The autumn wind is blowing the fallen leaves on the street slowly rolling. At this time, the night is already deep, and the streets of Wangdu are unusually quiet and slightly cold. The dim lights of the rice cake stalls are maintained by batteries, which is extraordinarily warm in such an atmosphere. The stall owner lowered his head and hid the meat skewers under the electric stall car under the plastic paper, and looked around vigilantly, hoping that the HTD Bureau would not come to trouble him in such a cold and quiet late night.
There were three tables on the sidewalk, but there were only two guests, and two dark green military vehicles were parked not far away. The owner of the rice cake stand naturally couldn't recognize how fierce the license plates of the two military vehicles were, but he could also guess that the two young guests must have some background.
These days, rich people who are accustomed to eating delicacies from mountains and seas always like to come to the streets to taste different flavors. The middle-aged boss does not find it strange, nor does he feel nervous, even if the two young guests did not order him The most cherished and most expensive black market mutton kebab, he didn't secretly slander the rich and stingy, because he could see that these two young people were the kind of true friends.
"I don't think I'm so arrogant, maybe... I'm just lucky. After escaping from Donglin, I encountered some big people inexplicably. By the way, I'm working in the army now, but the files should still be hanging on the Nutshell. ." Xu Le bowed his head and chewed the spicy rice cakes, and explained a few words softly, his life was too bizarre, there were many things that could not be explained to Li Wei, and the story of these three years was too long, even if he wanted to tell it, he would not Know where to start.
"A bottle of bar?" Xu Le asked for Li Wei's opinion. It seemed that in three years, he needed a strong drink to catch all the worries that the teenagers should not have.
Li Wei nodded, put a few pieces of roasted celery into his mouth with chopsticks, and chewed it, as if he had a very heavy thing in his heart, and he didn't know how to say it.
Xu Le filled the wine glasses in front of himself and him, but did not move the chopsticks in front of him. He lowered his head slightly and stared at the celery segments and the sauce-stained bean rolls on the plate. He seemed to be thinking about the beginning of a certain topic. Appear heavy.
The childhood friends whom I hadn't seen for a long time finally reunited, and it seemed that there was no danger in the federation, and the scene that should have been shouting or embracing each other, but I don't know why it became so weird.
After being silent for a long time, Li Wei took the wine glass and swallowed it, pursed his lips sharply, and asked, "After I was released from prison, I went to Pandan Avenue to see that the repair shop was converted into a protein meat delivery station. I I thought you were dead, but you were brought back from Bermuda by those people last year and found out that you are still alive. I want to ask you a question... Is the owner of the repair shop dead?"
"Yeah." Xu Le slowly drank the wine in the glass, and found that the transparent liquid was much more pungent than the amber-colored spirits he usually drank, which stabbed his nose a little.
He had great confidence in the uncle who was sloppy on the outside, indifferent on the inside, and moved to tears when he finally parted. Such a good death, but three years have passed, and the uncle has no news at all. In addition, he once witnessed the Bai Liguang column of the battleship's main gun, and he can only gradually admit in his heart that someone has been forever. leave.
Li Wei's expression became a little more gloomy. Unlike Xu Le, he has always lived helplessly at the bottom of society. He has never had the opportunity to take a look at the scenery of the upper class and taste the world of the bigwigs, so although he has some wisdom and wisdom Perseverance, but after all, I have not learned to be indifferent to emotions.
"I have something to tell you."
Almost at the same time, Xu Le and Li Wei put down their wine glasses and said the same thing. The two looked at each other, and after a daze, Xu Le finally spoke up first. He looked at Li Wei's face and said earnestly and apologetically, "Because of that stun stick, you spent a year in prison, and then you were kidnapped and taken to Bermuda..."
This sentence was not finished, because Li Weizheng stared at him with a strange look, scratched his head, and then smiled bitterly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Le asked.
Li Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know what I want to say? I want to ask your forgiveness, after all, the electric baton was stolen from my hand, and the government will deal with the repair shop owner. , I will want you, it's all my fault."
"You called me the million after I got out of prison, right?" Li Wei looked at Xu Le's face and said with emotion, "I was kidnapped by those big men and went to Bermuda, and you saved me after all. back, right?"
"I've always felt that I'm sorry for you." Xu Le murmured.
Li Wei murmured, "I think so too."
The heavy silence after the reunion is actually just between these two friends who grew up together, and they have a strong sense of guilt towards each other. This sense of guilt lies between the two of them. There is a strong sense of warmth blowing on the street stalls on the cold autumn night.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and then laughed at the same time, just like many years ago on the sidewalk of Bell Tower Street, looking at the TV light screen through the glass of the pub, the two orphans were not funny for that family comedy. Laugh at the plot. They also had eyes for the cute little girl who played the orphan girl, but they were not old enough at that time and didn't have the money to buy wine. Now it's different.
