Luo Binhan stopped in alarm and hid behind the milk lamp. When Joel Fineman wanted to walk over and say hello to Marin, he quickly grabbed her next to him.
"Don't move, there's something wrong." He warned, "There's something wrong with that woman."
Joel Fineman took a closer look at the red-haired woman.
"Not bad." She said, "Her body temperature is very low, similar to the environment."
Her conclusion made Luo Binhan increasingly believe that there was something wrong with this red-haired beauty, perhaps a dragon ready to eat Marin. He asked a little nervously: "Can you see through it? Is there a tail under her skirt?"
"I didn't see it."
"Then what else is wrong with her?"
Joel Fineman watched for a moment longer.
"She's super hot," she said with certainty.
Luo Binhan admitted that what she said was true, but felt that this conclusion was not helpful. He couldn't help but look at Joel Farman seriously, questioning her brain circuit and sexual orientation.
"Beauty is a warning color on the regular side," adds Joel Farman.
Luo Binhan wanted to ask this question clearly, but Marin and the red-haired woman were about to disappear around the corner. They had no choice but to stop talking and follow them quietly. Marin and the red-haired woman kept talking animatedly along the way, and occasionally burst into laughter together, making people wonder what they were doing.
The pair of playmates did not take the sightseeing path that Luo Binhan and Lan Que took together, but turned directly to the central branch road. Luo Binhan estimated that they were going to a restaurant, so he quickly took Joel Farman and took another detour, hoping to hide in the restaurant before Marin and ambush him.
They ran all the way and arrived at the door of the restaurant, only to find that it was already crowded with ten cat people standing in front of the restaurant. Their clothes are different from other service staff in Sugar Land. They are brand-new and bright pure cloth uniforms with shiny copper buttons on their chests. They all hold their heads high and are full of energy. In the center of them stood a strange creature covered in a transparent protective suit.
It was wearing a heavy dark blue one-piece dress, its back was slightly hunched, and it was holding a crutch made of coral and pearls. The exposed skin under the dress was smooth and smooth, like fish skin with scales scraped off, but the color was colorful, mixed with orange-red, thin green, lemon yellow and aqua blue. When it turned its face in the direction of Luo Binhan, it revealed a face that looked exactly like The fish has a blue-purple face with a water bladder-like instrument around its back, and tubes at both ends are inserted into the gills on both sides of the neck.
Luo Binhan had never seen such a fancy creature. He stood there blankly. Fortunately, Joel Farman reacted in time and pulled him to the side as if nothing had happened, pretending to be a pair of playmates who were walking here.
"That's a Durand man." She said to Luo Binhan, "The one with bright skin is a businessman. The Sugar Land here is very small, so he might be the boss."
Luo Binhan was naturally very surprised. He didn't expect that he would meet the boss of the entertainment city in front of the restaurant. What concerned him even more was that the Durand boss, who was cheering and cheering, did not directly enter the restaurant. He just stood in front of the store, letting his impressive cat guards block the entire entrance and exit, looking like he was greeting someone.
He and Joel Farman observed it from a distance for a while, and finally decided to go up and have a look. They pretended to be tired customers and walked towards the door of the store. The ten cat guards stared at them with one eye and the fur on their tails stood up. When they got closer, a black cat quickly stepped forward and stopped them five steps away.
“Please stay,” it said. “The restaurant is closed today.”
Luo Binhan deliberately made a very disappointed sound, pretending to be unwilling: "Can't we negotiate? We paid to come in."
The Black Cat Guard politely apologized and promised to refund half of the ticket price, and that everything else in the city would be free for the day. Its words were very polite, completely unlike the cat people Luo Binhan had seen before, but its attitude was very firm. Its sharp nails were already sticking out, only bent inwards out of politeness.
Luo Binhan didn't intend to conflict with them. He was about to pull Joel Farman away, when Marin and the red-haired woman appeared from the other side of the street.
The Durands, who were protected by the cats, immediately came forward. And as if she was already familiar with him, the red-haired woman next to Marin also moved forward quickly. She stretched out her arms and gave the Durand man a generous and warm embrace.
"Uona!" said the Durandian, "Welcome, I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time, but I just couldn't find the time. Please forgive me for insisting on choosing the place here, because for me, there is nothing better than candy in this world." The city is a better place to entertain partners.”
"I agree with that, Mr. Dadatuba. In fact, I've been here for a long time and have a closer look. Sugar Land is a fascinating place."
The red-haired woman's voice had a strange drawl, which seemed elegant and circuitous, completely inconsistent with the way she and Marin chatted. There was always a hint of mist in her smile, and her feet in high heels turned gently on the ground.
"I really hope we can settle things today, Mr. Dadatuba." She leaned over and said to the Durand man, her tone ambiguous and mysterious.
The Durand held his staff in webbed hands and looked up at her calmly.
"Of course, we all hope so," he said.
They laughed together. Then the Durand man said: "Would you mind introducing that handsome young man to me?"
Uona took a step back, naturally hooked Marin's arm, and pulled it in front of the Durand.
