Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

"Are you hungry?"

He opened his eyes drowsily, and vaguely felt someone gently pushing his body.

"Mom? Am I asleep?" David reached out and wiped his eyes.

"You were like this when you were a child. You liked to fall asleep as soon as you were in the car." Gloria smiled and combed David's messy hair with her fingertips.

"The main thing is to turn on the air conditioner, it's quite warm..." David sniffed hard.

"Are you awake now?" Gloria pinched her son's cheek, "You can answer mom now."

"Huh? Oh...I'm okay, I'm not too hungry." David shook his head. He had just woken up with a sore back and couldn't bring up his appetite at all.

"That's it..." Gloria nodded and quietly moved the hand on her belly to another place, "Then let's go home directly?"

"Let's buy something to eat..." David breathed out, "Just mom's favorite ramen."

"Then I'll go buy it first. You wait for me in the car for a while."

"Okay -" David replied in a long tone. He didn't let out a long sigh until he watched his mother get out of the car.

If he hadn't been paying attention to all the subtle movements of Gloria, she might have spent the night hungry again tonight.

He had noticed this situation several times in the past.

David thought for a moment and banged his head against the car door.

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"Waiter, more soup for table 11!"

"Come right away!" Pearl wiped the sweat from his forehead, ran to the back kitchen and brought out a pot of hot water.

"Please use it slowly..." She kept a polite smile while dragging the bottom of the pot and pouring the vegetarian soup.

"Thanks..." The red-haired woman thanked her.

Pearl ignored the answer, just nodded and hurried to other tables.

"Pearl! Come here..."

It was Mr. Zhao, the store manager, calling her.

"Come right away!" Pearl responded, put down her work, turned around and walked towards the rest room of the store.

She was a little embarrassed in her heart and pushed open the wooden door.

"Manager Zhao, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Sit down first..."

Store manager Zhao pointed to the sofa beside her and spoke calmly. It seemed that this was not the worst case scenario she had expected.

"Oh..." Pearl nodded and sat aside obediently.

The comfortable and soft touch of the high-end sofa immediately captured her body, which was sore and weak, and her body, which had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed a little.

Pearl subconsciously narrowed her eyes comfortably, and only half a second later did she realize her gaffe and neglect.

"I'm sorry...Zhao..."

She stood up quickly and was about to bow and apologize when she was stopped by store manager Zhao.

"Don't be nervous, Pearl..." Store Manager Zhao smiled kindly, "You have performed well these days... I can consider you as a formal employee..."

"Thank you, store manager!"

Pearl happily pinched her thigh hard to confirm that the current situation was not just a sweet dream.

"But..." Store Manager Zhao touched his sparse hair, "There is a condition you must know..."

"Any conditions are acceptable! I believe the store manager will not harm me!"

"No, don't worry, Pearl...after reading this contract...if you really agree, sign it...if you don't agree, considering that you have worked hard these days and have not made any mistakes. …”

"How could I refuse!" Pearl excitedly interrupted the store manager's warning, reached for the data chip placed on the table, and inserted it directly into the interface on his neck.

A huge amount of data rushed into her mind, which was so crowded that it felt a dull pain.

Pearl was a little dazzled. Even when she worked in the company before, she had never seen such a huge amount of information.

For no reason, she felt a faint foreboding feeling in her heart.

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"It's snowing..." Yahweh glanced out the window.

"Where is it? Let me see!" Xi Da quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands. He didn't even bother to wipe the greasy corners of his mouth, so he lay on his boyfriend and looked out the foggy window.

"It's really..." V, who was also leaning against the window with his forehead pressed against the cold glass, lowered his head and looked at the sky.

Among the inky black background, those scattered tiny white dots are extremely conspicuous.

"It's snowing..." Jill sighed with emotion, "It feels like I haven't built a snowman in a long time..."

"Lucy Lucy!" Xi shook Lucy, who was silently eating winter melon slices, "How about we go build a snowman tomorrow?"

"You're too naive. I don't want to go...find your boyfriend. He will definitely be willing to accompany you." Lucy shook her head, as if she didn't feel very cold.

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"After it started snowing, I suddenly felt cold..." Melissa looked up and watched the slender white elves spiraling down little by little, and whispered towards Rowena behind her.

"When the snow melts in the morning, it will be even colder..." Rowena put his hands in his pockets and shrank his head, but there was no sign of being afraid of the cold on his face.

Eating hot pot for two people is much faster than having a party with many people.

It had only been an hour, but she and Rowena had already checked out and left with full stomachs.

"What are you thinking about?"

"I was thinking, it would be nice if we went out to have a hot pot meal when there were more people..." Melissa sighed, "Other tables seemed to have been eating for a long time before we came, and after we left, they still We’re having extra meals...it’s just...very lively.”

"Melissa..." Rowena shook the white drops on the tips of her red hair and exhaled a light mist.

"We won't make the same mistake again, right?" Melissa turned back, stared into Rowena's eyes, and asked softly.

"Try your best..." Rowena took the initiative to look away and answered ambiguously.

"Forget it..." Melissa shook her head, "So are we going back to the new safe house now?"

"Although I also want to go back and take a nice hot bath, but it's a pity..." Rowena handed his phone to Melissa.

"What is this? A wanted poster?" Melissa raised her eyebrows. This was the first time she had seen such a novel thing with her own eyes. "What does it mean?"

"Special secret text... It seems that things are not simple this time..." Rowena took back the phone and said while typing characters on the notepad of the phone, translating the message word for word.

"It looks so complicated, do I have to learn it too?"

"You don't have to when I'm here, but the day I'm gone, you have to stay up late to study..."

"Bah, bah, bah... don't say anything unlucky..." Melissa pinched Rowena's waist, but unfortunately someone was not ticklish at all, "So what are you wanted for? Another cyber madman?"

"You just want us to cooperate with the operation and have someone responsible for the search?" Rowena frowned. The Terrorist Mobile Team has always been an independent department. At most, it has simple cooperation with the NCPD police. The current situation is also unprecedented for her. Not heard.