Chapter 34. Natalia
Joy, anger and sorrow, the four emotions, represent the true feelings of a person's heart.
A person's sense of self is bound to be accompanied by various emotional changes, and even trained professionals are bound to have their own emotions.
Only the dead and the robots are emotionless, because their spirit, that is, consciousness, no longer exists.
When Kelsey said these words, Zhou Jinru was looking at her in a daze, emotional perception has always been his biggest hole card, since Jing Er, the four emotions have been transformed into the most basic reason, he can restore his sanity by absorbing the source stone, the difference between emotion and spirit has become blurred, and he begins to wonder what reason is.
"Kelsey!"
"You have a lot of time to think, but not now, there are more important things to do."
Zhou Jinru shook his head: "I mean that we should cultivate more trust between us, and we don't have to be sabre-rattling every time." ”
Kelsey stared at him with an indescribable look: "The trust between us is really hard to maintain, you have always reserved it from me, and so do I, so let's keep it that way." ”
Zhou Jinru didn't say anything more, the only thing he couldn't influence was the woman in front of him, although it was very awkward, he could still feel a trace of different feelings, but the other party always remained defensive, maybe he really did something sorry for her.
Consciousness sank, and beneath the deep surface of the water, all perception became blurred, and he was in a state of silence until the sound of continuous tapping sounded in his ears.
His gaze gradually returned, and he was staring at the rough black bread he held in his right hand, the corn soup was still steaming, and the aroma kept creeping into his nose.
"Dad, you've been staring at this piece of bread since it just started, hurry up and eat it, you're going to be late!"
Zhou Jinru suddenly, oh twice, stuffed half a piece of black bread into his mouth, and the fluffy food filled his mouth, and his eyes began to drift.
It was an old apartment, with a clock hanging on the yellowed wall, the time was six and five in the morning, the old dining table was set with black bread and corn soup, and on his left hand side a girl with short hair gave a strange look from time to time, and in front of her there was a small bowl with a boiled egg in it.
It was no doubt that it was an ordinary morning, and the family sat together for breakfast.
After a while, Caitlin wiped her hands on her apron, sat down on the man's right hand, picked up the spoon and began to drink the soup.
The three of them remained silent, and the atmosphere was unbearable for the child, and after quickly eating the boiled eggs, he picked up his schoolbag and walked to the door.
When she opened the door, she turned her head to stare at her father, her lips twitching, not knowing what she was thinking, and then she muffled, "I'm going to school." ”
"Stay safe."
Zhou Jinru said casually, and finally, the child walked up to him angrily with a straight face, and said loudly: "What's wrong with you today?" Something was wrong from the start! ”
"I'm just thinking about today's job, after all, I haven't worked in a long time."
Caitlin was also beside her and said, "Ivan, hurry up and eat, you're really late." ”
The girl didn't say anything more, and slammed the door away, and the whole room shook slightly as there was a loud noise.
After a long time, Caitlin said, "A girl of her age has the most delicate mind, and a couple who look good cannot escape the observation of their children." ”
Zhou Jinru drank corn soup and said in a muffled voice: "Is she okay?" ”
His ex-wife glanced at him: "One of the survivors of Peterheim Middle School, unfortunately became infected, but at least survived. ”
"Great."
Zhou Jinru put down the soup bowl and asked again, "Does she still have a family, or relatives or something?" ”
There were so many people who died in that catastrophe that ordinary people like Ivan and Caitlin had a hard time surviving in an apocalyptic environment.
The ex-wife said indifferently: "Ivan and his former co-workers survived hiding in the ruins of the factory, but Caitlin died in a natural disaster, and the family later defected to relatives in a land city, which is already a blessing in misfortune for them." ”
"Thank you."
Zhou Jinru said that such an ending should at least be thanked to the Rhode Island operatives who risked their lives to search for survivors in the abandoned city of Chernobog.
"Kelsey, it's time for me to go."
He stood up and walked out the door, his figure disappearing into the darkness, the hostess still sitting quietly at the table, eating and looking out the window, where the winter sun was trying to penetrate the clouds and sprinkle the faint heat on the earth.
