Lao Jiang made a fortune tonight and felt very happy.
Thanks to Ruyue's miraculous fortune, the sales of the ashes that had worried him were solved. The appearance of the Hongyan Society was a surprise and solved Jiang Xia's urgent problem.
But this also means that Jiangxia can no longer engage in monopoly business.
This made him feel a little melancholy. Sure enough, facts once again proved that without a sales network of his own, many things could not be accomplished.
He was basically certain that Hongyan would take his ashes at that price and resell them for a huge profit.
This situation reminded him of a drama he had watched in his previous life.
The money that Lao Bai and Xiao Fen earned from selling the goods they made with great effort is not as much as that earned by the big dealers who could make ten times the profit by just passing the goods around through their own sales network.
The dilemma of Mr. Heisenberg now fell on Jiang Xia. He thought, if he also had a reliable platform, then why would he need to do the ash business?
If you just take the same commission as Hongyan Club, you can make a lot of money.
However, the emergence of the Hongyan Society gave Jiang Xia an inspiration. He had another product on hand, but he originally didn't know how to sell it. Now he has a preliminary idea.
"Mart, is Shi Rui on your side?"
At dawn, the wasteland craftsman Malte, who was busy completing the arms order of Kunlun Square, suddenly received a message from Jiang Xia. The bald craftsman glanced at the third prince who was operating the machine tool next to him.
Then he responded.
Shi Rui is also interesting.
Although he was the third prince and a disciple of a big sect, he had no difficulty at all doing this kind of mechanical work, which reminded Malte of several good apprentices he had in the past.
To be honest, he liked this young man very much. If he were in the wasteland, relying on Shi Rui's sensitivity and love for machinery, he would definitely become an excellent engineer.
"Tell him to come over to my side. I have something I need him to test. Is Sue where you are?"
Jiang Xia asked casually.
"Su isn't here."
Malte rubbed his bald head, waved to Shi Rui, and replied in the chip communication:
"He followed your orders, the boss, to go and enlighten Julie."
"Oh, I forgot about that. OK, go ahead and do your thing. I'll ask him about the progress."
——
Sue is counselling Julie.
Well, the guidance was very "dedicated" and very "passionate". In a dark forest in Liu's garden, passion was bred in the darkness.
After a long period of fusion and collision, the two separated like entangled snakes, gasping and suppressed screams.
The young man Su is actually not very keen on this kind of love between men and women. He has been taught by Rogge since he was a child, and his lifestyle is very much like that of an ascetic.
However, Jiang Xia asked him to enlighten Julie, and Su was willing to help.
But everyone in the Black Hand Society knows what kind of person Julie is.
You want her to listen to you.
You have to satisfy her physical needs first.
Sue and Julie have known each other for a long time.
In Su's memory, Julie was not like this before, especially when they were doing research in Free Citizen City. Julie was a very conservative woman and had a husband who loved her very much.
Unfortunately, in the final conflict, Julie lost everything, and then...
She changed.
Everything has changed drastically, he has become a completely different person, no longer hiding his pursuit of happiness. Black Hand, no, perhaps everyone in the entire wasteland has mental health problems.
Julie's condition was the most serious.
"call"
Julie, wearing a disheveled long skirt, leaned against a tree in the garden, her face full of satisfaction. She popped a lady's cigarette out of the small square of her prosthetic ammunition, held it to her lips, and lit it with a cool scrap lighter.
Looking at Su who was getting dressed, the slut blew a smoke ring and said:
"Little brother, why are you so proactive today?
You used to ignore your sister, have you grown up suddenly? I heard that the daughter of the silk shop owner in the market has been actively looking for you these days.
It seems that our Su Ye finally has a suitor. Judging from your performance just now, that girl will definitely be very happy in the future."
Having said this, Julie covered her mouth and let out a series of ambiguous laughs.
"The boss asked me to enlighten you."
Su put on her clothes, zipped up her zipper, and said without turning her head:
"But I'm not very good at convincing others. Maybe if I can make you happy, you will give up some dangerous thoughts."
"Jiang Xia?"
Julie curled her lips, took a puff of cigarette irritably, and said with her head down:
"have a finger in the pie."
"You want to go back to the wasteland, right?"
Su turned around and half-knelt on the ground.
Looking at Julie, who was in dishevel and sitting like a little girl, he reached out his hand, helped her put on her clothes, stared into her eyes, and said:
"But you also know that when Rogge sent you here, he made it clear that you are not allowed to go back again! Jiang Xia doesn't know about this, but I do.
I also know why Rogge gave this order."
"Snap"
Before Su finished speaking, Julie slapped him in the face. The woman who had just been comforted and satisfied was like a madman at this moment, and whispered:
"You stinky man! Stop guessing what I'm thinking!"
"You don't want to live anymore."
Su touched his cheek. Julie's slap just now was merciless. Her left hand had also been modified with prosthetics, and the slap made Su's mouth bleed.
But Sue didn't care.
He just said very calmly:
"After the day Pete died in battle, you didn't want to live anymore. The reason you're still following Roger is because you want to fulfill Pete's last wish.
You want to find hope for the Black Hand Society's survival, so you allow yourself to live a life of drunkenness and dreams every day.
Now that hope has been found, you feel that your mission has been accomplished, and you want to find the Eternal Life Society and die together with him. Why did Roger send you here?
Who do you think you can hide those explosives you've hidden from me?
