"What does this mean?" Yaqi looked coldly at the arrogant Vampire King, his tone questioning.
"Nothing, just completing the 'privatization of the enterprise'. These guys are really annoying." When Art mentioned the eleven clans, his expression was as if he remembered the annoying flies flying around. "Normally, they don't seem to care much about the future of the enterprise. They enjoy themselves recklessly with billions of dividends every year, and you bribed them with huge sums of money. These are fine, I'm tired, after all, we are still a 'family'. But what I can't stand is that after hundreds of years, they have forgotten their identities and turned around to give me suggestions
Yaqi, can you allow your dog to bark at its owner? I don't want to be laughed at by others when I go out."
"You killed them just for this?" Yaqi didn't understand what was going on in the guy in front of him.
"Isn't the crime of treason enough to make them die a hundred times?" Art asked doubtfully.
"I thought we could have been friends." Yaqi sighed regretfully.
"Vampires don't need friends. The company of the night is enough." With a faint smile, Art drank the contents of the cup in one gulp. "As for your development plan, it is actually not very tempting to me. It is enough to have enough human money. If there is too much, it is no different from waste paper. I already have enough strength to support my own tribe. Expansion is just adding more mouths to feed me.
And you really want to turn me into a yes-man, to listen to your orders...
I, Art, have not yet fallen to the level of being a dog.
Sorry, my chef has a cold, so there is no dinner for you. Please go back!"
"You..." The boy clenched his fists and was about to explode.
"Since your attitude is so firm." Yaqi stopped his subordinate and led him to slowly retreat away, "I hope you will not regret your decision today in the future."
"I'm not in the habit of regretting things." Art's tone was as if he was thanking his friend for the reminder.
Even after leaving the hall, the boy still looked angry. Just imagine, when have the ghosts ever suffered such humiliation
"Sir, are we really just going to let it go like this?" The boy asked unconvincedly along the way.
"Of course it can't end like this." Yaqi's face was particularly ugly. Xu Zhe in the past had never been able to make him so angry. "Those who refuse to stand together are enemies, but you don't have to fight the enemy yourself. Just find the enemy of your enemy..."
Today's meeting has determined the future relationship between Baigui and vampires, and it is also the first time that Baigui realizes that there are still people in the world who dare to resist him.
It will probably rain heavily tomorrow, right
Back in the silent hall, Art finally put down the crystal wine glass, his handsome face was so calm. He was not happy about humiliating Yaki, nor anxious about offending Baigui. He looked calm, as if nothing in the world could shake his heart.
He slowly stood up, walked down from the throne that symbolized the throne, and walked towards the exit.
"Sang Mei, Sang Qi, we are going on a long journey. Let's go get a head that I have 'reserved'..." The words were spoken softly, and like a summoning magic, two figures quickly landed on the dark ceiling and naturally followed the pace of their master. The Vampire King took the initiative...
I wonder whose neck will have four more hideous bloody holes
The next day, regardless of the weather in London, Venice continued to be sunny and cloudless.
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Reina climbed out of the quilt. She was in a particularly good mood today. Probably because of Xu Zhe's praise last night, Reina really had a beautiful dream of being admired by everyone.
Lena, happily dressed and ready for school, came downstairs leaping. Xu Zhe had already gone out to "work" with his easel on his back, leaving her mother alone in the living room.
Normally at this time my mother would be busy making her own lace, but today she was unexpectedly counting the remaining coins.
"Mom." Smiling, she ran to her mother's side and gave her a big kiss. Lena smiled strangely, "Okay, even mom has started to hide her private money. Aren't you afraid of corrupting your daughter?"
"Go away, don't make fun of your mother. I'm calculating." The mother laughed and coaxed the naughty boy, "See how much money we have to buy good food to entertain our tenants, Zhe?"
"What's wrong? Why are you so enthusiastic all of a sudden? Do you want to increase the rent?!" Reina pouted in dissatisfaction, as if she was going to pay for it herself.
"Girl, what do you think your mother is?" He tapped Reina's head lightly, as a punishment for her slandering her mother. "Do you know what day it is today? It's Zhe's birthday. If I hadn't been careful when I looked at his ID card, I wouldn't have known that he's already 26. This kid is pretty pitiful. He left his hometown and came to us alone, without any friends or relatives. After all, we live under the same roof, and others have paid the rent for several months. We can't be ignorant landlords, so I plan to help him celebrate."
"Mom!" Holding her mother's face, Lena's eyes sparkled. "Today I realized how beautiful and holy you are. You are as kind as an angel. You are really the best mother in the world." Then, she hugged her mother tightly, not afraid that she would suffocate.
"You little girl, do you want to strangle your mother to death? Why don't you go to school?!" Seeing her mother raising her hand to hit her and sticking out her cute tongue, Lena skipped out of the house.
Looking up at the sky, I suddenly felt that today's sun is brighter than usual and the blue sky is wider than usual.
I deliberately took a long detour through the market and happened to see Xu Zhe painting his first painting of the day. The customers were a couple, who happily smiled and admired the silver ripples on the river, without any self-consciousness that a "model" should have.
"Hey!" Lena jumped behind Xu Zhe and took the initiative to greet him. Normally, she would not have the courage to do so. But after last night, she found that Xu Zhe was easier to get along with than she thought.
