There was a watch lying quietly in the open palm. This was an old-fashioned cheap electronic watch from an unknown light machinery factory. There were many lines engraved on the dial, but there were no numbers.
Although cheap but very durable, the slender pointer walks tirelessly in circles under the action of the weak current of the battery, and has not stopped for so many years, like a planet around a star, and like people living Repeated scenes of parting and reunion.
Xu Le silently looked at the watch in the palm of his hand, at the running hands, at the familiar electrolyte stain on the watch strap, the heartbeat in his chest gradually became violent, a familiar but unheard of many years. The voice reappeared in my head. This voice was buzzing, and it seemed to come from an empty underground mine…
"Of course I live, and I live forever."
The tools were hanging behind the blue overalls that were stuffed up by the hips, and the uncle boss, who was messy in the wind, threw the incredible bracelet to him casually when he parted from the mine in that autumn. He took off the cheap watch that the teenager had been wearing for many years, and then said a lot of complicated and literary things.
Those who told Xu Le had never forgotten, but the most memorable one was this sentence that seemed sad at the time, but now it is an extremely arrogant declaration.
In the confession like a last word, Feng Yu thought that his eyebrows were like knives, too upright and straight, it would suppress his vision, and it would hurt his mind. If he can change it, then change it.
A few years later, Xu Le was no longer an orphaned teenager who was sad and crying at the end of his life. His black eyebrows like knives were sparsely shaved due to disguise, but the real him in the depths of his soul was still straight like knives. , has not changed.
Looking at the watch in the palm of his hand, the expression on his face was very strange, the knife-like black eyebrows gradually frowned, and the frown was so tight that there was a burst of pain between the eyebrows.
"Give me back the watch!" Qi Dabing noticed his strangeness, looked at the watch, and shouted nervously.
Xu Le still ignored him, turned around and pushed in the door with a blank expression.
"Who is Qi Dabing? Why do you value him so much? If I want to find his teacher, how should I find it? And... how much do you know about this watch?"
The old man behind the desk raised his head in doubt. When he saw the watch Xu Le was holding in his hand, he turned his head slightly and seemed to be thinking about something in the past. The age spots on his face became more and more dark under the dim light for some reason. getting clearer.
"Isn't this the soldier's most cherished watch? Why is it in your hands? As for his identity... Well, it's nothing special, but he has some very weak royal blood, which the entire organization knows."
The cold wind was blowing in the spacious conference room, and the sultry heat outside the window could not get in at all. In the dark conference room, dozens of imperial officers with serious expressions could be seen vaguely, but no noise could be heard. The discipline of the imperial army is here. A glimpse into the moment.
The ultra-thin light screen in front kept rolling pictures and intelligence summaries. The high-definition picture of an imperial officer with a cold expression always stayed on the top of the rolling screen, and his identity was annotated next to it: Qi Dabing, former Royal Special Battalion No. 1. The vice-captain of the fourth team, the latest batch of the Empire's Hibiscus Medal recipients.
"According to the joint investigation by the military and the intelligence agency, it was confirmed that this person is an important figure in a treasonous organization. The latest intelligence shows that he should still stay within the capital city."
As the archives on the light curtain scrolled, the senior general who presided over the meeting said in a deep voice, "One thing to remind you is that this traitor may have a little royal blood on his body, which is being managed by the badge. Bureau to confirm, but... According to His Highness's wise instructions, this action can be ignored."
In the quiet venue, dozens of disciplined officers finally made some noises at this time, but at this moment, someone suddenly turned on the headlights, and the originally dark venue suddenly became bright, incomparably bright. dazzling.
The general frowned, looked at the door, and was about to get angry when he saw the indifferent young officer, his heart tightened, and he gave a standard military salute and said loudly, "Your Highness!"
Huaicao Shi looked at him and asked, "Three minutes ago, the intelligence agency sent the latest information to your terminal, and you are still telling the information three hours ago, and your people haven't made any movement yet. , I need an explanation."
The imperial general suddenly felt cold sweat seeping out of the clothes from his back. Everyone in the military knew that after the secret incident in the Master Fan residence a few days ago, Her Royal Highness, under great pressure, resolutely set the date for rushing to the front line indefinitely. What was the real reason for the postponement, and at this time, it was obvious that His Highness had doubts about his own actions.
"The terrain there is complex, the buildings are dense, and the most important thing is that there are too many residents..." The general lowered his voice and explained respectfully: "And the people of the ninth district have never been very obedient. The staff is working out the best plan."
The ninth district in the eyes of the ruling class of the empire was the slum that occupied a corner of the capital city of Tianjing and was disgusting like a sore but could not be cut off.
Huaicao Shi frowned slightly, and looked at the general quietly like this, the whole venue was silent, and the atmosphere became more and more depressing, until when everyone was about to bear the pressure, she said indifferently: "Nothing is perfect. Program."
