Chuanliu curled the corners of his lips into a half-smile and said:
"What? You're admitting it now?"
The man puffed out his chest, trying to save face, and said with his head held high:
"That's right, I'm the new '3 of Diamonds' Ma Tong; this is my wife, '2 of Diamonds' Huang Xindi."
Kawakari extended his hand to the two of them. "Hello, let me formally introduce myself. My name is Kawakari, and my nickname is '5 of Diamonds'."
Ma Tong and Huang Xindi exchanged a glance, quite surprised by Chuan Liu's friendly attitude.
Ma Tong tentatively shook the hand, then immediately withdrew it.
The girl said without changing her expression, "I wonder if you could make room for me so we can go inside and talk slowly."
The two then realized what was happening and quickly told their men to stop.
Chuanliu then opened the door and invited the person inside.
The passersby who had been waiting outside to see a good show shook their heads in disappointment. After waiting for a while longer and seeing no movement, they left.
When Aunt Wu saw the river, she immediately felt as if she had seen a relative.
"Xiao Liu, Xiao Wu, you've finally arrived! They've been banging on the door all morning, insisting that this place belongs to them."
She looked warily at the couple in front of her, hiding behind Wu Fangming and grumbling indignantly.
Chuanliu ignored them and gestured for the couple to sit down; he skillfully boiled water and brewed tea for them.
In the living room, the only sounds for a moment were the clinking of water and teaware.
Just as the Ma couple were about to become restless, Chuanliu finally spoke:
"Mr. Zhou mentioned you two to me before, and I was just about to look for you. It's fate that we met here today."
The two looked bewildered, seemingly unaware of who the "Boss Zhou" the girl was referring to was.
A thought flashed through Chuanliu's mind, and she spoke seemingly unintentionally:
"I haven't yet asked how you two became 'Square 2' and 'Square 3'?"
Chuanliu's consistently good temper made it impossible for the couple to find fault with him. On the contrary, because they felt guilty, they always felt a chill down their spines and dared not act recklessly even though they outnumbered him.
"I don't know about the Boss Zhou you're talking about. We only recognize Boss Xu. Boss Xu is our great benefactor."
Ma Tong's attitude softened considerably, but he still refused to back down.
Mr. Xu?
Chuanliu pondered for a moment, "You mean Xu Zhi?"
Mr. and Mrs. Ma nodded.
After a moment of thought, Huang Xindi explained, "Boss Xu saw that my husband and I were pitiful with our child, so he specially spent a lot of money to get these two cards for us on the black market, saying that we would have a place to stay from now on and would no longer have to worry."
Xu gave these two people two identity tokens simply because he saw how pitiful they were, with their families to support them.
Chuanliu believed that there were such selfless people in the world, but she did not believe that there were such people on Paradise Island, let alone Xu Zhi.
The most reasonable explanation is that Xu wanted to use this opportunity to expand his own power.
However, Chuanliu felt that something was wrong with this analysis.
Following the last official residents' meeting of Block City, the higher-ups decided that since Chuanliu holds "Block 2" and "Block 4", these two identities can be allocated by Chuanliu.
Xu Zhiming knew perfectly well that Chuanliu was the priority allocator of "Diamond 2", so his blatant allocation of "Diamond 2" was tantamount to directly seizing power and slapping Chuanliu in the face.
Furthermore, it's common knowledge that she regularly resides in this villa. It's hard to say that Xu Zhi's allowing the two to act like this wasn't intentional.
What exactly is she trying to do by provoking me like this?
Thinking of this, Chuanliu knew he had to meet Xu Zhi, this fickle woman.
Looking at the two people in front of him who didn't seem to be lying, Chuanliu continued, "I've known Sister Xu for a long time, and I know her best. Since she values you, I, Chuanliu, will naturally not treat you unfairly."
Huang Xindi was about to say something when Ma Tong stopped her.
The man hesitated before speaking, "We came here because this is 'Square 3's' villa. I see you're a reasonable person, so shouldn't you give us this villa?"
Chuanliu had anticipated that they would say that.
She asked the two to wait a moment, and soon brought something down from upstairs and handed it to them.
"This is……?"
The Ma couple looked at her with suspicion.
The former explained, “I’m quite used to living here. It was my fault for not communicating with you beforehand. This was originally the residence of ‘Square 5.’ I see there are quite a few of you brothers here. If you don’t mind, that area is yours.”
Looking at the bunch of keys in their hands, Mr. and Mrs. Ma suddenly felt at a loss.
He brought a group of people to cause trouble, intending to make a big scene, but the host gave him a bigger and better house instead.
They immediately stood up, feeling ashamed. "Miss Chuanliu, you...you're too good to us! You're such a kind person, and we still did such beastly things. We're not human!"
As soon as Chuanliu spoke, the brothers that Ma Tong brought also showed expectant eyes, their gazes towards the girl filled with gratitude.
Originally, they were just wanderers with no presence in this cube city. In just two days, some of them not only gained identities, but they even had a fixed place to live.
Behind the flow of people seemed to be the radiance of the Virgin Mary. She stood up, her hands raised in the air, and said, "Don't say that. We should take care of each other on Paradise Island. You are more suited to that place than I am."
Amidst expressions of gratitude, Chuanliu saw off the group of troublemakers.
Is this really a sudden outburst of maternal instinct?
Of course not.
Since Xu Zhi wanted to be the good person, she would deliberately prevent him from doing so.
After talking with him, Chuanliu roughly understood why the Ma Tong couple were Xu Zhi's choice.
Ma Tong's group of brothers seemed to trust him completely.
In the City of Blocks, a community of wanderers where mutual distrust is most severe, the Ma couple managed to unite so many people. They truly deserve the abilities of "Block 2" and "Block 3".
Aunt Wu came closer, watching the departing procession, patted her chest with lingering fear, and said with some confusion:
"Xiao Liu, if you had said you had such a nice house, why did you give it to them? What a waste!"
Chuanliu smiled and said, "If Aunt Wu doesn't feel comfortable living here, I can talk to Ma Tong about it."
Aunt Wu chuckled awkwardly upon hearing this, "I was just saying it casually, why did you take it so seriously, child?"
She paused, then leaned closer, adopting the tone of an elder and lecturing, "Xiao Liu, you've been gone for ten days or half a month, why didn't you tell me?"
Chuan Liu said softly, "I wanted to tell you before I left, but you weren't here. Where did you go?"
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