Come to think of it, today seems to be the day when Nicole comes to pay back her debt. And since she's been out at night these past few days, Ling should have had enough rest by now, right?
……
A few days later, the two sisters and Zhe still did not give up searching in the building.
But they searched almost every corner, but still could not find the amulet. Seeing this, the two sisters gradually lost confidence.
The only place they hadn't searched for was the one occupied by an illegal organization. The three of them decided to look for it again tonight. If they really couldn't find it, they would have to give up.
"Brother, the Public Security Bureau sent a notice that our business license has been renewed, and so has the grandmother's citizen ID."
Ling walked into the room on the first floor with her cell phone and happened to see Nicole suddenly standing up, grabbing her collar with one hand, covering her mouth with the other, and coughing slightly.
"Hey? Nicole, what's wrong with you?"
Ling asked knowingly, laughing in her heart, but her face showed ignorance, while Nicole suppressed the urge to cough and swallowed.
"No, nothing, I just choked while eating..."
Nicole's face turned red from holding her breath. It looked like she had choked on the water as she said. (Yes, that's right.)
But her eyes at this moment were filled with resentment, perhaps because she felt sorry that this step could only be regarded as paying off half of the debt since they had fulfilled the previous agreement.
Or maybe it was because the upcoming debt repayment was interrupted. After all, labor is the most glorious, and it is such a happy thing to offset debts through labor (referring only to Nicole and Zhe).
Nicole didn't stay long. She just looked at Ling with some dissatisfaction, then tidied her clothes and left, leaving behind a message of "Come back another day".
Zhe didn't say anything when he saw this, but Ling was very sensible... (deleted)
"Well, brother, after we get our things from the police station, can we go shopping for a while?"
Ling was so eager to please him, how could Zhe have the heart to refuse? ... (deleted), so he agreed. (This paragraph will be deleted later)
"By the way, I wonder what happened to the young lady who came to borrow 'Porter Mountain' before. Doesn't my brother have her contact information? Why don't you ask?"
Ling suddenly said that she discovered this by accident when she saw her brother texting with someone else.
I thought it was Ambi or Nekomata, but when I looked closely, I found it was an unfamiliar account. After asking, I found out it was that cool young lady.
Zhe patted Ling's head and had no intention of sending a message, because Jane had said that her phone often needed to be turned off when she was working.
"Well, I'll tell Xiao 18 to pay more attention to it when she's watching the store today."
At the same time, on the other side, somewhere in the hollow area of the Balai Building.
"Ha~chiu——Well, it looks like someone is missing me. Who could it be?"
For some reason, Zhe's figure appeared in Jane's mind. Perhaps it was because he was the only one who might care about her at the moment.
Although their current relationship was limited to a few meetings and occasional online chats, Jane was really interested in his sometimes bold and interesting way of speaking.
Just as she was thinking, the members guarding the entrances and exits also rushed over.
"Oh, Sister Jane, you are finally back. I missed you so much!"
"...It's you, you're a bit of a bummer. And this is what you're missing, right?"
Jane took out a videotape and looked uninterested, but the younger brother didn't care about it and kept his eyes on the videotape.
"Ohhh! Here it comes! A special feature film version of 'Porter Mountain' recorded in high definition, including 20 seconds of extra footage. I'm going to enjoy it now!!"
Seeing how happy he was, Jane explained the general content in a humorous way, and the former's face instantly stiffened.
But the smile shifted to Jane's face.
"Why are you suddenly silent? Are you scared?"
The man who heard this was trembling as he spoke, but he still said stubbornly for the sake of face.
"...How could this happen? I just feel like I should be more serious at work... Also, I suddenly thought of some things that happened in the past few days..."
Chapter 170 Meeting Caesar Again
"Oh? What is it?"
Seeing the obvious fear on the face of the man in front of her after he mentioned that incident, Jane couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
"Well, Sister Jian, I'm telling you, please don't tell anyone else that I said it. After all, the higher-ups don't allow this to be spread, and..."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and speak!"
