Phantom Skeleton Painting

Chapter 38: The Promised Land (End)

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The two looked at each other, and after a long silence, Li Su said, "If I say Song Qingluo beat me, would you believe it?"

Lin Banxia: "..."

"Okay, I beat him." Li Su gave up, "You believe me, it was definitely not for public revenge, at this time, pain can pull you out of that state - I am very experienced, definitely not For public revenge."

Lin Banxia was lost in thought.

If it was before, Li Su probably didn't realize what Lin Banxia's expression meant, but after the previous events, he already knew very well that this guy Lin Banxia looked white and tender on the surface, and the inside of the cut might be real. The one was black, so he struggled: "Why don't you call back?"

Lin Banxia: "I don't hit people."

"Then..." Li Su was about to say what do you want to do, but he suddenly remembered Lin Banxia's weakness. He threw away the wooden stick in his hand, took a deep breath, and stood up from the ground. , put his hand into his pocket and took it out for a while.

Lin Banxia was thinking about what he was going to take out, when he saw Li Su take out a small notebook, then with a big pen, after essentially signing a number, he tore a page and handed it to Lin Banxia.

Lin Banxia was puzzled: "What is this?" He took it and saw the words XX bank, cash check written on it.

"Hush money!" Li Su put his right hand around Lin Banxia's neck, leaned over and whispered, "Heaven knows it, you know it, I know it!"

This was the first time Lin Banxia saw something like a cheque. She felt a little strange and looked at it in her hand.

"Is the deal done?" Li Su asked.

Lin Banxia thought for a while and said, "Okay." He put the check in his pocket. It was the first time he saw this thing, and he didn't intend to change it, so it was treated as a souvenir.

After finishing Lin Banxia, Li Su breathed a sigh of relief, knelt down and continued to poke his ants happily. At this moment, Li Ye came out of the room, holding Li Su's mask and sunglasses, and handed it to Li Su on the ground. Li Su seemed to be used to it. He didn't look back when he took it over. Li Ye didn't care at all. He nodded to Lin Banxia and turned around to go in. Li Su put on sunglasses and a mask, and the ants on the ground suffered again.

"Aren't you happy?" Lin Banxia asked him.

"It's alright," Li Su said.

"What's wrong?" Lin Banxia was a little confused.

Li Su turned his head and glanced at Lin Banxia, and he said, "Guess how I sent out the video of the death of that player?"

It was only then that Lin Banxia remembered that the reason why they came here was that Li Su sent a video out and was accepted by people outside, so the next story came about. But from the beginning to the end, Li Su did not explain how the video was sent out.

"Aren't you curious?" Li Su asked.

"I'm curious." Lin Banxia said.

"He's not curious, not at all." The ants on the ground were crawling around in a panic because of a wooden stick. Li Su blocked their way with a wooden stick. Seeing their panicked appearance, he twitched the corners of his mouth, "From When I got in the car and got here, he didn't say a word to me."

Lin Banxia: "..."

"I didn't ask what happened." Li Su said.

Lin Banxia licked her lips and wanted to comfort Li Su a few words, but obviously, no matter what he said, it was a little pale, because even an ordinary friend who managed to escape, would definitely care about each other. Lin Banxia recalled that in that place, Li Su had imagined many Li Ye. According to the rules, Li Ye was obviously a part of what Li Su wanted most in his heart, otherwise it would not have appeared.

"Forget it." Li Su was a little discouraged. "Actually, I used the loophole to send the video. It was just an attempt. I didn't expect it to be successful."

"How did you try?" Lin Banxia asked.

Li Su smiled and said, "I said to it, please let me send a video to seduce the real Li Ye."

Lin Banxia: "..."

"Hey, it really came true." Li Su said with a sly look, "Unfortunately, it didn't work after that. I probably found out that human beings are all liars." After saying this, he waved at Lin Banxia. , motioned him to go in for a drink, and said that he planned to go around to find some young ants and poke them.

Lin Banxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she could only watch him go, and when she returned to the tavern, she suddenly remembered what Li Su said just now. He thought, Li Su should not be considered a liar, probably because after the video was actually sent out, his inner expectations changed and turned into worries and fears—from that moment on, he no longer expected Li Ye to arrive. by my side.

