I'm not human anymore

Jiang Xiwen said: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Lin Jiu: "Very sure."

"Okay, then, as your new manager, I'll go and negotiate with the company about terminating the contract." Jiang Xiwen put on her sunglasses, picked up her handbag and left.

Lin Jiu sent her to the door, "Sister Wen, I'm sorry."

Jiang Xiwen laughed, "You have nothing to be sorry for me, if you insist, I failed to take care of you."

"I signed you into the company when you were so young. You don't understand a lot of things. Your personality is not suitable for this circle. I thought that after a long time, you can adapt slowly. After a few years, you are still the quiet and calm person you were at the beginning. Stubborn boy, you haven't changed at all, since the circle can't assimilate you, then you can leave and live the life you want to live."

Jiang Xiwen waved her hand and left on her high heels.

"Sister Wen." Lin Jiu called her, and Jiang Xiwen turned her head.

"Pay attention to rest, your complexion is very bad."

Jiang Xiwen smiled and did not speak.

Jiang Xiwen's complexion was more than bad, she looked haggard.

Lin Jiu waited for Jiang Xiwen's news, went home in the afternoon and opened all the small black star shells brought back this time, took out the black star shell meat, put them in the freezer, and set a constant time.

This time I brought back so many little black star shells, but only three had pearls. The probability is too low, but fortunately, the quantity is not bad.

Lin Jiu counted the number of black star beads that he had opened, a total of 113, and the harvest was very good. Most of the black star beads were between 8mm and 28mm, and only a dozen or so were larger in diameter, but they were not as big as he hid in the refrigerator. Those black star beads inside.

Those black star beads in the storage cabinet are too big, and they will scare people when they are taken out. On the contrary, the size of the black star beads opened by these small black star berries is just right, but the black star beads with a diameter of more than 30mm should not appear in the better on the market.

Lin Jiu picked and picked, kept the 13 largest ones, and carefully kept the other 100. These are his termination costs.

According to the quotation given by the system before, for 9mm~26mm black star beads, the quotation for 33 pieces is 5000 million. If "Lanjue" can sell 1.5 million, he will sell all 100 black star beads.

The black star beads this time, although the smallest is 8mm, but the largest is 28mm, the overall calculation is that "Lanjue" took advantage of it, and he also gave away one, making up 1, no matter how you look at it, it is Lanjue who took advantage .

Lin Jiu tried hard to convince himself that with so much money, he himself felt that he was slanderous.

Lin Jiu shut himself up for 2 minutes, packed up and went to the store to prepare dinner.

The dinner line was already lined up, so Lin Jiu pushed the bicycle under the window, took out the key, and opened the door to enter the store.

Lin Jiu felt that someone was looking at him all the time, the eyes were soft and probing, but there was no malice.

Lin Jiu turned around casually, and met a pair of smiling eyes.

The man made Lin Jiu feel very comfortable, he was handsome and gentle, and he smiled friendlyly at Lin Jiu, "Hello."

Lin Jiu replied "Hello" and entered the store with a blank expression.

Shi Shuqing's smile remained unchanged, looking at today's dishes on the small blackboard by the door:

Paella (small portion) / 298 yuan

Seafood rice (medium portion)/1098 yuan

Seafood rice (large portion) / 3998 yuan

Shrimp tail sashimi/3998 yuan

Sashimi platter (standard) / 8998 yuan

Steamed Shrimp Claws (for 2~4 people) / 29998 yuan

Shi Shuqing stood in the first place, giving the illusion of a good temper all over his body, and he had already declined several waves of people who wanted to share the table.

Lin Jiu opened the door and invited the guests in for a meal.

Lin Jiu returned to the semi-open kitchen, "Order at the bar."

Shi Shuqing smiled and asked, "Can I order steamed shrimp claws by myself?"

Lin Jiu's face under the mask showed no expression, only a pair of dark and bright eyes, "The shop refuses to waste, you can't finish it all by yourself."

Shi Shuqing: "What if I can finish eating?"

Lin Jiu is most aware of the size and energy of ingredients, so she told him with certainty, "You can't finish it."

Shi Shuqing laughed, "Then I'll call my friends over to eat together."

Lin Jiu nodded, "We'll talk about it when your friend comes."

Shi Shuqing re-ordered, "Then I want a large paella and sashimi platter."

Lin Jiu assessed his appetite, "Yes, please wait a moment."

Shi Shuqing turned around and returned to the table, and the guests at the second table also went to the bar to order, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth tables.

