"Okay...I will explain it to you clearly." Maxine stood there awkwardly, as if thinking about how to explain to Situ Fengya.
"Sit down and talk." Situ Fengya picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine. Then he put down the wine glass and pointed to where Maxine was sitting just now. Situ Fengya is not a person who likes to cause trouble, but this does not mean that he is easy to bully. When Maxine was in danger before, he helped Maxine just on a whim, without any thought of repaying her. What he didn't expect was that he would be rewarded like this for his bravery. No matter how good-tempered he was, he would never be able to say something like, 'It's okay, you can leave.'
"I'm really sorry about what just happened." Maxine kept her head lowered, like a child who made a mistake, but that's exactly what happened. "The reason why I did what I did just now is I was obsessed with it for a moment, but...but I...there really is no other way..." After saying this, Maxine bit her lips tightly, and there seemed to be a little tears shining in her eyes.
"Is there no other way to steal other people's things?" Situ Fengya's tone remained calm, without any change, "If you have the skills, why not find a legitimate job?"
"Do you think I don't want to?" Maxine slowly raised her head, with a wry smile on her face that Situ Fengya had never seen before, "My home is in South America. I am an ordinary family that cannot live in an ordinary family. I live a calculated life. Not as rich, but still living a happy life. My father is a worker, my mother is a supermarket employee, and I am studying in school like other children, of course, if the accident did not happen."
"Accident?" Situ Fengya raised his eyebrows. He could probably guess what was going to happen next.
"Two years ago, when my father was working in the factory, he suffered a very serious injury due to the aging of the factory machinery. His entire right leg was amputated. However, the manager of the factory claimed that it was caused by improper operation of the employees. Damage, therefore compensation is refused.”
“The burden of taking care of the entire family fell on my mother’s shoulders, but something that made our family desperate happened again. Because of the domestic economic downturn, supermarkets were going to lay off employees, and my mother had no job because she was black. She was laid off in suspense." At this point, Maxine's face showed a painful and desperate expression, "My mother has worked in that supermarket for 5 years, and she has not made any mistakes in these 5 years. , the service attitude is also the best, but...but just because we are black, we were laid off in the first batch."
"Since then, my family's economic conditions have plummeted, and I was forced to drop out of school. In order to take care of my father, my mother and I had no choice but to go out and look for jobs. However, due to various reasons, we earned very little money. At this time, my father Lung cancer was diagnosed again. Fortunately, the tumor on my father's body is only in the early stage. As long as active treatment is given, it is still possible to be cured. But...but..." Maxine covered her head and lay on the table, tears like tears. The words came out like a dike, "But we have no money at all! It's hard for our family to survive just by relying on the money my mother and I earn. There is still money to treat my father!"
Maxine got up from the table and wiped away her tears, but her red eyes confirmed that she had indeed cried bitterly just now. Maxine took a deep breath and forced a smile, and said, "Sorry, I made you laugh."
"It's okay." Situ Fengya shook his head, his expression still calm, "Just keep talking."
"Okay... But even if there is no money, dad's life still needs to be saved. After dad was diagnosed with illness, my mom and I worked early and late at different jobs to pay for dad's medical expenses. But even so, the money we earned The money was also very little. By chance, I overheard that you could make money by playing games, so I went to find out how to get game equipment. After entering the game, I asked around what I could do to make money the fastest. The answer was, become a mercenary."
"Before this, I had never been exposed to this kind of game. Not to mention fighting monsters, I had never even fought. But for dad's medical expenses, this is nothing!"
"Those people didn't lie to me. Mercenaries can indeed make a lot of money quickly. Although some tasks are very difficult, because they are in the game, there is no need to worry about encountering danger. Jian Ya, do you know, then It was the first time I had earned so much money. When I showed the money to my mother, she actually hugged me and started crying." A big smile appeared on Maxine's face, which was a bit reluctant than before. Her smile was different, this time her smile was full of joy, but unfortunately, Maxine's smile only lasted for a moment, "I thought if I continued like this, my father's medical expenses would be settled, but...but... Those bastards from Dayang Club! They even took away my last hope!"
"What did they do?" Situ Fengya's expression remained unchanged, but his tone changed slightly.
"After their union was established, they called all the mercenaries together and asked those mercenaries to serve them. Since their treatment was much better than that of the mercenary association, I also wanted to join it, but... they But I refused because I was black.”
"Bang!" When Maxine said this, a loud noise suddenly came, startling everyone around her. Maxine raised her head in surprise and found that the loud noise turned out to be General Situ Fengya. The sound of a wine glass hitting the table. Situ Fengya drank the remaining wine in the glass, wiped his mouth and said, "I'm sorry, please continue talking."
