Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 17 A family of three

In the next few days, Li Ke lived a peaceful life at home while passing messages to Marsson.

The middle square is no longer safe now. There is chaos in the sewers, and small gangs have been driven up to avoid the Alchemist Baron, just like big fish eating small fish and small fish eating shrimps. As a result, the middle square is now crowded. After this group of people came up, they immediately made quite a noise. This can be seen from the fact that Mrs. Piltover has not been seen coming to the middle square in the past few days.

As for going to the dance hallway?
Don't be ridiculous, bringing Jinx to the law enforcement officer? Although he didn't know how Hilco suppressed Jinx's crime, Li Ke was not going to take the gamble.

The Dance Corridor connects Piltover, and across the bridge is Piltover. The cops are guarding the checkpoint there, and every day there are law enforcement teams checking the Zaun people in the Dance Corridor. Although it is difficult to hold back, this is the fact.

In front of Piltover, Zaun has no say and no autonomy, and the Dance Corridor is the biggest example.

This is probably why Hilco wants the people of Zaun to unite and face the outside world together.

Being investigated, searched, and having your belongings checked in your own home, what the hell is this?

During these few days, Li Ke also learned the name of the little girl picked up by Jinx.

The little girl's name is Isa. She was born and raised in the ditch. The reason why she fled to the middle square is not explained in detail.

Isa is nine years old this year, one year older than Li Kexiang. She is a very, very smart child. From the fact that she can read adults' emotions from their faces and respond accordingly despite her young age, it can be seen that she is more mature and smarter than other children and very clever.

And she also possesses an amazing talent, which is the little toys made by Jinx. After Li Ke picked them up and fiddled with them, he found that he couldn't understand how to play with them, because those seemingly simple little toys made of garbage and scrap iron actually had very delicate internal structures.

But Li Ke couldn't understand it, but the little girl Isa knew how to play it. She could even take apart the "little toys" made by Jinx and study the structure inside.

And now she is also learning from Jinx and starting to make her own toys.

In Jinx's words, people like her and Issa are like Zaun kids. Li Ke and Wei are the same, they are idiots who can only use their fists. They are stupid to death.
The children of Zaan should learn to use everything around them to create their own future.

"Jinx, Issa, it's time to eat!"

In the kitchen on the first floor, Li Ke brought the meal to the table. Although he couldn't buy many seasonings because he had no money, the taste of the fried meat patties sprinkled with salt and pepper would not be bad.

The staple food was bread, not the bread mixed with sawdust and crumbs that they had eaten in the ditch, but a large piece of wheat bread that had been left for some time and had a very hard texture.

Although it is very hard and dry when chewed, it is just right when paired with the fresh and rich mushroom soup. Dip the bread in the soup and eat it with the meat pie when it becomes a little soft. It can be considered a good dinner.

"coming!"

A high-pitched voice came from the second floor. Li Ke looked up and saw Jinx running barefoot in shorts with a big laugh in front. Isa followed behind her with her hands outstretched, looking excited. She also imitated Jinx and ran barefoot with a cool expression on her face. She was chasing Jinx.

Although the house was cleaned, this is Zaun. No matter how clean it is, the room will be covered with gray haze in just half a day. Therefore, Jinx's little feet were covered with gray and black, which made Li Keduo look at her a few times.

Fair, pink, round toes, contrast between white and gray
how to say
The contrast is really great!

"Hey, are we eating this again? Great! I like meat." Jinx jumped onto the stool, sat down cross-legged, grabbed her feet with her hands, swayed her body back and forth while looking at the food on the table, her little face full of excitement.

Isa, the little mute, was also very supportive. She picked up the knife and fork with both hands and shook them: "Ahhh!"

Jinx loosened her grip on her toes and reached for the food.

"Snapped!"

Li Ke slapped away Jinx's paw that was touching Meat Pie and looked at her seriously: "Did you forget?"

Jinx felt pain and pulled her hand back, blowing on the back of her hand and muttering, "There are so many little rules."

Having said that, Jinx didn't dislike the rules that Li Ke set for the family. Instead, she felt a little happy inside.

She likes the feeling of being "managed" and "cared for".

