"Qiye, why did you let Brother Zhae to protect me?" In the dim street, Baili Pangpang leaned close to Lin Qiye's ear and asked in a low voice.
"At this juncture, both you and I are the target of public criticism, so I can't stay with you for long. This will be even more dangerous. And Cao Yuan will not distinguish between friend and foe when he goes crazy...
In short, you need to have a normal person by your side, and he has to be an expert. "
After listening to this, Baili Pangpang suddenly realized, "You are really smart!"
Shen Qingzhu, who was at the end, put his hands in his pockets, looked up at the stars in the sky, wondering what he was thinking.
Suddenly, he stopped.
"Hey, Fatty." he suddenly shouted.
Baili Pangpang turned around and grinned, "After all, I am your employer now, can you change your address?"
"… Baili Tuming." Shen Qingzhu took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "Let's discuss it. Give me a day's salary in advance."
Baili Pangpang raised his eyebrows, "What are you going to do?"
"Don't worry about it for now, just tell me whether you can give it to me."
Baili Pangpang turned to look at Lin Qiye, who nodded.
"But I don't have any cash on me right now..." Baili Pangpang scratched his head.
"I still have 300 yuan. Is that enough?" Cao Yuan on the side suddenly spoke up.
"Enough, give it to me first." Shen Qingzhu nodded repeatedly.
Cao Yuan handed the only three hundred yuan left in his wallet to Shen Qingzhu, who then turned around and walked towards the noodle shop. Under the dim light, the three seemed to see him return to the shabby noodle shop.
He first said something to the boss, added a large steak and an egg to each of the three followers' bowls, then handed all the money to Deng Wei, gave him a few instructions, and ran out quickly.
"Let's go." Shen Qingzhu said calmly.
Lin Qiye and the other two looked at each other, remained silent tacitly, and turned to walk out of the alley.
"The hotel was bombed... So where are we staying tonight?" Baili Pangpang said frustratedly as he walked.
Cao Yuan held the knife and said, "How about we just find a temple to sleep in for the night?"
"… This is a modern city. Where can I find a temple for you in the middle of the night?"
"Too."
Lin Qiye pondered for a moment and slowly said, "I know a place, come with me."
The three followed Lin Qiye, crossed several deserted paths, and finally arrived at the door of a remote and dilapidated inn.
The pink and purple lights of the room shone through the window and fell in front of the short door. The four people stood at the door and looked up at the pink and shabby characters...
"Dream Butterfly Village... Love Hotel?!"
When Baili Pangpang saw these words, he felt his anus tighten, "Qiye, you... are you serious?"
"There aren't many places in Cangnan City where you can check in without an ID card. This place is one of the better places." Lin Qiye raised his brows slightly. "If you don't want to stay here, you can only sleep under the bridge."
"… That's it then."
The four of them pushed the door open and walked in. As Lin Qiye said, they did not need to register their identities, and there were quite a few rooms. Just as Baili Pangpang was about to book three rooms directly, Shen Qingzhu suddenly spoke:
"I'll share a room with you."
Baili Pangpang: "What?!"
"Since we agreed to provide close protection, it would be too risky to live separately. You sleep on the bed and I can sleep on the floor." Shen Qingzhu said seriously.
Baili Pangpang: …
"In that case, I'll live with you too." Cao Yuan said calmly, "Three of us can just make a table to play Landlord."
"this… "
"It's decided."
Without waiting for Baili Pangpang to refute, Cao Yuan and Shen Qingzhu chose a room for him. They walked up the stairs. Every step they took on the floor made a loud creaking sound.
When we went up to the second floor, we could hear faint... indescribable sounds coming from several rooms around us.
Shen Qingzhu was stunned, a faint blush appeared on her face, but she still held her head high and walked forward with a proud look.
Cao Yuan lowered his head and silently chanted "Amitabha".
Baili Pangpang looked at the two of them in surprise, and a look of disbelief gradually appeared on his face...
"You guys, aren't you all still..."
"you are not?"
