Gao Qi's skin was very white, and he was very thin. His legs and arms were very thin, and his face was a little long because of his thinness. His nose was very straight and slightly big, but overall, he was definitely a handsome guy.
For some reason, Huang Fei looked at Gao Qi's not ugly face and felt more and more unpleasant to the eye.
After a long silence, someone knocked on the door. Then, the waiter pushed the door open and came in, putting the plates on the table.
"Please enjoy the spiced beef. Can I open the beer for you?"
Huang Fei exhaled, waved his hand, and said, "Open all of them and pour him a glass."
Gao Qi looked at the spiced beef on the table. This was really something he had never eaten or seen before. The beer that was poured into the glass also made him stare at it with surprise and joy for a long time.
"Eat."
Looking at Gao Qi in fear and trepidation, he picked up a piece of beef with a devout expression and put it into his mouth, and then his face began to shine, Huang Fei finally felt a little better again.
He did not want to find a sense of superiority over a student from another city at all. Huang Fei could not afford to lose face, but now, he felt joy and gratification from the bottom of his heart.
"The taste is not bad, right? How is it? Are you used to it?"
Huang Fei thought of himself as a civilized and cultured person. Of course, he was indeed a person with a high status, so he would not say something like "you have never eaten it before, right?", which was full of contempt. He could not afford to lose face.
Gao Qi nodded hard, and then he said in a surprised tone, "I'm used to it, I'm used to it. This is beef. I've never eaten it before. It's so delicious! Well, thank you. Should I give you a toast, Mr. Huang? Let me toast you. "
Gao Qi put down his chopsticks and picked up his wine glass. He stood up respectfully and put the glass down very low with a sincere expression. These actions made Huang Fei feel that Gao Qi could still be saved.
After clinking glasses with Gao Qi, Huang Fei downed the cold beer in one gulp. When he saw Gao Qi frowning in pain, he couldn't help but laugh. "You've never tasted beer before. Try it and forget about it."
"That won't do. It's our first time clinking glasses. How can we quit?"
Gao Qi stubbornly drank a glass of beer several times. His face began to turn red. Huang Fei smiled and said, "Eat, eat."
Gao Qi picked up the wine bottle and filled Huang Fei's empty glass before picking up two pieces of beef with his chopsticks.
It was obvious that Gao Qi had a strong desire for marinated beef, but he still put down his chopsticks and looked at Huang Fei, waiting for the next part of the conversation. This made Huang Fei very satisfied with Gao Qi's performance.
"Gao Qi, what do you think now that you see the difference between the inner and outer cities?"
"I want to replace them."
Huang Fei was starting to get angry. He frowned and said, "Speak human language!"
"That's right. I want to live like this, too."
Huang Fei couldn't help but tug at the collar of his shirt. Then he said meaningfully, "Then do you know what it's like outside the city? When you see the inner city, you might think that life in the outer city isn't a place for people to live. But when you get outside, you'll realize that the outer city is a paradise that wastelanders dream of. Why is that? "
"Wine and meat go to waste at the gates of the rich, and bones freeze to death on the roads. Outside the city, it's hard to say whether you'll live or die. In the outer city, you're worse off than the best, but better off than the worst. If you're asking why this happens, it's actually normal since ancient times. What's more, in this social Darwinian world, there's nothing strange about it."
Huang Fei was very happy at first. He knew what it meant to be worse off than the best, and he'd heard of wine and meat going to waste at the gates of the rich. But this social Darwinism made him angry again. He didn't quite understand what it meant.
Gao Qi saw that Huang Fei's expression wasn't right, so he hurriedly whispered, "Social Darwinism is the law of the jungle. A slightly better way to put it is."
Huang Fei nodded, but then he put on a straight face. "Then do you know …"
What did he want to ask?
Huang Fei thought for a moment. Then he realized, annoyed, that his plans had been disrupted. The reason was that every time he wanted to ask a question, Gao Qi would interrupt him midway.
There was a knock on the door again, and the waiter served two dishes. One was vegetables, and the other was stewed mutton.
Huang Fei, who felt that it was meaningless, waved his hand to let Gao Qi eat by himself. He was a little flustered now, and his appetite was not good.
Gao Qi ate very carefully, and it could even be said that he was devout. When he saw that Gao Qi was about to cry, Huang Fei finally had the mood to speak. So he said very seriously, "Do you really know everything?"
Gao Qi quickly put down his chopsticks and said with a sincere face, "Of course I don't dare to say that I know everything. It's just that I happen to know the answers to a few questions you asked. There's nothing new under the sun, but if you want to ask me the specific reasons for certain things, I definitely don't know."
