merciful. "
"Will he care?" Huai Shi did not understand.
"Who knows? We'll have to see if they're interested in what we have."
Sheng Tianmu rubbed his old face and sighed silently. "For this meeting, I used up all the accumulated favors and brought all the treasures collected by the alliance … If we fail, we will have no other choice."
Huai Shi asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"You don't need to do anything. You can't represent the alliance. Your role today is only as a driver. Don't speak, don't make any unnecessary movements, don't care about the humiliation of others, if they will still look at us."
Sheng Tianmu said, "You just need to avoid any accidents and ensure that I can live to see the general."
Along the way, Sheng Tianmu seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but in reality, his body under the robes was always tense, alert and on guard. Huai Shi always felt that he was overly sensitive, but he could understand the feeling of not wanting any accidents to happen when there was a glimmer of hope in front of him.
The wind was calm and the waves were calm.
There were no attacks, no accidents.
Under Huai Shi's escort, they had already arrived outside the general's residence before seven in the morning.
There was already a receptionist waiting at the door and then brought them into the lounge to serve them tea and snacks.
"His Excellency the general thought too much last night and only went to bed a few hours ago. The time of meeting with you may be slightly delayed. I ask that Your Excellency Sheng Tianmu be patient and wait patiently. "
After saying this, the receptionist respectfully left and closed the door for them.
As time passed, hurried footsteps could be heard outside the door, but no one pushed open the door and entered. Instead, they coldly passed through the door and walked in another direction.
At first, Sheng Tianmu would prop up his body and put on a respectful expression every time. However, towards the end, his expression gradually dimmed.
Huai Shi once suspected that this was some kind of trick to accidentally enter the White Tiger Festival Hall, but after cautiously looking around and using the excuse of going to the toilet four or five times, he found that ….. this was just an ordinary lounge.
The entire residence was bustling with activity. The attendants ran about in an orderly manner, carrying out the daily cleaning and labor.
Sometimes, there were stern-looking warriors and respectful officials coming in and out.
Apart from the servants who occasionally poured tea and water, it seemed that no one cared about these two specks of dust that didn't belong here.
If not for Sheng Tianmu's words, Huai Shi couldn't help but urge him, even if it was useless.
Helpless, he could only wait patiently.
This wait lasted for an entire day …..
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At noon, the dock area in the Danbo Inner Circle was bustling.
This was perhaps the place where the Danbo Inner Circle interacted with other areas the most frequently. One of the five ports in Kyoto was located in this place.
Although it was limited by the construction of the berths and couldn't dock large ships, because of the geographical location and the fishing season, it attracted a large number of fishing boats to dock.
Especially in the summer and autumn every year, it was the busiest time.
The fishing boats that had just returned to the port were busy unloading their goods, and the wholesalers from various fresh markets were already ready. Trucks rolled in and out of the sea water and fish scales on the ground, and in the pungent fishy smell, many buyers from restaurants were also waiting for the goods from familiar merchants.
With the fishy smell of the sea all over his body, Fisherman Takahashi, who had been on the ground for less than an hour, wiped the sweat off his forehead. His hands clumsily completed the calculation of the accounts. After confirming that there was no one around, he shouted loudly in the noisy market, "Sakamoto! Sakamoto! Where the hell did you go? Come and move the goods!! "
On the fishing boat behind him, there was a clear response, but it wasn't the hoarse response of a middle-aged man, but the loud voice of a young girl.
"Coming, coming, please wait for a moment!"
The boxes that were piled up to a height of four or five meters seemed to have grown legs, staggering down from the boat. The dull sound of water echoed inside, and the buyer next to Takahashi changed his expression, and he couldn't help but take a step back.
That was a tank filled with seawater and seafood, if it fell, he might not be able to keep his life …
What was even more exaggerated was that this huge living thing that needed to be moved by a forklift actually came to him step by step with the support of a pair of hands.
Finally, with a bang, it was placed on the ground.
From behind, a young and pretty face with a delicate ghost horn squeezed out, smiled at Takahashi embarrassedly, "Mr. Sakamoto said he went to the toilet, and asked me to help him."
The buyer sucked in a breath of cold air and doubted his eyes.
Was this really a human?
Takahashi's expression, which was rarely sunny, became gloomier, "Toilet? I think he went to visit a prostitute! I hope I don't get fooled by that guy again. "
"It's okay, I'm strong anyway."
