The Male God’s Favorable Impressions Are Difficult to Farm Chapter 76: City


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Belya learned from his family that the owner of the restaurant chain was Pattern, that is, Ye Junjing, and also learned that Pattern was the owner of the previous cafe. He felt a little uncomfortable. He always felt that The boss doesn't seem to be friendly to him.

Belya admits that he has not offended anyone, and I don't know why Pattern looks at him unpleasant.

"Isn Pattern a commoner? How did he get those worms?" Belya was puzzled.

Belya’s mother explained: “Pettern caught up with Major General Sarri, and Major General Sarri helped him, so he could trade with the military.”

"Major General Sarri?" Belya felt even more uncomfortable. It was obvious that he had spoken to Major General Sarri first. Why did Pattern have such a good relationship with Major General Sarri instead of seeing him for a while? During this period of time, he wanted to find Major General Surrey, but he did not have the communication method of the other party. Later, Major General Surrey went to the front line again and he couldn't meet people even more. Although Major General Sarri did not know why he suddenly chose Short Station, but the major general is either at the front line or at home on weekdays, and he has no excuse to come and find someone.

Wait, Major General Surrey suddenly chose to stay for a short period of time, and then there was a case of Pattern and Major General Surrey cooperating to sell insects. Is it because of Pattern that Sarri chose to stay for a short time?

Belya thinks something is wrong. Is it possible that Isis Sarri fell in love with Pettern? Otherwise, why do you want to help him, and choose a short stay where you can come back every day?

"Speaking of speaking, Major General Surrey didn't know why he moved out suddenly." Belya's mother said, "I still heard Mrs. Surrey's friend say that it was the day you went on a date with the young master of the Surrey family. Major General Surrey suddenly bought a house outside and moved out with Miss Surrey."

Belya frowned. In a family of his level, things about each other are actually not secrets. The civilians probably don’t know, but they know very well that the Sarri family is not peaceful, there are illegitimate children and mistresses, Sarri. It is normal that Major General Li can't stay, but the timing is very particular.

Maybe the illegitimate child robbed Major General Surrey’s plan for a blind date, and the Major General is unhappy?

Belya thought.

"Mom, where did Major General Surrey moved?" Bella asked pretending to be curious.

"I’m not sure, I heard that it is Hua’an Community in the south of the city."

Bairya's inspiration flashed: "Hua'an Community? I seem to have heard of it somewhere."

Belya's mother laughed and said: "Where else can I hear it? There are some rich civilians who live there. They are quite famous. I don't know why Major General Surrey chose it."

Wealthy civilians... Isn't that just someone like... Pettern?

Could it be...Bella's heart was cold, did Major General Surrey fall in love at first sight when he saw Pattern, and went to his neighborhood to show his courtesy?

"Okay, baby." Mom San adjusted the collar of Bai Ya, "You should go to the banquet, my son must be the most dazzling omega."

Bela reluctantly smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, mom."

Belya turned and walked outside, feeling very uncomfortable. Since crossing, he has never encountered such a situation. He has always gotten everything he wants, but this Major General Sarri, he Except for seeing the other side, there is no other intersection, let alone go further with the other side. It's Pettern, Berja always feels that the opponent has robbed him of what belongs to him.

Not only did he not see Isis during this period, but he was even entangled by Isis’ illegitimate brother. He didn’t know where the other party got his communication number. He deliberately didn’t stay in the cafe that day. Own communication number, it turned out to be useless.

——Dear Belya, we can meet again at the banquet tonight, can I ask you to dance?

Belya looked at the text message sent by the other party, a little disgusting, that arrogant and somewhat ridiculous narcissistic guy, he really didn't want to see it for a moment.

Ye Junge didn't go to the evening banquet. It was a banquet between the nobles, but he was not interested, but Ye Junyan ran over. It didn’t take long for him to be stopped by his illegitimate son Evan.

"Sister Casa." Evan called Casablanca's abbreviation affectionately, "How are you doing outside? Where's Brother Isis?"

Ye Junyan maintains a lady-like demeanor: "My brother and I have a very good time. My brother has found a sister-in-law for me. Don't worry about Brother Evan."

Evan breathed a sigh of relief. He had inquired about it a long time ago. Isis recently walked very close to a civilian omega, and it seemed that he looked right, so he wouldn't have to worry about the other party robbing him of Berja , Although he is confident that he can beat it, but one thing is better than one thing less.

