Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 180: Jie Fen? Okay, okay!
"Congressman Li Ke!"

"Miss Jinx!"

"You are finally back. Councillor Hilco is looking for you. Please take a look."

A group of sewer law enforcement officers came over and started chattering to Li Ke and Jinx.

Jinx hummed twice and returned to Zaun, to this familiar place. Jinx was like a fish back to water, with a very arrogant expression on her cute smiling face. She put one hand on her waist and slowly turned to look at Sarah.

"Come on, I'll show you around." Jinx said to Sarah.

Sarah nodded and followed Jinx. The law enforcement officer beside her was stunned when he saw this. He quickly looked at Li Ke with a hesitant look on his face and said softly, "Senator Li Ke, this..."

Li Ke looked at the law enforcement officer, smiled, then stood on tiptoe and called out, "Jinx."

"what!"

"Don't you want to meet Hilco and the others first?"

"Well, I really want to meet him, but I want to eat something delicious even more!" Jinx ran forward with her hands behind her back, extremely happy.

The food in Ionia tastes really good, the fruits and vegetables are delicious, crispy and sweet, but the problem is...you can't eat too much!

She is a carnivore, a carnivore! She ate frog meat and chicken every day in Zaun, but now she has been eating vegetarian food for a few months. How can she bear this?
Another thing is that the food in Ionia is sweet and delicious, but compared to the food in Zaun made with various seasonings, the taste is really far worse. With the advanced alchemy technology, Zaun's spice industry is more advanced than Piltover. Although it is not healthy, the taste is really incomparable to other places.

Therefore, as early as a day ago, Jinx was clamoring to eat the meat of the Frog on the bamboo raft.

Li Ke saw Jinx covering her ears and rushing forward with her head down, followed by Sarah and Akali, as well as Raven and a bunch of pirates. She looked like a real big sister. Li Ke smiled and said to the law enforcement officer beside him:
"Go back and tell Hilco that I'm taking Jinx out to get something to eat. If he needs anything urgent, come find me at the market."

The law enforcement officer nodded, saluted Li Ke, turned around and led the team away.

It takes about half an hour to get from the dock to the Black Alley. During this time, Li Ke was welcomed by countless Zaun people.

Jinx walked in front and many people greeted her. She would respond with a smile and give them a sweet smile.

When Jinx is in a good mood, her personality can also become very good.

Sarah and Akali were looking at the streets of Zaun. Akali was fine, but Sarah was different.

She looked at the clean streets of Zaun in shock. Although they were crowded, narrow and had little sunlight, the air in Zaun smelled good and the condition of the residents on the streets was beyond Sarah's imagination.

Where is Zaan?

In Sarah's impression, Zaun is a dilapidated and backward city, just like Bilgewater. It is regarded by the world as the worst, most chaotic and most free city-state, and its reputation is as bad as Bilgewater.

Even in the past few years, many people from Bilgewater who had gone to Zaun to trade expressed disdain for Zaun after returning, feeling that the upward space and living environment for the lower-class people in Zaun were not even as good as those in Bilgewater.

But what did Sarah see now?
What she saw was that every Zaunite had a happy smile on their face. In the small alleys, children wearing not-so-new clothes were running and playing with toys. Zaun law enforcement officers in uniform were patrolling with weapons, but the residents were not afraid of them at all.

There were residents resting on both sides, and some were even taking a nap under the trees to enjoy the cool air. Wait, wasn't it impossible for plants to survive in Zaun's previous environment?

Sarah suddenly woke up and breathed hard, and found that the air in Zaun seemed more comfortable than that in Bilgewater.

"You guys." She couldn't help it, slowed down her pace and approached Li Ke.

"What's wrong?" Li Ke looked at her.

"Hasn't Zaun changed so much over the years?" Sarah said with envy. She continued, "I have never been to Zaun, but Raven has been to Zaun. Before I met him, he was doing a wine business with an alchemy baron, buying Shimmering Wine from Zaun and bringing it to Bilgewater. But the Zaun I heard from him is completely different from the one in front of me."

