It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

"It seems I still have to go?"

Xu Shi smiled and sighed, still keeping the secret... "So are we leaving now?"

"…Wait a little longer."

Xia Wuyou blinked and held his arm tightly.

She wanted to enjoy it a little longer and savor the aftertaste of what had just happened.

It's really becoming more and more like a kitten.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 103: Auntie, what’s wrong with you?

When Xu Shi and Xia Wuyou arrived at the hospital, Xia Ke'an was sitting in a chair reading a book.

The white-haired loli was wearing a hospital gown and a pair of white socks. Her feet were dangling in the air and she was humming a little tune. She looked very happy.

"Long time no see, how is Miss An recovering?"

They look so cute with such a lovely look... Xu Shi thought to himself that their family's genes were truly extraordinary, and both the aunt and niece were first-rate beauties.

"Huh? Director Xu is here?"

When he saw Xu, Xia Ke'an put down the book in his hand and replied with a smile, "Thanks to you, I feel much better now."

This can be seen. She can now run and jump on the ground without even needing anyone's care. Xu Shi has also looked at the hospital's medical report. The relatively minor complications have been mostly alleviated, and some difficult and complicated diseases are also being slowly cured. Everything is moving in the right direction.

"That's good. I hope Miss Ke'an will recover soon."

Xu Shi nodded, sat next to her and chatted, "Miss Ke An seems to like reading very much?"

He had noticed it before, but he never asked about it.

"Yes, I have always had this hobby."

Xia Ke'an smiled and said, "Reading can calm your mind, and most of the time there's nothing else to do."

In the City of Night Crime, there are indeed not many people who can really sit down and read books. Workers are so busy that they are dying. If they really want to have some free time, eating, drinking, having fun and playing "God's presence" are their first choice. Even if they can just read on a reading bracelet, paper books are considered to be an obsolete product in this era.

It’s not that there isn’t a library, but the flow of visitors has always been at the bottom. The biggest news about it in recent years was that someone slept with someone else’s girlfriend in the library. It caused quite a stir and the whole Night Sin City went crazy about it.

I'm afraid the only people who still have interest in this and are able to devote time to it are people like the white-haired loli.

It is also a proof that she was once a lady from a noble family.

Xu Shi sighed a little, then got to the point, "By the way, Team Leader Xia asked me if Miss An has anything to talk to me about?"

Xia Ke'an did not answer, but tilted his head and blinked at Xia Wuyou.

"……Know it."

Xia Wuyou reacted, turned his face away and muttered.

She is actually a little resentful. Is there anything that we three have to talk about privately? Can't I listen?

But she listened to Xia Ke'an, and now she listened even more to Xu Shi, so she had to reluctantly avoid them and leave them some private space.

This can also be considered a kind of obedience... She used this excuse to numb herself and felt more comfortable.

Alas, another poor child with no hope.

"You finally have time to come see me?"

After sending her niece away, the white-haired girl immediately put on an expression of grievance and resentment, "I thought you were going to kidnap Wuyou and abandon me."

"Stop, stop. It sounds like the truth."

Xu Shi looked as if he had seen a ghost. "Auntie, what's wrong with you?" If others heard it, they would think I had done something to you... But I dare not say anything nonsense.

Moreover.

"If I really didn't care about you, would I come as soon as Team Leader Xia said so? That's enough."

"...Ahh, you are a busy person. I am sorry to bother you during your busy schedule."

After teasing him, Xia Ke'an stopped sarcasm and became serious. "You're developing chips, destroying Spark, and even Shark Tooth... You've almost turned the whole city into a mess."

Whether she analyzed it on her own or Xia Wuyou told her, it was obvious that she had never relaxed her attention on the City of Night Sin, or anything related to Xu Shi.

The white-haired loli was also quite emotional about this. To be honest, the only person she had misjudged over the years was probably the man in front of her.

Before this, Xia Ke'an still treated Xu Shi as a useless piece of mud.

