The sound of water stopped, Wu Yu walked out of the kitchen, turned to face the crowd while wiping his hands with a cloth, and asked plainly, "Have you considered it?"
He was wearing a black turtleneck sweater with the cuffs rolled on his forearms, and the skin on his face and hands was a cold white that couldn't be rendered by light. The shark looked at him closely, but he wasn't looking at anyone, he just lowered his head and wiped his hands. This angle made his black eyebrows and eyes form a slender arc, the bridge of his nose was smooth and straight, and his lips were unusually thin. , that is a face that looks very unconvincing.
"...I can go without you." Shark pondered for a moment, and finally said.
- The boss actually changed his mind.
Several bodyguards around who were ready to act at any time were stunned for a moment.
"You may have misunderstood me, painter. I don't need your loyalty or your subordinates, I just want you to be free."
Wu Yu put his hands in the towel for a meal, and the shark got up and walked in front of him, with a very soft tone: "You should understand that this freedom cannot be obtained from the police, otherwise you would not have stayed in the heavily blocked building. Under the secret door. But even if I was arrested and you escaped, that secret door can only get you to the poorer, chaotic, drug-infested parts of Southeast Asia, maybe you can be a good mercenary, but trust me , you don't have any freedom in that precarious environment."
"If you come with me, things will be different." The shark's tone changed slightly, becoming more low and seductive: "You can go to my private island near Greece, which has fishermen, a market and a wharf. , you can live there in peace, or go out to sea to fish. Have you ever seen the warm Mediterranean? Seeing the sea, you realize that all the legal systems and moral constraints on land are so tiresome, you can Enjoy that unrestrained peaceful life until you die of old age."
The warm and humid sea breeze, the free-floating boat - even if it is not for a wanted criminal who has been scarred in the first half of his life, this is an irresistible temptation for anyone.
Wu Yu laughed briefly: "Maybe I can't afford such a high rent, Mr. Phillip."
"You don't have to pay any price, and you don't have to participate in any darknet or drug trade. All my islands are open to you for life, with only one condition." The shark stared down at him, the two were almost close to each other. The ruthlessness in the pronunciation of the words is recognizable: "—Don't be my enemy."
"… "
"If you don't work for me, then you are not allowed to work for anyone, including the police of various countries, other gangsters, drug dealers, and my various competitors. You can do anything else you want." The shark finally raised his head, After regaining his polite demeanor, he smiled and said, "I can even think of a way to help you convince the Bu detachment captain... Now it's time to call the Bu boss. Of course, this has to be based on the fact that you still like him and not want to kill him. ."
Sharks have probably never offered such generous conditions to anyone in their entire life, let alone spent so much effort. If it was a different person, it might be more flattering now.
Wu Yu opened his mouth in front of everyone's eyes, but closed it again without making a sound.
You can leave here as long as you agree.
Even just nodding, you can completely leave this turbulent land and obscure future, all worries, loneliness, anger and despair are gone, and a peaceful, distant, and perhaps even affluent life in a foreign country is within reach.
"—Go forward, Agui." The bloody gasps in the tunnel could be heard, which was Xie Xing's last desperate exhortation: "Live in my name, never look back, keep moving forward..."
"Don't go with him," in the blink of an eye, the familiar face stared at him through the glass window, with amber pupils full of fiery pleas: "Don't go with him."
…
Wu Yu finally smiled, the smile was very tired, and it was obviously just a courtesy: "Forget it."
As soon as the three words were spoken, the expressions of the bodyguards around changed, and the shark closed his eyes.
"I haven't figured out what I'm going to do in the future, and it's not worth your time." Wu Yu patted the shark on the shoulder and laughed at himself: "Thank you, Mr. Phillip, I'm just too tired."
He raised his foot and walked towards the inner room, but just as he passed by, the shark suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed his hand in midair!
"Three days later, I'm going to trade a batch of goods with Bu Chonghua at the dock, and I'll leave the country immediately after I'm done. If you want to go with me, go to the dock to find me at that time, and someone will pick you up."
"These three days are my last chance to consider." The shark turned his head and leaned into Wu Yu's ear, his voice soft as a whisper: "Trust me, the loss of taste and smell is more serious than you think, and you need immediate treatment."
Wu Yu's pupils dilated slightly, the shark stared at him steadily, and finally nodded, and led him out of the humble rental house.
