Chapter 115 - Dreams Like Tides
Chapter 115 - Dreams Like Tides
The Vatican finally stepped in and took control of the situation in Radel's home.
In fact, he had no choice but to show up, because the plague had begun to spread in the capital, and in order to deal with it as quickly as possible, he had to take drastic measures. After all, the Radel family is a noble family, and it would not be easy to "deal with" them all at once; plus, the "Son of God" was willing to lead the team to deal with it, so the Radel family could be said to have been pulled back from the brink of life and death.
Although the epidemic caused the death of two old and one young servants in the mansion, and two others lost their ability to work and had to retire and return home, the family finally survived. However, even though the people had recovered and had produced antibodies due to having been infected before, other nobles still did not dare to associate with them. People of this generation don’t understand the principle of “not likely to relapse in a short period of time”. They just thought that Radel's family got sick first, and were the source of the infection, which was unlucky and dangerous. Therefore, Radel's so-called "good friends" also left her one after another. Apart from the occasional letter expressing false concern, the figure was nowhere to be seen.
What's more, even the stores that Ladel used to frequent no longer welcome her. The other party spoke very tactfully, but Radel heard clearly that it meant "I'm sorry, you can't receive me." After all, these shops also have to receive other noble ladies. If they knew that Ladel had been here, they would definitely not come. The store would never give up the entire forest for a tree, so Ladel became "the most unpopular noble lady in the city." Even when a horse-drawn carriage with the family emblem drove through the street, people on the roadside would cover their faces to avoid it, and some children would even throw stones at the window glass.
After this, Radel became completely obedient.
The only people he could talk to were his family, Yu Zhou, and Ning Fei who came occasionally. Radel really didn't want to lose this only remaining opportunity for communication, and she was also really afraid of the methods of these two people. The last time she rebelled, a pet died. This time, her whole family was almost wiped out. She didn’t dare to think of rebelling again for the time being. She could only study hard - mainly because she had nothing else to do. Even though she had realized that this was the two men's way of PUAing her, there was nothing she could do. Once Yu Zhou disappeared for two days, she had no one to talk to and nowhere to go. The feeling of being isolated and ignored would make her anxious and crazy.
She became the "canary" that could not fly out of the cage and could only be manipulated by others.
"In order to control her, they deliberately allowed the infectious disease to spread in her home and throughout the city, even to the point of killing people."
When the master and the apprentice met alone again, Yu Zhou took out the "let me test you" style: "Tell me what you think about this matter."
"I don't have any opinion." Ning Fei replied, "Infectious diseases exist. If it doesn't infect Ladel, it will infect others. It is inevitable that the city will fall into the plague. You just took advantage of this."
Yu Zhou propped up his chin and said, "You won't blame me for bringing out the prescription and prevention methods too late?"
"What's so strange about this? People in this world don't have these things. It's normal for you not to take them and let them develop." Ning Fei continued to answer calmly, "If you take them out and publish them in my name, it will be a bargain for me."
"I gave it to you because the Church can more easily take action." Yu Zhou smiled slightly, "Now that you have these 'abilities', the nobles and the old perverts in the Church won't dare to touch you easily, right?"
"Them? It doesn't matter. Even without the prescriptions and prevention methods you gave me, I can still weigh them." Ning Fei replied calmly, "It's a common problem for conceited old men to think they are the most special. If I treat others a little bit special, it must be because I am forced to do so. They will fight and check each other. In the final analysis, who can be the first to win the favor of the Son of God is their game and their "battle". Their competition could have continued for a while, and the icing on the cake you gave me can only prolong their patience a little bit."
"You are really good at this. I knew that someone from that kind of place, with a face like that, would definitely know how to win people's hearts." Yu Zhou stepped forward, stroked Ning Fei's half-long hair with his fingers, and chuckled, "But at least I am still protecting you now. If there is a real need, you can also tell me. At least you won't have to endure the consequences of suffering. Debt collector is just a job, and you don't have to accept it just to survive."
"Don't worry, I think I'm pretty good at complaining." Ning Fei turned his head to avoid his hand and replied, "At least for now, you don't need to give me any benefits to protect me. However, if you give me the good things you took out for Ladel, I will be happy to accept them."
"Ha, that's right. We have to take it out, but we can't give it to her in person." Yu Zhou said slowly, "I want these methods to work in Ladel's environment. I want to give her an illusion that as long as she admits defeat and obeys, things will get better immediately. She will think that everything is under my control and she can't escape from my palm. She can only accept her fate."
Ning Fei nodded: "I learned it."