Of course, Lin Banxia thought of these things himself, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong. He returned to the tavern and saw that Li Ye was still drinking slowly, but Sergey had already fallen. Sergey was lying on the table, muttering the same word in his mouth. Lin Banxia didn't understand Russian and cast a suspicious look at him.

"Irina." Li Ye next to him said, "He's calling out Elena's name."

Lin Banxia laughed dumbly, a little sad and a little sad.

Several people drank for a while, and probably drank more than one bottle. Lin Banxia was completely exhausted, her head was dizzy, and her body was limp on the table.

"Are you still drinking?" Li Ye asked him.

Lin Banxia shook his head, indicating that he was going to die. He frowned, and said with the last reason: "Are you angry with Li Su?"

Li Ye looked at Lin Banxia blankly, but didn't answer.

"You shouldn't be mad at him." Lin Banxia said, "He is very sad."

After a long silence, Li Ye's green eyes were like a piece of cold and clear amber. No emotion, he stared at Lin Banxia quietly, as if he wanted to see something from Lin Banxia's face. Lin Banxia looked at him without flinching, and the two looked at each other. In the end, Li Ye looked away first. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, saying, "Let's go, Song Qingluo is about to come back. "

Lin Banxia said yes.

Sergey drank and lay down, Li Ye helped him, several people stopped a taxi from the roadside, and returned to the B&B where he lived before. As soon as Lin Banxia entered the house, he saw Song sitting in the living room. Qing Luo, Song Qingluo changed clothes and sat quietly on the sofa, doing nothing, as if in a daze.

"We're back." Lin Banxia said loudly, "Why did you go?"

"Going for a drink?" Song Qingluo said, it should be clear if you don't ask, because there was a strong smell of alcohol on several people's bodies, Sergey was supported by Li Ye, and he was still making a fuss.

"Yeah, the first round, the first round, rest for a while, let's have a drink at night." Li Su said with a smile, "How about it, can that thing be sealed?"

Song Qingluo shook her head.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly calmed down, and Li Su's face changed slightly: "What should I do? This thing needs to be relieved of stress... I'm afraid..."

Song Qingluo said: "They are selecting sites for stress relief."

Song Qingluo explained the concept of stress relief before. If you have to translate it again in plain language, you have to put a stone in a wooden box, but the stone is hot from the fire, so you have to find a place Or what method is used to cool the stone before it can be successfully put into the wooden box, otherwise there may be other more serious consequences.

Li Su was very irritable: "Have you considered the result of the failure to release?"

"I'm doing calculations." Song Qingluo said, "The specific data will be available later, but it has nothing to do with us."

"Why doesn't it matter?" Lin Banxia was puzzled, "Isn't this something we sealed up?"

"Each country has its own department." Li Su said, "This is just a cooperation - so this thing has been taken over by them, and only they know the specific situation."

Lin Banxia said, "Is this still possible?"

Li Su spread his hands: "That's it, forget it, I don't want it anymore, I'd better go to rest for a while and wait for a drink in the evening." He hummed a song, casually entered a bedroom, and went to sleep.

Li Ye settled down on Sergey and went to rest. Only Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo were left in the living room.

Song Qingluo raised her eyes to look at Lin Banxia, her voice was still as soft as a feather, he said, "Don't go to rest?"

"That... There were too many people before, so I didn't ask." Lin Banxia said hesitantly, "Is your chest okay?"

Song Qingluo said, "It's fine."

Lin Banxia pursed her lips, but did not move.

Song Qingluo understood what he meant, thought for a moment, and said softly, "Do you... want to take a look?"

Lin Banxia said, "Is it okay?"

Song Qingluo nodded, then he took off his jacket, then unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his chest and waist. I saw a ferocious scabbed wound on his abdomen. It looked very painful. Although it had been sutured, it was not bandaged, and it was just exposed. Lin Banxia took a deep breath. He leaned over and gently touched the wound around the wound with his fingertips. Although Song Qingluo didn't say a word, Lin Banxia clearly felt that Song Qingluo's body was slightly It was stiff for a while, and it was still painful to think about.

"Does it hurt?" Lin Banxia felt a little distressed, "Why don't you wrap it up, so that you won't touch it when you're wearing clothes."

