Chapter 331: Betting

"My God!"

The family of three looked at Lan Si with some horror. Several lives disappeared so simply in front of them, which had a huge shock for the middle class!

You know, the people who follow and maintain the rules of social operation the most in the Federation are the middle class!

Because the middle class can be said to be the vested interest group of the current social rules, they will spontaneously and sincerely maintain these social rules more than the underclass.

What they maintain is not just rules, what they follow is not just laws, but the foundation that allows them to break away from their class!

But, at this moment, they felt a huge shock, because this society, after all, was a bit different from them!

"Clean it up.", Lan Si sat on the sofa, exhaled, and the continuous waving of the vase made him a bit breathless. He lit a cigarette, glanced at the family of three opposite Barbara, and shrugged. "I might have accidentally broken your vase."

That was an antique left by a country that had already perished on the Tanfei continent, with a certain characteristic and artistic style.

2,000 dollars, a very reasonable price, not a pure "silver alloy", natural oxidation made a part of it black, and the positions that were easier to contact friction were obviously bright.

This visual difference of light and dark, black and white interlaced brought some artistic expression, which would give people many reveries!

But now its bottle body was dented, obviously it changed from a "perfect condition" to not so perfect, and might only be sold for 300 or 500 dollars.

Barbara's father swallowed a mouthful of saliva. His eyes still had some lingering fear. He glanced at the vase. The dented place seemed to be stuck with some hair and even bone fragments, and he had an urge to go to the toilet!

"It's okay, it's just a vase!", he said to respond to Lan Si's words. Damn it, it's too scary!

William walked to the window and looked outside. He saw the lights of the villa in the distance were all off. He returned to the sofa and looked at Lan Si. "They heard the gunshots, will there be trouble?"

Lan Si shook his head. "Don't worry, everything is very safe."

Lan Si's people were cleaning up those corpses. They were very professional and had special corpse bags—

At this time, corpse bags were made of waterproof cloth or canvas brushed with a layer of glue, so that even some highly decomposed corpses would not have juice leaking out of the corpse bag and getting everywhere.

You only need to throw the corpse in, then pull the rope buckle, and you can seal the corpse inside.

Perhaps it was because the emotions were slightly relieved, Barbara's father's emotions stabilized a lot. He looked at Lan Si, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say, and eventually could only look at William with a look of help.

William sat beside Lan Si and rubbed his head. He was about to speak when Laun walked over. "Please lift your feet."

"Oh, okay!", William lifted his feet, and then watched Laun drag the small leader's corpse out, leaving a bright red trace on the ground.

Looking at this bloodstain, William didn't even know whether he should put his feet down.

Newspapers often say that footprints are the key to solving murder cases!

Then they started cleaning the scene, very professional techniques, one look and you know they are old hands.

William originally wanted to say something but it was blocked in his throat. He took several drags of his cigarette before saying in a muffled voice, "Will it cause trouble?"

Lan Si shook his head. "The Doug family is already standing on the opposite side of us. If it were someone else today, they might be able to leave, but for people from the Doug family, there is no need to keep them."

"And you saw it, he has a strong desire for revenge, and also has a strong possessiveness toward Barbara."

"His words are actually very right, no one can come every day, even me."

"If you let him go, when he comes next time, he won't be so polite to face you."

"They might be on the side of the road, or in a place where there are not many people, and then a van stops beside you, grabs you up, and drives away. The whole process doesn't take a minute!"

William said softly, "You seem very familiar?"

Lan Si rolled his eyes. He felt that William was not so nervous and started to become relaxed, and could even joke. "No, but I've heard of it."

William didn't believe it, but he was indeed relaxed now, although he was still a bit unaccustomed and disgusted.

"During this period, Jincheng will become chaotic. Barbara, you are a beautiful girl. Beauty is your capital but also your fatal flaw."

"It's best not to go anywhere during this time, just stay at home and keep the phone open at all times."

"Including you guys!", he looked at Barbara's parents. "It's best if you go buy a few guns tomorrow, and a few boxes of bullets. You all need to learn how to use a gun to hit others."

Barbara's father felt something was wrong. As a successful middle-class person and half a privileged person, he smelled something different from Lan Si's words.

"Lan Si, are you saying that riots and such things will happen?"

He looked very worried. "But it looks like the entire Federation is very stable now!"

People who have experienced those terrible eras know how terrible that era was. Going out without carrying a gun would become prey, and even if you have a gun, it's not necessarily safe.

Lan Si just nodded twice. "But everything will get better!"

While talking, the siren sounded. The family of three suddenly became nervous, and William also looked at Lan Si nervously, as if asking him whether to hide first.

