Chapter 18 Non-performing assets, heroes save the beauty
With Yaeji's keen perception, the change in the skinny man's expression just now could not escape his eyes.
"We've almost finished browsing the contract market, so we might as well go and see what tricks this guy has up his sleeve." Yaeji thought, and then said, "Then let's go and have a look."
"Okay!" The skinny little man was even more humble and looked like a dog-legger. "You two ladies, please come over here~"
Rita was hesitant to speak, wanting to correct the man's title, but seeing that Yaeji himself had no reaction, she stopped talking.
‘I guess Master Yaeji is too lazy to correct me.’ Thinking of the number of times Yaeji had been mistakenly identified along the way, Rita’s lips curved slightly.
The thin man led Yaeji and the two of them towards the depths of the contract market, bragging about the quality of his "goods" as they walked. Seeing the two men following them unpreparedly, the man's heart felt hot.
'This noble lady's figure is not as good as that of a personal maid, which is a pity. But this face alone can sell many drachmas... plus her status as a noble lady, I think there are many people who like her.
This maid... I'll also give her an identity and sell her at a good price! When I get rich...' (Note 1)
Yaeji, who had no intention of prying into other people's thoughts, didn't know what the thin boy was thinking. His eyes were attracted by the beggars on both sides of the street.
"Miss, miss, please do well~please do well~" Seeing the two people with beautiful clothes and extraordinary temperament, the slovenly disabled old beggar stretched out his hand, shook the iron bowl in his hand, and moved a few coins with polished silver back and forth.
The collision made a clanking sound.
"Go, go, go!" The thin man who was dreaming of getting rich kicked away the old beggar's bowl, "Get out of here, you 'bad asset'! If you stain the clothes of these two ladies, can you afford to pay compensation?
you?!"
Seeing the thin boy's behavior, Rita frowned slightly.
Yae Ji stood still, raised his chin slightly, and said to the thin man: "Go and pick up the things."
"Uh...this..." The thin man was about to reply, but as soon as he saw those strange eyes without a trace of emotion, a pressure suddenly made him unable to breathe.
By the time the thin boy reacted, he had already picked up the kicked iron bowl.
'Ouch!' Recalling what he had just done, the thin man's face suddenly looked ugly. He didn't know why he suddenly listened to the woman so much. That condescending and commanding tone reminded him of that extremely disgusting thing.
boss.
'You're about to enter my territory. If you let her be arrogant for a while, she'll pick her up!'
After comforting himself, the skinny little man stuffed the iron bowl into the old beggar's arms, and was about to smile shyly at Yaeji...
"And all that money, get it all back."
"You!" The cold tone made the thin man want to have a fit, but the inexplicable pressure made him give in...
‘Damn this stupid bitch*, I’m going to s***, and when you fall back into my hands, I’ll make your life worse than death!***!’
Although the coins were not small, it was difficult to find them in the streets and flower beds. It took a lot of effort for the man to find all the coins.
"Old man, are these what you ordered?" Rita bent slightly, put one hand on her knees, and asked the disabled old beggar.
"Yes, yes! Thank you, miss! Thank you, miss!" The old beggar bowed to Rita and Yaeji, which made the thin man feel even worse.
Rita took out a drachma from her skirt pocket - this was the currency given to her by Shakespeare.
"Old man, this is for..."
"Miss, you can't do that!" The thin man stopped him quickly: "You must not give it to me. There are a lot of 'bad assets' in this street. If you give me one, they will come over and ask for it!"
The old beggar bowed to Rita again, said some words of praise, then moved his disabled body with difficulty, and left silently.
Rita straightened up, her face no longer had the same gentle smile as before. She had a very bad impression of the man in front of her.
“What do you mean by non-performing assets?”
"You mean them?" the man explained: "'Non-performing assets' are garbage with debts or crimes and no technical ability. They can't do the manual work assigned to them by the city hall, and they are disabled and have no offspring."
, the bad debts owed have given the city hall a huge headache, and they don’t know how to recycle these garbage..."
The man talked a lot, full of complaints about these "bad assets".
Rita's inquiry also made the man happy, and further confirmed that these two were outsiders. How could any local not know what "non-performing assets" in the contract market mean?
"How much longer?"
After entering the alleyway, Yaeji asked, which made the man feel slightly nervous.
"Come on, come on, you don't know how dangerous it is for us to steal people from the big guys in the city hall. The more special skills the indentured slaves have, the more valuable they are. Our batch is definitely high-end goods. You
Just don’t worry!
We are almost here, we have an underground banquet hall, and many foreign businessmen come to us to pick things up..."
The man boasted something cool, whether it was true or false, it was all based on his own imagination. In his opinion, it was enough to fool people into it.
"It's right here, please come in~"
The man's smile was still humble, but the fire in his eyes could not be hidden.
Yae Ji swept away his invisible mind and discovered that there was no so-called underground banquet hall in this house, only a few arrogant men squatting around.
As soon as the two of them entered the house, the door banged and shut tightly, followed by the obscene laughter of the gangsters "hehehe".
"It's finally here, I*! I've been waiting for a long time! What the hell are you doing!"
Beautiful words came out of the gangster's mouth, as if he was dissatisfied with the slow movement of the thin man.
"It's all this bitch's fault! Damn it! What the hell! Now that it's in my hands, I see you're still talking to me in that condescending tone!" The thin man tore off his disguise, pointed at Yaeji and yelled, "Kneel down now.
Please beg me on earth, and maybe I can forgive you for your mistake!"
"Alas~" Yaeji sighed, "I really thought there was some kind of underground auction."
"They are all hooligans. It's normal that they don't have the energy to contact high-end talents." Rita chuckled in agreement, not paying much attention to everything around her.
"It's also great as a condiment for a date." Yaeji smiled and said, "It's still a common part of a hero saving a beauty."
When she heard 'date', Rita's beautiful eyes flickered. She didn't know if it was Yaeji's ridicule of Shakespeare's event declaration, or if he really meant it.
"Then Rita is looking forward to it."
"You guys? Are you still a hero saving a beauty? Hahahahahaha!" Seeing that the two of them were not panicked, the skinny little man's expression gradually became ferocious and terrifying, "As expected of a noble lady, her quality is high! Even so, she still has a mood.
joke..."
"Hahahaha! They just read too many romance novels in the big library! They are still heroes! My little beauty, my brother is a real hero!"
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Note 1【Dramaco】
The currency of Alexandria is extremely valuable, one coin is equivalent to ten grains of gold.
Grain: A unit of weight, one grain is equivalent to the weight of one barley grain.