Loss"
After the Paradise Hall was breached, under the leadership of Yuan Zhisheng, the eight Sheqi families quickly began to squeeze the power of the Menggui.
He did not directly sweep everything with thunderous force as planned by his predecessor, Nagatachibana Masamune. Instead, he used tough and restrained methods to win back the gangs loyal to the Monogeis bit by bit.
It seems gentle, but in fact the attack speed of the Sheqi Eight Family is not slow at all.
With the loss of the Kukakukan, the largest place to make money, and the loss of Sakurai Kogure, the third leader in financial management, the Menggui people's capital chain soon ran into problems.
Without money, it is natural that he cannot control his gangs, not to mention that the eight Sheqi families are still watching from the sidelines, sniping at those gangs that are loyal to the Menggui Zhong.
Under absolute force and the threat of bankruptcy, the gangs quickly made their choice.
In fact, Sakurai Nanami's financial offensive in this regard is more effective than the crude military offensive.
The Menggui people are not a particularly well-organized force. They were able to compete with the Sheqi Eight Families before because the Sheqi Eight Families did not really take action against them. The gangs would be loyal to them. It was also because the family had always turned a blind eye to this.
Close one eye.
Now, the Sheqi Eight Families only made a brief move, and all the tentacles of the Menggui that were attached to ordinary gang organizations were cut off.
Although it did not damage the fundamentals and did not capture those ghosts on a large scale, it also cut off most of the financial chain of the fierce ghosts.
With the second leader, Dragon King, and the third leader, Ryoma, both being arrested, the king alone is completely unable to survive alone.
The monster ghosts quickly fell into a dormant state and did not dare to show up again.
After showing their fangs, the eight Sheqi families once again proved their absolute dominance with unrivaled power.
When Genji was fighting in the north and south, Su Mo did not participate in the war between the Sheqi Eight Family and the Menggui Zhong, but stayed in the Genji Mansion to accompany his sister.
Of course, accompanying Hui Liyi only occupied a small part of Su Mo's energy.
Most of his energy is still devoted to alchemy.
At this time, two days had passed since the Bliss Pavilion was breached.
Su Mo's alchemy has accumulated a lot of experience points in the past two days. Although the level is still LV3, it has also improved significantly.
At the very least, he could finally transform the collar into a necklace.
And based on his current progress rate, it is estimated that within a few days, he will be able to try to transform it into a bracelet, ring, etc.
After overcoming this technical problem, Su Mo also gave the finished necklace to Eriyi.
However, although Eri happily accepted the gift, she was not willing to change to the version 2.0 necklace and still chose to wear the necklace.
"Why?"
Su Mo once asked Eli Yi doubtfully.
Hearing this question, Eriki touched her slender neck with her right hand, then shook her head.
"This is also a gift from Brother Su Mo. It allows me to communicate directly with Brother Su Mo. I like this very much."
To put it simply, it means commemoration.
The first time is naturally of commemorative value.
In fact, the necklace is much prettier than the collar, but she still prefers the collar Su Mo gave her.
After hearing Eri's reasons, Su Mo wanted to say, if you don't change it, your brother and your father will look at me worse every time they see this collar.
But looking at Eri Yi's clear and clean rose-colored eyes, Su Mo hesitated for a moment and did not continue to persuade.
As long as Eryi is happy, he doesn't care about the negative reputation.
Of course, his negative reputation cannot be cleared away in the first place, and this is one of the reasons.
Probably because he often appears with Eriki, in the lower ranks of the Sheqi Eighth Family, people who don’t know Su Mo’s identity often regard him as a pretty boy raised by the head of the Uesugi Family;
In the eyes of those in the upper echelons who knew his identity, Su Mo was a top secret party member who was seduced by Eri's beauty and won over by Amaterasu Minggen with the beauty trap.
In short, no matter whether they are at the upper or lower level of the Sheqi Eight Family, there must be a sexual embryo between him and Eri.
Now, two people who are rumored to be perverts are staying in the same small room.
Inside the room, it was also in full swing.
"Eriyi, hurry up, water!"
Su Mo, who was sweating a lot due to physical exercise, shouted to the girl in front of him with a longing tone.
Hearing Su Mo's dry voice, Eliyi immediately understood that Su Mo's current situation was in urgent need of nourishment from the sweet spring.
So she immediately came over, stretched out her hand and handed Su Mo... a glass of ice water.
"Gudong!"
After turning off the acetylene spray gun, Su Mo drank the ice water in one gulp.
"Thanks!"
After wiping his sweat with the towel Ling brought, Su Mo thanked the two of them respectively.
Ling shook her head slightly, obviously not feeling that there was anything worthy of thanks. She had been acting like this when she was Su Mo's assistant these days.
