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Chapter 37: Peeling skin and bones, grinding teeth and sucking blood
Bai Yue has never been a kind-hearted person with overflowing sympathy.

But when he saw the true feelings of Ning Caiying and the two sisters, Bai Yue suddenly had some strange thoughts in his heart.

They were clearly not evil people, but they were driven to the cliff by the cruel reality, but even so, they did not have the slightest idea of ​​fighting against the world.

The two sisters were more like a pair of fawns clinging to each other. After being frightened and injured, they jumped deeper into the forest in a panic, but they didn't know that the depths of the forest might be darker and more dangerous.

Bai Yue couldn't help but fell into thinking.

What is going wrong?
What is it that enslaves people’s cognition?
Since time traveling, Bai Yue has been observing the world where people live.

The gap between the upper city and the lower city is almost unbelievable. People's living conditions seem to have nothing to do with kindness and beautiful qualities.

Bai Yue knew that he had come to a world that was bright and beautiful on the surface but sewage flowed behind it.

The deep setting technology has driven everything in the city, but only the light spots of human nature have been left behind. This is especially obvious around the world.

Pope Marshall in the Apocalyptic City of Columbia once issued a new teaching in the cathedral. He claimed that people born in the lower city have souls closer to hell and the devil, are born with original sin, are born with uncleanness, and are born with ignorance.

The Great Onmyoji practicing in Tennokyo, the capital of the Eastern Kingdom, also made similar remarks. They claimed that all the residents of the lower city were the descendants of the Leech God, and they were all sinners abandoned by Izanagi and Izanami.

Although the customs of the Yan Kingdom were incompatible with those of the surrounding countries, and the officials had never distinguished the difference between people in the upper city and those in the lower city, people's ideas eventually changed subtly.

Mainly in the university in Shangcheng of Yanguo, 'Art and Inspiration' is a required course for every college student. Only after receiving education in Shangcheng can young people be qualified to obtain the qualification certificate for exploring the deep and become a nationally recognized explorer. or elite employees of large companies.

Bai Yue had a vague answer in his heart.

To put it bluntly, 'extraordinary' and 'ordinary' divide people into two camps.

There is no such thing as "princes, generals, and ministers" in this world. For those who control the extraordinary in the upper city, there is no difference between the mortals in the lower city and the weak lambs.

Other than patience and endurance, people from the lower city like the Ning sisters may have had no choice from the beginning.

And all the injustices all point to the so-called...

--company.

Looking up, you can see the company's office buildings at the end of your sight. They are the flesh and blood of the city.

Companies occupy the sky all the time, they trample mortal thoughts into dust all the time, and they instill their transcendent status into the crowd all the time.

Only in this way can they lean down with confidence, extend their limbs into the darkness, peel skin and bones, and grind their teeth to suck blood.

Bai Yue suddenly felt disappointed again.

Obviously this world is so interesting, and the depth, setting, inspiration, and works are so fascinating, but all of this has been turned into a profit-seeking thing by the so-called "capital and companies".

So...boring...

This can't be done.

The young man's eyes flashed brightly. At this moment, the craziest, most dangerous, and most absurd idea gradually gave birth to a seed in his heart, and it could never go away.

But this idea was too far-fetched, so Bai Yue decided to start with small things first.

If you want to reach out to the chessboard, you must have your own chess pieces.

While thinking, he looked at the desperate sisters and expressed his thoughts.

"You can ask her to come over and do a part-time job... I wonder if your sister is interested in this?"

Ning Caiying immediately froze on the spot, while Ning Xiaoyao looked in disbelief. The young man with gentle eyes smiled and waited for the other party's choice.

After just one meeting, the girl gave her trust without reservation.

Bai Yue readily accepted this and extended his olive branch on this basis.

He wanted to know, once the so-called 'ordinary' people from the lower city were transformed, could they get rid of the 'ignorance and original sin' defined by the people from the upper city?
Bai Yue sneered secretly in his heart.Oh, those so-called Pope Onmyoji only dare to force Lai Lai on their own territory. If the boy has the opportunity to meet them in the deep layers, Bai Yue will definitely find a way to invite them to taste their favorite big mouth.

The atmosphere in the bookstore became silent.

Perhaps Bai Yue's proposal was too strange, so Ning Caiying and Ning Xiaoyao did not show any joy.

Ning Caiying lowered her head and held the girl's hand. The two sisters were discussing something in a low voice not far away. The girl would peek at the bookstore owner behind the counter from time to time.

The young man looked calm and collected, waiting patiently.

After a while, the girl pushed a wheelchair and came to Bai Yue.

Ning Caiying said cautiously: "Boss Bai, you have also seen that my sister Ning Xiaoyao has inconvenient legs and feet and is not very old. I am afraid it is not convenient for her to serve you..."

The girl with a pretty face also lowered her head at this time, not daring to look into Bai Yue's eyes. She stared at her legs, her expression obviously a little humble and depressed.

Bai Yue: ...

"It seems you have some misunderstandings about what I said."

Bai Yue sighed and said word by word: "What I want are employees who can do their jobs independently, not servants who serve me."

Ning Xiaoyao slowly raised her head, and there was still a little fear for the future in the girl's eyes.

It's just that the shopkeeper in front of him didn't show his so-called tenderness and compassion from above.

On the contrary, the young man's tone was even somewhat serious and solemn.

"Ning Xiaoyao, I will give you a chance now, a chance to make a living independently without relying on others."

He asked seriously: "Do you choose to accept it, or give up?"

"I accept!"

Under Ning Caiying's worried gaze, Ning Xiaoyao answered the boy's question almost without hesitation.

At this moment, the girl's hands trembled slightly, and some emotion that she had never felt before began to take root in her heart.

"Don't get too excited yet. This is not a simple job. As the boss, my requirements are very strict."

Bai Yue leaned on his chair and said with a smile: "In my bookstore, you have to stand tall and behave yourself in order to calm down some unreasonable customers."

Ning Xiaoyao nodded.

"Besides, there are many, many things you have to learn..."

The young man immediately started chattering.

For example, how do employees take care of the flowers and plants, how do they keep the store tidy, how do they make hot tea, how do they appease the white cat that gets angry from time to time...

He spoke very seriously, and the girl listened very seriously.

But at some point, the girl with disabled legs burst into tears.

From time to time, she would wipe away the tears on her cheeks with her pale yellow sleeves, but there was clearly a joyful smile on the girl's lips.

the first time.

Because in Bai Yue's gentle words, the weak girl felt for the first time in her gloomy life...

——Human dignity.

(End of this chapter)