Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The night is getting darker

2:11 am

There was a burst of laughter. Guan Wei looked at Melanda in front of him who was dressed exactly the same as in the adult film he liked. Many people nearby cheered. Pete walked out with a smile, his eyes never leaving. Passed by Melanda.

After retreating to the door, Peter bowed and exited. At this moment, Peter felt relaxed, and the cold sweat on his back broke out, and his hands trembled slightly.

Looking at the door closing a little bit, Melanda had been pulled over by Guan Wei. Many people around her also gathered over, and someone peeled off her clothes.

After the door to the room was closed, Peter raised his head slightly, took out a cigarette, lit it, and sat leaning at the door of the room, smiling bitterly.

Time passed minute by minute, and some sounds could be heard in the room from time to time. Peter lowered his head and smoked cigarettes without saying a word, one after another.

In the past, every time Peter sent Melanda to a place like this, he would wait at the door, but today Peter was a little restless, and waves of inexplicable irritability filled Werther's head.

After Pete thought about it carefully, what lingered in his mind was the expression Melanda showed when she was in the back seat of the car. Pete had never seen Melanda show such a look full of hope and beauty in the past. Come on.

"Gentlemen, please don't be rude!"

Melanda's face turned red and she was panting. However, the men around her did not become gentler. Instead, they became more excited and intensified.

Melanda stared ahead with a painful expression. From the time she was violated to the age of 38, her life had never changed at all.

Many things can only be endured silently. Melanda thought that her final destination in this life would be District 29, but one time the upper management held a model talent show, and Melanda was accidentally selected. Later, she met Pete.

It was only in her 30s that Melanda finally got everything she desired, money, fame and fortune by appearing in adult movies.

But when she looked back, the fear of the past had already eroded everything about Melanda. In the past, she needed a lot of drugs and alcohol to sleep peacefully. Even after obtaining these, she still could not erase the past.

The past was like a huge beast, constantly pounced from behind, devouring Melanda, dismembering her heart with blood, and breaking her into pieces again and again.

Melanda never believed in any man. Those men who approached her had a certain purpose. From the first moment she came into contact with them, Melanda realized it.

On a rainy night in my memory, there was a brief problem with the city's climate circle. After work, Melanda saw Quasimodo squatting on the side of the alley, like a hill. He just squatted quietly. Take shelter from the rain at the door of other people's homes and under the eaves.

I had seen this special actor in the film and television area before. Melanda was holding an umbrella. Looking at the man with half of his body exposed to the rain and his eyes closed quietly, she handed him an umbrella.

Melanda didn't think anything at the time, but the man who looked like a hill opened his eyes and said thank you. Although this strange man always wore a linen hood and had never seen him before, it was rumored that he was very ugly.

But at that time, Melanda had the brightest eyes she had ever seen in her life. Melanda just smiled and walked into the rain. She was in a bad mood every day.

During that time, work was not going too smoothly, and because she was violated by a director, she became more and more painful. She felt that she was becoming increasingly invisible, and the whole world was only filled with darkness.

As a result, Melanda was entangled by several men who got out of the car before she took a few steps. She was a little scared and frightened.

Many women in the film and television industry are like this. When many things happen, they can only continue to care about their reputation and future work, and choose to remain silent. Some women may have resisted at first, but the end is usually quite tragic, and Some women just go along with it.

Then Quasimodo came over and helped Melanda solve the entangled problem. At that time, Melanda couldn't help but throw herself into Quasimodo's arms.

Melanda remembered everything that day clearly. For some reason, Melanda felt at ease for the first time.

In the days since then, Melanda gradually felt happy, and there was light in her every day.

Why should I come?

4 a.m.

Quasimodo was walking on the street, but he still did not leave the confines of the Meteor Club. The streets were almost empty, and the door to the club was open. The mutant bodyguard at the door just now made an exception and allowed him to enter the club. As a result, except Outside the staff, Melanda was not seen.

Loss and helplessness filled Quasimodo's heart at this moment. He had been thinking about it since a long time ago, and always wanted to grab something, but in the end he let go.

