Trafford’s Trading Club

The red lantern was stretched like a rice dumpling. It stood unable to move not far away from the lantern, with a look of sorrow and anger on its face... and then gradually became helpless.

"I see. It seems that Mr. Deng Shen still has restrictions on not harming others." Boss Luo took two steps forward and came to the side of the red Deng God. Then he reached out and touched the chains that tied the Deng God.

What made the djinn's eyes widen was that the chains wrapped around it were loosened... it opened its mouth and said the word "you" several times in succession... but did not say a complete sentence.

Boss Luo shook his head: "I should not be directly related to this magic lamp...but you also have your story. What I'm talking about is the story before you became the lantern god."

The red djinn remained silent, then sighed dejectedly, and then looked at the summoner expectantly, "You...you really don't plan to make a third wish?"

Luo Qiu didn't say anything. He just glanced at the pattern cards waiting to be revealed, and his meaning was already very clear.

The red lamp god frowned. Over the years since he became the lamp god, he has never seen anyone give up making a wish... That's all. At most, it shows that he has no desires and desires, but the other party can actually loosen the lamp. Limitations on oneself...how do you say this?

"You...are you?" The red djinn seemed to have thought of something and looked at Luo Qiu with a hint of fear.

Boss Luo shook his head directly and said: "I said, I have no direct relationship with the magic lamp itself... In fact, from a certain aspect, your situation and mine are actually similar."

The red djinn stared suspiciously. It was temporarily unable to understand the rules of the magical lamp that restricted the djinn elves from attacking the summoner. It was already destined that the summoner was safe. Apart from being louder, it really had no dignity.

It could only turn to look at the pattern cards wrapped around itself, then tentatively grabbed one of them and brought it to itself.

"What, you actually want half of my power?" The red djinn looked at the randomly drawn card with a look of disbelief on his face...even his voice became sharper, "I just want you to make a third wish. That’s it! And it’s your third wish that I helped you realize, and you actually have to pay for it with half of my strength? How unreasonable, how unreasonable! How unreasonable!!”

"Compared with the possibility of freedom..." Boss Luo said slowly at this time: "Mr. Deng Shen, don't you think half of the power is already cheap? After all, when I make this third wish, it means that the next one The summoner is very likely to be able to fulfill the plan of five hundred wishes... or something like that."

The red djinn's fingers couldn't help but twitch... Obviously, its heart had been shaken by this possibility, but it still couldn't figure out why it was obviously the one who helped the other person realize his wish, and why he had five hundred more wishes to follow. Can continue to output... Why do I have to contribute half of my strength to the other party?

How can there be such a truth in the world... Isn't this bullying?

"I am also respected...forget it." The red djinn sighed, threw away the pattern card on his hand, then grabbed the second card next to him, and looked at it without much expectation.

"My soul belongs to you after death???"

It was right. The first card was already the lion's mouth. The second card was obviously not simple, but it was the most precious thing, which was completely unacceptable to the red djinn.

Boss Luo casually gave an official explanation at this time, "This refers to after death...that is, after your true death, Mr. Deng Shen. Maybe you will be able to escape from the magic lamp later, and then you will have a long period of freedom... ...and then die. In fact, if you consider the cost-effectiveness aspect, I suggest you choose to give up half of your power."

The red djinn snorted coldly, "Half of your power...are you willing to lose half of your current power just to buy a possibility?"

"I think I am willing... at least at this stage." Boss Luo suddenly said quietly: "If there is a possibility that appears in front of me... I think I will be willing, even if it is all."

"Madman!" the red lantern snorted coldly: "For this power, I am willing to be enslaved by this magic lamp. Now I have almost fulfilled half of my wish... Now you want me to give up half of my power, it is impossible! My soul It also belongs to me. I have had enough of the pain of being imprisoned by the magic lamp, and I no longer want my soul to be imprisoned! This is also impossible!"

With that said, it threw out the second card, and then grabbed the third card.