After walking a few more steps, Zhou Jinru's body gradually warmed up, and the people waiting for the bus in front of the station basically carried things of all sizes.
Most of the pedestrians passing by are adult men with briefcases, with cold faces and hurried looks, and in the cold winter, no one wants to talk much, consuming precious calories.
The combination of the new aristocracy and capital did not improve the city's situation, and the deteriorating economy forced factories to close, shops to go bankrupt, and more and more people lost their jobs, and the accumulated discontent made people forget what good is and take risks to survive.
Normally, the conservative old aristocracy would tighten their assets and continue to wait and see, but the current situation is that the old aristocracy has run away, or is preparing to run away, and the new aristocracy is vaguely aware of something, but it has not yet been confirmed.
When Zhou Jinru changed into the security guard costume of Boris No. 4 Middle School and sat in the express mailroom, he noticed that the person who was sitting here was absent from work, because on December 17, no one was on duty and no one could be found.
"At 8 o'clock in the morning of December 18, the scalpel-like blow to Chernobog by the integration movement occurred around the 20th, and on the 23rd, Amiya led the team to break into Chernoborg, which means that it took 2-3 days for the integration movement to completely take the city?!"
Zhou Jinru suddenly realized something, the rabble of the integration movement is true, but they are not all rabble, at that time, W did not have the ability to control the Sakaz mercenaries, the mercenaries in the hands of Garson must be paddling and fishing, and the guerrillas of the patriots will not go shopping, but in this way there is a contradiction:
It took a few days from the integration movement to attack the city to take control of it, and the question was why the city was clearly an undefended city, why did they fight for so long, and let Amiya successfully break through the defense line and save herself.
After thinking about it, Zhou Jinru can only say that the nobles of Checheng stubbornly resisted until the last moment, effectively resisting the offensive of the integration movement, not only repelling the guerrillas, but also letting the spell maniacs of Sakaz sink into the sand.
Or......
Tallulah has a problem.
First, she hung up like a mustache at the gate of Dunkirk for forty-eight hours without actively attacking.
Second, when playing a real-time strategy game, you forgot to let time move after deploying units.
Third, the network latency is too high.
Fourth, she is an inner ghost.
There is no doubt that unless Tallulah is confronted in person, it is an unsolvable mystery.
As for the monarch killer on this ship, she was busy taking revenge, and probably didn't know anything.
It was almost time for the noble school to go to class, Zhou Jinru sat there bored and flipped through the record book, until noon, when the staff canteen of the noble middle school opened, he left his job and followed his "colleagues" to the canteen.
"Did you hear that many students have taken leave to go home, and I heard that they are sick."
"Winter flu, normal."
"I don't see many students catching colds."
"This is an aristocratic school, and when the young ladies are sick, they will see a doctor as soon as possible and rest, understand? Don't think so much, did you see that student council president, with her, why do you have so many strange thoughts? ”
Zhou Jinru looked from a distance, the kaolin flower of the aristocratic school was surrounded by several students passing by, suddenly, she seemed to notice something, the heterochromatic pupils turned around, the two glanced at each other, and the intersection ended immediately.
"Natalia, what are you looking at?"
One of the girls who was traveling with her looked curiously at the passing security guards, but didn't notice anything special.
The student president shook his head slightly: "No, it's nothing. ”
She thought for a moment and asked, "Do you know that there are new recruits at the security guard at the door?" ”
"Security? It has nothing to do with us, and no one usually pays attention to them. ”
Natalia resisted the urge to take another look and ordered, "Check it up and give me the list of new recruits." ”
Out of some kind of intuition, Natalia vaguely felt that there was something different from the person she was looking at, especially in the current special situation, the person who could maintain such a look was definitely not wearing the coat of a security guard to hide his identity.
"Surprised, very strong surprise, should I say that I deserve to be a noble lady, with such a keen perception?"
Zhou Jinru sighed, he felt that he should be exposed, Zao Lu glanced at him, and immediately began to suspect that it had something to do with the lack of some students in the school.
