"Sizzle...... It's a little cold......"

As soon as the day dawned, Leon, a hard-working worker, got up and walked to work with a yawn.

After being blown head-on by the cold wind of late autumn and clearing his mind a little, Leon subconsciously shrank his neck, spared the big scarf knitted by Anna again, and then unconsciously remembered the events of last night......

Melanie's question, he didn't give an answer in the end, but vaguely said something like you'll understand when you're older, and barely fooled it.

Even if she talks to Melanie, she may not be able to understand it when she is only a few years old, but the less ordinary people know about the news of the "other world" such as the Cleanup Bureau and anomalies, the less difficult it is to bump into them, so naturally they can still hide it.

However, Melanie's question, while over, does not seem to be entirely meaningless, at least it answers a small question for Leon about what the Director has lost.

……

According to the information given by the [Materialist Soul], those who possess the anomaly of [Memoryless Love] will definitely lose one of the three items of "parental love, children's love, and partner's love".

Now it seems that what she has lost is the love from her children, and judging from her performance yesterday, she should like children very much.

After all, although his family lives in Veteran's Alley, although it is not a slum, it is not a good location, in addition to noisy and dirty companies, it is a prison where many felons are held, the number of residents is not large, there are even fewer children, and naturally there will be no small shops selling candy.

So the kind of milk candy wrapped in colored paper she bought for Melanie and her sisters had to go to a department store four or five blocks away to sell, and she was willing to go such a long way to buy candy for the two children who had just met, so naturally she would not be a person who hated children.

Well...... For people who like children very much, it doesn't matter if they can't have their own children, if they have children, they will continue to be forgotten by their own children, maybe it's really cruel.

After shaking his head with some sympathy, Leon was about to speed up his pace to the clean-up bureau, and then take the black goat to visit the nurse who was suspected of having an "abnormality", but was stopped by a sweet burnt smell.

A cart with benches and tables, a huge tin hot water boiler and brass faucet, a charcoal stove glowing red, and a few sets of sawmills made of low tables and stools......

In the aroma of coffee that filled his nose, a small space with a warm glow that was firmly wrapped in an old canvas and would not be disturbed by the cold wind of late autumn suddenly crashed into his eyes.

Coffee stalls......

Looking at the warm stall that looked particularly attractive in this gray and cold morning, Leon couldn't help but stop, and after hesitating, he was still defeated by the tempting sweet fragrance, shrunk into the tent, and found a table in the back to sit down.

"Boss, a cup of coffee, two slices of thin bread."

"Okay!"

He took out a cup with a broken handle, shook the coffee powder neatly with his hands and feet, then wrapped his hands in a rag, unscrewed the white smoke copper faucet and poured hot water, pinched the stirring rod with three fingers and spun it twice, and a cup of steaming black liquid was placed in front of Leon.

"Guest, do you want to brush the butter with 'two thin'? If you're interested, I also have ham slices here, which are freshly fried and still hot before leaving the stall in the morning. ”

"Uh...... How much does it cost to add ham slices? Is it expensive? ”

"It's not expensive, it's cheap!"

After wiping his hands on his black apron, the boss, who looked to be in his early fifties, smiled innocently and raised a swarthy finger.

"If you don't add a copper wheel of ham slices, you will add a total of two copper wheels!"

Two copper wheels...... Add a slice of ham and have to collect another copper wheel? Why don't you grab it? I'll go to the department store and buy a whole one, and it's less than a silver wheel, okay!

Speechlessly, glancing at the seemingly honest but treacherous coffee stall owner, Leon couldn't help but pout:

"Forget about the ham, just brush the bread with butter...... Remember to brush thicker! ”

"Okay!"

The additional sales pitch failed, and the boss's honest face was not disappointed, but he took out a long piece of toast with a smile, cut off the two thin and thin slices with two knives, dipped it twice with a brush that was too small to grease the leather shoes, and threw it on the stone slab above the charcoal stove and roasted it.

Day...... This business let you do, but Tai Nima deducted.

Looking at the two slices of bread that were too thin when put into the Lan X beef noodles, Leon couldn't help but cry out in his heart, knowing that he was afraid that he had met a master of slaughtering.

But after all, he had come here, and he was reluctant to bear the burning fire in this small stall, so he finally did not object, but picked up the hot coffee and carefully took a sip.

Not...... That's nice...... It feels like I've come back to life......

As his hands were warmed by the cups and his empty stomach was heated by the coffee, Leon couldn't help but squint his eyes pleasantly, and the boss of the dead profiteer also sent the "Lan X bread slice" in due time.

"Guest, your meal is ready, and you will receive a bronze wheel."

