"Mhm. Actually, my brother's and my identities have been discovered by a stranger."
Belle said.
"Phaethon?"
"Right. Now the other party is requesting a meeting with us to discuss a commission. I don't really dare to go. I want to ask you to come with me for support."
Belle stated her request. As a weak woman, meeting with a stranger was indeed not a good thing. Although her ability was strong, it was limited to behind the scenes. After her address and personal information were known, her life and death would no longer be in her own hands. This was even more so for an underground profession like a Proxy.
"Don't make it sound like a gang fight. What does your brother say?"
Mo Xuan nodded and asked.
"He has no combat power. Of course, he's at home just in case. This way, if I'm caught, at least there's someone to break me out of jail."
"Ahem, for you to say such a thing in front of a Public Security officer, you really don't see me as an outsider."
Mo Xuan coughed from being choked. He often forgot that Belle's position and his were actually hostile because of her strange way of thinking. Now he remembered.
"I don't see you as a person either."
Belle said with a smile.
"Hm?"
"Why are you glaring at me? I'm telling you, you owe me a big favor from yesterday. What would have happened if those Chemies had run out?"
Belle said righteously, as if she wasn't the one who had had a lot of fun playing with those Chemies. But Mo Xuan had indeed said he would remember it.
"Alright, alright. I'll go with you, okay?"
Mo Xuan was not a person who could stay at home all day. A rest day was indeed for rest, but it was fine to go out for a walk.
"Mhmm. I'll treat you to breakfast."
The expression on Belle's face immediately turned into a beaming smile. She knew that Mo Xuan cared about her. As long as she said it properly, he would definitely not refuse.
"Wait a minute. For this kind of unknown client, why don't you just refuse the meeting?"
Mo Xuan asked after changing his clothes and coming out of his room. He was going to be Belle's bodyguard. Of course, he couldn't wear the Public Security Bureau's uniform but ordinary sportswear.
"Ahem. Because we've already received their deposit. The amount is all of our income from last month."
Belle awkwardly averted her gaze and then explained the truth. This left Mo Xuan speechless. He had seen Zhu Yuan deal with this kind of money phishing case countless times.
"Simply put, he offered far too much?"
"Hehe, we have to make a living. You know me. This Fairy eats five times my electricity bill. I'm really going to be poor to the point of selling my body."
Belle chuckled and pushed all the blame onto the AI at home. And Fairy was now requesting permission to output trash talk, but Belle wouldn't allow it.
After leaving the house with Belle and eating a bowl of ramen, the two went to the meeting place outside of Sixth Street. To meet here meant that the other party knew where Phaethon lived. His personal information was completely exposed. It was clearly the work of an insider.
At the meeting place stood only one man. He had his back to the street. From behind, Mo Xuan actually got a feeling of Zhu Yuan. This was because this big brother's hair had the same color scheme as Zhu Yuan's, black with a hint of red. If he didn't know that Zhu Yuan was an only child, Mo Xuan would have suspected that he had met his big brother-in-law.
"Hello. You two must be Phaethon, right?"
The tall man in a white coat turned around and said to Belle and Mo Xuan. He seemed to have mistaken Mo Xuan's identity. Because Phaethon was a pair of siblings, it was easy to misunderstand now.
"Are you... from Belobog Heavy Industries?"
Belle did not deny her relationship with Mo Xuan. In her eyes, this was a good thing. This way, her brother could hide in the dark. So she started the conversation.
"That's right. It seems you recognize our sign. Then it's easy to talk. My name is Anton."
The man named Anton patted his chest and said. The first impression was a straightforward and direct man, the type who spoke with his fists. He was completely different from the gang members Mo Xuan had imagined.
"Our company is at a life-and-death juncture. And it's a crisis that cannot be known to outsiders. So I'm using a face-to-face meeting to enforce some confidentiality. No problem, right?" Anton said bluntly, frankly stating the reason he had requested the meeting. The meaning was that they would know each other's background. If one side were to leak the secret first, the other would not be able to get away with it either. But seeing him so frank, Belle was not angry.
"A very frank person. But where did you find out that we are Phaethon?"
Belle asked curiously.
"Hahaha, I can't say this."
Anton said with a hearty laugh. This was obviously touching on some confidentiality regulations. Although he was a straightforward person, he was very trustworthy.
"Did Nicole tell you that my fees here are very expensive?"
After thinking for a moment, Belle said to Anton. The smile on her face made it easy for people to let down their guard. After being a Proxy for so long without being caught, how could she be a simple woman?
"She did, she did. She complained for a long time...?"
Anton nodded repeatedly and said. But halfway through, he suddenly stopped. His eyes looked at Belle with some confusion, as if asking her how she knew.
"Alright, stop being in a daze. We'll take your commission. What now?"
Belle pouted and said. She knew it was the work of the Cunning Hares. The name was not wrong at all. But play was play, and joking was joking. She also knew that Nicole would not sell her out to a dangerous person. This person from Belobog Heavy Industries should be a good person.
"Really? Let's go. I'll take you to the construction site now. Let our president talk to you personally."
Anton said with a beaming smile. Hearing that he still had to leave Sixth Street, Belle was a little reluctant. But seeing Mo Xuan by her side, she was at ease.
Belle took Anton to the garage behind her own video store. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as a parking lot, because there were four or five parking spaces here, as well as an independent entrance and exit. With the land prices in New Eridu, this small parking lot would cost a lot of money.
Belle's ride was still that boxy little private car. Anton happily took a ride and then gave the navigation to the Black Goose Construction Site. This was Belobog Heavy Industries' current construction site.
"I remember your company's name. After the Vista Engineering incident last time, you guys took over the project, right?"
Mo Xuan, sitting in the passenger seat, said. Only then did he remember which company Belobog Heavy Industries was. He was the one who had handled that mess with Vista Engineering.
"That's right. Brother, you also know about that, right? Those scumbags from Vista can hardly be called human. Our company is different. We are people-oriented."
Anton said. What followed was a roughly one-thousand-word praise for Belobog Heavy Industries. It was clear that he was not an ordinary worker but had feelings for the company.
"Mhm, I believe you."
Although Mo Xuan had experienced the mess with Vista, he would not treat all companies in the same industry as bad guys. He believed that there were still more good people in the world. Although the other party had used some means to see Phaethon, he had always been very upright. This trip to the construction site should not be dangerous.
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