But Lan Si looked very shocked. He had met the sub-bureau chief of the Prisia District and chatted a few times.

Under the propaganda of Sub-bureau Chief Bulu, now many people know that Lan Si likes to make friends with the police very much, and he indeed knows the heads and brains of the entire police circle.

In this era where black and white are not divided, this is actually a kind of power, a power different from that under the sun!

Because it also has more deterrence!

Then someone stood outside the courtyard and shouted loudly, "Mr. Lawrence, someone heard that there were gunshots from your side. Are you okay?"

"There are a few police officers here who want to understand the situation!"

Lan Si looked at Erwen. Erwen walked out of the house. Not long after, two police officers walked in.

They saw a few young people still cleaning the blood stains in the brick joints on the ground, which made their expressions become solemn.

Then they saw Lan Si. They didn't quite know if this Lan Si was the Lan Si they knew, but they still came in.

Lan Si picked up the phone and dialed a number. After waiting for about twenty seconds, the phone was connected.

"It's me, Lan Si... Yes, I encountered some situation here. A mad dog tried to attack me, I solved it, and now someone called the police..."

"Yes, it's your police officer, they are here, okay..."

He held the phone in his hand. "Your chief's phone, who is coming to answer?"

The two police officers looked at each other. One of the older ones stood out. "I'll do it."

He held the receiver with both hands, kept nodding and saying yes, and the caution and care on his face also turned into a flattering smile. Eventually, he handed the phone back to Lan Si. "The chief said there are a few more words to say to you, Mr. Lan Si!"

He looked very respectful, which made the Lawrence family, including William, feel like their eyes were opened!

Lan Si took the phone and chatted happily for a few sentences, and eventually hung it up.

After the phone was settled, the older police officer smiled and said, "Mr. Lan Si, we have already figured it out. A mad dog attacked your friend, and it was shot dead."

"It is very fortunate that no one was hurt!"

Lan Si nodded slightly and looked at Erwen. Erwen walked over and hugged their shoulders. "Sorry to trouble you for a trip."

Both said things like "It's okay." When they walked to the door, Erwen took out a stack of money from his pocket. "How many people came?"

The two police officers looked at each other again. "Four people, Mr. Erwen."

Erwen counted out 80 dollars and patted them into their hands. "Go have a drink, relax, and then go home and sleep. Everything is no different from yesterday, right?"

It was a big shot, and it was the superior of the superior. What else could they do?

They could only clench the money in their hands!

"Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Erwen, and thank you, Mr. Lan Si!"

Erwen patted the backs of the two. "Go home early, don't let your family worry."

Both kept thanking and left the house, and told the manager that there was no problem.

As for them not seeing the mad dog's corpse, that's not important. Wait until someone calls the police saying someone is missing before considering these problems.

Before the problem breaks out, they will definitely not do anything extra.

However, they also confirmed from the side the rumor that Mr. Lan Si is very generous. Just coming over to say hello, each person got 20 dollars in benefits. Suddenly, they were a bit envious of their colleagues in the Imperial District.

They can see Mr. Lan Si every day, and don't know how many benefits they can eat?

In the living room, the family of three plus William were looking at the occurrence of all this with their eyes wide open, and the successive stimuli made them unable to express their thoughts!

They are all civil servants, and they all know that this society has many, many problems, but hearing these things and having these things happen in front of their eyes definitely has a completely different difference.

This is like someone saying that masturbation caused bleeding. You will only think it is an exaggerated rhetorical device, and even think it might just be a rumor deliberately fabricated by some moralists to scare you, until you really bleed.

Things that would only make you treat them as a joke will instantly make you feel fear and stand on end!

But at the same time, a more real world is also displayed in front of them.

Everyone's fear began to fade after seeing the police come. For them, the police are ultimately representing justice, even if this justice has a little dust.

Since justice doesn't think Lan Si is wrong, then what else do they have to be afraid of?

Lan Si then patted his legs and stood up. The room was almost cleaned up. "The matter is solved, I should go back."

"Do you have guns here?"

Barbara's father nodded repeatedly. "Yes, in the drawer."

"The Constitution protects your right to use it, so you should make good use of it."

"Okay, let's go first.", he looked at William. "Are you going?"

William thought for a while. "I'm not leaving tonight."

The family all showed friendly expressions to him. Although sometimes having one more person at home is very annoying, at this time, having one more person only makes people feel at ease.

Soon Lan Si's people left. Those corpses were packed in their own cars, and those two cars were also driven away by Lan Si's people.

