Chapter 326: Midnight of the Pumpkin Carriage
[Mission "Operation to Save Fans", countdown has begun]
【8 hours, 27 minutes, 59 seconds】
【8 hours, 27 minutes, 58 seconds】
【……】
A countdown display appeared on the task interface.
"It's not even three o'clock in the afternoon yet. The robbery should happen around eleven o'clock at night." Su Xia glanced at the time on the system interface and made a simple calculation.
At that time, Ding Can will lead his own men to ambush his father's cargo convoy along the way.
As for...why is this mission related to [Burying the Bones in a Foreign Land]?
Su Xia thought about it and felt that as long as Ding Can was rescued, he could continue to take care of this slum, and the families of the members of the Old North Wind organization would also be taken care of.
Of course, the initiative should be on his father's side. After all, this is their family affair and it just affects the entire city.
His father didn't stop him for so long, probably because he wanted to see how far his son could go.
At this time, Ding Can was leaving with his men.
Chu Feng sent them to the stairs and said with gratitude: "Have a safe journey, everyone."
"Okay, no need to see me off. It's cold outside. Let's go back quickly. We still have to go upstairs..."
Ding Can waved his hand and went upstairs with a few trusted men, carrying New Year supplies. Apparently, there were also poor people with higher priorities upstairs.
When he turned around and went upstairs, he glanced at Su Xia coldly, with a threatening look in his eyes.
If nothing unexpected happens, he will indeed come back tomorrow, but according to the mission prompt, after he fails in the robbery tonight, he will be caught by his father and put in solitary confinement for a period of time.
Su Xia just smiled, looking relaxed, and said nothing.
He leaned against the wall with his arms folded, his eyes moving on Ding Can's subordinates one by one, finally stopping on the third subordinate.
[Codename 02: Death Soldier, trained by Kaiba City Lord Ding Yixiu, loyal only to Ding Yixiu himself, lurking beside Ding Can under Ding Yixiu's orders...]
Death warriors, Su Xia seemed to have not seen these two words for a long time.
Unlike in ancient times, people are born free in this era, and it is difficult to forcibly change their thoughts and spirits after they grow up. It is best to cultivate them from an early age and instill various death-defying concepts.
But even so, the probability of successful training is extremely low.
We only have one life, and few people are willing to sacrifice their lives for others unless they are under some kind of control, such as having a bomb implanted in their body.
"Let's go back and talk about your marriage." Su Xia said to Chu Feng.
"Mr. Su, I...I can't use your money."
Chu Feng gritted his teeth, but still refused to borrow money from Su Xia. He didn't know how to say it tactfully, so he just said it out loud.
Su Xia was not polite and asked directly: "What? You rely on yourself? How much money can you make in your lifetime?"
"I……"
"What opportunity are you waiting for? It would be more practical to buy a lottery ticket!" Su Xia turned around and said, "Let's go back to the house and discuss it slowly."
"yes."
Chu Feng lowered his head, followed Su Xia, and turned back to the house.
The age difference between the two is actually not that big, only one or two years, but their auras are very different.
In front of Chu Feng, Su Xia does have the aura of an elder. To be honest... in the old Beifeng organization, although Commander Beifeng was young, he had always been on good terms with many members of the organization, including Chu Feng's father Ye Fan. The two were considered equals.
Now that Su Xia has inherited Bei Feng's identity, she is naturally considered an elder to Chu Feng.
Seniority is a strange thing, it is not divided by age.
According to Li Defu, in his hometown, there is a man in his seventies who always calls him "Dad" whenever he sees him.
“Boom!”
The door was closed and there were only two people left in the room.
Su Xia looked at Chu Feng carefully several times and read out the complete character description data.
He wanted to improve Chu Feng's wealth and status in a short period of time, so that he could at least be worthy of the girl.
But according to the description, this young man is an honest and simple man, without any scheming, and with little life experience. He is afraid that he will lose money if he does business, and it will be difficult for him to go the political route. The only thing he has is a pretty good welding skill.
Welding...how high can you get?
There is no such thing as workers' representatives in this world.
"Forget it, come with me to buy clothes later and get yourself some nice clothes first." Su Xia shook her head, unable to think of a better solution for the time being.
It is best to give money directly.
But with Chu Feng's ability, he may not be able to keep too much money unless he can find a good assistant, such as Chai An, the secretary of the mayor of Coral City.
An assistant of that level can handle all matters, and even if the boss is an idiot even dumber than Qi Lang, there won't be too many problems.
Moreover, this assistant must be loyal, otherwise it is easy for him to betray his master.
Chu Feng opened his mouth, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked: "Mr. Su, where did you and my father meet?"
Although he is honest, he is not stupid.
If it were just an ordinary friend, who would go to such great lengths to help a friend’s child?
And his father has been missing for several years. If Su Xia really wanted to help, why didn't he show up before?
"Do you really want to know?" Su Xia asked back.
"Yes." Chu Feng nodded.
"Well, I'll tell you..."
For a moment, countless reasons flashed through Su Xia's mind.