Outside the desolate front yard in winter, Qin Chuan was getting out of the jeep and hesitantly said, "Where's the person?"
Shark strode forward, his face was not good-looking, he was about to get into the car door, but his movements suddenly stopped.
"Mr. Phillip?"
The shark raised his hand suddenly, squinting his eyes and looking around.
The uneven stone road under their feet extended into the dark night, and at the end of the bungalow area in the distance was a dark bicycle shed, and several motorcycles were parked under the green plastic shed, crowded with each other. The wind swept the dead leaves across the ground, making a harsh scratching sound.
The sparrow flew over the dead treetops, and one of his men breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's a bird!"
The shark's expression changed suddenly, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the back wall of the courtyard, made a sharp gesture to signal his subordinates to shut up, and then ran for a few steps before hitting the wall neatly!
thump!
The shark landed like lightning and looked up.
There was nothing in front of him, a winding alley leading to darkness, and at the end was the back window of the kitchen of Wu Yu's rental house, which was still emitting light.
"Meow—" A frightened wild cat leaped over the wall and ran.
"Boss!" "Mr. Phillip!"
Several of his subordinates hurried over to lower their voices, only to see Shark looking at the empty dead end in front of him, with a gloomy expression on his face, and after a while asked softly, "What is Bu Chonghua doing?"
Qin Chuan immediately took his mobile phone and sent a text message.
—At the same time, at the entrance of a nightclub’s private room hundreds of kilometers away, a man dressed as a waiter sneaked close to the crack of the door, only to hear the movement of drinking, playing cards, and throwing dice inside. Bu Chonghua, who he had been following all this time, was also inside, with a very familiar voice. He was drinking while talking to his fat guy named Tian Ding, as if he was ordering something.
"... tomorrow, remember to remove the water vapor, press it up and down, and order the quantity again... "
"Yes, I know, do you still need to order this?" In the box across the door, Tian Ding sat on the sofa and said loudly to the tape recorder: "You can rest assured that I'm doing things. After this is over, let's go next. The batch should be out, it's very open!"
The tape recorder was running rustling, without a single pause, and the next sentence was perfectly timed: "Okay, let's take two packs and inspect the goods first."
Tian Ding: "Yes!"
In the private room, there was a scantily clad "Mummy" and a few plainclothes that looked like horses with gold chain tattoos. At this time, several people exchanged glances, and "Mummy" got up and picked up the wine tray—he was wearing heavy makeup. Meng Zhao, who was holding a cigarette and stepped on high heels, opened the door and left the private room, hitting the sneaky "waiter" outside the door.
"Why are you stuck here!" Meng Zhao scolded coquettishly, and shoved the wine tray into the waiter's arms: "Open the wine!"
"Waiter" was afraid of being recognized as not from here, how dare he show his face in front of Mama Sang, hurriedly took the wine plate, nodded and ran away, he was relieved until the corner of the corridor, took out his mobile phone and hurriedly replied to a text message, After looking left and right for a moment, he tiptoed and disappeared behind the fire door.
"The stalking Boss Bu and his guy named Tian Ding brought a few business people with him, and asked Mama Sang to drink and play cards in the house. They could be heard discussing things through the door." Qin Chuan put down his mobile phone, His expression was as usual: "No problem, Bu Chonghua probably doesn't know what happened in the police force."
The shark stared at the dizzy back window of the kitchen at the end of the blind alley, his eyes unpredictable, he finally retracted his gaze after a while, and said slowly: "Leave a few people to stare here, who did the painter meet, what did he say, and what did he buy? Write it down and report to me."
"Yes!"
Several subordinates spread out around the bungalow immediately, Shark turned and walked out, Qin Chuan followed closely, and asked with a smile: "I thought the boss said on the way we came just now, this time either take away the painter's person, Or take away the painter's body..."
"Changed his mind," Shark said. "I want him to come to me on his own."
Qin Chuan said "Oh?" somewhat unexpectedly: "Will he do it?"
The shark got into the car door, the jeep turned on its lights, and slowly poured out of the long and narrow stone road. The lonely and quiet courtyard under the street lights goes farther and farther, the tires run over the dark and bumpy gravel road in the countryside, the north wind whizzes through the broken tiles, and the gray frost covers the withered yellow grass.
"Yes!" Shark said lightly after a long while, "The artist once said that the two people he hates the most in this world are me and the police. If he can be so hard-hearted towards me, then he shouldn't have no bottom line for the police. It's right to be rude!"
