"What do you mean?" Hearing Verak's words, Carmine vaguely realized something.

"Is it so easy to change the world?" Verak did not tell Carmine that the International Equality Alliance had repeatedly retreated and was likely to give up Lazerin, but he found a random reason to smooth over Carmine's doubts.

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Carmine was also very aware of current affairs and did not ask further.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." Carmine said to the door.

"Father..." Julia opened the door, first looked at Carmine, and then timidly looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Verak, "The meal is ready..."

"Let's go eat." Carmine stood up and did not light the remaining expensive cigar after all.

Verak nodded slightly to Julia, trying to reduce the aggression he exuded as much as possible to avoid scaring the child: "Okay."

The group of people went downstairs and sat around a small table.

The dinner on the table was not as standard as the Thomas family's before, but it was surprisingly rich.

Drinks include milk and imported wine.

The food included fried ham, steak, broth, and a roast chicken.

"Please." Carmine began to eat his meal slowly.

"Do you eat so well every day, or do you cook more sumptuously just to entertain us?" Verak took some meat and stuffed it into his mouth.

The meat is a bit unpalatable.

Apparently, it was made by Mrs. Mela, who had never cooked with her own hands before.

"You guys came so suddenly, I haven't had time to prepare better ingredients..." Mrs. Meila said.

Then this is their normal meal.

At the same time, there are still many people in Lezein who are hungry and homeless.

Verak understood what the International Equality League meant.

The Thomas family is a plutocrat, a powerful person, and a bourgeoisie. They are the people they want to overthrow, but this is Comrade Chris's family after all.

After taking away their property, do we have to go one step further and allocate houses to more people to live in like other people, and food and other things are also tilted towards the hungry people, which makes it a bit difficult for the comrades in charge of this aspect.

If it's difficult for others to handle, then handle it yourself.

Verak thought to himself.

He believed that Chris would not want to see his own struggle for equality end up with his family becoming an exception and enjoying special treatment.

"Mrs. Mela hasn't cooked much before, has she?" Verak asked while eating.

"Is... is it too delicious? I have never cooked much before... but now I am learning..." Mrs. Mela was still afraid of angering Verak and causing disaster.

The reason why they keep thinking like this and making assumptions about others is simply because they were such people before.

You can be moody and make everyone tremble in front of you.

"It's indeed quite unpalatable." Verak told the truth, not caring whether the family would be embarrassed or not. "I have a good suggestion. It's better to let more people live in the house so that everyone can live and eat together. Mrs. Mela, do you

Maybe you don’t know, but all those poor people can cook, and at least they cook better than you. With them here, such good ingredients will not go to waste.”

"this……"

Carmine, Meira, and Julia were all stunned.

Isn't what Verak is talking about the current situation of other nobles in Laize? The luxurious mansion is divided into rooms, and even larger places such as the living room, dining room, and reception room are divided into dozens of rooms with partitions.

area for displaced people to live in.

Many rooms in their mansion are now abandoned because there are no servants and Mrs. Mela cannot clean them.

But she would rather have those rooms empty than let a bunch of dirty poor people in.

She never knew how to survive with poor people.

"Does it have to be like this?" Carmine's voice was low.

The Thomas family is now powerless and unable to compete with the International Equality Alliance. As long as the International Equality Alliance makes such a decision, they have no choice but to obey.

But that kind of life was not only intolerable to Mrs. Mela, he himself rejected it from the bottom of his heart.

"If Comrade Chris was still alive, this house would have been handed over a long time ago." Sheriff Cyril agreed with Verak.

His words destroyed Carmine's idea of ​​using Chris to deal with it.

Faced with the 'unreasonable demands' that were almost related to dignity and life, Mrs. Mela suppressed her fear and said angrily: "My son is the founder of your International Equality Alliance. Without my son, you guys wouldn't be where we are today.

Now you are treating the 'comrades' and 'compatriots' you call so barbarically and taking everything away arbitrarily, which is really too much."

Before Verak could speak, Sheriff Cyril took the lead in retorting: "Of course Chris is our comrade, but why didn't you think that we are compatriots when you oppressed and exploited others? Now that your own interests have been harmed, just use this

To blackmail others?"

"But this house was bought by us and is our private property." Mrs. Mela's body was shaking with anger and fear.

