“Heh.” The high-heeled woman laughed disdainfully. “How dare you Bxxxx have a say in what I want to do?” She exhaled another puff of smoke and saw from the corner of her eyes that the two wanderers on the ground were still standing there stupidly, and she was too lazy to pay attention to them.
The gentlewoman did not get angry although she got scolded, instead, she just frowned aggrievedly and said sadly: “I say so to be considerate for your good. Why don’t you appreciate it, sister?”
Perhaps she herself also did not believe this sentence.
The high-heeled woman threw the remaining cigarette butt on the ground, crushed it with the sole of her shoe, and went to the back of the tavern with a sneer. Even after her figure disappeared, the gentlewoman’s smile remained unchanged. She turned and walked to Cen Zhen and Lian Yu, and handed wet wipes to the two wanders who had helped each other up.
The cloth was rough, and it felt like sandpaper when it touched his skin. Cen Zhen symbolically wiped the mud off his hands and said, “Thank you.”
“Would you like to come in and have a seat? There are ice cubes in the store. If you have money, you can also have a cold beer.” The woman asked, but she was sure that the two would follow. After all, they had nowhere to go. It was a wrong choice to seek refuge on Whale Star. It was even more suicidal to flee to the south after landing on Beiliang Island.
For most planets with rich resources or relatively rich, beer is the least worthwhile drink. Just like on the Special Planet, you can crush down on it for merely a hundred coins. However, on Beiliang Island, beer is definitely a luxury.
Cen Zhen didn’t have this concept, but he knew that he would definitely be ripped off later. This place was a black shop, and the things it sold lived up to its name, which was always expensive and unpalatable.
Lian Yu followed him closely, always keeping his head down silently. It was challenging to ask him to reduce his presence, but this time it was the Sentinel who took the initiative to take the role of being taciturn, cowardly, and timid character to lower the enemy’s vigilance. Cen Zhen naturally went with his flow.
Unexpectedly, there were a lot of people in the black tavern, all kinds of races gathered, and they shouted and drank like taking a shower. It was as lively as a farmer’s market. The entry of two strangers in cloaks caused a fuss in the crowd. They looked at Cen Zhen and Lian Yu as if they were staring at two sheep to be slaughtered, and even thought the sheep’s meat was not fat enough.
As soon as Lian Yu entered the door, he immediately chose to block his hearing and smell, otherwise he felt that he might die in there.
The gentlewoman led the wanderer to the bar, and tapped the table with her pale fingers, “Guests are here, treat them well.” After that, she threw a coquettish blink at Cen Zhen and flew into the crowd like a butterfly in the jungle.
The bartender wiping the wine glass came over immediately and asked as if this was a real bar: “What would you like to drink?” His tongue was skinny. He was obviously a man, but his voice was gentle and sharp, like… a bird.
Since they wouldn’t pay later anyway, Cen Zhen took off his hood, revealing messy black hair. His face was covered with mud and dust, but his blue eyes were still clean. After he sat down, he raised his head and looked at the highest point of the wine rack. “That purple one, two glasses.”
“Purple?” The bartender was stunned, looked back for a long time, and suddenly smiled: “You are too good at ordering. This bottle of purple vine flower core wine is our boss’s tribute, not for sale.”
“Then the yellow bottle below.”
“Not for sale either, that is the exclusive yellow ice liquid wine of our deputy leader.”
“The blue bottle next to it.”
“That is the blue foreign wine of another deputy leader, not for sale.”
“Do you have any wine for sale here?”
The bartender’s smile became more and more vibrant, with a dangerous and sinister aura, “Of course, you can order anything except those you mentioned just now.”
“Two bottles of ice beer.”
“A bottle of beer is 60,000, and ice cubes are another 5,000, a total of 130,000, pay first, only universal currency is accepted.” The bartender stretched out his hand to the black-haired man in front of him, his nails were long and sharp, his skin was wrinkled, and his fingers were bent at a hideous angle, like a bird’s claw.
“Sixty thousand?” Cen Zhen frowned. Seeing his embarrassed expression, several strong men who had been waiting for a long time came over showing off their muscles, and surrounded the two outsiders in several layers. Some of them waved knives and guns threateningly. “No money? Pawn your arms if you don’t have money.”
Lian Yu immediately stood up to protect Cen Zhen. He looked a little scared, but he ‘forced’ himself to be a protector. He couldn’t hear anything, but he could tell what the other party said from their lips. “We haven’t drunk anything, why not just cancel the order.”
“Ah, by the way,” the bartender shook his hook-like index finger, “Seats are also charged. Once you sit down, you have to pay 50,000, and 10,000 for every extra ten minutes.”
It was mainly because there hadn’t been such a stupid newcomer for a long time, so the bartender was merciful and teased them for fun. Otherwise, according to reason, the knife should be placed on the neck to ask for money as soon as the person sits down.
“You all are a black shop!” Lian Yu shouted timidly, but he didn’t expect everyone around him to laugh. The bartender was also entertained, “Yes, yes, the name of our bar is Black Tavern. How can we live up to the name if it is not black?”
