old dream

Chapter 39 The Fairy Tale of the Fireworks Land
Tonight's theater shooting is expected to be published in the major Aspen newspapers tomorrow.But it must not be on the front page. After all, in the eyes of the citizens of Anhe, the Xinxili community has always been dark and chaotic. This kind of thing is very common, and it is not news.

Colin helped Luca back to the car.Open the door and let Luca sit down. The driver quickly came over with a first aid kit to help him deal with it, took out the shrapnel and made a bandage.

During the whole process, Luka didn't say a word, and his face was gloomy.Colin thought he was upset about tonight's accidental attack, or the possible trouble of a gunshot wound, but it turned out to be neither.

"Did you hear the tone of his speech?" Luca imitated Marizio's tone:
"My children."

"Fortunately, he doesn't quote any more classical Narerian proverbs. Otherwise I might not be able to resist turning my face."

Marizio wasn't quite as bad as Luca portrayed, but obviously he didn't give Luca the respect he deserved either.

However, in Colin's impression, Luka is not someone who cares about these details.

After all, he firmly believed that he would replace Marizio sooner or later, and in this case, there was no need to be angry with the other party's momentary disrespect and humiliation.

So he overreacted, maybe because of another holiday with Marizio.

It may also be that Luca naturally hates people who are elders, and even more so if that person is indeed far superior to him in some useless knowledge and self-cultivation.

After another two words of indignation, Luca talked about the attack that threatened his life tonight:

"I didn't tell anyone about tonight's transaction, and I didn't bring anyone here in the end. I believe there won't be any mistakes on your side, so the problem is mostly caused by Arecio." Luca frowned and said:

"Pay more attention to them in the future, and I will add some guards to Julio."

"Yeah." After that, there are two threats from Arecio and Capello, who can help defend Julio's power. Naturally, the more the better.

Because of the conversation between Luca and Marizio about the prohibition order before leaving the theater, Colin asked another question:
"What do you think will be the outcome of the patriarch meeting in two days?"

"What? You want to go get wine too? It's too late." Luca suggested with a smile:
"It's best not to touch it at the moment. Those who are eager to jump out now are all people who don't want to die and have no brains."

"As for the results after two days, it's hard to say. I've heard four or five claims this week."

The car started, left the parking lot and turned into the highway in a bumpy ride, and slowly moved forward among the horse-drawn carriages.The mottled streetlights swayed one by one outside the carriage, and Colin asked inexplicably:
"I heard that the price of alcohol on the black market has increased tenfold. Do you still hesitate in the face of this kind of profit?"

"There are many factors. For those old guys, the important thing is not just making money." Luca struck a match and lit the cigarette:
"But I personally think that, no matter whether you touch the booze or not, you should fix the current smoky situation. After all, outsiders, regardless of whether they are young or old, think that we did it, and it is not good for the reputation."

Several criminals who robbed and sold alcohol cars were all immigrants. Although not all of them were Cincilians, in the eyes of the natives of Ankh, immigrants were immigrants, and they were all the same.

Colin suddenly felt a little absurd. If the Five Hands really wanted to fight the bootleggers in order to protect their reputation, that means the gang members somehow did what police detectives should do?

"What you want is in the trunk, get out of the car and take it with you later." Luca said:

"So much use recently?"

"Uncle wants to do some experiments, and the requirements for lighting are relatively high."

The thing is five ounces of redstone, and the friendship price is 120 five Ori.Of course uncle is just a cover.

Luca nodded and asked no more.The car stopped in the river port area as usual, and Colin took out the small box from the trunk. It was packaged like a gift box, which would not arouse suspicion at all.

Five ounces is almost equal to 130 grams, and it is as light as nothing in the hand.But even if it is a friendly price, it will cost about three months' income of ordinary people.

Colin wanted to find other channels to buy redstone as soon as possible. After all, he had bought too much from Luca in recent times, which would inevitably arouse his suspicions.

After watching Luca's vehicle leave, Colin turned left and right in the alley again and got on a carriage, heading to Ji Li'an's residence.

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Anyone who knows Colin will find it strange. In addition to the income from the seminary, he has also worked very hard for Luca over the years, and he has done a lot of big jobs. It is reasonable to say that he is much richer than other companions.

Although he has been helping people with large sums of cash, he never mixes his share with someone else's.Some people think that he is doing this to avoid suspicion, but they can't tell exactly what to avoid.

Some people say that he spends too much money and runs out of money as soon as he gets it, but his clothes and utensils are always poor.

Yingying Yanyan, who was downstairs in Ji Lian, saw Colin bring something from afar, and all of a sudden they gathered around to make fun.

Colin raised the box in his hand towards them:
"small gift."

"If you don't bring wine, even if you buy gems to coax her, the doctor will not follow you." A young girl said with a smile.

In order to explain frequent visits to Ji Li'an's room, Ke Lin only said that he was an infatuated suitor.

At first, it was Colin who said that Ji Li'an wanted to drink, but later, they all thought that Ji Li'an was addicted to alcohol, and she was not drunk after a thousand cups.

"If you want to blame it, you can blame the authorities. Now I don't dare to buy alcohol." Colin looked down.

The prostitutes started chatting to help him, but after talking for a long time, they couldn't think of any way to get the wine safely.

Although just from the appearance, it is impossible to imagine Ji Li'an's attitude when drinking, but she herself said later: wine is the only key to open her heart.

So, every time the prostitutes saw Colin coming, they could see that he was carrying a few bottles of pastis.That's not cheap, but it's been several years in the Collin area.

They were particularly keen to talk about it.On the one hand, prostitutes admire Jilian's masculinity without getting drunk.At the same time, they envied the doctor for having a suitor who patiently catered to her bad habits and who remained infatuated over the years.

For those who live in the land of unkind fireworks, they always need some fairy tale fantasy to comfort them.

Although they sometimes wonder, how much alcohol has the doctor who takes care of them a lot on weekdays drink?
Maybe it's because of drinking too much that he's always so sick.

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"This kind of statement can't be concealed from the conscientious person."

Ji Li'an said slightly sullenly: "What's the point of making them talk nonsense about 'the doctor who drinks too much'?"

"It was an unintentional move at first, but since they like this kind of story, they will naturally help us fill in the details."

Colin said:
"Open the secret door first."

(End of this chapter)