Back in the Grande, the sunrise was ending.
Zach pulled Derek up from the bed and said, "The game is over, go back to your own home and sleep." Then he started packing.
Derek was still confused, so he moved to the crib in a daze and checked on Adam who was sleeping peacefully. He must have been tortured for another night.
Zach's own luggage was very simple, just clothes and a few bottles of blood, which he packed up in half a minute. Then, Zach began to pack baby supplies, diapers, bottles, toys... into the suitcase.
Derek regained his consciousness a little, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Zach's movements, "You want to take Adam to the West?"
Zach didn't pay attention at all, quickly packed his luggage and went out with the suitcase.
Derek, who didn't get an answer, blinked and followed Zach. The car in the backyard had been driven out and was ready. Zach threw the luggage in, then checked the baby seat in the back seat, and took a photo of the Great Dane sitting in the back seat. "Are you ready?" ?”
The Great Dane snorted expressionlessly through its nostrils.
Zach returned to the city and continued to follow Derek with blinking eyes back to the master bedroom on the second floor. He picked up Adam and then went downstairs to place the baby. After repeatedly checking the safety measures, he walked around the back of the car and opened the driver's seat. car door.
It seems that Zach is about to leave Grande and head to the west...
"Wait a minute!!" Derek is completely awake! "Wait a minute!!" He actually pulled Zach out as he was about to get into the car. The vampire was just too lazy to pull with humans.
Zach looked expressionlessly at Derek, who was pulling him back to the back porch, "What are you doing?"
"You didn't even tell me what you did yesterday?!"
If this was Derek worried about vampires ruining his life, Zach's answer was, "I cleaned up for you and threw away the trash you didn't want." Well, there's nothing wrong with that~
Derek was stunned for a moment, probably also trying to figure out what the garbage that Zach threw away was.
Seeing that Derek had made no move, Zach turned around again, went down the back porch, and wanted to get back to the car...
"Wait a minute!!" Derek actually pulled Zach back again, "You don't even ask me what I did yesterday??"
Ah.
Zach looked Derek up and down, "No, you can't ruin my life." He was so confident~ he pushed Derek away and held his hand, "If you don't have anything else...Derek, I have another one." A long journey is waiting for me, how about being a good brother and saving some patience for your brother?"
Derek's face twitched several times, and when Zach turned to leave again, he spoke, "Maybe on your behalf, I promised to take Grande's employees to the west with me!"
Zach turned back on the stairs on the back porch and glanced at Derek, "Who?" Uh, why do you ask! Zach himself was speechless for asking such an idiotic question. Turning his head back, he looked towards the living area. Miles showed up with a suitcase at the perfect time, looking expectantly.
"He is being violently bullied!" Derek really couldn't figure it out. Alas, he spoke righteously, "You are his boss! Grande is a halfway house! You have the responsibility to provide him with safety. The working environment! If you can’t, take him out of this terrible environment!”
Zach looked back at Derek, "My poor brother. You've been played with, and you don't even know it yet." He raised his hand and patted Derek's shoulder, "Forget it, that's fine, go home quickly. Well." What can be said, the only person to blame is Zach himself. Alice clearly reminded him on the phone yesterday that there were employees who wanted to take advantage of Derek, but Zach didn't care.
He walked towards the car, raised his hand, hooked his fingers at Miles, and opened the trunk.
The excitement on Miles' face was not fake, and he limped toward Zach, dragging his suitcase.
Zach can't undo what Derek promised Miles. The life-changing game with Derek is over, but the game with Grand employees is not over yet, right
Zach said that he would provide Miles and Xiyun with a fair platform to follow the path of Logan and Evan.
Going to the west to gild, isn't it the same path that Logan once took~ Miles used his ability to seize the opportunity of Derek, a doctor with kindness, and won the key event that led to his freedom in Grande. How could Zach be cruel? Refuse~
Miles approached Zach excitedly but slowly. Zach had no intention of helping. Logan and Zach didn't go to the West to be a burden. Zach wanted Miles to adapt well under Logan's standards. This is tough love~ Tsk, forget it, I won't help Zach It's whitewashed, Zach just wants to see Miles suffer!
Miles isn't even halfway there yet. Xiyun appeared at the door of the living area, also carrying a suitcase.
