Vega and Barton are very different. Miles felt the difference after staying with Xi for a week. The first is climate.
Barton is close to the sea, and there is a pleasant humidity in the air at all times... It's not that these two men care about this kind of thing, but the contrast is too strong. Vega is close to the desert, and the air here is too dry! No matter where they go, these two ex-convicts who have no awareness of skin care will be stared at by the gloomy housekeeper who is responsible for maintaining the villa! Because fine flakes of skin are constantly falling off their dry skin...
Gee, no normal person would care about this kind of thing, but the people in Villa Toledo do.
Miles even overheard the housekeeper complaining to the cleaning servant, "I hate humans. Metabolism is the fault of the Creator! The walking filth maker! Why does Toledo bring these two people with him?"
Miles could only understand that the other party was describing "human beings" in a broad sense, and knowing that he and Xiyun had deceived Derek and followed Zack to the West, Miles had no position to defend himself and could only endure it. .
Xiyun is even worse. For some reason that no one knows, there is a servant who is responsible for cleaning the villa, a stout woman... who seems to like Xiyun very much. She pushes a vacuum cleaner around Xiyun 24 hours a day. Turn around.
No exaggeration, 24 hours. If Xiyun's metabolism was as efficient as producing filth, Xiyun would have turned into a mummy long ago. This woman did not hide her intention to get close to Xiyun at all!
So, one night, when Xiyun suddenly woke up to solve his physical problem, Xiyun and the woman had a "weird" conflict.
"*! Why are you in my room?!*! Are you watching me sleep?!*!*!!"
"I'm cleaning~" the woman smiled.
"Clean your a**! Get out!"
"I'm just working~" the woman smiled.
"**Job! Housekeeper! Boss (Zach)!! Fire this woman!"
"Butler and Toledo are not here~ You can shout until your throat is broken~ I will still complete my work~" The woman smiled.
"*!" Xiyun showed off his criminal aura and approached the stout-looking woman. Objectively speaking, Xiyun still has the upper hand in terms of gender and physical advantages. "Then I guess you should consciously quit this job, right!" Xiyun cracked his knuckles, moved his neck, and clicked. La, he looks like he has resorted to violence to solve problems!
The woman smiled and moved closer to Xiyun's face without being able to see her movements clearly. "In this world, when encountering any trouble, there are only two ways to deal with it, one is to escape, and the other is to fight~" The woman's hand touched On Xiyun's face, Xiyun, who is half-Indian, has an outline that is deeper than that of a half-federal, and feels... more layered? Anyway, the woman had an expression of enjoyment, "You are definitely the latter, you know~I know~"
This was no longer harassment in the ordinary sense. Xiyun quickly retreated in the brief daze of being approached and waved his fist!
The fist that had allowed Xiyun to be successfully convicted and sent to prison was held in the hands of the woman with a loving look on her face.
"Look at these blood vessels bursting under the skin~so beautiful~violence is in your blood, the spectacular and addictive blood flow~~Mr. Xiyun~the blood of a born warrior~oh~my heart that is no longer young Ah, I'm about to be addicted." The woman held Xiyun's fist and gradually approached her slightly open mouth, feeling, feeling, wanting...
Xiyun's whole body was trembling. Even in prison, Xiyun had never experienced such a... strange situation. Xiyun, I don’t know how to react! Punch out another fist and let the opponent hold it in his hand?
Then, Zach and the housekeeper came back, "Oh! Everyone is awake. Just in time, I rented a movie. The story about an evil voodoo villain created zombies to massacre the entire city. How interesting~ Come to the living room, Let’s watch together~”
This is the situation of Miles and Xiyun in Villa Toledo, hey.
What makes this situation even more difficult is that Zach is not in the villa most of the time. Boss Grande, no, there is always something going on in Toledo. Sometimes it’s the funeral owner from the southern suburbs of Vega, sometimes it’s Charlie and Russell who were also Grand employees, sometimes it’s the police asking for help, sometimes it’s Tori, who has a republican face. More, sometimes...
Both Miles and Xiyun made efforts to get involved in Zach's affairs.
However, visitors always look at the two people first and ask, "Who are these two gentlemen?"
Zach always made unnecessary introductions in detail, "Ah, they are Grand employees, you know, ex-convicts in the halfway house program. This is Xiyun who was imprisoned for violent crimes, and this is Miles who went to jail for fraud.”
"Oh! You won't take the two of them with you."
"I don't care~" Zach definitely meant it, "Don't you want them to follow me?"
"Hehehe, I hope not."
"Then Miles and Xiyun, I'll leave it to you to look after the house~"
Yes, not even the two employees involved in the funeral business were able to go with Zach! Why? Because they are not qualified! They have no experience in privatizing the funeral industry! All they have is experience in the community rehabilitation of ex-offenders!