"It's okay." Song Qingluo half-drowned her eyes, "It's a little itchy."

Lin Banxia raised her face, her brows drooping, like a pitiful, helpless child, "Can I get better? How long will it take to get better?"

Song Qingluo looked at his face, and for some reason wanted to rub Lin Banxia's soft brown hair again, so he did as he wished, slipping through Lin Banxia's hair carelessly. There was a little itchiness between his fingers, and the itchiness slipped into his heart along the fingertips, and even the tip of his heart trembled. About a month or two, don't worry."

Lin Banxia didn't realize what was wrong with Song Qingluo's actions. He actually felt comfortable having his hair trimmed, almost like a hamster likes to be groomed. : "So fast, that's really nice."

"Are you sleepy? Go to sleep." Song Qingluo smelled the strong smell of alcohol on him.

I didn't rest much last night, and when I got out of the car, I was dragged by Li Su to drink so much wine. Lin Banxia was indeed sleepy at the moment. His head was a little dull. Young Master, he half-squatted on the ground with a smile, helped Song Qingluo button his shirt button by button, and patted Song Qingluo on the shoulder: "Comrade, you've worked hard."

Song Qingluo: "..."

"I'm going to bed, see you tonight." Lin Banxia stood up, yawned and went into the bedroom, almost falling into a deep sleep while lying on the bed.

He slept soundly this time. He didn't even have a dream from beginning to end. When he woke up, he was refreshed and didn't have the usual headache after a hangover. Lin Banxia got up and planned to go to drink some water earlier, but saw several people woke up, all sitting in the living room watching Russian TV dramas, not knowing if they could not understand.

Seeing that he was awake, Li Su hurriedly said, "Banxia, you finally got up, shall we go out and find something to eat?"

Lin Banxia said, "Okay, let's go now?"

"Let's go." Li Su said, "It's hard to come to Russia, you must try steak and seafood - I'm dying of hunger, come quickly."

So several people changed their clothes and went out.

After it got dark, the streets were deserted a lot, and the tavern was still lively. Sergey seemed to know the neighborhood very well and said that the steak here tasted good, so the group walked in.

Lin Banxia thought they were here to eat, but as soon as they sat down, Li Su ordered Ford Plus again. Lin Banxia was thinking about how he could drink again, only to realize that Li Ye was not there. , he has only now discovered that they are missing a person.

"Where did Li Ye go?" Lin Banxia asked.

"Whatever he does." Li Su didn't care.

Lin Banxia looked at Song Qingluo: "Aren't you going to persuade him?"

Song Qingluo's expression was as flat as his tone, he said, "You let him drink."

Lin Banxia was speechless.

With a smile, Li Su put half a cup of Ford Plus on top of the cup and then added half of the ice water to it, so he poured three cups in a row. After drinking three cups, Li Su's face became abnormally bright red. He said that he was hungry, but he just ate a few mouthfuls of food perfunctorily, and started drinking again. Sergey, who likes to drink, immediately hit the airwaves with Li Su. Under the catalysis of alcohol, the two quickly became brothers and put their arms around each other's shoulders. Lin Banxia was stunned.

Song Qingluo was obviously used to Li Su's appearance. He sat beside him eating steak gracefully with a knife and fork, and seemed to have no interest in drinking.

"He's an alcoholic." Seeing Lin Banxia's stunned expression, Song Qingluo explained coldly, "Before Li Ye became an adult, he was like this."

"What about when Li Ye is an adult?" Lin Banxia asked, "He suddenly woke up?"

"No." Song Qingluo said ruthlessly, "He can't beat Li Ye, and if he drinks, he will be beaten - he was beaten a few times and gave up."

Lin Banxia: "..." This seems to be a little different from the happy scene he imagined, how come it feels full of reality and cruelty.

In the evening, the pub is very lively, and people drink to their heart's content under the dim light. The steak ordered by Sergey was too big, and Lin Banxia reluctantly stuffed it into his stomach, feeling that the food had reached his throat, and he didn't dare to drink any more saliva.

Song Qingluo was quite comfortable, and after eating the steak, he also started drinking.

