"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Taylor Show, the most exciting, exciting, and vulgar TV show in the UK every Saturday night at 8pm!"

The lights came on, the DJ gently pushed the vinyl, and the men and women in the audience stood up, applauding and screaming to welcome the host from behind the screen to the front stage, and dance to the music.

"How are you doing, how are you doing! Don't stop the applause, until I get off the stage, I'm going to wash my underwear immediately!Wow! I'm here, I'm here~ You can stop, I know you've always been the best, phew, thank you for the applause, please sit down. ”

In a dark blue suit, Taylor walked around the desk, leaning lazily on the back of the cowhide boss's chair, cocking Erlang's legs, and constantly turning the pen between his fingers, until he shuddered in a pretended posture, and then suppressed the applause of the audience with his palms facing down.

"I'm sure there's no one who doesn't know a story that came out in the Washington Post two weeks ago, and that's why you're so enthusiastic today, but I'm going to recount to the very few 'primitives' in front of the TV about what happened two weeks ago. ”

"Friends, Jesus has come! No, maybe he is better than Jesus, I'm not kidding, he has done an incredible scientific study that will make people's jaws drop, he has opened the lock of life, he has drawn a circular symbol of life, ladies and gentlemen! Let us welcome him with the warmest applause and screams, the God of the twenty-first century! Mr. Zambi Odeles Hea!"

This is the most enthusiastic applause in the nearly eight years since the launch of "The Taylor Show", and the ultra-high decibel screams of the ladies have even caused tinnitus and heart discomfort in some elderly viewers, but no one cares if they behave appropriately or what effect it will have on their bodies, really, no one cares.

The blonde man slowly walked from the backstage to the front desk, in his thirties, his ordinary appearance has been blessed by talent in the eyes of everyone, and the gold wire glasses make him polite, and at a glance he is full of economy and full of connotation.

"God, I remember that Mr. Hea was sixty-three years old!"

"Rejuvenation!

"He looks like he's only thirty years old!

Mr. Heya was not surprised by the audience's incredulous exclamations, which were destined to be kept alive when he made headlines in major newspapers and media.

"Sir, do you need my mouth, or is it a fart, or something else? Please make sure I serve you, please!"

As the BBC's most popular pay-per-view variety show for children, Taylor's hosting style is as vulgar as ever, even if it's not at all the way he communicates with people in life.

Despite the foul language and adult jokes, everyone can still feel his respect for Heya from his words, the kind in their hearts.

You must know that the guests who once stood on this stage, whether they were handsome guys and beautiful women, big stars, or middle-aged bald, pot-bellied politicians, Taylor's yellow tone has always fired at the guests, and he has never poured firepower on himself.

He diligently pulled out the chair for Hea, carefully wiped the pure leather seat with a handkerchief that had never been taken out of his chest, and finally, like a waiter desperate for a tip, waved his hand to signal Heya to take a seat.

Hea did not seem cramped about the gender-ignoring yellow cavity, although the show did not have a script, but between the plays, Taylor had communicated with him about the precautions, and it was obvious that the yellow cavity was not within his taboo.

"Guys! This is God! This is God! Welcome him with the most damning applause! Mr. Heya, on behalf of the program team, I sincerely thank you for coming. ”

The third cheer in a minute did not make the audience feel a little unhappy, and the enthusiasm was enough to tear over the roof of the studio, and even the fully air-conditioned studio looked a little hot.

The two sides sat down, and the show officially began, and Taylor couldn't wait to ask, and even he didn't notice it, and his excited body began to lean forward.

"Sir, if my information is correct, you are now sixty-three years old and have become a grandfather, but it is really incredible that you now look exactly the same as the picture from thirty years ago. ”

"Yes, I'm rejuvenated, just four weeks ago, my body was probably back to about thirty years old, and if I need to, I can be younger. ”

Mr. Hea was very indifferent, took a sip of water, looked at Taylor, and nodded slightly.

