People are watching American TV shows, and they are also watching American-style iaido.

Fiona kept working with her hands. "This is my own business, and it's only just begun. Whether I do it well or not is still uncertain, so there's no need to say anything."

Philip raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised by Fiona's words. "We're family, we can help."

Fiona shook her head. "This is my own business, and I want to do it myself."

Philip was silent for two seconds, then a possibility occurred to him: "Did Jason ask you to do it yourself?"

“Yes,” Fiona replied affirmatively.

Philip was speechless. "Your thinking is too rigid! He's not even here. We'll help you get this done as quickly as possible and get the money as soon as possible, and he won't even know!"

Fiona was taken aback, and suddenly understood what Ding Ze meant by what he said the day before yesterday. She couldn't help but smile. "The point is not whether he will find out or not, but that I promised him I would do it myself."

Philip sighed and decisively began to lecture, "Fiona! A rich man like him making such a request of you is clearly just playing you! Why should we listen to his rules!"

"For poor people like us to live a good life, we have to cheat and swindle! What's the point of honestly following the rules? It's completely useless! It won't help our lives at all!"

What a lecture!

Upon hearing this, Fiona finally stopped working, raised her hand to rub the sweat from her dusty face, then took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and although she didn't agree with Philip's reasoning, she didn't argue. "Lip, you go about your business, we don't need you here."

Upon hearing this, Philip's face immediately conveyed a sense of 'you're hopeless'. 'What's his budget for renovating this house?'

Fiona noticed the look on Philip's face and felt a little annoyed, but since he was her younger brother, she refrained from immediately kicking him out. "He said there was no budget."

"???" Philip immediately suspected that Fiona had been tricked by Jason. "No budget? Did he give you the money?"

Fiona was silent for two seconds, then said, "Yes."

"How much?" Philip immediately pressed.

"One hundred thousand dollars."

"!!!!" Philip was overjoyed at the sheer amount of money. His mind raced, and then he burst into laughter. "What a rich idiot! We're going to make a fortune this time!! I can get tons of free materials. Our whole family can work together and renovate this shabby house for just a few thousand dollars..."

Philip rattled off his plan.

Upon hearing this, Fiona finally understood why Ding Ze was so insistent that Philip couldn't get involved, and she also suddenly realized why the Gallagher family was in this state. She hurriedly interrupted Philip, "Lip! I'm saying this one last time! This is my business, it has nothing to do with you! It has nothing to do with any of you!"

"Please leave!"

Fiona emphasized her words.

Philip was stunned, utterly unable to believe that Fiona could be so foolish. "Fiona! This is our chance to live a good life, you..."

Philip launched into another long, enthusiastic explanation of his reasoning.

Looking at Philip, Fiona couldn't help but feel that Philip and Frank were quite similar!

Fiona was terrified by this feeling! She instinctively couldn't accept it.

Philip kept talking, and after he finished, he turned around and stormed off.

The house quickly became empty and quiet.

Fiona didn't move, but sat down on the ground in a daze, unable to control her blankness.

For a moment, she suddenly had the thought, for the first time in her life, that Philip and his family were a burden.

This caused her great distress.

Just at this time.

Veronica walked in and immediately noticed Fiona sitting on the living room floor, looking dazed. She panicked and rushed over. "Fiona, what's wrong? What were you arguing about with Lip?"

Fiona threw herself into Veronica's arms and hugged her tightly.

half an hour.

Veronica understood what had happened and patted Fiona's head. "Don't be sad. Do whatever you want. Don't worry about what others think!"

Fiona was deeply moved and wiped away her tears. "I just can't understand it. This is clearly a great opportunity. If I do this well, I could earn a steady stream of money, and our family could truly get better. But Lip looks at me like I'm a fool..."

“He only sees what’s in front of him…” Veronica knew she couldn’t say anything harsh about Philip, lest she lose face after Fiona and Philip reconciled. So she stopped there. “Just do what you want. I’ll wait until you make a lot of money, become a rich woman, and then take care of me!”

Veronica chuckled and changed the subject, "I can be your mistress, your maid, anything! As long as you pay me enough, I'll even share Kevin with you!"

"Let me tell you, Kevin is amazing..."

The joke was very effective.

Fiona finally recovered a little and a smile appeared on her face. "Get lost, don't talk nonsense, I don't want to!"

“Hey! How dare you talk like that? My Kevin is so wonderful,” Veronica said, feigning anger.

