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Chapter 268 Cooking

In the process of transformation of the new urban area, Longmen's underground forces are also adapting to the new work of maintaining order.

Some of them are still in the dark, dealing with acute situations with acute means. The transformation of an infected block is bound to involve foreign invaders and infiltrators with ulterior motives. During this most sensitive transition period, they have higher-priority arrest warrants and are allowed to kill targets when necessary or in extremely dire situations.

More people have to step out in the open and do more tedious work to cooperate with Longmen's supervision of the lives of the infected people in the neighborhood. After all, they will always carry objective threats that ordinary people do not have because of their mineral disease. In terms of economy, Longmen combines its own advantages and gives considerable tariff benefits while throwing out risks. "The infected also want to make money, and you also want to make money. What you trade is money. If you are afraid of your partners, then you can only give up the potential here." Wei Yanwu made such a statement to the outside world calmly. After all, Longmen also has the Yuancheng District, which is also open to foreign investment, and foreign investment is still an option.

As someone guaranteed, Wei Yanwu only gives the infected a chance to survive. Whether they can get a better life in the turbulent trade production does not depend on him. He is only responsible for ensuring the safety, development, and future of Longmen.

However, he was still very concerned about economic security. He couldn't develop the new district to make wedding clothes for outsiders, right? Therefore, the underground forces that negotiated with the Rat King in Longmen also changed. They were originally responsible for the "safety" of the lower city, and thus opened up many new jobs. The commercialization of the infected new district was carried out in an orderly manner. In the growth stage that changed day by day, the economic field of the new city was in urgent need of talents. The new city did not have enough and qualified people to deal with all these economic laws and regulations, rule loopholes, and logical traps. The investor from Victoria was the first to try it out. He chose the commercial street and almost made the new city suffer a loss in the first game.

"Ms. Lin, these are the newly submitted report materials."

Taking the document handed over by the new colleague, Lin Yuxia picked up the coffee on the table and sipped it for a while, looking at the pending items on the computer with some helplessness. She was the person assigned to be in charge of this area.

Honestly, she thought her father would take into consideration her frustration over her previous failure and let her stay in the violence department for a while longer to provide some cushion, but as the saying goes, no one knows a daughter better than her father, so there was really no need for her to do that.

The decision has been made. No matter where she is, she will do her job well.

Skills are not something that are easily lost.

But she was somewhat uncomfortable with not having to sneak around in the wind and rain anymore. It had to be said that her career after graduating from university could not be considered a success.

He didn't do anything commendable when he first took over the gray business, and he almost made mistakes, not even as good as a newcomer; he chose the wrong person at a critical juncture when Longmen was in chaos... He was also a mess emotionally.

Her irritability was still rising, but she stroked her brows and slowly calmed down.

"...Do you want to notify me?" Lin Yuxia easily heard the conversation outside the door, which she thought was whispered. She thought it was just a little drama of a subordinate's love affair in the workplace. She pulled the corners of her mouth helplessly and did not intend to interfere. This was her freedom after work.

"You should still tell me. After all, it's Penguin Logistics..."

Well, it turned out to be that group of people. We should pay attention to them. But didn't they go on a business trip with the boss to Rem Billiton and Casimir? According to the time, Rem Billiton should have finished his work and returned early?

Lin Yuxia stood up and said, Penguin Logistics is special. It’s always a good idea to pay more attention to it, whether before or now.

"Yes, it's mainly because of the 'demolition captain' who blew up a building with white flames... The new city is different from the old city. Now those fortifications have been restarted, and the people of Penguin Logistics are playing by their own rules..."

The Zalak girl paused and sat back. The swivel chair seemed to be covered with glue. She was a little at a loss, and irritability and disgust were swirling around her, grinning.

But it was only for a moment. The Zarak girl drank the coffee in one gulp. After a moment, the person outside the door came in and reported. Then she nodded, stood up, picked up her coat and went out.

The coffee is of good quality and very refreshing.

Lin Yuxia thought about it, put on her coat, and set off into the slightly cold wind, the bitterness of the coffee lingering in her mouth.

In the Rhode Island Library, Rupert strolled leisurely between the bookshelves, accurately pulling out the books that were missorted, and carrying them to the correct location.

“You’re really working hard.”

"Ms. Kal'tsit, I have always been honest when Operator White Dove is involved." Zi said indifferently, patting the dust on the bookshelf. Those were all dusty stories.

"Let's talk about why you choose to believe him." Kal'tsit said naturally, "I made some tea."

"No reason. This is not information that can be traded."

"I just want to hear about what you saw and heard along the way. It has little to do with him." Feilin moved away from the brightly lit reception sofa not far behind him and stared at her.

"Ms. Kal'tsit, since it's my story, let's just treat it as tradeable. What are you willing to give?" Zi put the book down and sighed.

"This is not a deal," Kal'tsit shook her head. "When I have some free time, I always want to find someone to chat with."

"We?" Zi looked at each other in surprise. "We don't seem like people who can get along well. Besides, Ms. Kal'tsit, your words of trying to get close to me are a little too obvious."

"Yes, because there is no need to hide." Filin looked at the dusty stories and walked forward. Rupert watched her quietly as she walked deeper into the bookshelf, stopped, and pulled out a book, or rather, a document in a strange shape.

"Since you are so defensive, then instead of telling your story, ma'am, would you like to have a cup of afternoon tea with another woman and listen to her story?"

"There are so many weird things..." Zi shrugged and didn't find fault anymore. "Okay, I'll pay you to touch the scales. Oh no, I still owe you money. Anyway, touching the scales is not a bad thing."

