Chapter Seventy-Three: Little Fry, Old Shark
Under the streetlight, a taxi pulled up on the side of the road.
"It's twenty bucks. The driver turned back to the two people sitting in the back seat.
After hearing the driver's words, Yu Mingyu subconsciously took out his wallet, pulled out a copy and handed it to the driver.
"Eh, boy, find ...... money"
The driver looked at Yu Mingyu, who had already gotten out of the car, and Fang Yaoyao next to him looked helplessly, and reached out to take the change that the driver was looking for.
Fang Yaoyao chased after a few steps, and after catching up with Yu Mingyu, she asked, "What do you want?" ”
"It's nothing ......" Yu Mingyu took out a cigarette case from his trouser pocket, took out one and put it between his lips.
In the past month, Yu Mingyu has been carrying a cigarette with her, and Fang Yaoyao knows about this place, but she has rarely seen Yu Mingyu light it in front of him.
"Let's go downstairs!" Fang Yaoyao proposed.
The two received a call from Seagull in the morning, and then rushed to the referee's court, and the four of them talked about the evening in Seagull's office, first talking about Li Ming, and then about the affairs of the newly established group.
Yu Mingyu did not refuse Fang Yaoyao's proposal, he hoped that the cool evening breeze could blow away the boredom in his heart.
"Still struggling with the seagull's answer?" Fang Yaoyao asked.
Yu Mingyu nodded very slightly, if it weren't for Fang Yaoyao, ordinary people might not be able to see it.
When a few people were about to leave, Yu Mingyu asked the seagulls: "Why are there a few of us?"
Yu Mingyu couldn't understand that when he was about to pursue the mysterious symbols related to the disappearance of his parents, the Inquisition happened to start a team to investigate it, and it just so happened that he, a newcomer to the first-order blood clan, was actually selected to become a member of the team.
He secretly tracked down Li Ming, and C2301 was related to Li Ming, so it was understandable for the referee to choose himself! Yu Mingyu wanted to try to persuade himself through this set of rhetoric, but he couldn't.
Because there is another member in the group who can't explain it, Hu Guofu.
Why are your iron buddies also in the group?
"W" symbol, information of the night owl, parents, old man Hu, ancient books, Daoguo......
These seemingly critical but unrelatable words were all squeezed into Yu Mingyu's mind.
Yu Mingyu remembered Seagull's answer at the time: "Maybe it's fate, maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's related to you, it's all arranged from above, and I just follow the instructions." ”
Yu Mingyu took out a cheap lighter and lit the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep breath, and the bitter and spicy smoke instantly filled his alveoli.
Nicotine calmed Yu Mingyu's heart a little.
Before Yu Mingyu could take a second puff of smoke, he saw a red line crossed in front of him, and the first half of the cigarette was lit and fell into the air.
Looking back, Yu Mingyu could still see Fang Yaoyao's left hand that had just been put down.
Obviously, Fang Yaoyao cut off the cigarette from Yu Mingyu's mouth with a blood thread.
"This is on the street!" Yu Mingyu said with a slight annoyance.
Fang Yaoyao put her hands in her pockets as if she was fine, and said, "Anyway, there is no one around, tobacco will only reduce your decision." ”
Seeing Fang Yaoyao's indifferent appearance, the little annoyance in Yu Mingyu's heart couldn't come out. was stirred up by annoyance, but the irritability in Yu Mingyu's head also dissipated a little.
Yu Mingyu could only spread his hands and calm down, if this kind of thing happened before, Yu Mingyu would not have any other emotions except doubts, but now under the influence of the demon blood stone, the part of Yu Mingyu's soul that represents anger is becoming more and more easily stimulated.
Yu Mingyu took down the cigarette that was still half left in his mouth, he held the cigarette in the palm of his hand, and had no intention of lighting it again. He bent down to pick up the half that had fallen on the ground, and when he looked up, he happened to meet Fang Yaoyao's suspicious gaze.
Yu Mingyu explained: "It's just picking it up and throwing it in the trash......
"Everyone has a responsibility to take care of the environment, and if they are seen by those aunts and uncles wearing red armbands, they will be fined. ”
Fang Yaoyao rolled her eyes, waved her hand, and motioned for Yu Mingyu to hurry up and throw the two broken cigarettes into the trash can next to her.
The two walked around the neighborhood where the hut was located, talking as they went, and after seeing that the time was about the same, the two of them found a nearby restaurant on the map.
Another peaceful night.
......
The bounty for mission C2301 was already quite a lot, but later the Inquisition verified that the wraith was a fourth-order strength, and once again added a part of the bounty to the two.
After the bounty arrived, Yu Mingyu added some spirit arrows and set aside his daily expenses, and he deposited all the rest into the car purchase fund.
In fact, with this bounty alone, Yu Mingyu can buy a good car, but the biggest problem that plagues the two of them now is...... They don't have a driver's license.
The daily expenses have been solved, and the hut duo without "life pressure" has returned to the state of salted fish again, and in the following week, the two of them watched dramas and wandered blindly.
It is worth mentioning that on the third day of salted fish, Fenghong Hebo and Maoyue called the hut duo to their home for a small gathering. When everyone met again, Feng Honghebo had adapted quite to modern life, not only equipped with a mobile phone, but also got himself a laptop a few days ago. The mobile phone was purchased in accordance with the advice given by Yu Mingyu, and it was waterproof.