Everyone was laughing, and the gentlewoman came back squeezed into the crowd, and asked: “Where is Sister Hong? I have been looking for her for a long time. Why did she disappear when I came in?”
“Sister Hong.” The birdman bartender treated the gentle woman with a completely different face, “Just now, Boss Man asked her to serve, and now she is probably in Boss Man’s room.”
“Ah? Boss Man… Boss asked her to serve?” The gentle woman’s face was full of worry for a moment, but soon she regained her composure, gathered her clothes elegantly, and brushed off the non-existent dust. She caught a glimpse of two strangers covered in cloaks, and a trace of undisguised disgust appeared in the corner of her eyes, “Why are they still here?”
The bartender chuckled: “We are still going through the process.”
“What stage are they at?”
“Collecting seat fees, and then cutting off fingers.”
The man and the woman talked about how to abuse the wanderers right in front of them, and the others laughed. Some of them pushed Cen Zhen and Lian Yu’s shoulders with contempt, with the obvious intent of bullying.
Since getting off the spaceship, Cen Zhen has not drunk a sip of water and has been acting as a fugitive all the way here, falling and running. After finally getting into a building, so many people piled up, aren’t they hot? “If you want us to pay, fine, but you have to bring the food first.” Cen Zhen said impatiently, “Scatter, it’s so hot. Do we two require you all to be so vigilant against us?”
“You have quite a personality, huh?” A shirtless strong man stabbed the knife in his hand into the bar table next to Cen Zhen’s palm, “Dare to tough out us in our territory?!”
But at this moment, a deep male voice with vigorous anger pressed down on everyone’s head, “Why are you all gathering here? Get out!”
“Boss Man!” “Boss!” “Boss Man.”
Accompanied by one after another sonorous and powerful calls, the surrounding strong men dispersed as quickly as they came, and a man with a hideous scar on his face sat on the right side of Cen Zhen with a sinister look.
Lian Yu pinched Cen Zhen’s arm secretly in an instant, and Cen Zhen returned a gentle stroke, indicating that he knew.
The bartender, who had been smiling more cunningly than a fox a second ago, was now as silent as a cicada. If one looked closely, one could see that his fingers as he wiped the glass were trembling slightly. The gentlewoman also changed her expression on the spot. She walked to the side of the boss like a spring breeze, and said coquettishly: “Boss, what’s wrong? Who made you so angry…”
“Who other than your good sister?” Man Yun didn’t give the woman a good look, “Every time I get on her, she’s like a corpse.”
The gentlewoman’s face changed slightly, but she disguised her nervousness well. Except for a Guide like Cen Zhen who was born to deal with spirit and emotions, no one could see it.
She smiled and bent her waist, revealing her plump and graceful curves: “What’s the fun about that old woman Sister Hong, boss, you should also pamper me…”
“Get out, I’m not interested.” The boss knocked on the table, “Where’s the wine!”
The birdman bartender was shocked and made a quick chirp. He quickly took down the purple bottle, put ice cubes in the open cup, filled it with wine, and handed it to Man Yun carefully.
Man Yun raised the cup and drank it in one gulp. He touched his mouth and realized that someone was sitting next to him. He glared at them and found that they were two strangers. They had ashen skin and the man behind them had shiny and smooth hair. They were obviously not permanent residents of this Whale Star.
The black-haired man sitting in front stared at him intently. His bright blue eyes showed no emotion, making them look very clean. Man Yun unconsciously rubbed the glass with his fingers. He didn’t run away when he saw him. Is there something wrong with his brain?
“Where did this person come from?”
The birdman bartender shuddered again and said cautiously: “They just fled here and were led in by Sister Hong and Sister Yu.”
“Really?” Man Yun squinted his eyes and smiled. His smile made the scar on his face look even rougher and more terrifying. “Since he’s in, he’s one of our FallingStar.”
He was about to reach out to touch Cen Zhen’s face. Cen Zhen immediately stepped back, and Lian Yu also moved to block him. But before he could do so, two people suddenly appeared behind him, held his arms, and directly lifted Lian Yu off his seat.
“Can’t you read the room?” One of them laughed obscenely, “Our boss has taken a fancy to your companion.”
Lian Yu: “……”
Because it was too different from the plan, Lian Yu suddenly didn’t want to act anymore. He should have cried and said, [Don’t do this, let me go], but he remained motionless. The gray-green eyes that concealed cruelty were still calm on the surface, but the lion that jumped onto the bar suggested otherwise. Its fangs were bared, and its expression was extremely fierce, ready to tear its prey into pieces at any time.
“Neck strap?” Man Yun noticed the thing hidden under Cen Zhen’s collar. “Let me guess. You’re a Guide or an Omega?” He reached out to touch it, but Cen Zhen again avoided it.
Original Author’s Note:
Brother Zhen: What, ABO worldview also exists here?
Catfish: It’s going to become a zoo soon
Aiii so much tension 🔥
Thanks for the update!