"This is Marin Novras." She said calmly and gracefully, "The art consultant I am going to hire. Marin, this is Mr. Dadatuba, the owner of the Senlei Ball, the richest man in the entire galaxy. people."
Marin stepped forward to salute like a veteran and exchanged a few polite words with Dadatuba. He seemed completely at ease, until he saw Luo Binhan on the other side winking at him crazily.
"Uh." Marin said, "What are you doing here?"
Everyone looked over. Luo Binhan could only smile and wave to Ma Lin: "What a coincidence."
"Familiar?" Uona asked.
Luo Binhan immediately wanted to deny it, but Joel Farman had already nodded, and Marin also said without any secret that they were now traveling companions on the same boat. Dadatuba immediately changed his attitude. He motioned to the cats to get out of the way and invited Luo Binhan and the others to dine together.
There was no turning back from that situation, so Luo Binhan had no choice but to agree. He deliberately wanted to grab Marin and whisper a few words, but the latter kept following Uona, making him grit his teeth and be helpless. He had no choice but to secretly warn Joel Farman: "We must be careful later and run away if we have the chance."
"Why?" Joel Fineman asked.
"Didn't you see what they looked like just now?" Luo Binhan said, "Those two laughed so hard that I trembled. They must be engaged in illegal business. Beautiful security guards in dresses, either arms or drug trafficking."
He spoke very softly, but Wuona, who was walking in front, still looked back and smiled at him, which scared Luo Binhan and hid behind Joel Farman. Joel Farman dragged him out, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "But you are a pirate. You will not lose to her."
Luo Binhan really didn't think so, but he didn't seem to be so loyal if he left behind the beauty-obsessed Ma Lin. He had no choice but to walk into the restaurant and sit down at the makeshift dining table in the center. Without any unnecessary words, Dadatuba immediately announced the start of the meal. The first few side dishes are vegetable juice, flying mantis jumping beans and fried oil fingers, followed by double-skinned sea ghost cream honeycomb soup and worm blood frozen ice cream. These dishes taste far more normal than their names and appearance, but Somehow, Luo Binhan felt a faint murderous aura from this menu.
He was chewing the meat out of nervousness, while Joel Fineman and Marin both ate with gusto. Uona was unhurried and as elegant as a fine wine, while Dadatuba seemed very restrained. He only touched one or two spoons of each dish and then motioned to the catman next to him to help him carry it away.
After all the dishes that were served were finished, he announced that the main course would begin. Wuona immediately sat up straight and looked into the eyes of the Durandian. They smiled politely at each other, making Luo Binhan just want to stay away from this table.
Dadatuba asked the guards to get a hard candy knife and peel off the mat on the surface of the table, revealing the light yellow and warm crust inside. The truth was finally revealed: the tabletop itself was today's main course, a giant sweet pancake stuffed with ten layers of pastry, dozens of sauces and hundreds of spices.
The Durandian took a knife and gently scratched the surface of the pie crust. He said meaningfully: "How much are you going to eat, Uona?"
"It depends on how much you are willing to give me, Mr. Dadatuba."
"I'm happy to treat guests with hospitality, but that also has to take into account the appetite of the guests."
"Don't worry, I have a good appetite."
All the cat people waggled their ears slightly. The edge of the knife sinks a little into the soft crust, revealing the golden and sweet filling. Dadatuba wiped the stuffing with the blade of his knife and said, "How good an appetite can you have, Uona?"
Uona stood up from the table. She bowed slightly, revealing a snow-white curve in her low-hanging neckline, and showed a cloud-like smile to Dadatuba.
"I can eat it, if it's not rude," she said.
The atmosphere was already tense. Luo Binhan finally decided that it was time to retreat. He kicked Marin next to him under the table and winked at him, indicating that they must escape before the conflict between the two evil forces broke down.
"What are you doing?" Marin asked softly.
Luo Binhan glared at him with a bit of disgust, but he couldn't stop the mouth of this veteran in love. He said as calmly as possible: "We have to run."
"Run? Why?"
"Aren't you going to run and wait for a stray bullet?"
Marin looked at him inexplicably. After a while, he seemed to understand and patted Luo Binhan's back happily.
"No, no, friend, you are totally mistaken." He said with a weird face, "Uona is not in your upstream industry. She is in the entertainment industry, the sales person in charge of a small business. You She will definitely be interested because she is responsible for selling..."
Before he could finish speaking, Uona suddenly flicked her hair and announced coldly to Dadatuba: "We want a share of the Stars Contest. We only pay the service fee and do not accept the share."
"You sound like a whale," Dadatuba said. "A simple card game, but you want the entire Sugar Land to give in to you."
"We have this value. Star Wars is already the game with the highest total consumption in the fantasy world."
Dadatuba snorted contemptuously: "It's just in the dream world, madam. The entertainment industry there is not much more developed than abroad. You haven't seen a truly decent opponent yet."
"Like an old antique with candies and stacking blocks?"
“These candy bricks have been around longer than the league has been around.”
