89: Invisible chain of contempt

These soldiers saw their Asian City faces and didn't show particular surprise, because Asian City people driving refrigerated trucks here were not uncommon and had long become a normal sight.

Since this was a liaison point established by Rabbit Country, most of the staff in the cold storage were Asian City people.

And for a small country like the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, one can imagine how many cold storages there are in Kyoto.

Thinking of this, Xu Ning felt relieved.

Using the frozen lamb piled up in the vehicle as cover, plus his fluent russian and well-prepared various documents, they passed several inspections smoothly.

After passing the inspection safely once again, Xie Miao leaned back, pressed the accelerator, and said loudly, "I really didn't expect to be checked four times."

This sentence was not directed at Xu Ning, but intended for Kadeyafu on the other side of the partition to hear.

At this moment, the tightly bound Kadeyafu heard this and showed no surprise; instead, he lowered his head, because he knew that the person they were looking for would not be him.

Xu Ning frowned and thought, "The soldiers who just checked us all asked if we had seen two foreigners, they weren't looking for him."

"Foreigners?" Xie Miao was a little surprised.

"Yes, they didn't describe their appearance specifically, or even provide photos, they just asked us to keep an eye out."

"Even stranger, their search seemed perfunctory, as if..."

Speaking of this, he paused, his expression turning strange, "As if they were acting, not serious at all."

Although Xu Ning nodded in agreement with Xie Miao's view, thinking that if it was unrelated to them they didn't need to bother, he still frowned deeply, lost in thought.

Xie Miao shrugged and continued driving towards the cold storage liaison point.

As an important hub for cold chain logistics, Han Tuofu Cold Storage had a very high flow of people.

It was located on the outer ring of Kyoto, serving as the main transfer station for the entire city's cold storage goods.

Most cold chain food products would first arrive here before being distributed to various markets.

Although nearby residents knew there were many Asian City people here, they were unaware that the real Boss of this cold storage was also an Asian City person.

Locals just thought there were many Asian City people here and didn't realize that a low-key Asian City person was actually the owner of the cold storage.

The doorman, Li Liangui, was one of the few employees who knew the truth, because his cousin was a supervisor in one of the warehouses here.

It was precisely because of this connection that Li Liangui, who hadn't finished junior high, was able to leave his hometown and find a relatively easy job here.

"Beep beep..." A piercing horn sound interrupted his nap.

"Who is it?" Li Liangui frowned, opened his eyes, and said angrily, "Don't you want to live? You dare to wake me up."

He took off the safety helmet covering his face and stood up angrily, ready to scold.

But remembering past lessons, he habitually glanced at the logo on the refrigerated truck.

It's a Harman Meat Union vehicle?

After seeing the logo of the largest local meat processing plant, Li Liangui's anger immediately vanished.

A smile instantly appeared on his face.

This was the company's major client; even with his cousin backing him, he couldn't afford to offend these people.

He remembered when he first arrived, because of his arrogant attitude, he had been severely taught a lesson by the people from Harman Meat Union.

At that time, the other security guards were very slow to arrive, and only later did he learn that the other party had powerful backing.

From then on, he understood the complexity of society.

"Are you here to store or pick up goods?" Li Liangui quickly picked up the registration book, asked in the russian he had learned over the years, and got ready to record.

"Cut the nonsense, hurry up and open the gate and let us in!" The driver in the refrigerated truck said impatiently.

"Okay, okay." Li Liangui didn't dare to delay, quickly jotted down a few notes, and swiftly pressed the switch for the gate, afraid of wasting the other party's time.

After pressing the button, he didn't forget to give directions to the two unfamiliar drivers, guessing they were new.

"Cold Storages 1-3 go to the left, Cold Storages 4-6 go to the right, the manager's office is straight ahead."

"Alright, alright, got it!" The driver responded somewhat impatiently.

As the barrier rose, the refrigerated truck accelerated into the compound, leaving a wisp of dust.

The exhaust fumes drifted into the guard room with the wind. Li Liangui sniffed, his brow furrowed slightly, but he quickly resumed his smile, watching the refrigerated truck leave as if his best friend was sitting inside.

"Beep..."

A short horn sound interrupted his thoughts.

The people who came this time were quite polite.

Li Liangui thought, turning around with a smile.

But when he saw that the two people sitting in the refrigerated truck had Asian City faces, his smile instantly froze.

Not locals?

Where are they from?

He frowned deeply and carefully checked the logo on the back of the refrigerated truck.

After confirming it was an unfamiliar logo and clearly a vehicle from a small company, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression became indifferent.

"Hello, we are from Lazy Cat Cold Fresh Company. We have already notified this place beforehand that we are delivering a batch of frozen lamb." Seeing that the other party was also an Asian City person, Xie Miao spoke in Chinese, using the lines Xu Ning had taught him in advance.

"Hmph!"

Li Liangui snorted coldly, completely ignored them, and sat straight back down on his chair, as if he hadn't seen them, showing no intention of lifting the barrier to let them through.

Just moments ago he was like a dutiful doorman, but now he seemed to have become a cold master. The speed of his attitude change surprised both people in the truck.

But in Li Liangui's view, this situation was completely normal, because he had become accustomed to dealing with various Asian City drivers.

Although everyone was an Asian City person, many Asian City people who had lived overseas for a long time had an invisible chain of contempt in their hearts.

Take himself for example. After living here for a period, he had gained some understanding of the local situation.

Although they were now all in the same camp, the locals looked down on those from the distant north who believed in Orthodox Christianity.

The Orthodox Christians looked down on the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria people who believed in Islam.

United States people had only recently arrived here, so they hadn't yet been included in this complex network of relationships.

As for the Asian City people, they were looked down upon by both sides. After all, at this time, russian cities were still one of the world's two superpowers.

In their eyes, they themselves were the truly superior people, while Asian City people could only follow behind them.

At the very bottom of this chain of discrimination, there was actually an even lower layer, but this layer was only known to Asian City people like Li Liangui themselves.

That was, Asian City people who could speak russian looked down on Asian City people who couldn't speak russian.

Because they believed that those who couldn't speak russian were like uncivilized beasts, and only those who had mastered the language were civilized people.

From the moment Xie Miao started speaking, Li Liangui had assigned him a level in his heart, the lowest one.

A small company combined with the lowly status of an Asian City person—this double disadvantage stacked together caused Li Liangui to no longer be obsequious as before.

"What's going on?"

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