Looking at the almost "translucent" slices of bread on the small plate, although Leon finally paid the money honestly, he was still a little dissatisfied in his heart, and couldn't help but say sarcastically:

"Boss, your knife at cutting bread is so neat, you must have earned a lot of money, right?"

"Hehe, it's okay, just barely making ends meet."

It is estimated that there are not a few guests like Leon who say strange things, and the boss is not angry when he is ridiculed, but points to the stove behind him with a smile, and says with a smile:

"Look at my stove, it burns the best charcoal, and it is always filled, so that no matter when a visitor comes, the coffee brewed is the hottest, and the charcoal money is also the cost!"

That's true...... However, with the face of selling a copper wheel for a ham slice, coupled with the bread-cutting skills comparable to Master Lan X, the little extra money spent on the charcoal fire, I am afraid that you can double your earnings by turning your head, and you will definitely earn no less.

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, an early customer like you who goes to work in the municipal district, what you value most is not the little affordability, but the real temperature."

As if he wanted to develop Leon into a mature customer, seeing that he seemed to be unimpressed by his words, the boss reached out and pointed across the street, and patiently explained:

"My coffee here may not be sweet or strong enough, but it's definitely the best and the fire is the hotst, and it stays hot all the way outside the tent.

Even in order to make it easier for you not to get burned when you warm your hands, I even use a thickened ceramic cup for the cup here, instead of a thin iron cup that can only be held and then burned down, so that you can leave warm from the inside to the outside, no matter how you come.

Otherwise, you see, there are so many stalls over there, why am I the most populous here? That's because I sell you much more than just a cup of coffee, and a chilly morning warmth, don't you think? ”

"Oh, by the way, don't tell you what I'm telling you!"

seemed to suddenly react, his words revealed a lot of "business secrets", and the boss with a simple face hurriedly waved his hand and said shyly:

"This little coffee stall, I am going to pass it on to my daughter in the future, so that no matter how she is doing outside, she can have a livelihood when she comes home, if she even lets others learn these tricks, then she will be in trouble!"

“……”

I believe you're a ghost! You are such a shrewd person, can you tell anyone anything?

Not to mention anything else, your coffee is not sweet at all, but I just came with the sweet fragrance, so there must be a doorway in your pot, if I really learn from you to do this, I'm afraid I won't have to pay for the pants!

Tut...... But then again, although you have to die to sell things, after all, you have put so much thought into it, so you really deserve to earn this money!

Exhausted by the coffee stall owner's value-added business, Leon couldn't help but give him a thumbs up convincingly, then quickly finished his bread and drank his coffee, then got up and hurried away in the direction of the Clean-up Bureau.

And not long after he left, a baby-faced girl in a professional skirt came all the way to find him along the sweet scent of the street.

After seeing the honest coffee stall owner, the girl's big watery eyes couldn't help but light up, and she hurriedly ran over, grabbed the boss and complained:

"Dad! You're just in good health, why did you sneak out of the stall again? Mom was so angry when she found out! ”

"Humph! Lao Tzu has a stall, what is she angry about? ”

After hearing the baby-faced girl's words, the kind and honest boss who had just twisted his nose and turned into an unreasonable stubborn old man, and asked angrily:

"What? You don't like my little stall either? Let me tell you, if it weren't for this small coffee stall, our family of three would have starved to death, and our family would still be where we are today? ”

"Oops! No one looks down on your stall! But do you have to put it today? ”

Looking at the father who suddenly made an awkward scene in front of her, the baby-faced girl said helplessly:

"Our gas company's pipeline cracked, and we just lost a lot of money, but the water company also had an accident, and it was the time of trouble.

Mom was so angry that you were still running around at this time, not worrying about the company's affairs, and actually ran out early in the morning to set up a stall......"

"What's there to deal with? What should be earned, what should be lost! What's going on with it? Also, I only come to the stall for two hours a day, and I have to take care of it? Can't I transfer without the company? ”

The owner of the coffee stall suddenly became even more angry when he heard this, and blew his beard and glared:

"Besides, I said at the beginning that these municipal projects should not be touched!

Although doing these things to make money quickly and stably, basically there is a large amount of money in the account every year, but the right to the main problem is not in our hands, and in the end, what can only be suggested but not decided, can this be done?

Lao Tzu knew from the beginning that according to the style of those grandsons, something would happen sooner or later! It's better to continue to work honestly in our department store, although the risk is high and the profit is thin, but at least you can keep an eye on it, and if something happens, it will be easy to solve.

You're stubborn! Not to mention that relying on our family's fame, people have to be more or less restrained in doing things, and I can't pull it in!