"What a joke! When I was seven years old, I already..."
"arrive."
Shen Qingzhu walked to the door of a room and opened it with the key in his hand. A faint musty smell hit him in the face. He frowned slightly and walked in.
The room was not big, with two beds in total. The overhead lamp had not been cleaned for who knows how long and was covered with stains. The pink light sprinkled throughout the room, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little subtle.
"There are two beds. You sleep on the beds and I'll sleep on the floor." Shen Qingzhu walked to the window and carefully observed outside for a long time. After making sure that no one was watching, he pulled the curtains.
Baili Pangpang nodded, "Cao Yuan, which bed do you sleep on... huh?"
Baili Pangpang looked at the empty corridor behind him and let out a light exclamation.
First floor.
"Hello."
"What do you want?"
"Excuse me, do you have anything here... something that three people can play together, something exciting and fun?"
"Hmm... not that there aren't any. What kind do you want specifically?"
"Poker."
"… "
…
After settling Baili Pangpang down, Lin Qiye left the hotel and moved quietly towards Hongying's house like a ghost in the dark night.
Before we knew it, snowflakes were falling from the night sky, dotted the quiet streets.
Lin Qiye stretched out his hand, gently caught a snowflake, and watched it melt in his palm...
After a long silence, he shook his head helplessly.
"I can't build a snowman with you this year, Jin..."
ten minutes later.
"Qiye, why did you take so long?" Hongying saw Lin Qiye coming back, and stood up from the sofa, saying angrily, "If you don't come back, I'm going to go out and look for you!"
Wen Qimo, who was lazily lying on the sofa, yawned, "I can testify that she has mentioned you at least two hundred times in the past half hour."
Lin Qiye scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "I went out for a midnight snack... Sorry, Sister Hongying."
Hongying sighed, "Forget it, let's go to bed early... Wen Qimo, you have to be careful at night and protect Qiye!"
"I know, I know." Wen Qimo yawned again, "I'm in the living room, no one can get in."
Hongying looked outside the door and sighed, "Captain and Xiangnan old dog are really something, they actually slipped back... They have no loyalty at all! Humph!"
After saying that, she turned around and went back to her room. Lin Qiye smiled helplessly and also went back to his room.
Snapped!
With a slight sound, the lights in the villa went out and fell into darkness...
Outside the house.
The night sky is vast and snowflakes are drifting.
Gusts of cold wind blew across the sleeping Cangnan, carrying snowflakes all over the sky and whistling among the cities.
On the roof of the church, only a hundred meters away from the villa, Leng Xuan lay there quietly, holding a sniper rifle in his hand, like a sculpture, watching everything around him.
Creak.
The sound of shoes stepping on the snow came from behind him. Leng Xuan turned his head suddenly and stood there in a daze the next moment.
"Isn't it cold in this winter?"
Chen Muye, holding a cigarette in his mouth, walked slowly to his side and sat down.
"Not cold." Leng Xuan replied indifferently.
"I brought you a coat." Wu Xiangnan, who was wearing a black windbreaker, also sat next to Leng Xuan. He put the coat in his hand on him, his eyes fell on the villa in the distance, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Aren't you going back to sleep?" Leng Xuan asked.
"Sleep? I can't sleep."
"oh."
"I heard Qiye went to help the little fat guy fight today? How was the situation?"
Leng Xuan paused for a moment, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Very good, he has become stronger, now even I may not be able to beat him."
"Is that so..." Chen Muye smiled, "Not bad."
"Um."
"You guard him all day, let us take over at night."
"No, if you don't even have this much perseverance, how can you be a sniper?"
Wu Xiangnan and Chen Muye looked at each other, smiled bitterly, and did not try to persuade him any further.
The top of the church fell into silence.
In silence, the three men sat there quietly, staring at the villa in the distance, motionless.
The fluttering snow fell on them.
Under the dead silent night sky,
The snow piled up thicker and thicker on them...
Gradually, they turned into three snowmen.
It's like the patron saint of this city.