"Selling glimmering drinks?" Li Ke thought for a moment, then looked at Sarah with a smile and said, "That was two or three years ago. Since I took over, Zaun has banned the processing of glimmering into drinks. Now glimmering is only used in new energy and the medical industry. This stuff is too addictive, but it is a good anesthetic and medicine after controlling the dosage."

"I don't quite understand. I just want to know how you did it?" Sarah shook her head and turned to ask Li Ke.

She looked around with emotion. Wherever she looked, she felt relaxed and comfortable. She wished Bilgewater could become like this.

"No one wants to fall into depravity, Sarah. If you take charge of Bilgewater one day, I believe Bilgewater will also change." Li Ke said with a smile.

"Impossible." Sarah shook her head, she laughed at herself, and continued, "Bilgewater doesn't have its own culture, nor does it have its own beliefs. We, the Bibi Islanders, worship the Baru culture, but the Baru people have never looked at us straight in the eye. Even our beliefs are "borrowed". In the minds of the Bibi Islanders, there may not be the concept of nation and country at all."

After hearing this, Li Ke felt that it was true.

But isn't that what unification is all about? If there is no culture, then create one; if there is no faith, then establish faith.

Thinking about it this way, Li Ke discovered that Zaun and Bilgewater are really similar in many ways, but there is one thing that is different, that is, the people of Zaun have their own beliefs in their bones - Janna.

Just as he was about to continue counseling Sarah, Jinx in front of him shouted, causing Li Ke to look over.

"Silco~!!!"

Jinx suddenly broke into a jog and bumped headfirst into the arms of a thin man.

The man was wearing a red vest and black pants. His hair was a little messy and his face was pale. There were beads of sweat on his forehead and half of his face had a horrible scar. In one of his eyes, there was a black white and a scarlet pupil. Combined with his gloomy temperament, he looked like he had the words "Keep Away" written all over him. He looked a little scary.

But when Jinx fell into his arms, his expression changed. His gloomy face became gentle, and even the scary eye showed a sense of tenderness. He reached out and stroked Jinx's back. Hilco had a lot to say, many words of blame and resentment towards Jinx.

But in the end, what he said was -

"It's good to be back."

"You want to eat something? I've already asked someone to arrange it. Come on, over here." Hilco hugged Jinx, lowered his head and rested his chin on her head, smelling the scent of her hair.

In fact, the smell of Jinx's hair doesn't smell good. How could it smell good after drifting on the sea for so many days?

But Hilco did not feel disgusted, instead he hugged Jinx tightly again. If it wasn't because Jinx's face looked a little fatter and not so thin, Hilco would really want to question Li Ke now.

"Hey!" Li Ke was originally looking at Jinx and Hilco, the father and daughter, hugging each other with some emotion, but when Hilco was about to leave holding Jinx's hand, Li Ke couldn't help himself.

No, what do you mean?

I am the Lord of Zaun!

"Hilco, what about me? What does that mean?" Li Ke shouted from behind.

Sarah looked over quickly. She was extremely curious about Hilco and wanted to know what the man who had single-handedly brought Zaun back to order looked like.

Although Hilko never told the outside world that he was the Lord of Zaun, and often mentioned Li Ke's name, tying Li Ke and Zaun together, for the people of Bilgewater, they are indeed more curious about Hilko and care more about him.

Because since nearly five years ago, when people from Bilgewater go to Zaun to do business, the first port they visit is Hilco.

This man was the true Emperor of Zaan five years ago.

"Huh?" Hillco turned around and looked at Li Ke with a puzzled expression.

"???" Li Ke took two steps forward and appeared in front of Hilco. He looked at him with a smile and said, "It was indeed my fault for taking Jinx out without telling you. But the problem is, this is what Jinx wanted."