But in just a few months, she was amazed by the methods displayed by the other party, and finally realized how wrong she was before.

All I can say is that he disguised himself so well that he fooled everyone, including her.

"Why do I sound like you're blaming me?"

Xu Shi did not comment, and responded jokingly, "Miss Ke An called me here, isn't she going to teach me a lesson?"

“This is obviously a congratulation.”

Xia Ke'an pursed his lips, "Besides, how dare I teach you a lesson... If I really want to say something, it should be thank you."

"My illness is secondary. What's more important is that you helped Wuyou to recognize the reality and not go astray."

"Wrong way?"

Xu Shi knew what she was talking about, but the word still made him want to laugh. "I suddenly doubt whether the relationship between Refraction and Tianhe was really as good as the rumors say."

“You also said it was in the past.”

The white-haired loli spread her hands and said, "How can people always live in the past?"

This was her attitude towards Shen He from the very beginning - even though the two families had once been on good terms, it was not her who had been Shen He's childhood sweetheart.

In Xia Ke'an's eyes, he was just an ordinary junior, neither good nor bad, and he did not have any special feelings for her.

It was like this before, not to mention now. How can Shen He be compared with Xu Shi now? It is not an exaggeration to say that there is a world of difference between them... Then, is it wise to be hostile to Xu Shi because of him?

So she didn't think there was anything wrong with this word, and she should let Xia Wuyou and Shen He have contact.

Her honesty surprised Xu Shi a little. He could only say that her appearance was indeed deceptive. It always felt awkward to hear such words coming out of her mouth no matter how many times.

But on second thought, Xia Ke'an in the original novel was actually similar. He did not have high hopes for Shen He from the beginning, but gradually changed his mind about him as the other party continued to win, and was conquered by him step by step.

But in reality, Shen He suffered one defeat after another, and when he was confronting her, he tried to forcibly control Xia Wuyou's behavior... To be honest, considering the importance of the aunt and nephew in each other's hearts, it was not easy for the white-haired loli to remain calm and only show her disgust and complaints towards Shen He.

But this is what you have always wanted to see, isn't it?

"I agree with Miss Ke'an's point of view."

Thinking of this, Xu Shi also smiled and nodded, "But, I don't completely agree."

"Ok?"

"Why is your illness secondary?"

Xu Shi still had a smile on his face, but his eyes looked more serious as he looked at her. "Curing you is equally important to me. This is also what Team Leader Xia and I agreed on."

As soon as these words were spoken, the air suddenly fell silent.

Xia Ke'an was a little stunned when he heard this, obviously not expecting Xu Shi to talk about this.

"I have been cooperating with the treatment..."

This made her feel a little awkward. It took her a while to come back to her senses. She murmured, "Instead of talking about this, you should think about yourself... You have a lot of things to think about, don't you?"

"For example, the company, your fiancée, and... "Dragon City"?"

Something is wrong. There seems to be something wrong with the outline. The written result is not what I want... It seems like I'm having a writer's block. These two chapters may need to be adjusted.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 104 If You Die I Will Torture Her Severely

Xia Ke'an changed the topic quietly.

Or perhaps, this was the real thing she wanted to talk to Xu Shi alone.

"...You secretly supported the Long Knife Party, provided them with excessive weapons and equipment, and took advantage of the chaos to annihilate the Disiger and annex the Sixth District... This broke the balance between Night Crime City, or the six major financial groups."

The white-haired girl cleared her throat and analyzed seriously, "Dragon City won't let this go... Don't tell me you haven't considered this issue at all."

Xu Shi didn't answer, but just listened to her quietly.

The fact is that he was certainly wary of this and had taken this situation into consideration from the moment he approached Ding Jun.

He had some understanding of the so-called balance between financial groups - he had heard from his father a long time ago that after the collapse of the two super-complex interest groups "Tianhe" and "Refraction", the City of Night Sin was in a state of extreme chaos for a period of time.

