Lao Liang used an unbelievable tone, but saw Natalie nodding her head firmly. "That's it."

"No way, do you really want us to live here?" Grandma Liu, the old man, looked left and right as if entering the Grand View Garden. Apart from the mansion in front of her, she didn't see any other side houses.

Usually he lives in low-rent housing in the city, with a dozen big men crammed into one room, sleeping on wooden single beds with bunk beds. There is no other way, saving rent means saving life.

Natalie tilted her head and sighed casually: "I also think he is mentally ill - ah no, I mean, my friend likes to be lively. There are a lot of empty rooms in his place, so he might as well rent them out to others.

."

Lao Liang nodded approvingly: "This is a good thing."

Five minutes later, they saw the friend Natalie mentioned in the living room.

The moment he saw that person, Xie Xingyin's eyes lit up.

——The owner of this house turned out to be the young man he had seen under the tower in the evening.

He was leaning next to the sofa, talking to someone, with a teasing smile in his eyes, and his two legs casually draped over each other were straight and slender.

Although Xie Xingyin recognized him, she didn't expect him to recognize her. He was just a passerby passing by.

Soon the man also saw them. As expected, he didn't remember Xie Xingyin, but politely extended his hand to Xie Xingyin. "Lu Fen."

As he stretched out his hand, Xie Xingyin caught a glimpse of a thin layer of calluses on the pad of the index finger of the opponent's right hand and the tiger's mouth, which seemed to be the result of holding a gun for a long time.

Xie Xingyin shook hands with him gently, almost letting go at the touch, feeling that the other person's fingertips were a little cold.

Lu Fen was already an adult in stature, but he looked very young. He was probably only about twenty years old. Xie Xingyin asked, and it turned out to be true.

"Brother Xie is four years older than me, so I should call you brother." Lu Fen looked down at the wine glass in his hand.

Xie Xingyin quickly waved his hand: "No need."

Natalie is the doctor of the White House Guild, and since he is her friend, Xie Xingyin cannot determine the identity of the person in front of him based on this limited relationship, but this young man is certainly not simple.

It feels like taking advantage of him to call a new guy his brother.

After chatting casually for a few words, Lu Fen took them upstairs to arrange their rooms.

Lao Liang and Xiao Yan were placed on the second floor. I heard that there were some other guests, so these two empty rooms were the only ones left on the second floor.

"Lao Xie, how about we squeeze in?" Lao Liang suggested, "The room is so big and the bed is spacious enough. It's okay if we sleep on the same bed."

Xie Xingyin was about to agree when suddenly a hand was put on his shoulder. When he turned his head, he saw Lu Fen standing behind him, tilting his head and staring into his eyes:

"It's not appropriate. There are many empty rooms upstairs. Brother, come with me."

Xie Xingyin could vaguely hear a bit of discomfort in Lu Fen's tone, and was a little confused. What's the big deal for two people living in a room? After all, one silver coin for a week is an absolute friendly price.

But Lu Fen insisted: "Friends of friends are my friends. If my brother is willing to live with me, I will definitely not neglect him."

Lu Fen took Xie Xingyin upstairs, walking two or three steps in front of him. Xie Xingyin's eyes happened to fall on his waist.

The figure wrapped in a black silk shirt is beautiful and well-proportioned, and it faintly moves when she walks.

It can be seen from his silent walking posture that Lu Fen is very skilled and must have been trained.

Going up to the third floor, there are indeed many empty rooms, and because there are fewer rooms, they are relatively more spacious than those on the second floor.

Lu Fen took Xie Xingyin straight into the innermost room. Xie Xingyin didn't bring anything with him, so there was no need to pack it away.

However, Lu Fen was very considerate. Seeing that he didn't even have a change of clothes, he said, "If you don't mind, you can wear mine first."

So Xie Xingyin followed Lu Fen into his room, Lu Fen opened the cabinet door, and Xie Xingyin was standing at the desk not far away.

Not being able to wander around in other people's rooms, Xie Xingyin just stood still. When he lowered his head, he saw a black Rubik's Cube on the desk, and a black knife lying next to it.

this is not……

Xie Xingyin's eyes suddenly showed some doubts, and he raised his eyes to look at Lu Fen's figure.

Isn’t this Rubik’s cube and knife Xiao Lu?

Only then did Xie Xingyin remember that no wonder he felt slightly familiar with Lu Fen. It was not because he had seen Lu Fen before, but because his facial features were somewhat similar to Xiao Lu.

In addition, their surname was Lu, Xie Xingyin thought in his mind: Could it be that Xiao Lu is Lu Fen's younger brother?

Over there, Lu Fen found a few pieces of clothing from the closet that had only been worn once or twice, and handed them to Xie Xingyin: "Brother, try it on, it might be a bit too big."

Lu Fen was younger than him, but nearly ten centimeters taller than him.

Xie Xingyin gestured and found that the size was indeed a bit too big, but it was still barely enough to wear.

When going out, Xie Xingyin watched Lu Fen close the door and asked him, "Do you have a younger brother?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Fen smiled at him: "Xiao Lu told me about you."