Jian knew this man's temper, so she urged him directly in a stern voice. Seeing this, the other party stopped talking nonsense and explained the key points.
"Oh, so, a few strange figures have appeared near the base recently, right?"
"Yes, yes, I heard from other patrol brothers that those things are very fast. They often pass by right under our noses before we can even see what they are.
"I could also hear a hissing sound like a snake, or the barking of a fox, but where are the snakes and foxes in this cave? Aren't they all just corpses?"
Jane fell into deep thought after hearing this. The top leaders of the Mountain Lion Gang in this stronghold seemed to take this very seriously and even sent more patrol personnel. The man in front of him was one of them.
She ignored the man's frightened and trembling appearance and looked at the gang members who were guarding the hostages not far away.
The other party listened to her and gave the sheriff named Seth three times the amount of water. In this way, there was no problem here for the time being.
It is worth noting that the guard mentioned that he was very familiar with this empty shortcut rift, which is useful information.
But soon Jane noticed something was wrong. He was just going to the bathroom and there was nothing wrong with the food he had eaten recently, so why did he take so long?
Sure enough, not long after, another gang member came running over and yelled in panic.
"Gone! The hostages! The guards! The sheriff! They're all gone! The guard in the bathroom was knocked unconscious, and the guard's younger brother betrayed us. He and the hostages all ran away!"
Jane couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that Seth actually said that someone had surrendered. Should she say that the person was too gullible, or that he was not completely bad?
But there was no point in thinking about these things right now. In order to prevent the situation from getting worse, Jane stepped out without hesitation and chased the fleeing hostages himself, leaving the rest of the people here to pick up the leader of the Mountain Lion Gang.
On the other side, the guard, Seth, and a group of hostages who had just run a distance had arrived at an exit.
The guard was exhausted and out of breath, but Seth, who had been given a muscle relaxant, looked relaxed. At this time, the two hostages had already left through the exit.
Just when it was about his turn to guard his younger brother, he hesitated, wondering if he could really turn from evil to good.
As the saying goes, hesitation will lead to defeat. Jane and the leader of the Mountain Lion Gang, Riza, chased after them one after another. Although even if they didn't hesitate, with Riza and the others' speed they would eventually catch up.
Eventually, forced by the situation, Jane had no choice but to "execute" the defected younger brother in front of everyone in the Mountain Lion Gang.
That is to say, push him down from a tall building. Seth, who was standing by, couldn't help but cry out in pain when he saw this scene. The guard said that he wanted to reform himself when he was about to die.
But Seth himself was in danger at this time. Just when Riza was about to attack him, Jane spoke again to stop him and incited the gang members, getting an opportunity.
At the same time, on the other side, the brother and sister who had just walked out of the police station were holding a citizen ID in their hands.
"Finally it's done. Now I can hand it over to that mother-in-law. Please, brother."
Ling handed her citizen ID to Zhe and went to a nearby shopping mall first. After making this plan, the two separated temporarily.
Arriving at the agreed location, Zhe immediately noticed the old woman and the two young girls around her, one of whom looked particularly familiar.
"So, the ceremony is about to begin again?"
"Yes, we have been preparing for this recently!"
The girl named Caesar put her hands on her hips, looking confident, while the old woman smiled kindly when she heard her words.
"I really miss it. The last time we went through the ceremony, we caused quite a bit of trouble for the other party, even though he still won in the end. Humph!"
"That experience of my mother-in-law is the same as the victory of [Overlord] now!"
Another girl spoke very enthusiastically, her light yellow hair tied in a pair of ponytails and she was wearing a pair of sunglasses with red lenses.
Wearing a black leather jacket, he was as passionate as Caesar next to him, especially his tone and expression gave people a feeling of passion.
When Caesar heard this, he nodded.
"He's really strong...but it doesn't matter. No matter who I am, I will win!"
"In that case, could Grandma tell us about the ceremony?"
The enthusiastic girl raised her fists and looked at her mother-in-law in front of her with anticipation.
"Okay, but I have an appointment with a passionate young man to do something first. Ah, he's already here."