"How......? Incredible, God. ”

Since my grandmother's death, I have developed a fear of death, so I devoted myself to the science of life, for which I carried out nearly 40 years of scientific research, and finally, with the joint efforts of thousands of experts who spent a lot of money, made a major breakthrough two years ago, and after two years of clinical trials, it was finally presented to everyone. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"At first, we started with a lighthouse jellyfish to test the limit of how many times it can be converted from maturity to larvae, but the results were not ideal, but luckily, we were able to extract the DNA that is responsible for "immortality" After tens of thousands of rat experiments, the relative gene was successfully matched, keeping the gene chain of the rat stable and unbroken, but unfortunately, during the reincarnation, the organs of the rat did not return to the juvenile period, but re-growth, during this period, the rat still met organ failure and died, so that the experiment failed. ”

"We have tried organ transplantation, but the transplanted organs will fail sooner or later, unless you keep changing organs, you can't solve the problem fundamentally, so we looked at earthworms, centipedes, tardigrades and other tenacious creatures, and finally extracted some genes and special base components from the body of tardigrades, and replaced them with the genes of lighthouse jellyfish, maintaining the symmetry and balance of the gene chain. ”

"At the same time, we found that a special base derived from the tardigrade reacted with guanine and thymine in the rat to derive two new bases, which we called "waterbear thymine" and "waterbear guanine". ”

"And these two bases affect deoxyribose and ribose through covalent bonds, and then have a great impact on nucleotides, and even change the order of DNA and RNA, but everything is a good result, which greatly enhances the activity of cells, improves the number of cell divisions, prolongs life, and makes the gene chain very stable, not easy to break, disease resistance has been greatly improved, and the occurrence of terminal diseases has been avoided to a considerable extent, the next generation will have a good inheritance of the gene chain. ”

On stage, Mr. Heya was talking eloquently, but did not go into too many important details, but repeated the experimental process published in the newspaper to the audience, but off the stage, the audience still behaved very confused.

The vast majority of the general public would not be interested in genetics, and what these viewers wanted to listen to was not the experimental process that would put them into a deep sleep, which Heya did not feel the slightest surprise.

"Wow...... In other words, have you broken the law of life and brought humanity to the realm of eternal life?"

"No, there is a limit to life after all, even if we don't have an accurate count of the number of lighthouse jellyfish transformations, but I believe that no animal can escape death, we just try to extend life as much as possible, until humans have no regrets in the face of death, this is enough, you know, if you really live too long, it's not a good thing. ”

"So, according to your prediction, Mr. Heya, how long can human beings live with the current level of technology?"

"One hundred and fifty to two hundred years, and through the technology we have, we can treat most diseases, and in the future, the technology will be more mature, and life will continue to be extended. ”

For the rest of the day, Taylor asked all the questions that the audience wanted to answer, such as whether there were side effects and how likely it was to cause medical malpractice, and Mr. Hea answered them one by one, until the end of the shooting, Taylor gave up all the remaining two minutes to Hea, asking him to announce a decision that was crucial to the course of human history.

Hea got up, walked to the front of the stage, and slowly spoke in the face of countless gazes.

"I know how precious life is, since my grandmother died for more than ten years, all my elders have left me one by one, I often dream of them, when I wake up, the room is silent, this is the most painful difference between people, but in the end we will all silently taste this regret, I don't want to do this, I don't want to lose other relatives and friends who are important in my life, I believe you too. ”

"So, I decided...... I will not do business at a loss and I will not make a profit from selling all the experimental protocols and techniques to all the countries interested in this research at a very low price, I only hope that, in a hundred years, I will still be able to see all of you here, in laughter, under the blue sky, and when the white doves fly, take off their top hats and greet each other. ”

"Everyone, let's be old friends!"

"Mr. Hea, Dear Mr. Hea!!"

It was the result of the crowd's riot, but it was the result of agitation, people leaving their seats, leaving the audience, crowding in front of the stage, squeezing as far as they could, raising their hands high, just to be as close to "God" as possible, even if they could only gratefully arrange his trouser legs or kiss his shoes......

"I really saw a person's back full of light, even stinging my eyes, I cried, but I was happy at this moment. ”

Taylor wanted to add this sentence to his autobiography, but it was not a lie to add to the legend of Hea, he really shed tears, and it was a real tear of happiness.

The camera freezes on Hea's smile and the crowd worships him, and perhaps in the future an artist will create a famous painting for him, but for now, it is only contained in a small memory card.

......

After that, Hea fulfilled his promise, sold the results to various countries, and signed a plan to modify genes for civilian use, so that ordinary people can also enjoy longevity, and everyone's life has been greatly extended.