But he was too lazy to make up an excuse. He couldn't make up an excuse every time he met with the family of a Beifeng member, so he chose the simplest and most direct answer: "I am the distant cousin of the younger brother of your father's sister's husband. So I am a relative of yours."
"ah?"
Chu Feng was stunned and scratched his head, unable to understand what was going on.
If that's the case, how should he call Su Xia?
Su Xia nodded: "Just call me uncle."
"Uncle...Uncle?"
"Um."
"But, uncle, you have your own family, so don't spend too much energy on me." Chu Feng refused again, this time for Su Xia's sake.
Su Xia said indifferently: "It's okay, my family is dead."
"ah……"
Chu Feng's tone paused, and he asked something he shouldn't have asked. Fortunately, Su Xia's face looked normal and she didn't seem to care about it.
If the two are really relatives, then it makes sense for Su Xia to help him.
But even so, Chu Feng still felt it was not very good.
After all, the two were not related by blood, but only distant relatives. Even in peacetime, such relations were rare, let alone in these war-torn times when everyone was selfish.
"It's not easy to make money, I can't let my uncle spend money."
Chu Feng was very conflicted and had mixed feelings. He was not the kind of person who would easily take advantage of others.
After struggling for a while, he gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, and pretended to kneel down, saying: "Uncle, how about this, I worship you as my godfather?"
"ha?"
Su Xia's face changed and she quickly jumped away to avoid Chu Feng's kneeling.
He never expected that this guy would be so conflicted that he would want to worship him as his godfather in order to borrow money from him legitimately.
If it is a father-son relationship, it is reasonable for them to help each other.
Both of their families have died, so it doesn't seem impossible to do so.
but……
When the word "godfather" was mentioned, Su Xia couldn't help but think of a certain powerful general from the Three Kingdoms period, and his scalp went tingling.
This young man Chu Feng is indeed too honest. I wonder how happy most people would be if they were in his current situation.
"How about this..."
Su Xia reluctantly thought of a solution: "I have no children now, and I have no plans in this regard. Perhaps I will strive for another goal all my life... Wait until you marry that girl and have a family, and let your children recognize me as their godfather."
"godfather?"
Chu Feng was stunned, because there was no such custom here and he didn't quite understand it.
Su Xia nodded: "Well, it's settled."
"Oh, oh, then...I'll thank you first, uncle."
"You're welcome." Su Xia pointed to the door, "Let's go, let's go out first and buy you some clothes."
"OK."
With Su Xia's suggestion, Chu Feng's psychological burden was reduced a lot, and this time he followed Su Xia out obediently.
This place is outside the East Third Ring Road in the east of Haima City. All the people living here are poor. There are only some daily necessities stores and small supermarkets within a few miles. You can't find what Su Xia needs.
Su Xia walked directly to the side of the road, hailed a car, and took the two of them into the city center.
Sitting in the car, Chu Feng was still a little reserved and asked cautiously: "Take a taxi to... to the city?"
"What's wrong?" Su Xia asked him.
"It's too far. Just take the bus."
“How long does it take to wait for the bus?”
"There's a bus every half an hour, so it won't take long..."
"Do you know how much money I can make in half an hour?" Su Xia was blunt. Sometimes you can't be too frugal, otherwise it will only backfire.
He had to save his number one fan in the evening, so he didn't have much time to waste.
Chu Feng shook his head and said honestly: "Everything is up to uncle's arrangement."
"Well, remember, some money can't be saved."
Su Xia taught respectfully: "When the day comes to propose marriage, you can't still take right?"
"Uncle taught me that."
"Yes, this young man is teachable."
Su Xia nodded slightly, then took out a stack of banknotes from her pocket and threw it to the driver in the front seat.
He said calmly, "Please hurry up, I'm in a hurry. Use this money to pay the speeding fine, and the extra money can be used to buy points."
The driver was pleasantly surprised: "No problem, you two take your seats!"
He put away the banknotes, gripped the steering wheel tightly, looked ahead firmly, and stepped on the accelerator hard!
With a hum, the wheels started to spin, and the whole car was like an arrow shot from a bow, carrying the two people at a flying speed on the road. It would not take long for them to reach the city.
Chu Feng was sitting in the back row, his eyes wide open.
Is it possible to have fun like this if you have money?
What does it mean to use the extra money to buy points? Doesn't each driver only get 12 points per year?
Chu Feng's head was buzzing, and he felt that his previous worldview was slowly shattering. Some of his past thoughts, like the scenery outside the car window, were rapidly moving away and gradually becoming blurred.
In less than twenty minutes, the driver dropped them off outside the best private clothing store in the city. He drifted through several corners on the way and even left the law enforcement vehicle behind.
"I originally estimated it to be 45-55 minutes, but now it's been cut in half." Su Xia looked at the time and said, "See? Time can be bought with money."
"But... Uncle, my time is worthless." Chu Feng lacked confidence.
"It will be valuable in the future. Let's go, let's go into the store first!"
"oh oh."
