Scary... so scary. Luo Zhen got goosebumps all over when he heard that. He had heard that there was a thin line between pure love and being a stalker before. Even though Luo Zhen knew that Shi Huayra was always enthusiastic in showing her love for him, he never thought that she would be infatuated with him to this extent. It was... really scary. But what he wondered was... Luo Zhen drank the soy milk while asking, "Then... if Miss Shi doesn't want me to know, why are you telling me?" "Because that will make her unhappy, of course," Lin Zexia sneered playfully at the corner of her mouth. "I hate the police, it's true, but I hate a capitalist woman who is a police officer even more. If there's anything that can make that woman unhappy, I'm happy to do it. Especially if it's an action that doesn't require any money, let alone."
This is like saying if you don't pick up the money on the street, you won't get any money. Luo Zhen grumbled secretly in his heart. Even though on the outside, this Miss Lin Zexia looked like a weak and willful woman, by nature, she was just a sensitive tsundere. If she said she really hated the police, then what was that combat skill from before? Luo Zhen didn't know how to complain about this woman. But of course, these topics were landmines, and the wise Luo Zhen chose to let it go in one ear and out the other, not intending to continue the conversation on that matter. He immediately got back to the point: "Then what do you want to ask? Let me tell you beforehand that Old Man Lin and I didn't talk much about you. I just came to see him for some important business today."
"Then tell me about [that important business]," Zexia's long eyelashes narrowed in her eyes: "I also have the right to know what's going on in the slums. And I also control several streets here. If you want to know anything, I can help you. Consider it an exchange." "An exchange..." Luo Zhen sighed quietly. He understood Lin Zexia's feelings well. Lin Zexia was raised by a cunning father who might see her as a jewel in his palm, but Lin Zexia was never satisfied with that. She wanted to prove to her father and everyone as soon as possible that she was worthy of the slums and the things she should have. This was similar to Shi Huayra in many ways. She was also a rich daughter who wanted to work hard to prove herself. So the relationship between the two, even if it looked different, was very similar in terms of their ideology. It became a strange relationship that was both close and incompatible.
But Lin Zexia was too worried. Perhaps because of Old Man Lin's excessive favor, it made her unable to see the old man's expectations for her. Perhaps because under the old man's thumb, no matter what Lin Zexia did, she considered those achievements to be her father's, and everyone would always remember her as the daughter of the Rat King, not Lin Zexia, the woman who tried everything to get ahead of her father. So it wasn't strange that she was so eager to prove herself and wanted to be involved in everything related to her father... or to put it simply, she wanted to replace her father, rather than inherit the position from him. Although it wasn't to the point of 'killing for the position', Luo Zhen, who was very close to both of them, didn't want a conflict to arise between the father and daughter. But if it was about this matter, it should be fine. Rosen decided to tell her: "In the Ursus Empire, the city of Chernobog that has been in the news recently, you've seen it, right? That there's an organization of the Infected doing things..." Luo Zhen briefly summarized for her.
The girl who was listening intently focused on him like a student who was serious in class, and her posture, if seen by a teacher, would easily make her a favorite, seeing her determined eyes. After listening, Lin Zexia nodded in reply: "So that's how it is. An extremist organization of the Infected came to Lungmen to recruit the Infected. In fact, recently I also noticed that the number of Infected from Ursus has increased several times in the slums. If they receive propaganda or persuasion from that organization, they might be easily persuaded to join the group. That's what you're worried about, right?" "Yes, and it might be what Lungmen needs to worry about the most," Luo Zhen sighed: "If it escalates, it might become a diplomatic issue in the future. I don't care much, as long as no one gets hurt. But if these things reach the ears of the higher-ups, it's hard for ordinary people like us not to get into trouble. I'm just a soy milk shop owner who takes on a side job as a regular logistics company employee."
Miss Zexia looked at him with an indifferent and bored expression: "Forget about that soy milk shop, but your company is a regular logistics one? Don't make me laugh. What kind of logistics company likes to cause trouble for the guard unit every week for fun." This was a complaint I hadn't heard in a long time, and it made Luo Zhen feel very refreshed. Everything Luo Zhen had said was what he wanted to say, except for the matter of him meeting Crownslayer earlier, and the fact that the two of them had a close physical encounter? Of course... including the fact that she was a cute and kind woman.