As the old woman spoke, she looked at Zhe who was walking towards her not far away. Caesar also looked over and was stunned. The enthusiastic girl standing next to her had her eyes lit up.
"Oh! He's a very sunny and handsome boy! Hello, hello, my name is Bernice. Are you the one who helped my mother-in-law get her citizen ID?"
"Yes...it's me, that's right. My name is Zhe. I just didn't expect to meet Caesar here."
Zhe looked at Caesar beside him, and the latter also reacted from his brief surprise.
"Ah? Yes, I haven't seen you since our last encounter. My mother-in-law said someone helped her. After hearing his description, I was wondering if it was you and Ling."
Caesar smiled and scratched his head, and finally seemed to suddenly think of something and hurriedly spoke again.
"By the way, I took good care of the comic book you gave me before!"
Caesar recalled that Lucy had told her that the book was very valuable, but then she took out nine identical copies. This made her a little confused about the specific price of the book.
But no matter what the price is, it is of great value to Caesar.
At this time, the old lady on the side opened her eyes wider and watched Caesar and Zhe communicating so happily, wondering what she was thinking.
"Hey, are you the one who gave her that comic book that Caesar kept mentioning? What a coincidence!"
Bernice, who was standing by, opened her mouth slightly, a little surprised but also curious about Zhe.
Chapter 171 Mother-in-law: Young man, do you have a girlfriend? What do you think of Caesar?
"After Caesar came back that time, he often looked at the comic book and smiled foolishly. Lucy even said that he was obsessed with it."
"Bernice! What are you talking about? I didn't do that! You're going to make people misunderstand me."
Caesar argued loudly with a slightly red face. She was obviously just seeing the content of the comic book and thinking of some things in her mind, so she blushed.
When Bernice heard this, she gave an embarrassed giggle to ease the awkwardness. Zhe, who was standing by, didn't know how to interrupt and could only smile without saying anything.
"By the way, this is Grandma's citizen ID, please keep it."
Zhe took out his citizen ID and handed it over. The mother-in-law took it and glanced at Caesar and Bernice who were still talking next to her.
Suddenly, he spoke in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"Young man, do you have a partner now? If not, what do you think of Caesar?"
"Wha, what?"
Faced with his mother-in-law's sudden question, Zhe was a little slow to react, but the latter continued.
"You and Caesar knew each other before, so you should know that this child has a good character and is very capable. I also know his father. If you think it's okay, I can help you guys talk?"
"Well, thank you for your kindness, mother-in-law. It's just that young people nowadays don't seem to accept their elders arranging their marriages."
Zhe didn't think Caesar had any bad intentions. This was a tactful rejection of his mother-in-law's kindness. The latter was a little disappointed when she saw this, but she didn't insist on persuading him.
"By the way, Caesar, didn't you guys just say you wanted to go shopping?"
The mother-in-law's words interrupted the conversation between the two people, and Bernice also reacted at this time.
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot. Does Mother-in-law want to come along? And Brother Zhe, are you free?"
Bernice was still as enthusiastic as ever, but the mother-in-law just waved her hand.
"I don't need that. You young people can go by yourselves."
Seeing that her mother-in-law refused, Bernice also looked at Zhe. Seeing that the other party was so enthusiastic, and thinking that he was going shopping with Ling soon, the latter nodded and agreed.
"Okay, let's go together."
Not long after, Ling looked at her brother who had just separated from her and turned around to bring back two beautiful girls, and she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Ling, long time no see. Do you remember me? I'm Caesar."
Caesar looked at Ling, who was standing in front of him with her head down and silent, as if thinking about something, and mistakenly thought that she had forgotten about him, so he reminded her.
But Ling certainly still remembered Caesar. After all, both she and she liked her brother's works very much, and he was a friend they could talk to.
"Oh? Hello, my name is Bernice. Are you Zhe's sister? Her name is Ling. How cute! You two are both so cute!"
Before Ling could speak, Bernice's enthusiastic greeting made her forget what she wanted to say.
"Uh, hello..."
While Ling greeted the two of them with a smile, her eyes were looking at Zhe with a questioning look in them.
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