Not to mention that the second-rate companies below were beaten to a pulp, ordinary residents suffered even more, it was like hell on earth... In the end, everyone realized that no one could dominate the market, so they gave up and gradually divided up the territory.

At least that's the case now. Each consortium has its own system, and they compete with each other as if it were a secular convention. There's also a city hall in the middle as a lubricant. The situation is gradually stabilizing, and they are no longer willing to have any major friction.

But his actions actually destroyed this balance, or at least damaged the interests of "Dragon City".

As one of the top forces in the City of Night Crime, "Dragon City" is actually the most special one among the six major conglomerates.

On the one hand, Dragon City is based in Sin City rather than Night City, and in a sense it is more like a big gang.

At the same time, they are also the only consortium that did not say that they were promoted to the first-class level only because of the downfall of "Tianhe" and "Refraction". They have always existed and can be regarded as the uncrowned king of Sin City.

This also laid the foundation for their model - controlling gangs and running side businesses. Seven of the eleven districts in Sin City are under their direct jurisdiction. The remaining regional gangs such as the "Long Knife Gang" and the "Disger" were also supported by "Dragon City" and followed his lead.

This is a bit like being a mercenary leader. When the Night City Consortium wants to do something shady, they often entrust the gang to do it, and the reward is credit points and various types of weapons.

"Dragon City" will take a portion of these rewards, making profits while also expanding its strength in disguise.

In this case, it is not impossible for him to fund the "Long Knife Party" with advanced weapons to attack "Disger", but he must first pass it through "Dragon City". Omitting this step may seem harmless, but the consequences are actually quite serious.

Firstly, this is equivalent to bypassing the middleman, and this will inevitably arouse the vigilance of "Dragon City" - you "Snake Ring" are poaching people like this, even helping one to destroy another, what is your intention? Plant a nail first, and replace me in the future?

This is an obvious statement. If you put yourself in their shoes, you may not be able to tolerate such behavior yourself, so don't expect others to swallow their anger.

There has been no movement so far. I guess it's just that he's been held back by the value of "twins" and is indecisive.

"...Ha, anyway, as long as you are prepared."

Seeing how calm he was, Xia Ke'an immediately understood. It was obvious that he knew about it and might have thought about it more than he did.

This made her feel relieved. She really didn't need to worry about the little boy... But the white-haired loli couldn't help but want to complain. Since you know you, at least nod your head. It's tiring to talk so much...

She didn't realize that she was the one worrying about him.

So she began to test him again and asked tentatively, "Besides that, has Director Xu thought about anything else, such as..."

"Like what happened ten years ago?"

Xu Shi spoke leisurely, as if he had already anticipated what she was going to say.

"…How come you even thought of this?"

The white-haired Lolita paused after hearing this, and then muttered weakly, "Could it be that Mr. Xu really has the ability to read minds?"

"It's strange if you don't expect it, right?"

Looking at Xia Ke'an, who looked like a little adult with a frustrated expression, Xu Shi couldn't help laughing.

What happened ten years ago? Of course, it was the tragedy of the destruction of "Refraction" and "Tianhe" overnight.

In the original novel, this is an unavoidable plot line. According to the current situation, it is only a matter of time before Xia Ke'an tells me this.

Moreover, even if she was not a factor, this was something he had to consider.

Or it could be said that this is something that every top financial group is wary of, because it is indeed too weird.

A mysterious force hiding in the dark, but with the power to overturn the entire Night Crime City overnight, ten years later, it is still an unsolved case... To be honest, let alone choosing one from the six major consortiums now, can everyone combined achieve this level? I'm afraid it may not be possible.

This is like the sword of Damocles. You don't know when and under what circumstances it will strike again - maybe when giants like "Refraction" and "Mianhe" appear again? Should we be more cautious and not think about being the first to do so?

If you think about it this way, the delicate balance between the consortiums may also be due to this factor.

"Too."

Xia Ke'an thought about it and felt relieved. He simply continued the topic, "Then I'll get straight to the point. How much do you know about these?"

"Just pretend that I know nothing."