Then its expression couldn't help but become weird...and then it became silent. It stared at the third card for a while, then took a deep breath, stared at the boss hatefully, and gritted its teeth and said: " You...maybe even more hateful...cruel than the person who created this magic lamp!"

"Mr. Deng Shen, do you already have the answer?" Boss Luo just pretended not to hear.

In fact, there are only three cards in total... The red djinn has now seen them all, but it is hesitant at this time, and gritted its teeth and said: "I need to think quietly."

After saying that, the red lantern turned into a stream of red and black smoke, and suddenly poured into the room where the magic lanterns were placed. It suddenly became dim and extremely quiet.

Because he had to wait for the djinn to make a decision, Luo Qiu naturally would not leave quietly before the customer had an answer... He looked at the way he came.

On the way here, there was no sign of Claudia yet. She was still undergoing the test of getting the magic lamp.

…

…

Suddenly, Claudia arrived...or rather, returned to a familiar place where she lived.

"Father?"

She came after the familiar figure, but she didn't know why she came back here... Everything in her home was so familiar to her that she wouldn't hit the wall even with her eyes closed.

A figure flashed past upstairs. Claudia was startled and quickly chased after him. She came to the room at the end of the corridor and pushed the door open. This was the study room in her home, and it was also Professor Xie Jiatu's usual bedroom besides his bedroom. The place where I spend the most time.

"Father!"

The moment she opened the door, the sun pierced into Claudia's eyes. In front of the window sill of the study, Professor Xie Jiatu was holding a pipe, wondering what he was thinking.

He heard Claudia's call, turned around, and showed a kind smile: "Oh, Claudia, it's you, what can I do?"

"Is it really you..." Claudia walked slowly... quickly, then quickly, three steps and two steps, and threw herself into the arms of Professor Xie Jiatu, "Am I not dreaming?"

"What's wrong, Claudia?" Professor Xie Jiatu frowned, and while stroking his daughter's head, he asked softly: "Is there anything unhappy? Are you being bullied by classmates again?"

"No, I'm just too happy." Claudia wiped away her tears, raised her head and said, "Besides, I haven't been bullied for a long time, ever since I learned Taekwondo! I'm very powerful now!"

Professor Xie Jiatu smiled happily and rubbed Claudia's head again: "Really? She has only studied for less than a month and she has already become great. She is indeed my daughter."

"I've learned almost eight things in a month..."

She originally said it had been eight years, but only now did she realize that her father was much taller than she had imagined, and she could only reach the height of his chest.

Father, when did you become so tall?

No...it was because she had shrunk and returned to the way she was when she was a child, when she was always bullied and picked on...just because she was more mature than ordinary children.

That's why she learned some self-defense skills under the advice of Professor Xie Jiatu... That year, she was only fourteen years old.

Time, time... has time gone back?

She suddenly became drowsy. During her drowsiness, her body suddenly felt light. It must have been her father who picked her up... When she was a child, her father would always pick her up when she was sleeping.

…

It was getting dark soon. Claudia opened the window of the room and said good morning to the bird standing on the branch outside the window. Then she saw Professor Xie Jiatu reading in the yard.

"Father!"

The sound caught the attention of Professor Xie Jiatu, who was reading a book. He looked up and saw Claudia climbing out of the window sill of the room, and then climbed down along the pipe outside the house.

"My little princess, you were most likely a little monkey in your last life." Professor Xie Jiatu smiled bitterly and walked quickly, fearing that she would suddenly fall, with a nervous look on his face.

"Father!"

Claudia got playful and jumped out halfway up to Professor Xie Jiatu. Although Professor Xie Jiatu caught her, she fell to the ground due to the force of the impact.

Claudia sat on Professor Xie Jiatu's chest and let out a giggle. At this time, the professor closed his eyes and remained motionless.

Claudia seemed to find something wrong and shook it quickly, but saw that Professor Xie Jiatu still had no reaction. She immediately became anxious, her nose felt sore in her anxiety, and her tears fell down.