Quasimodo regretted a little. He wanted to stop Melanda, but he didn't. Obviously Quasimodo wanted to stop it, but he let go. After seeing Melanda's tangled and painful expression .

"Let me ask you, do you have a photo of the person you are looking for?"

The mutant bodyguard who let Quasimodo in before came over, and Quasimodo shook his head.

"But I seem to have heard the name Melanda somewhere."

The bodyguard said as he turned on his phone and quickly entered Melanda's name on an Internet search page. A bunch of adult videos popped up, all of which required payment to watch.

The bodyguard looked at Quasimodo with a strange expression and asked.

"Are you looking for this Melanda?"

Quasimodo nodded slightly, and the bodyguard laughed helplessly.

"How could such a star in the adult entertainment industry come to our store? Sir, you can't."

The bodyguard didn't continue talking. The man's eyes didn't look like he was joking. He was looking for Melanda. Moreover, the man was illiterate and stammered when he spoke. He looked very cowardly.

"Why don't you report the crime!"

Quasimodo shook his head. Although he really wanted to find Melanda, Melanda, who was now in a lawsuit, would be in trouble if she was caught again.

"Friend, although I don't know what you want to do with this woman, it's best not to get involved with this kind of woman."

The bodyguard said as he entered the store and found an old-fashioned printer in the store's warehouse. A few minutes later he came out with a stack of dusty color photos and handed a large stack to Quasimodo.

"Thanks!"

The bodyguard patted Quasimodo on the arm.

"You look very strong my friend, why don't you find a job?"

Quasimodo shook his head, looked at the smiling Melanda in the photo, turned around and walked away.

boom

With a burst of shattering sounds, Melanda was unconscious, her whole body was hot, and she stumbled down from a stage covered with red carpet. Guan Wei behind him laughed, walked over, and kicked her butt. .

Melanda crawled toward the door unconsciously. She kept crawling on the ground, and several men gathered around her.

Everything in front of her was upside down and confusing. She had just been forced to take a drug. At this time, her whole body was unbearably hot. She just wanted to leave quickly.

squeak

The door to the room was pushed open a crack, and Melanda climbed out. Peter outside looked at Melanda dumbfounded.

"Boss Guan, what are you doing?"

"None of your business."

Seeing Melanda being dragged back and the door of the room being closed again, Peter looked at everything in front of him with some trembling. Melanda raised a hand and looked at him with bewildered eyes, and the door closed again little by little.

Peter sat on the ground. This had happened several times before. Peter just waited quietly. He turned around and leaned against the door behind him again, lighting a cigarette.

"I'm really a complete scumbag! Haha."

Pete smiled bitterly. He knew very well that he and Melanda were the same. Once they entered this circle, it would be difficult to get out.

Pete has seen worse people than this before. Money can buy everything. This is the rule in this circle. Pete knows very well why Melanda came here tonight. In addition to wanting to repay him for a little kindness, More should be considered in subsequent life.

Many of the films that Peter negotiated with were all on a buyout basis. When Melanda's net worth was at its highest, it was once as high as one million, but now after paying the contract company's liquidated damages, both Melanda and herself have very little left. .

Pete sighed deeply and pulled off his collar. He knew very well that no matter how strict the laws in the city were and no matter how well the 5 subjects were managed, this kind of problem was unavoidable. The Film and Television Entertainment Association was also making drastic reforms. , but even if you can control the rules of the industry, you still can't control things like people's hearts.

"Just finish this once, Miranda. I'm sorry."

Peter lowered his head and looked at the red carpet on the ground. At this time, the door of the room behind him was opened again. Peter was startled and almost fell in, but at this time, a hand grabbed Peter's back collar.

"how"

The moment Peter turned around, the cigarette in his mouth fell to the carpet, a burning smell wafted up, and the door of the room behind him was closed.

Everyone in the room looked very panicked. There was a mutant bodyguard who was helping Melanda on the ground to perform artificial respiration, but soon everyone's expressions became extremely serious.

Pete looked at Melanda on the ground with a pale face, like a withered flower. Guan Wei was talking to someone on the phone at this time, and several mutant bodyguards also looked extremely ugly.