For a whole week, the only thing that gave the two of them a glimmer of hope was that Logan, who was also on a business trip in the west, made a phone call to the bar villa in Toledo, and Miles picked up the phone.
Miles tried his best to find out why Logan still contacted Zach after leaving Grande, but failed, but Logan gave the two of them a little encouragement: "I know life in the West may make you feel strange. , but don’t worry, since Zach allows you to come to the west, he is giving you a chance. I don’t know what I can say to you, so take advantage of it.”
After the call ended, Miles asked Xiyun, "What does Logan mean? What does 'I don't know what you can say to us' mean?"
"How do I know!" Xiyun was very irritable because he had been harassed by a strange woman!
Always! 24 hours!
"Oh! My beautiful warrior Xiyun~ You know if you have any questions, you can ask me~ I am willing to tell everything~~" the woman said, stroking the vacuum cleaner in her hand.
Some people may wonder, since staying in Toledo's villa is so uncomfortable, why don't they get out.
The answer is actually on the sixth day of the long journey across the Federation.
These two ex-convicts, who need community rehabilitation and reintegration into society, have a very realistic idea: if they are out there and get lost, their boss, Zachary Torredo Grande, will not look for them.
They dare not go out.
Human heart, interesting~
Today, when the two woke up, Zach was no longer in the villa, but the housekeeper was there, arranging their daily duties after breakfast. "Toledo is establishing the procedures for the funeral process of special ethnic groups. It will be a busy day." , will not be back today. You two have access to the first floor, second floor and underground swimming pool. Lunch is at 12 o'clock and dinner is at 7 o'clock." Before leaving, he added a daily complaint, "So this is What the hell are two people for?? Ugh. A waste of food."
Miles and Xiyun finished breakfast in a depressing atmosphere.
"I want to know what's on the third floor!" After breakfast, neither of them moved at the dining table because they didn't know what to do. Miles spoke, and this wasn't the first time he said this.
Xiyun just stared at the vacuum cleaner that was always around him with a gloomy face...
"Deaf?" Miles actually raised his hand and threw the tableware towards Xiyun, "Didn't you hear what I said? I said we need to know what's on the third floor!"
There is actually nothing on the third floor. You may still remember that they are just some vampire books, mainly related to the development of the Secret Alliance. It was on the third floor of this villa that Dale once gained knowledge of vampires. Zach didn't like that place, and the housekeepers and servants in the villa also knew that Toledo didn't like the place that Lutrecenbra had deliberately made to disgust Zach, and it was just kept locked.
There was no intention to target Miles and Xiyun.
Xiyun reacted slowly and glanced at the dirt on his chest. He looked at Miles ferociously and began to take off his clothes. Xiyun would never attack Miles again because he already knew it was meaningless. Now, Xiyun just doesn't want to continue wearing dirty clothes.
There was an uncomfortable sniffing sound. Xiyun was halfway through taking off his clothes. His face twitched as he looked at the woman who was holding a vacuum cleaner and swallowing saliva. Xiyun's patience is about to reach its limit!
Miles reacted very quickly. He knew that if Xiyun had another conflict with the servant this time, Zach would not be able to suddenly go home and whitewash the peace. "Forget it!" Miles pulled Xiyun, "Ignore her!"
Xiyun was stuck in the position of taking off his clothes for about ten seconds, and suddenly he tore off the clothes on his body. His expression was so calm that Miles couldn't understand it for a moment. Xiyun looked at the woman who continued to swallow her saliva with a loving look on her face, "Am I good-looking?"
"Beautiful~" the woman replied with a satisfied smile.
"Are you in love with me?" Xiyun continued to look at the woman with a calm face. Miles opened his mouth next to him as if he wanted to say something, but something suddenly occurred to him and he kept quiet.
"Love is a very general word~" The woman pushed and pulled the vacuum cleaner, pushing and pulling again and again.
"You seem to have said that if I have any questions, I can ask you and you will answer them." Xiyun continued to look at the other party calmly.
"Of course~ as long as you speak~" the woman continued to push and pull, "I will respond~"
Miles could no longer sit still, staring at Xiyun's mouth, expecting the question "What's on the third floor?" to come out of those two thin lips!
Then, Miles almost sat down on the ground! Because what Xiyun asked was, "What is there about me that is worthy of your 'love'?"
*!
Xiyun is not finished yet: "This body?" He patted his own body, "This piece of meat?" Xiyun's brain circuit, how should I put it, let us know (spotting the right opportunity to bully Miles) It showed a strange way of thinking, "Or is it the label of ex-criminal?" Xiyun stood up and approached the woman very aggressively, "Or both? The aggression created by this combination makes you Are you excited?" You should be able to tell that Xiyun is deliberately describing a situation. Objectively speaking, it is not a healthy thing.
