2025 Rhodes

My name is Rod, I'm a black man, and I remember when I was very young, my father went to the surface to make money and never came back.

One day, when I was older, my mother shoved a small piece of black bread into my mouth and knocked me down in the cold hole.

I crawled over quietly, chewing on the delicious bread and shaking my mother's arm.

They looked at me, but they didn't know whether they felt pity or lost their strength, so they didn't beat me, but swept me aside with their feet, and then dragged my mother's body away, not knowing what to do.

I sat on the floor and held my stomach, which had been kicked a little, and munched on delicious bread while quietly watching them drag my mother's body away.

I didn't know how old I was that year.

It's like, I don't know what my birthday is.

It's like, I don't know how long I sat in the cold hole before I passed out.

Like, I don't know when, I was taken to Mr. Kim's house.

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I woke up in a very simple but soft and warm bed for me at the time, and some people came to check it out, and another handed me a plate with a whole piece of brown bread and a glass called "milk".

Of course I recognize the black bread, it is a kind of super delicious that is countless times better than the clods of soil, and I can chew on any small piece of it for most of the day, when I hold such a large piece of black bread in the palm of my hand, I feel like I have made a windfall.

But what is the white liquid called "milk" on the side? Who gave it the courage to have enough identity to sit side by side with black bread on the plate? Is there anything as delicious as brown bread in this world? No kidding.

The man who gave me the plate motioned for me to taste it.

Reluctantly, I carefully and gently put down the black bread in my hand, put it back on the plate for the time being, and then held the cup with the white liquid in both hands, and when I approached my face, I smelled a scent that made me a little dizzy.

As far back as I can remember, I was very conscious.

I was sober and clearly told myself to take small bites so that I could save some for my mother.

But when I reacted, all that was left of the cup was the foam that stuck to the walls of the cup.

The man smiled as I finished my drink, took the plate and turned to leave.

I'm in a hurry.

The brown bread is still on the plate!

The man was stunned, reacted, and handed me the black bread on the plate, I felt much more at ease, and clutched the black bread to listen to him, in the future, you can eat enough food like this, as long as you give Mr. Jin your life.

I'm so young, of course I don't know what it means to work hard.

All I know is that if I have two things to eat every day, black bread and white milk, then you can ask me to do anything.

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Gradually, the people who checked were gone, and only the man who gave me the black bread and white milk stood by the bed, and he asked me if I had any other wishes besides food, which I didn't quite understand, but after thinking about it, I told him that I miss my mother.

The man was silent for a while, and then said that it was a bit of a problem, and that he was not sure if Mr. Kim was willing to spend manpower on a child like me to find someone, and asked me to wait for news from him.

So, I waited for him on the soft and warm bed for two days, during which time different people brought food from time to time, counting about five or six times, and I once secretly asked a person who delivered food how often they had a meal, and he said sometimes two meals a day, sometimes three meals a day, and I forced myself to nod my head quietly, because seeing his disapproving tone when he spoke, I had to make myself look as calm as possible, otherwise I would look very uninformed.

Oh my God, they eat so much!

I used to eat only once every two days!

In addition to brown bread and white milk, they often see something called "canned food", and when they open the "can" according to the method they taught me, sometimes there will be "beef" that I have only heard of in stories, and sometimes there will be "fruit" that my mother once said only existed in heaven.

Before that, I always thought that the "heaven" in my mother's mouth was something to deceive children, and there was no place in the world where you could eat bread and fruit every day, but now, I believe it.

This is paradise.

In the course of two days, the amount of all kinds of delicious food had swelled me a little, and I was no longer as overwhelmed and excited as a little kid who had never seen the world, and I was quietly chewing the black bread while calmly and quietly hiding the "cans" while no one was paying attention to me, and keeping them for my mother to taste later, lest I lie to her that I had lied to her about eating the "beef" and "fruit" in heaven.

Two days later, the man came back with a long cabinet in which my mother was lying.

He told me a lot of things that I didn't understand at all, and I only knew that my mother, like my father, would leave me forever in the days to come.

I held my mother in the cupboard, took the hidden "can", demonstrated how to open it, and while holding my mother's cold body, I quietly chewed "beef" and "fruit" until someone pulled it open, and I quickly threw the remaining "cans" into the cupboard, and then watched them seal the cabinet and carry it away.

After a few days, the man brought me a jar and told me that it contained my mother's ashes, and that it was too expensive to be cremated normally.