"Right?" Li Ke looked at Jinx.

Jinx looked at Silko, then at Li Ke. After hesitating for a second, she let go of Silko's hand, held Li Ke's hand, and said loudly, "Yes, that's what I thought."

"." Seeing this, Hilco's face suddenly darkened.

Ten minutes later, in Zaun's market, this block is considered a food street. On this street, you can even eat food from all over the world. Of course, the most famous is naturally Zaun's own food.

A group of people were sitting in front of a stall. The surrounding area was filled with gutter law enforcement officers who were responsible for maintaining order on the scene to prevent congestion in the market.

Lek, Jinx, Wei, Silk, Vandall, Viktor, Heimerdinger, Ekko and other respected figures in Zaun, as well as Jayce and Meier from Piltover.

Sarah and Akali were also pulled to this table, and Li Ke was responsible for introducing them to the top management of Shuangcheng.

And now, in front of this somewhat dirty stall, Mel frowned, but picked up the chopsticks, picked up the food in front of her and ate it, because next to her, the bearded Jace was already eating with a beer in one hand and a spoon in the other.

I have to say that Jayce really looks like a Zaun now. Whether in appearance or in character, he can really blend in with the Zaun people. "So, is the Bilgewater issue resolved?" Hilco said softly, picking up a piece of frog leg meat for Jinx.

Li Ke nodded, chewed the roasted chicken leg, swallowed it, and said to Hilco, "Well, there is a very strong person in Ionia who will help us defend Bilgewater."

“So what do we have to give?”

"Establishing diplomatic relations with Ionia is actually what we wanted in the first place. Don't worry, we won't suffer any loss." Li Ke said with a smile.

Hearing this, Hilco nodded and continued, "That's good. I was also worried that the events in Bilgewater would affect the development of Zaun."

Li Ke then introduced Sarah to Silko, and Silko nodded at Sarah.

But Akali is different. She looks cold and indifferent, but she is actually a foodie. Since she sat down, she has never stopped eating. She is either chewing or on the way to chewing. She hasn't said a word the whole time.

Li Ke told everyone stories about what had happened to him during this period and the situations he encountered in Ionia, and Jinx also shared the magical materials she found in Ionia with Jayce, Viktor, Ekko, and Heimerdinger.

The casual chat was interrupted until Wei spoke.

"Can we talk about something serious?" Wei said impatiently.

She couldn't get involved in these topics. If it were in the past, she might have teased Sarah, but not now. If she teased Sarah now, the tall, blue-haired Little Cake would come to her house and question her that same day.

Therefore, Wei felt bored listening to these things.

The stories that Li Ke told her were boring because she wanted to see them with her own eyes rather than listen to them, and Jinx's talk about science, ha! That was not something that Wei could participate in.

So she spoke, interrupting everyone.

"Wei, then tell me, what is business?" Li Ke looked at Wei and said with a smile.

Wei reached out her hand and knocked on the table. She sat with her legs apart in an indecent manner and said loudly, "Let me get to the point. When are you and Jinx going to get married? Didn't you say you were going on a honeymoon? Now that the honeymoon is over, you're going to get married now, right?"

"Jiefen?"

"Yeah!"

Li Ke was stunned, then turned to look at Jinx, and saw that Jinx, who had just been talking to Jayce about the second-generation Hextech being named after her, had a blushing face.

She looked at Li Ke excitedly and blinked her big blue eyes, full of excitement.

She was the one who called out "Jie Fen" just now.

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After exchanging a glance with Jinx, Li Ke looked at everyone and said, "Then, let's set a time."

Marriage Li Ke thought about it and realized that it was indeed time for him to marry Jinx.

Xiao Jin is already an adult, he is about to turn twenty, which is not a young age.

You have to know that in Zaun, it was common for teenagers to have children. It was only recently that the living standards have improved, the moral concepts have risen, and Li Ke demanded a marriage law and learned from Piltover that there are no more teenage girls becoming mothers.

