past, present, possession, loss. Xu Zhuchen wanted so much to rush up and hug her best friend whom she met again after ten years. She stretched out her hand, but hesitantly took it back.
Good things in this world do not last long, and the colorful clouds are easy to scatter and the glass is brittle. Xiao Mei sat on the edge of the bed, recalling the fragments of memories that she recalled in confusion, and was amused by the conflicting contents from time to time. Most of those stories and fragments contain the figure of Xu Zhuchen. The two figures under the neem tree seemed to have transcended time and were running carefree again.
This scene was so rare that Xu Zhuchen just wanted to watch it from a distance without reaching out to disturb it.
After the letter paper was burned clean, Xiao Mei's condition stabilized. The two of them performed their duties according to the division of labor last night. Xiao Mei stayed in the house to guard her belongings, while practicing her exercises and concentrating her inner strength. Xu Zhuchen felt that her skills had improved qualitatively, and felt relieved about her. He put on a felt hat to cover his white hair and came to Yuan The palace went around to inquire about news.
The two agreed to meet for lunch. Before lunch, Xu Zhuchen already had some information. When she returned to the hotel, Xiao Mei had just completed the condensation of her inner strength. Dots of red light poured into the ring on the little finger of her right hand. The bright red rose seemed to come to life, with its bright petals blooming one by one. As if wrapped around her fingers, there are red threads of marriage. Her martial arts body was of the fire type, and it was extremely hot and dry, forcing a layer of sweat to form on her forehead. Xu Zhuchen closed the door, raised his hand to protect the law, and used his own inner strength. Little by little, he wrapped his inner strength around Xiao Mei's side. Ice and fire were intertwined. The blue and red martial arts were mutually reinforcing each other and complementing each other. The two strands were condensed by the inner strength. The thin lines are intertwined with each other, like two rings.
"Huh - Zhuchen, thank you." Xiao Mei finished his exercise, his hair and clothes were a little messy. She gave a tired smile and said, "I have gradually remembered the feeling of using my inner strength."
"Yes, you are a genius. You can do this because you are used to it."
Xiao Mei was stunned for a moment and cast a confused look at Xu Zhuchen, but found that Xu Zhuchen did not open his mouth and the words just now did not come from her mouth.
"What's the matter, Azadirachta?"
Xiao Mei's mind was a little confused, but he attributed all this to the exhaustion from just finishing the exercise. She shook her head, stood up and helped Xu Zhuchen take off his cloak and felt hat, and said, "I'm a little tired. What did you find out in the whole morning?"
Xu Zhuchen took off his gloves and used his cold palms to cool down Xiao's red face: "It's a lot. Let's eat first."
Lunch was served quickly and was extremely rich. It was obvious that Xu Zhuchen was really overwhelmed by the light food in Lu's shop. Xiao Mei did not use his inner strength, closed his eyes and smelled it, then smiled and said: "Roast duck with soy sauce, fried chicken with shredded green onions, grilled sea bass... Zhuchen, you have ordered these dishes with the store since morning. Let’s gather around this table, shall we?”
Xu Zhuchen smiled and handed her the chopsticks, scalded their tableware with boiling water, and served Xiao Ni a bowl of eight-treasure rice without any explanation: "You still make fun of me, you can't hold back your saliva. This is their signature, You try it first."
Xiao Mei took a chopstick and chewed it a few times, then nodded with a smile.
"Plump, soft and elastic, fragrant and sweet. Red beans, glutinous rice, wild rice, and candied dates are truly the signature dish." She swallowed the rice and couldn't wait to pick up the second bite.
Seeing that she was eating happily, Xu Zhuchen became happy himself. She closed the door and immersed herself in eating with Xiao Mei.
When the food is full and the food is full, the food is gone and the cups and plates are in a mess. After lunch, Xu Zhuchen found a second note at the bottom of the bowl.
"...Jixiang Hotel, with internal injuries. Yesterday, he intended to send a message to avoid alerting the enemy, but he did not intercept it." Xiao Mei touched the piece of paper with his inner strength, and the fiery red color seemed to swallow up and burn the paper. After she finished reading, Xu Zhuchen followed her and destroyed the note: "Looking at his behavior, it seems that he is aware of our entry into the city."
Xiao Mei smiled and said: "We have never thought about hiding our whereabouts. Meichuan Xu Zhuchen has been standing upright all his life, right?" This is what Xiao Xu Zhuchen said when he insisted not to steal melons from the field with her. Now It seems that Xu Zhuchen really did it. Xiao Mei withdrew her inner strength, and the fiery red color gradually faded from her eyes.
Xu Zhuchen looked into her eyes, suddenly a little nervous. She pushed the dining cart outside the door, called the waiter to clean it up, put a few coins into her hand, and then closed the door.
"Don't you tell me what you saw in the city?" Xiao Mei noticed Xu Zhuchen's mood and asked softly.
Xu Zhuchen laughed briefly and dug her short nails into her palms. Although she did not pierce the thick calluses, she felt a slight pain. She sat back at the table, carefully lifted a strand of Xiao Mei's hair that hung beside her ear, and asked: "Ah Mei, apart from the past, what else did you think of when we were in Zhennan? For example, recently, What happened a few years ago?”
Xiao Mei shook his head: "Almost not. The part I can recall is not under my control."
Xu Zhuchen sighed vaguely and said in a deep voice: "I went to investigate the part about 'Jinliang' in the previous tip. The location and identity matched. The recent transaction with Wang He was entrusted I gave it to the local Fuying Escort Agency. According to the escort agency's personnel scheduling and action route, it was basically suitable. But I'm not sure whether there was a problem with the line report, or whether someone just couldn't hold back in the past few days. Ah, Jin Liang is dead."
She carefully observed Xiao Mei's expression, cautiously, like a big white dog, as if Xiao Mei would open the coffin and kill the corpse as long as Xiao Mei showed a hint of hurt. But Xiao Mei didn't. She just lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded: "Zhu Chen, you have already made a guess, right?"
Xu Zhuchen nodded: "Yes, just as you thought."
"The person who did it couldn't be Wang He. He is headstrong and will not attack a small stone dealer; naturally, it can't be Li Fenglong. She is more concerned about Jin Liang's whereabouts than the two of us. People who know his true identity should There are not many, and the only one who can kill Jin Liang at this time is probably the coachman."
Xiao Mei nodded and continued: "Since the killer has noticed it, we might as well act before he takes precautions and catch him off guard." As she said this, as if she suddenly remembered something, she stood up and picked up two Holding a dagger, he said, "Zhu Chen, keep an eye on it."
I saw Xiao Mei holding the dagger with his right hand and swiping it, and the red beam of light poured into the stone handle of the dagger. Xu Zhuchen subconsciously avoided Xiao Mei's attack path, but saw two daggers flying in the air, one of which turned suddenly. She raised her hand to clamp it, and found that the dagger was so light that it was almost weightless.