"When you used low wages and high working hours, and used all kinds of tricks to plunder and destroy workers' bodies, how did you ever respect their private property?" Sheriff Cyril continued with the same logic as before.

"Stop arguing." Carmine stopped the meaningless argument. After sighing and putting down the tableware, he raised his head and looked at Verak. "In the final analysis, you are still here to cause trouble for us."

"It was a last-minute idea." Verak had never heard of it before. He cherished food very much. "And if you think this is causing trouble for you, you are totally wrong."

"What do you mean?" Carmine failed to see through Verak's thoughts many times today.

Verak took a sip of water and said, "You can only keep one room here. The rest of the room, including Comrade Chris' former bedroom, will be allocated to other civilians who have no place to live."

"He is the founder of your International Equality Alliance! Is this how you treat him?!" Mrs. Mela's tone became more intense, so scared that Julia next to her didn't dare to move, and pursed her lips pitifully.

Trying not to shed tears.

"This is of great benefit to you." Verak reminded.

"My son is really blind and has brought out you bunch of white-eyed wolves! Please leave!" Mrs. Mela was so angry that she almost lost her mind.

In her opinion, it was fine for the International Equality Alliance to disrespect them, but why should they do the same to her own son? Chris sacrificed his life for them, and in the end, even his room was confiscated?

Chris didn't deserve to die!

"Staying here will really harm you." Seeing that Mrs. Mela didn't understand what he meant at all, Verak said more bluntly.

"Please leave! I don't welcome you here!" Mrs. Mela drove them away.

"Sit down." Carmine stopped Mrs. Mela and looked at Verak with an increasingly complicated look, "It will be as you say. We will only reserve one room here, and the rest will be allocated by the International Equality Alliance.

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"Carmine!" Mrs. Mela faced Carmine in disbelief.

"Anyway, thank you for coming today." Carmine ignored Mrs. Mela's puzzled look and thanked Verak.

Verak picked up another piece of meat: "For Comrade Chris's sake."

After dinner, Verak and Sheriff Cyril did not stay long, said goodbye to the Thomas family, and drove to their residence.

"Why does Carmine want to thank you?" On the way, the Sheriff who didn't want to understand the matter asked the reason.

"You should also know that it may not take too long before Lezein will fall and fall into the hands of the government forces again." Verak, who had eaten and drank enough, was a little sleepy, and his voice was neither high nor low.

"I know this, but what does it have to do with this matter?"

"What will the government forces do when they regain control of Lezein?" Verak guided Sheriff Cyril to find the answer himself.

"Will they strengthen their rule and liquidate those associated with the International Equality Alliance to serve as a warning to others?"

"The results are already clear."

Sheriff Cyril suddenly realized: "The Thomas family was originally the home of Comrade Chris. If they enjoyed special treatment during our control of Lezein, then when the government troops occupy this place, they will definitely be regarded as our accomplices.

Being liquidated!"

"The government troops are much more ruthless than us. When the time comes, their family's situation will definitely be extremely dangerous." Verak rolled down the car window and lit a cigarette to refresh himself.

"No wonder Carmine would thank you so much! If we treat them equally, the possibility of them being liquidated in the future will be much smaller!" Sheriff Cyril, like others, felt deeply moved not long after getting along with Verak.

of admiration.

"After all, they are Chris's relatives, and it's a bit inappropriate to watch them die. Although they still don't agree with everything about us from the bottom of their hearts, and they are never proud of Chris's great contribution to the world, they still have to

Give them some time, give those stubborn people some time." Verak blew out a puff of smoke out the window.

Sheriff Cyril agreed: "It's good to change one more person's mind!"

"Yes, it's better than having one more enemy."

"When you left the Equality Building, you said you wanted to take a rest. This was no rest. You saved the Thomas family and made it possible for more people to know us and support us in the future."

"This is nothing compared to the overall situation." Verak couldn't feel the slightest sense of accomplishment.

Going to the Thomas family mansion was sudden, witnessing the life of the Thomas family, and predicting their future situation was sudden. He had done too many things like following the trend.

Sheriff Cyril looked at the listless Verak through the built-in rearview mirror: "Do you have any clues about dealing with government troops?"
To be continued...