Tao County is more than 400 kilometers away from A County. If there is no stop in between, it will take about five hours to reach it.
But Xu Shi was not in such a hurry to rush to Tao County.
At around 12 noon, Xu Shi and the others were only a hundred kilometers away from Tao County.
When passing by a small town, Xu Shi asked Taxi to park the car at the entrance of a small hotel. Not far behind, the only remaining tail also stopped on the side of the road, not approaching or getting out of the car.
"Go get two rooms and leave tomorrow." Xu Shi said, taking out a wad of money from his bag and handing it to Taxi.
Taxi was stunned for a moment, looking at the thick wad of money, a little confused. After a moment, he came back to his senses and hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Brother, I have money."
"It's your business if you have money. If you come out with me, I can't let you use money to support me! You can take these ten thousand yuan first. After a room is opened here, you can go to this town. Go around and buy some daily necessities and clothes, as well as some anti-inflammatory drugs and alcohol gauze." Xu Shi said, throwing the money into his arms.
Hearing this, Taxi raised his eyes in surprise: "Brother, are you injured?"
Xu Shi neither denied nor admitted, but raised his chin to signal Taxi to hurry up. When Taxi saw this, he didn't shirk the situation. He divided the wad of money into several parts and stuffed them into his clothes and put them away before getting out of the car and entering the hotel. Not long after, Taxi came out again and handed a room card through the window: "The room has been opened. It is in the innermost room on the second floor. There is a fire escape next to it, and the exit is on the side of the house. "As he said that, Taxi turned sideways and pointed the direction to Xu Shi. Xu Shi took a look and nodded.
He took the room card and had to sigh in his heart. This Taxi was indeed smart. Taking him with him might be a good decision.
"Then I'm going to go shopping first. Do you want to bring lunch back later?" Taxi asked again.
Xu Shi nodded.
Taxi turned around and left. Xu Shi didn't get out of the car immediately. He sat in the passenger seat and looked through the rearview mirror at the car parked on the side of the road not far behind. After looking at it for a while, he looked away and got out of the car. Go to the fire escape exit on the side.
Until he reached the fire escape door, the people in the car did not get out of the car.
Xu Shi stopped paying attention to the back, opened the fire door and walked into the fire escape.
The hotel room was old and had a musty smell. Xu Shi opened the window to ventilate it for a while, then closed the door and window, put a cup on the door handle, and then entered the bathroom.
In fact, if Taxi observes him more carefully, he can see that his expression is no longer normal at this time.
Xu Shi had a fever.
The bullet fired by Ryoi Heiichi the day before yesterday missed the vital point, but the situation was critical at that time. In order to avoid a large amount of blood loss that would affect his condition, Xu Shi used soil and a hot muzzle to stop the bleeding from the wound. Although I found a first aid kit in Uncle Bei's car and briefly treated the wound, I still couldn't clean the wound completely. In addition, the bullet was still in the wound. Therefore, if it took a long time, the wound would become inflamed and a fever would be inevitable. . Fortunately, Xu Shi's body has been trained over the years, otherwise, according to him seven or eight years ago, he would have been in the hospital by now. Of course, it is also possible that someone has taken the opportunity to kill him.
The main reason why people like Long Dao didn't break up with him this time was naturally because they were afraid of his strength.
What is moral and immoral can only be explained to others if they are alive!
In the mirror, Xu Guang was naked from the waist up, with the muzzle of the gun at his waist. It was really symmetrical with the muzzles on his waist, one on the left and one on the right.
Because he had burned the wound with the muzzle of his gun before, there was now a layer of scab on it, but there was already redness and swelling around the scab, indicating that the inflammation inside the wound was already very serious.
To clean the inside of the wound, you need to scrape off the burnt scab on the surface, then rinse it carefully with saline, dig out the bullet, cut off the slough, and finally stop the bleeding, disinfect and suture the wound. .
This is not an easy job, but fortunately, Xu Shi is already very skilled at it.
When Taxi came back, Xu Shi took a shower and leaned on the bed, already feeling drowsy. It was just his instinctive vigilance that kept him awake.
After he washed his face again, he opened the door.
As soon as Taxi raised her head, she saw that Xu Shi's face was flushed abnormally. After being stunned for a moment, she couldn't help but worry: "Brother, do you have a fever?"
Xu Shi reached out to take the bag in his hand and asked, "Have you bought everything?"
Taxi nodded: "I bought them all, and I also bought some painkillers and stuff."
"Okay." Xu Shi took the bag and wanted to close the door. Taxi blocked it for a moment: "Brother, do you want my help?"
Xu Shi glanced at him and refused with an indifferent expression.
After closing the door, Xu Shi went directly to the bathroom. Ten minutes later, when Xu Shi came out, the flush caused by the fever was gone from his face, leaving only cold sweat on his head and paleness.
He found painkillers and anti-inflammatories from the bag, swallowed them together, and then fell on the bed.
The lunch that Tassie brought was thrown on the TV cabinet, smelling lonely and slowly getting cold.
When I woke up again, it was already dark outside.
Xu Shi was stunned for a while before he finally woke up. I took my phone and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock at night. He slept for more than nine hours.
There were several Tassie's calls on the phone. After six o'clock, he called basically every hour, as if to test whether he was dead or alive.
