Chapter 273

"Anyway, it hasn't been long since we had breakfast, so I can just lay on the bed casually. I'll treat you to a big dinner tonight."

"You'll gain weight."

"What does it matter? You are still growing anyway, so it doesn't matter if you eat more."

"I'm already over 18, and my growth has stopped a long time ago. I don't want to gain weight because of my greediness, and end up having to cut back on food and clothing - you will definitely laugh at me at that time."

"Don't say that, after all, that is my rare happiness."

"..."

So you don’t deny it?

While the two were chatting, people walked into the dessert shop one after another.

They looked very young, probably around sixteen or seventeen years old.

The uniform is made of black and red and is also made of fine fabrics.

The Arasaka logo on the left chest seems to indicate their identity.

"A student of Arasaka Academy."

Lin Qiao took a sip of the coffee in front of her, thinking about asking the boss which brand of coffee beans it was later.

Arasaka Academy, as you can tell from the name, it is related to Arasaka Corporation.

As a petri dish used by Arasaka Company to develop the next generation of high-level part-time workers, Night City deserves to be number one in terms of internal teaching quality and school environment.

But this is of course, after all, there are not many serious schools in Night City itself.

Chapter 338 The boy who sells black Mewtwo

It's not like there aren't other schools in Night City.

But those public schools were built at the end of the last century by Richard Knight who was still alive at the time. Nowadays, even the inner walls have almost fallen off and no one has maintained them. They really do not have the qualifications to compare with Arasaka Academy. Strength.

Moreover, the students in these schools are all mixed in quality...or most of them are not very good at it.

After all, the general environment is here.

Moreover, the students there are more willing to make breakthroughs in pregnancy rate and age than breakthroughs in grades.

In a sense, this is also the reason why parents in Night City are reluctant to send their children here.

Life is already difficult enough, but if something like this happened suddenly, my heart would stop.

"But having said that, I suddenly remembered that Lucy, you seem to be a bad boy who doesn't like going to school."

He yawned and joked to the hacker girl sitting opposite.

And these words obviously made her expression suddenly stiffen.

As mentioned, Lin Qiao once suggested that she go to school and experience the campus life she should have.

But he was directly rejected by the other party.

"It doesn't matter anyway. Since you teach me, there's no need to go to school to learn."

"That's true, but the meaning of going to school is not limited to learning knowledge."

"for example?"

"Like making some friends or something...Look at you, apart from me and Sasha, there seem to be few people you can talk to."

Even sometimes Sasha is a bit redundant.

Lin Qiao pinched her chin, recalling her campus life before time travel and added:

“And life is incomplete if you have not experienced the tension of making up for homework at the last minute before handing it in.”

"...I really don't expect that kind of life at all."

Lucy couldn't help complaining about the former school scumbag's ideas from half a century ago.

The arrival of a group of rich second-generation students added a lot of popularity to the store.

It also made the originally relatively quiet environment become a little noisy.

However, most of what this group of rich second-generation students talked about was not related to study.

This is of course, after all, with their background, there is no need to care too much about this.

As long as the grades are not too bad and you can tell your parents when you get home, you will naturally be assigned to the management after leaving campus, and then step by step you will take over the class of your elders.

When life goes smoothly, the so-called school is just a transitional place.

——Having said that, for Lin Qiao, who has already held the card of Saburo Arasaka in his hand, the students of Arasaka Academy and their parents are just dogs that can be manipulated... but their level is not very high. Same.

But at this moment, the automatic sensor door of the dessert house opened again.

A student who was also from Arasaka Academy, but looked a little panicked, ran in panting slightly.

He didn't look like a diner. As soon as he came in, he looked around looking for someone.

"Too slow, David Martinez."

As if they were dissatisfied with him, a table of students sitting in the corner said angrily after seeing the intruder.

"It takes so long to even deliver something. Sure enough, low-class people are low-class people. If I were you, I would have dropped out of school in shame. At least I won't be in the company in the future."

"Sorry, I gave it to someone else before, so it's a little late..."

"What does that have to do with me? Don't make excuses for your incompetence. I just know that you made us waste time."

He waved his hand impatiently, interrupting David who was about to say something else.

With their arrogant looks, if you didn't look at the uniforms of both parties and just looked at the conversation between the two, it would be difficult to think that they were classmates.

The two women and one man accompanying him also laughed mockingly.

You can see that the student named David tightened his fists...but in the end he still didn't have an attack.

"Okay, have you brought your things? I didn't come here to waste time just to educate you."

It seemed that because he had vented his anger and had been in the limelight in front of his companions, his mood had improved, so his tone softened a little.

He showed some mercy to his nominal classmate.

The latter took out a few small square bags the size of chewing gum from his pocket and placed them on the table of the other four people.

"Black Mewtwo... Would Arasaka Academy students sell this?"

