I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 169 - 167 Gentle Words and Benefiting Others

Chapter 169: Chapter 167 Gentle Words and Benefiting Others

Lazarus’s streets at night were bustling with people holding signs, chanting slogans, and advancing angrily towards the President.

They were determined, their spirits high, as though they were on a victorious march.

Yet the patrolling soldiers on the street didn’t hinder the procession; some smiled, others ignored it, all making way for the crowd.

Wei Tianyang followed the crowd for a while before gradually withdrawing. At that point, he found himself on a bustling commercial street lined with both large shopping malls and small boutique shops. Despite the city being in a state of emergency, they remained open for business, unaffected.

He stood in front of a beverage shop on the street side, watching the marching crowd slowly drift away, deep in thought.

At that moment, a honest male voice greeted him in Yin language from behind, "Yo? An East Continent face, where are you from? From Yin Country?"

Wei Tianyang turned around and saw a middle-aged, overweight man from the East Continent wearing glasses and a crew cut.

He was dressed in a green apron, leaning on the counter, greeting Wei Tianyang. The store sold coffee beverages. The shop was tiny, customers couldn’t enter and had to queue on the street. The cramped interior space could only fit four or five people. Beside the man was a large coffee machine, with ingredient bins behind him.

Wei Tianyang took off his headphones and responded in Yin language, "It sounds like you’re also from Yin Country?"

"Hey~, indeed, I came here five years ago," the man chuckled.

"Oh~, I just arrived today," Wei Tianyang smiled.

"Hehe~, you’re here for tourism, right? I immigrated here~," the man said.

"Immigrated? That’s not simple. You even manage a shop now, life must be settled, right?" Wei Tianyang said.

"Not really... Well, to be honest~, I did spend some money and took a risky way here. The shop isn’t mine, I just work here," the man chuckled.

"Taking a risky route..." Wei Tianyang nodded in understanding.

Isn’t that just another way of saying sneaking? But this is quite a long way off, isn’t it? Yin Country isn’t close to Yixu.

"Don’t play dumb~ Everyone understands, and you also know what kind of mess Yin Country is," the man chuckled.

Wei Tianyang was somewhat speechless, recalling his own circumstances in Chicken Snake Country, he could somewhat understand the man’s thoughts — it’s just about being fed up and wanting to leave.

However, compared to the crappy environment of Chicken Snake Country, many unpleasant things in Yin Country... surely wouldn’t be unbearable enough to make someone flee?

Yet Wei Tianyang didn’t feel like lecturing. Ever since he entered Yin Country, Emperor Zhao Ling had treated him as an honored guest, taking great care of him.

He lived a life only accessible to the top 1% of privileged individuals in Yin Country and had also personally seen the lives of civilians in Fengrao City making a living by setting up street stalls. Hence, he felt he had no right to preach to this man.

Maybe this person used to make a living by setting up a street stall in some small area of Yin Country? That naturally would make him think less of Yin Country.

"I think Yin Country... compared to other small countries in the East Continent, is quite good," Wei Tianyang cautiously chose his words.

"Hey~, I can tell, young man, you must be from the upper class of Yin Country, never suffered, are you a second-generation official or rich second generation?" the man chuckled.

"Why would you say that? Do I look like a rich person?" Wei Tianyang spread his hands.

"Look at you, that watch on your hand isn’t cheap. And those who can go abroad for vacation, their families are usually well-off," the man added.

"This watch is... bought by my family," Wei Tianyang said.

"Look, I told you—your smartwatch would cost over 1,300 Langke, even more expensive in Yin Country with the tariff included! Hehe, don’t take it to heart; I just want someone to chat with. Being here for a long time, surrounded only by Caucasians, no one speaks to me; it’s suffocating," the man said.

"Where are you originally from in Yin Country? What should I call you?" Wei Tianyang grew interested.

"Just call me Wang Laoer. I’m from Duozi River, used to work in a factory, and then... well, I was fired. How about you, young man?" Wang Laoer said with a smile.

"I... just call me Wei Tianyang. I live in Fengrao City; my family runs a street stall," Wei Tianyang replied.