Huang Fei felt that he couldn't answer Gao Qi's question. For him, who had always been able to control the direction of a conversation, this situation was very rare and very annoying.
"Your problem is that you're too bookish! I've told you before, speak human language! "
His words were a little harsh. Huang Fei was forced to admit that he didn't understand Gao Qi's words. There was nothing he could do about it. Not only did the two catastrophes cause more than 90% of the human population to die, but the more serious problem was the cultural gap caused by the lack of education. Especially in his generation, there were very few people who could complete basic education.
Huang Fei knocked on the table with his hand and said in a deep voice, "A bookworm like you who just left school and doesn't know anything will easily die outside the city. Do you know that? You just have to answer my questions properly. Don't give me any bullshit. Speak the human language. Remember, speak the human language! "
Gao Qi nodded, and then he said very sincerely, "Mr. Huang, I'm sorry. In fact, I know that the best I can do right now is to pretend that I don't know anything. I only need to say that I don't know anything, but I don't want to play dumb. If I know something, I know it; if I understand it, I understand it. I hope you can understand this characteristic of mine."
Huang Fei was speechless. He looked at Gao Qi with a very strange expression. After hesitating for a moment, Gao Qi finally continued in a very serious tone, "I'll say it again. If you give me a gift, you must have a request. I know that you are a psychic, and I also know that you are a big shot. A big shot like you invited me to dinner because of my shooting talent. Other than that, I can't think of any other reason. Mr. Huang, I'm very happy that I have value, but I don't want to just be treated as a tool, a tool that can only be used once."
Huang Fei looked a little stunned. Thinking about it, it was normal. No one would dare to use such a tone to say these words to him.
Gao Qi was afraid that he wouldn't have a chance to finish his sentence, so he quickly said, "Actually, it's okay to be used as a tool. If I can live the life of an inner city citizen, I really don't mind being a tool. But the problem is, with your identity, it's too easy to find a gunman. Why do you need me? There are plenty of snipers in the city defense army, and no matter how talented I am, I can only fire 20 bullets. So, what you want me to do must be very dangerous. I've seen too much of this kind of thing. Oh, I've read too many books, so I'm not willing to be a disposable tool. Absolutely not. "
After saying all this in one breath, Gao Qi hesitated for a moment. Then, he sighed and continued with a helpless expression, "Mr. Huang, I'm a person with a brain. It's not impossible for me to do dangerous things if you want me to do secret things that are not convenient for the City Guard to know. Even if you don't say anything, I still know a lot after eating this meal. But the problem is that even if I don't say these things, you can still kill me at any time. So, it seems that it's very difficult for me to escape the fate of being silenced."
Gao Qi said the essence of the matter, which was also the truth. No matter what he said or did, Huang Fei could really kill him with just a flick of his finger. This was the absolute power of the law of the jungle. What could he do? He might as well just tell him everything.
Huang Fei took a deep breath. He looked at Gao Qi in disbelief, but he really didn't know what to say.
Gao Qi pointed to his head and said, "Mr. Huang, although I'm young, I have a brain and a mind of my own. Also, I don't have any special ability or strength. I'm very weak, so I won't be stupid enough to tell anyone what happened today. I can't pose any threat to you. Do you agree with what I said?"
Huang Fei nodded subconsciously.
Gao Qi said expectantly, "Mr. Huang, to sum up, I'm an excellent candidate worthy of your long-term investment. There are many people with power these days, but not many people with brains. If you think I'm a useful person, you can use me for a long time. It's a waste to use a talent like me as cannon fodder. Can you give me a chance to prove my value?"
Huang Fei took a deep breath and said, "Are you mocking me?"
"I don't dare and I can't mock you. I'm just telling the truth. Mr. Huang, from the moment you suddenly asked me to get in the car, I knew that today's matter wouldn't be easy. I thought about it all the way and decided to be frank. Now that I've said what I should say, whether you want to kill me or let me go depends on your mood. I can't do anything, so I want to eat a few mouthfuls of good food while I'm still alive."
Gao Qi was very open-minded. He picked up his chopsticks and said with a smile, "After living for so long, I finally have a good meal. At least I know what beef tastes like, so I should thank you now and eat more."
Gao Qi really began to eat, and he ate quite quickly.
Huang Fei was deep in thought. He even felt that Gao Qi's words were very reasonable, and he couldn't find any reason to refute. He even began to feel that Gao Qi's words were unfathomable.
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