The result? In order to save some money for filtration, the grandsons poured the manure water from the Tama sewage river directly into the public water pipes! The medicine that made the whole king cure diarrhea sold out of stock! They converge a**! I don't even want to have a face! ”

After scolding and muttering a few words, seeing that the temperature slowly rose after the sun came out, and the guests were almost gone, the coffee stall owner raised his hand and knocked on the stove, put out the charcoal fire, put away the tent cloth, pushed the cart and took his daughter away angrily, and continued to ask as he walked:

"What happened to the cracked gas pipeline, did you apologize to others and then compensate?"

"Give it, give it! It's just that one family doesn't seem to want it, saying that they haven't suffered any major injuries and just pay for the bandaging for them. ”

"They don't want it to be his business, but if there is a problem with our company, the compensation must be in place...... By the way, what's that family called? ”

"I can't remember my last name...... Yes! Ryan! Right! Leon Lane! It's a good guy who doesn't have much money, but he's always smiled gently, and he's very gentle with his sister! ”

……

"You ask the newcomers in our bureau? His name is Leon, Leon Lane. ”

In addition to the father and daughter of the coffee stall, there were two other people who were also talking about the situation in Lyon at this time.

"Ryan?"

Hearing this somewhat familiar surname, the little woman in the golden mirror blinked, took a bite of the sponge cake in her hand, and asked with some curiosity:

"Someone from Duke Lionheart's family? Don't you hate aristocrats very much? Why did you take him into your virgin bureau? ”

"It's just the same surname, it's actually two words."

After briefly explaining Leon's surname, looking at the woman who put down the cake in the golden mirror and chewed the puff pastry tart, the red-haired director couldn't help frowning and said:

"What do you ask him for? Want to poach people? ”

"That's a bit of an idea."

After admitting her intention without hesitation, the little woman in the black and white radish skirt picked up a nut cake ring, licked the sweet and greasy almond flour on it, and then said with a smile:

"I read the file you reported, this is a [Forced Acquisition of Information] ability that is higher than that of the Great Demon, it is very remarkable to use it well, which director can not worry about it?"

“……”

Looking at the eyes of her best friend in the mirror that narrowed suddenly, the little woman ate the cake ring in one bite, and then picked up a small oil tea pancake, and while brushing strawberry jam on it, she explained:

"But don't worry, I'm really not poaching him this time, but trying to make a small deal with him...... Did the hospital director's anomaly come out? ”

I see...... Are you obsessed with the anomaly that absorbed the patient?

After looking at the lion carving on the golden mirror with the dung ball, the red-haired director thought for a moment, and a flash of understanding suddenly flashed in his eyes.

In the area under the jurisdiction of Beverly's lion bureau, there is a port occupied by out-of-control impregnated people, and nearly 10,000 residents in more than ten nearby villages and towns have been forcibly endowed with some kind of ineradicable epidemic, as long as the out-of-control infected person dies, everyone will die together.

Although the people of the Lion Bureau reacted quickly enough to block the port in time and did not cause more trouble, there was really nothing they could do about the runaway infiltrators who kidnapped nearly 10,000 people, and it was not good to use their hole cards for such a medium-scale incident, so they had to let it go for the time being.

But now it's different, the ability of the hospital director who was killed by Leon is to absorb patients, which happens to be the nemesis of the out-of-control impregnated person, and according to the rules of the Cleanup Bureau, the person who completes the cleanup task has the right to claim the extracted anomalies first.

So she suddenly contacted herself through the [Celestial Globe Mirror] today, not because she wanted to contact the relationship between her best friends after a long absence, but because she wanted to talk to herself in advance, so that Leon would not rob her of this anomaly......

After staring at the good sister who had started to eat cheese pudding again in the golden mirror, the red-haired chief blinked his delicate fox eyes and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression:

"This ...... I understand that this thing is important to you, but Leon, who witnessed the power of the Runaway Impregnated during the cleanup, is also very interested in this anomaly, so ......"

"Tsk! Less nonsense! ”

I can't be clearer about my best friend's personality, Beverly on the other side of the golden mirror rolled her eyes, and while nibbling on coconut bread, she said angrily:

"Let's just say it, how much money are you going to borrow from me this time?"

"Gee, it's not about money."

The red-haired chief waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Renjiaang, a young newcomer who has just joined the company, has worked hard to complete his first task, and finally got his first anomaly.

If something like this is so monumental and you want to leave with a word, if you don't make up a good thing for him, can you be happy with it? ”

“……”

When I heard this, looking at my best friend's ill-intentioned fox eyes, Beverly's body on the other end of the golden mirror stiffened slightly, and she felt that the orange cream pie in her mouth was not fragrant.

After eating up the snacks in her hand in two bites, Beverly took out the momentum that the director of the lion clean-up bureau should have, reached out and slapped the table violently, and asked angrily with round eyes like a lion:

"Hurry up! What exactly do you want? ”

"I want you to exchange the Witch's Broom for him."

"Phew! You dream! ”