"The plan that can kill Xu Le is a good plan. I only care about the result, not how many people will die in the process."
"I have already told you everything I know about Qi Dabing. As for this watch, it was sent to me by my old friend a few years ago. I think since Dabing is his student, he should be more careful than me. Qualified to wear him."
Xu Le looked at the old man behind the chair in silence, and judged from the other's expression that this was not a lie. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little tired and shook his head, but didn't say anything.
"I don't know where my old friend is, young man."
The old man who led the underground resistance organization and the powerful imperial machine to fight against it for decades, looked at Xu Le's face and felt a little sentimental for some reason, and continued: "From the incident of Master Fan's residence, I guess you and There may be some kind of connection between them, but I have never figured out, one of you is from the Empire and the other is from the Federation, have you met before?"
Now that he is from the Empire, Xu Le squinted his eyes and walked out of the room, with a strange and inexplicable smile on the corner of his lips.
"Give me the watch back!"
Qi Dabing stopped in front of him, although he didn't pull out the pistol in his clothes, but looking at his anxious and angry expression, if Xu Le couldn't meet his requirements, maybe this person would really go crazy.
Xu Le looked at him without any movement.
"This watch is very meaningful to me, please return it to me." Qi Dabing suppressed his inner anger and lowered his posture as much as possible.
Xu Le picked up the cheap watch with two fingers and put it in front of him, but did not mean to hand it to him, but said in a very serious tone, word by word, "This is my watch."
Qi Dabing was stunned.
"And he sent this watch to you, not as a souvenir for you, but to tell me a fact that I used to want to know, but now makes me angry."
Qi Dabing was not in the mood to ask any facts at the moment, he clenched his fists angrily, and asked in a cold voice, "Why do you say it's yours?"
There was a crisp sound of metal collision. The watch held by Xu Le, I don't know what spring was twisted by him, the fixed back cover snapped open, revealing the smooth case inside and the top line very clearly But ugly text.
On the thirty-seventh constitutional calendar, sixty-one years, on September 3, the future federal mechanic Xu Le.
"This is the first souvenir I made after I operated the micro-etching machine independently for the first time." Xu Le looked at him blankly: "Do you still think it's yours now?"
"When did you meet that person?" Xu Le looked down at his watch and asked indifferently.
"Six years old." Qi Dabing replied coldly: "He lived in my house for a month when I was six years old."
"It's no wonder that your melee skills are a little weird in the underground waterway."
The shock in Qi Dabing's heart at this moment has not been completely digested, but it is very difficult to accept that this Federalist who is much younger than himself speaks in a tone of teaching himself, and sneered: "It seems that you are very interested in this... I want to learn ? Please, maybe when I'm in a good mood, I'll be willing to teach you a trick or two..."
Xu Le looked at him with that weird smile. After being quiet for a long time, he said mockingly, "No, I just want to remind you that you learned wrong."
"The person who taught you obviously didn't pay much attention. Maybe he wanted to see if he could stimulate the true qi in your body because of your royal blood, but obviously... you didn't have such luck."
It was only one month, and I had four years. Xu Le raised his head and squinted, and his mood suddenly became a little more cheerful. After a while, he felt that this happiness was really childish.
For an orphan who lost his family since childhood, the man he called his boss was not only his teacher, but also replaced his father's role in a sense. A father who is competent, likes to go to prostitutes every day, and can't even cook.
It is precisely because of this emotional relationship that when the Emperor of the Empire thought that he was his son, and Master Fan said that he was his father, Xu Le was not unhappy, but rather proud.
The most wanted criminal in the Federation, who cuckolded the Emperor of the Empire, gave birth to a perfect daughter like Jian Shui'er, who had countless incarnations, and the whole theory could guide the Qinglongshan guerrillas. The strength of the power and the brilliance of the charter have been against each other for countless years, such a coquettish character... Living with him for many years, having such a close and irreplaceable relationship, is really worth showing off the proud capital.
He always thought that he was Uncle's only student, so when he found that there was a person like Qi Dabing in the empire, his disgust, depression and rebellious emotions suddenly rose, and he subconsciously hit the other party to the point of sinking.
Putting the watch in his pocket and putting it away, he ignored the strange and angry expression of Qi Dabing behind him. He walked out of the building alone, standing alone by the railing, looking at the darkening night ahead, silent for a long time.
He was in a very complicated mood at the moment. He was naturally relieved to learn that the bastard should still be alive, knowing that the bastard had accepted apprentices before. Although it was obvious that he accepted it randomly, he was still very unhappy.
With his palm resting on the railing, Ye Feng squinted in his eyes, countless emotions merged into a sincere sentence, which came out softly from his thin lips: "Fuck you, uncle."