Lin Banxia said, "Is your chest injury okay?"

"It's okay." Song Qingluo handed him a cup, "Don't you want a cup?"

Lin Banxia shook her head: "I can't drink any more, I'll vomit if I drink more..."

Song Qingluo gave a long-lost smile.

The air was filled with the smell of wine, which did not make people feel annoying, but gave people an illusory warmth. The empty wine bottles gradually filled the entire table, and the clarity in Li Su's eyes gradually faded, and Sher Gai's voice became louder and louder, Song Qingluo didn't care about the two of them, and sat next to Lin Banxia, chatting and eating, and it turned out to be very harmonious.

When Li Ye wasn't there, Lin Banxia saw Li Su's exaggerated amount of alcohol. They drank from nine o'clock in the evening to three in the morning, until the tavern closed, and a few people walked back drunk. On the way back, Lin Banxia saw several drunkards lying on the side of the road. It seemed that drinking here was the norm.

Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo walked behind and saw Li Su and Sergey swaying in front of them, but when they passed a group of young people full of alcohol, Sergey seemed to collide with the body of one of them. a bit.

If you're not drunk, the worst thing you can do is to stare at each other, but for someone who's drunk, this is like the lead that detonated a bomb.

Lin Banxia walked behind before she could react when she saw a group of people fighting together.

"It's a fight!!" Lin Banxia just finished calling, and turned her head to see Song Qingluo slowly rolling up her sleeves.

Lin Banxia was instantly dumbfounded.

Song Qingluo glanced at him: "Are you going?"

Lin Banxia: "Go... let's..."

So he went.

The six or seven young men were not their opponents at all. Sergey and Li Su fought back and forth with them. When Song Qingluo and Lin Banxia joined the battlefield, the situation became one-sided. Lin Banxia is not only the first time to go abroad, but also the first time to fight someone abroad. It is a bit difficult to let go, but it is Li Su, a little boy with one punch. His fierce appearance is in stark contrast to his delicate face. , As for Song Qingluo, not to mention, he was not actually beating people, but preventing Li Su from being beaten up. After this match, Li Su and Sergey won and lay on the ground.

The four of them stopped and looked at each other. They all laughed. Li Su was laughing. Hearing a roar from the corner of the street, they turned their heads and saw the policeman in police uniform. Quickly turn around and run.

Not daring to rest all the way, the four of them ran back home. Li Su patted Lin Banxia on the shoulder and said that this was the most authentic Russian night.

Lin Banxia whispered: "The most authentic is behind you."

Li Su said, "Huh?"

Li Ye's cold voice came: "Have you been drinking?"

Li Su's bright smile instantly froze on his face. He turned his head stiffly, and saw Li Ye, who was squinting and looked unhappy. He used his thumb and forefinger to carefully compare a distance: "Just a small cup."

Li Ye said, "How much?"

Li Su: "Three cups."

Li Ye: "How much?"

Li Su: "...Three bottles."

Li Ye didn't speak, he stretched out his hand and picked up Li Su, and carried him away like a bag of rice. Sergey looked around blankly, not knowing what was going on. Song Qingluo calmly said to Lin Banxia, "No matter the two of them, let's go to bed."

So the three of them went to bed with a big heart. As for what happened to Li Su, Li Ye couldn't kill him. Lin Banxia thought so, life and death depended on wealth and honor, and hoped that Li Su would cash his check. Before, they lived well.

Lin Banxia slept hard, woke up the next day, and saw that Li Su had come back, sitting on the sofa in the living room with a dead expression, Li Ye was calling in Russian next to him, it sounded like What are you arguing with.

"Good morning." Lin Banxia greeted.

"Good morning." Li Su raised his eyelids.

"Return to China in the morning the day after tomorrow." Song Qingluo also happened to come out and saw Lin Banxia and said, "If you want to buy anything, you can buy it today."

Lin Banxia said sincerely: "If you don't have money, you can't afford it."

Song Qingluo said: "The remuneration should not arrive in the account in two days. Do you want me to lend you a little first."

Lin Banxia asked curiously, "Do you have money to lend me?"

Song Qingluo said calmly: "There is now, but it won't be in two days."