"Boss, have a few bottles of wine."
"Would you like to ask those people in the car to come down for a drink? Are those people really your subordinates?"
"Who knows? Don't tell me, I still have such a small status in the army now."
"You sent me one million two years ago. Do you know what I used it for? I bought Bao Longtao in the second round! It took only six months to gather people and occupy three blocks... Three!"
3,000 kilometers away from the Capital Special Administrative Region, Qixia Prefecture's capital is not very autumnal. With a lieutenant colonel's certificate, Xu Le took a free supersonic plane and arrived in this big state famous for its autumn red leaves. He took the address left by Mrs. Zhong, got into the taxi, and looked at the autumn trees on the street that were just beginning to change color, but didn't have time to turn red and transparent. Instead, he thought of a lot of past events.
The Federal Autumn Festival has a long history. Whether it is to use lively parades to remove the desolation of autumn, or to give housewives a chance to clean up in autumn, no one can say clearly. The place where Xu Le was going today was on the outskirts of the state capital, so the taxis were not stopped by the parade.
The reason why he chose a day to come to Mrs. Zhong's invitation during the very short vacation was because he owed the other party a huge favor, and he really missed that little girl, the first part of his escape career, It can be said that he and the little girl are really dependent on each other, and that kind of emotion will never be forgotten in his life.
In the past, Xu Le would never have any contact with Xilin Zhong's family. The card was kept in the bag for so long and never used. First, it was because the special aircraft warfare team under Xilin's tiger, such as the Colonel Lake, once met. Through his own face and contact with the other party, it is very likely to reveal the true face of his federal wanted criminal. The second is because... Although he was executing a military order, Uncle Feng Yu died under the main gun of the Xilin people's warship. As a student, even if Without revenge for him, it is impossible to get close to the other party.
But now, because of the old man's relationship, because of his strange relationship with the charter Guanghui, Xu Le no longer needs to worry about the identity of the federal fugitive. It also became a lot more indifferent, so he handed Li Wei's safety to the men in the seventh group, but he quietly got rid of them and came to Qixia.
This is a large house in the suburbs. As a giant company in the Commonwealth, Gu Zhong Company, where its chairman and daughter lived, and the residence of the Seven Great Families, was not a manor, which made Xu Le feel a little surprised.
She was welcomed into the first floor of the villa by a polite and respectful female housekeeper. Looking at Mrs. Zhong who was standing behind the door to greet her, Xu Le heard a lazy and even shameless voice before she could say anything.
"Three youths are here?"
The voice can make people feel shameless, what kind of realm does this have to be? Xu Le turned his head in amazement, and saw a chubby, round face with slightly squinted eyes, which looked harmless to humans and animals. Can sense his extreme danger.
Xu Le was once kicked by this person, and he always kept it in his heart. He deliberately imitated and learned, and turned that sharp kick into his own killer skill. Naturally, he never forgot the danger to this person. He greeted with a bitter face: "Hello Captain Tian."
"Not good." Fatty Tian looked at him with incomparable pain and said, "You lied to others... Back then, when you were on the boat, you refused to fight them with your true skills, which made me think that you were not a genius of self-cultivation... Otherwise, they must be the Federation. The first person to know your relationship with the old Li family."
Xu Le only felt numb all over, unable to answer. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhong stopped drinking: "Damn fat man! Don't make such a disgusting person, the fireworks are down."
Fatty Tian trembled all over, and immediately raised his chest and raised his head, with a solemn look on his face, actually posing the demeanor of a person like Du Shaoqing.
Xu Le didn't have time to appreciate the fierce character's ability to change face, raised his head and looked towards the stairs, and saw the little girl jumping down at a glance.
The little girl was wearing a white dress, her cute little red shoes were crunchy on the stairs, her knee-length pale socks and a pale flower on top of her head complemented each other beautifully, especially her black hair, as The bangs that were cut so neatly back then, like a painting, swayed up and down playfully with her movements.
It really looks like a watermelon rind, of course, the cute kind.
Only the four of them dine in the villa except for the autumn festival. Xu Le's warm emotions after seeing the little watermelon gradually became somewhat inexplicable with the silence at the dining table.
From the beginning to the present, the eight-year-old girl Zhong Huanhua has never looked at him directly. Even though Mrs. Zhong smiled and told the story of the ancient bell, the little girl still looked indifferent and proud, and only willing to put the table on the table. Xu Le on the board was treated as a strange guest.
After all, he is only a child, how can he remember that journey like an adult? Xu Le comforted himself, but still felt a little lost in his heart - how could the reunion between Xu Le's brother and Little Watermelon be so silent