"Look … here, and here, and here … there's a lot, right?"
"This is a relatively new gun, the M4 produced by the Colt Company. I heard that it was issued to the Army and Marine Corps in November last year. It uses 5.56mm M193 bullets. The accuracy of this gun is pretty good. I think it's pretty cool. Bang, bang, hehe …"
"M16. It's beautiful. It's the most commonly seen gun on TV. It has a long barrel and a cool body … but I heard that there are a lot of disadvantages. It's easy to jam, the barrel will be blocked, and it can't be used in bad weather. I don't recommend it …"
"Compared to the M16, this gun is the most classic in the world. It's an AK47 automatic rifle. During the Vietnam War, the American soldiers even threw away their guns and switched to AK47s. It's so cool, so cool. Even bad guys use it …"
"And this one. It's uncle's collection of the Colt Python. It's the best revolver in the world. It has a long barrel and a golden body. Ah, I love it …"
It sounded like the boasting of a narcissistic weapon collector. In the brightly lit secret room, Jiaming looked at the guns displayed around him. He then looked at little Heidi who was holding the golden Colt Python and opened his mouth. He didn't know what to say.
Just now, Heidi said that she wanted to bring him to see something. Who knew that she would sneak him all the way to this secret room to admire these guns. He had killed countless people, so it couldn't be helped that Heidi had the illusion that he liked guns. But as a child like Heidi, if she liked these things, then …
"Uh, Heidi, how do you know all this …"
"I read it in books. Sometimes I ask people, but they usually don't tell me too much. Uncle doesn't really care about me. I only come to his room once in a while."
"Uh …" Just as he was about to say something, the beeping sound came from his watch. He looked down. When he looked up again, he saw that Heidi had already put down the Colt Python and ran away. She said, "Oh, right …" She rummaged through the cabinets and took out a bottle of red wine. Then, she took out two crystal glasses. "Uncle said that this is the best wine of 1982. He opened the bottle and drank a glass yesterday.
Jiaming, if you like it, let's drink all of it. "
"I get drunk easily. And … does mommy allow you to drink?"
"Uh …" With her back to Jiaming, Heidi poured the red wine into the glass. "Usually, it's not allowed. but when I'm happy, it's okay. Then … let's drink?"
"Okay, let's drink.
Well, remember to hide your uncle's wine. Don't let him find it. "
"I know, I know. Here, when drinking red wine, you have to shake it first, then smell it …"
Heidi happily handed the glass to Jiaming. She ran to the chair on the other side of the desk and sat opposite to Jiaming. Like every child receiving a friend, she always liked to share her interesting collection with others. Perhaps Heidi had the same mentality now. When there was a grand banquet in the outside world, in a secret room without a third party, the two of them sat together, talked, and drank together. For her, it had quite a special meaning …
Not wanting to ruin Heidi's mood at this time, Jiaming swirled the wine glass, sniffed it gently, and put it down in front of him. He thought about how to gently persuade Heidi not to touch guns and the like. Although he was not qualified to say this, the reason why Heidi was interested in these things was probably because of his influence. But to be honest, this was not what he expected of Heidi.
"Uh …"
"Ah!"
After looking at Jiaming's wine glass for a while, Heidi, who had taken a sip of wine, jumped up from the chair with a strange look on her face. "There's one more thing."
"What?"
"Uncle put this thing at home. I'm going to steal it."
As Heidi spoke, she opened the drawer in front of her and rummaged through it a few times. "He thought that no one else would be able to find it, but I accidentally found it that day." Then, she placed a small packet of white powder on the table, wrapped in a plastic bag.
"I know a few people in school. Hans actually said that he could sell this thing, and then we can go on a trip to Las Vegas this winter without using the family's money at all. Jiaming, can you come with us?"
For Heidi, being able to invite Jiaming to go on a trip seemed to be a very fulfilling thing. At this time, at this moment, she was happy to say this.
Jiaming carefully opened the small plastic bag, dipped his finger in the powder, and gently applied it to his teeth. After a while, he sighed and closed the plastic bag. "This is high-purity heroin …"
"Yes, I know, remember?
My classmates in junior high wanted to give me this kind of thing to suck, but I saw through it. If I told grandpa, their hands would have been chopped off … This kind of thing is not allowed at home, but uncle has never been very obedient … Uh, Jiaming … "
After a while, she found that Jiaming's expression seemed to be a bit strange. He pushed the heroin back. "Put it back, and don't touch these things in the future, okay?"
