"Brother, can you take Xiao Qi with you? Xiao Qi doesn't want to leave you." Xiao Qi raised her head and begged Xiao Liu.
However, Xiao Liu clearly rejected her.
"Xiao Qi, you are a smart child. You should know that it is dangerous for your brother to go out this time. If you go with him, not only will you not be able to help him, but it will only drag me down."
Xiao Liu is not afraid that saying this will hurt Xiao Qi's heart. He knows that sometimes he should be more direct. Extraneous euphemisms will only make things worse.
"I.."
Sure enough, after hearing Xiao Liu's words, Xiao Qi paused, and she lowered her head in disappointment.
Seeing this, Xiao Liu gently touched Xiao Qi's head and comforted:
"Okay, Xiaoqi, be good. Just stay in the house and wait for your brother to come back. He will definitely come back soon. When he comes back, how about he teach you martial arts?"
Xiao Liu's gentle words reached Xiao Qi's ears. Xiao Qi looked up in disbelief and asked:
"Really?"
"Of course it's true." Xiao Liu chuckled and scratched Xiao Qi's nose.
"Well, good brother, if Xiao Qi doesn't drag you down, Xiao Qi will be here waiting for you to come back. But brother, you have to promise Xiao Qi that you must come back safely."
"Yes, I will definitely do it." Xiao Liu responded with a chuckle.
"Then let's pull the hook." Xiao Qi stretched out her tiny little finger.
"Yeah, retractor." Xiao Liu also cooperated by stretching out his little finger and pulling it together with Xiao Qi's little finger.
"Pull the hook and hang yourself. It won't change for a hundred years. It's the puppy that's lying." Xiao Qi hooked Xiao Liu's finger and shook it slowly.
"Okay, come on."
"What's coming?" Xiao Liu looked at Xiao Qi puzzled.
"Stretch out your thumb to tie the knot." Xiao Qi said matter-of-factly.
Xiao Liu didn't expect this step, but he cooperated very well and made a thumb print that was imprinted with Xiao Qi's delicate thumb.
"Okay, then my brother will definitely come back." Seeing the hook and knot completed, Xiao Qi let go of Xiao Liu's hand with a smile.
And Xiao Liu smiled softly when he looked at such an innocent and cute Xiao Qi.
"Okay, brother, let's go first. You stay in the house alone and don't run around. Also, if someone knocks on the door and asks you to open the door, don't open it. Do you understand?"
Before leaving, Xiaoliu did not forget to give careful instructions.
"I know, brother, don't worry, Xiao Qi will be here waiting for you to come back obediently." Xiao Qi also responded very obediently.
Seeing how well-behaved Xiao Qi was, Xiao Liu finally touched Xiao Qi's cute little head, then stood up and untied the middle-aged man's acupuncture points.
"Okay, it's time for us to set off." Xiao Liu said with a chuckle.
The middle-aged man who had just had his acupoints unlocked finally breathed a sigh of relief. This time it was the shortest time and the easiest time for him to sit.
"Okay, sir, I will lead the way for you." The middle-aged man quickly stood up and respectfully clasped his fists in response. He knew where Xiaoliu was going, the headquarters of the Black Clothes Club.
"Yes." Xiao Liu nodded, and the two of them immediately left the wing. Before closing the door, Xiao Liu took one last look at Xiao Qi, who was looking at him with a smile on his face. Xiao Liu said to her He smiled and nodded.
And Xiao Qi looked at the closed door, which completely blocked Xiao Liu's figure. The original smile on her face completely disappeared, and there were tears of reluctance in her eyes. At the same time, she secretly felt better in her heart. determination.
'Brother, I will definitely practice martial arts well so that you will never have a reason to leave me. '
. . .
Yuelai Inn, at the counter on the first floor, Xiaoliu brought the middle-aged man to the counter.
"Two gentlemen, what do you need?" The shopkeeper looked at Xiaoliu and the other two people coming to the counter, and hurriedly held hands and said hello.
Xiao Liu chuckled and responded, "It's nothing to do with the shopkeeper. It's just that the two of us have to go out first and plan to pay the rent first."
Xiao Liu was worried that after he left, the store owner would think he had run away and would go upstairs to cause trouble for Xiao Qi, so he planned to settle the bill first.
The shopkeeper was very happy when he heard Xiao Liu said that he wanted to pay the rent in advance. He picked up the abacus with a smile, but he still said very politely:
"Actually, it doesn't have to be like this, but since it's the guest's request, the store has no choice but to comply. How many days does the guest plan to stay?"
"Let's count three days first." Xiao Liu said with a chuckle, three days is neither long nor short.
"That's good." The shopkeeper quickly responded with a smile, and then he flipped through the accounts and quickly calculated.
"The price of lunch, plus three days' rent, the total is five cents and twenty-three cents. Sir, please don't think it's expensive. That's the price of our Tianzi room." The shopkeeper smiled apologetically at the little boy. Six said:
Xiao Liu didn't bargain when he heard this, he just took out a small silver ingot worth ten taels from his pocket and put it on the counter.
"This, this is too much. I wonder if you have any broken silver or anything with you, sir?" the shopkeeper asked with a somewhat embarrassed look. He was able to find it easily, but it was a bit troublesome.
However, Xiao Liu chuckled and said:
"Don't be in a hurry to find it. The shopkeeper will leave this ingot of silver with you first, and we will settle it together when you check out at the end. Then I will refund more or less and make up for it."
"Okay, okay." When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly responded with a smile. He had already thought about it. He must make more delicious and expensive food in the past few days, so that the guests can spend more invisibly. .
With that said, the shopkeeper was about to reach out for the silver, but Xiao Liu picked it up first.
"Hey, don't worry, do I still have something to say?"
"You say it, you say it." The shopkeeper retracted his hand with a sneer and said with an apologetic smile.
"While I was out, my roommate was resting alone upstairs. I hope you can help take care of her. But if nothing happens, it's best not to disturb her rest.
In addition, if I have something to do and I don't come back soon, you will have to prepare three meals a day for my roommate and deliver them to her room on time. I wonder if the above-mentioned shopkeepers can still do it? "
"I can do it, I can do it." The shopkeeper quickly responded with a smile. He was worried that he couldn't get Xiaoliu and the others to spend more, but now Xiaoliu and the others bumped into him. He had to let the man upstairs My sister-in-law needs to eat well.
"Well, since the shopkeeper has agreed, I will leave this ingot of silver with you first. If the shopkeeper takes good care of it, then maybe there is no need to look for this ingot of silver."
"Really?" the shopkeeper asked in surprise.
"Of course, but we, the shopkeeper, will tell you the ugly things first. If you fail to do the above and starve your roommate, or make your roommate lose a hair, then don't blame Yan for settling the score with you."
As he spoke, Xiao Liu, who chuckled slightly, exerted a little force with his right thumb, and immediately a three-inch deep fingerprint appeared on the body of the silver ingot.
When the shopkeeper saw this scene, his heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly responded with some fear:
"sure."
But at this moment, an unfamiliar voice of praise suddenly rang out.
"Good work!"