The two laughed and joked for a while.

Seeing that Fiona had indeed recovered quite a bit, Veronica asked curiously, "What's going on with Jason? Even if he's rich, he wouldn't spend money like this. Is he interested in you?"

Fiona smiled. "He did say that he was indeed interested in me, but not in the way of being boyfriend and girlfriend; he just wanted to sleep with me."

Veronica: "...Um, not even the kind of being kept?"

Fiona nodded. "Mm."

“That bastard, he really dares to dream,” Veronica laughed angrily. “He thinks he’s something special just because he has some money… But he does seem pretty impressive, considering the last time as well, he’s given you over 300,000 now.”

Fiona's face darkened. "It's not for me, it's just to get me to do things for him."

"Pretty much," Veronica said with a wicked grin. "After all, he handed over that much money directly to you. That bastard must be worth at least a hundred million, otherwise he wouldn't have given away just three hundred thousand like that."

Fiona didn't know how to respond to that, so she remained silent.

Veronica didn't seem to care, and asked with a mischievous grin, "So what are you going to do? Give it to him to do?"

Fiona shook her head. "We'll see..."

"Hehe, you little hussy," Veronica naturally understood what he meant and didn't see anything wrong with it. After all, everyone was so poor that they needed to vent and have some fun. The benefits were so great, what was the problem?

In this world, people laugh at poverty but not at prostitution!

Who isn't messing around?

"Alright, get lost, I have to get to work! I need to finish this job as soon as possible," Fiona said with a grin, shooing him away.

"Alright, alright, then I won't help you. I'll leave now," Veronica said, preparing to go, when she suddenly remembered something. "By the way, he gave you $100,000. How much do you plan to spend renovating this dilapidated house?"

Fiona hesitated for a moment, "Ninety-five thousand?"

Veronica was stunned. "Girl, you're really crazy! Aren't you afraid he'll stop giving you work later? That would be a huge loss for you!"

Fiona smiled faintly, "There's nothing to lose. I can still earn five thousand dollars, can't I?"

"Yeah, five thousand US dollars! You have to treat me to some fun after you finish this job!"

"Do you even need to remind me? Get out of here!"

Veronica rolled back home, saw Kevin, and couldn't wait to share with him about Jason having Fiona renovate the house.

Kevin had met Jason and told Veronica about how Jason had casually thrown away several thousand dollars at the Ellebo bar that night.

Upon hearing this, Kevin was immediately filled with envy. "Damn, Fiona is so lucky! She got noticed by a rich guy like him! Why didn't he notice me? I could have done it too!"

“Haha,” Veronica laughed, “You can’t believe it. Jason isn’t gay. By the way, what would you say if Jason took a fancy to me?”

Upon hearing this, Kevin thought about it seriously for a moment, "You're my darling, if he takes a fancy to you... well, he'll have to pay more! After all, you're much prettier than Fiona!"

Veronica wasn't annoyed at all; on the contrary, she was quite pleased. "How much more?"

Kevin did the math carefully, "It would cost at least $20,000 to do it just once!"

Upon hearing this, Veronica immediately raised an eyebrow and feigned anger, saying, "Just twenty thousand US dollars?"

Kevin panicked, "Then, thirty thousand US dollars!"

The two unreliable guys, indulging in their shameless fantasies, soon found themselves rolling around in a ball.

-

Miami.

Ding Ze had just finished lunch, lit a cigarette, and took a long, satisfying drag.

After finishing, Ding Ze made a phone call and summoned Abruzzi.

There are about eleven hours left before things start to get interesting.

We still need to pay attention to what needs to be addressed.

Not long after, Abruzzi gave a report on the preparations.

Weapons, helmets, vehicles, evacuation points, ships in various ports, and ships on the high seas have mostly been arranged. The remaining few will be ready by 4 p.m. at the latest.

"Thank you for your hard work," Ding Ze said, having been idle the whole time and not having paid any attention to these arrangements. He had to express his gratitude.

Abruzzi smiled. "When will you notify those veterans?"

"I'll let you know once everything is arranged. How about 8 p.m.? Two or three hours should be enough time to prepare," Ding Ze replied.

“Okay,” Abruzzi replied, “then I’ll go.”

Abruzzi left quickly.

Ding Ze found a laptop and browsed the internet to read news and pass the time.

Time passes quickly.

Before you know it, night falls.