Sure enough, Xie Xingyin nodded, asked a few questions, and finally felt relieved knowing that Xiao Lu was not left in the tower.

Lu Fen followed what he said, fabricating the image of an autistic child, and winked at Xie Xingyin: "My younger brother is timid and clingy. Thank you for taking care of me."

Before coming here, Xie Xingyin never imagined that one silver coin a week's rent could cover food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The large dining table was filled with dishes containing food. A set of silver tableware was placed in front of everyone, and a porcelain vase with flowers was placed in the middle. It looked extremely formal.

Lao Liang was so happy as he held the bowl and chopsticks. After eating compressed biscuits and instant noodles in Wangchuan Apartment for so long, he finally had normal food.

Xie Xingyin quietly observed that there were no dark dishes such as fried pork with devil's vine, so he felt relieved and picked up his chopsticks.

He still suspected that the devil's vine fried meat was just a specialty of Baili Guild, after all, who was so tough to get such a thing casually.

Xiao Yan knew how to cook and had been helping them in the kitchen. Now he brought the last pot of soup with his gloves on and sat down on the empty seat.

"The church is going to raise taxes again in two days." Lao Liang said to Xie Xingyin, "Do you want to exchange gold coins early?"

Xie Xingyin didn't understand what he meant, but Lu Fen on the other side heard this and calmly put down the wine glass he was playing with, and cursed coldly: "Those locusts."

Seeing someone starting to speak up, Liang Xing followed suit and cursed the church. "That's right, we are also magicians. Why do I always get looked down upon? Foreign magicians are so noble!"

Xie Xingyin had just arrived and didn't know much about things in the main city, so Lu Fen explained to him. It turns out that the church controls banks and exchange agencies. Anyone who wants to exchange their life time into gold coins will have to collect tax commissions.

Xie Xingyin also felt that this was unreasonable and frowned: "Can't we bypass them in the transaction?"

"You can also trade in the private black market, but it's not safe. We often hear that people are killed." Lu Fen said.

Xie Xingyin nodded. Time is life here, and private transactions are indeed dangerous. But he didn't understand one thing: "But why can the church manage banks and exchange agencies?"

It turns out that at the beginning of the Day of Judgment, the bishop used the name of the church to gain power. People in panic blindly believed that this was God's will, and the church, which conveyed the will on God's behalf, also enjoyed supreme rights.

It was not until later that the construction of the city got on track and various player guilds and management agencies were born. The authority of the church was gradually weakened, but a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. The church still had a considerable number of followers and still retained its tax revenue.

privileges.

"It's okay to charge a handling fee," Lu Fen smiled a little coldly. "A few years ago, when the church's power was all-powerful, they dared to use the so-called will of God to require everyone to pay taxes to purchase 'atonement'.

Coupon'."

"Is there anyone really willing to pay?"

Lao Liang muttered: "There are always some idiots who like to send money to death..."

From a calm point of view, these believers seemed stupid and believed in the church's plan. But after thinking about it carefully, Xie Xingyin felt that it was understandable.

People suddenly fall into the fear of the unknown, and they always need to comfort themselves with faith and try to give themselves some hope.

"The wine and meat of Zhumen smells bad, and there are people freezing to death on the road. They build villas all over the mountains and plains, and we are so poor that we can't even afford food." Lao Liang angrily cut a piece of meat with a knife and fork, and then realized that Lu Fen was looking at him, "Ah

,Brother Lu, I’m not talking about you.”

Lu Fen nodded and said he didn't mind. Lao Liang felt relieved and asked him, "But I'm curious. Brother Lu, I think you're not very old. This house..."

"I inherited it from my father." Lu Fen was also happy, "He was one of the first players in the main city and passed away a few years ago."

"The first batch of players..." Lao Liang rarely showed any admiration in his eyes. After all, the earliest players only existed through word of mouth, and no one had ever seen players with such seniority.

"Hey, brother Xie, didn't you say that your father also disappeared in Judgment Day ten years ago? Then he should also be one of the first batch of players. There were few people at that time, so maybe your father knew his father.

"

Xie Xingyin also looked at Lu Fen: "My father's name is Xie Sheng. He disappeared ten years ago. Only recently did I know that he came here."

Lu Fen nodded and lowered his eyes slightly. He controlled his emotions very well and rarely showed inappropriate expressions.

"Sorry, I don't know much about what happened back then."

In fact, it’s no wonder that Xie Xingyin’s father disappeared ten years ago and died seven years ago. Now most people in the main city can’t possibly know them. If you want to know what happened back then, you can only ask Qi Qi here.

Among veteran players who are over 20 years old.

But is there really such a person?

"Old players from ten years ago, I've heard people say a few..." Lao Liang didn't know much about other things, and he knew a lot of gossip.

"I heard that the president of the White House Guild has been staying here for many years. But not many people have seen him, don't know what he looks like, and don't know what his real name is.

Xie Xingyin was a little surprised when he heard this. The man who saved him in the Forbidden Forest had stayed in this world for so long, but in his subconscious he always felt that he was a young man.

"How can the president be a young man? He must be at least a weather-beaten old man in his forties or fifties." I don't know who said it.
Chapter completed!