"I have spent eighty years getting to know this world, and have dealt with all kinds of people. I have seen stunning beauties playing with several ignorant teenagers in the palm of their hands, but I have never seen a handsome young man playing with several mature women. It's spinning around." Professor Harrison looked at Li Muye curiously and asked with a smile: "Oriental boy, can you answer my confusion?"
"I'm not sure what you said." Li Muye pretended to be dumbfounded and said, "It seems there is some misunderstanding between us." He stood up and left.
"You Chinese have a saying called a pretty boy who eats soft rice." Harrison waved his hand to signal Brother Ono to calm down, and continued: "Please forgive me for being direct, because I can't think of a more appropriate word to describe what you do. Because, in the past, I understood a pretty boy to be a guy who relies on women for food and is good at making women happy. Although despicable, he is weak. But you are completely different. Bei Anqi and the others have not consumed any addictive substances. It's a nerve-paralyzing toxin, but the description of you I heard from them is an infinite praise of a god and a saint."
Li Muye sighed and said, "Maybe they just have some misunderstanding about me, or maybe what you heard is not the truth."
"Young man, I have lived for eighty years, and I have my own way of observing and understanding the truth." Harrison said: "In my opinion, the truth is that their admiration and respect for an ordinary resident obviously exceeds the bottom line. Bianqi and Sandra are not kind women, and this will not change because of anyone's arrival. Their changes are only for you personally, and this is the unusual part."
"Obviously, you had hidden your prejudices before we met. No matter how I explain, you won't believe that I didn't do anything to them?"
"The person who just sent you here is Diane Kruger. Her father, Matt Kruger, was once my student and one of the three deputy deans of the Presbyterian House in the underground city." Harrison said: " The purpose of telling you this is to let you understand that Diane Kruger's family is a special existence in the underground city. She is born with arrogance, but in front of you, she, the noble mistress of the God Clan, looks more Like a maid."
"Is it really that obvious?" Brother Xiaoye realized that he couldn't rely on him, so he chuckled, simply nodded, and said, "I guess what you said makes sense."
Professor Harrison said: "Yes, I have lived here for twenty years and I have never seen such a special person like you."
"I heard that Sir Barton is very respected here." Li Muye said: "And the place where you live seems to be very special?"
Harrison said: "Mr. Barton was one of the first four people to discover this place, and I am just because of my bloodline and knowledge. In comparison, the former is more important. There are other people here who also enjoy preferential treatment, but compared to you They are all different. It feels to me that the biggest difference between you and us is that you are free. You can leave at any time after you come here to achieve your purpose. The preferential treatment you enjoy is earned by yourself, and what we call Privileges are nothing more than rewards and gains from transactions.”
His tone was vicissitudes of life, and his expression revealed his dissatisfaction with the status quo and his desire for freedom.
"In my opinion, your life seems very comfortable. At your age, you can have such a place to settle down and study your own interests and hobbies. What else can you not be satisfied with?" Li Muye just wanted to have a game with them. It was a transaction involving money and goods, they provided the information Brother Xiaoye needed, and Li Muye paid the corresponding money, that's all. But Professor Harrison didn't seem to just want to do this.
"Mr. Li, do you know how many flowers there are in this yard?" Professor Harrison suddenly asked.
Li Muye closed his eyes and felt it. There were too many large and small flowers in the yard. Even with Brother Xiaoye's spiritual cultivation, he couldn't figure out the specific number in an instant, so he casually replied: "About three One hundred and ten flowers.”
"There are three hundred and thirteen in total." Harrison then asked: "Then do you know how many leaves there are on these plants?" This time, before Li Muye could answer, he asked and answered: "There are nine in total. Thousand seven hundred and sixty-two tablets, very sorry, four tablets fell out this morning."
Li Muye stopped talking. It turned out that the old professor was not talking about the flowers and leaves of plants. He was actually talking about loneliness. Li Muye once counted the fruits on the crabapple tree in front of his house when he was a boy, so he knew the feeling of loneliness.
"I have lived to be eighty years old. I have traveled around the world with my cousin since I was sixteen. I have seen the bikini style of Miami Beach, and I have also experienced the terror of being hunted by African cannibals." Professor Harrison said gushingly: "He Yes, I swear to God, I have never been fixed in one place for more than twenty years in my life, and I will never be sad or happy because of the withered glory of three hundred and thirteen flowers. Fuck the dungeon, screw it. It’s the Nansheng meeting.”