But Hea didn't expect that his good deeds were not exchanged for the beauty and worthiness of the world.

Rather, it is the beginning of purgatory on earth......

......

"My name is Wang Ziqing, but no one calls me by this name, everyone is used to calling me Parker, born thirteen years after the popularization of genetic enhancement, is a second-generation genetically modified person, parents are British-Chinese, ordinary family, there is nothing to say, if you really want to say something special, then you can only mention it, I am a premature baby, sometimes look at the photo when I was born, look at myself in the photo with only two pounds and seven taels, and look at the man in the mirror who is no different from an ordinary adult male, there will always be some ridiculous ideas. ”

"The modified genes are so powerful that hell, it would be nice if they died when they were born. ”

(Parker's narration.) ）

......

"Mr. Parker, the results of your examination are out, congratulations on your recovery and you are ready to be discharged. ”

"Okay, trouble. ”

The nurse in the white robe was quite strong, and her face looked a little fierce because of her fleshy face, but her attitude towards the patients was surprisingly kind and enthusiastic, she smiled and nodded to Parker, handed over the case in her hand to Parker, and asked the other patients in the same ward if they were unwell, and after getting a negative answer, she pushed the ambulance away.

After accepting the congratulations of the patients in the same room, he got up, silently packed his luggage under the gaze of other patients, and finally cut off the hospital wristband on his hand, gently pushed the door open, and walked out of the ward.

After the increase in human life expectancy, the hospital is no longer overcrowded, all the way to the hall, it is quiet, the leather shoes on the floor tiles have an echo, the nurse who handles the procedures heard the footsteps, has been waiting for a long time, saw that the person really came to the front, showed a warm smile, and took a series of certificates handed over by Parker with both hands.

"Sir, bank card, or credit card?"

"Credit cards. ”

The nurse who got the answer smiled brighter, quickly went through the procedures for Parker, calculated the cost of Parker's seven-day hospitalization, and finally put the payment slip on the table and asked Parker to sign.

"Please sir, please take a look, the cost of the hospital bed, the cost of surgery, and the cost of the examination of the body are fully reimbursed by the insurance, this cost will be connected by the hospital and your insurance company, and the drug fee will be reimbursed 70%, you also need to pay 240,000 pounds plus 12% interest, you choose a ten-year installment loan, so you need to repay 2,240 pounds per month to the designated account, if there is no opinion, please sign. ”

After calculating and making sure that the amount was correct, Parker struggled for a moment, finally signed, put the bill away, and left the hospital with the nurse's farewell.

It's a bizarre world......

Leaving the hospital, it was like falling into a pot of oil, from silence to noise, it seemed that it took less than a second for Parker to react with the outside world, and he was blown up with dots and splashed with oil, he was destined to walk into the crowd, because he was part of the noise.

There were countless pedestrians, hurrying in front of him, even children, holding books and reading as they walked, and even if strangers bumped, both sides bowed their heads and ran towards their destinations without saying a word.

Looking up, the sky is blocked by tall buildings, and you can't even see a little blue of the sky, and the neon lights are always on, illuminated by the shadows covered by tall buildings, as if to say, the sun is not one, it can be many.

The vehicle waited at the red light, and when it turned green, it heard the horn of the vehicle behind it, and a second later there was a chain reaction, like a long dragon roaring, rushing to roam the road.

It's strange that the end of life has been extended a lot, but everyone has no time to stop at all, but it becomes more urgent, as if they are being pushed by something.

Parker stood in the crowd for a short time, and finally, he opened his legs and took the first step, and then the second step, walking faster and faster, gradually caught up with the crowd and disappeared into the vast sea of people.

......

"Mr. Heya has given us life, but politicians are squeezing our flesh and blood. ”

"Life is not a symbol, we do not live to serve as a fuel for social development. ”

"We are not tools, we are people. ”

A large group of people gathered on the side of the road, like a weak beast against the rolling torrent, struggling desperately, under the gaze of everyone, crying out the dream they had hoped for, and would never come true.

Even though there were many of them, they were vulnerable, and the pedestrians were still in a hurry, ignoring their presence, except for the patrolling police, sitting on motorcycles, grinning dismissively and mockingly.

They were marching, they were demonstrating, they were protesting against the new 155-year-old retirement plan, but everyone knew that at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, all of them would show up at their desks or desks, trying to work and study for the sake of the family's food and drink, and not to cause trouble for their parents.

