Chapter 8 (1/2)
Wu Yun did not take the words of the stall owner seriously at all. After eating the noodles, he went for another walk and got a pot of cactus from the florist, a lemon from the vegetable seller, and a bottle of undiluted alcohol from the stall owner on the side, which was said to be authentic Erguotou.
People who could open stores there may not be strong in fighting, but information was still better than ordinary people*.
*Not sure: 能够在这里开店的人，打架的实力也许不强，但是消息还是比一般人灵通。
To be precise, almost everyone who had lived in this city for more than five years knew about Wu Yun's existence in this city*. If the newcomers knew a little bit about it, they should know that a beautiful Chinese man wandering aimlessly in the street, with an easy to deceive face and no accidents, was already an “anomaly”.
*Unsure: 几乎都知道乌云对于这个城市来说是怎么样的存在。
When Qing Tian opened the door, the first thing he saw was not Wu Yun's beautiful emotionless[1] face, but the pot of cactus in his hands and the pile of things he was carrying.
Qing Tian wanted to say something, but suddenly found that there seemed to be nothing to say.
Where should he start complaining?
“You take this.” Wu Yun put the cactus pot in Qing Tian's hands and said solemnly, “In a crisis, you can use it as a weapon.”
―So that's why you came back with a basin of cactus?
Qing Tian didn't know how to face the cactus, which was not as big as his palm.
What kind of weapon can this be used as?
Probably seeing the doubt on Qing Tian's face, Wu Yun kindly explained, “It is very useful to use its thorns to force a confession.”
“Stop it. I don't want to know.” Qing Tian prevented Wu Yun from continuing to talk. After listening, he would have nightmares, so he didn't want to listen.
Wu Yun rarely had some regrets.
Qing Tian didn't have any big problem in any other aspect, that is, he was not paying much attention to “learning”.
After putting everything down, it was customary for Qing Tian to ask if Wu Yun had heard anything outside.
Wu Yun's instantaneous memory was very good, basically what he head today would not be forgotten. But when he slept tomorrow, it will be forgotten, and will not be remembered until he needed it.
Therefore, every time Wu Yun came back, Qing Tian would ask him something to see if he could find any clues from it.
Qing Tian was different from Wu Yun's “living by feeling”. He followed the “cautious” style and liked to know all the information he could learn in a limited range.
Wu Yun simply said what he saw. By the way, he talked about the matters of the ramen noodle and the topic of Lanzhou noodles which would be better. Finally, he simply announced the news that he had recently received a bounty on his head.
“That's all.” Wu Yun was sure he missed nothing.
“Wait, the last part where you said you had a bounty.” Qing Tian didn't miss it. “What's going on with that?”
“170 million.” Wu Yun blinked. “Then the intelligence charge starts at 1 million. Do you want I say it again?”
Such a simple number should not be repeated.
“Wait, wait.” Qing Tian rubbed his head. “Is the price unit in Korean won, the number you're talking about?”
“The international reward is in US dollars.”
170 million!
Dollars!
Qing Tian thought he might have a hearing problem.
This… Such a high price?
Just the man in front of him?
Qing Tian wasn't convinced.
When he was sold, what was the price? Was it around three thousand dollars or five thousand dollars? Forget it, but it should be a very high price for his parents to sell him.
“No wonder, no wonder so many outsiders have come to town recently?” Qing Tian felt as if he understood everything. People outside thought that Wu Yun had Dushe's formula. Now he was afraid that Wu Yun had become the target, so the price will soar all the way.
After all, if the ”Nushen” formula could be reproduced, it would be a big shock to the drug industry all over the world, and wouldn't the profits be more than 100 million at that time? A hundred million was just a little bit of change.
Excuse me.
Qing Tian instinctively knew that the matter could not be so simple to end. Two punches were difficult to beat four hands, not to mention that the gangs a.s.sociated with Dushe were not fuel-efficient lamps.
If Wu Yun wanted to live a good life, there was no safer place than Sasimu City. He had to live here with Wu Yun, at least until the limelight was over. Otherwise, he would be subjected to all kinds of ambushes as soon as he went out.
Qing Tian had begun to think about how to escape, and turned around to see Wu Yun had carelessly dismantled today's “food box” and reached for the chocolate.
“You are not allowed to eat.” Qing Tian closed the box. “The Doctor says you can't have any more sweets these days, or you'll have to prepare to pull out your teeth.”
Wu Yun's hand stopped at once and dared not move again.
Although the Bartender and the Priest were more powerful than the Doctor, there was no doubt that of those three people, Wu Yun was most afraid of the Doctor.
Doctor, it was terrible.
“Wu Yun, don't you feel anything about your bounty?” Qing Tian felt that he could not be the only one who had a sense of crisis. “You are more valuable now than Dushe, you know!”
It was necessary to let Wu Yun,who had no concept of money, have a good understanding of his current situation.
“There are many people here who are more valuable than Dushe.” Wu Yun silently picked up the electric toothbrush and squeezed the toothpaste. “I can't even rank the top five.”
“Hmm?” Qing Tian was really shocked. “What do you mean?”
“As far as the Priest's reward is concerned, I remember it was 230 million dollars.” Wu Yun poured himself a gla.s.s of water first. “The Bartender's price should be 300 million. The Doctor is the highest, but the Doctor's reward is more than one, combined with it should've broken 500 million.”
500 million?
“What did the Doctor do? Why was the price so high?” Qing Tian couldn't help his curiosity, it was too terrible.
“The Doctor seems to be wanted in 39 countries at the same time, and some financial group families are secretly adding to the amount. I don't know exactly why, but before settling down on A Street, the Doctor seemed to like doing research with different financial groups for research funding. He says the projects he studies start with a billion dollars and study a variety of things.”
“Later, what happened?”
“Then the Doctor came here.” Wu Yun looked at Qing Tian in surprise. “You should see it.”
So in other words, the Doctor cheated people's research funds, and maybe even took their research results and disappeared completely. No wonder the reward amount was so high. If the Doctor's research results were published, the price would probably go up.
Qing Tian could hardly breathe.
Sure enough, the people who can mix well in this h.e.l.lhole must be better out there.
“So, your reward is really not high…” When explained by Wu Yun, Qing Tian was calm.
The Doctor could live and was thriving[2]. Wu Yun certainly no problem.
“Well.” Wu Yun nodded and began to gargle.
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz——
The electric toothbrush worked diligently in the mouth, and Wu Yun thought that he seemed to have forgotten something. It seemed that he had a bounty before, but it wasn't not clear.