Cyberpunk 2074: Shadows of the Past

"That's right...that's enough..." Xi Da nodded slightly. The responsibility of investigating the truth behind the matter should not fall on the mother and son.

"David, have you told your mother about school?" Yahweh glanced at David, who was silent, and asked in a low voice.

"Ah?" David was stunned for a while before he reacted, "Well, I told you about the tuition fee."

"Tuition?" Lucy asked with interest.

The experience of being arrested by the Arasaka Company since she was a child made her lose the opportunity to get in touch with traditional academic education.

"That's right... Arasaka College's tuition fees are the most expensive in the entire Night City... and the prices have increased recently..." David sighed, rested his chin on Gloria's shoulder, and said A sad look on his face.

Gloria glanced at her son and subconsciously reached out to touch his forehead, trying to wipe away the slight sadness in the frown between his eyebrows.

"Actually, I never went to school..." Lucy held her head, sighed softly, and did not continue the conversation.

Although Lucy's knowledge in terms of knowledge is no less than that of students who study hard because she has absorbed a large amount of knowledge from the deep Internet, she still lacks the youthful experience that is an important stage in her life.

However, this reason is not convenient for outsiders to explain clearly.

Living in the Night City where Arasaka Corporation's power is firmly entrenched, Lucy, as a defector from the company, must be careful in her words and actions.

Xi Ta silently reached out and held Lucy's cold hand under the table.

If it weren't for the sudden terrorist attack and arson, she would still be enjoying the love of her parents and studying in the ivory tower of the school without any worries.

Maybe it's because it's beautiful, so it's fragile.

It was like a piece of brilliant glass that was shattered into pieces if it accidentally fell on the ground.

Her heavenly life was so easily shattered into a dream that is hard to find again.

Since then, revenge has become Xi Da's only motivation to survive.

Carrying an old sharp knife, with silent rage burning in her heart, she chased them all to Night City alone, cutting off the heads of her enemies one by one with her own hands.

This was also the scene that Rogge saw at that time (see Chapter 1) - a vengeful ghost that burned his enemies to ashes and burned himself to ashes.

Later, Heda met Yahweh.

From then on, she felt like she was reborn.

The rain was still falling, but it had become soothing.

The wind always accompanies the rain, following the rhythm, gently singing a sad elegy.

In this kind of environment, people will always become sentimental involuntarily.

Just like Lucy and Xi Da, who have their own thoughts, countless sweet and sour memories of joy and sorrow flow in their hearts, and they become silent without knowing it.

In the room, there were only a few crisp sounds of chopsticks hitting the wall of the bowl, which were swallowed up by the vast chorus of wind and rain in the blink of an eye.

"Gloria, have you ever had the habit of Chinese New Year?" Yahweh coughed, taking the initiative to break the quiet atmosphere.

"Chinese New Year?" Gloria touched her chin and thought for a moment, "It's called the Spring Festival, right? David and I can't come..."

"Why?" Xi Da also struggled out of the memories of the past, asking with a look on his face, actively participating in the topic as usual.

"You also have to spend money to celebrate the New Year..." Gloria shook her head, "If you are a poor person, you can save whatever you can. It is too expensive to buy new year's goods and other things during the Spring Festival... and the earlier you go to work, the better. I can earn a little more money to support our family of two.”

"Oh...it's really not easy." Lucy sighed and joined in the conversation.

"Lucy, just spend the Spring Festival with us. Anyway, you have nothing to do when you are alone..." Xi Da looked at Lucy with a smile, and unconsciously touched her flexible waist with his palms, grabbing it gently. A handful of springy soft meat.

"Isn't it good for you two to live in a world of two? Do you have to drag me along? Yahweh! You need to check your wife's sexual orientation carefully. I have proof!" Lucy sneered and grabbed Xi Da with quick eyes and hands. The little troublemaker who had just planned to take it back secretly made a small report to Yahweh on the spot.

Yahweh, Gloria, and David looked at each other, shook their heads, and allowed Sheeda and Lucy to fight like childish little girls.

The wind and rain outside the window saw that someone dared to interfere while he was playing, and he became angry and increased the volume abnormally.

The violent sound seemed to drown the world.

Yahweh turned his head and looked at the boundless sky like a falling sea. His blue pupils turned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

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"Haiji! It's raining too hard, don't look for it!"

"*You**, shut up!" Haiji yelled angrily, accidentally swallowing a large mouthful of rainwater, bending over and coughing violently.

The fashionable jacket on her body was soaked by the rain, and it stuck to her body wetly, like a dying bird, with her head hanging down and lifeless.

"Haiji! Stop looking! Go back first!" Mullin was anxious and at a loss.

He didn't understand, it was just that he couldn't find the person to meet for a while, so why should he be so careless?

"Go back? Go back to where?" Hai Ji turned her head suddenly, staring at him with a pair of emerald green eyes through the thicker and thicker misty rain.

Mullin couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could vaguely guess what she meant.

But he still gritted his teeth and yelled with all his strength, "You go back to the store to hide from the rain, and I'll look for it!"

Mullin could swear to Odin that he had never spoken so loudly in his life - his eardrums ached, his head was ringing, and his chest and lungs were burning with pain as he shouted for lack of oxygen.

Haiji was also shocked by his appearance and slowly calmed down.

"Forget it..." She shook her head exaggeratedly and raised her left and right arms to make a cross, so that Mullin could see what she meant even through the fierce wind and rain.

Mullin also imitated it and made exaggerated gestures to show that he understood.

So they both turned around and ran towards the Japanese restaurant just now.

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"It's raining so heavily..." Bit looked out the window and was almost frightened by the waterfalls hanging in the sky. The barbecue he was chewing in his mouth dropped.

"The biggest rain in recent years..." Rowena folded her arms and leaned against the window, feeling up close the surging waves coming from the sky toward the ground.

"It's probably a typhoon... The damn Night City weather forecast is a piece of shit..." Boros sat lazily in his seat, watching the live news, chewing pieces of meat, and cursing in a low voice. .

"I hope nothing unexpected happens." Melissa held her hands in front of her chest and whispered silently.

I had a bit of a headache, so I tried my best to get out.