This made her feel valued.

So, Jinx called Isa and took the little mute to wash his hands.

Back at the dining table, at Li Ke's command to start eating, the three of them lowered their heads to eat and chat.

"Li Ke, I have already made the latest batch of weapons, but I can't guarantee the quality. But they can definitely be used to fight fools." Jinx said while chewing a meat pie in an indecent manner.

Isa on the side nodded and hummed twice, agreeing with Jinx's words.

"What about against professional gangsters?"

"Don't make it hard on me, okay? We don't even have any good tools here. Do you really think that if I assemble the scraps I picked up from the garbage dump, it will be as good as the weapons that others have spent a lot of money to make? Don't be ridiculous."

"I may be a genius, but you are definitely a poor bastard." Jinx rolled her eyes, speechless at what Li Ke said.

She's already great, right?
She assembled a batch of weapons with a bunch of junk, including a simple iron gun that could shoot sharp projectiles, a grappling hook that could be launched, which was not accurate enough but very fast, and a rope trap that would catch people when it hit something. The gadgets she made were already very good. But using those things to fight regular gangs, compared with their weapons?

Then she had to go back to Silkon, after all, Li Ke was too poor to even provide any decent materials.

So it’s not her fault, it’s Li Ke’s fault!

Isa on the side agreed with Jinx's words. She jumped off the stool, ran to Li Ke, and took out something and handed it to Li Ke.

"This is?"

Jinx explained, "This is the smoke bomb Isa made. See the button on the iron ball? Press it and throw it out, and it will spray out a thick mist of paint."

"You can also make weapons?" Li Ke was surprised.

Li Ke didn't know much about Isa.

Because whether in the Alliance universe or in the Battle of the Two Cities, Li Ke had never seen the character of Isa. Although he had guessed that Isa might be a character appearing in the second season, Li Ke immediately dismissed the idea.

How could it be such a coincidence?

However, Li Ke also likes Isa very much.

Because Isa is quiet, smart, and sensible, and with her around, Jinx's mental state has improved.

Although Jinx's mental state has been very good when she is with Li Ke, and she has only had two seizures, Li Ke is an adult after all, and he can't really calm down and play those little games with her. But Isa is different, she likes to play with Jinx.

After a few interactions, Jinx really became a character like Issa's sister.

Let’s put it this way, if Li Ke brings a sense of security to Jinx, then Isa brings a sense of identity to Jinx.

And Isa would have such a good impression of Jinx
Well, Li Ke felt that if he had the same experience as Isa when he was a child, being rescued by a beautiful neurotic older sister, and then having her help him take a bath and sleep together, then he would definitely like and cling to her.

"That's amazing." Li Ke smiled and reached out to touch Isa's head.

Isa looked up, smiled, then ran back to her seat, climbed onto the stool and started eating dinner. But when she sat at the table, little Isa's face froze. She looked at her plate, which had only a piece of bread with irregular teeth marks on it.

"Ok?"

No, where is my meat pie that big?
Isa looked at Jinx and saw that Jinx turned her head away from her, revealing her profile, and her mouth moved as she chewed silently.

"Ah!" Isa reacted immediately and reached out to push Jinx.

"Hehe, who told you to run around? I confiscated the meat pie~"

Li Ke looked at this scene and laughed.

It feels weird, but really good.

In the strange and dangerous environment, with the company of Isa and Jinx, Li Ke also felt a little at home.

Is the place where you lived before considered your home?
No, that doesn't count.

Li Ke smiled and shook his head, then he reached out and took half of his meat pie and put it on Isa's plate.

Isa's angry expression immediately disappeared.

Li Ke looked at Isa and said, "Eat quickly."

Impressed?
This family still depends on me, Li Ke!

But what happened next made Li Ke's smile stop.

Isa picked up half a meat pie with a fork and patted Jinx on the back.

Jinx turned around and looked at Issa.

Isa moved her chin, looking cool.

As soon as Jinx opened her mouth, Isa reached out and put the meat patty into Jinx's mouth.

The little guy was smiling happily.

Li Ke, who was watching from the side, said: "???"

what about me?
(End of this chapter)