If their resistance to pressure could really be listened to by some people, then the retirement age would not have been directly increased from 65 to 90.

What they are looking forward to is nothing more than the unrealistic dream of recuperating early, and dreaming is allowed, so the parade is also allowed.

......

"We are destined to be fuel, like a match, driven by phosphorus fire, and burned fully until the fuel is exhausted and turned to ashes, this is our fate, and it is the fate that we can never escape. ”

"In the face of fate, we can only accept and work hard to make the city more magnificent, make science and technology more developed, and make the economy more prosperous, which is the obligation of all citizens living in this city, and will not be refuted by everyone. ”

"What we care about is not how much we give to the city, how much we give, and how much we can get in return, but that we hope that some people can ask us. ”

"Willing to be fuel. ”

(Parker's narration.) ）

......

"Mr. Heya has given us life, but politicians are squeezing our flesh and blood. ”

"Life is not a symbol, we do not live to serve as a fuel for social development. ”

"We are not tools, we are people!"

They were marching, demonstrating, protesting against the new 120-year-old retirement plan, and Parker was among them, holding up the poster, his face flushed, his roar hoarse, the blindness of the roadside pedestrians, the blatant taunts of the order-keepers, the growing rage, the outrageous rage.

Until a water cannon extinguished his anger, pouring him from head to toe, the cold to the bone, the screams and cries of pain in his ears, and the crowd broke back.

He realized that the rubber roller whipped on his body would hurt so much, and he screamed and screamed in pain, and ran backwards, and even the board he made overnight was thrown on the ground, and was trampled on muddy footprints.

......

Until his nose and face were swollen and he returned to the door of the house wet, looking at the dim light on the door, he hesitated and circled around the door until the door was pushed open.

"Ziqing, why are you standing at the door, why don't you come in?"

"Okay mom. ”

In response, the original heart-pounding emotions slowly dissipated, perhaps an ordinary greeting from the mother is the best medicine to soothe the uneasy emotions in the heart.

He entered the house, if the door was dark just now, so that his mother did not notice the wound on his face, then now in the home as bright as day, his miserable appearance should be completely displayed in front of his parents.

It's eight o'clock in the evening, my parents have already eaten dinner, a bowl of ginger soup on the table is still wafting with a faint white steam, and the broccoli next to the steak is still so green and chewy.

When he finished eating, his mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, went back to the room with his father to rest, leaving him alone, secretly picked up the iodine wine that was placed in a very conspicuous position, took off his shirt, grinned evenly on the wound, and then went back to bed, and spent a night that would wake up in pain when he turned over.

......

Sometimes, the scar is not a medal of victory, nor is it a proof of defeat, it is just an ordinary appearance, very ordinary in the eyes of people, then ordinary healing, and finally ordinary disappearing.

In the eyes of the teacher and most of the students, there is no surprise at all, and there is no opinion or idea about it, but in such a small group of people, it is in such a small group of people who are also scarred, there will be a ripple and a little splash.

"They were so hard that they choked me so hard that I couldn't even breathe, and for a moment, I even thought it would be best to knock me out. ”

"Who's to say no, I felt like I had broken several ribs and now I can't breathe. ”

"Then you're not going next time?"

"Of course...... Go!"

In his spare time, this handful of little bastards who don't know the height of the sky are still gearing up, waiting for the next time they get up, looking forward to what they can change, but they haven't thought about what the consequences will be if they are caught.

"I was literally disfigured, look at the wounds in my eyes. ”

In the bastard, the only girl looked in the mirror, saw that her eyes were bruised, and sadly buckled the mirror on the table, clubbing her chin with both hands, and listened excitedly to the next plan of these bastards.

"I've got some safflower oil here, Lisa, do you need it?"

"Oh my God, Parker, you're so funny, I thought you wouldn't bring it again, there's nowhere to buy it. ”

"Then you take it, I still have it at home, and this bottle belongs to you. ”

Parker's words were a little flattering, and under the teasing of the other little bastards, Lisa did not refuse his kindness, but accepted it generously.

No one in the school doesn't know that they are interesting, but they haven't reached the point of falling in love yet, and kissing and sleeping or something is even farther away, but everyone has always thought that if it's soon, it's going to be home plate soon.