It wasn't until Professor Xie Jiatu suddenly opened his arms, picked her up, and spun her around a few times that her tears turned into laughter.

"Father, have you grown taller again?" Claudia hugged her father's waist and found that she could only reach her father's waist.

Professor Xie Jiatu couldn't help but said with a smile: "My little princess, you are only 11 years old, do you still want to be taller than me?"

"Am I only 11?" Claudia raised her head in confusion and saw the Christmas tree in front of the house. She remembered this Christmas tree because it was the one her father brought back and planted in the yard when she was 11 years old.

She is indeed 11 years old this year.

"Father, I had a dream yesterday." Claudia tilted her little head, which was particularly cute. "I dreamed that I grew up and became fourteen years old!"

Professor Xie Jiatu seemed to be interested. He knelt down and gently wiped the grass clippings on Claudia's body with his hands, sorting them carefully from arms to legs, "Fourteen-year-old Claudia? Ten What were you doing when you were four?”

"I should have learned Taekwondo!" Claudia said with a smile, "I am so powerful! I can protect myself and won't be bullied!"

Professor Xie Jiatu held her hands, kissed her and said, "Little princess, no one will bully you now, because I will protect you."

She listened happily, then lowered her head and kissed the professor on the forehead, as if she was really a princess and her father was a knight.

"I want to be with daddy forever!"

…

She was younger that year, at an age where she liked to lie next to her father and listen to stories.

Claudia lay on the soft carpet, not far from the stove that radiated light and heat.

Professor Xie Jiatu's magnetic voice was slowly ringing out. He was telling his daughter stories about the Greek pantheon. He had told his daughter several stories this night, but she didn't seem to have heard enough, even when it was time to go to bed. , still fighting against the Sandman very tenaciously.

"...Later, after Oedipus killed the king with his own hands, the king's position was temporarily taken over by the king's younger brother. Soon after, a monster appeared in the kingdom, and no one could solve it..."

"Oedipus saw the notice and stepped forward to solve the problem of the monster. According to the notice, Oedipus became the new king and took the former king's queen as his wife."

The story seemed to be coming to an end here. Seeing Professor Segado open the book on his lap to the new night, Claudia suddenly asked curiously: "Dad, isn't the Queen the mother of Oedipus? How could he marry his own mother?"

Professor Xie Jiatu smiled and looked at this little figure... At this time, Claudia, who was lying on the ground, raised her legs and kicked them gently in the air. She was obviously still very energetic.

Xie Jiatujia retracted his gaze, thought for a while and said: "Do you remember the curse of Pelops before? Everything Oedipus did was to fulfill this curse. This is a kind of fate, Claudia. "

She was at such an age that she couldn't understand these things, and she didn't know what fate was, so she shook her head directly, "I don't like to hear this story, it's too tragic! I want to hear something else!"

Professor Xie Jiatu laughed, picked up Claudia on the ground, put her on his lap, and hugged her gently, "What other stories do you want to hear?"

Little Claudia thought for a while, raised her head and said, "I want to hear the Valentine's Day story!"

Professor Xie Jiatu blinked and said softly: "But the story of Valentine's Day is also a tragic story, and haven't you heard it before?"

"I don't care, I want to hear this." Claudia said innocently: "I want to hear a Valentine's Day story with a happy ending!"

Professor Xie Jiatu smiled and nodded. After pondering for a while, he said: "Okay, let's tell the story of Valentine's Day..."

The story began anew under the light of the fire... Professor Xie Jiatu's magnetic voice still sounded, telling the story about Valentine's Day.

"...Finally, on the day before the execution, the blind girl's eyes were finally cured. She rushed to the execution place and finally saw what Valentine looked like. Later, the king...Claudia?"

She had fallen asleep, lying on Professor Xie Jiatu's body.

So he stopped his story, picked her up gently, and carried her into the room.

At this time, she was really at an age where she could fall asleep listening to stories...