Coming out of the criminal police team, the two stood at the intersection where they got off the bus, not knowing where to go.
"You said, the truth has been found out, will we still cycle?"
The little brother was woken up by the cold wind at night, and asked with a sigh.
"I think 'finding the truth' might not be the way to break the cycle, but it would be nice if that would break the cycle too."
Li Shiqing thought optimistically, "Maybe when we wake up, we can go to school and go to work?"
"hope so."
The little brother smiled, saying this in his mouth, but he felt a little too optimistic in his heart.
The night wind blew through Li Shiqing's broken hair, and the street lamps on the side of the street dyed the two young men's bodies in a warm haze.
The darkness in the distance seemed to be covered with a layer of hazy fog, and occasionally a few car lights flickered, breaking the silence.
They stood in the soft twilight and began to discuss where to go.
"Then how do we go back? Do we really have to go?"
Li Shiqing just used this reason to decline Lao Zhang's offer to drive them off.
So the two young men took out their mobile phones and calculated how long it would take to walk back, then put the mobile phones back silently.
"I think..."
The little brother coughed dryly, "Look at our last two loops, it was because of an accident. You fell off the chair and hit your head, and I rolled down a slope and hit the back of my head. It means that in the loop, once We lose consciousness and are likely to be caught in a loop…”
"Then let's find a safe place, stay up all night without sleeping."
Compared to being caught in a loop in the car, Li Shiqing said that she can accept staying up late.
When discussing where to stay up late, the two had a disagreement.
"Let's go to an Internet cafe? Now there are Internet cafes that can have small private rooms, with sofas, where you can sleep."
When it comes to staying up late, as a programmer classmate, the first thing that comes to mind is Internet cafes.
“The sofa in the Internet cafe is too dirty!”
But as a girl who doesn't play games, Li Shiqing said she couldn't accept it.
"And there are often various disputes in Internet cafes. If someone fights or argues, if it affects us again, wouldn't it be too miserable? If there will be a cycle in the future, shouldn't we find a quieter place? , Shall we discuss the next countermeasures in a place where no one disturbs you?"
"Oh, well, you're right."
The little brother agreed with his companion's suggestion with some disappointment.
"Then where are we going?"
Li Shiqing glanced into the distance, in the darkness, the illuminated signboard on a tall building was particularly conspicuous.
"Have you brought your ID?"
she asked suddenly.
"Ah? I brought it..."
The little brother nodded blankly.
"Then go!"
Five minutes later, Li Shiqing led the little brother to the door of a hotel near the criminal police team.
The little brother was a little skeptical in his heart, but when he really stood at the door of the hotel, his face turned red all of a sudden.
"Go, go to the hotel?"
He stammered, "Me, both of us?"
"Of course it's a hotel. Is there a better option than staying in a hotel? Do you really want to walk home?"
Li Shiqing gave him a strange look, "Besides, this hotel is relatively high-end. There are gates for entering and exiting, and the criminal police team is next to it. There is absolutely no problem with security."
As long as you spend the night safely, you may escape the cycle!
"Then, let's go in?"
The little brother couldn't tell whether he was more nervous or shy, and the people who entered this hotel were all young people in pairs, and they blushed even more.
Li Shiqing, on the other hand, entered the lobby of the hotel without any reservations, and went to the front desk to check in.
The little brother was carrying a bag and followed behind Li Shiqing, watching his companion go through the formalities with a little embarrassment.
"One or two?"
The front desk clerk asked.
"Two rooms!"
"one!"
"Why do you open two rooms? Is there a lot of money?"
Li Shiqing lowered her voice, "This hotel is not cheap! We are just looking for a place to stay up all night, and we have to discuss things, and we don't really come here to rest!"
The staff at the front desk had already looked over with strange expressions, and a bunch of young people waiting in line at the back also started to giggle, and the girl whispered something in the boy's ear.
The little brother was embarrassed by the look, and he defended in a low voice: "This, isn't it for your reputation..."
"What time is this, why don't you care about this!"
Li Shiqing glared at him unhappily, turned her head directly, and said to the front desk: "One room, a quiet room, it doesn't matter if you stay away from the elevator."
The young man who checked in at the front desk continued to check them in with a calm expression, and took away their ID cards. When it was time to pay, the little brother insisted on paying.
"You haven't worked yet, how can I let you go... AA is not allowed!"
Seeing that Li Shiqing wanted to transfer money to him, the little brother was anxious and pulled her hand.
"It's almost done, don't be serious!"
Li Shiqing was taken aback for a moment, seeing that the young couple in line behind had already looked at them with strange expressions, so she didn't insist anymore and took back her mobile phone.
