When people grow old, they always miss their youth.
Just like young people who have just emerged from society, they will miss the beauty of their college days.
Duan Tiannan was sitting in a bar with loud music.
This unshaven middle-aged man with a bulging belly failed to attract the attention of the opposite sex, so he could only sigh while holding the wine bottle.
"What are you sighing for?"
Lu Wen found him.
This man promised to protect Xia Chuluo, but after leaving the slum, he wandered around without looking serious.
"I think back when I was young, even those princesses were fascinated by me."
"What's next?"
"Follow-up...that damn guy came during Xia Tian. He...he is a little more handsome than me, and the princess fell in love with him again."
"Why didn't you see the red leaves?"
"She went to protect Xia Chuluo. Don't worry, the few little guys arranged by Luo Ruyan are not enough for her appetizer."
Duan Tiannan held the bottle and took a swig, and the whole bottle of wine was drained.
He put the empty wine bottle on the table and complained: "The wine in the bar is expensive and tastes bad. I really don't know why these young people like to come to this kind of place. I think about when I was young..."
"Take whatever you want to drink, I'm treating you today."
"Huh? Did you win the lottery or were you kept by a rich woman? With your pretty face, it seems the latter is more likely, isn't it... You didn't misappropriate the donation funds for the congressman's campaign, right?"
"Hit the jackpot."
"Okay, I'll reluctantly believe you for once."
Duan Tiannan put a smile on his face, took a trip, and came back with a lot of wine of all kinds in his arms.
Lu Wen knew that this middle-aged man was not short of money. He must have made enough money to retire.
"Let me guess what you want to ask, about Zero? Or about Xia Zheng? Tell me, for the sake of your treat, I can answer a few more questions for you today." Duan Tiannan lay comfortably on the sofa.
"How about I treat you every day?" Lu Wen asked.
"What a beautiful thought!"
It is indeed a technical job to get words out of the mouths of these middle-aged people who only half-talk.
The longer you live, the more you know.
Duan Tiannan's rich life experience has made him a walking knowledge base.
"If androids and humans fight, can the androids win?"
Lu Wen didn't know much about the situation in other cities. He only heard that the two cities in the north seemed to be more friendly to androids.
"Oh, you actually asked this, let me think about it..." Duan Tiannan touched his unshaven chin, frowning and thinking for a few seconds.
"The androids will lose miserably. The land will be wiped out by artillery fire. The androids in no-man's land will be wiped out, unless they escape to those contaminated areas."
"But humans will also pay a certain price. A small half of the price here comes from the frontal battlefield, and a large half comes from the bionic people who have already infiltrated human society."
Duan Tiannan looked around, as if he was looking for something.
But none was found.
"Human beings' biggest fear of bionic people is that one is work issues, and the other is that their identity has been replaced. They will be afraid that their relatives, friends, and everything they are familiar with will be secretly replaced by bionic people, and they are completely unaware of this replacement. It started a long time ago.”
"Why hasn't Parliament limited the number of androids?"
"It has been restricted for a long time. When the bionic technology reached the third generation, the two companies suffered the most serious sanctions and almost went bankrupt. That was the first time they joined forces. From that time on, they began to heavily fund those companies. Elected members, you know.”
"Understood."
No wonder there are many members of Parliament who are friendly to androids.
That may not be because they really think that bionic people are good, but because of some kind of interest issue.
The law stipulates that there is a limit on how much each company can contribute to a single parliamentary candidate.
But the two companies took advantage of the loophole. Since there is an upper limit on individual funding, they will fund every congressional candidate, especially the poorer ones.
On the surface, there is support, but there are other transactions secretly.
Anyway, when it comes to money, no company can match these two companies.
"What else do you want to ask? I don't know very well about Xia Zheng's death. I had already semi-retired at that time, but I can tell you with certainty that one Luo Ruyan can't handle Xia Zheng, and ten Luo Ruyan can't. impossible."
Duan Tiannan shook his head, his voice was calm.
"Although this little girl Xia Chuluo is smart, her vision is still too low. She has never been to other cities since she was born. I don't know how powerful her father is. He is a ruthless person who dares to threaten the floating city."
"But her idea is right. After fishing for more than ten years, she catches Luo Ruyan. It's up to her to decide what to do next."
Before Lu Wen could ask, Duan Tiannan had already told everything.
The music in the bar was very loud, but fortunately Lu Wen's hearing was more sensitive than ordinary people.
"By the way, I remember Xia Zheng said before that when his daughter turns eighteen, he will take her to watch the fireworks below the Floating City... the most gorgeous fireworks in history."
Xia Chuluo is almost twenty-one, and that promise is destined to be unfulfilled.
Duan Tiannan then answered some other questions.
It made Lu Wen understand the world more thoroughly.
"No. Zero was shot dead three times in total. Who were the other two times?"
"I thought you wouldn't ask."
Duan Tiannan smiled and took a sip of wine to moisten his throat.
"I noticed that you have changed a lot. Did something happen to you recently?"
"What has changed?"
"I used to love hunting. Nothing could escape my gun. Do you know why? Because once you start escaping, you will define yourself as a prey. You were the same way before. I never counted on you. You're a capable Zero, but now you... look more like a hunter."
Duan Tiannan put the wine bottle on the table and looked up into Lu Wen's eyes.
"Afraid that you will always be controlled by others."
…
The city of Mowu suddenly became hot in early June.
The weather in this world is always unpredictable.
Sometimes you can experience the four seasons in one day.
Two inmates in the prison suffered from heat stroke, and some were mentally depressed.
Jiang Xiaonian's situation is not bad, he has a single room.
special treatment.
In order to prevent the problem that was provoked last time, I now watch him alone every day.
Moreover, the guards are different people every day to prevent Jiang Xiaonian from seeing his weaknesses if the time is too long.
"Tsk, this damn weather, let me tell you this little brother, it doesn't matter if prisoners like me don't have air conditioning, why can't you enjoy air conditioning?" Jiang Xiaonian smiled gently.
"Shut up!"
The guard is a very young man who has just come here.
He ignored Jiang Xiaonian.
"I'm very angry, maybe because of the weather. Don't eat too greasy lately." Jiang Xiaonian said warmly, "Let me see, you ate at the noodle shop on Green Street at noon today, right?"
"How did you know... No, shut up, I'm not allowed to have too much communication with you!"
"Just talking." Jiang Xiaonian said with a smile: "There is sauce on your sleeves. In District 13, that kind of sauce can only be found in that noodle shop."
"Have you ever eaten at that noodle shop?" the young man on guard asked doubtfully.
"Yes, because I used to be very poor, and that noodle shop happened to be very cheap, so I often went there to eat." Jiang Xiaonian shrugged helplessly.
"How can someone like you be short of money?" the guard asked.
"Of course, my family was very poor when I was a child and couldn't even afford to pay for school." Jiang Xiaonian shook his head and sighed softly.
"Oh, my family is too. It's all because of those damn bionics. My parents have lost their jobs. I haven't even paid off my student loan yet." The guard was also reminded of certain memories and sighed.
"But then I made a lot of money, and you know how I made it?"
Jiang Xiaonian smiled gently, like a harmless big boy.
…
Good night, all book friends.
Ah, leader.
I still owe two updates to Du La La girl and four updates to Qiao girl.
What to do... What if I could have 48 hours in a day...
Thanks to book friends for remembering the glory of that time, book friends 20190621193143515, Awakening from Dreams, Drunk and Happy, Little Cutie in the World, and Qitu Dian for their rewards.
(End of chapter)