"Is it you? What's wrong? You look so happy. Is the school going to be on holiday?" Xu Zhe also smiled, which was rare for him. He also had some good feelings for this innocent girl.
"It's much better than that. You'll know if you go home early today. Remember to go home early!" She emphasized it again. Without giving Xu Zhe a chance to ask further questions, Lena crossed her hands behind her and jumped away.
Shaking his head with a helpless smile, Xu Zhe put his attention back on painting. Suddenly, the couple screamed in panic and pointed at the river. The woman was speechless and the man was so scared that his face turned pale.
The already bustling market suddenly became even more lively, and everyone flocked to the river.
I saw a naked female corpse floating along the beautiful river towards the city, and the sirens of the water police motorboat sounded again.
"How tragic! Another woman bitten to death by the devil." Some passers-by sighed.
"This is the thirteenth one, and every one of them is a female terrorist. I heard the morgue at the East District Police Station is almost full."
"May God bless you..."
Seeing the police salvage the body that had been bitten to pieces, the crowd began to disperse in frustration. Life will never be disrupted because of a corpse. After all, the living must survive.
Looking at the corpse from a distance, Xu Zhe became thoughtful...
Time passed silently, and the angle of the sun changed slowly. On this day, Reina was in no mood to listen to what the teacher said. She supported her head with one hand, looked at the sky outside the window, and guessed with lifeless eyes.
I don't know how many times I was asked by the teacher to answer a question, only to find that I was holding the textbook from the previous class, which caused a burst of laughter from my classmates, and the teacher could only shake his head and sigh helplessly. Several good friends were all laughing, Reina was thinking about love today!
In fact, it's not much different. Lena has been thinking about what kind of gift to give Xu Zhe? It should be novel and special, and it would be best if it can integrate all the emotions she wants to express.
My poor mother told me this important news in the morning, so I didn't have time to save money. So my friends became the target of plunder...
Reina showed her true nature as The Merchant of Venice, shaving her friends clean, leaving the female classmates with no choice but to sit together at noon and eat disgusting bread.
As soon as she heard the school bell, without waiting for the teacher to announce the end of get out of class, Reina put on her backpack, swept through the classroom like a gust of wind, and rushed out through the back door.
As the sun gradually set, with the sweetest smile on her face and the funds "sponsored" by her classmates, Reina ran directly to the gift market in the East District.
She was so naive that she would never notice that in a dark alley, a few pairs of blood-red pupils were staring at her. In the big grinning mouth, four white canine teeth were extremely scary even without any light.
He looked at the clock on the watchmaker's stall next to him, which showed that it was already half past six. With a smile, Xu Zhe stood up and stretched his body.
"Want to paint?" a tourist walked up to him and asked.
"I'm sorry, I have something to do today, so I have to close the stall." With an apologetic smile, Xu Zhe remembered what Lena emphasized and declined the business.
This caused the familiar vendors around him to joke that Xu Zhe had an appointment with a beautiful woman and had even stopped doing business.
In response, Xu Zhe just smiled and did not say anything, and started packing up his stall.
I don’t know if it’s because of the embrace of the sea, but the people here are naturally open-minded, enthusiastic, humorous, romantic, and non-confrontational.
Venice is the living room of Europe, and Xu Zhe now has a deep understanding of this. To welcome guests from afar, Venice not only has its beautiful scenery, but also the simplicity and kindness of its people.
After returning to the rented house, Xu Zhe finally understood why Lena had repeatedly emphasized that he should go home early.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a sumptuous dining table with all kinds of delicious food, which is only cooked when the Venetians celebrate a grand festival. However, in Xu Zhe's impression, today does not have any special meaning to the Venetians. No matter how grand the festival is, it will not make the boatman's father go home early, right
"Happy birthday, Zhe, congratulations on growing another year older." Smilingly, she took the luggage from Xu Zhe's shoulders and put it aside. The mother looked like she was welcoming her own child.
"Today is my birthday?" Xu Zhe was a little confused, and suddenly remembered that the birthday on the fake ID card he showed to the landlord was indeed this day.
"Look at our hardworking painter, he even forgot his birthday." The heroic father patted Xu Zhe's shoulder, and his palm, which was well-trained in rowing, almost patted Xu Zhe to the ground. But Xu Zhe knew that this was the highest way for the Venetian gondoliers to express their love, because they usually hold the oars in their hands for their survival, and such patting is to regard the guests as important as the oars. "Come on, you can't escape anything today, we have to have a good drink. Usually your aunt doesn't let me drink too much, for fear that I will fall into the river while rowing. How can you stop me today? How come you are already a 26-year-old man? When I was your age, my Reina was born. How is it? When do you plan to find a wife? The girls in Venice are more beautiful than each other."
"Look at yourself, you are not serious at all, how can you be an adult?" Mother scolded Dad for his big and strong body. "Don't scare our guests. Zhe (Zhe) is also tired after a day. Go take a shower first. We will have dinner when Reina comes back. I don't know where that damn girl is. She is almost 7 and still hasn't come home. Do you think I will punish her?"
Looking at the clock on the wall, the mother instinctively showed a little worry.
After returning to his room, Xu Zhe lay down on the soft bed and couldn't help smiling.