Zach raised an eyebrow and looked back at Derek.
Derek trembled, "I, I didn't say I only agreed to one person..." Silently backed away and returned to the house, "I, I should change my clothes and go home!!" and ran upstairs. Tsk.
Zach looked back to the living area. Xiyun directly carried the luggage and passed the limping Miles in a blink of an eye. When he passed by Miles, he deliberately nudged Miles. Miles adjusted his balance in a panic. By then, Xiyun had already stood in front of Zach.
Looking level with Zach, "I like your brother, stupid. I said everyone was bullying Miles, but he believed me when I didn't do anything. (Miles once said that Xiyun is very cunning. Even if he doesn't do anything, If Zach wants to be held accountable, Xiyun cannot be blamed)." Xiyun threw the luggage into the trunk, "It would be nice if there were more people like this in the world, are you right?" He turned around and drove into the back seat of the car. He opened the door and glanced at Jin, the paralyzed Great Dane sitting next to Adam in the back seat, and said, "I'll take the passenger seat." He gave up the back seat, walked around the front of the car, and sat in the passenger seat 'consciously'.
Zach didn't take it as a provocation. As you all know, the one among the two employees who is really good at deceiving is Miles, right
I hope you have seen through the behavioral pattern of these two Grande employees. It is actually quite obvious. This is the same as the essence of the two people's successful contact with Zach before. Miles seized the opportunity that appeared in the Grand environment and took the first step, and then Xiyun followed closely and stepped on Miles like a staircase. Climb up!
The only difference is between Zach and Derek. Zach saw through the motives of the two people and did not let anyone benefit. But Derek, Derek was stupid and let both of them get the benefit of the doubt.
Let the two be happy for a while, Zach doesn't mind. Haha, neither Xiyun nor Miles had any idea of what they would experience on this 'business trip' that they had to follow. The only way to be complacent is now.
Miles finally came over, and Zach looked at the injuries on his body. As Alice said, there was no big problem. After Miles put his luggage, he motioned to the back seat and watched Miles in Dadan Under Quan's gaze, Mo Ji sat in the back seat and closed the door.
The tentacles that had always been translucent stretched out from Miles's body, clinging to the car window and sticking out, "I won't follow you to the West..."
When Zach walked towards the driver's seat, Sam's head poked out, "There is a Republican ghost in the safety lock around Adam's neck. The Great Dane is the gecko of the Republic. They are the ones who have lost their gods in the Republic now. Extreme representatives of all different races and two different positions~"
"Oh~ That's it~" The tentacles swayed happily, retracted into Miles' body and stayed next to Toledo. As expected, they can steadily move forward on the road of 'becoming' a god~ The spirit sucker is very happy~
Zach finally got into the car as he wished, "Seat belt."
Xiyun and Miles may have not had this kind of outdoor experience for too long, so they awkwardly fastened their seat belts after being reminded.
Zach started the car and drove out of the Grand.
This time going to the west, unlike the last time he took the water route, Zach will take the land route through the central part of the Federation.
reason
We know that the reason why Zach did not take the land route last time was that Zach did not want to enter the central part of the Federation and had psychological shadow. This time, the psychological shadow is still there, but compared to personal safety, the psychological shadow is nothing.
That's right, Zach didn't take the water route because he was worried about his own safety. Zach offended the true God of the Republic, didn't he? Zach had seen with his own eyes how the goddess of the Republic: Mazu killed the siren who could abuse him in the sea. Zach is very self-aware. If he was intercepted by Mazu at sea, Zach would not even have a chance to commit suicide.
So, overland. Moreover, Zach decided not to use public transportation and drive himself the entire journey.
Facilitating autonomous control of the travel route is the main reason. Zach didn't want to experience being targeted by demons or wizards in a closed environment like a train or train where he was trapped with a bunch of civilians.
If you control the direction of your progress, you won't have this kind of trouble. Zac can disappear alone in the northern country for a century, and he can also travel safely through the middle of the country without being noticed.
So what Zach said to Derek was not a joke. Zach needs to be patient during this long trip.
But now that the car is full, it is obviously not an environment that cares about patience...
"I'm hungry."