"Where's your money?" Lin Banxia felt that this matter was more puzzling than those heretical things. It stands to reason that Song Qingluo has done dangerous work for so many years, and no matter what, it should be worth millions. But why was he so poor? ? This is simply incomprehensible.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Banxia asked, Li Su couldn't help laughing, until Song Qingluo gave him a nonchalant stare, he forced his breath and made a zipper motion for his mouth.

"I bought something." Song Qingluo gave an answer that was not an answer.

"Buy something? What to buy?" Lin Banxia was even more curious, "What can be so expensive, and I haven't seen you own a house."

Li Su's face was flushed with laughter, and he could not wait to start telling a story soon.

Song Qingluo cast a gloomy glance at him, did not answer Lin Banxia's question, and suddenly said warmly, "It's not three bottles, it's thirteen bottles."

Li Su: "..."

Li Ye, who was sitting next to him, lifted his eyelids and glanced at Li Su. The redness on Li Su's face immediately faded, turning pale and pale, almost like a Sichuan opera. I didn't drink thirteen bottles, Song Qingluo was joking, everyone knows that he likes to joke the most."

Song Qingluo: "Huh."

Li Su swallowed his gritted teeth, thinking that it's not that the family doesn't enter the house, whether Lin Banxia or Song Qingluo, they are all bloody bastards holding grudges.

In the end, Lin Banxia didn't know what Song Qingluo bought.

Three days later, the moment of separation was finally coming. Sergey personally came to the airport and took them to the security gate. A man who was more than 1.8 meters tall and stronger than a bear hugged Lin Banxia and cried to tears. Banxia's body was stiff, bearing the strange gazes around her, she was like a small tree tickled by a black bear, with helplessness written all over her body, and the worst thing was that she couldn't break free at all. Neither Li Su nor Li Ye wanted to help him, so they just watched the fun. In the end, Song Qingluo couldn't take it anymore. He picked it up, and then said mercilessly in English and walked away, only to rescue Lin Banxia, who was about to be hugged.

Sergey, who was brutally expelled, continued to cry, aggrieved like a two-hundred-pound child. Lin Banxia didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she saw his shirt soaked with tears, so she could only let Li Su tell him that Sergey is welcome to come to China to play, but please don't cry any more - Li Su talked to Sergey, Who would have thought that Sergey cried even more sadly, and looked at Lin Banxia from time to time, so Lin Banxia's scalp was numb, the two were fighting, and he wanted to leave first.

Seeing that Sergey was about to carry out the second round of bear hugs, Lin Banxia, who had a strong desire to survive, rushed into the security check, stood in a safe place, and waved at him from a distance. Li Su gloated beside him, leaning forward and backward laughing. After finally getting on the plane, Li Su took advantage of Song Qingluo's efforts to go to the toilet, and quietly told Lin Banxia why Song Qingluo was short of money.

Li Su said that Song Qingluo was addicted to antiques and often went to the antique market. The antique market is all about his own eyesight, but Song Qingluo didn't know anything about it. One of the most talked about examples is that Song Qingluo spent a lot of money to buy a beautiful jade pendant. The jade pendant was crystal clear and was a missing piece of apple. The seller claimed that it was a good product from the Ming Dynasty. , the price can be negotiated, but not much lower. Song Qingluo managed to get what she liked with one operation.

It was nothing until the second month, when he used his salary for a new iPhone, looked at the logo on the back of his phone, and then looked at the jade pendant, and suddenly realized something, it was too late, the seller has run away.

"What happened later??" Lin Banxia felt as if she was listening to some kind of made-up story, but because it was too absurd, it seemed a bit real.

"Later? Later, he called the police. Because the amount involved was huge, he successfully recovered it. But this matter was still in his circle at the time, and it became a popular story for a while. Everyone knew that there was a local tyrant painting. I bought a piece of apple from the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of thousands, and everyone expressed their desire to know this local tyrant, and there are many antiques that they hope the local tyrant will admire..." Li Su said here, and laughed again, tears of laughter flying. "This matter was supposed to be on social news, but in the end, it was stopped, for fear of irritating him, and the police in that area knew him - this is the most influential thing, and there are countless other things to list. , Antiques, there are also rules, when you look at the goods when you sell them, you usually admit it, unless the scam is too obvious, then the people who buy things will become angry and call the police directly."

