Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 266 Derek

Nanfeng parked the car at the end of an alley, because the road ahead was already very difficult, the two got out of the car and changed to walking, and took some gifts prepared in advance from the trunk.

As the two walked on the road, Nan Feng began to casually talk about "Grandpa". From his narration, Xia Feng heard something worthy of his attention.

This grandfather is not Nanfeng's own grandfather, nor did he raise him up, but met him when he was about twelve or thirteen years old. At that time, Nanfeng just left the infected area by himself, and the process of meeting him Feel free to, since then, Nanfeng has been with grandpa, and his younger sister is also an orphan adopted by grandpa.

Next comes the focus.

His grandfather is not an ordinary person at all. The old man’s real name is Derek. It has only been 7 years since the establishment of the Frido Chamber of Commerce. Seven years ago, the Frido Chamber of Commerce did not have this name. Its name was Derek. help.

Nanfeng's grandfather, Derek, was the head of Derek's gang, and Mr. Frido, who is now a powerful figure in southern Victoria, was Derek's younger brother back then.

Hearing this, Xia Feng turned into a black question mark.

"why!"

Nan Feng seemed to have expected this kind of reaction from him, and then laughed heartlessly.

"Haha, there is no reason. Since you asked, I will tell you the truth."

"Depend on."

10 minute later.

The two finally arrived at Grandpa's house, which was the only two-story building in the entire infected area.

All kinds of flowers and plants were planted in the tidy small yard, and there were several vegetables that Xia Feng could not name, but for some unknown reason, the plants did not grow very well, as if they were dying.

This two-story building is not bad. It looks like it was renovated not long ago. According to visual inspection, it covers an area of ​​at least 150 square meters. It can be regarded as a low-end small villa.

This is similar to what Xia Feng expected. Although Nan Feng's grandfather lives in an infected area, his quality of life is still good. To put it bluntly, as long as he has money, he can be an emperor in prison.

"Old De, I'm back!"

Nan Feng stood in the yard and roared at the top of his voice. After a while, a thin old man came out.

It is hard to tell the age of this person, maybe around 60 years old, or more, he is very thin, even his eye sockets are sunken, and there are many brown spots on his body, Xia Feng noticed that his ankles There is also a source stone crystal growing on it.

Suffering from ore disease for a long time, the old man looked much older than he actually was. It seemed that he had been infected for a very long time.

However, the old man's spirit was not bad. When he saw Nanfeng, he immediately stood at the door and cursed with a smile.

"You brat still knows to come to see me, but you don't even know I'm dead."

"Hey hey hey."

Then the old man saw Xia Feng again.

"It's rare for you kid to bring outsiders back."

"This is my brother."

Xia Feng bowed politely to the old man.

"I'm a good brother of Nanfeng, hello grandpa."

"Okay, okay, let's go into the house."

No matter how you look at this old man, he looks like a retired old man with terminal cancer who insists on going to the gate of the community to play chess. If Nanfeng hadn't revealed it to him in advance, otherwise he would never have imagined that this old man was Foli seven years ago. Much boss.

noon.

The two naturally stayed here for dinner. The old man cooked a few dishes at random, and together with the things they bought, it was considered a table.

At the dinner table, Xia Feng was still a little cautious because he knew the identity of the old man, until he heard the casual conversation between the grandpa and grandson.

The old man asked casually while flipping the meat in the dish.

"Nanfeng, when are you going to kill Frido and seek power and usurp the throne?"

Nanfeng replied while picking up the rice.

"I can't take over even if it's killed, and besides, I don't want to be the boss."

"Things without ambition."

"You were so ambitious back then, why were you squeezed out?"

"Aren't I getting old, and at the same time suffering from ore disease?"

"Cut, it's all an excuse."

"Don't be mad at me."

Xia Feng next to him almost spewed out the rice.

Seeing the old man's current life, combined with his previous identity, although Xia Feng had roughly guessed such a plot, he didn't expect that the two would say it in front of him, an outsider, as if they were chatting about family affairs.

Seeing Xia Feng's unnatural expression, the old man immediately said with a smile.

"Don't be nervous. Although it's the first time we met, I know you are not an outsider. Nanfeng has a problem since he was a child. He doesn't eat at the same table with people he doesn't trust, and he never allows outsiders to enter his territory. This site refers to his home, and it's the first time I've seen him bring outsiders back after so many years."

Hearing what the old man said, Xia Feng understood, Nan Feng not only brought him to see Grandpa today, but also lived with him for so many days, Guigui, just his small broken house, it's not something ordinary people can just enter.

Afterwards, Xia Feng became more casual, and boldly asked some questions that he didn't understand and wanted to ask.

At that time, Nanfeng was about the same age as Ergou. He was a half-grown child. He said he was old or young. He had already survived the most difficult period, so he and Derek were not too deep. The feeling of snot and tears can only be said to be okay.

At that time, the Freedo Chamber of Commerce had not yet been established, and Derek was still the leader of the Derek Gang, which was just a local gang entrenched in Notting City. Later, due to an accident, Derek contracted ore disease and became a gangster. infected.

Because of his old age and the many injuries he suffered when he was young, the ore disease quickly made him very weak. It was at this time that Frido seized this opportunity and expressed his hidden ambition.