"Okay …" She subconsciously responded, but she did not know what to do with her hands. She grabbed the small bag of drugs and looked at Jiaming. From the time she met Jiaming until now, Jiaming had never looked at her with such a gaze. There was no reproach in his eyes, but it was very complicated, which made her feel a bit uneasy. "I … I …"
"Also, don't touch the gun, okay?"
It was not until now that she suddenly realized that Jiaming, who treated killing as a simple matter of eating, did not like these things. She was a bit flustered. "Why, why …"
"Because … I don't want you to like these things …"
Patting Heidi's cheek, Jiaming smiled comfortingly.
He suddenly understood that in Heidi's heart, there might not be a correct sense of good and evil. All of this was related to the environment she lived in, to Marilyn, and to himself. Living in a mafia family, what she saw and heard would not be a correct view of life. Because her mother had some status in the Salier family, she should have been used to seeing guns and drugs occasionally. She never had a father. As for these things, he did not tell her. Marilyn might have told her, but she probably did not say much. The most important thing was the incident that happened when she was ten years old. The scene of him killing a group of people in front of her should have been an extremely intense shock to the young her.
After that, she did not show too much abnormality. She did not cry or be afraid. It could only be said that at that time, perhaps because of her admiration for him, she had already accepted that incident as a normal thing.
With that kind of experience, it might be easier for her to accept guns and drugs in the family in the future. And since he killed a large group of people with guns, it was natural for her to like guns in her heart. That was why she brought him here, just like a child exchanging toys.
She might be smart and cute, and would see helping others as a good thing, but in terms of some big concepts of good and evil, she was probably very different from ordinary people.
She would regard drug use as a stupid thing, but she would not necessarily regard drug trafficking as a bad thing because most of the people she came into contact with did that …
He remembered that when she said that she would become the godmother of the mafia in the future, he and Marilyn thought it was a joke, but now it seemed …
"I … I … that … Jiaming, don't you like it?"
"No, you will slowly understand that these are all bad things."
"I know it's bad, I've never done it … I just took it out to exchange for travel expenses …"
"That's not right. Your teacher should have taught you that drug use and drug trafficking are illegal."
The definition of good and evil was very different from ordinary people. For a while, Jiaming could not use his own rules to teach Heidi. He could not help but have a headache.
"Our teacher is a good-for-nothing …" The fourteen-year-old girl was full of rebellious emotions. At this time, she seemed to want to "argue", but when she looked at Jiaming's eyes, she finally lowered her head and said, "Sorry, I won't touch these things in the future …"
"Okay."
He touched Heidi's hair. This time, the little girl did not shake her head in protest. She just quietly took a sip of wine, then looked up and smiled. Jiaming also took a sip. The next moment, his face suddenly changed.
"Don't drink!"
He shouted in a low voice. He reached out and grabbed the cup in Heidi's hand. After a small sip, he frowned. He tasted both cups of wine, and his doubts deepened.
'I've been drugged with hallucinogen; however, Heidi's glass is normal. Who drugged her? How did they do that? It seems that there are only two possibilities. First, Heidi's uncle would prepare two glasses in the backroom at any time and put the hallucinogen in one of them in case of emergencies. Second, Heidi was the one who drugged her. But why …'
"What, what's wrong?" Heidi asked in a panic.
"We should go out. Your uncle might come back …"
After carefully observing and listening, and after confirming that there was no one around to secretly spy on them, Jiaming poured the wine in his cup, took Heidi's hand, and walked out of the secret room. After leaving the room, the watch vibrated a few times. He glanced at it. The brightly lit banquet hall was not far ahead.
"Let's go to mommy's, okay?
I happen to have something to do, so I have to go out immediately. Tell her. "
Looking at Heidi's helpless expression at this time, Jiaming smiled in his heart. He had roughly confirmed his speculation. The drug was most likely something Heidi wanted to give him, which was why she was so flustered now.
Amused, a sense of helplessness welled up in him. Being an educator was not his strong suit, but now it really felt like he had a helpless daughter. What a headache. What should I say … I'll think about it on the way out …
…
…
Soon after, the little girl walked into the hall in a daze. After looking around, she found her mother.
"Jiaming … Jiaming, she …" She sniffled, and suddenly burst into tears. "He won't like me anymore …"