Maoyue people are idle characters, and they are usually willing to chat with Fang Yaoyao when they have nothing to do. This week, Maoyueren's boss transferred her from an intern to a regular employee, and Maoyueren called Yu Mingyu and Fang Yaoyao to celebrate as soon as they were happy. At the dinner table, Maoyue people also inadvertently mentioned that Li Ming's phone number had become empty, and Maoyue people were full of sentimentality about the sudden departure of a "friend".
After seeing the house by the water of Fenghong River again, Yu Mingyu thought about some things in his heart.
At noon that day, Yu Mingyu returned to the hut, and Fang Yaoyao was holding a brown sugar jar in front of the TV.
Yu Mingyu really doesn't understand what the attraction of TV is to Fang Yaoyao, even if it is an advertisement, she watches it with such relish.
"Come to life!"
As he spoke, Yu Mingyu sat next to Fang Yaoyao, grabbed the remote control and changed it.
"If there is a task, I will say the task, and I watch TV without affecting it. Fang Yaoyao said dissatisfiedly.
Seeing Fang Yaoyao turn the TV back to the original channel, Yu Mingyu said helplessly: "Both stations are advertisements, do you need to change them back......
"You care about me!"
"Why do you want to take on the task? You've run out of money in just a few days, what have you done? You won't ......."
Fang Yaoyao looked Yu Mingyu up and down with strange eyes, as if Yu Mingyu had done something shady.
"Hey, it's okay to be a little self-motivated, do you have to have no money to take on tasks?" Yu Mingyu righteously complained about Fan Yaoyao's salted fish mentality.
"Huh...... Self-motivated...... Fang Yaoyao dug out a spoonful of brown sugar and put it in her mouth, and said vaguely.
After swallowing the brown sugar in her mouth, Fang Yaoyao said: "In the past few days, I have seen that the referee's task is going so fast, can there still be a good task?"
Yu Mingyu poured himself a glass of water, and then explained to Fang Yaoyao: "Yesterday I went to the referee's court to walk around, and the people who have been frantically taking on tasks recently are all those old sharks who are entrenched in the tea area on the first floor. ”
Fang Yaoyao was very puzzled in her heart, you must know that these people are very picky about tasks, usually they would rather sit on the first floor of the referee's court and drink free tea, chat and fart, than take a second look at those tasks that they think the bounty does not match the actual difficulty.
Most of these old sharks are in the second and third order, and even if there are two or three first-order, they are all veterans who have been adjudicators for four or five years. Their experience and strength are outstanding among the adjudicators, and the tasks that can make them excited are either bounty or special in nature. They are reluctant to follow the time-consuming, laborious, and unattractive tasks, but these tasks are still the mainstream of the tasks released by the referee every day, at least accounting for more than ninety or five percent.
"What's going on?"
Fang Yaoyao became interested, sat up straight and prepared to listen to Yu Mingyu's detailed narration.
Yu Mingyu picked up the cold pot on the coffee table and poured himself a glass of water, and then prostituted a spoonful of brown sugar from Fang Yaoyao and put it in the cup.
After tasting it, the sweetness was moderate, Yu Mingyu licked his lips with satisfaction, and said: "It seems that the reason is that the surplus food in the family of these old sharks is insufficient, and they want to brush up on a wave of tasks to earn some wives." ”
"At first, it was just a few people who were short of money to work in a team, and then the remaining old sharks didn't know if they were too idle or what, and they all joined the team of brushing tasks. Now it's not just about brushing tasks, there are several old people among the adjudicators who have quarreled, and they seem to be angry compared to the number of tasks completed. ”
"It's like the referee is holding a game...... Yu Mingyu said with a smile.
"This ......" Fang Yaoyao didn't know what to say for a while after hearing this.
"Those novice adjudicators are uncomfortable, aren't they?"
"Yes......" Yu Mingyu echoed, "The way of the world has changed, the old shark has gone out to do tasks, and the little fry are 'leisurely' drinking tea." ”
The adjudicators are not all third-order veterans like Fang Yaoyao, and most of them are newcomers. According to the internal division rules of the adjudicators, those who have not been adjudicators for more than one year are all considered to be newcomers.
The adjudicators are not easy to do, especially in the future, except for the few who can persevere, most of them have chosen to quit this circle. Do the math, at least half of the adjudicators who now belong to the Shang'an Court are novices.
In other words, Yu Mingyu is just a newcomer now, but he is relatively lucky, with a veteran of the same clan with him.
Most of the adjudicators' small fry work alone, have no experience and no strength, and even if they huddle in a group, they only dare to take on some tasks that are time-consuming and laborious, but not very difficult.
But now, the old shark began to enthusiastically help the little fry share the task, and the little fry could only scold his mother in the corner.
"I said that the task list has changed every day recently, these people want to experience life all over again!" Fang Yaoyao pouted vigorously.
"I look at their enthusiasm, I'm afraid this situation will continue for a while. ”
"I don't care about ...... in the hospital."
"How can this be managed? People are also the referees of the eight classics, can they not let the task fail?"