Chapter 315: A meal of kindness
With a clang, the staff pulled down the security curtain.
bass.
The staff was startled and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see a tall shadow standing in the dark corner.
"Who? Who's there?" the staff member shouted nervously. He turned on his phone and shone it over, and saw the existence in the dark corner. "What is it? It turned out to be a vending machine. I was shocked."
The staff member turned off the light on his phone. The vending machine in front of him was ordinary , just like any other vending machine on the street. But he still felt a subtle sense of disharmony. Strange, is there such a vending machine at the entrance of our supermarket? When was it installed here? He muttered to himself, turned around and checked the supermarket door again before leaving.
For several hours after the staff left, the vending machine remained motionless and silent. Pedestrians passed by from time to time, but few people paid attention to this inconspicuous vending machine.
It was early in the morning, and there was no one on the dark road, except for one or two night cars that sped by. At this time, the vending machine began to work.
This vending machine, Mai Mai, a military clerical robot from the Tianyun Galaxy Foundry, slid silently to the door of the supermarket. After a click, the anti-theft curtain rolled up. Mai Mai shot a red light at the electronic identification lock, and two seconds later, the supermarket door opened automatically. Before executing this program, Mai Mai did not forget to block the monitoring signal, so that even the security guard on night shift would only see the same repetitive image.
Mai Mai slid into the supermarket.
This supermarket is one of Maimai's purchase points. Whenever it needs to restock, it will quietly go to the supermarket to restock the goods in the dead of night. In Maimai's view, this is by no means illegal theft. Every time it purchases goods, it will pay the money exactly. Now that humans in Lola have adopted electronic accounting, for an alien military robot like Maimai, it only takes a few seconds to modify human electronic accounts without being noticed. Due to its limited capacity and small purchase volume, it has never aroused the suspicion of any supermarket staff in its life in Lola.
Oriental Leaves, Suntory Oolong Tea, Coca-Cola, Wang Laoji, Lays potato chips, ... Mai Mai methodically increased and decreased the amount of goods it purchased according to the frequency of recent purchases by customers. In addition to the original old products, it also prepared to import several new products. Mai Mai analyzed the recent Internet buzzwords and the human voices it monitored, and selected several popular snacks with excellent reputations. After putting several new products into the warehouse, Mai Mai checked the supermarket's product inventory and finally found its top priority target - Ququ Roland Puff Bomb.
This is a snack product that has been on the market for a short time and is very popular among young people. One of its flavors, orange raspberry, is a hit. It is only sold offline and it was hard to get a bag soon after it was launched. Mai Mai visited several supermarkets and convenience stores but found nothing. Now he finally found it in this store.
But there are only three bags left in stock.
With a slight mechanical hum, Mai Mai coldly and ruthlessly changed the inventory to zero and put all three bags of orange-raspberry flavored puff bombs into his bag.
After completing all the purchasing matters, Mai Mai prepared to leave.
"Stop." A voice came from the darkness.
Several binary codes flashed across Maimai's electronic screen. If Roken M90 was present, it could have concluded that Maimai's system was making continuous mistakes, which in a sense could be seen as the robot's extreme "emotionality".
"Put down the puffs you stole." The man showed up.
Qiao Yue glanced at Ji Chunfei in the back row.
Something happened in the class today. Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu, who were the most popular in the class talked to Ji Chunfei, who usually had almost no presence, which made the boys in the class talk about it.
Ji Chunfei is a very ordinary boy, with mediocre academic performance, mediocre sports performance, dull personality, and not naughty like those boys who can't sit still. Not to mention girls, even boys in the same class don't have a deep impression of him. Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu are completely opposite to Ji Chunfei. Both of them are students with excellent grades in the class. One is the class monitor and the other is the study committee member. They are both excellent in character and learning in the eyes of the teacher. In addition, Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu are both very beautiful. For a long time, there have been many disputes among boys about whether Zhu Haoting or Yan Zhu is more beautiful, but there is no doubt that Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu can be called the most dazzling star students in the class.
"Did you see it?" A boy next to Qiao Yue whispered to him.
Qiao Yue knew what he was talking about. Yan Zhu had just said something to Ji Chunfei. The classmates said that Yan Zhu had invited Ji Chunfei to join her after-school study group. It was not strange for an after-school study group to invite a student in the class, but the problem was that before a class, Zhu Haoting had also invited Ji Chunfei. The school had an assessment for after-school study group activities. Although the ranking , the group with the highest score would receive an extra reward, and all the students in the group would get extra points together. Under the current assessment system that focuses on daily scoring in primary schools that implement comprehensive quality education, this kind of group activity is quite important. Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu both have good grades, which means that the chances of getting high scores by joining their groups will be higher. If there is a chance, all the classmates in the class want to join their group. But now, these two popular after-school group leaders have invited Ji Chunfei, who is usually unknown, one after another, which can't help but make the boys in the class jealous.