"Wow, a capital resident, huh? Then your family’s street stall must be pretty large. No need to pretend; your family must be upper class. I guess at the very least you’re from a family of rich merchants, or better yet, perhaps a civil servant or a clan disciple," Wang Laoer chuckled.

"Hehe, guess all you want. You’ve been here for five years without any friends? Still need to drag a stranger like me into a conversation to kill your boredom?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"You have no idea. Those Caucasian folks here all discriminate against us Asians, especially the Yixu... Damn it, even if you follow their religion of Rada Gan, they’d still say you’re unworthy. No one here wants to speak to me," Wang Laoer said, somewhat indignant.

"In that case, why did you run off to Yixu in the first place? Didn’t consider the Sethiyan Federation or the Western Alliance?" Wei Tianyang inquired.

"That’s what you don’t know; the Western Alliance only accepts skilled immigrants, and the Sethiyan Federation inspects the assets of immigrants. If you don’t have at least 10 million Langke, forget about it... I was fooled by the lies of those middlemen, claiming that Yixu had a lower threshold, a better environment than the Western Alliance, and wasn’t inferior to the Sethiyan Federation, so I paid and came here," Wang Laoer sighed.

"That must’ve cost a lot of money..." Wei Tianyang was taken aback.

"I had to sell everything, nearly scraping together 300,000 Civilian Coins before they brought me over here," Wang Laoer said.

Wei Tianyang shook his head and said, "You’d have been better off coming here as a tourist first, then figuring it out. Definitely wouldn’t have cost 300,000 just for that."

"That’s what you don’t understand... To get a digital tourist visa for Yixu, they check your criminal record and assets..." Wang Laoer started saying this and then stopped.

Wei Tianyang smiled, realizing that Wang Laoer had a criminal record back in Yin Country.

"Ahh, let’s not talk about it anymore. I’m here now, and it’s just a bit lonely. Even so, I don’t regret it at all—I’m telling you, Yin Country doesn’t compare to Yixu. Although I’m just selling coffee here, I’m still living better than 90% of Yin Country people!" Wang Laoer laughed.

"What’s wrong with Yin Country? I see you hold quite the grudge," Wei Tianyang asked.

"Feudal dictatorship, lack of freedom, unfair, empress dictatorship, that old lady Zhao Ling, she’s lived almost over a hundred years, right? Everyone in the country has to listen to her. Why? Just because she was born in the Yin people class? Also, the entire country doesn’t adhere to laws; it all revolves around power. This old woman’s single decision can manage everything, even whether our streets here need refurbishing relies on the residents within the street voting!" Wang Laoer laughed.

"You claim that the Yin Country is an imperial system, I’m not in a position to comment on Zhao Ling... but... regarding street refurbishing here, are you able to vote?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"Me? Hehe... I cannot... but at least others have that system! How about that? You from Dayin Dynasty don’t have it, so you just don’t qualify—" Wang Laoer laughed.

"I feel being able to vote doesn’t necessarily represent fairness... I can’t even tell what fairness is anymore," Wei Tianyang said, looking at the street solemnly.

"Oh? You’re quite profound, young man. Isn’t fairness just fairness? How can you not tell?" Wang Laoer laughed.

"Whether it’s following one person to war or a group, the outcome is never good... Isn’t that the current situation in Yixu? I thought that after the President’s death, the war wouldn’t end immediately but would at least simmer down... but it seems the Yixu people don’t think so..." Wei Tianyang said.

As he talked, he looked towards Wang Laoer, smiled again, and continued, "Demanding fairness from others is in itself unfair... I still need to search for the answer."

"Hey yo... young man, that’s pretty deep. Ah, we’ve been chatting for over ten minutes, we must be fated. Let me make you a coffee!" Wang Laoer laughed.

Wei Tianyang smiled without speaking.

"George and Vivienne’s Sunny Apple Latte! This month’s prime new flavor! Absolutely delicious, been selling a lot lately," Wang Laoer said.

Wei Tianyang leaned on the counter and replied, "I don’t drink sweet drinks."

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