"Dandan, I've told you many times, don't litter, especially not in the middle of the road.

Do you know that tomorrow, the hardworking sanitation workers will have to risk their lives to clean it up in the middle of the road?

Because for them, not cleaning properly might mean a deduction in their salary. Some people sitting in air-conditioned offices even get bored enough to sweep up dust from one square meter and weigh it on an electronic scale to see if it meets the standard.

Life is already hard enough, we should try not to add to other people's burdens, understand?"

"You're pitying them?"

"Oh no, why would I pity them, these stupid, dirty, greedy, selfish bugs?

Am I crazy, to pity them?

I'm pitying myself.

Damn it, I spent a hundred years trying to be a normal person, only to find that I just can't integrate into their disgusting collective.

I feel sorry for this city, I really like this city, so your garbage will ruin the beauty of this city.

Damn it,

I also hate this noisy, damned city.

I'm pitying myself;

Because we walk this street at least twice a day, and tomorrow if there's a car accident here, I'll smell blood, I'll feel sick, I'll feel uncomfortable.

Got it?"

"Okay."

The girl bent down and picked up the box she had just thrown in the middle of the road.

"Very good, people need to have civic virtue, you've improved, Dandan."

The man snapped his fingers with satisfaction. He was dragging a suitcase that looked very light, because it was able to slide along the road by itself.

Moreover, the suitcase was constantly trembling, as if it was propelling itself forward.

"I heard that some company was bored enough to make a product, a suitcase that you can sit on and drive like an electric scooter."

"Sounds good."

"Good? Spending a lot of money to buy such a suitcase, and then being looked at like an idiot by everyone at the airport while you sit on the suitcase going 'beep beep beep'."

"At least it sounds more reliable than a new energy vehicle."

"There's some truth to what you say."

"When are you taking that car of yours in for repairs?"

"That car is great, I really like it, especially the door opening part. You have to scan the car door with your phone to unlock it, the anti-theft ability is definitely first-class."

"So when the scanning fails, you can't even open the car door? It's better to just use a key."

"I'm just saying it's very good at anti-theft. Look, even I can't open the car door, let alone a thief."

"Tsk, now that you put it that way, it does seem to make sense."

A man and a woman, looking to be in their twenties, were walking side by side on the street at dawn.

"How long are we staying in Tong City?"

"I don't know, we'll wait for Grandpa's instructions."

"I don't mind staying here, but I really hate this feeling of being a nanny."

"Dandan, you'll also mate someday and become a mother."

"I said nanny, not mother."

"But in fact, in my opinion, most mothers are actually playing the role of a nanny."

"I find you very wise tonight."

"I'm wise every night. Yeah, I actually quite like this word. I remember when I first learned it, it was still a complimentary term.

But who knew that the boring bugs would actually make some changes."

"Why so much resentment?"

"The year before last, Grandpa made another opium pipe, and I gave him a thumbs up in front of him, 'You're so wise.'"

"And then?"

"I got a beating from Grandpa."

"Heh heh."

"Don't laugh."

"If Grandpa knew you were secretly smoking his opium, would he break your legs?"

"As long as he doesn't break my third leg, it doesn't matter."

"Wise."

"Alright, Dandan, if we hadn't met Grandpa, our lives would be very pure, living naked in the great forest without any shame, you would have a litter, uh, litter after litter.

You should be glad that you've become a 'person' now, well, at least you look like one."

"Why?"

"Because I've always envied humans' ability to reproduce. They're already very fertile and good at raising children, and now with their advanced medical conditions, the survival rate is enough to make other species in the forest envious."

"Are you worried about the country and its people?"

"I guess so. Every time I think about this, I get worried, so worried that I want to go back and take a few more puffs of opium."

"If Grandpa knew you…"

"It's okay, according to human society, if you smoke when you're sixteen, your dad will beat you;

But if you're twenty-six and you smoke, your dad will hand you a cigarette when he's smoking."

"Are you saying you've grown up?"

"Uh-huh, anyway, we don't have any good opium here. Those people whose lives are just smooth sailing, do you really think there'll be any effect after you make them into opium leaves and smoke them?

Food from capture to a series of processes, finally entering our mouths and then to the final excretion,

Do you know how much of that can be absorbed by us and how much energy is wasted?"

"But you're still smoking, what's the point?"

"The streets are full of smokers, go ask them."

The girl glanced at the suitcase next to her, frowned, and said:

"Grandpa sent us here this time, just for him?"

"He's different, Grandpa values him a lot, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to get his essence alone and let the treasure silkworm hatch it."

