Chapter 0012 - Coming From, Uneasy
Fifty percent.
Individually, this is a meaningless number.
But when Zhou Qingfeng said it, the old Caroling, who had always seemed to be high, was finally moved, and his face flushed with excitement. The old man couldn't sit still, stood up and asked again: "What's the match rate?" β
"Fifty percent." Zhou Qingfeng replied.
Ah......, the old man's chest let out a long sigh of comfort, grinning, like a naughty boy. He stood up again and circled around Zhou Qingfeng, patting the latter's shoulder. "Good, very good! Kid, you didn't disappoint me. It cost me a lot of money and connections to get you back from China, and it's worth it now. β
Seeing that the old Carolingian was so happy, others congratulated him. Only Zhou Qingfeng lowered his head and looked at the metal square again, wanting to touch it again. Because the 'current' in his brain is reminding him - the chosen one, please be sure to get me.
"Enough, you don't need to touch it again."
Zhou Qingfeng's hand was halfway out, but the old Mr. Carolinge stopped him. The old man ordered the butler to put the metal cube and the tray back into the safe and lock it. Four armed security guards stepped back with safes, and they couldn't leave the thing.
"What the hell is that?" Zhou Qingfeng's gaze kept staring at the metal cube until it was locked in the safe.
"Victor. I'll call you by your French name, no problem, right? Caroling's hands folded, sat down relaxedly again, and looked at Zhou Qingfeng with appreciation. But he digressed the topic, "From today onwards, our relationship will be very close." I know you've just arrived in an unfamiliar environment and will definitely not fit in, so I'm going to give you the best living conditions. β
Just a 'matching rate of 50 percent' has shortened the distance between Zhou Qingfeng and the owner of the manor. Old Caroling's smile was bright, friendly, and extremely comforting. He turned to the maid beside him and said, "Arrange a place for this child to live in the manor and take care of him." Because he will be a member of our family from now on. β
The maid nodded in response, stepped forward and patted Zhou Qingfeng on the shoulder, and smiled and motioned for him to go with her. Zhou Qingfeng knew that he could only be a puppet for a while, so he could only get up and leave obediently.
When the oak door was closed again, old Carolingian was so happy that he didn't know why. The butler Max bent slightly behind him and whispered, "Sir, is what this kid said true?" Many people have also said that they have reacted to the Energy Rubik's Cube, but in the end, they have all been found to be just trying to deceive you. I'm worried about whether he knows and respects you enough. β
"Max, I see what you mean. But he said the three keywords 'match rate', and that's right. Caroling-Sr. said excitedly, "I hope this boy is not as stubborn as his parents." As long as he is obedient, I will be generous to let him live the best life. But if he dares to betray me, I can destroy him. By the way, call Erica. β
The old butler retreated.
Half a minute later, the tall Erica. Hussey knocked on the oak door and stood respectfully in front of Caroling, "Sir, are you looking for me?" β
"How are you feeling lately?" Carolinge didn't move in the reclining chair. He carefully examined Erica's appearance, and said, "You seem to have gotten stronger, and your strength is still increasing?" β
"Yes. My strength is still improving, but my brain is getting out of control. I often felt depressed, depressed, and then would become extremely irritable and unable to control my behavior. Erica lowered her head, and it could be seen from her face that she was not in a good mood at the moment. My match rate with the Energy Cube is too low, and it's hard to control the abilities I get from it. β
"Do you regret it?" Old Carolingian asked again.
Erica was stunned for a few seconds, then shook her head and said, "No, I don't regret it. But if there was anything I could do to change my current situation, I would be happier. β
"What do you think of that Asian kid?" Carolinge Sr. continued, "I just asked him to do a verification match test as well, and he said that his match rate was fifty percent. It was an unexpected success. β
"Fifty?" Erica opened her mouth wide in disbelief, she had to forcibly swallow back a series of bad comments about Zhou Qingfeng, and then said in surprise: "Impossible, he can't have fifty percent." Sir, he is an orphan with a rough life, and he may be lying to you. There have been too many such scammers in the past.
If he had a 50 percent match rate, I can't imagine how strong he would become. He has lived at the bottom of the society for many years, has a strong ability to grasp the opportunity, and has extremely high self-control, which should be said to be very slippery. He may have gotten some information from other sources, and he's probably talking nonsense, which requires more testing. β
"Yes, I was also incredulous when I heard him say 'fifty percent,' and became skeptical after being happy. But what he said may be true, after all, his parents ......, and it is really possible for him to achieve a 50% match rate. Carolingian spoke, and then suddenly asked, "Bacchus said that the boy didn't like to be a Gallic citizen?" β
"Yes, the two of them also had a little conflict over this."