"Qiao Yue, look, Ji Chunfei is really amazing."
Qiao Yue didn't say anything. For some purpose, he actually wanted to get close to Ji Chunfei. But for some reason, after seeing Zhu Haoting and Yan Zhu invite Ji Chunfei one after another, he suddenly lost the desire to approach and talk to Ji Chunfei.
When school was over, he secretly glanced at Ji Chunfei. The boy was still as dull and silent as usual, with little expression on his face.
Ji Chunfei put on his schoolbag and left the classroom.
Qiao Yue watched his receding figure, but ultimately did not chase after him.
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Xiu woke up in the darkness and sensed someone approaching.
As a Nansai warrior, it is his instinct to stay alert in a light sleep. Although his appearance is no different from the local Lora Homo sapiens, if scientists use instruments to see through his body, they will find that his body structure is different from that of humans. It can be said that he is a humanoid beast born for killing.
He had just arrived in Lola, or the planet the locals called Earth. Unlike most Nansai warriors, he did not have any emblems of the Nansai clan, only a blood-red mark on his forehead, indicating that he had taken a blood oath and was fulfilling his obligations. This was the revenge he had to complete .
Xiu can still clearly recall the scene of that day. Before leaving, he clung to the wall of the container, peeking at the young child who was in deep sleep. That was his younger brother, and the only blood relative left in the world. The child was attacked by some alien creature, causing severe brain damage, and was delayed in being sent to the hospital. All the doctors in Nansai said that they were powerless to save him. He will sleep in the life support container forever for the rest of his life, until his body fails, or - his brother Xiu cuts off the energy of the life support system himself .
After accompanying his brother through the first season in a daze and pain, Xiu washed off the clan emblem on his body and swore a blood oath in the presence of the elders.
From that day on, he no longer belonged to any clan, had no title, no honor, and could only return to the clan after taking the life of his enemy with a battle dance. After completing the blood oath ceremony, he left his hometown and embarked on the road of revenge.
Chasing various information and traces, he came to this remote corner of the galaxy, an independent civilization planet that has not yet been truly incorporated into the Interstellar Alliance - Lola.
He had a premonition that he would personally kill his enemies here, and this feeling became more real as he arrived on this planet.
However, the first day he arrived was quite embarrassing.
Because of the reckless pursuit in the early stage and the expensive boat tickets, he spent all his travel expenses. On the day he landed on the ground, he had not eaten for five days. For the Nansai warriors, they can reduce their body metabolism and can go up to seven days without eating or drinking, but the feeling of hunger is still not pleasant.
Xiu was starving at the time, squatting silently on the street, sniffing the aroma of food coming from the restaurant. The food culture of this planet was quite similar to that of the Nansai people, and after not eating for a few days, Xiu could hear the protest and cry of his digestive organs.
But he has no money.
Not a penny.
Just when he was so hungry that he almost lost the ability to think, his eyes met with those of a local boy, who held a fragrant rice ball in his hand.
Xiu stared at the rice ball greedily and swallowed his saliva.
The boy looked at him curiously, then handed him the rice ball.
“…”
"For you." said the boy.
His voice was full of kindness, without any pity that made Xiu uncomfortable. His eyes reminded Xiu of his younger brother, a pure kindness. After a moment of trance, Xiu's brain made a decision, took the rice ball from the boy, and swallowed it in big mouthfuls.
This was a favor he would never forget, and it was also the beginning of his acquaintance with a local boy named Qiao Yue.
He made a promise to the boy that he would repay him for his kindness.
Today, after sensing Qiao Yue's approach, Xiu walked to the side of the road. The boy would pass this road every day after school. Now he has temporarily settled down at a nearby construction site.
"Brother Qiao Yue, you are done with school." Xiu said with a smile.
"Hello, Brother Xiu."
This is the conversation they have every day these days.
"Brother Qiao Yue, you look like you have something on your mind. Do you need my help to solve it?"
Qiao Yue wanted to say that he had nothing on his mind like he did in the past, but in the end he thought about it again and again, and hesitantly said: "Brother Xiu, do you know someone who can buy this for me? I will pay for it."
Xiu poked his head in to take a look and saw Qiao Yue taking out an empty snack bag from his schoolbag, on which was written Ququ Roland Puff Bombs - Orange Raspberry Flavor.