She may have sensed that danger was approaching, but she didn't know where it was coming from.
Chewing a cucumber hard, Zhou Jinru's mind was full of a person in a dream, why could he doubt his identity just by looking at him, or did he say that his acting skills were not up to par?
He doesn't have the same tragic experience as Ivan, he has no empathy for this, his movements, eyes, and his speech are stiff everywhere, so he inevitably reveals flaws when role-playing, and it just so happens that early revelation is a very perceptive person who can see through it at a glance.
Not long after lunch, Zhou Jinru was taken to the office of the student president, and the tall girl was sitting behind the desk, looking at him unabashedly, and her sharp gaze almost pierced him.
"Mr. Nikolayevich, are you satisfied with your new job?"
Natalia stood up, poured a steaming cup of black tea herself, walked up to him, and kindly handed it to him.
"Thank you."
Zhou Jinru did not respond directly, took the black tea from the hand of the student president, held it in the palm of his hand, and remained silent.
"Sir, are you sure you will reach the level of Minister of Security?"
"Sir, do you think you are qualified for the post of deputy minister?"
Two questions in a row came over, Natalia didn't intend to let him go like this, walked up to the middle-aged man who didn't look good, and her tone became stern: "I have been observing you for a long time, when you pass downstairs, you walk with a straight waist, a strong rhythm of steps, and your arms swing regularly, you raise your head and chest when you enter the door, and your eyes are attentive, which is not the attitude that an intermediate mechanic who has been unemployed for a long time can have." ”
She knew very well what it was like for commoners to meet the aristocracy, and how great the gap between the two classes was, and if it was only suspicious at first, it was now confirmed that the man in front of her was not Ivan Nikolayevich, but most likely a spy, and it was unknown whether he was sent by political opponents or business opponents.
Speaking of which, Zhou Jinru felt that it would be stupid for him to pretend to be any longer, he picked up the paper cup and took a sip, moved his footsteps, turned around in the luxuriously decorated student president's office, and distanced himself from the kaolin flower.
"Miss Natalia, your decoration here is really good, it must be worth a lot of money."
"You're short of money?"
Zhou Jinru nodded: "Yes, I am short of money, I have a large family to support, my wife has no trust in me, my daughter is still in school, since you have investigated my identity, you must know about my family." ”
Natalia suddenly remembered a doubt, that is, how did this man get into the aristocratic middle school, the letter of introduction came from a scientific scholar, but why did the scientific scholar help him, there is no connection between the two.
There is an even greater force behind this man, and the letter of introduction from the scientific researcher is just a springboard, and his real purpose is this school.
"Let's suppose, Mr. Ivan, what you really did in this school, you will face the criticism of the nobles, you are just a person, a person in front of a huge collective, nothing."
Youngster.
Zhou Jinru put down the paper cup, stood in front of the bright floor-to-ceiling mirror, reached out to smooth his oily hair, and asked an irrelevant question: "Miss Natalia, how long have you not been home?" ”
Boris No. 4 Secondary School is a boarding school, except for holidays, students live in the school, and only in exceptional circumstances do people go home.
Natalia didn't answer, and the heterochromic pupils locked onto the man in front of her, and she felt that this person seemed to mean something else.
Zhou Jinru grabbed the phone in the corner of his desk: "Why don't you call one now, I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere." ”
"What the hell are you trying to say?"
"Hit one."
Natalia wanted to refuse, but she took the phone from the middle-aged man and made a phone call, and finally got the message that everything was fine with the family, and her parents had temporarily left Checheng because of business matters, and they would be back soon, and they would be able to meet at the time of the New Year's holiday.
"Andrei, you should know him, the son of an old nobleman, seventeen years old."
Natalia's hand squeezed the phone and frowned, "How do you know?" ”
Zhou Jinru smiled calmly: "Because my job is to send and receive couriers." ”
A few minutes later, the student council president bit his lower lip: "He is sick, seriously ill, and now he is hospitalized in another mobile city." ”
"Next, Diana."
"Her relatives died and left Chernobog to attend the funeral."
"Maxim ......"