"That's not good. I hope he will be happy to be a Gaul. He probably didn't know what a wonderful thing it was to be a Gaul yet. Old Carolingian muttered for a moment, and then ordered, "I will arrange for him to be admitted to an excellent school to get to know Gaul." You are responsible for raising this child. I think he's still too thin, which is not good, and I don't feel at ease. β
"You're going to make him like me?" Erica suddenly realized something......
"Why not?" Old Carolinge nodded, "Our family is weakening, and we need people with special abilities too much. So I hope you can cultivate a good relationship with him, after all, he is likely to be your lifelong partner. He may also be able to help you manage the aftermath of a lack of matchmaking, which is only 25 percent. β
"Mate?" Erica's face turned pale, and she resisted the order. It's just that thinking of her current situation, she can't object. The stalemate didn't last long, and she had to nod her head, "Yes, sir." I will comply with your wishes. β
When the conversation was over, Mr. Carolinge waved his hand, and Erica left the parlour.
When the oak door was closed, an inexplicable rebellion rose in the heart of this Gallic girl, uncomfortable, drowsy, clogged in her chest, and her mind was solemn. When the corners of her eyes began to cry, she realized that she was in a depressed mood, and hurriedly took out a medicine bottle from her pocket, poured out a pill and threw it into her mouth, drank water and swallowed it.
When the effect of the medicine worked, the scenery in Erica's eyes returned from black and white to color, and the vertigo in her brain slowly dissipated. But at this time, her clothes were already soaked with cold sweat, and her body was barely supported against the wall. She was shocked and frightened of her condition, and the sequelae of this time were so severe that she had to suspect that she would die at any time.
"No, I don't want to die...... Erica regained her footing, and an inexplicable irritability hit her heart after feeling down. Her lips were pursed, her hands were clenched hard, and after asking the servants of the manor, she strode in the direction where Zhou Qingfeng left.
In another part of the manor, the maid was walking around with Zhou Qingfeng. The former explained the beauty of the place in French, and although he could not understand it, he could still feel the beauty of the placeβthe old Carolingian estate was at least a thousand acres of land, and most of the area was an endless sea of flowers. The manor is dotted with sparse buildings and is completely idyllic.
Zhou Qingfeng was divided into a one-bedroom and one-living room in the manor, and the door opened to a small living room, and the floor-to-ceiling windows separated a large balcony outside the living room. Floor-to-ceiling windows open to reveal a refreshing view of nature.
The maid who led the way was about thirty years old, mature and beautiful. She shook her arms and smiled as she introduced the living room, bedroom, and bathroom in the house. The black and white maid costume is really emotional, although I can't understand what she says, but the kind smiling face is really 'at home', which reminds Zhou Qingfeng of some kind of video work with a special plot.
"Capitalism is indeed a world in which man eats man and man oppresses man. This life as a master is really good. Zhou Qingfeng complained in his heart. He is used to looking at people's faces, and he always lacks self-confidence and security. Although he knew that the maid was very kind to him because of the order of the old Carolingian man, this attitude as if serving the master still made him very comfortable.
"Good, that's good!" When Zhou Qingfeng found that there were large-screen TVs installed in the bathroom, Fang felt that "the past days were really poor." He tried not to behave like 'Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden', but when faced with too many novelties, the surprise on his face could not be concealed.
After about ten minutes of introduction, the maid left for the time being. Zhou Qingfeng sat on the big bed in the bedroom, looking left and right. It seemed that he was curious about the new environment, but in fact he was silently feeling the 'current' that went back and forth in his bodyβthe 'current' that had just entered his body from a metal cube during the so-called 'verification'.
Zhou Qingfeng didn't know how to describe this 'current', only that it made his body crisp and numb, and it still existed after breaking away from the metal square, and it did not dissipate. It wasn't until this moment, pretending to be calm and pretending to be old, that he realized that he had encountered a supernatural event - the inheritance that awaited him in Gaul was not money at all!
It's a magical ability.
What effect this 'current' will have in his body, Zhou Qingfeng can neither tell nor control it, so he can only let it run around at will - the only thing he can confirm is that even old Carolinge doesn't know about this situation, otherwise the old man would have asked a long time ago.
It's too much to imagine......
The future is uncertain, and there are adventures, Zhou Qingfeng can't figure out what happened to him. He could only sit in the bedroom in a daze, not knowing what to think. When his brain hurt, he circled around the room again, opened the floor-to-ceiling window and walked outside, really wanted to shout a few times to vent - Lao Tzu really didn't expect things to turn out like this?
Erica, who had a gloomy face, happened to walk outside the door, pushed the door and entered Zhou Qingfeng, who was about to go crazy with emotional disorder. The two have been together for many days, their identities, backgrounds, and abilities are completely different, and their predicaments are also very different. But at this moment, the two of them looked at each other, neither of them was thinking, and they were both speechless.