After being relieved, I was gloating. As a noble, Isis would definitely be opposed to marrying a commoner omega, but he still hoped that Isis would be with that commoner. If Isis married a noble omega, It is definitely not a small help to Isis. How could he be happy to see that Isis's influence is getting bigger and bigger?

"That's good, you and your brother must be careful if you live outside."

Ye Junyan smiled and nodded, then glanced not far away: "Hey, brother Evan, my good sister is waiting for me, I'll pass first."

Evan didn't want to say much to her, so he said goodbye to her.

Ye Junyan didn't see any good sisters, she just wanted to get rid of Evan quickly.

Evan’s fake mercy, in fact, who doesn’t the Surrey family know how bad their relationship with Evan is? But the other party has to put on a look of careless generosity, as if their brothers and sisters don’t wait to see each other irritated by each other. In fact, when they were at Surrey’s house, Evan was very arrogant and would not give others It is their brothers and sisters who don't care about face.

Evan’s person, a little well-informed nobleman knows, it’s just a joke, and seeing him put on a look that doesn’t mind even though he is angry, like watching a clown.

Ye Junyan snorted, and continued to walk towards the table with the demeanor of a lady. The desserts there were she had been thinking about for a long time...

Ye Junjing looked at Ye Junge, who was lying on the sofa eating snacks and watching TV, and then swallowed his words. He wanted to ask him why he didn't go to the banquet, but then he thought about it, they were just married, or not It is better to be involved in the other person’s life too much.

But the other person looks like his little lover now.

It's just like it. Ye Junjing thought sadly, the closer he got to Ye Junge, the more he felt like the two, but the more subtle differences he could find. Sometimes Ye Junjing comforts herself. In fact, the two of them may be the same, but Isis is the reincarnation of Ye Junge. Everything is a little different, but Ye Junjing will laugh at herself as stupid when she turns around. These are just her excuses.

Ye Junjing feels that he is a scum. While thinking of his lover in the previous life, he can't help being attracted by the people in this life, and he also fantasizes that they are the same person.

"You come home with me in two days and let my father see you." Ye Junge said suddenly.

Ye Junjing froze for a moment, think about it, he will come sooner or later, and simply nodded and agreed: "Okay, do I need to buy something? What does your father like?"

"Whatever." Ye Junge frowned, not accustomed to his own men wronging him to please other irrelevant people.

Ye Junjing responded and said nothing.

Their relationship is probably a marriage in Isis's heart. Seeing the parents of such important things just passed away, it can be seen that Isis has no affection for him.

Ye Junjing laughed at himself, he was entangled there, and the other party didn't care at all, why bother.

The next day, Ye Junjing and Ye Junge went back to Surrey's house together. By coincidence, everyone in the family was there, even Belya was there. However, he had no choice but to come over with Evan's kind invitation, but he remained cautious until Ye Junge came in.

"Major General Sarri." Bellya said in surprise.

Ye Junge smiled and replied: "Bairya."

Belya was even more surprised. He thought the other party would call his last name, but he didn't expect him to call his first name directly.

He is happy, and Evan and Ye Junjing are a little unhappy. Evan stepped forward two steps to stand in front of Berja and looked at Ye Junjing: "Is this brother's friend? Why not introduce it?"

Ye Junjing suppressed the discomfort in his heart, smiled and said: "Hello, I am Pettern Hus."

"He is my fiance." Ye Junge held Ye Junjing's hand to show the relationship between the two.

Evan looked at the two in surprise, and then blessed: "That's really congratulations." Then he changed to a deep worry: "But will my father agree to your union?"

Ye Junge was unmoved: "So I brought him to see my father and dad today."

"Then, good luck to you." Evan smiled, his eyes full of malice, and he waited for the good show.

Sure enough, Brian became furious after learning about Ye Junge and Ye Junjing: "He is just a commoner! How can he be worthy of you?! You should marry an aristocratic omega. I would not agree with a commoner to marry in. Besides, you are the eldest son!"

Ye Junge said slowly: "But I have marked him, he can only marry me."

Brian shivered with anger. Federal law stipulates that the unmarried alpha marks o marks another o and can only mark one omega.