Each table ordered differently, and everyone ate differently. Shi Shuqing didn't find Lin Jiu's record, so he only listened to it once and started preparing the food.

Shi Shuqing has been observing Lin Jiu, watching him serve each table of dishes accurately, guessing his possible abilities.

Lin Jiu delivered the order that Shi had stated clearly, "Please take your time."

Shi Shuqing looked at the beautifully colored paella, and then at the sashimi platter. The presentation of the platter was very delicate, and it could be called a work of art. Unfortunately, the portions were not large. The brightly colored fish had silver fat streaks, and there were only three pieces, each rolled In the shape of petals, three white and thick shrimp tails, milky white unknown seafood meat, neatly sliced, and two pieces of shellfish that look like oysters, look very fat.

The soy sauce is placed in a small dish, and the green radish is placed on a piece of green radish leaf.

In Shi Shuqing's eyes, these are very common. Shanlv is wasabi, and green radish leaves are perilla. Only when you really taste them will you know the difference.

What Shi Shuqing was most curious about was the three pieces of brightly colored fish, which looked like salmon in appearance, but the color was wrong. He had never seen fish with silvery fat streaks.

The first thing he tasted was this kind of fish.

Pick up a piece and put it in your mouth.

The fish meat is ice-cold and melts in the mouth. The silver fat is very fragrant and delicious. It really is a rare delicacy.

Swallowing it in one gulp, the warm current flows from the stomach to the limbs and bones. If it is an ordinary person, they will only feel relaxed and very comfortable, but Shi Shuqing is not an ordinary person. With this mouthful of fish meat, the familiar energy instantly flows through the whole body. Filling, ten glasses of energy water is not as good as this piece of fish!

Just when Shuqing was extremely shocked, the store door was pushed open, and two acquaintances came in.

Si Xu: "..."

Jiang Ge: "..."

Shi Shuqing: "..."

The six eyes met, and the three faces were shocked.

Last night I said I wanted to try it, but I couldn't get in the queue, so I met it at the magic fish shop tonight.

After returning, Si Xu caught up with sleep in the morning and dealt with the company’s urgent documents in the afternoon. He wanted to come over tonight to talk to Lin Jiu, whether he wanted to expose the matter of the ingredients to the relevant departments. If he didn’t want to, the magic fish shop might have to close down Well, as long as the store continues to open, sooner or later the people in the special forces management department will know.

As a result, he came a step late, so there was no need to talk about it. Shi Shuqing, the vice-captain who strengthened people, had already eaten.

Judging by his expression, it is obvious that he has discovered the energy in the ingredients.

Shi Shuqing took the shortest time to suppress all his emotions, and smiled at them, "I want to order steamed shrimp claws, and the boss doesn't sell them alone. You guys are here just in time, let's eat together."

Si Xu: "..."

Jiang Ge: "..."

Jiang Ge kept his confidentiality agreement in mind and dared not say a word.

Lin Jiu came over and looked at them strangely, "Do you know each other?"

Shi Shuqing smiled and said nothing, Si Xu couldn't tell if he didn't know him, and he might work together in the future.

"know."

Lin Jiu keenly sensed that the atmosphere among the three was a bit strange, "Then let's go to the box together."

Shi Shuqing smiled and said, "It would be great to have a box."

As he spoke, he stood up, served his paella and sashimi platter, and walked straight in to find a box.

Shi Shuqing also understood at this moment, what was Si Xu's ambiguity last night, he never thought that the ingredients in the magic fish shop would have such a strong unknown energy.

It seems that their focus is all wrong. The value of Lin Jiu may not lie in himself, but in the energy ingredients in his hands.

Seeing Jiang Ge's troubled face, Lin Jiu looked at them strangely, "What's wrong?"

Si Xu didn't need to say anything now, he lowered his voice and said, "He might want to talk to you about the ingredients in the store."

Lin Jiu glanced at the very eye-catching "Dining Rules" on the wall, isn't it eye-catching enough?

Si Xu said helplessly: "He is a public official, so he should have noticed that the ingredients in the store are special."

Lin Jiu: "...???"

Isn't the special ingredients of his family well known?

Delicious, fresh, and effective, this is the biggest specialty of his ingredients.

Seeing his calmness, Si Xu seemed not worried about letting people know the ingredients at all, "Do you want to talk to him?"

Lin Jiu said, "Can I refuse?"

"You can refuse me, but you may not be able to refuse him. This time the negotiation will fail, and there may be a next time. Next time, you will always agree to talk."