It's a joy that you won't have anymore as an adult, a joy that you won't have from the heart because of who you can help, it's something to be cherished, it's worth savoring, Parker is experiencing, it's going to be experienced, but in the end, it's going to be lost.

......

The biggest difference between adults and children is that children like a certain point of the object, and adults always consider the whole object before deciding whether to like it or not.

Children's likes will be deviated and even polished clean because of the gradual expansion of their cognition of each other, which is not stable, while adults' likes will learn to tolerate because of early understanding.

But I like it, or love this thing, but it can always break the surface with a point, the surface can only cover the surface of love, and then it is full of penetration, while the point can directly pierce the heart and reach a person's soul.

I am the one who was stabbed.

(Parker's narration.) ）

......

Demonstrations are always accompanied by violence and conflict, and when the water cannon on standby is finally fired, the familiar screams and cries of pain are heard again, Parker extinguishes the cigarette in his hand, throws it into the trash, dodges the splash, and takes another step in the direction of his home.

"Sir, do you need a worker? I need a job, I can clean the sewers, bricklayers, carpenters, I will do all the work, sir. ”

"Sir, do you need to maintain the car? or even repair the car, no matter what problems arise with the car, I can help you repair it, my price is very cheap sir." ”

"Sir, do you need me to help you draw a picture? I have a good drawing, and the price is very cheap, I can help you frame it, and it will be beautiful to put at home, sir." ”

Many people gathered around, praying for a job to ensure that they had enough food and clothing today, this is a gathering place for the unemployed near his house, and they would keep coming and going to ask if they needed cheap labor, and they would be willing to do any job, whether they held this qualification or not, whether they were illegal or not, and they didn't care if the person being questioned was annoyed by the question.

"No, I don't. ”

After receiving a negative answer, they no longer dwelled on it, not even a look of disappointment, and returned to the side of the road as if nothing had happened, waiting for the next passer-by to meet their harassment.

Parker really didn't have a job to give them, and even if he had, he wouldn't look for these people because they were cheap, and once he brought them home, he would run the risk of waking up early tomorrow morning to find his home empty.

They always stand at the intersection, like a young lady waiting for business to come to the door, carrying a big Coke of 1.5 pounds and 1.5 liters, or a cheap hot dog, one stop is a day, make some money, and when they are full, they go to buy lottos, spend all their savings on lottery tickets and scratch tickets, and hope that they can one day turn over and become a local tycoon.

Occasionally, a newcomer occupies their place, and there will be some physical altercations, you know, these people who eat junk food and drink carbonated drinks all day long, each of them is amazingly tonnage, and they fight like bears fighting, looking clumsy, but in fact fierce, Parker didn't want to get into trouble, so he left the hospital for less than half an hour and went back to lying down.

A melodious saxophone tune was blown into Parker's ears by the wind, allowing him to bypass the old man and avoid stepping on the instrument case he paid for and the inferior CDs he had recorded.

Interestingly, on the other side of the street, a group of people are bleeding from their heads for resisting the postponement of the retirement age, and on this side of the street, a group of people wish they could work until they are 200 years old to make ends meet.

At a distance of only a kilometer, two completely different ideas have emerged, capital divides people into three, six, nine and so on, and the people living at the bottom seem to have degenerated into animals, wandering around every corner of the street, either begging or exerting physical strength, just for a bite to eat and a bed that can make him sleep soundly.

The purpose of these people's existence seems to be just to warn others, to make others afraid of the bottom life, to strive to sublimate themselves, and to be willingly used as fuel, which is better than being animals.

"Knock...... Boom...... Knock ......"

It was the closest bridge to his home, just near his residence, and instead of the water below, there was one train after another loaded with goods.

This is the dwelling of the common people, and as the ratio of deaths to births has slanted, the periphery of the city does not have room for single-family dwellings, but instead falls down to the high-rise buildings that can throw people into the mud.

He stood on the bridge and reached out to grab the dandelion floating in the air, as if his movement was too large, and the flying plush instantly dodged his palm, so he listened attentively, which was too familiar to be more familiar, and even occasionally he would be woken up by the roar of the train when he slept.

The mobile phone vibrated twice, he picked it up and took a look, the insurance company was very fast, and it had already called the hospitalization and surgery fees he had paid in advance to his bank card, but the hospital was one step faster, and in the next second of arrival, it took away more than 2,000 yuan of reimbursement money.

