It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

"What good will it do me to help you?"

Mr. Wen said seriously.

"Sir, I know that the "Quill Pen" and the "Dragon City" have always been at odds."

Xu Shi looked into his eyes and said, "If we can work together, it will be good for everyone."

"Personally... we are family, so there's nothing wrong with supporting each other, right?"

"..."

Wen Shengkui remained silent.

Xu Shi's words hit the nail on the head. He had indeed been unhappy with "Dragon City" for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that the water in their Night City wouldn't be so muddy, people with the surname Long would not be of any benefit to the development of society. Most of the better manpower in Sin City were coerced and lured by him to join gangs, where they just fought and killed each other.

If it weren't for the balance of rules, he would have taken action long ago without Xu Shi saying anything.

So he was actually quite relieved that his eldest grandson dared to do such a thing. He thought the boy was quite courageous and had been hiding his shortcomings before...

but.

"Don't forget that you are the son of that bastard Xu Cheng. It's great that you can come here, so don't talk about relatives. I don't like to hear it."

"My mother is still your daughter."

Xu Shi just shrugged his shoulders when he heard this, with an expression of "what can I do?" "I can't stop them from giving birth to me, so you can't blame me, right?"

"She's not anymore."

The old man snorted, "I severed the father-daughter relationship with your mother a long time ago."

"Then you don't object to me calling you grandpa."

Xu Shi lightly pointed out the flaw in his logic.

"…You don't have to scream if you don't want to."

Wen Shengkui was speechless. He managed to say this after a long while. He looked at him unhappily and said, "I may not want to admit it yet."

Seeing him like this, Xu Shi inexplicably wanted to laugh.

He could see that beneath the old man's resolute appearance, there was a bit of tsundere nature.

Oh my, is this the kind of person my grandpa is?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 106 An obedient sister is a good sister

Hi.

Is it true that my grandpa is a tsundere?

big.

Great fun.

Xu Shi really couldn't help it, but he still had to try his best to restrain himself from laughing out loud.

It is said that tsundere girls are fun.

Isn't it fun to be a tsundere old man?

In fact, he was quite confident in his ability to convince Mr. Wen.

On the one hand, there was the conflict between "Feather Pen" and "Dragon City", and on the other hand, he had already seen that the old man's attitude towards him was not as bad as he had imagined.

This can be seen from what happened to Jiang Fengshan before - that matter was not small, but it was not big either. If Wen Shengkui was really a cold-blooded and heartless person, he would never help me at that critical juncture.

Including the previous request for "apology in person", it was he who first proposed it. If he didn't want to build a relationship, would he have said that?

This is the bond between family members, right?

So he didn't say anything else, but just kept smiling and looked at his grandfather, waiting for him to express his opinion.

"...I can help you. If Dragon City really wants to harm you, I will never stand idly by."

As expected, after a while of struggling, Wen Shengkui stopped worrying about this issue. "In exchange, Snake Ring will take out 10 million credit points every year and invest them in Feather Pen's education fund."

"Also... you should pay for the maintenance of the banquet hall. After all, you are the one who recruited the people from Sin City. I don't want to suffer this loss for you."

"no problem."

Xu Shi agreed without hesitation.

There's no need to discuss whether this is excessive or not. If you really have to say, it's no different from having no conditions at all... Selling some equipment casually would bring in tens of millions, so this amount of money is insignificant in comparison.

But if it were to be publicized, it would be equivalent to making it clear to the public that there was dealings between the "Snake Ring" and the "Feather Pen", supporting education and so on, which would also be a good reputation for oneself.

"How about not 10 million, and I invest a little more?"

Xu Shi simply gave in again.

"That's your business."

Wen Shengkui snorted coldly, "Is there anything else? If not, I won't keep you here."

"...Then I'll take my leave. Take care of yourself, Grandpa."

The goal had been achieved. If the old man didn't want to talk more, he didn't bother him. He simply thanked him and got up and left.

But before leaving, he couldn't help but look back a few more times.

Why did the old man rush me away? Did you know that I heard your little secret, so you changed the dog to confuse me?

Don't hide, come out!

Of course, this is just a joke, he can still sense the specific situation.

"...Boy, you seem to be very interested in my pet?"

Wen Shengkui naturally had no idea what he was thinking. Seeing this, he just raised the little black dog in his hand and said, "You also have a pet? A cat? A dog?"

In this era, there are not many people who have the leisure time to do this. Some are the nobles of Night City who do it as a hobby, or they are like the old man, who have a small pet as a companion.

Anyway, serious workers basically don't have this mind. Why do they keep pets when they can't even support themselves? It's better to relax in the virtual world with that time. Isn't a paper wife nice?

Ok……

Xu Shi thought that there were probably no kittens or puppies, but there was indeed one kitten and one puppy.

But if that's the case, what type is Jiang Chengcheng?

A hard-working and capable horse?

"That's right?"

So his answer was ambiguous.

"Oh? Then you didn't say anything just now."

The old man showed some interest, "Bring it to me next time and let me take a look. I don't think you can take good care of it, so I can give you some guidance."

"……walk slowly."

Xu Shi agreed with a smile, thinking in his heart who to bring to see him next time.

Try to give the elderly a little shock (bushi)

……

After leaving the study, Xu Shi was not in a hurry to leave, but strolled around other places in the manor.

To be honest, he didn't think it was a big deal at first, but since he awakened his memories of his past life, he increasingly found this environment that was close to his past life very pleasing.

Although it is still a man-made landscape, it can be regarded as a pure land in the City of Night Sin.

By the way, it has been a long time since I last saw the real sun...

Thinking of this, being in the midst of it, Xu Shi felt even more relaxed and happy.

And being able to successfully connect with the "Quillen" made him even happier.

In other words, even if the interests of the consortium are not involved, just winning over Wen Shengkui would be a huge gain.

To be honest, my grandfather was a very decent character in the original novel. As a consortium, he did not exploit the workers. On the contrary, he provided them with a lot of help and support, such as the education fund... Ten million was nothing to me, but it was an astronomical figure for ordinary people.

From this perspective, Wen Shengkui can even be regarded as the cornerstone of maintaining stability in Night City.

In addition to this, the more important point is that the old man himself is also one of the few SS-level "promoters" in the City of Night Sin.

Unlike Xia Ke'an who is a supporting type, he is a real fighter. In terms of combat power, he is currently considered to be at the top level.

How did that sentence go? The children in the south village bullied me because I was old and weak, and I beat them to death with one punch?

That's probably what it means, Yi Yan Ding Zhen, identified as the Supreme Type Lao Deng.

It is no exaggeration to say that with his help, he can save half of his worries over at Dragon City.

However, the opposite is true, with the inevitable complications... The old man's legs are paralyzed due to his inability to function, and as he gets older, although he still looks agile, he actually has constant problems. His condition is not as exaggerated as the white-haired loli, but it's not much better either.

After all, they are his only relatives. Thinking of this, Xu Shi felt quite sad.

While he was thinking, he didn't know where he was going, and at this moment, the pleasant sound of piano came to his ears.

Oh?

When he came to his senses, he noticed that in the next room, there was a woman playing music with great concentration.

Long, smooth hair, a light yellow floral dress, a nice figure... the sunlight falling on her body made her look like a beautiful oil painting.

After seeing who the other person was, Xu Shi couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Hey?

...Isn't this He Laosan's second sister, He Yuxia?

He really didn't expect to meet her in a place like this.

The other party seemed to have noticed his presence. He Yuxia stopped playing, looked at him for a few seconds, then seemed to recognize who he was, and hurried over to open the window.

"Master Xu?"

Miss He Er said with a smile.