The woman, watching Xiyun approaching, had no intention of retreating. After all, she was a 'wonder' who could easily hold Xiyun's fist in her arms, so she had nothing to be afraid of. She kept her overflowing smile, "I like the way you think~" The woman raised her hand and pushed Xiyun's chest, probably to test the feel of the hand, and the smile on her face became even bigger, "If you have that intention, I won't refuse either~" Such words were said by a stout servant woman, uh, forget it, just figure it out on your own. Fortunately, this trend did not continue, "But you definitely misunderstood something ~ I admire you because..."
"Zimich!" It was the butler who stood at the door of the restaurant at some point, staring at the situation here. "Torito didn't give you any rights other than cleaning! Don't force me to report your transgression to the Toledo Council. Behavior!"
Miles was stunned for a moment. This was the first time he heard the housekeeper call this woman Zimich in the villa. Is it her last name
During his week at Vega, Miles read a lot of newspapers. Among several surnames that appear frequently in the West, Zmich is one of them. This surname used to be a representative of the military industry in the west, but then suddenly became lonely, a bit like Patton's Lister.
Miles always felt that the surname Zmich was somewhat familiar. He seemed to have heard it from someone in Grandry, but he just couldn't remember who it was...
"Giovanni." The woman made a move that surprised both Xiyun and Miles. She pulled Xiyun behind her. Protect? Protect what? ? She continued, and the smile on Xiyun's face instantly turned sharp! Facing the butler, "I think you really treat me as a servant. You should be the one not to cross the line. In Toledo's mind, I am more important than you."
Giovanni? Another surname that appeared frequently in Western newspapers, the leader of Western industry. When leaving Barton, Miles saw in Barton's newspaper that Giovanni visited because of his relationship with Barton's automobile brand Hermann. Went to Barton, and accepted the reception of Barton's West End people and stayed in Barton.
However, Giovanni's photo was not published in Barton's newspaper, and ex-convicts like Miles had no chance to see the face of a real boss.
Vaguely, Miles seemed to have the impression that someone in Grandri had discussed Giovanni, but the same as above, he just couldn't remember who said it...
"More important than that?" the butler chuckled, "You are just a refugee from Zmich after being persecuted by Lesembra! Are you more important than the four-century tacit friendship between Giovanni and Toledo?"
Wait a moment.
Lesembra? Well, another surname that appears frequently in newspapers. Don't complain about Miles, a guy who once belittled the significance of newspapers. He suddenly became an expert on Vega newspapers. Apart from reading newspapers, Miles had no other way to learn about the West.
Lesembra is a political 'noble' in the west, similar to the Stone family of Barton, but completely different from the Stone family. The Stone family is not on the stage, but Lesembra in the west is the mayor, the governor, a congressman, and... a key player in various political fortresses. It seems that the original mayor of Vega was Lesembra, but he died in an accident...
Strangely, Miles felt like he had heard people talking about Lesembula in Grande again. But what were you talking about... Well, I can't remember.
No, no, now is not the time to think about this! This conversation between the butler and the maid is what really needs to be taken care of.
Woman, "Tacit understanding? Friendship? If the friendship between Toledo and you Giovanni is so sincere? Why didn't Toledo borrow people from you, Giovanni, who has a rich population, when he was short of people and unable to receive power? Ha?" The woman smiled and said, "The head of my family in Tsimich is with Toledo. Even if the clan needs to be revived, he will not say this because we have no one~ Haha, Lesembula is so good, we Tsmish are useless." . But what about you Giovanni? There are so many people that you need to find Toledo’s foreign brother (Benjamin) to solve the food reserve (the ancestors office uses the blood channel in the central part to supply Giovanni’s population maintenance), Police Barton The successor of the Bureau (Darcy) must have a hand in the loyalty reward (the vampire blood Darcy finally obtained was given by Nick), and the new Lesembra must have a hand in finding treasures in the place of origin (Hank) (the Giovanni faction (I hired someone to be Hank's bodyguard). Now that Toledo has come to the West to receive real power, you are quiet~ You still need Toledo to transport people from the Republic, ha, from that voodoo villain across the ocean~ It's a tacit understanding Friendship~"
The butler's face darkened, but he didn't speak. It seems that... this whole paragraph is beyond the understanding of Xiyun and Miles, and it all makes sense! The butler was so suppressed that he could only remain silent!
The woman ushered in victory, and the smile on her face returned. She turned to look at Xiyun who was already in a daze, and said, "I like you~ because I think you are a born warrior, and it is your instinct to solve things with your hands~ "The woman took out a clean top without knowing it, put it on Xiyun, and smiled, "Of course, we can communicate in private about all other instincts~" Uh... Then, "Fighting is your way of survival~ too. My~ I am not like my brother who stayed in a high position for too long and hypocritically calls himself a pacifist. I love fighting, I love, a warrior~ I like you very much, you will become a perfect Zimi ~"
Xiyun was like a toy being played with, letting the woman put the clothes on him, "Who is your brother?" This brain circuit...
"Roy, you all know him~"
The real world unfolds.