Today, Qi Zhen and Meng Ran tasted the first bite of the food.
And this meal was also a meal the cook wanted to save his face and job, so he cooked it with extra seriousness and effort.
What happened next was an eye-opener for the cook.
What is the wind and the remaining clouds?
Probably you cook your meal, and if we eat it faster than we can, we lose.
In the end, the cook had no choice but to fry extra tofu for these two people, and finally Qi Zhen and Meng Ran were full.
The servant who served the master looked at the two people in the kitchen. If he didn't know better, he might have thought that they were two beggars coming in from somewhere.
After dinner, Qi Zhen asked Meng Ran to go back to the room, and each of them took a nap, waiting for Zhang Dacai to come to the door.
Qi Zhen didn't have to wait long. As expected, Zhang Dacai had no interest in tasting delicious food at all and hurriedly came here.
Zhang Dacai had already heard from his subordinates that Qi Zhen had woken up, so he naturally did not dare to delay. Whether it was on the way from Liyang to here or the subsequent contact between the team and him, Qi Zhen was undoubtedly the most neutral among the team. The one Zhang Dacai is most familiar with.
Compared to Li Qiang, Zhang Dacai still trusts Qi Zhen more.
He took the trouble to tell Qi Zhen what he knew once again, waiting for Qi Zhen's reaction.
However, Qi Zhen had no reaction and just said to him: "Brother Zhang, please find another housekeeper as soon as possible."
This matter has nothing to do with Zhang Dacai. He is more like the bridge between the team and the city god. In fact, the NPCs in this game have been kept in the dark from beginning to end. Qi Zhen even feels a little pity for him.
"Uncle Zong..." Zhang Dacai said.
"Uncle Zong is undoubtedly destined to be the City God, but he may be doing a very dangerous thing now, but no matter whether this thing is successful or not, I'm afraid he will not continue to work as a housekeeper in this family. You'd better It’s good to be mentally prepared.” Qi Zhen said.
"Of course I understand. It's just that he won't harm our family. After all, I brought you to Wuhu. Therefore, the important matter of the City God will be delayed. I'm afraid..." Zhang Dacai asked tentatively.
"Don't worry, Uncle Zong and your father have extraordinary feelings for you, and they will definitely not harm you." Qi Zhen said. "That's good, that's good." Zhang Dacai wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead and said.
"Speaking of which, I would like to ask you, do you know the great housekeeper in your family?" Qi Zhen asked casually.
Zhang Dacai thought for a while, and finally smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I thought I understood him before, but now I find that I really don't understand him very well. Maybe it's because I trust him too much."
In fact, whether it was Uncle Zong's concealment of his identity or the many things he did over the years, the subversion of Zhang Dacai's understanding was extremely huge, not to mention that Uncle Zong suddenly became the City God.
"Although I don't want to say this, can I ask you a favor?" Zhang Dacai considered it for a moment and said slowly.
"I'm afraid this matter is not something we can control, so I'm sorry, but let's not talk too much."
Qi Zhen seemed to be able to guess what Zhang Dacai wanted to say and answered first.
Indeed, the relationship between Zhang Dacai and Uncle Zong is as close as family, and it is the incestuous love accumulated from the previous generation. It is indeed the most true thought in his heart to let Qi Zhen and the others let each other go at the critical moment. .
However, whether it was for Li San and Lin Xiao, or for the team's next mission clues, it was decided that Qi Zhen was destined not to make any concessions to the other party on this matter.
This has to be said to be a very helpless situation.
Because there are some things that Zhang Dacai is destined not to know.
Qi Zhen looked at Zhang Dacai's lonely back and sighed softly.
"Are you okay?" Meng Ran asked.
"It's still the same question I've thought about before. Everyone will decide their own position based on their own position and preferences, but they don't know that they are nothing in another class. Don't you think this is a very sad thing "?" Qi Zhen asked Meng Ran.
"I didn't quite understand." Meng Ran said.
"Let's take Zhang Dacai as an example. In his life, the lives of ordinary people are all he cares about. No matter how much money he makes here, even if it is a down payment, do you think it will have any impact on Uncle Zong?" Qi Zhen asked.
Meng Ran shook his head: "Isn't he a god?"
"So, Zhang Zongchang is destined by his status that he doesn't care at all whether Zhang Dacai has a lot of money or how many beautiful wives and concubines he has at home, right?" Qi Zhen asked.
Meng Ran nodded.
"We are outsiders to this world. The task falls on our heads, so we can only cope with it and complete the story line while reducing the death of teammates. Do you think that for us, Zhang Zongchang is a city god or some other identity? Or He wants to extend his life through various methods, or does the teapot have different meanings to him, and is it important to us?" Qi Zhen asked again.
Meng Ran thought for a little longer this time, but still shook his head.
"So, do you think we don't have to worry about the things that seem very important to Zhang Dacai?"
Meng Ran nodded, understanding what Qi Zhen meant.
"Isn't this a sad thing?" Qi Zhen said in a deep voice.
"But we can empathize with his thoughts." Meng Ran said.
"But because what he cares about conflicts with what we care about, and we can't make any concessions at all, doesn't it make him even more sad?" Qi Zhen asked back.
Meng Ran remained silent.
…
Two hours passed again, and Jiang Yan woke up.
After another hour, Li Qiang also woke up.
Everyone had dinner with Zhang Dacai again.
It's just that this meal was far less enjoyable than the previous meal here.
From Zhang Dacai's perspective, only Yu Liang in the team was absent from the meal. However, for the people in the team, with two dead teammates and Yu Liang's whereabouts unknown, it was really difficult for them to cheer up and have a drink with Zhang Dacai. .
Of course, Zhang Dacai had no such interest.
Qi Zhen told Zhang Dacai that no matter what, this was the last time the team entered Zhang Dacai's mansion, and she deeply apologized for the trouble caused to Brother Zhang during this period.
Zhang Dacai finally stopped acting submissive in front of Qi Zhen's team. He knew that these people in front of him had no intention of harming him.
Then Qi Zhen asked Zhang Dacai to find a place to bury Li San as soon as possible after the team left.
Zhang Dacai naturally agreed.