The girl called Shinki chuckled.
Takahashi retracted his gaze and looked at the buyer, "I'm sorry for making a fool of myself, Mr. Oxishima … The things we ordered are all here, please check them."
"It's okay, we trust the people recommended by Ms. Jiang."
The young man with dyed blonde hair smiled politely, after paying the bill, he said a few polite words, and immediately turned back to instruct the porters to load the cart.
From the beginning to the end, Shinki watched curiously from the side. These strange people seemed to have more or less tattoos on their bodies, and they didn't smile, but they were straightforward, and they didn't even haggle.
They didn't even need to record the monthly payment, but paid on the spot.
Many fishermen had turned down orders from other places, and gave priority to the goods to them, and took the initiative to give a generous discount …
"Is there going to be a big shopping mall nearby?"
Shinki blinked and looked forward to it, "Next time, we can go shopping!"
"Hmph, they're all hypocrites."
Behind her, the young man who was scraping fish on the side of the boat snorted coldly and cursed in a low voice, "I don't know what those guys from the Paper Group are doing …"
He had a huge birthmark on his face, and his keratinized skin curled up like scales. When he talked about that word, his expression was full of disgust.
Shinki was stunned for a moment, and then again, she looked back, thinking that she had misheard and didn't react.
"Toshio, you just said … the Paper Group?"
"Huh? Sister Shinki, don't you know? " Toshio spat into the sea and said disdainfully, "It's the new leader of the villains in the city, the Paper Group. Heh, in order to do business for himself, he monopolized all the water and vegetable supply in the inner circle of Danbo. He wants to eat all of it alone."
"Huh?" Shinki was confused, "Paper Group … Group?"
"Yeah, the name is strange, right?" Toshio snorted, "I heard that he's also a pervert. Last time I saw him taking off his clothes on the street, shameless."
Shinki felt that her brain couldn't process, and felt that something was wrong, "Uh, then … he's not necessarily a bad person, right?"
Toshio paused for a moment, and his eyes drooped, unable to hide his hatred.
"Brother Ryuu was killed by him. Auntie Uchiyama was such a good person, but now she's crying every day … He even pretended to ask people to give him money, as if he wants his stinky money!"
Toshio paused for a moment, and his hand holding the knife was so tight that it turned white.
He lowered his head and squeezed out a hoarse voice from between his teeth,
"Sooner or later, I'll kill him …"
In the low sound of footsteps, a burly shadow appeared behind him. He froze for a moment, then turned around and saw Takahashi's cold expression.
"Brat, I'm warning you for the last time. I don't care about your business. Once you get off the boat, you can go wherever you want. But if you talk like a hooligan on my boat again, I will kick you off the boat. Do you understand?"
Toshio paused for a moment, then reluctantly nodded and continued scraping fish.
After a long time, Takahashi turned around and left.
For lunch, they had seafood rice with unlimited caviar and salmon. This was one of the benefits of working on a fishing boat, so Shinki ate more than half of the pot.
After lunch, Takahashi called Shinki into the cabin, then opened the safe inside, took out a thin stack of banknotes, and handed it to her.
"Four hundred thousand, this is your salary."
"Yeah! Thank you, Mr. Takahashi! "
Shinki raised the banknotes in her hand as if she had received a treasure, and excitedly waved her hands, "This can pay off a lot of the debt. When will we set off again?"
"At least four or five days later." Takahashi shook his head, glanced at Shinki, and hesitated.
"Huh? What's wrong? "Shinki didn't understand.
"… Keep an eye out." Takahashi said in a muffled voice, "I don't know why you need money so urgently, but when you get ashore, be careful of those people who say sweet words. The inner circle of Danbo is not like other places, and people are sinister."
He didn't know how such a stupid mixed-race girl grew up.
A week ago, she came looking for a job. If she wasn't strong enough to do the work of four or five people, and only wanted an ordinary salary, Takahashi didn't intend to hire her.
He had been prepared for her to cry after a few days of work, but he didn't expect that she had done so much work in a week, and she didn't even complain about being tired.
She was too stupid.
If it weren't for Takahashi's strict watch, she would have been cheated out of her money by those lazy people on the boat.
"Huh?" Shinki was puzzled, "I feel that everyone is quite good, and they don't smell like bad people."
Are you a dog?
