Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

Moonless winter nights always look particularly deserted.

The float car roared and flew slowly over the noisy city.

When you pass by the 3D projection next to the tall building, it is like a ship passing by on the water, leaving a few light blue ripples.

The silent night sky flowing with sticky ink echoes the shimmering iridescence of the city below, like an inverted black ocean and bright starry sky.

An Xianyuan looked at the gorgeous and lonely scenery outside the car window, and temporarily put aside all the sadness in her heart.

Laura sat leaning in her arms, sipping the warm milk. After applying the steaming mist in the cup to her face for a short while, she already squinted her eyes comfortably and raised her toes.

"Cough cough cough..."

It wasn't until a short cough broke the warm and quiet atmosphere.

Zhang Xian'an sat opposite the two girls, one large and one small, wearing a high-protection mask on his face, coughing softly, and his body was shaking.

"you caught a cold?"

Because Laura was also there, An Xianyuan restrained the harsh words that came to her lips, and rarely expressed any concern for the rotten person in front of her.

"Ahem... almost," Zhang Xian'an frowned. The unknown illness was much more serious than he expected, "You... better stay away from me lately."

An Xianyuan rolled her eyes and indicated with her eyes that she had no intention of getting close to him in the first place. Then she hugged Laura and moved her position as far away from him as possible.

Zhang Xian'an shrugged, but tightened the mask on his face, and did not continue to argue with her on this topic, "I actually didn't expect you to bring this little girl with you... What's her name?"

"My name is Laura..." The little girl answered timidly while hiding in An Xianyuan's arms.

"Don't scare her..." An Xianyuan glared at the man, like a lioness protecting her cubs, "Besides, if I go back to South Korea with you, what will she do? What if I don't take her with me?" Now, who will take care of her? It depends on your... forget it..."

An Xianyuan sighed, rubbed her hair, and did not continue.

Laura grabbed the woman's sleeve and brought the warm milk in her arms to her chapped lips like a treasure.

"Thank you~ Laura..." The resentment and anger in his heart all disappeared the moment he met the girl's green eyes.

An Xianyuan smiled happily, while rubbing the little girl's soft face, she happily took a sip of the still warm hot milk.

Zhang Xian'an silently stared at her, a complete stranger, in a daze.

The next second, the pain that seemed to tear his lungs apart completely shattered the thoughts that had just arisen in his mind.

"Cough cough cough cough..."

The sound of coughing that got worse and worse kept echoing in the floating car, endlessly.

An Xianyuan sighed, put the milk cup back into Laura's arms, turned around, took out a box of medicine from her handbag, and threw it to the man opposite.

"Eat something, although it treats the symptoms but not the root cause..."

"CPH-4?" Zhang Xian'an hurriedly caught the medicine flying in mid-air and asked in surprise, "How do you know?... Cough cough cough cough... And why do you have it in your hand?"

"It was left in your office. I don't know why you forgot to take it... Also, didn't you yourself promote that this medicine can be effective for many diseases? You are treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor..." An Xianyuan put her handbag He put it back in place and answered his question angrily.

The corner of Zhang Xian'an's mouth twitched, and he clutched the medicine box in his hand, his eyes flickering.

"Don't think blindly... This is a deal. A box of medicine in exchange for Laura and I not being disturbed in the Zhang family these days. Isn't that too much?"

"You use my things to negotiate terms with me? Okay... it's a deal."

To An Xianyuan's expectation, the man in front of her decisively agreed to the deal she had casually made up.

She raised her head, rarely looking straight into the man's eyes that could not see the depth for a moment.

"What's wrong? Isn't it rare for me to show kindness?" Zhang Xian'an understood what she meant, rubbed his aching brow, and said angrily.

"If you were really kind, you should let us go... I don't want to go back to Korea with you..."

"You have the guts to say this to the old man...these are all his bad ideas."

That hateful old face flashed through her mind, and An Xianyuan shuddered, feeling as if she was covered in a layer of frost.

"Sister, where are we going?"

Laura was not affected. After putting the clean milk cup in her hand back on the drink holder, she got back into An Xianyuan's arms and asked in a sweet voice.

"Ah... go to a place similar to Night City."

"hell?"

"Pfft..." Zhang Xian'an had no intention of eavesdropping on their conversation, because the cute child's voice was too penetrating and the content was also very interesting.

"Laura, let's keep our voices down, don't let the bad uncle across the way hear us, you know?" An Xianyuan pursed her lips and whispered.

"Oh..." Laura nodded obediently, placed her little head next to An Xianyuan's ear, and said something softly, which made her happy.

"Hey! Can you please stop whispering in front of me?"

"We sisters are telling some secrets, what's wrong?"

"I think you are quite talented at being a mother..." Zhang Xian'an gritted his teeth and was about to threaten him subconsciously, but after seeing Laura's curious look, he suppressed it in frustration.

"Mom?" Laura withdrew her curious gaze and arched her little head on An Xianyuan's chest, "Mom!"

"Ah! Don't listen to that rotten person's nonsense..." An Xianyuan hugged the little girl and quietly raised her middle finger to someone.

"Is that still sister?"

Every time she looked directly into Laura's beautiful eyes, An Xianyuan could not think of rejecting her.

"In this way, when it's just you and me, you can be as affectionate as you want, but you can still call me sister in front of outsiders, okay?"

"Okay~" Laura narrowed her eyes happily again, and kissed An Xianyuan hard on the cheek.

"You really don't want to have anything to do with me?" Zhang Xian breathed a sigh of relief and asked calmly.

"The last woman who wanted to have a relationship with you has become your first experiment... Do you think I am willing? Mr. Zhang?"

"You are more suitable to be an agent than a secretary..." Zhang Xian'an did not expect that the woman in front of him could even learn such secret information, and was speechless.

"Just look forward to it silently, there will be a day...you'd better pray not to die in my hands." An Xianyuan covered Laura's ears and whispered.

After hearing this, Zhang Xian'an just nodded silently but did not respond.

The cold wind howled outside the car window, seeming to laugh mockingly.