Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 155 Ten Years After That Day

The Bilott family legacy.

"This family has been declining for a long time. It was once a well-known and powerful family in Dadu. Its methods involved both the black and white worlds. It was one of the initiators of the original business alliance. But after the alliance broke down, with the earthquake and the rise of the Jacob family, the Jacob family joined forces with other forces to gradually erode the Bilott family, causing this family to completely withdraw from the center of fame and fortune in Dadu."

Lin Yilin took a few old newspapers and arranged them in order, showing Zheng Fan how a giant gradually fell apart from the perspective of the metropolitan media.

"Wow, so it's finally dead now?"

"There may be some people left, but they are no longer important and can no longer be called a family. Selling all these properties is obviously forced. Mr. Illusion, you said that the painting that Xi Cai wanted to take away at the end was a fantasy?"

"Well, I can't see anything special about it, but it's very beautifully painted, like a more colorful Mona Lisa."

"What does it look like exactly?"

Zheng Fan swiped his card and took out a photo: "This one."

Lin Yilin took the photo and looked at it carefully: "I'll check it out."

After saying that, he returned to the computer and started typing away.

Zheng Fan had nothing to do for a while, so he went out shopping.

……

On Xixikeke Street, on Beixiao Road, a simple small crew seemed to be preparing for filming.

A photographer adjusted the camera and pointed it at a young woman who was well-dressed and dressed appropriately.

"Don't be nervous, this is our third point." The director comforted the woman before starting, and received a response from her.

Soon, they began.

"It has been ten years since the earthquake. Dadu is a turbulent city, but it is hard to imagine that ten years ago, many areas of the city were reduced to ruins. In the past ten years, the impact of the earthquake seems to have faded away. The record we filmed this time is to show you what Dadu looks like today, ten years after the earthquake."

"This is Xixikoko Street, one of the areas most severely affected by the earthquake. You can see that Xixikoko has not only been rebuilt, but has also made great progress. The streets are bustling with people, and everyone is full of vitality..."

After a brief introduction, they began to move around, interviewing people passing by.

"Hello, are you from Xixikoke?" A middle-aged man appeared in the camera.

"Ah, yes, yes."

"Did you experience the earthquake? How do you feel about Xixikoko now?"

"Of course, my father left during the earthquake to save my mother... What is Xixikeke like now? My mother and I left Xixikeke for a while after the earthquake, and when we came back, it had already begun to recover. The efficiency of Dadu is still very high, and the disaster relief subsidies for collapsed old houses are also sufficient, but the most important relatives can no longer come back..."

……

"Hello……"

"Yeah, I was still a kid when the earthquake happened. I was playing outside with my classmates after school and forgot about it. My family came out to look for me out of worry. ...Haha, I'm really lucky. I was naughty once and my family ran to a safe place quickly. We still live here now, Xixikeke...Except that it's a little harder to find a job because of the increasing population, it's not bad. At least I don't regret surviving, hahaha."

... "Me? I'm not a local, but my grandma lived here a long time ago and experienced the earthquake. She told me about what happened during the earthquake. She said she felt like she was going to find my grandpa soon, and when the rescue workers dug up the collapsed building, they found her hiding in a corner holding a photo of my grandpa. She only had a few scratches. She was really lucky. But it couldn't have been a good experience. My grandma passed away a few years ago, but she was not very comfortable when she passed away due to some illness. She herself said that it would have been great if she had died during the earthquake."

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"Before the earthquake, this alley was a small market. I used to do some handicrafts here, and many old friends were there at that time. When the earthquake happened, there was a fire here, and the fire became very big all of a sudden. Many people's shops and stalls were gone. Many old friends left in the earthquake, and even if some survived, they suddenly felt at a loss. I am 70 years old now, and we old people can see the end of our days at a glance. But after an earthquake, I really didn't know what to do. The city recovered quickly, but the friends who could work with me and chat with me after dinner at that time also left. And I should be gone soon too."

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"Me? There was a turmoil in the office where I worked part-time. I had just joined the office that collapsed, although I had no idea about it. Then I was quickly dismissed and fired... Oh, it was the earthquake. Sorry, I remembered to cut this part. I was very young when the earthquake happened. To be honest, my memory is very vague now. I only remember that the house collapsed and there was a big fire at night. My mother, who was working outside at the time, ran all the way back home to carry me out. It was very dangerous at the time. When we ran out, our house collapsed. I have a deep impression of this. ...My mother? Well...she is sick now and it is not easy for her, but like my mother at that time, I will not give up."

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At the Banmu Office, Kiyono Koji stood by the window, looking at the small crew conducting interviews on the street below, and asked, "What are they doing?"

"It seems like they were asking about things related to earthquakes in the past, like they were filming a documentary. Some of our subordinates were also interviewed. After being asked, everyone remembered that it was indeed a long time ago." The subordinate next to him couldn't help but sigh after answering.

"Haha, it was like a dream at the time. I'm really lucky to be alive."

"It is our greatest luck that we can be brothers here."

Although the firm is still in the process of restructuring, the internal atmosphere is much better than before when there were many factions targeting each other.

Kiyono Koji put aside a lot of his meaningless airs, which allowed everyone to talk so easily.

"That was indeed a long time ago." Kiyono Koji said after thinking for a while.

"Boss, you seemed very young back then, right? How did you feel then?"

"Hmm? My father sent me directly out of the most dangerous Shishikoko Street. Although there were obvious tremors in the surrounding white city, they were not as severe as Shishikoko, so I didn't feel much."

"That's it."

"But my father was participating in disaster relief at the time, and I didn't see him for a long time. At that time, I thought my father ignored me and was a little angry. Haha..." Qingno Heji said, and couldn't help but chuckle.

But just as he finished laughing, he caught a glimpse of a black sparrow hand puppet that had appeared on his desk. Two gray and white buttons served as eyes, staring straight at him.

"..." He was silent for a moment, then said, "You guys go out first. You guys have worked hard today."

The subordinates immediately agreed and left one after another.

After everyone left and the door was closed, Qingye Hesi asked, "Why don't you come here in Cheng Fei's skin? Why do you have to act so ridiculously?"

"Why would I use Cheng Fei if I could choose? Can you play board games with me?" The black sparrow hand puppet suddenly flew up, as if someone put it on someone's hand and opened and closed its mouth, and it could actually make sounds.

"No, I'm busy lately."

"Look."

(End of this chapter)