"Are you... looking after the door for Fander?"

Servica, who was leaning against the wall outside the door, holding a wine glass and smoking a cigar between her teeth, was stunned for a moment. Then, she looked at the person walking towards her and rolled her eyes.

Servica blew out the smoke on the ground, stepped on it with her boots, and crushed it hard. She said: "Silko, you came too early. Fandel went to the mining area and hasn't come back yet. If you look for

If he has something to do, he can come over in the evening, or find another time."

"It doesn't matter, I can wait until night."

Hilko passed by Servica, stretched out his hand to push open the door of Fulgen's Tavern, and walked straight in.

Then, he saw the girl who looked back with joy. Then, Hilko saw her expression immediately changed and she became very disappointed.

Like...disappointed?

"Little girl, I remember you. Are you Fandel's second daughter?"

Hilko walked up to Blast and stared at her.

What surprised him was that his disfigured and terrifying face didn't seem to frighten her.

But then I thought about it, there are many Zaun people who are scarier than him... With his appearance, he should be considered one of the "comely" ones.

"My name is Bang Bang."

"Bang bang..."

"Hmm." Hilko looked Baobao up and down and said with a slight curl at the corner of his mouth, "It's a very good name."

He looked at Bao Bao and asked: "Bang Bao, are you willing to pour a glass of wine for the guest in front of you? As the daughter of a tavern owner, I think you should have done this kind of thing."

"Um..." Bao Bao touched his head and looked at Hilko and said, "You guessed it wrong. Fandel didn't let me pour the wine. He didn't allow me to touch the wine. It's not okay at all."

"Look, I can only drink juice." Bao Bao said and lifted the cup to show Hilko. There were still some water stains in it that he could not drink.

Silko walked into Bao Bao, sat next to her, turned to look at her, and said loudly: "Then you can try, after all, Fandel is not here now, and I will not tell him anything.

"

"No, I promised Fandel, he said this is the rule."

Bangbao sniffed, "He doesn't care what happens to the other children in Zuan, but the children of the Fandel family must abide by his rules. They are not allowed to drink when they are not old enough. Wei secretly drank and was severely punished by him.

Here it is."

"Rules are meant to be broken, kid."

Hilko smiled slightly, stood up, and walked into the bar from Bao Bao with his hands behind his back. Bao Bao did not stop him.

Although I have seen him many times.

But this was the first time Bakubo talked to him.

Because Fandel is not here.

He lowered his head and searched under the wine cabinet. After a while, Hilko found a bottle of wine, a bottle without a label.

"After so many years, he still has this habit, thinking that if there is no sign, he will not be targeted. Just like when he faced Pi City, he thought that by pretending to be blind and deaf, he would not be able to see the oppression of us in the upper city. Listen to

I don’t see them insulting us.”

Hilko put the wine bottle on the table, then he stretched out his hand, touched the bottle with his fingers, and pushed Bangbang bit by bit. Until he was in front of Bangbang, he said in a calm tone

: "One day you will grow up, and when that time comes, you will realize how ridiculous the rules Fandel has set for you are."

"Zu An's children cannot live without wine. My child, this is the rare happiness we have."

After hearing what Hilko said, Baobao shook his head: "Liar, isn't juice also a joy?"

"It's just that you like drinking, so you think everyone should drink."

Bao Bao imitated Wei's tone and said like a little adult: "But I like drinking juice, so I won't listen to you."

Hilko was stunned.

I like drinking, that's why I want everyone to drink...

He looked at Baobao and narrowed his eyes.

This is just a casual remark made by a child.

A ten-year-old child.

"Why don't you try drinking some juice?" Bao Bao pushed the wine bottle in front of her away, and as she said that, she pushed the cup she had finished drinking forward, looked at Hilko and said loudly: "By the way, help me.

Pour me a glass too."

A good loaf of bread cost a family several days' wages in Zaun.

A bottle of delicious juice is of course very expensive.

Most of the time, juice is more expensive than wine.

Therefore, Fandel would only occasionally let Bakubo drink half a glass.

Today, she had already drank a full glass, and that was what Sevika poured for her.

Now...if the uncle named Hilko in front of her could pour her a glass, then she would have drank two large glasses today!

Moreover, even if Fandel knew about it, she wouldn't be afraid of Babao, after all, she didn't pour it on her own!

Of these two glasses of juice, one was given to her by Sevika, and the other was given to her by Hilko.

For a moment, Baobao's little face was smiling.

A pair of beautiful eyes narrowed, making Hilko look a little dazed.

He suddenly felt...this little girl was setting a trap for him.

And the fact is just as Hilko thought.

Damn it...we should naturally blame this matter on them!

"Juice..."

"Hey, let's drink together."

Hilko was silent for a while, he didn't know what he was thinking.

However, during the years he left hiding in the dark alley and developed his own power, it had been a long time since he could relax, drink a glass of wine quietly, and sleep peacefully for once.

But after being brought to see Fandel by Lin Wen that day, Hilko had a very peaceful sleep after returning home.

He no longer needs to fight against Zu An's future alone.

Lin Wen, who originally thought he was a fool who would only block his way, has now become a very good helper.

As Lin Wen said, if Zaun wants to rise, force, money, and technology are all indispensable.

Why can Zaun be so inferior to Pi City?

The biggest reason is-productivity.

But now, Lin Wen is making money in the upper city, Fander is making people in Zaun, and Silko only needs to chase Singed.

Shimmer and Hex are both studying it, although...Singed hasn't fully studied those Hex crystals yet.

His time began to flow again that day.

He is still the Silko who fought for Zaun wholeheartedly.

But...he thought it was time for him to take some rest.

At least, he has to have some time to drink.

Thinking of this, Hilko put the wine bottle aside, leaned over and rummaged through the wine cabinet.

He found a large bottle of juice, which was still half full. He opened the cork and poured a full glass for Bao Bao. Then, Hilko put the lid on and picked up the wine on the side.

"Aren't you going to drink it?"

Bao Bao held the juice happily at first, but when he saw Hilko's next action, he immediately asked in confusion.

"Of course not."

Hilko smiled slightly, "As you just said, I like drinking, so I will choose to drink."

"And you like to drink juice, so you are drinking juice now, and soon there will be people who want to drink other kinds of water. I hope we can all have our own choices and choose what we like."

"Rather than being reinforced by others and doing things you don't want to do. Just like...I just wanted you to drink."

Bao Bao bit the straw and didn't drink. She just chewed and played with it. She looked at Hilko in confusion: "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you said."

"It's normal, Bangbao, it doesn't matter. You will understand when you are older."

Hilko poured himself some wine and opened a square box that exuded cold air. There were many ice beads in it.

He picked up two of them gracefully and put them into the cup in front of him. He thought about it and asked Bao Bao again: "Do you want to add some ice?"

"No, it's winter now."

Bangbao shook his head vigorously.

Hilko was drinking. He glanced at Bao Bao and saw Bao Bao lying on the table. He picked up the cup with his hand tilted and bit the long straw. He drank it in and spit it back out.
To be continued...