Chu Feng looked at the quaint and elegant interior of the shop, swallowed, lowered his head unconsciously, and followed behind Su Xia.
Compared with the clothes in the store, the old clothes he was wearing looked like they were picked up from a garbage dump.
But he was surprised by the enthusiasm of the store staff.
He originally thought that the employees of these expensive stores were all upper-class people living in the city, and would definitely look down on a poor person like him.
But soon, all the employees in the shop began to surround him and kept introducing various clothing styles to him.
"Sir, would you like to try this?"
“This is hand-sewn…”
"A young and handsome man like you should wear clothes like this..."
“…”
Many people followed him, as if surrounding a passerby.
Su Xia sat next to the counter, holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, chatting slowly with the shop owner.
Soon, Chu Feng put on the first black formal suit in his life.
When he stood in front of the mirror again, his whole body was shocked.
"Is this still me?"
The young man in the mirror didn't look poor at all. He looked like a young man from the elite class.
It is true that clothes make the man .
At this moment, Chu Feng's cell phone suddenly rang, and a new message came.
He clicked it and a hint of joy suddenly appeared in his eyes. Even the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, and he immediately started to reply.
Su Xia asked with a smile: "Why, was it sent by that girl?"
Chu Feng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, uncle, she asked me to have dinner at 7:30 tonight."
"Eat? Who's paying?"
"I'll give it to you."
“Can you afford it?”
"No problem." Chu Feng looked delighted. "She asked me to have dinner at the old restaurant outside the factory. It's not expensive and I can't eat much in one meal."
"Well, she's a good girl. You should cherish her."
Su Xia has never seen the girl, but judging from the description, she is quite nice.
Of course, it may also be the type that is simply blinded by love and does not care about anything.
Many young people nowadays are like this. When they first meet, they are very passionate and always think that the relationship will last forever. But in the end, most of them are defeated by material things and eventually drift apart.
"Can you drive?" Su Xia asked.
"I have a driver's license, but... I've never driven."
"It doesn't matter. I'll give you an automatic driving car later."
"ah?"
Chu Feng was shocked and asked, "Uncle, do you really want to buy a car?"
Su Xia asked back: "Why, are you not satisfied? How about buying a helicopter?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant..."
Chu Feng waved his hands hurriedly and didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Next, Su Xia took him to several more shops and bought him a complete set of clothes, including watches and shoes.
When buying the car, Chu Feng chose a black one, which won Su Xia's approval.
But when he had the car keys in his hands, he still couldn't believe it.
The first car in my life came just like this.
"Uncle, isn't this too much money?"
"It doesn't matter."
In fact, Su Xia didn't know why he did all this. Logically, he just needed to leave some money for Chu Feng and ensure that he lived a safe life.
But, perhaps because he saw some of his past in Chu Feng, Su Xia did this.
There is more to life than just fighting and killing.
It's good to stop occasionally and appreciate some young people's love.
After doing all this, it was already six o'clock in the evening. Now I drove back to keep the appointment.
"Go ahead, have a good meal with them and talk about the future." Su Xia patted Chu Feng on the shoulder with encouragement in her tone and closed the car door for him.
"Uncle, won't you come with me?" Chu Feng asked.
"What am I going to do? Be a light bulb?"
"No, I mean..."
"Meet the parents?" Su Xia smiled. "It's not the right time yet. Let's talk about it in two days. I have something tonight, so I'm leaving first."
"oh oh."
Chu Feng didn't ask any more questions. He understood that Su Xia's matter must be a big deal and a small person like him could not interfere.
Tonight, he just needs to do his own thing and not cause any trouble for Su Xia.
He sat in the car, staring blankly at the pile of shopping bags on the passenger seat.
Everything that happened today made him feel like he was dreaming, as if he was standing on a pile of false floating bubbles that seemed about to shatter at any moment.
In one of the shopping bags, a shoe box was half opened, revealing a pair of expensive and luxurious black leather boots, as dreamy as glass shoes in a fairy tale.
He was about to take the pumpkin carriage to meet his beloved lover.
…
Su Xia left.
There are less than five hours left before the rescue operation begins.
Time is running out, so he needs to understand the specific situation of both parties first to ensure that everything goes well.
He had left some nanorobots on Ding Can before, and the small robots kept giving him feedback. Now Ding Can and his group had arrived at a factory area on the east side of the city, close to the main urban area, which was not far away.
[The target is resting...]
Through the feedback, Su Xia saw the specific images and even heard the sounds.
He rushed over quickly and listened to the conversation between Ding Can and his subordinates.
One of the subordinates held the list and said to Ding Can, "Boss, have you thought it over? Do you really want to rob the city lord's motorcade tonight?"
Ding Can nodded, his tone unquestionable: "That damn old bastard only knows how to suck blood from the entire city. Let's let him bleed a little today!"
Hearing this, the eyelids of several subordinates twitched.
Another person reminded him, "Boss, he is your father. If he is an old bastard, then you...are you scolding yourself?"
Ding Can took a sip of tea and glanced at him.
"Why, haven't you heard of species mutation?"
“…”