"It's no wonder people are getting annoyed with it."
They began to criticize each other, and Luo Binhan was stunned by the severity. He has never seen such a heated business negotiation. Dadatuba commented on Star Wars as "a little addition and subtraction game for fools and young children", while Uona declared that Sugar Land was "a place built by people with childhood retardation." "The boring building block tower." After countless derogatory words, Luo Binhan finally understood their purpose: it sounds like Wuona plans to promote Star Wars to more areas outside the dream world as the first step of expansion. , they plan to join forces with the Durandians to first promote the game in sugar towns and cultivate new players.
Marin sat calmly and asked a cat man to hand him a knife and fork as if nothing had happened. Then he cut his head on the table and put it into his mouth in small bites. While eating, he whispered to Luo Binhan, telling him that this business was actually stable - promoting card games in Sugar City would be profitable for both parties, but there was still a fight over the distribution of profits. In addition, Wuona had another point. Dissatisfaction: The Durandians insisted that the developers of Star Wars build another card production line and use sugar approved by Sugar City as the material. That is tradition for the Durand people, but Wuona feels that this requirement is harmful to the game itself - no player will choose to eat up his precious hero card unless it is about to be lost to the opponent.
"Then what are you doing here?" Luo Binhan also asked secretly while cutting the table.
"Coincidence." Marin said, "I met Uona when I was sightseeing here. At that time, I was auditioning the suite - the one I told you to write before, and Uona liked it as soon as she heard it. She invited me to be an art consultant for Star Wars, mainly composing some character songs and poems."
"Are you really planning to go?"
"I'm still thinking about it."
Ma Lin seemed very excited, and Luo Binhan also felt that he should not stop his friend from seeking a more legitimate job. But he always felt a little uneasy - maybe it was because he had eaten too many pies.
Uona and Dadatuba have entered a heated stage. They were arguing so heartily and completely forgetting themselves that it no longer mattered how much cake they could eat. The beneficiaries became three idlers who kept eating in the flames of war until they could see their own knees when they lowered their heads. Joel Fineman not only ate from the table, but even fed the catman closest to her a bite from time to time.
Luo Binhan felt that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he had to get up and ask for a walk to eat. A catman led him into a small compartment inside and suggested that he take a rest here. He did a few simple exercises inside, and then fell asleep unconsciously. In his dream, he seemed to hear the blue magpie calling him, walking to his side, and his waterfall-like hair falling on his face.
He felt it was a little itchy and couldn't help but open his eyes and found a strand of bright red hair swaying in front of his eyes.
Luo Binhan jumped up in fright. Uona appeared in the room at some point and looked at him with a smile.
"Looks like I scared you," she said, "Sorry, I just saw you were sleeping soundly. Wasn't it pleasant at the dinner table just now?"
Luo Binhan quickly shook his head: "Is your business done?"
"Yes, Mr. Dadatuba and I have reached a preliminary agreement." Uona said, "Are you Marin's friend? Nice to meet you. Mind telling me your name?"
Her posture was so casual and calm, as if she was making ordinary social remarks. This made Luo Binhan relax a little, and then introduced himself in a sincere voice: "My name is Zhou Yu."
Uona blinked and smiled at him.
"What a name," she said.
That sounded like the end of the conversation, but Uona didn't leave just yet. On the contrary, she got closer and closer, and finally forced the frightened Luo Binhan into the corner.
"What are you doing? I called someone." Luo Binhan warned.
Wuona still had a smile on her face, her red lips were slightly open, revealing two sharp canine teeth. Her face suddenly seemed no longer beautiful, but gray, stiff, and distorted. When Luo Binhan was about to really call Joel Farman, she pinched Luo Binhan's neck with her hands as cold as iron hoops.
More fangs poked out of her mouth. Luo Binhan could barely make a sound and could only try his best to pull out the scimitar hanging on the inside of his coat. Before he had time to draw the knife, an unusually sharp cat meow sounded outside the wall.
Uona immediately let go of her hand. She stepped back as if a little surprised and stared at the window above Luo Binhan's head. Luo Binhan panted and glanced up, only to catch a glimpse of a petite black shadow that disappeared in a blink of an eye.
He grabbed the handle of the knife with his hand and looked at Uona again. Now her horrible dead face disappeared like an illusion, and there was that stunning red-haired beauty again.
"What are you?" he hissed.
Uona looked at him thoughtfully, and finally returned to her misty smile.
"Excuse me for being rude." She said, "I'm just curious about where the curse on you comes from. That is very arousing to me - after all, we are a people who live in the night."
She moved her hair coquettishly, walked out of the house, and pressed her hand on the doorknob. Just when Luo Binhan thought she was leaving, the dangerous creature turned back and smiled charmingly at him.
"I have no intention of offending the elder's envoy, and I would like you to express my greetings to that gentleman for me." She said, "I wish him all the best - the blessing of the double stars, the true blood of King Heng, the rain and the black moon, the son of Ning Wei, The Lord of the Dead Lotus Society and the Witches, His Majesty Ninwell of Narensheve."
