Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

"Tattoo?"

Chi Yu's gaze also lingered on the boy's back for a moment.

On the boy's scarred skin, there was a graceful peacock painted with extremely delicate patterns.

The peacock's lines were graceful, and it stretched its wings on his back.

Perhaps it is because the person who tattooed the boy had extremely high attainments in this area, the entire peacock looks lifelike.

Even as the boy continued to struggle on the ground, it looked as if it was about to flap its wings and fly away from his body.

"What does this tattoo represent? Although it looks pretty, I thought this guy could turn into a bird like in your story!" someone said disappointedly.

Cheng Bingqiang stepped on the boy, pinning him down, and said with a smile, "He can't turn into a bird. Doesn't the legend say that they need to wear feathers to turn into peacocks? In order to prevent this kid from stealing the feathers and running away, I burned them all at the time."

After explaining this, Cheng Bingqiang changed the subject and began to tell everyone about the boy's origins.

"I found him in a rain forest. There was an old, relatively closed village there that had existed for hundreds of years. The people living there didn't interact much with the outside world."

"But even in such a closed little village, occasionally people come out to buy supplies, and the currency used to pay is gold. This has never stopped for decades."

"When I heard this, I realized something was wrong. I took great pains to find it over there and took a look. Didn't I find it successfully?"

"At that time, I pretended to be a lost traveler and asked for a place to stay. I spent a few days walking around the village and asked the locals about the story. I learned that anyone with the blood of the Lan Lan family will be born with the same tattoo as this kid, or a birthmark."

"That's how I found the homes of several descendants of Zhao Shutun and Lan Lana, and obtained from them a map that recorded how to get to the Peacock Kingdom."

"I didn't really believe those legends at first because they sounded too far-fetched, but when I found some other things in their home, I began to believe them."

"What did you find?" someone asked curiously.

However, Cheng Bingqiang started to keep the other party in suspense. He did not answer the other party's question directly. Instead, he waved to his younger brother and said, "Come here, Xiao Chen, bring the things over."

Hearing this, the thin man who had been standing in the corner picked up the snakeskin bag at his feet, walked forward and stood next to Cheng Bingqiang.

As he opened the snakeskin bag, a dazzling golden light in the physical sense suddenly emerged in the room.

Originally, Chi Yu took off his sunglasses after entering the warehouse, but now, blinded by the light, he had the urge to put them back on.

So Chi Yu followed his heart, took out his sunglasses, put them on, and then began to look at those things.

The snakeskin bag contained many peacock statues made of gold, inlaid with some shining gems.

These peacock statues are not exactly alike.

Some peacocks lowered their heads and closed their eyes, which made people feel a kind of magical mercy; some peacocks turned their heads back to comb their feathers, which made people feel peaceful.

Chi Yu's gaze lingered for a moment on a statue of a peacock with its wings spread.

The image of this peacock is very similar to the tattoo pattern on the boy on the ground, and the urge to break out of the cage is even stronger.

"These golden statues are obviously not ordinary items, but their house is full of them. They must be treasures they got from the Peacock Kingdom."

Cheng Bingqiang said, picking up one of the items and handing it to the person next to him, "Brother Qiang, I don't have much spare money, and I've always been frugal, but when I invited the brothers over, I agreed that we would use gold to pay off the debts. So, this is enough, right?"

The warehouse was suddenly filled with praises for Cheng Bingqiang.

Chi Yu and Black Glasses were assigned several of the largest golden statues, which attracted envious looks from others, but no one dared to raise any objections.

Looking at the peacock statue in his hand, Chi Yu did not feel any special psychological fluctuations. He casually checked it, stuffed it into his bag, and then put it into his pocket.

There is no other reason, the main problem is that it takes up space.

After finishing his work, Chi Yu looked at the man with black glasses and found that he was repacking his backpack.

The backpack of the man with black glasses was already bulging, and I don’t know what was in it. Now with these golden statues, it looks even more bloated.

Looking at the extra things on the ground, Chi Yu thought calmly: He doesn't have to give up some other equipment to achieve his goal. You see, the benefits of having a system backpack are fully demonstrated.

Chi Yu, big win.

After the rest of the people arrived, Cheng Bingqiang told them again the story that Chi Yu and the others had heard before, and then distributed all the golden statues, but he and the thin man did not keep any golden statues.

And the young man who Cheng Bingqiang always said would be of great use encountered a new round of suppression.

Seeing the kid being tossed around by his client, even Chi Yu felt a little sorry for this guy.

"Boss Chi, why are you still staring at that kid? Are you thinking how to save him because you feel sorry for him?"

"Pathetic? He is indeed quite pitiful." Chi Yu said calmly, "Looking at him reminds me of some not-so-wonderful past. However, the situation he is facing now is even worse than what I faced back then. What a pity."

Black Glasses naturally understood what Chi Yu was regretting, but he was more interested in another thing.

"I've never heard of Boss Chi's past. Why don't you tell me about it in detail?"

Hearing Chi Yu mention the bad luck he had encountered, Black Glasses suddenly perked up, leaned his ear over, and assured him: "Tell me quietly, I will never tell anyone about this."

Chi Yu would not be so foolish as to share his embarrassing experience when he first came into this world with Black Glasses, giving him more topics to laugh at himself.

So he pretended not to hear what Black Glasses said and let Black Glasses play with him because he couldn't hear the follow-up.

On the other side, Cheng Bingqiang also completed his final mobilization.

Cheng Bingqiang is a very good speaker. After going through the whole process, everyone's emotions were aroused by him and they couldn't wait to set off to the land of gold mentioned by the other party.

A strong sense of greed came from the crowd. Cheng Bingqiang smiled and approached Chi Yu and the others, asking, "Master Hei, Military Advisor Chi, shall we set off now?"

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go."

The man with black glasses nodded, stood up, brushed off the dust on his clothes, put his arm around Chi Yu's shoulder, and the two walked out together.