"You..." Blaine was furious, but the federal law is above everything. Although nobles can evade the punishment of the law at certain times, it is not ordinary to involve omega, a scarce resource for human reproduction. Nobles can do things, unless it is the big families on the top floor, they can do a little bit.

In the end, Brian had to accept Pattern, a commoner son-in-law, but this incident made him even more disappointed and dissatisfied with the son of Isis.

Ye Junge doesn't mind, and Isis's father is still satisfied with Pattern, Ye Junge's goal is achieved, let alone Brian. Since Ye Junjing’s parents have died early in this life and there is no elder relative, so the two people’s wedding is organized by the Surrey family. The marked and combined alpha and omega are best to get married early to avoid any special circumstances, because this can be done. There are too many articles in the article. If you are caught by political opponents-move your hands and feet, then the Surrey family will be implicated.

Belya watched the Sarri family quickly set up the wedding of the two, feeling very uneasy. It was obvious that he was the first to see Isis, but he also knew that he had no chance.

So the protagonist was just as cannon fodder? Of course impossible, Isis is his protagonist attacking!

On this day, Belya woke up from his sleep, he covered his eyes and laughed lowly. The laughter was a little maddening, but there was no one else in the room, so no one knew his abnormality.

The housekeeping robot knocked on the door on time, awakening Berja from his thoughts.

Belya adjusted her expression in an instant and returned to normal, looking no different from usual.

Belja’s family didn’t notice that there was something wrong with Belja. Belja’s mother smiled and said this to him, and then naturally handed over the fact that Belja had been single, with some worry between her brows.

"What's the matter, mother?" Belya looked at her suspiciously.

"It’s nothing. Mom just thought that you didn’t like the Evan at Surrey’s house. She was a little worried. You are getting older and the marriage should be settled as soon as possible. Belya, mother knows that you like Major General Sarri, but Major General is about to You have no chance to marry that commoner, do you really have no other people you like?"

Belya looked slightly lonely: "Mom, shall we not mention these? I don't want to fall in love recently."

Belya's mother looked at him worriedly, hesitated for a moment, and nodded: "Well, dear, give you some time to calm down, you will meet a better alpha."

Belya was eating breakfast absent-mindedly, but her heart was not so peaceful.

After finishing the rebellion, Berja went back to the room alone, came to the waiting mirror, staring at him frantically, the expression on his face seemed ecstasy and resentful, after a long time, he suddenly retracted all his expressions, faintly Looking at himself in the mirror, this is not the Belya who loves to laugh and kindness, but a cold, crazy and gloomy Belya.

Isis.

Bella called out with her mouth, her expression slightly gentle.

You are mine.

Belya, also mine.

Ye Junge still doesn’t know the changes to the protagonist, and the surface returned to normal. In fact, he was a little frustrated by the events of 914, and 004 didn’t find it. It was just a routine scan that felt Belya’s data was a bit strange. , But the plot situation is not known, because Belya’s data is still his own data, but Belya has two separate data, 004 did not detect the difference between the current data and the original data, just thought that Belya did not have a problem , So he didn't pay much attention to it.

Although I don't care, I still reminded me: [Junjun, Belya may be a little abnormal, but it may also be a scan error. 】

‘What? ’

[I compared Berja’s database and his data is okay, but I always feel something is wrong, maybe I’m nervous, but you should be careful_(:3」∠)_]

Ye Junge nodded, a mortal, how about jumping around again? In addition, he has no black spots in his life, not to mention that in this unwritten design, it is impossible for the protagonist to attack the protagonist too much, so Ye Junge is not worried at all.

But there is an accident in everything. When Ye Junge came out to buy a cake for his sister, he felt that there was no sound when someone followed him. He wanted to see what the other party wanted to do.

The person who followed Ye Junge was hired by Berya with money to kidnap Ye Junge. Belya didn't want to exchange him for ransom, he just wanted to take Ye Junge back to accompany him.

Isith is his, how can I marry another omega?

Bela remembered the experiences he had "saw" before. The whole person was not good. He must get Isis in person.

Ye Junge deliberately created a chance for the other party, walked to a remote place, and then smelled a very good fragrance. He instantly judged that the fragrance had a fainting effect, and immediately enveloped himself with mental energy, but he just breathed in A little bit of gas made him feel weak, and he fell to the ground, closing his eyes and pretending to be dizzy.