Besides, Li Ke and Jinx are childhood sweethearts, and their relationship has been confirmed for so long. Apart from not officially getting married and some things left to do, Li Ke and Jinx really know each other well, so it really doesn't make sense for them not to get married.

Another thing is, after getting married, Li Ke will do it for Jinx!

No, Li Ke is a normal man, always enduring a beautiful girl rubbing her legs and touching her with her hands, etc., for a long time,
He's almost sexually repressed.
"It's too early." Hilco frowned and said.

Fandel hesitated for a moment and said, "I think so too."

He didn't finish his words because Wei suddenly reached out and slammed the table, saying loudly: "Early? What do you mean early? Is this still early?"

"Jinx just looks young, okay? She's almost twenty! Besides, don't you want to have grandchildren?"

Hilco and Vander were both stunned at the same time, especially Hilco. The muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched upwards, but his facial expression was calm, which made him look weird at the moment.

Turning his head, Hilco didn't want Li Ke and Jinx to see his expression.

But Sevika, who was sitting next to him, sighed.

"Boss, why don't you just laugh it off," she said directly to Hilco.

"I'm not laughing." Hilco said in a deep voice.

"Don't be stubborn. The corner of your mouth has betrayed you now." Sevika sighed again.

As long as it involves Jinx, Hilco's intelligence will be reduced, not to mention that now it involves the fact that Jinx has a child.

Sevika shuddered at the thought of Hilco holding Jinx's child.

How can I put it? Sevika really can't imagine Jinx being a mother. Really, this girl is a child herself now, okay? !

Van der Leyen was different from Hilco. He didn't try to be stubborn but became excited and started discussing the time and the invited guests with Li Jinx.

But just then, Mel spoke up.

"I'm sorry to disturb your fun, but what I want to say is very important," Mel said.

Everyone looked at Mel, and Mel said apologetically: "Like, your wedding with Jinx may have to be postponed because there is something waiting for you to deal with now."

"What?" Li Ke asked.

Mel replied:
"The head of the Midalda family, that is, me, received an invitation letter from Noxus this morning. It said that there was a dinner party. The Lord of Zaun and the members of the House of Representatives were sincerely invited to attend the Noxus noble dinner party."

Without waiting for anyone to ask, Meier took the initiative to say:
"It's a masked dinner party. The organizer behind this dinner party is probably related to me and my mother, so I have to go. If possible, I hope you can accompany me."

"Dinner? But isn't Noxus still divided now?" Li Ke said with a frown.

"Split?" Mel shook his head, and Jace beside him also shook his head.

And Hilco said softly: "During the time you were away, a lot of things happened in Valoran. Just a few days before you came back, Swain of Noxus seized power and overthrew Darkwill's rule."

"Now, Noxus is led by Swain. He founded the Trifaree Society and wants to split the royal power, but he has not found the right person yet."

"But the dinner we attended was not hosted by Swain. Mel believed it was hosted by an organization called the Black Rose." Hilco looked at Li Ke.

After hearing what Hilco said, Li Ke's mouth twitched slightly.

The timeline of the Twin Cities has passed, and the current big event has already arrived in Noxus?

Swain seized power, established the Trifarix Society, divided the imperial power into three parts, and brought Noxus back on track. However, LeBlanc will continue to make trouble for her own plan.

For example, releasing Renekton Xerath and resurrecting Azir. These things all have the shadow of LeBlanc.

"Okay, I see."

"Then, after attending the Noxian dinner, we'll talk about my marriage to Jinx."

After hearing this, Jinx frowned and looked a little unhappy, but she did not get angry. Instead, she picked up a piece of frog meat with force and started chewing it.

Well, let’s get married later!

Li Ke can't run away anyway.

Besides, she hasn't had enough fun yet.

So, is Li Ke going to take her to Noxus next?
Thinking of this, Jinx became happy again.

(End of this chapter)