After completing the check-in procedures, the staff who had been expressionless handed over the room card to the younger brother, and suddenly smiled at him.
"It's done, I wish you a pleasant stay tonight."
"Eh?... Thank you?"
The little brother strangely understood something from that smile, his already hot face was burned to the base of his neck, and he followed Li Shiqing into the elevator as if he had fled in despair.
The room was arranged on the top floor.
Li Shiqing's family background is good. When booking a room, she considered that there would be two people. She wanted quietness and a large space, so she booked a room with a view on the top of the building, and the price was quite high.
When the little brother said that he would be responsible for the room fee, she was still a little bit sorry, and she knew that she shouldn't ask for so much.
When she got to the room, Li Shiqing changed her shoes first, checked to see if there was anything dangerous in the room, and found that the water and electricity were all good, and there was nothing wrong, she was relieved.
"Fortunately, I'm afraid that something else will happen again. Just in case, we don't wash up at night, just stay in the room. Don't be like a horror movie, take a bath halfway, wrestling or electric leakage or something..."
It was the first time in his life that he came to the hotel with a girl, and the little brother was still a little uncomfortable at first, but listening to Li Shiqing's serious discussion about how to deal with the next situation, the bit of hesitation and thoughtfulness in his heart gradually dissipated, and he nodded accordingly.
"Okay, then I'll make two cups of instant coffee to avoid sleepiness."
"No more, boiling water is dangerous!"
Li Shiqing hurriedly stopped, "Just drink mineral water and chat!"
Now that the two of them got out of the car, it seemed as if they could finally relax, but in fact they were already in turmoil, and the past experience still left an indelible shadow on them.
After a day of tossing around, both of them were a little tired. In order to prevent them from falling asleep too comfortably, they did not dare to lie on a softer sofa. They simply sat on the floor in front of the huge French window, each holding a bottle of mineral water, and began to chat.
"The house in W City is much bigger than the one I used to travel with my parents. The luxury room is just different... But it's too expensive for you... Do you really want me to transfer the money? I made this proposal!"
Li Shiqing's family education made her feel uneasy about taking advantage of others.
"My parents gave me enough pocket money, don't be too polite."
The little brother just moved to this city to work not long ago, and he is still a programmer, so don't spend half a month on his living expenses.
"My income is not that low."
Knowing what Li Shiqing meant, the little brother couldn't laugh or cry.
"Besides, if I can really break out of the cycle, even if I eat bran and drink water for a month, I will be happy!"
"That's true."
Seeing that the little brother didn't care that much, Li Shiqing stopped worrying about this issue and started talking about business.
"Did you write down the phone number given by Officer Zhang?"
"Write it down."
He fluently reported a series of numbers.
"Me too."
Li Shiqing took out her mobile phone and asked for a charging cable from her younger brother. While charging, she turned on the speaker and played the recording secretly recorded at the police station.
"Then let's start discussing the next strategy."
When they were talking about the case in the police station, they were chatting scatteredly. At that time, there were many things in Li Shiqing's mind, but they all passed in a flash. At that time, there was no way to ask or remember. So she quietly recorded the whole process, hoping to find a quiet place to discuss with her companions later.
"First of all, even Police Officer Zhang said that half an hour is too short..."
The little brother is still doing specific analysis, and draws the topographic map that Lao Zhang drew before based on his memory.
"According to the method he taught us, we will create a commotion between the 'Gangwu Xincun' station and the 'East Yanjiang Road Station', forcing drivers to slow down, or simply stop for a while."
"Then let's use the method of 'catch the pervert'."
Li Shiqing thought for a while, and suggested, "We have used many methods before, but none of them succeeded in getting out of the car. This is the only way to get the driver to stop, which shows that the success rate of this method is very high."
"Okay, then when we get to this location we start to cause riots..."
While corresponding to the map on the phone, the little brother marked on the terrain map, "Our purpose is to let the driver slow down or even pull over temporarily, but we can't get out of the car. The scene may be a bit chaotic at that time, we have to collapse!"
"After the policemen get on the bus, let's not sit in the back, let's go to the front..."
The little brother drew a XX in the front row, "We are responsible for 'stabilizing' the driver. If necessary, we will try the handbrake and force the driver to stop."
"I think that now that the driver's motives are clear, maybe we can try to 'persuade' him."
Li Shiqing has a different point of view, "Officer Zhang said that even for the police, it is very difficult to stop the aunt and the uncle at the same time, because the driver holds the lives of all the people in the car. If..."