"Since then, the mercenary association's commissions have become less and less. NPCs can go to the beast layer, so it doesn't have much impact, and we players can only accept commissions in the human layer. I tried to I argued with them, but they kicked me out. Later, I became angry and wanted to steal something from their president to take revenge on them, but I was discovered before I could get close to the president of the Ocean Society. After that, they You chased me outside the city to catch you, and then I met you."
"Huh..." Situ Fengya breathed a long sigh of relief, and his expression finally changed slightly, "I roughly understand your experience, but... why do you want to steal my things?"
"Because... because..." Maxine suddenly lowered her head, and saw her two fingers intertwined, and her face turned red, "I see that you spent so much on shopping just now, you must be very rich, and... Moreover, I don’t think you are a bad person... Even if you are discovered, you will not hit me... I’m sorry! I was really wrong! Please forgive me!” Maxine buried her head deeply again, while her face There is also guilt written all over it.
"Okay, I agree to your previous request." Situ Fengya tapped his fingers on the table and said softly.
"Previous...request?" Maxine suddenly raised her head, a trace of confusion flashed across her face, but then she changed to a look of horror, "You mean, kill the president of Dayang Society!"
"That's right." Situ Fengya nodded and did not deny it. "If you kill him once in front of many people and lose the face of the Ocean Society, the life of your mercenary association should be easier, right?"
"No, no, no... everything I said before was all angry!" When she heard that Situ Fengya actually wanted to kill the president of the Ocean Society, Maxine was so frightened that she waved her hands quickly. She had been hunted for so long yesterday. , there was naturally a fire in his heart, and now he has calmed down, of course he knows how ridiculous what he said yesterday was, "There are so many people in the Dayang Club, and there are many masters, how can you do it with only one person. And... You also said it yesterday, we just met, there is no need to do such a thing for me."
"You don't need to say anything, I've already..."
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Jian Ya?"
While Situ Fengya was talking to Maxine, three people suddenly came to the table where they were sitting and interrupted their conversation. These three people were well-equipped and were at level 35, which is not common nowadays. And most importantly, they all had a ripple-shaped mark on their shoulders, so Situ Fengya guessed that these three people should be from the Ocean Society.
Sure enough, what the leader said next confirmed Situ Fengya's guess.
"Yes, I am Jian Ya."
"I am Captain of the Sixth Division of the Ocean Club, Brown Martin." Brown stretched out his right hand towards Situ Fengya. Situ Fengya stared at him for a while, then slowly stretched out his right hand and shook it, "Nice to meet you. You, Mr. Jian Ya."
"What do you want from me?" Situ Fengya quickly retracted his right hand, and his tone was not very friendly.
"It's like this. Yesterday, Mr. had a conflict with several brothers from our guild, so I'm here..."
"Are you here for a show?" Situ Fengya knew that people from Dayang Club were back to look for him, but he didn't expect to find him so soon.
"No, it's not. After our president Smith heard about Mr., he was very interested in him, so he hopes to meet him." Brown's tone was very sincere, without the slightest hint of trouble.
"Your president? See me?" Situ Fengya frowned and said, "I just had a conflict with you yesterday, and you don't care?"
"Of course, the president has already understood what happened yesterday. He knows very well that the gentleman is not deliberately going against us, so he does not intend to cause trouble for the gentleman. The idea is that the president really hopes to make friends with the gentleman."
"Okay! I agree to meet with your president, but I'm afraid I can't do it today. Can I do it tomorrow?" To the surprise of several people, Situ Fengya agreed readily.
"No problem, I'll report it to the president right now!" Seeing that Situ Fengya agreed, Brown was overjoyed, but then his eyes moved to Maxine, "Oh, I don't know who this is..."
"It's just a stranger who keeps asking me to join some kind of mercenary association, haha! What's so good about that shabby place!" As he spoke, Situ Fengya showed a hint of sneer on his face, and then he said to Maxine: "Little girl! I advise you not to bother, I won't agree to it! Your shabby place has no appeal to me at all!"
"But...but..." Maxine was dumbfounded for a moment. She didn't understand why Situ Fengya's attitude changed so drastically after the three people from the Ocean Club appeared. "You just clearly..."
"Ha! That's all a lie to you!" Situ Fengya said mercilessly, "I just came to this place, why didn't I agree if someone wanted to help me. But since there are better options, why choose a rubbish place? What? What do you think, Captain Brown?"
"What Mr. Jian Ya said is absolutely true." Brown agreed without hesitation, looking at Maxine with a hint of pity in his eyes.
"I really misjudged you!" After listening to Situ Fengya's words, Maxine felt like her lungs were going to explode. She stood up and left without looking back.
"..." Situ Fengya stared at Maxine's leaving back with a complicated expression.
"Mr. Jianya, let's meet tomorrow." Brown reached out to Situ Fengya again, but this time he didn't get a response from Situ Fengya. He raised his head and found that Situ Fengya had gone offline at some point.