Takahashi rolled his eyes, pointed to the cabin door, and told her to leave quickly. He was too lazy to pay attention to her.
But before she left, he stopped her with a serious look, "Don't spread Toshio's words outside … That's just a silly boy who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, do you understand?"
Shinki nodded blankly, as if she didn't understand.
Her silly look made Takahashi even more annoyed.
She was so brainless. Don't be deceived to go somewhere as soon as you get ashore, thinking of the consequences …
"Hey, Shinki!"
He got up and chased after her, asking, "Have you found a place to work?"
"Huh?" Shinki turned back.
"I … I …"
Takahashi hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed, "Didn't you say that you used to help in the kitchen? I know a restaurant I know, and it's hiring recently … "
"Hey! Oh! Okay! " Shinki's eyes widened in excitement, and she rushed over and held his calloused hands, "Please be sure to introduce it to me!"
There was a crisp sound.
Takahashi's face turned green.
"Shinki, you …"
"Huh? Mr. Takahashi, why are you crying? "
"Let go of my hand, my wrist is dislocated …"
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"Oh, fortunately, it's okay, Mr. Takahashi, I'm sorry …"
Holding the address and business card given to her by Takahashi, Shinki, who got off the boat, still looked back in the direction of the port uneasily, and sighed in distress, "I seem to have screwed up again."
"Sister Shinki, you should be careful."
Next to her, Toshio snorted, "That kind of middle-aged single old man may have bad intentions. You're so beautiful, what if one day he's lustful and does something to you …"
"Okay, okay, don't say that. Uncle Takahashi has his own difficulties." Shinki smiled and rubbed his hair, "Where are you going next?"
"I … don't know." Toshio's face was lonely, "After my brother left, Auntie Uchiyama has been very sad these two days. I don't want to disturb her."
"That's why she needs someone to comfort her. What are you thinking about? Family is very important! "
Shinki squeezed his head hard until Toshio cried out in pain, "Okay, don't waste money. Buy a gift for Auntie Uchiyama. She must miss you very much."
"Okay …"
"What's wrong? Don't be sad. "Shinki thought for a moment and suggested," How about I treat you to ramen? There's no limit. "
"Tsk, it's not a manga. Who would like that except for Uncle?"
"Hey! Ramen is very good. It's cheap, high in calories, and it's very filling. Sometimes it's even free … "Shinki said.
Zhen Xi said, "In short, when you grow up, you must eat more. Let's go."
Shinki dragged Toshio to eat ramen and then supervised him to buy a gift for Auntie Uchiyama. Shinki was still worried, so she resolutely walked Toshio to the place.
"It's already so late. I don't need you to walk me."
The closer they got to the place, the more Toshio resisted. He didn't dare to enter the door. On the other hand, Shinichi rolled up her sleeves and punched the wall beside her.
"I'm very strong. Don't worry."
With a bang, a big hole appeared in the wall.
Even Toshio, who knew of her monstrous strength, widened his eyes in shock. The people who had poked their heads out of the dark alleys with ill intentions swallowed their saliva, and then locked themselves back into the shadows.
"Okay, let's go. Auntie Uchiyama must be waiting for you."
She patted Toshio and pushed him in front of the dilapidated door.
Toshio took a deep breath, summoned his courage, and knocked on the door. No one answered. He knocked again, and still no one answered.
In the silence, the two looked at each other and had a bad feeling. But soon, the door opened.
Instead of the gloomy clouds and desolation that they had expected, the family was filled with a warm and harmonious atmosphere. An old man with a walking stick walked a smiling middle-aged woman to the door. When he saw the two of them, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Toshio, you're finally back?" The old man hugged the child in front of him in surprise. "You brought your friends. Come in, come in."
"This is Toshio?" The middle-aged woman smiled. "Just like Auntie Uchiyama said, he's young and cute."
"Auntie, who is she?" Toshio looked at the woman warily.
"How rude." The old man patted his head. "Don't be rude. It's been Miss Sonoda who's been comforting me and helping me these past few days."
"No, no, we're both members of the Fraternity. I'm just doing my job."
Auntie Uchiyama smiled and waved her hand. "I'll be leaving first. If you two have time, you can come to the Fraternity and participate in activities. We can only overcome difficulties together if we help each other."
After a few more pleasantries, she turned and left.
Zhen Xi stood there in confusion, looking in the direction she left.
That big sister had a strange smell on her …
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