Eryi was quite happy, not only because of Su Mo's praise, but also because she was finally able to help Su Mo.
Although she often came to Su Mo's place, she would sit here all day long, just like a cat lazily basking in the sun, quietly watching Su Mo and Ling's busy work.
But there were not many times when she could really help. Zero was too good as an assistant and could arrange everything properly. If she hadn't gone to get the towel just now, Eri might not have had a chance to perform.
"It's so hot. It's obviously alchemy, but it's completely physical work!"
After he recovered, Su Mo couldn't help but complain.
It is summer at this time. Although there is air conditioning in the laboratory, no matter how strong the air conditioning is, it cannot stop the heat emitted by the high-temperature flame during close-range heat treatment.
Just looking at Lu Mingze's posture, many people may think that alchemy is a very elegant subject, and that there is a fantasy weapon or artifact in the air.
But in fact, this technology based on forging is just like an orthopedic surgeon, who often pays attention to the strength of the brick.
With Su Mo's word spirit and talent, he can actually save a lot of processing stages. If Jian Yu is there, he can directly use the word spirit to perform heat treatment, and it is not necessary to use such a high-temperature flame of more than 3,000 degrees.
However, it doesn't matter if it's just pure practice. If you really want to create the best finished product, you still need the assistance of high-temperature flames.
Hearing Su Mo sigh, Eryi curiously looked at the finished product on the alchemy experimental table, a beautiful necklace shining with silver.
Although the design of this necklace is different, the shape is very similar to the one Eri got. It can be seen at a glance that it was made by the same blacksmith.
"The first necklace was given to me. The last necklace was left to Sister Xia Mi. What about this necklace? Brother Su Mo, who is it for?"
Eriki asked doubtfully.
The communication of Yan Ling Snake can be a single line or a broadcast, so both Su Mo and Ling heard this question.
Although it was only a prop forged to assist Eri Yi in making sounds, it was the first alchemy product with the alchemy field that Su Mo made, so it was still very memorable.
So Su Mo also made one for Xia Mi and planned to take it back as a souvenir, and Eri Yi also knew this.
But what about this third item?
Hearing Eriki raise this question, Zero looked at Su Mo curiously. Although she had been helping him, she didn't know who Su Mo was specifically forging this thing for.
If it was an ordinary practice work, Su Mo would not polish it and would pay too much attention to appearance. This one is so beautiful, so it should be given as a gift, right?
Could it be Potato Chip Girl? Or his old friend Chen Motong?
Before Zero could think of a possible candidate, he suddenly saw this necklace dazzling in front of his eyes, reflecting a bright light.
"How's it going? Do you like it?"
Su Mo's voice came from behind the necklace.
These were obviously extremely simple words, but the meaning contained in them left the petite blond girl a little stunned.
What does it mean? Why do you have to ask yourself if you like it?
Could it be said that this is...a gift to yourself?
"By the way, I'm just being polite and won't accept answers other than "I like you."
Seeing Ling's dumbfounded look, Su Mo put the necklace directly into her hand, with a tone that said he could not refuse.
Looking at the shiny necklace in front of him, Zero stared blankly for a few seconds before silently holding the palm of his hand and putting the necklace away.
She didn't refuse because she knew that if she refused, Su Mo would definitely find a way to make her accept.
Instead of being bullied in vain, it would be easier to accept it directly.
However, she still had questions.
"Why did you give it to me?"
She raised her plain white cheeks and looked at Su Mo.
"Does this count as your hard work for helping during this time?"
Su Mo tilted his head and casually gave a reason.
"This was made up on the spot, right? What's the real reason?"
Zero shook his head and asked.
By now, she was very familiar with Su Mo and knew that this guy could tell all kinds of lies without changing his face. Naturally, she also saw that Su Mo's reasons were not true, so she wanted to ask more questions.
However, facing her questioning, Su Mo could only spread his hands and speak frankly.
"What special reason do you need to give a gift to a friend? There is no special reason for me to give Eri a gift, I just want to give it!"
"If you have to give me a reason, I can only make it up later, because I really didn't think about this before."
Hearing Su Mo's words, Ling was slightly startled.
Between friends, no reason is needed...
"Thanks."
She nodded expressionlessly and carefully put the necklace away.
Seeing her like this, Su Mo couldn't help but complain.
"Why do you look like I'm forcing you to accept this? You're not happy at all."
In comparison, Eriyi is much better. When she is asked to help run errands, she looks happy and flattered, which makes people want to squeeze out her labor force and surplus value.
"..."
After hearing Su Mo's words, Zero's eyes were slightly speechless.
Isn't this what you forced on me?
With her heart rumbling like this, she didn't say anything out loud, but continued to ask with her usual expressionless expression.