The visitor is a strong beta. He escaped the surveillance and dragged him onto the personal aircraft. Fortunately, the place where Ye Junge fainted was a blind spot in the surveillance, so it was also very convenient to deal with. After setting up Ye Junge, the beta controlled the aircraft and flew away. here.

Ye Junge is dizzy all the way, he is not worried that something will happen to him, not to mention that 004 helps to monitor, and he still has some points to exchange drugs to wake himself up, so there is no need to worry.

But it's a pity that this kind of act of entrusting a big man is generally no different from death, and Ye Junge will soon regret his decision.

Not long after the aircraft was driving, it stopped in front of a villa.

A man walked out of the villa. Although Ye Junge closed his eyes, he could tell that he was an omega by the pheromone in the air.

"People brought it, you said the money..." Beta said in a low voice.

ga nodded: "Don't worry, it has been sent to you just now. You can check it now."

a checked the personal terminal, then satisfactorily helped him drag Ye Junge onto the bed in the room, and left in a hurry.

Ye Junge has recognized the identity of omega, which is Berja.

I didn't expect that the protagonist Shou would actually do this kind of thing. They were obviously not familiar with them, and they didn't reach the point where the protagonist loved him so much that he wanted to get him or hated him so much that he would be arrested and tortured.

Ye Junge unfolded his mental effort to sweep the terrain of the villa. It is a very common simple two-story villa. There are no people in the entire villa, not even a robot. Ye Junge calmly manipulated the personal terminal to send a message to Ye Junjing. Although the villa has a signal shielding device, 004 is not vegetarian. With its help, you can use the system's own information channel to send a message to Ye Junjing. .

Bella looked at Ye Junge in the "coma", paced back and forth twice, couldn't help stepping forward, and gently stroked Ye Junge's chest through the clothes, with a frantic look in her eyes.

"You are mine..." Belya murmured, "You should have been mine, but you were taken by that bitch, and now you get it by another bitch, bitch, both It's a bitch!"

Ye Junge listened indifferently, not sure what happened to the protagonist, didn't Ye Junjing play ambiguously with him from beginning to end? What happened to the other **** who fell in love with him?

Is the protagonist suffering from hypothesis?

004 also felt that there was something wrong with Belya, so it immediately called up Belya's information database and began to analyze the reason for Belya's abnormality.

"Fortunately...now you are mine...hahaha that bitch, it's been so many years! I'm finally back!"

Ye Junge couldn't understand what he was talking about, so he simply stopped listening and waited intently for the analysis result of 004.

Belya was still talking to himself, but no one was listening except him, maybe he didn't listen anymore, he just wanted to talk.

[I got it! ] 004 said excitedly, [Junjun, I found something wrong! 】

Ye Junge replied slowly: "What's wrong? ’

[This Belya is a real Belya! 】

‘What do you mean? ’

[Yes! This Berja is the Berja that has not been crossed! It turns out that Belya was not dead and was crossed by the protagonist. He was directly taken away by the protagonist. His soul could only shrink from the depths, watching the protagonist use his identity to live. Because the protagonist passed through it ten years ago, when Berja was only 12 years old, he has been locked in a corner all these years, and his personality has developed such a paranoid and gloomy personality. He feels that Belya has taken everything from him, so he especially wants to take away everything that Belya cares about, such as you, the person Belya has been thinking about. ] 004's organization is not very clear, but Ye Junge understands it.

'So, he regards all the things that Bella got as his own. He couldn't help but want to get the things Bella wanted. He said he hated Bella, but he inherited Bella in his heart. Want to follow Berja’s life plan? Ye Junge raised his eyebrows. This is really a... poor child.

[Yes, yes, that's it! Jun Jun, you are so smart! ] 004 looked at it in worship.

‘Why was he released? ’

[Because you broke the trend of the world plot and completely turned Berja into a cannon fodder, so the bound soul found the opportunity to break through the barrier and regain control of the body. I just scanned it. He merged with Berja’s soul, so now the soul is in a state of overwhelming. If his capacity to know the sea is limited, after a while, he may be unable to bear it because of the surge in soul. Shihai died of squeezed pain. 】

‘Bella doesn’t exist anymore? ’

[Yes. ] 004 felt a little unbearable, but the matter was already a foregone conclusion, [the passing through Belya's consciousness has dissipated. 】

Ye Junge opened his eyes slowly after understanding what he wanted to know, and looked at Berja who was still immersed in his own world.