I am grateful to them, especially the "Mr. Kim" whom I have never met.

Otherwise, my mother might not even be able to die.

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What if not?

The breath of everyone present tightened suddenly, and it was a very surprising answer, so unexpected that Nicholas Tay's eyes involuntarily narrowed.

In his impression, the guy named Kim in front of him is just a soft bone who shrinks his head and follows Nicole's ass all day long, and if it weren't for the fact that his family is quite rich, he wouldn't even look at this kind of waste.

The result is today, just now.

The waste who used to know only the fear of shrinking his neck under his gaze actually rejected himself in a rhetorical tone!

How dare he refuse? How dare he say such a thing?!

Who gave him courage?

Looking at Kim, who was still there with his neck curled and worried, a wave of anger rose in Nicholas Tai's heart, he could wave and laugh at the offense of others, but he was angry when he was offended by someone who had always been in awe of him.

The contradiction escalated, the smell of gunpowder on both sides was a little strong, the atmosphere in the field became more and more solemn, a large number of guards were filled near the castle for martial law, no one dared to get close to see the excitement, and just this group of people in the field already felt that the air was not enough, and it was a little difficult to breathe.

If the phrase "he stayed" was the table overturned by the city lord of Glory City in the first district of the west.

Then the sentence "if not" is the table lifted by Young Master Jin in the West Second District.

Both sides made a surprise gesture, and these two sides should have been a pair of neighbors who everyone praised and lived in harmony.

Now that this situation has come to an end, how can it end next? Is it true that you want to fight to the death? Among the people present, except for Kim and Nicholas Tay, who couldn't guess anything, the hands and feet of the others were a little trembling.

At that moment, Nicholas Tay suddenly took a step back.

At this moment, all the henchmen who are still here are his closest henchmen, although the henchmen are a little stunned by the degree of fermentation of the whole incident, but the conditioned reflex cultivated over the years, seeing the city lord retreating, the henchmen still wrapped him from the side for the first time and wrapped him in the crowd.

The cold voice of Nicholas Tai in the crowd floated out: "I'll only give you one chance - leave people behind, I will allow you to associate with my daughter." ”

Contact!

The guards' eyes lit up!

It can be said that Young Master Jin of the West Second District likes his own city lord Miss Nicole, and the two of them can also be called a good match, and everyone knows that this matter is just a nod from the city lord.

And now, in this weird atmosphere, the city lord is relieved!

It's a joy for all!

Although the guards still cast sour glances at Kim, the beautiful and approachable Miss Nicole will finally fall into the arms of others, but no matter what, it is time for this battle to be stopped.

Jin, who was confronting each other inside the castle walls, also had a bright eye at first, but when he heard the whole sentence, his eyes dimmed, and he muttered: "Is it just a transaction that is allowed?" ”

Nicholas Tai, who was wrapped in guards outside the wall, couldn't hear clearly, raised his voice and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Nothing." Jin drooped his eyelids and said, "I just want to ask you, Lord of the City, if I am allowed to have a relationship with Nicole, what should I do with the deal between you and those old hairy people in the North District?" ”

"What did you say?!" If the previous sentence was because Nicholas Tay didn't hear it clearly, then this one was shouted with a questioning tone.

"Am I wrong? Aren't you a big energy producer in the North 3rd District that you agreed with them to marry Nicole, and the two sides will marry to achieve common prosperity? Kim then said, "Or do you think it's all done in a way that no one knows?" ”

The room was quiet again.

This time it was more completely still, and the pin drop could be heard.

The guards didn't even dare to let go of their breath, and they clenched their chests and struggled to swallow.

Nicholas Tay's expression changed many times, and the shock when he heard the surprise could be concealed with anger, but the anger at the revelation of the secret could not be concealed.

He took a deep breath, a strange smile appeared on his face, and admitted directly: "That's right, I'm indeed in contact with people in the North District, so what?" Nicole is not married, and she has the right to choose a partner, don't you have to? ”

Kim smiled: "Really? Was it her choice? I think you're helping her choose, Lord Supreme! ”

"Click"

Nicholas Tay directly pulled out his gun and loaded it, stretched out the muzzle of the gun from the gap in the crowd to aim at Kim, and said impatiently: "You have too much nonsense!" ”

"Bump!" Li He was thrown face down to the ground, and the black man who was originally carrying him dropped Li He to block in front of Jin as soon as Nicholas Tay drew his gun.

"Bump!" Gunpowder gunshots rang out.

"Rhodes !!"