Even though he had already heard this story, when Tiya talked about her mother again, Zhou Li couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You have a great mother."
"Yes, I'm lucky."
The iron pieces flew in Tiya's slender and graceful fingers. She looked at the silver metal with a faint smile on her face, "If it weren't for my mother, I might not be a sword dancer, nor would I be able to put on the armor. Surrounding this country. I loved her very much and even though she is gone, I still feel her presence."
"You love this country, right?"
Zhou Li looked at Tiya, his look was like looking at an old friend he hadn't seen for many years, kind but a little distant. Tiya was startled for a moment, then she couldn't help but replied:
"Yes, I love this country."
"Mr. Zhou Li, I know you want to persuade me not to care about the underground black market."
As if she knew what Zhou Li wanted to say, Tiya smiled bitterly, and said to Zhou Li in a somewhat helpless and self-deprecating tone: "I understand my father, and I also understand that this world is not all black and white. Bai. But when I face these things head-on, I still feel uncomfortable and powerless. No matter how much I remind myself that this is a helpless compromise, I still cannot accept it."
"I don't really want to persuade you."
Zhou Li said this under Tiya's surprised gaze. He waved his hands and said indifferently: "If it were your father or Luo Ka, they might want to persuade you. But I'm lazy. , it’s too troublesome to talk, it’s easier to actually take action. I will go to the underground black market in twenty days, do you want to go with me? "
"Ah, this."
Tiya was stunned. She was used to her father's preaching, her eldest brother's severity, and her second brother's misbehavior. She was a little confused for a moment. She looked at Zhou Li. Although she hadn't met him often, she felt that this man knew her very well.
"I'm not asking you to accept the underground black market, I just want you to take a look."
Zhou Li crossed his arms, leaned against the wall, and said calmly: "Look at the buildings in the underground black market, the people and things there. Go for a walk and take a look. You can pull out your sword at any time to kill the criminals inside. You can kill them, or you can collect evidence and catch them all, I won’t care about you.”
"You trust me so much?"
Tiya frowned. Although she already had the answer in her heart, she still asked in confusion: "Are you afraid that if I really bring the criminal to justice, I will cause panic and disrupt your plan?"
"I'm not afraid of either of them."
Zhou Li smiled and shook his head, and said calmly: "First of all, I'm not worried about you being impulsive, because your self-control is the best among all the people I've ever seen. Secondly, even if your impulse causes turmoil... "
Zhou Li tapped his eyebrows with his fingers, then hammered his heart. With a confident smile that made people involuntarily convinced, Zhou Li said to Tiya:
"No one can disrupt my plan."
"To be honest, if it were anyone else talking like this, I would just think he was bragging."
After a while, Tiya narrowed her eyes slightly, and a girl's unique cunning smile appeared on her cheek. She looked at Zhou Li, raised the corners of her lips slightly, and said in a clear voice, "But if you are a brave man, I believe you. If you don't dislike me as a dragster, please take me with you."
"become."
Zhou Li didn't waste any time. He took out a piece of paper from his waist pocket and threw it to her. A series of numbers were recorded on it, "I will contact you in twenty days."
"no problem."
Tiya grabbed the note in mid-air, her half-draped beige sleeves revealing her smooth jade-like forearms, the perfect lines making people dizzy. She seemed to have regained her former vitality and her tone was no longer heavy, "No matter what, I will go and see the underground black market with my own eyes."
"see you then."
Zhou Li didn't say much, turned around, opened the door and left the furnace, not forgetting to close the door as well. Seeing the furnace where she was the only one left, Tiya was in a daze.
why…
A few short conversations made her feel relieved a lot, and she no longer blamed herself for being ignorant. She stared blankly at the note in her hand, and curiosity gradually emerged in her heart.
This brave man is indeed a little different...
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"how's it going?"
In the rest hall, Herinen and Lorca were talking with Don Quixote and others. The content of their conversation was nothing more than stories about marching and setting up formations, or sending troops and generals. Of course, they also heard some information that the intelligence officers did not know. For example, Zhou Li is addicted to sweets, and Zhou Li is extremely addicted to sweets and does not develop cavities at the same time.
