Espionage: You're tasked with spying, but you'll blow up the Special Higher Police?

Zhou Hongyi did some mental calculations. The Kroger pistol he bought last time cost twenty silver dollars. If he had to pay for six pistols, two rifles, a grenade, and five hundred rounds of ammunition, the few dozen silver dollars he carried would obviously not be enough.

"How about this, brother? I don't have that much money on me today. I'll leave ten silver dollars as a deposit, and I'll get it back tomorrow to redeem him. Let's agree on a price: three hundred silver dollars for everything he sold. What do you think?"

The long-haired man pondered for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Going back to get the money won't do. I can't guarantee that when you come back, all the parts on his body will still be intact."

"Brother, you're asking too much of me. How about this: my watch is worth some money, so I'll pawn it with you. I'll redeem it from you once I get the money. How about that? Is that sincere enough? If it really doesn't work, then I can't help you. After all, my relationship with the blind man isn't that good yet. You can't expect me to take off my clothes and give them to you, can you?"

"Of course, you could choose to kill him while I go back to get the money, but then you'd have to cover the losses yourself. Judging from your tone, your boss probably doesn't know yet, right? If your boss finds out, you, as the eldest brother, won't escape responsibility either. Why not take my advice and spare his life? I'll pay for it. Look, you've already beaten him to a pulp; he's received his punishment. Wouldn't a happy ending be better?"

The long-haired man pondered for a while, and Zhou Hongyi knew he was right. Sure enough, the Axe Gang leader was still unaware of the matter. As long as this long-haired man could cover the deficit, it would be done discreetly. Besides, he didn't need to pay for it himself; he was paying out of his own pocket. What was there to hesitate about?

"Alright, this gentleman is very kind. I, Xiaodao, am not one to dawdle. Men, bring the blind man out here!"

Two Axe Gang members dragged the dying blind man out of the warehouse, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.

“Sir, you can take the blind man away now. Leave your watch and silver dollars. Bring the rest of the money here tomorrow, and I, Chen Xiaodao, will consider you my friend. If you decide to renege on your promise, that's fine too. The blind man’s mother is seriously ill and can’t travel far. I know where his home is. In that case, it won’t just be a matter of two lives lost.”

Zhou Hongyi silently praised him in his heart, and couldn't help but clasp his hands and nod, saying, "So it's Brother Xiaodao. Don't worry, I, Zhou Hongyi, keep my word. Money is just an external thing. As long as I can help my friends, why would I be stingy with a few coins?"

“Sir, you are very generous. Three hundred silver dollars is nothing to you. If you want to buy weapons in the future, you can come to me, Little Knife, right here. Just mention my name and no one will stop you.”

"Alright, Brother Xiaodao, I admire men like you the most. I've decided to be your friend! Here, take this. This is ten silver dollars, and this is my gold watch. Keep it safe. I'll come back with the money to exchange it tomorrow."

Zhou Hongyi took off his watch and ten silver dollars, handed them to a man next to him, took the blind man's arm, put it on his shoulder, and walked out of the dock.

He only breathed a sigh of relief after turning a corner and getting out of their sight.

"Hey, blind brother, are you dead or not? If you're not dead, walk on your own. Don't pile on me. Do you think you're so light?"

After Zhou Hongyi finished speaking, the blind man coughed awkwardly and stopped leaning against him.

"Sir, no, benefactor! You've gone to such lengths for me... my life isn't even worth this price!"

Although the blind man's face was covered in blood, he wasn't actually as badly injured as he seemed. The twitching he was doing while lying on the ground was all an act. He figured that even if he didn't help, the guy would find a chance to escape anyway.

"Alright, I saved you not for anything else, but because of your filial piety. What illness does your mother have?"

The blind man scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, wiped the blood from his nose with his sleeve, and muttered softly, "My mother... my mother she..."

"What's wrong with her? Speak up!" Zhou Hongyi asked impatiently.

"My mother... is pregnant again."

"what?"

Zhou Hongyi nearly bit his tongue upon hearing this reason. He had just expressed his admiration for the man's filial piety, genuinely believing his mother had some incurable disease. How could she be pregnant? This was like a withered tree blossoming again, a plum blossom blooming a second time—what was going on?

Zhou Hongyi looked utterly bewildered. The blind man hurriedly explained, "My mother wanted me early, giving birth to me when she was fourteen. I'm sixteen this year, and my mother is only thirty. She was deceived and abandoned, and ended up pregnant with his child. She didn't dare tell me and kept it a secret until her belly got bigger and she couldn't hide it anymore. I found a midwife, who said it was a difficult labor and she needed surgery at a foreign hospital. We don't have that much money, but my mother is about to give birth, so I had no choice but to resort to this..."

"You...you're really something else!"

Zhou Hongyi was also speechless. He gave the other person a thumbs up, a double entendre, and then took out twenty silver dollars from his pocket and threw them to the blind man.

"This money should be enough for your mother to buy some supplements for a safe pregnancy, and it's more than enough with what you got from selling weapons. If you still say it's not enough, then that doctor must be lying to you. If you need it, I can help you contact a reputable Western hospital. Seriously... what kind of things are we encountering every day?"

The blind man was so excited that he almost cried, but before his tears could fall, his nose started bleeding.

"Thank you... thank you so much, my benefactor! I, a blind man, will repay your kindness even if I have to work like a cow or a horse! Don't worry, consider this money a loan from you, and I will definitely pay you back! The most despicable one is my mother's lover, who cheated her out of money and sex! My mother earns quite a bit of money dancing with people at the Paramount every month, and now that pretty boy has swindled it all away."

"Wait, where did you say your mother dances?"

"Oh, my mother used to be a dancer at the Paramount Ballroom. She was quite well-known and sang well, but she had one problem: she kept getting cheated on by men. My own father tricked her, and then she went on to date three other men, all of which ended badly. Now, not only has she been cheated out of her body and money, but she's also back pregnant, wanting to give me a younger brother or sister. You know what's going on? I can barely support myself, let alone a child."

Zhou Hongyi's eyes darted around, and he thought to himself, "It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it come to me effortlessly!" No, it wasn't exactly effortless; he at least lost some money.

But with this blind man's mother as a connection, wouldn't my chances of getting into the Paramount dressing room be much higher? At least it wouldn't seem so abrupt and arouse suspicion. I wonder what kind of skill this system check-in location will activate for me. It seems I really made the right decision to save this blind man!