Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

He took out a teething stick, squatted down, and placed it in front of the miniature man.

"Ok?"

Liu Zheng's actions caught the miniature man off guard, and he swallowed back all the words he had prepared.

"what do you mean?"

After a moment of silence, the miniature man spoke.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Liu Zheng looked puzzled.

“This is the reward Tindalos gave you, not something I lost.”

"That's what the miniature man said."

“But I think the compensation is not commensurate with my work, so it’s like I found it.”

"Are you trying to clear my name?"

The miniature man seemed to understand his thoughts.

"You can understand it that way too."

Liu Zheng said.

“We’ve only met once, and it’s just an employer-employee relationship. You don’t need to go to this extent.”

"That's what the miniature man said."

"So you don't understand me. My principle has always been that if someone treats me with respect, I will treat them with even greater respect. The fact that you didn't send Tindaros directly to demand it from me, nor did you send it out to intimidate me, shows that you respect me."

"Since you respect me, I will naturally consider your needs as well."

he said seriously.

"Have you been to school?"

"The miniature man asked."

"No."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

He indeed never attended a metropolitan school.

"Have you ever been to school?"

"I have read it."

He nodded.

"Yes, we should read more books. Even in a metropolis, reading more books is beneficial. Of course, I'm referring to public books; avoid professional books and banned books."

"Mini-Man emphasized."

"Understood. The sea of ​​knowledge is boundless; if you row haphazardly, you'll drown."

Liu Zheng said.

“That makes sense. It’s a pity that if you weren’t a delivery driver for the Bloody Restaurant, I could recommend you for a refresher course.”

"It's a miniature man," the miniature man said regretfully.

You can also get a graduation certificate by attending a university continuing education program and passing the exams. Although it can't compare to a real university graduation certificate, it still has value due to the strict entry and exit standards.

"It's okay, delivering food is fine too. I enjoy the feeling of traveling to different parts of the city and meeting different people."

Liu Zheng wasn't lying; he genuinely enjoyed the novel and exciting experience in the metropolis.

Even with the constant threat of death, he was still somewhat addicted to it deep down.

In a sense, it's not unreasonable that his first dungeon was Metropolis.

"Interesting young man, come in."

After finishing speaking, the miniature man turned and walked towards the sofa.

After a slight hesitation, Liu Zheng followed in his footsteps.

"sit."

The miniature man climbed onto his own sofa and then pointed out another single sofa to him.

"Tindaros, pour tea for the guest."

The miniature man called out after he sat down.

"Ow!"

A howl came from inside.

Soon, Tindalos came running out with a cup of tea in his mouth.

"Ow!"

It placed the teacup on the coffee table and then stared intently at Liu Zheng.

"Thank you."

Without changing his expression, he picked up the teacup and drank the liquid inside, which was either saliva or tea, in one gulp.

Soon, a feeling of weakness came from within my body.

Liu Zheng felt some difficulty breathing and couldn't help coughing twice, which resulted in the coughing up of several pieces of old and decaying tissue, it was unclear whether they were from his lungs or stomach.

"Ow!"

Tindalos let out a triumphant shout of triumph after his prank had succeeded.

"Tindaros, you can't treat your guests like that."

The miniature man said, frowning.

"woo"

The scolded hunting dog let out a frustrated whimper.

"Apologize to the customer right now, or you won't be able to go out for fun this week."

"That's what the miniature man said."

"woooooo"

The hound became even more frustrated.

Under pressure from its owner, it could only rub its head against Liu Zheng's trouser leg and then lower its head twice.

"It's alright, it's alright, Tindalos was just playing with me."

Liu Zheng said magnanimously.

"Ow!"

The hunting dog barked triumphantly.

"Alright, alright, go back inside and play."

"It's just a little guy," the miniature man said helplessly.

"Ow~"

The hound rubbed against Liu Zheng's trouser leg again, then dashed back to its room.

"Cough cough."

Liu Zheng coughed, choked by the smoke, and then coughed up a bunch of chunks of meat.

"Sorry, Tindalos is just too playful. I'll teach him a lesson later."

The miniature man apologized.

"It's okay, being lively is good."

He said it with difficulty.

"Since you're so reasonable, I won't hide it from you anymore."

“The city hall came to me and said that it was too dangerous for you to keep throwing teething sticks, but because of your identity as a deliveryman for Bloody Restaurant, they couldn’t forcibly take them back, so they asked me to talk to you and take the teething sticks back.”

"That's what the miniature man said."

If we can't reach an agreement through language, then let's talk about physics.

Since he and Liu Zheng are in a relationship of ordering food and deliveryman, it's within the rules for them to have a heated conversation.

Of course, the Miniatures still hope for a peaceful resolution, so they have prepared a series of arguments and tactics.

But to his surprise, Liu Zheng handed it in right away, leaving him feeling both delighted and somewhat empty.

It's like preparing several top-journal papers for promotion to full professor, only to be notified of the successful promotion before even submitting them.

"I see. But I haven't been littering all the time, have I?"

Liu Zheng defended himself.

He only throws it away once a day on average, is that considered very frequent?

No, no?

"Well, perhaps the city hall has its own considerations."

Since he was very cooperative, the miniature man didn't expose him.

"Will the city hall confiscate the teething stick?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"No, you haven't used it to commit any illegal or criminal acts, so they have no right to confiscate it."

The miniature man shook his head.

Of course, this was also because one of them was an employee of the Bloody Restaurant and the other was a scholar registered with the City Hall. If it were anyone else, the Public Security Bureau would have confiscated their property directly.

But then again, those who own teething toys are not ordinary people.

“I’m not an unreasonable person. As compensation for taking back the teething toy, you can make a request of me.”

"That's what the miniature man said."

As expected of a professor, he speaks with great eloquence.

"Then please allow me to think about it."

Liu Zheng did not refuse.

"Okay, I'll read the newspaper for a while, you can think about it slowly."

The miniature man tore a newspaper off the sofa armrest and then lay down on it to read it.

Liu Zheng leaned back on the sofa and began to think.

Since the other party is a scholar, he will definitely prioritize his needs in terms of knowledge or academics.

As for knowledge, firstly, he doesn't need it right now, and secondly, knowing too much in a metropolis isn't a good thing.

There's a lot to do academically. Wang Manni's deputy director needs him, that woman at Xuefu Jiayuan needs him, and even his own boss needs him.

However, the woman's wax figure son is only in elementary school, and the cow and horse's children haven't even been born yet, so they are not high priority.

As for the deputy director's son, Liu Zheng didn't know what grade he was in.

"Excuse me, I need to make a phone call."

He said.

"It's okay, go ahead and do it."

The miniature man waved his hand and continued reading his newspaper.

Liu Zheng first called Nightingale, but all he got was a series of short beeps, probably indicating a bad signal.

"Did the fisherman hide her at the bottom of the river?"

he complained.

He couldn't get through to Nightingale, so he called Wang Manni instead.