Lin Banxia also wanted to laugh, but she felt that it was too cruel to Song Qingluo, so she held back abruptly and said, "Then why did he buy so many antiques?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a personal hobby." Li Su shook his head. "No one can stop this kind of personal hobby, but because of this, his economic situation is really not optimistic..."

Lin Banxia suddenly realized that the mystery that had troubled him for a long time had finally been solved. However, at the same time as it was solved, a new confusion emerged - what did Song Qingluo buy so many antiques for? Is it just a hobby? But it's not for the sake of hobbies, and I can't even afford to eat.

Of course, Lin Banxia had been thinking about it for a while and didn't dare to ask it out. After all, seeing Song Qingluo's reaction just now, just asking this question might make him angry.

After a while, Song Qingluo came back. Li Su had returned to his normal expression and discussed the salary for this mission with Lin Banxia with a serious face. Lin Banxia thought that it would be the same as last time, and it would be hundreds of thousands. Who knew Li Su shook his finger and said with a smile: "It is indeed hundreds of thousands, but it is not RMB - it is US dollars."

Lin Banxia was stunned for a moment, and immediately began to convert the exchange rate. The current exchange rate is about 6.9. If it is more than a hundred thousand dollars... Isn't that close to one million?

"Really??" Lin Banxia said in surprise, "Then I can move out of there."

After he said this, he laughed to himself again: "Just kidding, how can I give up such an expensive house, and I can't sell it..."

Li Su said, "When you have money, what do you want to do?"

Lin Banxia thought for a while: "Maybe I will find time to go home."

"Yeah, I have to go home." Li Su said, "This is called homecoming."

Lin Banxia heard the words and smiled, but did not answer. A few hours later, Lin Banxia successfully arrived in China. This time, he brought back a lot of gifts for Ji Leshui. Originally, he wanted to bring sausages, but unfortunately Li Su said that he could not pass through customs, so he had to give up and bring the sausages. Some candies like boozy chocolate can be considered as doing the duty of a friend.

When they got to the airport, they dispersed. Li Ye and Li Su drove away in the car parked at the airport. Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo got on the bus. What a sad story.

Lin Ban happily called Ji Leshui and told him that he was back. Ji Leshui was still at work. He asked Lin Banxia to have a good meal together in the evening and talk about travel experiences.

Lin Banxia said yes with a smile.

On the way back to the car, Lin Banxia answered a phone call, he answered casually a few times, and then hung up the phone. Song Qingluo looked a little strange and asked him who was calling.

"I forgot." Lin Banxia was a little dazed, "It's a little bit, I don't remember very well." It's okay that Song Qingluo didn't ask. As soon as he asked, Lin Banxia realized that something seemed wrong, and it was obviously a call that had just been hung up. , but he just couldn't remember who was calling. Looking through the call records, it was just an unfamiliar number without a name.

"Maybe it was a harassing call." Lin Banxia thought about it and felt that it was no big deal. "This kind of thing is normal."

Song Qingluo hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Where did you grow up when you were a child?"

"City A." Lin Banxia replied, "It's a small rural place with paddy fields everywhere. I often went into the water to fish. At that time, I was poor and often couldn't afford food. Shan has roasted his stomach, and when I think of the smell now, I feel a little nostalgic..." He yawned, showing a bit of exhaustion, "I haven't gone back since I left there in college."

Song Qingluo said, "Did something happen?"

Lin Banxia shook and said: "I haven't encountered anything, I just don't want to go back." He felt a little itchy nose and scratched twice, "Maybe I'm too busy with work, I don't have time to go back, I'll talk about it later."

Song Qingluo took a deep look at him and said, "Go to sleep." He didn't continue the topic, and the eyes on Lin Banxia became meaningful.

Summer is coming, and it's a good time to go to the river to catch fish. I wonder if the river in my hometown is still as clear as before, Lin Banxia thought before falling asleep.

The author has something to say:

Lin Banxia: For revenge, complain to Song Qingluo.

Song Qingluo: Take revenge and file a complaint against Li Ye.

Li Ye: revenge—

Li Su: ? ? ? ? Do the three of you play solitaire? ?