In fact, if it was a normal Herinen, he could easily extract some inconspicuous but crucial information from Don Quixote and the others. But this time, because of Tiya, although he seemed calm and calm, in fact, his thoughts were always wandering inexplicably and he asked some strange questions.
For example, why does Zhou Li carry a pair of boxing gloves with LED light strips?
When Zhou Li returned to the lounge, Herinen politely ended the topic, then calmly turned his head to look at Zhou Li, and asked calmly: "Tiya doesn't like sweets."
"ah?"
Zhou Li was confused by Herinin's jumpy speech and said subconsciously: "Then she really has no taste."
After realizing that it might be impolite to say that the other person's daughter had poor taste in front of others, Zhou Li quickly changed the subject and said to Herinen: "I asked her to go take a look at the underground black market with me. She is in a pretty good mood now. , at least the air is no longer distorted when swinging the hammer."
Swing a hammer? distortion?
The confused Herinin didn't pay much attention to these details. He breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Zhou Li's words and thanked Zhou Li: "Sorry to trouble you, I hope my daughter will not cause you any trouble. "
With a polite smile, Zhou Li responded: "I believe Tiya, she is not an impulsive person."
Lao He, I know your daughter better than you do. Moreover, in the black market, it is impossible for her not to cause trouble.
After the pleasantries, Herinen and Lorca returned to the command center and began to review. Zhou Li, Don Quixote and his group also got into the magic car and started heading towards home.
"Mr. Zhou Li, how is Tiya?"
In the car, Don Quixote still couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Zhou Li: "Is she... still struggling?"
"I'm definitely still struggling. This kind of thing lasts a lifetime. I'm not a master of words. I can make her happy with just a few words of advice."
Zhou Li drove the car with one hand and supported his face with the other hand, comforting: "But don't worry, she is stupid... her adjustment ability is one of the best, don't worry too much."
Do you want to say that you are an idiot?
Although I doubt it, I am too lazy to say it. Don Quixote just sighed and said helplessly: "I hope so. Miss Tia is a very powerful and charismatic legion commander. I don't want her to feel entangled because of this."
"She is indeed a formidable opponent."
Torea, who was sitting on the chair beside her, nodded and said in agreement: "She has strong on-the-spot command skills and ability to rush into battle. She is a good general."
"You two think very highly of her."
Zhou Li raised his eyebrows and said with great interest: "I have never seen you two have such a high opinion of anyone. It's really rare."
"Because we really haven't seen many other generals."
At this time, Torreya showed her honest instinct, "Besides having conducted one military exercise so far, we have only fought against Jinggui once. And Miss Tia is the only general we have fought against."
"Be lucky, at least you don't have to fight with humans in the same room."
Zhou Li smiled and said with some sadness: "It's not like me, who fights wits and courage with those cunning humans every day, fighting openly and secretly to the death. Just like the God of Lies, such a pure child, with less pure intentions and simple means, more concessions. I'm so moved. Look at the old man from Magnum III. He puts on a stern face every day. Last time I asked him to rub a radiant crystal in my hand and told me to get out. He said that even the bastards in the Wishing Fountain wouldn't take my job. What do you think? It’s never too much to say.”
If the subject is you, that's quite excessive.
"Don't keep...torturing Magnum III."
At this time, Don Quixote, the remnant of the current generation, said with a little helplessness: "Have you not reconciled with him? We have cooperated, so don't be at war with each other every day and relax the relationship."
"Who told you that we were at war with each other? Who said that our relationship was on bad terms?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Li was immediately unhappy. He slapped the steering wheel and said angrily: "I'm on good terms with my buddies. What do you know? Only good brothers who care about each other can make these jokes. I don't care whether strangers live or die." , how could you insult someone’s innocence out of thin air?”
"Okay, okay, you two have a good relationship."
Don Quixote smiled helplessly, and she did not argue, but nodded in agreement.
"Xiao Tang, look at you, you look pretty."