Luo Zhen didn't expect Lin Zexia to do anything further. After all, for matters directly related to the slums, it still needed to be approved by Old Man Lin first. But for Lin Zexia, she didn't think so. She was more serious than Luo Zhen had expected. Her small hands were placed on her chin, and she was thinking hard: "Ursus, Chernobog, Integration Movement, Infected, Extremist Organization." "Miss Zexia?" Luo Zhen waved his hand in front of her face: "Are you okay? If you don't answer, I'll pinch your cheek." "You just try it..." Lin Zexia looked up at him: "If you dare to touch me, I'll shout immediately that you're raping me, and that old man will surely come in and tear you to pieces with his sand power."
Luo Zhen blinked and replied immediately: "I don't think so. Maybe Uncle Lin would be very happy and let us have that kind of moment together. Sigh... you know how long that old man has been waiting for that kind of moment." "Hngh..." Lin Zexia gritted her teeth when she couldn't argue with that. She turned a little pale as she tried to imagine that scene. She picked up a pillow on the sofa and held it tightly to her chest with suspicion: "Don't come near me! And don't come within 10 meters of me! Don't look below my shoulders, you pervert!!"
"Your house isn't even ten meters wide, miss..." Luo Zhen sighed. "Then I'll be taking my leave. That's all I talked about with Uncle Lin. I'm really tired today, I really want to go back and sleep." "...Wait a minute!" Lin Zexia spoke, stopping Luo Zhen who was getting up. She hugged the pillow and shrugged her shoulders before blinking and looking at him cautiously: "I want to ask your opinion on something. It's just for reference only. In a case like this, the chaos caused by the Ursus Infected, from your point of view, how do they look?"
"It's hard to say..." Luo Zhen said and sat back down in his seat. Lin Zexia asked a question that only a politician could answer, and it was a position that Luo Zhen liked the least. He had tried not to think about this kind of thing all along because he knew he would never be infected, so he never thought about it. But Lin Zexia's expression was very serious. She really wanted to ask Luo Zhen's opinion. This couldn't be done playfully.
Luo Zhen took a long breath before answering: "Even an outsider like me knows that the problem that has occurred is about the ideology of the Ursus Empire. Uncle Lin isn't interested in what that infected organization is doing, because what he's really interested in is the Empire itself. This riot and evacuation could become a crisis in the future for Lungmen, because the Ursus Empire can use that flaw to take action against Lungmen. But that matter can all be dealt with simply by Lungmen rejecting their accusations." It was all because this was the slums. Lungmen had never admitted that there was a slum community or that the Infected had smuggled into the city of Lungmen here. Since they had neither household registration, identity cards, nor entry records, whether they were robbed or killed, in theory, no one would know about these stories. This was a very cold-hearted practice, but it could also be used to deflect responsibility very well. Lungmen would never be responsible for the actions of the Infected in the slums. Whether those Infected joined the Integration Movement or not, Lungmen or Wei Yenwu, as long as that city lord said they had no existence here, it would be so. No matter how cruel and savage the Ursus Empire was, this was not the era of Emperor Zhou, where a war could be started just because the other party said, "We'll play by ourselves now."
Therefore, Luo Zhen thought that the most suitable way to deal with this matter was to maintain the status quo. He also added: "As long as Wei Yenwu and Uncle Lin can cooperate to take care of their own parts, Lungmen and the slums can continue to exist. All the Infected in Lungmen who are not from Ursus will definitely not join the entire Integration Movement if Uncle Lin comes to deal with it himself." Lin Zexia: "..." Miss Lin did not agree or object, just listened intently to what Luo Zhen said. What Luo Zhen said was what he had already thought of. As long as the Integration Movement wasn't doing something too big, they might take several years or more to expand their power and reputation outside the Ursus Empire with an organization of this small size now. Lungmen therefore had enough time to deal with that matter. Uncle Lin, who was determined to maintain the status quo of the slums, would never let the Integration Movement carry out that kind of matter again, and he would surely be able to handle it. ...Of course, the principle of the Integration Movement now was not to create [unnecessary big trouble].
Compared to Luo Zhen's conservative approach, Miss Lin seemed to have other ideas in her head than he did. She held a cup of soy milk while hugging a pillow. Right now, she didn't look very comfortable and secretly glanced at Luo Zhen while saying, "I have an idea... but it's really just an idea. You just listen to it but don't think anything, okay?" "Go on," Luo Zhen said while waiting for the sentence she was about to say. Lin Zexia sighed while looking away slightly. "I was thinking... if I took this opportunity to drive all the Infected out of the Dragon's Gate, what do you think would happen?"
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