Rogge asked you to come here only because he didn't want to see you commit suicide. Don't even think about going back!
I won't allow it, and Jiang Xia won't allow it either.
Julie, this world will be your home from now on.
You are no longer a wastelander.
Roger has expelled you, and you are no longer a soldier of the Black Hand.
You are the owner of Kunlunfang and you are responsible for helping us build a business network in this new world.
This is your new identity !
This is your new mission, and also your last mission."
"Shut up!"
Julie clenched her fists. She avoided Su's gaze and said in a hoarse voice:
"Don't meddle in adult matters, kid! I'm old enough to be your mother, don't guess what I'm thinking. I just... I just can't adapt to this place.
I don’t want to fit in here.”
The female warrior changed her sitting posture to one with her knees bent, her arms around her knees, and her tone suddenly became a little empty.
With a feeling of nostalgia, a feeling of confusion, and a feeling of pain.
She took a long drag on her cigarette and said:
"Su, you know what?
Every time I see this normal world, I...
I would hate it!
I will hate its tranquility, hate its comfort, hate its peace. We cannot enjoy all of this, and this is not what we should enjoy.
Su, we have been barbaric for too long and can no longer communicate with civilization.
When Pete was still here..."
Julie was silent for a moment, then continued:
"When he was still around, we would imagine what a normal world would be like if we were born before the nuclear war.
We can't imagine.
Every day when I open my eyes, all I see is a wasteland, the world after the apocalypse. That is our destination.
Pete had died there.
He hated the land.
I know, I hate it too.
We still fantasize about having a child, but we don't dare. We don't dare to have a child. I don't want him to sink into the chaos and despair of the wasteland like us.
Can you understand?
When I saw this world with my own eyes, I realized that I was wrong. I couldn't think of it.
It's not that it's not beautiful enough.
But it's just too beautiful.
It was so beautiful that I felt like I was dreaming.
You know what's the most painful thing?"
Julie raised her head and looked at Su. She suddenly reached out and roughly pulled Su's neck over.
She gritted her teeth and said:
“The person who was with me is no longer here, so he can’t enjoy this kind of scenery anymore, but I can see it every day, and it drives me crazy.
What is more painful than despair is that you are in hope but you can't feel any happiness at all.
At that time, at least I still had Pete, and I could snuggle with him to get through the despair, but now, I am alone, and no matter how beautiful things are, they are torture for me.
I'm driving me crazy!
Let me go back.
Please...
Su.
Please, don't torture me with these beautiful things anymore, I can't breathe, I can't breathe, please don't torture me.
Let me go back.
Being buried in the fierce battle in the sea of ​​sand is the final destination for people like me.
It is also the best destination.
I am a born dirty soul, destined to crawl through my life in the dark hell. I am incompatible with this new world full of light...
Oh my god.
I’m going crazy.”
Like the ravings of a madman, from the intense beginning to the sobbing at the end.
Julie, who had been immersed in happiness, was as fragile as a helpless child at this moment. She hugged her knees and buried her head in her arms, shivering like in the cold winter.
This is a soul at a loss.
As she said, when the past is filled with pain, there is no room in the remaining body to accommodate all the good things.
Even if...
She was already in hope.
"But you can do it, Julie."
Su held Julie in his arms, and he gently patted Julie's trembling back, as if comforting a child.
He whispered:
"You can have a new life, you can have a child with Pete, you can have him born in a new world, Pete keeps his sperm in the lab.
do you remember?
Each of us did so, and although the original purpose was just to use it as a blueprint for biological experiments, we accidentally preserved a glimmer of hope.
As long as we can take back the lab, you can have a child with Pete in this world, and you can watch him grow up in the new world.
You can protect him from the pain we go through.
We will get it back.
Julie.
You can do it too.
Live well, in this world, for Pete, for your future children, live well.
I will also stay here permanently. Like you, I am afraid of those unreal beauties. Like you, I also want to escape back to the wasteland.
But we hope...
We can fulfill this wish, we can... um..."
Before Su could finish her words, Julie pushed her to the ground. The female warrior spoke out her true feelings, and at this moment she was in a state that was difficult to describe.
She rode on Su, looked down at him, and cried bitterly.
She tore Su's clothes like a wild animal and screamed:
"I don't want to hear you say this, and I don't need you to persuade me. What do you, a little brat, know about the principles of life? Now! Give it to me!"
Su hesitated.
He was hesitating whether to push away Julie, who was obviously out of control.
Then, Jiang Xia's faint voice rang in his mind.
"Give it to her!"
"Oh my god, this poor woman's story makes a cold-blooded bastard like me cry."
"Also, next time before you do anything, remember to turn off the communication... I'm doing serious work! Malte is almost dying of laughter! And Jasmine is still a child!
You two bastards!
I'll give you twenty minutes. Finish your work quickly and then go and have some rest. You still have to work tomorrow. Office romances are prohibited here. You bunch of useless people, stop causing trouble for me.
Also, give her a hug for me.
She was so miserable.”
After saying this, Jiang Xia very "politely" unilaterally turned off the communication frequency band that had eavesdropped on the entire process.
He exhaled a smoke ring, looked at Ruyue standing in front of him, placed his right hand with the storage ring on the table, and tapped the broken tabletop in front of him with his left hand holding the cigarette.
He said:
"Well, let's continue our conversation, Kisaragi, about your future life plans."