"Bella?"

Belya woke up immediately, he smiled and looked at Ye Junge, like a lover: "Dear Isis, are you awake?"

"Why did you arrest me?" Ye Junge fully demonstrated a major general's calm and self-reliance when encountering unexpected situations, and Belya did not find anything wrong.

"I just invited you, Isis, my dear." Belya said softly, "You must not know how much I love you, I wish I could stay by your side every moment, I want you Be mine."

Ye Junge looked at him coldly, without speaking.

Belya was a little annoyed, but after another thought, Isis smelled the gas, and now even after waking up, I feel weak and unable to use it. As long as I take the opportunity to have a relationship with Isis, Isis must Can be infatuated with his body.

Belya blushed a little shyly, and silently began to undress.

...Huh-groove! what's the situation!

004 is stunned, the world is developing a bit fast_(:3」∠)_

Bella looked at Ye Junge with tender eyes: "Isis, don't worry, we..." He gritted his teeth, "We will have a wonderful night soon." He said. The look couldn't help but began to go crazy, and he was reluctantly suppressed. He couldn't show his madness in front of Isis, which would scare the other party.

Ye Junge glanced silently at the floor-to-ceiling windows that had not been closed. The sky was bright outside, and it was clearly afternoon.

"Isis." Belya took off her clothes, and came to Tuoye Junge's clothes again. Ye Junge listened to 004's prompt, and calculated the distance Ye Junjing was from here and how long it would take to arrive, happily Started to pretend to be a dead body. He can't move now, Suo Ran can use points to redeem drugs to relieve his fatigue, but he is not prepared to do so, his man will soon arrive.

"My dear, I love you." Belya stared at Ye Junge Chiguo's upper body with a vague look. Influenced by the traveler, Belya has the same aesthetics as the traveler, and he also likes people like Isis .

Ye Junge has some gazes facing the opposite direction, and the hand that moves on him especially wants to chop off, but...

Ye Junge glanced vaguely at the floor-to-ceiling windows. Here you can see the road not far from the villa. Someone is running here quickly. This villa is in the noble villa area. Ye Junjing can come in under the name of Major General Surrey’s fiance. , But not enough for him to be able to drive a personal aircraft in the villa area. The previous beta was also allowed by the residents of Belya, the community.

Oh what did you say? Is it too shameful for an alpha to wait for omega to save? I'm sorry, his shame as a recipient has long since been low.

Ye Junge can see Ye Junjing, and Ye Junjing can naturally also vaguely see what happened in the bedroom on the second floor of the villa. The omega who had seen several times pressed on his Isis, covered in red fruits, and under him Isis seems to have taken off a lot of clothes. Ye Junjing jealous instantly, speeding up her journey.

Bela suddenly noticed that the curtain was not pulled. He glanced at the wide open window and said happily, "I want everyone to know that you are mine." So he happily decided not to pull it.

Ye Junge: Ha ha.

It is more difficult for Ye Junjing to break through the door. After all, the door of the future world is not so easy to enter. But after Ye Junjing spent a lot of time kicking the door to no avail, he finally decided to walk around the house and found it. The open window-that was opened by 004.

Just when Ye Junjing was looking for a way to come in, Berja had already stripped Ye Junge off. He urged the pheromone on his body to enter a state of estrus, but the other party was not the one who hadn’t been on o, then In addition to the suppression of 004 ​​and Ye Junge's mental power, and Ye Junge's own thoughts, the effect is not very obvious.

Belya is a little doubtful of her own charm, but shouldn’t, o is a fatal attraction, even if the other party has successfully passed the first estrus-estrus, it is impossible to be so pure-hearted, Ye Jungexia -The body only reacts a little bit, and can't even raise the head.

"Isis." Baiya said in surprise, "Can't you?"

Ye Junge: You can't do it==

004 laughed wildly.

Belya wiped his face to calm himself down. This is impossible. Isis has already marked an omega. He must be ok, but he has no reaction to himself...