"Sit wherever you want. Story to tell - Red?"

The Lupo girl, who was no longer hiding her figure, kept a distance from Zi and shook her ears: "Red, I want to sit next to Kal'tsit and listen."

"Stories...Hong, when Baige comes back, you can ask him for stories. He's very interesting." Kal'tsit looked at Zi, asking her if she minded.

Zi smiled. She was not Hong, so of course she didn’t mind.

"This story... is called 'White Dove Under the Water'."

Feeling the sudden sharp gaze, Kal'tsit waited for her calmness, Red bared her canine teeth at Purple, and she gently held Red down.

The indoor lights that were like sunshine finally eased the atmosphere. Zi picked up the teacup and nodded: "Good tea, I guess it goes well with a good story, right?"

"Yeah, and dessert."

Longmen, Penguin Logistics.

"Where's the dessert? Where's the dessert?! Mostima, are you going to eat later?" Every time Ling Dengxian opened the refrigerator to get ingredients, he found that there were always innocent pastry residents being murdered in the community next door where desserts were sold.

The fallen angel spread his hands: "I can't possibly do it so obviously, can you please have more trust?"

Well, she had already taken action on the way back when he was away, so what happened after it was put into the refrigerator had nothing to do with her.

Ling Dengxian turned his gaze and caught the two idiots with strange expressions: "Huang, White Owl, you didn't wipe the cake off the corners of your mouths."

"No." The two shook their heads at the same time and said decisively, but a big cat subconsciously licked the corner of its mouth and exposed its crime.

"Huang... next time you look for an accomplice, don't look for White Owl. You and her have the same expression, it's too conspicuous." Ling Dengxian showed a threatening smile, "The meal will be ready soon. If you make trouble again, I'll kill you."

"Eh? What about the White-Faced Owl? If you know her, why don't you talk about her?" Huang felt it was unfair (QAQ.jpg).

"She thinks I'm stupid, how dare I say that to her..." Ling Dengxian said unhappily, closing the refrigerator door and attaching a ball of white flame to the crack of the door, "If you open the refrigerator without permission again, the white flame will stick to him, and next time he will be the one to pay for all the desserts!"

"White dove, pot." Texas said briefly in the kitchen.

“Coming, coming…” Ling Dengxian immediately returned to the “battlefield”. The amount of work to be dealt with today was extraordinary, so he could not be careless.

Huang looked at the white-faced owl, then at the white flame on the door, and became curious: "Is this the Originium skill of the White Dove? It's amazing, won't it burn the door?"

"Warning, to avoid suspicion, Operator Huang had better not touch the white flame." White-Faced Owl reminded.

"It'll be fine if you're careful...ah...how come this is sticky on my hands? Wow, I didn't eat it secretly again..."

"Huang, it's okay. Xiao Xian was just joking with you guys." Fengdi reached out his hand to her and gently stroked the flame. Huang then discovered that the white flame burned quietly and did not cause any burning pain. Instead, it made her feel extra comfortable. The stinging pain caused by the Originium particles in her blood vessels was also temporarily soothed.

"It's great to be able to walk side by side again." Bagpipe smiled foolishly unconsciously, and Mostima saw it.

"It turns out that he is a humanoid self-propelled painkiller..." Shuangye couldn't help but complain, but she also found it very interesting. She found that this captain was really good regardless of his strength, except for the fact that his private life was suspected to be chaotic.

"Melissa, be careful." Thinking of this, Wolper whispered to Filin.

"Teacher..." Rosalina didn't know what to say. On the one hand, she thought the teacher was really good, but on the other hand, it was not a good idea to refute Shuangye directly. She was a little conflicted.

"Little Frost Leaf, don't be too prejudiced against Operator White Dove. He is actually quite remarkable," Provence smiled weakly while lying on the table. "At least in my opinion, he is really remarkable."

Frost Leaf shook his ears, confused for a moment, then left the table and escaped from the topic.

Did I say something wrong... Frost Leaf couldn't help but feel a little scared. A blood-red scene flashed before her eyes. She was instantly filled with fear in her memories. The next second, a white light flashed, and her excited mood was quietly calmed down.

"Who?" In a hurry, she seemed to see a figure in white clothes and blue hair.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell, Shuangye?" Everyone saw that she was not reacting properly and asked her with concern.

"I just seemed to... see someone floating past..." Frost Leaf said hesitantly.

"Wow! Xiao, Xiao Shuangye, don't talk nonsense. It's daytime now...this kind of story should be told at night!" Huang was startled and then quickly became interested.

"No..." Shuang Ye felt that it was probably his old problem that came back, so he shook his head, "It's okay, I must have seen it wrong."

At the other end of the table, one blue and one red.

"Did you see it?"

"No."

"I didn't see it either."

"..."

"..."

"She should be the one who can see it, right?"

"Ah."

Surtur and Skadi had a "very pleasant conversation" and didn't feel awkward with each other.

In the kitchen, the white-robed dragon girl, who seemed to be weightless, sat behind Ling Dengxian and just looked at him quietly. When he felt his eyes turning back, he saw a small sky blue dragon that had left his sleeve on its own because he was busy before, and was now sleeping soundly on the cupboard.

"Ling?" He called out tentatively for no reason. Texas didn't know the reason, but looked at Xiao Jiao and thought it was the name he gave her.

The little dragon didn't wake up and turned over comfortably.

The doorbell rang, and the voice of the Zalak girl came from outside: "Is everyone from Penguin Logistics here? There are some new regulations that need to be confirmed. By the way, please fill out the questionnaire and give some suggestions."