There is no doubt that the gentleman was visiting Saint-Martin for the first time, and despite his courtesy and efforts to blend in with the city, he still had a unique temperament that made him extremely dazzling, even when he was in the crowd.

Gaunt watched him get out of the car, and silently put a special label on this Rao, his identity was anything but ordinary.

Twenty-five years after his life, Gaunt experienced the Sakaz Civil War and was treated unfairly, even Syracuse, who prides himself on his strict conservatism, still discriminates against the Sakaz people to a greater or lesser extent.

In contrast, life in St. Martin is much better, at least the infected can live here.

Thinking like this, the car had arrived, and with his stiff legs already standing, he stepped off the bus and stepped on the solid ground, and Captain Gunt let out a sigh of relief.

Despite his exhaustion, he made it to one of the very poor outer towns of Saint-Martin, the Narcissus neighborhood, where he wanted to meet the people he wanted.

After walking some distance, he came to an old two-story building, and stood still in front of the first door of the second corridor in the dark, and knocked lightly on the door, and from inside came a slight cat meow, and the corners of Sakaz's young man's mouth involuntarily rose.

"Wang!"

He replied.

Squeak.

The wooden door opened slowly, and a girl came out of it, tiptoed the door shut, and pulled the young Sakaz outside.

The girl blamed in a soft voice: "You always come to the dormitory to look for me, and I am laughed at by my co-workers." ”

They walked across a bridge, the pungent smell of the river beneath it, and over an untended garbage dump, until they came to an old, but clean street, where Gaunt finally saw the girl's face by the not-so-bright streetlights.

Eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, facial features are all grown where they should be, the girl's appearance is not as beautiful as a fairy, but it can also be called delicate and refined, because of the arrival of Gaunt, she smiled exceptionally brightly, as if she had met a good thing like a banknote.

The previous blame, Gaunt didn't care at all, he put his arms around the girl and handed her the box in his hand.

"It's hard work, isn't it? It's a gift for you. ”

The girl opened the box and looked at Gaunt suspiciously, the young man Sakaz didn't know why, and leaned over, and there were two intact strawberry ice creams in the refrigerated box, and the girl suddenly kissed him on the side of the cheek, hugged the box and threw it away.

"Ha, you actually carried out a sneak attack, no, I have to retaliate back!"

Realizing that he had been tricked, Gaunt feigned anger and threw himself at the girl, holding her in his arms, and the two faces were pressed together, slowly shaking on the road, tasting strawberry ice cream.

Gaunt whispered in the girl's ear, "I'm now a regular employee of Brave New World, and the research institute of the Poppy District values my research topic very much, and soon I will be able to take you out of this hellish place." ”

He looked up and saw that the old brick walls were freshly painted with slogans, mostly for the infected, which had been altered beyond recognition by the colored graffiti.

Telephone poles are plastered with all kinds of advertisements, most of which are job postings, and none of the factories located on the outskirts of Saint-Martin are not lacking in spare, promising to include food and lodging and many high-paid beauties, but the real half of them can be regarded as conscientious enterprises.

There are also polluted rivers, stenching dumps, and mosquitoes and flies everywhere in the summer, which in Gaunt's eyes is at least fifty years behind the Rose District.

"Are Brave New World salaries high?"

The girl ate the ice cream as if it were the best delicacy underneath, and asked curiously about Gaunt's current situation.

"Very high, I've calculated, except for the part of my salary that must be spent, in just five years, we can have a home in the slightly more upscale outer city of Tulip Block, if my project is successful, Tulip kind of place will not have to go, you can live directly in the Rose District, you don't have to work so hard, you can be a broad wife with peace of mind."

Gaunt held the girl's left hand and looked distressed at her hand, which was white and wrinkled from work.

"Jenny, quit your job, I can find a way to get you a job in the Rose District."

The girl named Jenny said softly: "No, Gaunt, if I resign now, only 70% of the salary for two months will be paid, the resignation report will be submitted a month in advance, and it will take another month to pass the review, and April will enter the peak period of pulp washing, I'm afraid the boss won't let me go." ”

"Naming will submit a resignation report, it's really not good, 70% of the salary is acceptable, I can afford you now, believe me, your man is not a waste."

"I believe, I believe in you, my man is a big hero on the ground."

The girl smiled and handed the ice cream in his hand to Gaunt's mouth, he only took one bite, thinking that when Jenny left here, he had already worked at the Eagle's Nest bar for two months, and it would be easy to settle Jenny, and at that time his subject was also at a critical time, and his salary would definitely rise again, in short, he would have to escape from the bad environment here.

Jenny suddenly remembered something, and asked in a loud voice, "Gaunt, it's been two months, is Saint-Martin's attitude towards the infected better now?" ”

Gaunt said casually: "It's still like that, many people have prejudices against the infected, Rao prejudice wants to press the mountain in their hearts, it is difficult to move away, it takes a long time to influence, subtle changes, the poppy area is okay, there is not much discrimination against the infected, but starting from the Central City, the treatment of the infected is far less comfortable than in the upper city." ”

Jenny asked worriedly, "Then are you working hard every time?" ”

"Fortunately, I often go in and out of the poppy area, the people there are very kind, they only pay attention to whether you have a shining point, and they don't care if you are infected or not, don't worry, this city is not as bad as you think."

Gaunt kissed Jenny on the cheek, and the fatigue quietly dissipated, and in this cold winter night, his heart was a little hot.

"Gaunt, if you're too tired, we can get out of here, leave Saint-Martin, and go back to our hometown, anyway, we have saved some money, we can do business, and we can live well."

Gaunt opened his eyes, was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Jenny, I don't want to go back, the current Cazdale is chaotic, barbaric, and disorderly, and we will make a home in St. Martin in the future, okay?" I can give you a great future and everyone can find their place in Saint-Martin, believe me. ”