Lin Jiu shrugged, "That's too troublesome, let's talk about it."

Si Xu said: "Don't worry, do what you want, don't force it, I will help you."

Lin Jiu rolled his eyes, "Thank you."

Si Xu knew that he should be smiling, but unfortunately the smile was blocked by the mask, so he didn't see it.

Lin Jiu said, "Go ahead first, I'll prepare some food for you, and I'll be here soon."

When Lin Jiu was preparing to eat, he thought about how to talk about it in the future.

Lin Jiu is actually very clear that there is nothing wrong with his ingredients, they are very fresh and nutritious, they are only good for the human body and have no harm, but they are all unknown species. If the ingredients are tested and listed as rare species, protected species, etc., then his small shop does not need to be opened, but can be closed directly. His ingredients are not sold, so he can only keep them for himself.

Lin Jiu made preparations and put the steamed shrimp claws on the wooden tray. The other four tables saw such a large shrimp claw and all stared at it. Some took pictures and others videotaped it. This shrimp claw is really too big, very rare.

Lin Jiu put the sauce in a small dish, and went to the private room with the shrimp claws.

Seeing such a big shrimp claw, Shi Shuqing was already mentally prepared, but he was still quite shocked.

Lin Jiu didn't speak, put down the steamed shrimp claws and went back to bring two big servings of paella, fresh shrimp soup, and a serving of shrimp tail sashimi.

Because of this uninvited guest, Lin Jiu had no time to prepare new products for Si Xu, so he could only eat what he had.

Shi Shuqing spoke softly, "Can you take a few minutes to chat?"

Lin Jiu put down the tray and sat on the empty seat, "What do you want to talk about?"

Lin Jiu felt a wave of energy spreading from the opponent's body, like a transparent cover, covering the entire box.

Lin Jiu was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

Si Xu's perception was also keen, and he also noticed something strange, but not as clear as Lin Jiu.

Shi Shuqing said: "Can I ask about the origin of the ingredients?"

Lin Jiu was expressionless, "Have you read the "Dining Rules"?"

"I see, but the matter is very important. I still want to ask about the situation. Can you tell me about it?" Shi Shuqing was gentle and gentle, his tone was full of discussions and inquiries, which made people want to hate it, but they couldn't hate it.

Lin Jiu stared at Shi Shuqing for a few seconds, and then said, "You know the matter is important, so you still ask?"

Shi Shuqing: "..."

Si Xu: "..."

Jiang Ge, who was eating silently, was choked and coughed continuously.

Shi Shuqing laughed helplessly, "Speaking bluntly, the ingredients you have here are very important to special people like us, and we need them very much."

Lin Jiu looked at him strangely, "So, you asked about the origin, do you want to catch it yourself?"

Shi Shuqing: "..."

I feel like I can't talk anymore today.

Shi Shuqing took a breath, his smile unchanged, "If possible, we hope to get a large amount."

Lin Jiu understood, "I'm sorry, you really can't do this, and don't think about getting a lot of it, it's unrealistic."

Jiang Ge really wanted to remind Boss Lin, be careful what you say, this is the vice-captain of the strengthened person, and those people are not normal people, so they can't be offended.

Shi Shuqing smiled and said, "I can understand that only you can get these ingredients?"

Lin Jiu said indifferently, "You can understand it this way."

"So, after you disappeared for a year, and then you disappeared for half a month and a month after you came back, have you prepared these ingredients?" Shi Shuqing's tone was very firm.

These things about Lin Jiu cannot be concealed at all, and there is no need for public officials to investigate specifically, anyone who has paid a little attention to Lin Jiu will know.

"Yes." Lin Jiu admitted directly.

Shi Shuqing thought, "Can you ensure that only you can get these ingredients?"

"Of course." Unless someone also went to the Demon Sea plane and was selected by the Demon Hunting System.

Only then did Shi Shuqing heave a sigh of relief, "I don't mean anything else, I'm just worried that someone will find these ingredients, which is definitely a huge loss for us, after all, not only we need these ingredients, but other people also need them .”

Shi Shuqing took out his ID, "Let me introduce myself formally. I am the deputy captain of the reinforcement team of the special forces security management department—Shi Shuqing. Our department was established relatively late, and the number of reinforcement personnel is far lower than other forces. This has become a shortcoming of ours. We are working hard to strengthen the cultivation of strengthened people, but unknown energy is dangerous and mysterious, and it is extremely difficult to obtain unknown energy. If Boss Lin can join us, it will definitely play a significant role in our cultivation of strengthened people important role."