Zhou Li was no longer anxious. He drove the car and taught meaningfully: "In many cases, you can't just look at the appearance. Don't look at the fact that I make harassing calls to the old man every day, issue low-quality fake invoices to defraud him of funds, and declare losses every day. He could only take money out of his pocket, and when he tried to break through the door, he would either kick it or kick it, but this was all a sign of our good relationship, you know."
Uh-huh.
If you say so, then that's it.
Don Quixote was helpless. Although these words were full of nonsense and gags, they made her feel something was wrong. For example, although the old man and the young man do not deal with each other every day, they have never turned against each other and started fighting. But if you want to say that these two people have a good relationship, Levi's will not be happy.
He still doesn't know why Zhou Li went to his house and beat him up before boarding the plane.
After a while, the magic car drove into the downstairs of the hotel. At this time, the hotel had succumbed to the evil capitalism, and Zhou Li rented out two more floors for everyone to use. But everyone knew that the main reason why Zhou Li booked the restaurant downstairs was because there was an extremely rich variety of kitchen utensils and side dishes, and it was just to let Eluma have fun.
Money must be spent on the back of the knife.
Of course, this specifically refers to other people’s money.
"To be honest, aren't you afraid that others will say you are too extravagant?"
Ain, who was holding Kaya's hand, looked at the elevator chartered by Zhou Li and said helplessly: "Although our property is very rich, we must save something if we can."
"Yes, I think so too."
Zhou Li nodded convincingly, walked onto the elevator, and said with emotion: "In order to save our expenses, I issued fake invoices for all the money and sent it to Magnum III."
"Uh-huh, that's pretty good too."
After all, he is a businessman. Although Ain was a little bit annoyed by Zhou Li's behavior, she was still very pleased with Zhou Li's diligent and frugal spirit. After a while, the elevator reached the top floor.
"Oh, everyone is back?"
The elevator door slowly opened, and Aluma holding a cardboard box popped out. She wore a white skirt with a blue tie around her waist, showing her graceful figure. After seeing Zhou Li, Eluma's moist eyes suddenly shone with light. Her hands were inconvenient, so she could only shake her body and said happily:
"I'm just going to the market to buy some things. Are we with you? Let's do it together?"
Looking at Eluma, who was just about to find a tail wagging in front of him, Zhou Li stretched out his finger and flicked her forehead. Eluma whimpered and couldn't cover her head with something in her hands. She could only look at Zhou Li innocently with her glossy red lips. That look made other people's hearts melt.
But it was of no use to Zhou Li, he was used to it.
"Let's go."
He shook his head in amusement and took Eluma's box. The others didn't want to make an object that could continuously emit light indefinitely, so they declined Eluma's invitation. After the others left, Eluma ducked next to Zhou Li. She leaned against Zhou Li lazily, stretched out her hand and pressed the elevator button.
"What do you want to buy?"
Feeling the familiar warm fragrance of nephrite, Zhou Li's heart calmed and he asked calmly: "Is there anything missing upstairs?"
“There’s less sugar, there’s not much flour, and there’s not a lot of the Oriental sauce I bought from Magnum left.”
Clenching her green-white fingers, Eluma said slowly: "I also want to buy some of Tariq's custom guides. I also want to buy a copy of the Storm of Monte Cristo that Ms. Lin Ling mentioned last time. Linghai Zeng said that she wanted to buy some compressed rations and wanted to taste the taste of tariq. In the morning, Azi complained that her sheets were kicked up, so I bought them for her after seeing that she had been busy all day and couldn't buy them. Because the lady said there is not much coffee at home, I have to buy some."
Zhou Li looked at the cute girl on the side who was counting who was missing something, with a gentle smile in his eyes. That's how she is, lovable. She is always happy to be busy, happy to care about others, and happy to walk with Zhou Li.
"Oh, by the way, I looked in your room and it seems that there is not much toilet paper. I asked the hotel front desk and they said that these items are rationed and it may take two days to replenish them. I'm afraid you don't have enough, so I will buy more later. .”
The smile froze.
"It's okay to wipe it down more often in a place like a hotel, hehe."
Eluma stood up on tiptoes, touched his head, and smiled slyly.
