"Hmm. Yes, why? Doesn’t everyone know?" Ren Zhong thought for a moment and shook his head, "Tang Shuying is not trustworthy. Don’t try to win her over to help you with your revenge. It’s unrealistic."
Hanyu waved her hands repeatedly, "I never thought of that. I won’t let personal hatred disrupt your plans. I’m sure you have everything arranged. I just feel... feel..."
"Captain Tang will definitely reward Yang Bingzhong, who brought her to Chromium Carbon Town, tonight or tomorrow morning. Mr. Ren, you’re a Citizen now, and you’re better to us. Moreover, back in Starfire Town, you’d rarely hear of a Citizen without at least two or three bed companions. It stands to reason that Zheng Tian and I should also... um... um..."
Ren Zhong instantly understood her meaning, "That’s not necessary."
"Do you think I’m not attractive? I can actually remove the Disguise on my face."
Ren Zhong shook his head, "That’s not it."
"Then why? Mr. Ren, it’s actually very unusual for you to act this way. I know you have desires; that day when you were injured, when I carried you out..."
Upon hearing this, Ren Zhong felt a bit embarrassed.
At that time, Hanyu thought he was dreaming, but he was actually awake and fully aware.
But quickly, he found himself losing interest.
He patted Hanyu’s shoulder and said slowly, "I admit I’m human too, with emotions and desires. I also admit my abnormality, but I have my reasons. Do you think that now I’ve become a Citizen, I should naturally behave like one? Do you think I should enjoy life now? Including your body?"
Hanyu blinked, "Ah? Shouldn’t you? It’s just that... I know Mr. Ren, you didn’t choose us for this. But without this step, it always feels somewhat against common sense."
Ren Zhong asked again, "If I really were the type of Citizen you understand, would I keep my promises to you? Your situation is not simple. Moreover, it completely goes against the comfortable life we now have. Should I really enjoy it?"
After a while, Ren Zhong said, "My abnormality, in a sense, is supposed to be normal."
Hanyu couldn’t quite understand his words, only knowing one thing: Mr. Ren was truly different.
"Alright, come into the living room with me. I have something to tell you all."
Ren Zhong took her hand and quickly walked ahead.
At the long table, Ren Zhong first instructed Wen Lei and Ou Youning to check the room for any eavesdropping or surveillance devices, then told everyone to turn off their Wrist watches.
"There are fifteen minutes left. Each person has five minutes to eat, and then listen to me."
Five minutes later, everyone put down their spoons almost simultaneously.
Ren Zhong clenched his right hand into a fist, his middle finger knuckles lightly tapping the table with a certain rhythm.
He pondered for thirty seconds before speaking.
"I’ve noticed changes in you all, which is neither surprising nor unreasonable. An superior and comfortable living environment can make people feel at ease, that’s a fact. Pursuing a better life is also human nature, nothing to blame there. I understand your changes, but that doesn’t mean I like them."
"A comfortable life can make a person relax that string in their heart. However, you must understand one thing: we weren’t born into such comfort. We are not people from this Chromium Carbon Town. We are from Starfire Town."
"You must remember this. More importantly, you must remember what we gave up to leave? Perhaps, with your past life perspectives, you can’t understand, so I’ll tell you."
"Starfire Town has only one hope of passing the Pu Cha, and that is for a Fifth Level Professional to rise from the savages and defeat the Combat Power Assessment Officer during the Pu Cha. And I, Ren Zhong, am the only one among all the Professionals in Starfire Town with hope to achieve this. But now I’ve abandoned my promise, fled, turned a deserter."
"So, seeing this house, I’m not happy at all. In a sense, to come here, I gave up my integrity. But I didn’t come here for comfort and enjoyment! I constantly remember what kind of fate the twenty thousand savages left in Starfire Town are about to face."
"I must also tell you, I and your current small successes are actually built on the skeletal remains of those twenty thousand savages from Starfire Town. Don’t simply think that you just latched onto my coattails to get out. What truly helped us break free from our destined shackles is precisely the Starfire Town we abandoned!"