Early morning.

Gloria was busy at home in an apron, still wearing the hard-wearing yellow cyber jacket and the iconic red ponytail coiled behind her head, but the shallow smile on her face showed that she was in a good mood.

She got up early today to make David a hot breakfast.

Often because she is busy with several jobs, she usually has no time to prepare breakfast for David, and usually asks David to take some energy bars and drink some functional drinks by himself.

In fact, this is the life condition of most Night City residents, who rely on technological foods produced by biotechnology companies to supplement their nutrition.

Therefore, Gloria's breakfast is not rich, but the ingredients produced by the company are slightly heated and processed, sprinkled with some synthetic seasonings, and a few good-looking breakfasts are baked.

David walked out of the bedroom rubbing his sleepy eyes, already wearing his Arasaka Academy uniform, and walked to the living room to find Gloria preparing food like an induction cooker, although it was still the usual things, but it still had a little burnt meat smell after heating.

David, who had been fainting and hungry for nearly two days, was immediately aroused by the gluttonous worms in his stomach, and decisively sat down at the desk and began to feast, asking while stuffing: "Mom, how did you make breakfast today?"

Gloria saw that David had regained his spirit and appetite and improved, and her mood was naturally more comfortable, she felt that the bad days had passed for too long, and she had never been with David like today for a long time, so she reached out and touched David's head without speaking.

David felt that today's mother seemed to have suddenly become a little strange, not only did she make breakfast, but her attitude towards herself was no longer as impatient as before, and even the corners of her mouth were always with a shallow smile.

He clearly remembers that when he asked his mother on the TV news that morning, he was reprimanded, and in his opinion it was a very interesting novelty to be on news TV, but his mother didn't think so and felt that she was troublesome.

However, David quickly finished his breakfast, and then immediately stood up and prepared to leave for Arasaka Academy.

"Mom, then I'm leaving, but..."

The reason why he was a little hesitant was that he didn't know if the matter of the academy's compensation had been resolved.

Gloria stopped David and said, "I've asked you for leave today, don't go to the academy yet, I'll take you to the city center to buy two clothes."

"Huh?!"

When David heard Gloria say that he would go to the city center to buy two clothes, he also looked back at his mother and opened her mouth wide and was stunned, in his impression that his mother never seemed to have bought any clothes, and she always wore the yellow cyber jacket on her body, let alone go to the city center to buy clothes.

Did you hear it wrong?

David stared at his mother in a daze, trying to confirm whether it was an auditory hallucination, but he could see that his mother was looking at him with a puzzled face, and he didn't understand the current situation.

"Haven't we paid our rent yet?"

Gloria looked at David with an incomprehensible look of buying a new dress, and then said very reasonably: "The friend who came yesterday has already paid a month's rent, after all, he broke the door of our apartment, and more compensation should be paid."

David was even more incredulous, calling the group of people who had broken into his house like bandits friends, and he said with a look of disbelief that he could not understand.

"Friends?!"

Gloria looked at David as she continued as she continued.

"That's right, it was just a little misunderstanding last night, the apartment door has been repaired by phone, and Mr. Tang negotiated a very successful deal with them, this time I made a good profit!"

After Mann and Tang Yu discussed the cooperation last night, they transferred the money to Gloria's account as soon as possible, and completed the transaction as agreed.

David said that he was helpless, even though he was only seventeen years old now, but he could obviously see that the group of cyberpunks last night was not easy to mess with, but his mother Gloria still fooled him like a child, so he said with some discouragement.

"Okay, then I won't go to school today, but why did you suddenly think of buying clothes?"

Gloria said almost without hesitation: "Because today we are going to pay an official visit to a very important person"

David didn't blink his eyes, and quickly guessed: "It's Mr. Tang?" ”

Although he knew that Tang Yu was the top of the Arasaka Company, only from the fact that the other party had rescued his mother and himself when he was most desperate, he was very grateful from the bottom of his heart, but it was difficult to say it so bluntly in his mouth.

Gloria looked like you were really smart, nodded and praised: "David, you are really getting more and more sensible, this meeting thanks us for being as formal as possible, so it's obviously not okay to dress like this, it's like buying a better dress, what do you think?"

She tugged at the corners of her yellow cyber jacket and looked back and forth, her brow revealing a little dissatisfaction, which she had been issued when she worked at a public health center, which she could wear normally, but it was not suitable for formal occasions at all.

David sighed helplessly...

Jinguji.

This is a clothing store located in the downtown business district next to the company square, mainly engaged in men's high-end luxury clothing, the business scope includes finished product sales, private customization, tailor-made tailoring, etc., which is deeply loved by successful people in the workplace and the second generation of wealthy backgrounds.

When David was brought to the gate of Jinguji Temple by Gloria, his expression was even more exaggerated, he was studying at Arasaka Academy, and even if he had time, he rarely came to visit this area in the city center, just because the objects of consumption here were the rich people in Night City, so why bother with his wallet?

David looked up and saw the name above the store, engraved with JINGUJI and a string of Japanese characters.

"Mom, are you sure we're going to buy clothes here?"

Gloria felt that David might be a little tired and couldn't let go, so she said in an encouraging tone: "As long as you have money to buy clothes, there's nothing you can't go into, even if you don't buy it, it's not in the way, besides, if you join Arasaka Tower in the future, you will also be a frequent visitor here, so now you should go in in advance to find out!" ”

So Gloria pushed David through the glass door, walked into the Jinguji clothing luxury store, and when she came to the front desk, she saw a dark-skinned receptionist, who was wearing a high-end embossed single-breasted suit, with crisp and crisp clothes, and a black silk pinned to a gold brooch in her breast pocket, which was quite extravagant.

Gloria whispered to David, "Look at it, even the waiters are dressed so classily"

David only felt a little embarrassed, compared to the waiter's clothes, the jacket he was wearing did not match the luxurious aura around him.

But Gloria was still chatty and talked to the waiter, comparing the style and size of the suit she needed to buy.

Maybe it's because the waiter's own sense of service and literacy is good, the whole process is very serious and careful to introduce the clothing, from beginning to end to maintain a polite smile, there is no sign of the store bullying or impatience, and the communication with Gloria is also very pleasant, and even talking and laughing.

Led by the waiter, David absentmindedly followed Gloria to the clothing store, and suddenly found that none of the clothes were marked with a price, so he casually pointed to a suit that he thought looked the best and asked.

"Hello, I would like to ask what is the price of this dress?"

The waiter immediately turned around and answered David's questions.

"Hello sir, your vision is really good, this checkerboard suit jacket is sold for 12,000 euros, and now this dress is recommended by our store, so there is no discount, but the version may be too large for you, if I want to recommend it, I recommend you try it....

David was speechless, and his ears didn't hear a word except for 12,000 euros.

On the contrary, Gloria on the side saw this single suit jacket and immediately said.

"David, you have a good eye!"

"Let's pick this one!"