The car had just entered Newtown, and in the passenger seat, a certain ex-criminal whose goal was to cause trouble for Zach, the boss, spoke.
"I will stop the car once when we leave Massachusetts. You can find something to eat then." Zach simply informed without expression or tone.
Xiyun frowned, "Aren't you hungry? We set off at dawn and everyone is hungry!" He turned back and glared at Miles, who was sitting upright next to the Great Dane, "You're hungry too ,Right!"
Miles glanced at the expressionless Zach in the rearview mirror, lowered his head and remained silent because he was not prepared to give in to Miles' threat.
Miles' performance was right, but Xiyun's following was actually a mistake. Otherwise, Xiyun is actually an honest person. He didn't even realize that after leaving Grande, without those really stupid employees who could be easily incited by him to take the blame, he was faced with "naked-naked-naked-" Zach and Miles had no chance to perform at all!
Xiyun's face darkened, and he turned his eyes to the car window to look at the street scene in Newton. He might have been hoping to find some restaurant and use his reasonable physiological needs to 'ask' Zach to stop.
But Xiyun made the wrong calculation. The street scene in Newton was extremely deserted.
It has nothing to do with the time. Even if it is still early and city life has not fully awakened, the normal city street scene should not be as... dilapidated as what Xiyun sees now.
Not to mention looking for a restaurant, Xiyun didn't even see an open storefront!
"What's wrong with Newton? Why is it so broken?!" Xiyun unconsciously asked his doubts towards the car window.
It's quite pitiful that while he was living his life in Grandry, the ex-convict had not yet realized how much of the outside world he had missed in prison.
Zach had no interest in chatting. Instead, Miles spoke up and said, "You should ask us what's wrong. The world outside is no longer what we are familiar with."
This tone... was not mocking, but more like Miles was helping Xiyun see the current situation clearly.
Ah, yes. Miles finally recognized Xiyun's IQ, and he had been secretly looking forward to joining forces with Xiyun.
There is no need to change your opinion of Miles because of this. The objective fact is that when comparing fists alone, Miles's fists are not as strong as Xiyun's. Miles knows exactly what he is good at and what he is not good at. Rather than saying that Miles' recognition of Xiyun is because he hopes to get rich together after joining forces, it is better to say that, haha, Miles is doing what he is good at to first gain Xiyun's trust, and finally stab Xiyun in the back~
Zach saw everything clearly and didn't want to participate.
Xiyun glared at Miles in the rearview mirror and said harshly, "Don't take me with you! I read the newspaper! I know Newton had a bad year!"
"What can you learn from reading the newspapers?" Miles seemed not to be ready to end the topic. "All the people in Barton now know that Barton wants to annex Newton. For the sake of sales, the newspapers vigorously praise Barton and belittle Newton. By the way, they also praise the people in the West End. , and then everyone felt that Barton was bound to annex Newton. But why? Why is Newton so bad? Did the newspaper tell you? Was it the Newton City Government mentioned in the newspaper? Humph, they are obviously two cities so closely connected. , why is Newton so inexplicably bad when we are doing well? Everyone knows that if one person is good, the people around him will also be good, and vice versa. If one person is bad, the people around him will not be much better. Go. It’s strange to come to us. I have never seen anything like Barton and Newton. The rise of a city coincides with the decline of its neighbors! I don’t even avoid it, and even publicize it with great fanfare! The newspaper will tell you why Have you ever thought about what really happened?"
Zach's gaze tilted, not seeing Miles who had just expressed his opinion. It's not surprising. It's normal for smart people to think of these things. What Zach looked at was Xi Yun with a dull look on his face. Hey, he is indeed an honest man.
The honest man became angry with embarrassment, "Why do I think about these things! What's the use of thinking about these things, you weakling! You don't want to be a politician! *Idiot!" Forcibly using vulgarity to establish an advantage, Xiyun is not very good at mental competition.
Zach's eyes continued back to the road. It seems that this is the atmosphere of this long journey. Just take this as an appetizer.
Because, the real tit-for-tat confrontation has not yet begun...
No, it's already started. The Great Dane was probably hungry and was licking Adam. To be more precise, licking the safety lock around Adam's neck. Guess what happens when the licking reaches where Zach's car goes and turns into gnawing