According to Derek himself, Frido was not a blatant attempt to usurp power, but a kind of gentle pleading. For the future development of the gang, they needed a new leader.

However, Derek himself knew very well that he had to agree if he didn’t agree at the time. Frido’s willingness to show such an attitude proved that he was fully prepared. How capable and ambitious, he had to admit that he was getting old.

This is indeed the case. After Frido took over, the Derek Gang changed its face directly, and its name became the Frido Chamber of Commerce. It took only one year to unify the underground structure of Notting City.

At that time, Derek, who abdicated, realized one thing. Although the name of the gang has changed, many of the core members are old brothers who have been with him for many years. Frido will not allow a potential unstable factor to appear frequently. in view.

Frido didn't dare to get rid of him blatantly, but if he wanted to make a person disappear completely, especially a gangster who had lost his identity, he had a hundred ways.

Since then, Derek voluntarily lived in a remote infected area and disappeared into the city. Knowing what he did, Frido did not continue to kill them all.

I didn't expect such a story to exist in the predecessor of the Frido Chamber of Commerce.

After listening to Mr. De's experience, Xia Feng sighed with emotion, but at the same time couldn't help asking questions.

"Master De, then why did you let Nanfeng join the Frido Chamber of Commerce? It is impossible for Frido not to know about Nanfeng's relationship with you."

Derek took a sip of his wine and said leisurely.

"Of course that kid Frido knows about the relationship between Nanfeng and me."

"Then why do you think that you are not afraid that he will be suspicious, that Nanfeng will be killed by him?"

Derek chuckled twice.

"Hey, Nanfeng was able to survive in the chaotic area of ​​infected people when he was young. I don't believe that he will be easily killed by gangsters. A real strong man can survive in any dangerous environment until he sees it. Turn it all into your own territory."

Nan Feng next to him retorted while gnawing his bones.

"Come on you, if we weren't so poor after being squeezed out, I wouldn't join gangsters."

"Hahahahahaha."

Derek burst out laughing.

As if recalling the past, Nanfeng also laughed.

Affected by this atmosphere, Xia Feng also laughed. After laughing twice, he pretended to ask casually.

"Master De, how did you meet Nanfeng back then?"

"I just saw a child on the side of the street, and he was so pitiful."

"There are a lot of poor children in this city, why did you just fall in love with him?"

"I can't say it, maybe it's a kind of fate."

"You were the boss of the gang at the time, and you are so kind. It's really rare."

After saying this, Xia Feng carefully watched the change in Derek's expression, only to see Derek laugh again.

"Who knows, maybe I did too many bad things, and suddenly my conscience found out, hahahaha."

Compared with the heroic laughter before, this laugh was mixed with an imperceptible cover-up.

"Mr. De, are you a native of Notting City?"

"No, I'm from the north of Victoria. I was over 40 years old when I came to Notting City. Think about it, it was more than 20 years ago."

"Then what did you do when you were young?"

"I was a soldier, a soldier."

"Then you."

Derek suddenly interrupted Xia Feng's question.

"Young man, you seem to be very concerned about my affairs, why, what's the problem?"

Although Derek's eye sockets were sunken, his eyes were extremely deep at the moment.

Xia Feng immediately smiled and waved his hands.

"No, I'm just curious, curious about what kind of experience a big man like you has, heh."

"There is no experience to be proud of, and it will pass forever without knowing it."

Derek let out a wry smile.

"No matter what I have done, now that I am in this situation, those past events are not worth mentioning. Maybe this is also a kind of retribution."

This lunch was very casual, Nan Feng ate heartlessly throughout the whole process, and did not notice that the atmosphere afterwards was a bit subtle.

Derek didn't have a TV here, and there was no electricity except his small villa. After dinner, Nanfeng put some stacks of money on the coffee table.

"Old De, I put the money here, you have the time to distribute it to those who need it, don't let them fight over food."

"You let it go."

After sitting for a while, Nan Feng felt bored, so he took Xia Feng and left.

night.

Xia Feng sat on the sofa and looked thoughtful.

Nan Feng, who had just taken a shower, took out a can of beer from the refrigerator and asked curiously while drinking it.

"What are you thinking, kid, so deep."

Xia Feng suddenly stood up from the sofa.

"Give me your car keys."

"Ah, why are you going?"

"I'm going back to the headquarters. I forgot to report a mission a few days ago."

"Huh? Can't you do it tomorrow?"

Xia Feng picked up his coat from the sofa and said while putting it on.

"Anyway, I'm free at night, so I just take it for a stroll in the city."

"Then I will go with you?"

"No, don't worry about me, I'll be back in a while."

After taking the car keys, Xia Feng hurried out of the house.

The dark green off-road vehicle took advantage of the night and drove south all the way out of the city. According to the memory of the day, Xia Feng drove the car again to the infected area outside the city.

Something was wrong, his gut told him, Derek was hiding something.

He didn't believe that a gang boss would randomly take in a strange teenager on the street, unless he already knew who Nanfeng was.

Maybe the truth of this incident seems to have nothing to do with his plan, but Xia Feng has a premonition.

Any factor that can affect the development of history often begins with seemingly insignificant discoveries.

(End of this chapter)