"Li Shiqing, I know you feel sympathy for the driver and his wife when they encounter this kind of thing, but I think you should not have too much hope in convincing the driver."
Li Shiqing understood the truth, so she just sighed.
"They are adults, and they all know what they are doing. After all, they have planned for so many years, and it is unlikely that they will give up just for a few words."
The little brother was worried that she would be soft-hearted, so he said with a straight face: "Besides, if the police's intervention can sway him, the driver would not refuse to open the door when we pretended to be a plainclothes policeman. You may not."
As soon as he mentioned this, Li Shiqing seemed to hear the heart-piercing wailing of the aunt.
At that time, they didn't know what happened to the aunt, they only thought that she was not mentally normal, and she was crying too terribly.
Thinking about it now, she was crying in despair and yelling at her husband at that time, probably because she mistakenly thought that the uncle got into the car and called the police, so there were plainclothes "undercover agents" who knew about it in the car and captured her in one fell swoop. .
If the driver had hesitated at the time, at the moment his wife was controlled and the bomb was taken away, he should have chosen to give up and surrender to the police.
But he didn't, he chose to stop and close the door.
What was the uncle driver thinking when he stopped the car
they do not know.
So they can't gamble.
"Well, you're right."
Li Shiqing agreed with his words, but felt a little unspeakably uncomfortable, "We will give priority to assisting the police to subdue the driver."
In the following time, they optimized the details of the "action" in detail, including what to say and what to do, and even practiced in the room like two actors who were reading the script late at night. .
During this period, Police Officer Zhang and Li Shiqing's roommates called respectively to ask about their current situation and wanted them to report that they were safe.
When he learned that Li Shiqing was staying in a nearby hotel, Officer Zhang didn't say anything, but only told her to take a good rest.
On the contrary, Li Shiqing's roommates were very worried about her current psychological state, chatting for a long time, and when they heard that she was living outside and could not return to the dormitory, they became anxious again.
Li Shiqing has cycled so many times, this is the first time he has been so relaxed.
Listening to the worried greetings from her roommates, familiar voices rang in her ears, and a long conversation on the phone, she seemed to have returned to the time before she got in the car.
Every day of her was originally comfortable and relaxed...
Probably because I was nervous all day, and once I relaxed, I felt extremely sleepy, so when my brother came out after washing his face with cold water for the nth time in the bathroom, he found Li Shiqing fell asleep leaning against the window with the phone in his hand .
"...."
The little brother looked at the mineral water bottle that he took out of the refrigerator and wanted Li Shiqing to wash his face, and laughed at himself.
He walked to the French window, ready to push Li Shiqing to wake him up.
"never mind… "
Seeing Li Shiqing's exhausted side face, he shook his head slightly, carefully took out the hung up phone from her hand, put it in her hand after it was muted.
Since he hasn't entered the cycle yet, it shouldn't matter if Li Shiqing fell asleep, right
"Should I let her sleep more comfortably?"
Thinking like this, he tried to reach out and hug Li Shiqing to the bed to sleep.
But after thinking about it, he still retracted his hand.
In the end, the little brother chose to sit beside her, and carefully placed her head on his shoulders so that her face would not be leaning against the cold window all the time.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the night scene of the city gradually fell into darkness, and it was no longer as brightly lit and busy as before. It seemed that all this was just a big show, and as time went on, it would eventually come to an end...
"If only there was tomorrow..."
Xiao Heyun stared at the night scene outside the window, glanced at the reflection of the two leaning against each other on the glass window, and talked to himself.
Fearing that he would also fall asleep, he also took out his mobile phone and began to read the news from various parties on the Internet after the case was closed today, hoping to get more information from it.
turn over turn over...
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After waking up from the bus, listening to the familiar sound of the station announcement, Li Shiqing and Xiao Heyun looked at each other and let out a voice in unison...
"Depend on!!"
"Did I fall asleep last night?"
Li Shiqing wiped the corner of her mouth, always feeling as if there was something there.
"I see that you are sleeping too soundly, I don't have the heart to wake you up..."
The younger brother explained weakly.
"Then what's the matter with you?"
"I don't know, I'm just looking at my phone, looking at...uh..."
As for that memory, his mind was blurred.
"Forget it, it's all life!"
Li Shiqing looked at the familiar carriage and resigned to her fate.
"It's good to sleep..."
She took a deep breath.
"Strive to work!"
The author has something to say: Little Theater:
But after thinking about it, he still retracted his hand.
Little brother: (inwardly) Forget it, lift the "bed", carry it up and enter the review, this chapter is easy to lock.