Xu Shi stared at it for two seconds and then called him back. Then, the cell phone rang outside the door. Xu Shi was stunned for a moment, then got out of bed and walked towards the door.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Tassie sitting on the ground next to the door, hurriedly looking for her cell phone.
Xu Shi hung up the phone and said, "No need to look for it, I called!"
Taxi looked up in surprise and saw Xu Shi, and couldn't help but look happy: "Brother, you finally woke up, you scared me to death! I called you several times, but you didn't answer." As he said that, he crawled off the ground. stand up.
Xu Shi looked at him with a complicated mood: "So you've been guarding the door?"
Taxi scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "I'm worried if someone comes, so I'm keeping guard at the door."
"Then what if I don't wake up?" Xu Shi asked again.
Taxi replied: "I have already thought about it. If you don't wake up in two hours, I will go to the front desk to borrow a key card to open the door."
Xu Shi didn't know whether to call him smart or stupid for a moment.
If something happened to him, he would probably be out of breath when Tassie opened the door in another two hours.
However, he was a little surprised that this boy was able to guard the door. No matter what his reasons are, for now, this guy's loyalty is pretty good.
"Go back to sleep, I'm fine." Xu Shi said.
Taxi was a little uneasy and looked around his face. After seeing that although his face was still a little pale, it was obviously normal, she nodded and turned to go to her room.
Xu Shi closed the door, and when he turned around, he saw the lunch that Taxi had brought before on the TV cabinet. It was already cold, so naturally he couldn't eat it anymore. However, there was instant noodles in the room. After he found out that the kettle was missing some water, he filled a bucket with it and stuffed it into his stomach. The feeling of hunger that felt from chest to back finally disappeared.
Xu Shi walked to the window, opened it, and lit a cigarette.
In the small town late at night, it was so dark that not even a street light could be seen.
However, the starry sky is very bright, and the dazzling Milky Way stretches across the night sky. It is a scenery that cannot be seen in Moon Lake.
After Xu Shi quietly smoked a cigarette, he turned and went to the bathroom. After checking the wound to make sure there was no problem, he returned to bed.
At a quarter past five o'clock the next morning, Xu Shi woke up as usual, checked his wounds, and after taking medicine, he began to do warm-up exercises in the room. Tasi made a phone call to wake him up.
Taxi went out to buy breakfast, and when it was delivered, she said to Xu Shi: "The car has been there all night. When I first went out, both people in the car were still asleep. How about we take advantage of this moment to escape quickly?" "
Xu Shi glanced at him and said: "Why are you sneaking around? To make Longdao feel at ease, you have to let him see it. You go buy some breakfast later and send it to them."
Taxi seemed to understand. After saying "oh", she stopped talking.
After that, he followed Xu Shi's instructions and bought breakfast and delivered it to the two people. According to Tassie, when the two people saw the breakfast he handed over, their expressions looked like they had seen a ghost.
When Xu Shi heard this, he smiled and didn't answer.
The two stayed at the hotel until nearly noon before setting off, covering more than 100 kilometers and arriving in about two hours.
As soon as the car entered Tao County, the rear tail disappeared. Then, Long Dao's text message came. There were no unnecessary words in it, and there was only one address - Jiahe Hotel.
Xu Shi asked Taxi to drive the car to this address.
Before the car arrived at the door of the hotel, Xu Shi saw a young guy with a shaved head standing at the door of the hotel, stretching his neck and staring at the cars coming and going on the road, probably waiting for them.
Sure enough, as soon as the car stopped in front of the hotel, the short-haired boy came over.
"Brother Dao introduced you here, right?" The short-haired boy kept looking at the two people in the car as he spoke. This man was a shrewd person. His eyes only stayed on Taxi for two or three seconds, and he could tell that Taxi was probably just a follower, so he focused all his eyes on Xu Shi and looked at him carefully.
"Where is the house?" Xu Shi asked.
The short-haired boy smiled and replied: "It's not far from here, how about I take you in your car and take you there?"
Xu Shi nodded.
The short-haired boy immediately got into the car, and then directed: "Turn left at the intersection ahead." After that, he looked at Xu Shi and introduced himself: "My name is Xiaohe, what do you call me brother?"
Xu Shi didn't answer.
Tassie answered the question at this moment with a wink: "My name is Tassie."
Xiaohe was also a discerning person. Seeing that Xu Shi had no intention of talking to him, he started chatting with Taxi. They talked about insignificant things, such as whether it was still cold in A County and whether there were any What's delicious, are there many pretty girls, etc...
Tassie laughed and chatted with him, and the two seemed to hit it off.
About ten minutes later, Xiaohe pointed to a small alley in front of him that had a strong atmosphere of the times, and said: "Well, it's right in front. Go into that alley, and there is a small courtyard at the end, which is the house you want to live in." "
Taxi looked at the alley and frowned, then subconsciously said: "This alley is so narrow, even this car can't drive in!"
Xiaohe smiled nonchalantly and said: "This alley is not long, only a few dozen meters. Cars can park outside. Although this place is old, it is in a prime location. A few minutes' walk from here is Central City. Yes. Central City is the most prosperous place in Tao County."
After the words fell, Xu Shi said: "That's it, it's pretty good."
When Taxi heard this, he immediately put away all his dissatisfaction and parked the car on the side of the road.