He got a little emotional and cursed a few more times. Li Muye looked at him calmly, and after he gradually calmed down, he said: "Professor Harrison, I envy your experience and sympathize with your current situation, but I have to tell you with regret. There's nothing I can do about it."
Professor Harrison said: "Do you think my idea is abrupt and stupid? Is it very unreasonable?"
Li Muye chuckled: "You are a very smart person."
Professor Harrison had a crazy smile on his face, staring at Brother Xiaoye with gleaming eyes, and said: "Smart people can also become crazy. If you see Mr. Barton, you will understand that our patience and strategy have long been destroyed by this." The ghost place is exhausted, even a glimmer of hope will ignite our madness." He continued: "Young man, you have only been here for less than two months, of course you can still face all this calmly, ten years from now ? If you were still here at that time, maybe you would become more stupid and reckless than us."
"Speak directly, how can I become your friend?" Li Muye felt the determination and will from his passionate eyes, and suddenly realized that if he said goodbye and left at this time, the consequences would be unpredictable.
"Tell me how you control those naughty bitches, and the purpose of your coming here. If you achieve your purpose, how do you plan to leave?" Professor Harrison said: "You were not introduced to the underground by Diane Kruger. City, we couldn’t figure out who your pick-up person was, so I need to know how you got here?”
"It seems that you have really done a lot of homework on me." Li Muye said.
"Perhaps there is more than you think." Professor Harrison said: "If you care about religion and politics, and the scholarship related to them, you will not be unfamiliar with my name. When I know that you are from When I was in China, I knew that my prediction was being verified, and you might give us hope."
"Isn't it too idealistic?" Li Muye asked: "I want to know what you based this judgment on?"
Professor Harrison mused: "I gave a speech in Stuttgart twenty years ago. At that time, I believed that China already has all the elements to become a world power. Powerful nuclear weapons can ensure that you have a peaceful environment and a glorious and long history. Let your nation have a sense of self-esteem and cohesion that is unmatched by any nation in the world. Japanese people like to say that there is no China after Yashan. Maybe they don’t understand what China is at all. Maybe they do and they just say that deliberately to destroy you. National cohesion, in short, in my opinion, China is a special country and the Chinese are a special group."
"Please continue." Li Muye continued calmly.
"Don't think this is a compliment. If you know me well enough, you will know that I have always been a hawkish scholar. In my eyes, you are always a huge threat." Professor Harrison said: "The four ancient civilizations, you It is the only civilization that has not cut off its inheritance. Your nation is diligent, hard-working, and has unimaginable endurance and wisdom. For a long historical period, you have been a superpower standing on top of the world. And in history, You are also the great country with the most frequent dynasty changes. Before World War I, all millions of wars in human history took place around your country."
He continued: "You are not as profit-oriented as the Jews, nor are you as headstrong as the Slavs. In history, you have been invaded and even occupied by the Huns, Turks, Wuhu, Khitans, Mongols, and Jurchens. These glorious ethnic minorities have Some were annihilated by you in the long river of history, and some were assimilated by you. In the end, there were not many cultural imprints of our nation left. Why is this? Because your cultural tolerance is too strong, so at that time I was thinking, When you begin to embrace Western science with the civilization and wisdom accumulated over thousands of years, what changes will it bring to the world?"
"Are you being too flattering?" Li Muye said, "Even a Chinese like me wouldn't dare to think so."
"But you have been working hard for this goal." Harrison said: "You came here for the Nanshan Association. Of course I know what kind of organization the Nanshan Association is. If you can come here in your own way, then It shows that you have embarked on the path I originally predicted.”
Li Muye said: "Just because I am Chinese, you assume that I have ulterior motives for coming here and that I have a way to leave from here?"
"Yes." Harrison nodded very firmly: "I think you can endure what others cannot tolerate and do things that others cannot!"
Li Muye sighed and said, "Professor Harrison, if I regret to tell you that I can't leave here on my own, what will you do?"
"This assumption does not exist at all, because you have no choice." Harrison said: "Since you ask this, it at least shows that you have a way, and I just want to know if you are willing to be friends with us? If the answer is no Yes, I can promise you, whatever you want to do, don’t expect to succeed.”
"Do I have any other choice?" Li Muye smiled bitterly: "At this point, can I meet Sir Barton?" (End of Chapter)