"I thought you would think this method is too inefficient." Yu Zhou asked, "You just strangled a bird to death and intimidated her. Don't you think I'm going too far?"
"As long as you achieve your goal, you are successful. As for how the process costs, I don't care." Ning Fei thought for a while, "But your method of controlling people is indeed very sophisticated. So many things are linked together, and Ladel didn't doubt the details at all. You only took action at the most critical moment to make her think that the whole process was controlled by you. You have almost become a god in her heart. From this point of view, the cost-effectiveness is not low."
"Just like you guessed that killing a bird would scare her, I can also guess her usual thinking. I just need to let her see the 'turnaround' after she admits her mistake, and she will subconsciously think that every step is under my control." Yu Zhou replied, "She will think that those infected refugees were arranged by me, and that her whole family was infected, and even the whole city was infected, all because of me.
"In fact, as long as the luck of these time travelers who are paying off their debts is taken away, they will inevitably start to have bad luck. Then, according to their bad luck, we just need to be prepared to help them at the critical moment. Whether it is illness, accident, or even life-threatening, as long as the luck is returned to these time travelers, they will be blessed with good fortune and turn misfortune into good fortune. At worst, adding a little luck lent to them by us debt collectors, as well as targeted solutions brought by rich experience, is enough to solve the difficulties faced by these time travelers. So just keep an eye on them and don't kill these time travelers.
"Finally, when our mission is successfully completed, the luck we lent them will be returned with interest. Therefore, as long as we can complete the mission, we will lend them some, and it is not bad to make some extra money. Of course, there are also those who lend out a lot of luck, but in the end the mission fails, and the luck they lent out is also wasted. For such debt collectors, I can only say that they have holes in their brains. Not only do they have no idea of their own abilities, but they also can't learn to stop losses in time, and in the end they will only lose both the wife and the army."
Ning Fei listened quietly and carefully, and responded: "I appreciate your teaching. It seems that what I lack most now is the knowledge gained from a large amount of mission experience."
"Oh? It seems that you are very confident in controlling luck." Yu Zhou said, "Then next time you accept a mission, you will decide whether to take away the luck of the traverser, when to return it to him, and whether to lend him luck and how much to lend. I won't tell you if you are wrong, and you will have to suffer a little yourself."
Ning Fei raised his eyebrows: "I thought this should still be one of your teaching contents."
"Haven't I taught you the theory? You've also seen me practice it. What else do you need to teach? Be smart, little Ning Fei, and use that pretty head on your neck." Yu Zhou said, "Practice makes perfect. You have to try it to know if you really know how to do it, right? Don't worry, it's very simple to operate. Just do it gently like this."
As he said this, he snapped his fingers crisply.
***
The dream receded like the tide, and Ning Fei opened his eyes.
The room was dark, with no sign of light coming up from the direction of the curtains. Ning Fei turned over, touched the mobile phone on the bedside table, turned it on, and saw that it was just past four in the morning.
Even so, Ning Fei woke up and didn't feel sleepy for a while. He sat up and was about to look for where he had thrown his clothes. As soon as he turned around, he heard a hoarse male voice behind him: "...It's not even daybreak yet, what are you doing?"
Obviously, the man was "awakened" by the slight noise, but his throat had not fully woken up.
"I had a dream and suddenly I couldn't sleep." Ning Fei replied, "I'm going to smoke a cigarette, don't worry about it."
Duan Yunhong also glanced at the time on his phone and commented, "You can't fall asleep after sleeping for less than three hours? It seems that Captain Ning is indeed full of energy and can continue to work hard."
"How else do you want to torment me, Director Duan?" Ning Fei pinched his face without holding back any strength. Duan Yunhong unceremoniously put his arm on his leg and pinched the inside where the feeling was best, without holding back any strength.
"Hiss—Duan Yunhong!" Ning Fei kicked him. Duan Yunhong had no way to avoid the kick on the bed. He said calmly, "You pinched me first."
"Where did I pinch? Where did you pinch?" Ning Fei was already a little upset because of the dream about the past, and now he was really irritated by Duan Yunhong. "Fuck, the old pervert has bad habits. If you weren't good-looking, I would have strangled you to death..."
Duan Yunhong asked: "Who else has pinched you like this?"
"None of your business." Ning Fei climbed off the bed, found his bathrobe on the chair next to him, and put it on. "Anyway, if you can't control yourself and do it occasionally when you're having fun, I can be generous and not care. Don't do this at other times, it's annoying."
After saying that, Ning Fei really took out his cell phone and lighted the way, and walked out of the bedroom.
Duan Yunhong watched him walk out the door in the dim light, then gently closed his eyes to block out the dark light in his eyes.
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