"Then what expression do you want?"
"Smile."
Su Mo thought for a while and said.
"Just smile."
Hearing this, Ling looked at Su Mo with even more speechless eyes.
"...I also watched Neon Genesis Evangelion."
She complained.
Although Zero is not an anime nerd, she is still a little concerned about the term "Sanwu Girl" that Su Enxi once complained about her, so she has written about this work, and naturally she also knows that Su Mo is talking about the founder of Sanwu Rei Ayanami in the play.
Famous lines spoken.
However, despite what she said, she still listened to Su Mo's words.
Although it was a little weak, she still tried her best to put on a snow-like smile.
This moment.
"Kacha—! Katcha kacha kacha!"
Su Mo, who had already prepared his camera, directly captured this moment and started taking continuous photos.
Unlike Ayanami Rei, who is completely independent, Zero has her own self, she just suppresses her self deliberately.
Therefore, although her smile is said to be conscious, it is not deliberate. Although the smile is small, it is natural and cute enough.
Eriyi on the side couldn't help but want to hug this doll.
——Congratulations, Mother Zero is happy to have a rebellious daughter.
Ling, who did not expect this, found out that she was unexpectedly attacked by Su Mo, and the emotions she had deliberately suppressed appeared in the camera's picture involuntarily.
A smile as dull as an iceberg and a snow lotus, the shock of suddenly seeing the camera, the embarrassment of realizing that Su Mo was sneak-attacked, the slightly bulging cheeks, the sullen glare at Su Mo, the way he rushed towards him with open teeth and claws...a series of micro-expressions
The changes are vivid and not too exciting.
Even Su Mo didn't expect to be able to capture such rare content.
Lifting the camera slightly, and reaching a height beyond Zero's reach, Su Mo touched his chin and sighed.
"If this set of pictures were sold, Potato Chips would be willing to pay at least 10 million to buy it."
Su Mo still remembered that Su Enxi still had something in Ling's hands.
If this was given to Su Enxi, she would be able to settle the account with Ling.
"Don't sell it!"
Hearing Su Mo's words, Ling suddenly became anxious.
If this was not an alchemy room, she would have even wanted to open the Yanling to rob it. With her physical fitness, she would have no problem jumping two or three meters high.
It's just that Su Mo's current physical fitness is not inferior to that of her who has activated the speedy speech spirit. Even if she uses the speech spirit, she can't get it.
"Okay, I won't sell it, I will keep it myself."
Su Mo followed the good advice and adopted Ling's opinion.
"You are not allowed to keep it! Delete it for me!"
Zero no longer tried to snatch it, but stared at Su Mo with wide eyes.
"I took the photo based on my ability, why should I delete it?"
Su Mo said confidently.
After saying that, seeing that Ling refused to give up, he shook his head.
"Okay, I'll suffer a little loss. How about a zero mom rejection coupon and the photo belongs to me?"
Hearing this, Zero hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.
"No, at least five! And you are not allowed to sell them to others!"
"Three at most! Don't go too far!"
"...Don't sell it to others!"
"make a deal!"
So, with Su Mo admitting to suffer some losses, the deal was concluded.
Ling wasn't sure whether she was losing money or not. After all, she didn't see the captured images, and she didn't know how to price her photos.
But seeing Su Mo say that she had lost money, and thinking that she had saved a few more coupons and reached double digits for the first time, she couldn't help but feel satisfied.
The situation reached a win-win situation.
Neither of them noticed that Eri, who was still in a somewhat naive mental state, had a slightly enlightened look in her eyes after witnessing this dirty transaction.
After the argument ended, Ling, who felt he had made a "small profit", looked at Su Mo, who had an expression of "I have lost blood", and said with some curiosity.
"If it was just to make the necklace, and you could do it yesterday, why did you practice all day today? Is there something else?"
Su Mo was able to make Hui Liyi's necklace yesterday. In fact, the remaining problems of the necklace have been solved.
As for iterating the version to 3.0, 4.0, bracelets and earrings, there is actually no rush.
But Su Mo has been creating alchemy products from yesterday to today, and has not relaxed at all.
The prototype collars and necklaces he made were placed in a large circle on the finished product table.
Now that the goal has been achieved, why work so hard?
Could it be that Su Mo has other things he wants to do?
Hearing Ling's words, Su Mo glanced at her in surprise, obviously not expecting her observation skills to be so keen.
He is worthy of being the holder of a mirror boy.
Su Mo had nothing to hide from Ling, so he nodded directly.
"Yes! Although I don't know the specific reason, Xia Mi seems to attach great importance to my exclusive word spirit. I have been thinking about improving the power of this in the past few days."
This chapter has been completed!