Qin Chuan nodded thoughtfully, when he saw the shark suddenly reached out and patted the driver's seat.
The driver asked, "Boss?"
"Tell the people who stayed just now that the painter will not come out in three days, light a gas can, and blow up the house."
Even Qin Chuan's color changed slightly, and the driver hurriedly said, "Yes!"
The shark leaned back in the chair, his face dimmed in the interplay of light and shadow.
·
The taillights of the jeep disappeared at the end of the smoke-filled road, and the few men left by the shark were still wandering nearby. Wu Yu retracted his gaze, walked silently, and walked into the dead end by the rear window of the rental house.
An indistinct five-fingerprint remains on the outside of the rear window glass, but the last trace of the hot temperature has dissipated, leaving only the cold and hard glass plate. Wu Yu stroked his fingers lightly on the fingerprints, closed his eyes for a moment, not knowing what he was imagining in his mind, his expression was a little stunned.
—He didn't let that brief weakness last too long, and after a few seconds he opened his eyes expressionlessly and wiped his fingerprints hard.
At this moment, a hand stretched out from behind and tightly pressed Wu Yu's hand covering the glass!
"Caught you," Bu Chonghua said hoarsely behind his ear, trembling.
Wu Yu didn't turn his head, didn't even make any movement, he just stood motionless in the gap between Bu Chonghua's body and the cement window sill, and whispered after a while, "You dare to follow the shark's car, you're too bold... Go back."
"Where do you want me to go back?" Bu Chonghua asked rhetorically.
Wu Yu didn't say anything, maybe he didn't know what to say, and after a while he repeated in a low voice, "Go back..."
Bu Chonghua clenched his hand tightly and remained unmoved, the footsteps stalking on the path in the distance were getting closer and farther. Until the creaking sound temporarily disappeared at the end of the alley, Wu Yu stared at the shadows vaguely reflected in the yellow glass window, and asked softly, "Do you remember what I said to you in the Martyrs Cemetery?"
"… "
"I said we were not from the same world, but you didn't understand at that time, and I couldn't explain it. In fact, we shouldn't have crossed each other, but you are the only person in the world who can make me see the light after the walk. , so I couldn't help but want to chase that light."
There seemed to be a little sadness in Wu Yu's eyes, but it was blurred by the reflection in the glass.
"In three days, whether the operation is successful or not, whether you can catch the shark or not, you will be a martyr or a hero... I hope you become a hero in the world's attention, but that doesn't really matter to me anymore. Go back."
He finally smiled and wanted to withdraw his hand, but was suddenly grabbed by Bu Chonghua. The right hand of the two of them was so tightly pressed against the glass that they were so tight that they could even feel each other's pulse.
"I don't need to be noticed by the world," Bu Chonghua said softly, "I just want to come back alive and take you home together..."
It was as if a heat flow mixed with ice balls rushed from the spine to the brain, and flowed to every nerve in the limbs. Wu Yu stood there, his fingers on the glass twitched slightly.
"...Hey, look over there again!..." "Be careful, don't miss it!"...
The stalking horse turned back again, and his crunching footsteps were far and near. There was something rumbling in Wu Yu's ears, and he almost exhausted all his strength to tilt his head slightly. Bu Chonghua's hot breath had already covered his forehead. It was a short, desperate, desperate kiss.
"I've been chasing you..."
"You walked all the way with the fire, and you didn't turn back all the way, it was me who was chasing you desperately behind..."
The cold wind carried their interlaced breath, whistling over the stacked bricks and tiles, over the jagged branches, and dissipated Bu Chonghua's sour ending under the sky.
"... As long as you are willing to stop and wait for me for a few days, I will definitely come back alive to take you back to our home... "
The stalking footsteps got closer and closer, and Ma Zai appeared at the cul-de-sac. He looked in doubtfully, and the muddy open space outside the back window of the kitchen was empty.
In the depths of the darkness, Wu Yu was clinging to the corner of the mud wall alone, his spine was hard against the dirty and cold wall, and he clutched the silver-white pendant on the bottom of his chest with one hand. be lightened up.
That's a pair of rings.
The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, and the residual warmth that had been held tightly in his hand finally dissipated. For a long time, Wu Yu tried his best to raise his head and let out an extremely suppressed, silent gasp.