"He's indeed different, others are just a phantom, like smoke, seemingly existing, but in reality, everything is illusory;

But this one,

Can actually grow up."

"So, Grandpa values him a lot, otherwise, when he left Tong City a year and a half ago, he would have put him alone in the pool soaking in the thing that even you and I were jealous of.

We usually flatter Grandpa and can only get one or two pieces of things, but this guy, he's been soaking in a pool full of that stuff for a year or two.

Grandpa is really raising him as a person, oh no, he wants to raise him into a person."

"So he's naughty, he's full, he can actually run out of the room himself, and even run outside to wander around."

"Don't be so resentful, especially towards Grandpa."

As the man spoke, he pointed his finger to the sky,

And continued:

"The two of us, the two things we can't resent the most and are least qualified to complain about in this lifetime,

One is Father Heaven above our heads,

Because it still allows us to continue to brag and talk here, walking on the street without worrying about being struck to death by a sudden lightning bolt;

The other is our Grandpa, otherwise our bones would probably have turned to ashes by now, and we wouldn't even know how to build a grave, so future generations could find a place to worship…

Heh, our future generations probably wouldn't even know what worship is."

"I just want to go back to the lakeside and continue sleeping, instead of coming to the city just to catch this thing."

"Alright, actually this is also good news, which means that the opium leaves have begun to mature, have developed to the point of having sexual urges, and are not far from becoming finished opium leaves."

"What's so different about him that Grandpa values him so much?"

"Fate, although people like to say that all beings are equal now, in reality, we ourselves know best that people's fates are different, just like the fates of humans and our beasts, they are different from birth.

Three years ago, when Grandpa first came to Tong City, he saw this person. At that time, Grandpa went up and asked for his birth date and time, looked at his face, and tested his character. Grandpa determined that he had the fate of a dragon swimming in shallow waters.

Like some of the founding emperors of ancient human dynasties, before they rose to prominence, they were very unknown, but they were just lacking an opportunity or the time was not ripe, but their own fate had long exceeded the concept of great wealth and high status.

Grandpa left because he had something to do at the time, but he did tell Grandpa that he had frozen his essence, which is why Grandpa made all the arrangements when he came to Tong City again a year and a half ago."

"Heh, I can't feel anything different."

"Don't look at him like this now, hiss, I can't say that. Grandpa once said to me, this person looks cowardly, but you really can't judge a book by its cover, he has the fate of a dragon soaring and a tiger leaping.

This kind of opium leaf, as long as it's raised well, grows up, and is lit,

Tsk tsk,

Not to say it can really steal his luck,

At least you can taste some flavor, and replenish yourself."

"Then why not just snatch..."

The man raised his hand to stop the woman's words,

And scolded:

"You said that the opium we usually smoke is just for the sake of smoking. First, that kind of method of directly plundering luck is not something we can touch. Not to mention us, even Grandpa can't directly plunder the luck and fate of the original person.

Second, the effect is much worse if we do it this way, but it's better than nothing. The way of luck is extremely ethereal, and only those at Grandpa's level can get a glimpse of it.

Could it be that there really is such a simple thing in this world,

Locking the people you want to plunder in a room and letting them lie in bed and sleep,

And then their luck and fate will be directly transferred over?"

"Too profound, I don't understand."

"It's good that you don't understand. I've been with Grandpa for a few years longer than you. Some things you still have to learn slowly, and then..."

The man stopped talking,

Because he noticed that the door of the shop was half open.

"Something's wrong."

The man and woman immediately rushed into the shop,

And saw the female shop assistant lying on the ground, already unconscious.

"She's fainted," the woman said.

The man twitched his nose a few times, then revealed a cold smile,

"Still upstairs!"

The man quickly ran up the stairs,

Pushed open the iron door to the kitchen,

Just ran to the living room,

And saw Zhou Ze walking out of the room inside.

The man frowned slightly,

He suddenly felt that the intruder in front of him was inexplicably familiar, but he was sure that he didn't know the person in front of him,

Immediately pointing at Zhou Ze,

He said with a smile on his lips:

"I don't know if you're a cop or someone else, but I'm sorry, this isn't a place you should be breaking into."

Upon hearing this,

Zhou Ze wiped his hands with a tissue and slowly said:

"Oh? I don't think there's anywhere in Tong City that I can't go."

The man smiled,

And said:

"That's a very nice thing to say.

I hope you can still say such nice things later,

When I beat you so badly that your face can kiss your balls."

Boss Zhou heard this,

Was stunned for a moment,

And said:

"Good suggestion."