Original God, starting from the sister against the brother

[Updated to increase rating from 7.6 to 7.7]

Chao Ke cooked a lot of food himself.

After filling an insulated box, Chao Ke carried the small box and walked to the Gray River District.

Following the address given by the police officer in the restaurant, Chao Ke found their home.

"Bang Bang Bang"

When there was a knock on the door, it was Xia Wole who opened the door for Chao Ke.

After entering the door, Chao Ke explained his purpose and met Xia Wole's mother.

A particularly gentle aunt, but her husband's affairs made her brows furrow with depression.

Since the two were not familiar with each other, Chao Ke comforted her with a few words and then left.

However, before leaving, Chao Ke gave Xia Wole a look and a gesture, indicating her to come over.

Xia Wole understood what Chao Ke meant. After telling her mother, she followed Chao Ke out of the house.

"Brother Chao Ke, do you have something to tell me?"

"Ah."

Chao Ke nodded and said, "I am going to open a branch of [Jia Ziwei Restaurant] in Huihe District in the next few days, and now is the time when we are short of manpower."

"I remember you liked the food in the store, would you like to work for me?"

“The hours are short, the pay is good, and there’s all-you-can-eat food.”

Xia Wole was stunned. She had never expected Chao Ke's recruitment behavior, but she did need a job recently.

My mother's health was not very good to begin with, and after what happened to my father, her health got worse.

Although my father's colleagues and many strangers who had received help from him all lent a helping hand.

But in the end, it is still safer to have your own income.

Thinking of this, Xia Wole agreed to Chao Ke's request.

"I agree. Where is the restaurant's address and when will I start work?"

Xia Wole's question really stumped Chao Ke. To be honest, even Chao Ke didn't know the address of the branch.

He coughed lightly and said to Ke, "Don't worry, settle your mother first. I will come to you before the restaurant opens."

After saying that, Chao Ke touched Xia Wole's hair and turned away.

Xia Wole stood there, watching Chao Ke leave.

"Why does it feel a bit unreliable... maybe it's an illusion..."

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Fontaine, a luxurious private room in a hotel.

Carres sat together with several Fontaine officials to discuss the opening of a branch of Jiaziwei Restaurant in the Gray River District.

Following Cares's statement, several officials roughly understood the whole story.

The official sitting in the main seat took a deep puff of his cigar and looked at the secretary beside him.

"Pence, I'm running out of cigars. Can you bring me some?"

The secretary understood, nodded slightly, and left the hotel room, closing the door before leaving.

But Secretary Pence did not go far, but stood at the door of the private room to prevent people from coming and going.

After seeing that there was a secretary guarding the door, the expressions of the people in the room relaxed a little.

Especially the officials sitting in the main seats, they simply put their feet on the table.

He said this with disdain in his words.

"There are no outsiders at our table, so I won't hide some things from you."

"Cares, because of your contribution to the construction of the waterway, we are giving you face in front of others, but this does not mean that you can really be on an equal footing with us."

"What is the background of [Jia Ziwei Restaurant]? Ordinary people in Fontaine don't know, but you, the head of the Thorn Rose Society, don't know it?"

"Don't forget, it's because of our support that your Rose Thorn Society has its current status. If you dare to have an affair with the Fatui, we can find another partner."

The words of the chief official not only made Cares look extremely unhappy, but also made the faces of the remaining officials at the table look unhappy.

"Damn it, I've heard that this bastard has a feud with Rose Thorn, but I didn't expect him to come and bite me like a mad dog."

"No, I have to calm the atmosphere. Even if the Thorn Rose Society cannot compete with the Fontaine officials, if we really piss them off, it will be easy for us to disappear."

Except for a few officials sitting in the main seats who were looking at each other, most of them had the same idea.

Then, someone started speaking.

First, someone denounced Witt, who was sitting in the main seat.

"Hey, Mr. Witte, don't be so angry."

"How can you say that about the Thorn Rose Society and Mr. Carres?"

"The Thorn Rose Society has been busy with our Fontaine's affairs and has made many contributions over the years."

"Speaking of Mr. Carres, if he hadn't refused the title of 'Earl' granted by the Momang Palace, we would have to call him Mr. Earl first."

After the official finished denouncing Witt, another person took over the conversation and began to comfort Cares.

"Don't be upset, Mr. Cares. Mr. Witt has been in some trouble recently and has accumulated some anger."

"It's not that we can't discuss your cooperation with [Jia Ziwei Restaurant]. Why don't we talk about it?"

With everyone's comfort, Carres's expression eased a little, while Witt's face still had a hint of dissatisfaction.

Witt muttered quietly.

"How can we build Fontaine by cooperating with a bunch of insects like you?"

Although Witt's voice was not loud, the other officials heard it clearly.

I couldn't help but feel angry.

You, Witt, have been at odds with the Thorn Rose Society because of personal grudges. We have no grudges against the Thorn Rose Society. Why should we risk our lives to join you in boycotting the Thorn Rose Society?

Everyone has emotions, let alone these officials in important positions.

That’s right, your official position, Witte, is half a level higher than ours, but we can still fight against you if we join forces.

You, Witt, don't want Cares to cooperate with [Jia Ziwei Restaurant], right? Then we won't let you have your way!

As a result, in the subsequent negotiations, the resistance Cares faced was greatly reduced.

Finally, Witt gave in and agreed to the cooperation between ThornRose Club and [Jia Ziwei Restaurant].

Of course, although the officials present were dissatisfied with Witte, they still had to maintain the right stance and would not harm the collective interests because of momentary emotions.

They did allow the Rose Thorn Society to cooperate, but there were conditions.

If the Rose of Heaven Society still wants to maintain its current transcendent status, it must continue to work closely with the Fontaine officials.

Then they have to give up the power to deploy security in the [Jia Ziwei Restaurant] in Huihe District, and let them deploy police force there.

On this point, Carres did not refuse.

On the contrary, I am happy to see the results.

After the matter was settled, the atmosphere at the table eased.

At this time, an official thought of something and said to Witt who was sitting in the main seat.

"Mr. Witt, aren't you bothered by those diehard Donatello fans in the police force recently? Why not take this opportunity to transfer them to the Gray River District? Out of sight, out of mind."

Witt's eyes lit up.

"That's a good suggestion, let's do it."