Don't follow the rules

Chapter 403: Cruise Ship (One Hundred and Five)
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Often in extremely quiet moments, the clearest sound is the sound of the hands passing over the dial.

"It's rare to see people who like clocks like you." Ning Yao's eyes wandered back and forth on the wall covered with various clocks.

"Because people don't understand the beauty of 'precision'." Zhong Ming took a sip of scented tea.

"Is this your way of doing business? If you spend every penny, it is indeed very profitable." Ning Yao tried to warm up the atmosphere.

Zhong Ming put down the tea cup, walked up to him, spoke condescendingly and got straight to the point:
"I heard that someone wants to see the captain?"

"Yes" Ning Yao raised her hand obediently, "I want to see the captain, and I don't understand why Geng Xun and the others are so secretive about the 'captain'."

"It's not difficult to meet the captain." Zhong Ming smiled. "The difficult thing is whether you can afford to meet the captain."

"To be honest, I really don't have much money, but fortunately I have a rich buddy." Ning Yao rubbed his hands obscenely, as if he was already planning how to pluck Xin Cheng's wool.

Zhong Ming shook his hair disdainfully: "Money is a vulgar thing, I don't lack it at all."

Ning Yao was a little embarrassed: "Then what do you want? I shouldn't be able to bring anything valuable with me..."

"No, you do~" Zhong Ming gently lifted Ning Yao's chin with the tip of his fan and stared deeply into his eyes.

"I want—the Eye of Horus."

"Dah." Ning Yao refused without thinking.

Zhong Ming was not annoyed and just took back the fan: "Integrity is what matters in business, and I never ask for excessive prices. Believe me, when you meet the captain, you will definitely get information worth as much as the Eye of Horus."

"Dah." Ning Yao still simply refused.

"Since you are doing business, you should know that not everything uses a common value system. I don't think there is any information that is more important to me than the Eye of Horus."

Zhong Ming didn't refute, but lazily sat down next to him, his body leaning on Ning Yao's left shoulder as if he was boneless.

She twisted a strand of long hair around with her fingertips and scratched Ning Yao's chin vaguely: "Then you can't afford it~"

"If I have to use the Eye of Horus to pay the bill, yes, I can't afford it." Ning Yao was very honest.

"Haha~" Zhong Ming was not angry, and even seemed a little relaxed. "I guess so. How can ordinary people afford to meet the captain?"

"But I have an alternative plan here, are you interested?"

Ning Yao was a little tickled by her hair: "My ability is limited, and the new plan you mentioned is best to be a 'replacement'."

Zhong Ming let down his hair: "It's very simple, I - am the replacement of 'Captain'~"

Ning Yao looked her up and down: "The person who calmed down the tsunami was you, right?"

"Hmm~" Zhong Ming acknowledged happily.

"Okay, then I will reluctantly admit that you are the captain's replacement." Ning Yao said really reluctantly, with a perfunctory look on his brows.

When it comes to making people angry, Ning Yao is really good at it. Zhong Ming feels that his elegance is almost gone.

"Yeah~ Thank you so much for your recognition." Zhong Ming gritted his teeth in thanks.

"You're welcome, I'm just being polite." Ning Yao waved his hand.

Blue veins popped up on Zhong Ming's forehead, but he still forced a smile due to the unreached deal.

She decided not to discuss those unpleasant topics: "If you want to see the captain, you must not only 'meet' him as a person, but you also need to ask him to do something or ask him something, right?"

"No matter what you want to do with the captain, I can do it. You can just come to me directly, and the price is right~"

She smiled slyly: "It's easy to discuss."

Ning Yao was dubious: "Can you really know the information the captain has?"

"Of course~" She opened her fan and fanned her proudly: "You can even call me acting captain."

Seeing that Ning Yao was still thinking, Zhong Ming decided to push forward a little further.

"Our conversation is absolutely confidential. Why don't you talk about your needs first? If I can't meet them, the fee for meeting the captain can be discounted."

Ning Yao asked tentatively: "So how much discount do you have the authority to do?"

"There is no upper limit to the permissions, it all depends on my mood. If I am in a normal mood, I will get a 20% discount; if I am in a good mood, I will get a broken bone; if I am in an excellent mood, it will be free~" Zhong Ming raised his chin proudly.

Ning Yao gritted his teeth: "Okay."

"I..." Ning Yao pondered for a moment, "I found that the rules on this ship seem to be different from other rules I have seen."

Zhong Ming did not interrupt this bold statement, but listened quietly.

Ning Yao continued: "The rules written on your APP very clearly prohibit passengers from using supernatural abilities. Violators will be arrested and deported from the nearest ship."

"But I have used special abilities before, and even used them very hard, but it did not trigger any alarms. I just got a warning from the rules. But my companions triggered the alarm immediately after using their special abilities, and they are still in jail. among.”

"Why is there so much flexibility in the implementation of the same rule? In my impression, the rules seem to be like iron laws that cannot be violated. Even if you want to 'go out of line', you have to brush the edges of the rules. Exploiting loopholes in rules rarely results in such flexible execution.”

“I want to know what the underlying logic of this elasticity rule is.”

After Zhong Ming heard his question, she couldn't help but laugh out loud. She couldn't stop until Ning Yao bowed helplessly to her.

"Hahaha oops~" Zhong Ming even cried a little while laughing.

"Although it is a very simple question, it is the 'captain' who knows the answer. You are quite good at finding people."

Ning Yao asked: "So you know the answer?"

"I know~"

Zhong Ming played with her long hair again: "But do you remember? This is a deal. If you want to know, you have to pay me something~"

Ning Yao spread his hands: "Take it as you see."

"I want..." Zhong Ming's fingers crossed his forehead, "the memory you saw at the bottom of the sea."

Memories from the bottom of the sea?
Ning Yao was startled.

She knew she had seen some incomprehensible visions at the bottom of the sea.

This memory can be regarded as a secret that Ning Yao risked his body and soul to spy on. Before he had time to understand the relationship between Manyi at the bottom of the sea and Manyi on the boat, was it about to be recycled?

Which is more important, this illusion that leads to an unknown point, or the logic of the cruise ship rules?
The scale in Ning Yao's heart kept weighing and pulling.

Zhong Ming stared at him: "Have you thought about it?"

"I've thought about it, I'll change." Ning Yao finally made up his mind.

"Smart decision."

The bell rang and unfolded the feather fan, and the clocks on the wall suddenly rang together, shaking Ning Yao's soul.

In his daze, something seemed to peel off from his mind and fall into Zhong Ming's palm.

"Your payment has been received here. Are you ready to receive the goods you ordered?"

Ning Yao nodded in confusion: "Yes, ready."

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