Si Xu looked at Shi Shuqing, he didn't expect Shi Shuqing to be so decisive, regardless of whether Lin Jiu was a strengthened person or not, he wanted to invite him to join the strengthened person team.

Lin Jiu read Shi Shuqing's certificate, and pushed it back to him, "What are strengthened people and unknown energy?"

Lin Jiu vaguely understood, but was not sure.

Shi Shuqing said: "You can understand 'strengthening people' as superpowers. Unknown energy is a mysterious force discovered by humans on the earth. It can strengthen the human body and make people have some kind of magical power."

Lin Jiu thought for a while, "Like superpowers in novels and science fiction films?"

Shi Shuqing: "Almost."

Lin Jiu exudes composure all over his body, but his heart is frantically poking at the system. Is this still the world he is familiar with?Isn't he the only outlier? In fact, there are many outliers like him?

[The host is the only existing bloodline of the Kraken clan, so there is no need to doubt your own birth. 】

Is this not doubtful?

If he is the only blood of the Sea-Monster Clan, where did his Sea-Monster Bloodline come from?He grew up on the earth, and one of his biological parents must have the blood of the sea monster, otherwise, no matter how strong the magic element is, he cannot be transformed into a species.

[The host does have the blood of the Sea-Monster clan, which is activated by the magic element and becomes a real Sea-Monster. 】

That is to say, sea monsters really existed on the earth?

[The host doesn’t need to worry, if the sea monsters really existed on the earth plane, they should also be extinct now without the replenishment of magic elements. 】

If it is really extinct, what happened to the sea monster blood on him?

For a moment, Lin Jiu wanted to know who his biological parents were, but he quickly suppressed it.

He was an abandoned child, he was born, he was not wanted, he was not even eligible to go to an orphanage, so he was just thrown away.

According to Grandpa Lin, he should have been thrown in the river, and somehow he floated to the river, and was picked up by Grandpa Lin. At that time, little Lin Jiu was drenched and half of his body was soaked in the water, only his head and shoulders were exposed on the bank. , crying very loudly.

Throwing a child who was a few months old into the river obviously did not want him to live. Grandpa Lin often said that it was a miracle that he survived, so Lin Jiu has never thought of finding his parents. The idea is also to be curious about which of them has the blood of the Siren Race.

Is the strengthened person still a person?

[Inquiring about news that has nothing to do with the host requires magic points. Do you want to continue asking? 】

Forget it, don't ask.

Boss Lin is an iron rooster, he doesn't take out any hair, don't try to cheat him of magic value.

Don't ask if there are free ones, why ask about the magic value?

Lin Jiu said, "Then are you still human?"

Shi Shuqing: "..."

Si Xu: "..."

Jiang Ge: "..."

None of the three expected that Lin Jiu would ask such a question after thinking so deeply.

Shi Shiqing coughed dryly, "Of course it's human beings. The unknown energy only activates our genetic potential, it doesn't change our species."

"Oh." Lin Jiu was a little disappointed, no one could understand the loneliness of being a different kind.

"If I don't join you, will my store still be open?" Lin Jiu asked directly without beating around the bush.

Shi Shuqing heard what he said, "This has to be decided by the higher authorities."

"Okay, then you go back and ask the higher-ups first, and then tell me when you have a decision. Before that, the small shop is open normally. If I say I don't join you, and I don't tell you the source of the ingredients, my small shop can't continue to open. That's okay. , I close the door and eat by myself, I can't waste these ingredients."

Lin Jiu stood up, "The three of you are slow, I'll go to work first."

Shi Shuqing: "..."

Si Xu: "..."

Jiang Ge: "..."

The three of them watched Lin Jiu leave without saying anything.

Shi Shuqing looked at Si Xu in disbelief, "Has he always been like this?"

Si Xu: "What kind?"

Shi Shuqing thought for a while, "...the topic terminator."

Si Xu laughed, "Of course not, it depends on whose topic he wants to end."

Shi Shuqing said, "I didn't mean to force him."

Si Xu said slowly: "Deputy Captain Shi, you have seen his attitude, the store belongs to him, and the ingredients also belong to him, no matter how you arrange it, you must not forget this point, if he doesn't like it, he can really Make a decision to close the door and close the business, and keep the ingredients for yourself to eat."

Whether it is the magic fish shop or the ingredients, they are all Lin Jiu's private property, whether he wants to take them out or not, it is his freedom.