The train was coming in his direction, and he could feel the vibration of the handrail by the bridge, perhaps from the roar of the train, or perhaps from the deepest cry of his heart.

He took up his right leg, stepped over the handrail by the bridge, and sat on the handrail like this, with his feet in the air, sometimes with his left foot on the ground, sometimes with his right foot, and closed his eyes until the train passed, and he withdrew his right foot and returned to the side of existence.

It's time to go home......

......

"Speaking of which, I used to have a very vague concept of home, and I never knew whether home meant people or an attic in the sky in the steel forest. ”

"If I was talking about my family, I couldn't stand being in a place that didn't belong to me for too long, I didn't like to wander around, I didn't like to live in a fixed place. ”

"But if I was talking about a house, I wouldn't be able to resist the pressure of loans, taxes, insurance bills, and living expenses without my family, even though these things have followed me since I was a child. ”

"Then I thought of my mother's words, maybe home is not just a single thing, but an integral, I need a place to live, I need relatives to live. ”

"Settle down is probably the most important idiom in my life, even if I don't have the ability or time to go to that country, but it doesn't delay my yearning for it in the slightest. ”

"All in all, I don't want to lose my home or my home, and that's why I'm willing to be fuel. ”

......

The nineteenth floor, the building type of three households and one ladder, the corridor is full of daily necessities, but it does not delay the escape of personnel after a fire, this is the small wisdom of the old man living in the small apartment in the middle, although the Parker family and the door are quite complaining about this, but it is difficult to be angry with an old lady who is more than 180 years old and is still trying to live for her children.

I took out the key, opened the door, and suddenly smelled the smell of food, my wife was busy in the kitchen, heard the door ringing, turned her head, and saw Parker coming back, showing a smile.

Lisa eventually became Parker's wife, living up to the expectations of the bastards in high school, a point, and finally stabbed to the deepest part and to the end.

The two got married and gave birth to a boy, although love basically faded, but the bond also arose, this kind of emotion called family affection is more solid and more secure than love.

"Cooking so early?"

Now Jason is in high school, the school is far away from home, it takes about an hour to take the subway back and forth, and high school students, the time of spare time must be increased as a matter of course, according to the usual pattern of his homecoming, he will not arrive home at least around seven o'clock in the evening.

"Mr. Nelson's house is going to have a party, and I was just informed that there is nothing to use as a gift at home, and the time is a bit tight, so I can only make a la carte and take it. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Nelson live across the street, and they have been old neighbors with the Parker family for more than 20 years, but the old couple are much older than Parker and Lisa, and they are already in their 160s.

Without waiting for Parker to speak, Lisa asked Parker a question.

"How's your body?"

"Nothing is a problem. ”

There are freshly baked biscuits on the stove, which are still a little warm to the touch, so I picked up a piece and put it in my mouth, chewing it in a big gulp, and experiencing the rich flavor of condensed milk in the biscuits.

"How much do we need to take?"

Parker's mouth suddenly stopped, and he grabbed a kitchen paper towel, gently picked the cookie crumbs on his chest, until he cleaned it up, threw the paper towel into the trash, and then continued to chew until he swallowed it thoroughly, then took out the medical bill from his wallet and handed it to Lisa, who was still looking at the frying pan.

"This ...... It doesn't matter, let's save a little bit these days, that is, Jason wants to change to a new PS5, you persuade him, bear with it first. ”

The high cost of medication and the monthly loan repayment did make Lisa feel a little more stressed, but at this time, she couldn't show any distress, after all, being seriously ill was not what Parker herself wanted, and if she complained to her husband again, it would only add to her troubles.

"I'm sorry. ”

"You shouldn't say that, listen Parker, I love you. ”

"Thank you, baby, by the way, Mr. Nelson suddenly thought of doing a party, his circle of friends is obviously not wide. ”

The two kissed, and Parker continued to reach for the biscuit, he was indeed hungry.

Lisa flipped the beef over in the pot before turning around and answering Parker's question in a low voice.

"Mr. Nelson...... I'm going to die. ”

The hand paused again, Parker carefully recalled Nelson's age and financial situation, took a glass of water, rinsed the residue from his mouth, and looked out the window, his eyes flashing with a little envy.

"I died...... That's great. ”

“......”