After watching the motorcade leave, the family finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"You go and tidy up...", Barbara's father let the two ladies leave first. He took a bottle of wine and came to the balcony on the second floor with William.

There are two lounge chairs here. Usually in the evening, he likes to lie here and appreciate the fiery red sunset.

At this time, the slightly cool evening wind blew, blowing away some of the irritability in his heart. "Is he always like this?"

William actually doesn't know completely, he doesn't fully understand Lan Si's work and life, but this is not the time to show weakness. "He is always like this."

The two held wine glasses and lay on the lounge chairs. "You let Patricia be with him... aren't you worried?"

William shook the wine glass, as if he was also involved in the cup, being swung around by the rotating liquid.

He took a sip of wine. "This is her choice, and Lan Si is different from others."

"He doesn't blackmail those ordinary merchants, although he also does illegal business, but most of these businesses don't profit by harming others."

Barbara's father pointed at him with the hand holding the wine glass. "Camilla Gang."

"Yes, Camilla Gang.", for the other party being able to say this name, William was actually not surprised. Everyone in Jincheng knows that the Camilla Gang specializes in kidnapping Imperial immigrants for extortion.

This kind of thing is actually very disgraceful, but who makes these kidnappings bring huge wealth?

Especially those rich immigrants, maybe they were the privileged class attached to nobles when they were in the Empire, and what they had in their pockets was money!

Hearing William say that Lan Si never does these businesses, he was also a bit surprised. "So it seems he is indeed different from ordinary people."

"But gangs..."

The Lawrence family is actually also a very traditional big family. William knows that his brother is still worried about Lan Si's identity problem. "You saw the attitude of the police."

"I have been busy with the election recently. The more people and things I come into contact with, the more I find that the society we live in is actually not as beautiful as we imagine!"

He spread his hands. "Look, ordinary people can only earn money through the lowest-level labor, not to mention ordinary people, let's talk about us."

"If we don't consider using some power in our hands, now we still live in the old house on the farm side."

"The income you have had over the years is definitely not obtained simply through wages. In fact, if you really check it, many money you can't explain clearly."

"Going up further, those rich people in the Bay Area, the politicians in this city, who is not trying every means to fish for money from this city?"

"Everyone is fishing, brother!"

"Think about the big manor of the Wei De family, think about the villas and luxury cars of those officials, those luxury goods, how much consumption can their wages support?"

"Recently I understood a truth!", he picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Alcohol had already begun to have some influence on him. "The reason why those poor people are poor is not that they don't work hard, but that they are not qualified to take more profits from this society!"

"And those who are qualified are all frantically fishing for benefits for themselves!"

"This society is like this, without me or you, it has already rotted!"

"Lan Si is a good young man, and he is different from others. Did I say this just now?"

Barbara's father nodded and said, "Yes, you just said it."

"So, I think this is an opportunity, an opportunity related to the rise of our Lawrence family!"

"The Wei De family is a native here, and the Williams family is also a native here, but they forgot that we are too!"

"Old Lawrence is also a farm owner here!"

Barbara's father couldn't help but laugh out loud. "But farm owners and farm owners are different!"

"Their slaves have thousands of people, and Old Lawrence is whipping his son!"

William couldn't help but laugh. In fact, this is an exaggerated statement.

At its peak, the Wei De family owned more than 7,000 slaves, and half of Jincheng was his plantation!

The Williams family is about the same, the scale is a bit smaller.

As for the so-called "Old Lawrence family", although it is also a farm owner, all the slaves added up to no more than a few hundred people. That is not a magnitude at all.

So sometimes they will joke, Old Wei De is uncomfortable, and with one whip down at those working, he can whip 100 slaves to death.

Old Williams is uncomfortable, one whip down, he can whip 50 slaves to death.

Old Lawrence is uncomfortable, one whip down, he can only whip 9 slaves to death, because one is his son!

Of course, this is a joke, but not entirely.

After the two laughed at this self-deprecating joke for a while and calmed down, Barbara's father asked seriously, "Do you think Lan Si can become a big shot, like the Five Great Families?"

Perhaps in his eyes, the Five Great Families are already the top forces in Jincheng.

William shook his head. "No, I think his achievements are far more than that. From his behaviors, honestly, I think he should go into politics."

"But you know, this path is very difficult for him to walk!"

Lan Si's identity has always been a big problem. Now his level is not high, and he doesn't involve sensitive things, so no one will go to trouble him.

But when his level is high, or even intends to step into politics, his identity will become his dead hole.

Perhaps this is the reason why he hasn't considered walking that path at present, because as far as the current social environment is concerned, there is no need to walk, it is a dead end! ===== CHAPTER 332 =====