Seeing this, Lucy couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

Compared with regular Mewtwo, Black Mewtwo's content often contains extreme violence and erotic elements, and therefore it is forbidden to sell it openly.

Often only some illegal vendors will appear in the corners of the street to sell it.

Although it is not a rare item, it seems very strange to change it to the rich second generation of Arasaka Academy.

"It should be the ordinary students that Arasaka expanded to the civilian population."

After a little thought, he came to the conclusion of the boy's situation.

Due to the poor educational environment, parents in Night City are not very keen on letting their children go to school - anyway, no matter how hard they study, they will still look like a loser.

Rather than staying in that rotten place and wasting time and money, it is better to find a job to supplement the family income as soon as possible, so as not to starve to death one day.

So it becomes a vicious cycle.

And in Night City, do you want to achieve a reversal of life by simply working hard?

It is basically impossible.

Of course, basically does not mean that it is completely impossible.

Except for being a mercenary like Manyin and others, and unrealistically thinking that one day they can live to become a legend, or be recruited by a company.

You can only hope to enter Arasaka Academy, become a slightly more advanced worker after graduation, and make your way in the workplace.

However, if you take this path, in addition to the extremely high requirements for your own grades, the high tuition fees are enough to discourage most people.

"His family should love him very much, and hope that he can make a name for himself in the future..."

Otherwise, it is impossible to pay the tuition fees that are completely sky-high for ordinary families.

But unfortunately, reality is not a workplace drama.

Even if ordinary people who have no power to back them up have made it, if they want to get promoted and get a raise, they should just work hard to gain experience and pray that they will not be blamed for their boss.

Lin Qiao turned her eyes to the boy named David.

Even though it is sad to say, his current experience is good enough, at least his classmates are willing to pay for things.

When you leave school and join a company, your current classmates and future bosses will take the credit for your hard work and leave you with only a sentence "You are still young, don't just think about money", which is the beginning of the ordeal.

In short, whether you become a mercenary or a company dog, both roads are not easy to take.

And if you take a wrong step, you will turn into a corpse on the roadside and become a stepping stone for others.

"Let's go, Lucy, it's time to go home." After swallowing the last sip of coffee and letting the Alipay girl next to him pay, the two left the dessert shop in a low-key manner.

The backs of the two people leaving attracted David, who was trying to raise the price.

Chapter 339 Why don't you find someone quickly?

A silent and slightly awkward atmosphere enveloped Lin Qiao's small clinic in Heywood.

Man Yin and Lin Qiao sat opposite each other, neither of them saying a word.

But compared to Lin Qiao, who looked at him with a scrutinizing look, Man Yin's expression was obviously a little embarrassed.

Pira and the hacker Qi Wei wearing a red metal mask sat on the side. The two deliberately kept a distance from Man Yin, and their gloating look was obviously for fun.

As the big sister of Man Yin's team, Dolio looked like she had a headache.

In a sense, Lin Qiao's not cursing now was considered to be calm enough.

In short, time went back a little.

A week is not that fast, but not that slow either.

During this period, except for a cyber madman who appeared in the municipal center and beat more than 20 policemen into a bloody mess, so that Arasaka thought that someone wanted to learn from Johnny Silverhand to lure the tiger away from the mountain and blow up the Arasaka Tower with a nuclear bomb, everything else was peaceful.

However, just a few days after Lin Qiao took back the military-grade Si'an Westin, Man Yin came to the door... but he was not here to get the goods.

According to him, he found another supplier during this period of time. Considering the cost issue, he could only say sorry to Lin Qiao.

But there is nothing to say about this. After all, buying and selling is about mutual consent.

If someone thinks your price is too high and wants to find a cheaper one, there is naturally nothing to say... Besides, he is not losing money.

After sending Man Yin away, he went to sell the Si'an Westin in his hand to the priest.

The latter was also very straightforward and did not even bargain for the price - military-grade prostheses are always in short supply, not to mention that this is a first-hand one.

This deal is worth it.

Originally, things were normal up to this point.

But less than one night later, Man Yin came to ask Lin Qiao if she had any more goods.

No, are you serious?

Or do you really think that I offer a seven-day free return policy for peaches?

"To be honest, Man Yin, if time goes back three hundred years, I will definitely send you to Mole Manor."

"..."

Man Yin scratched his head in annoyance.

Just like the general public in Night City, he failed completely in history and did not understand the meaning of Lin Qiao's words... The only thing he was sure of was that it was not a good thing.

"Sorry, K, I just didn't expect the supplier to run away suddenly this time..."

"She said she needed money urgently. Since she was a trustworthy partner before, I didn't doubt it."

"But I didn't expect that she disappeared just after paying the money."

Man Yin's face was full of regret or embarrassment.

And the others on the side echoed and added insult to injury to their boss.