"Don't panic, it's okay. I've found professional people to handle it."

At this time, many people looked at Peter, and two mutant bodyguards took Peter over.

"We don't want this to happen either!"

As Guan Wei said, several young men from the family behind him were still teasing.

"Idiot, you took too much."

"He's dead anyway."

Pete was trembling, and Guan Wei took out his cell phone.

"I'll give you 1 million, and don't mention a word about the unnecessary things. Do you hear me? You are also an accomplice. You also know what will happen if you are caught by Section 5 in this kind of crime."

Peter nodded slightly.

A few minutes later, Peter walked out of the club and stood on the street blankly, with a cold wind blowing in his face.

Not knowing where to go, or what to do, Pete walked to the car.

"What the hell am I doing!"

In the distant horizon, the artificial sun began to burn at 6 o'clock in the morning.

"What are you doing!"

A slightly drunk man looked at a color photo handed to him. There was a woman on it, and next to him was "Have you seen this young lady?"

The man looked at her carefully and shook his head, but he seemed to feel that he had indeed seen this woman somewhere. As soon as he saw the name, the man burst out laughing and patted the leg of the giant man in front of him.

"I heard recently that this Melanda moved to Area 58. Go and look for her there."

Quasimodo looked at the other people, said thank you, walked over, and continued to look for the photos.

The streets began to heat up quickly and became lively, but many people saw a giant man more than three meters tall on the street, holding a paper photo, looking for a woman, and saying thank you over and over again.

Walking from one street to another, Quasimodo asked many people. It was already past 7 o'clock in the morning. He looked around blankly and started to move towards the station. He wanted to go back to Area 58. At home, wait and see when Melanda will come back.

The sunshine this morning was a bit dazzling. Quasimodo didn't rest all night and became a little tired. In front of a bus, Quasimodo took out some money in his pocket. Melanda taught him how to identify it. This money, how much it costs to buy something, how much it costs to take a car, etc., Quasimodo used to buy things, and after people found out that he couldn't read, they tricked him many times.

After a while, Quasimodo was lying on the shelf at the top of the bus, his whole body covered with sunlight, surrounded by goods, because he could not sit in the bus and could only sit on the shelf.

"Melanda!"

8:11 am

On the streets of Qinglong Street, Crystal was walking blankly. She had been rejected for many interviews. She was still holding a business card given to her by Xingyuan in her hand. Crystal smiled happily, feeling that she still had a way out. This gentle and handsome man A great writer would give her a job.

Everything last night was still vivid in my mind. In many stores, after trying it, they were criticized as not attractive at all, and they concluded that there would be no customers at all. Crystal could only go to interviews one by one. She was a little tired. .

At this time, a woman in a purple skirt and carrying a cello walked over from the opposite side. She looked very beautiful. As the woman came, many people on the street greeted her respectfully and called her Miss Jielin.

Crystal looked at the woman in front of her with envy. She didn't know why she was so popular. When the woman passed by, Crystal suddenly asked.

"Why are you so popular?"

Jie Lin looked at this woman who looked a little crazy in her demeanor. She smiled and nodded and was about to leave when she was grabbed by Crystal.

"Why are all the people above you like this? I'm asking you a question!"

"Miss, if you have any questions, you can contact the business department. I have to go to work."

Jie Lin walked quickly, and the crazy woman behind her followed her all the way. Jie Lin was a little surprised. She walked faster and faster, and the woman behind her also followed quickly, jumping and jumping as if dancing. On the streets.

The people around looked at this crazy woman following Jie Lin in surprise, looking innocent and romantic.

At this time, Jielin stopped, and just as she turned her head, she noticed that the woman's raised hand was tightly holding a cardboard business card. This kind of old business card can still be seen in many places on the upper floors. Although the business department has repeatedly issued strict orders not to use paper, some people are still using it, but this business card is somewhat familiar to Jie Lin.

"Where did you get Mr. Xingyuan's business card?"

"He gave it to me."