What did Bell Yafo think of spiritually--the guy who snatched his body seemed to have a similar situation in his memory, as if it was..."suffering"? In other words, Major General Isis is an alpha who likes to be suppressed? !

Belya felt that the worldview was a bit collapsed, but he was mentally strong and reluctantly accepted it.

Major General Isis is a receiver, he is a person similar to an omega.

Belya trembled with excitement. Once he accepted this fact, it seemed that the world had changed and became more...exciting.

Beerya, who has been distorted by loneliness and distorted by loneliness, is so excited that he can take Asis and make Asis his own person!

He quickly changed his plan and decided to attack Ye Junge himself.

Just...

After Belya found out that he was in love, under the influence of omega pheromone-the body became weak, some could not hold it, wanted to soften down, wanted to be possessed by the other party.

No way! Berja gritted his teeth, he wanted to overcome this feeling.

Ye Junge never paid attention to him, but he didn't mind. He believed that as long as the two had a relationship, Isis would definitely fall in love with him!

Belya stretched his hand behind him, and he touched the soft-meat that could not wait to squirm, still carrying a greasy liquid. He filled his fingers with liquid, preparing to expand for Ye Junge, but his body became more sour-soft , Belya's legs softened, and he slumped beside Ye Junge. His arms seemed to have no strength. If it were not supported by a belief, he would almost fall down.

Belya gasped for a long while, struggling to hold on to the sheets to start again, but at this time Ye Junjing had already found him.

He kicked the door fiercely. Fortunately, Belya didn't close the door, otherwise the metal door wouldn't be opened by an omega.

Bella was taken aback, watching the person who broke in, not knowing what to do for a while.

"You..."

Ye Jun's eyes blushed. He asked about the pheromone smell in the air. The sweet and greasy omega smell made him even more angry. Isis is his person! Now he is having a relationship with another person! Although Isis didn't mean it, he was forced by others, but Ye Junjing was still very angry, and he couldn't calm down at all.

The omegas who were already in estrus were cleaned up very well. Although Ye Junjing was stimulated by Belya’s pheromone and showed signs of estrus, but temporarily suppressed by his anger, he simply stunned Belya. Throwing it aside, resisting the urge to break his neck, not to mention that he can't screw it, just say that in the Federation, killing an omega is a felony.

He walked into Ye Junge step by step and saw that he was lying there naked, looking at him with big eyes unblinking, his heart calmed a little, and he saw that there was no trace left on him, and that Ye Junge's body There was no alpha pheromone exuding there, so he managed to maintain his sanity. Fortunately, he came in time.

Ye Junjing didn't question why Ye Junge was lying still and letting him move. He almost saw that Ye Junge had been drugged. Now, he just wanted to take this disobedient man away and take possession of it fiercely!

Ye Junge obediently let him put on his clothes, hug him, and walk outside, although he wanted to remind him that there are rooms that can’t hold back anymore. If you want to come, you can find a clean room before leaving, but Seeing the man's ugly face, he still silently shut up. Maybe his man doesn't like this place too much, maybe?

Ye Junjing exploded with great power in his anger. As a weak omega, even if he has been exercising, it is not easy to hold a muscular alpha, let alone hold it for so long.

Ye Junjing ignored the eyes of the people on the road, holding Ye Junge from Berja’s villa all the way to the gate of the community, put him on his personal aircraft, then fastened his seat belt and hurried home.

When Ye Junge was held by him, in order to prevent the headline from turning into "Major General Surrey was hugged by the princess by the omega fiance", he kept his head in Ye Junjing's chest without showing his face. After all, there are few people walking outside in the noble villa area. Fortunately, they are not acquaintances, so no one has discovered that these two are the major generals and husband who have made trouble in the city recently because they announced that they are about to get married.

Ye Junjing took Ye Junge back to the house, did not speak to Ye Junyan who was waiting eagerly, and banged the door directly. Ye Junyan looked at the closed door worriedly, is his brother OK? Brother should be reluctant to bully his brother, right?

Ye Junjing takes Ye Junge to the bedroom, presses the button to fill the bathtub with warm water, simply and rudely, throws Ye Junge into the water with clothes, rudely stripping off the soaked clothes, and replacing them heavily He scrubbed it several times, until the skin on Ye Junge's body was rubbed red, Ye Junge frowned, tears in the corners of his painful eyes, and Ye Junjing let him go.


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