Crystal replied. Jielin grabbed Crystal's wrist and took the business card from her hand. It was indeed a business card that only Xingyuan had. It had contact information and the location of Xingyuan Studio.

"Why would Mr. Xingyuan give you such a thing?"

Jaylin asked in confusion.

"Of course Mr. Xingyuan gave it to me because he likes me!"

Jie Lin laughed and shook her head. She didn't want to pay attention to this crazy woman anymore and suddenly threw the business card in her hand. Crystal immediately turned around and chased after her. Jie Lin quickly ran into an alley. Many people on the street laughed happily, watching Crystal stumbling and grabbing the thin business card in the wind.

In the alley, Jie Lin pressed her forehead, her eyes a little scary. She had been feeling uncomfortable recently, depressed and depressed, her whole body was a little weak, and her temper began to become extremely irritable. She often yelled at people in the Reed Theater. Yelling, there were even times when I couldn't control my emotions on stage.

Jielin didn't want to be like her father, but she also didn't want to see a doctor. Her father originally suffered from severe mental illness. From a very young age, she discovered that her father was different from other people. His personality often changed drastically, and It became increasingly difficult to control my emotions, and many times I could only rely on medication to stabilize myself.

At this moment, Jie Lin felt that something was wrong and wanted to laugh. She started to laugh uncontrollably. She had just been affected by the crazy woman's weird behavior, and a lot of thoughts began to grow in her mind. This kind of unpleasantness began to arise. The controlled thoughts made Jielin squat on the ground, panting continuously and smiling with a red face. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but the smile soon disappeared, and Jielin's cheeks became ferocious, and her cheeks became ferocious. Anger began to fill Jaylin's head.

boom

Along with the splintered wood chips, Jielin gasped and watched the cello in her hand being smashed to pieces. The pressure gradually began to ease. She swallowed, but at this time, people passing by noticed Jielin's unusual behavior and stopped. Watching from the entrance of the alley.

A wave of sadness and embarrassment emerged from Jie Lin's heart and rushed to her forehead. She turned around quickly, picked up the bag on the ground and ran without looking back.

Jielin didn't know what to do. She could only continue running. Jielin started to cry under the sun. She didn't know what to do. Devils and angels seemed to live in her heart every day. She didn't want to Becoming like my father, the situation has become more and more serious recently.

Suddenly, Jielin saw a hand in front of her. Before she could react, she was hugged gently by a pair of hands.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry!"

Jie Lin looked at the crazy woman just now with some surprise. She was now being held by the woman, who was stroking her head.

"Don't cry! You must be miserable every day."

Jie Lin's consciousness became a little blurry. She felt dizzy and fainted. Crystal supported her, picked her up with a smile, and walked onto the sunny street with a smile.

Crystal saw the Reed Theater logo on Jie Lin's bag, and then remembered that she was from Reed Theater, and she carried Jie Lin all the way.

"Wow! Why is that man so handsome?"

Crystal looked in astonishment at the white-haired man in a uniform opposite the ML candy store who was leaning on the counter with a cigarette in his mouth and chatting with the boss. She ran over happily.

crunch

Accompanied by a sound of braking, Crystal instantly realized that this was a street with heavy traffic in the morning. A car equipped with AI braked in an instant. The airbag at the front of the car popped out, but it still could not change the impact of inertia.

Jing Shuang was already a little confused. He only felt dizzy, but soon he felt a cold hand catching him and Jie Lin on his back. Jing Jing raised his head and looked at the store just now in amazement. The handsome man smoking a cigarette.

Light blue particles were scattered on the road, and many cars that were about to overturn stood in the air. After landing, Gene glanced at the two girls. One of them was unconscious, and the other was not seriously injured.

"Miss, don't cross the highway at will in the future. It's very dangerous."

Gene said and put the two of them on the side of the road, and began to walk over to divert the traffic. Soon many people took pictures with their mobile phones, and many women were attracted to stop on the street. Crystal Her voice had been drowned by the whistle. She wanted to break through the crowd, but there was no way. After the crowd dispersed, Crystal looked around blankly. The man who seemed to be like the wind running out of a fairy tale world was no longer there. Know where it went.

Ye Lai and his wife smiled helplessly, looking at the situation outside. Jean would often come over to take a look, because they had known each other a long time ago when Ye Lai was a child.

At that time, Ye Lai almost beat someone to death because of a fight on the street. In the end, Jean held him back. From then on, the two got to know each other and became friends.

"Honey, what did the doctor say?"

The wife said shyly.

"My body is fine and I can have a baby."

Ye Lai smiled and nodded. The unexpected miscarriage of their last child made Ye Lai and his wife very sad. Gene would come over from time to time to comfort him.

But everything is fine now. Ye Lai hopes to have a child next year. By then, there will be more laughter in this small candy shop.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked into the candy shop. He looked at the candies on the shelves, selected many of his favorite candies, and brought them to the counter.

"Sir, if you buy so much, you have to go visit us."

The middle-aged man smiled gently and shook his head.

"Is your surname also Ye?"

Ye Lai hummed and looked at the middle-aged man in confusion.

"Sir, is your surname also Ye?"

"My name is Ye Chunwang!"

Ye Lai was a little surprised, while his wife covered her mouth. Both husband and wife looked at this former manager of the eastern grain base in disbelief. They had often heard this name, but had never seen it before.

After a while, Ye Chunwang took the wrapped candies and walked out of the store. He sighed helplessly. He really wanted to follow his wife to visit. Many people in the past management were like him. They had already passed. Very happy and contented, completely separated from the previous working state, but Ye Chunwang has often dreamed of everything he had in that land recently.

Many times Ye Chunwang wanted to go back to the farm to visit because he had stayed there for too long, but in the end he resisted. The agricultural base had been handed over to the group of young people, and now he only needed to spend his old age in peace.

Ye Chunwang often thinks about whether all this is what he wants! In fact, the answer is already known. Ye Chunwang is still in good health. Even if he continues to work for thirty years, there will be no problem at all. In addition to some problems in the agricultural department, he has tried to communicate with Clark and Natasha many times, but the result is still the same. the same.

No matter what era or time, the city's food production will always be the first. Ye Chunwang knows very well that this is fundamental, but now the city does not have the ability to expand more resources to the barrier area. It is impossible to reach the barrier alone. area, but light is an extremely important part of land recovery. If that piece of frozen soil is used, it can produce more food.

While he was thinking, Ye Chunwang had already arrived at an intersection. He stood quietly on the side of the street, looking at the congested traffic and pedestrians crowding the pedestrian path, and the traffic lights were still changing.

Unknowingly, Ye Chunwang had taken out his phone and pressed the number 0012.

"Clark, are you free tonight? Come to my house."

"Old man Ye, do you think I'm free? I've been working continuously for four months, and I still have something to do."

The phone was hung up, Ye Chunwang had a bitter look on his face, and he pressed the number 001201 again.

"I'm very busy, Old Man Ye. I'll wait for another day. I still need to check some food shipments and submit the shipment data to Section 2. R has already urged me many times."

Ye Chunwang called one after another, but the replies he got were all very busy. He sighed helplessly, smiled slightly, and looked at the flow of people walking on the street.

Times have completely changed. Although Ye Chunwang is very clear that an era of efficiency and convenience has begun, Ye Chunwang is still not used to using those light and shadow appliances recently. He still retains many electrical appliances from the old era at home, with his wife and two children. Everyone said it was okay to throw it away, but Ye Chunwang was reluctant to throw it away.

Just when Ye Chunwang was about to walk across the street, he smelled a smell of smoke. As soon as he turned around, he saw Jean in the alley. Ye Chunwang walked over.

"What's wrong? Are you still not used to it? Xiaoye."

"How can you adapt to it!"

Gene smiled and nodded.

"Let's have a drink together. If no one is with you next time, give me a call."

Ye Chunwang looked at Jean with a smile and followed him. The same back, the same smile, the same puff of smoke. No matter how the times changed, the man in front of him still did not change at all. He was still the same as before, just like a brush. The breeze on my shoulders.