"Haley, where are you going? The locker room is over here?" the security guard pointed in the direction next to him.

Until then, 'Haley' seems to have gone out of the way.

When Arnold heard this, he subconsciously helped his glasses - but when he made the action, he found that his glasses had been taken away by Caroline, and he immediately made a gesture to touch his nose, and hurriedly said: "I know, I just plan to go to the toilet." ”

The security guard shrugged and said, "There is a bathroom in the locker room. ”

"Hah...... yes, yes, there's it inside, hehe. Arnold nodded.

"Haley!" Unexpectedly, the security guard suddenly stared at Arnold, his eyes did not blink, and walked up, "Could it be you......?"

"I ...... What's wrong with me?" Arnold tilted his head away.

"Could it be you......" The security guard brother was about to press up, making Arnold subconsciously retreat, and finally leaned directly against the wall, the security brother said coldly: "You don't want to steal the bar now!"

"Stealing wine?" Arnold was stunned.

The security guard looked left and right at this time, lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you, the director found that there was a lot of good wine missing, and I don't know who told the whistleblower, saying that someone quietly took the wine here out to sell for money...... Dude, I haven't done anything for a long time, and you're just coming back, don't die!"

"Oh...... Oh yes, thank you. Arnold nodded.

The security guard smiled this time, "Okay, hurry up and go in and get something, go back and greet your female boss...... By the way, Haley, don't you look a little different?"

"Is there one?" Arnold hurriedly pushed the door in, leaving the security guard brother with a back: "Maybe my hair is a little longer, I haven't had a haircut recently." ”

"Really?" the security guard shrugged, not paying attention.

He quickly opened the lock on his locker in the locker in his dressing room for 'Haley' and probed over as if curious about what was inside. It's just that Arnold covered the door of the cabinet and looked at the security guard at the same time.

The security guard walked away whistling, "I'm waiting for you outside, hurry up!"

Arnold nodded, and then used a flashlight to shine inside the cabinet, he saw that there was a black bag in the cabinet, so he directly used the bag to put the contents inside, regardless of size, into the bag, and finally checked it, and found that there was nothing missing......

Soon after, Arnold went out, and the security guard was smoking outside, and when he saw 'Haley' coming out, he accompanied him out of the Kata Clubhouse with a smile.

Caroline seemed to have been waiting a little impatiently, and walked up with a bad face, looking at the security guard brother gloating for a while.

"Brother, ask for your own blessings. The security guard patted him on the shoulder and went back to the security booth with a flashlight.

Arnold saw Caroline walking in front of him, so he patted the bag in his hand, indicating that he had taken something, and Caroline nodded at this time, as if relieved.

Arnold suddenly whispered: "Oscar owes you a little golden man!"

Caroline glanced at Arnold, snatched the bag directly from Arnold's hand, and then lowered her voice and said, "Let's get out of here quickly." ”

Arnold nodded, and the two of them quickly took advantage of the street lights around them to leave quickly, planning to check the contents of the bag in this safe place.

Unexpectedly, not long after leaving, several men wearing short-sleeved shirts appeared in front of the two. Several men directly blocked the way of the two.

Caroline's first thought was this—only to quickly deny it. Because the locals are rarely robbed.

Generally speaking, it is foreigners or tourists who are more likely to be robbed.

"What do you want to do?" Caroline, after all, is also a person who engages in gray income, and at least she will not be completely panicked when something happens.

One of the men sneered, "Finally dare to show up, Haley, catch them!"

The man waved his hand suddenly, and several big men bullied him at the same time, but in just three or two strokes, he directly controlled Arnold and Caroline, unable to struggle.

"What do you want to do!Let go of me!!!!" Caroline tried to bite at her captor, but soon she was covered with a bag over her head and upper body.

All she could hear was screaming, Arnold's screaming - he seemed to be being beaten by the men.

Ah——!!h——!!h

"I'm not Haley...... Ah——! I'm really not ......"

"Swallow our things, think that if you don't show up, we can't do anything about you!"

"Take it back, I'll greet this guy and let him spit it out for me!"

Caroline grew more and more frightened, she couldn't see anything, she could only feel herself being pulled around, and finally it seemed to be in a car, and then someone reached in and covered her nose, and this hand was still pressed against a towel.

She smelled an almond and passed out.

......

......

Snort - snort - snort!

The car's radio is only capable of emitting an electric sound, no matter which channel it is tuned to. Aoye shook his head and simply turned off the car stereo.

The condition of the road is very bad - the power outage has made the red street lights on the main road no longer work, and now it can only rely on the traffic police to temporarily conduct manual command, which is strange that the road condition can be good.

The car stopped on the road, and Aoife took a sip from the mineral water in a rather irritated manner, and then casually threw it in the passenger seat - the bottle hit something.

It's a work card with Aoife's face on it, already proof of his identity — he's the country's security minister.

After several persuasions from the secretary, Aoife finally stopped what he was doing and planned to go home to rest for a while, take a shower and change into a set of clothes.

But he felt that his time would be wasted on this congested road.

At this moment, Aophee's phone rang suddenly—because he had been in the control center of the Ministry of Security, the strange pulse of the storm outside did not affect his phone.

"Hey, I'm Aophee. Aoife activated Bluetooth: "Barra, what's the matter?"

The caller was Barra, a Filipino maid hired by him.

Bara said happily, "Oh my God, Mr. Ofie, I've finally got through to your phone, it seems that the communication has been restored, and I've been looking for you all along!"

"It should be that some areas are starting to recover, and I happen to be in the service area. Aoye said casually: "Say, what's the matter?"

"Sir, the school is closed, and I picked up Louis from the school dormitory, and I just put him to sleep. Bara dutifully said, "Sir, you have not been home for several days, and I would like to ask you, will you come back to-night? If you don't, then I won't leave work for the rest of my day." ”

"Oh...... I'm sorry, Bara, I'm too busy. Aoye pinched his eyebrows: "That's okay, I should be almost home, and when I come back, you can get off work." ”

"Sir, do I need to prepare you dinner?"

"No, I'm not hungry. Pack up and you'll be able to leave when I get back. Offie casually instructed, and then asked about Louis.

The child is sent to a full-time school, usually in the dormitory, and can only go home during the holidays. Of course, it's not a holiday, but if there is a power outage at the school, classes are normal.

"Luis is very well-behaved, not noisy, just wants you to come back sooner. Barra sighed and said, "You know, sir, Louis is too young, you are so busy, and Dr. Ferranch often does not come back, Louis will feel lonely." ”

"Thank you, Bara. Aofei didn't seem to want to talk more about this topic, and hurriedly said: "I'm driving here, let's not talk about it for now, wait for me to come back." ”

......

"Well, I'll go home first, and I'd like to go back and see it too. ”

In front of the apartment, Barra, who was almost forty years old, nodded to Aoife and got on her bicycle and left. After seeing her off, Aoifi yawned and returned to his room.

All the way upstairs, then to the room of his son Louis. Offie quietly entered Louis's room, and did not turn on the light, but came to the bed by the light from the light in the hallway.

He lowered his head and kissed his sleeping son's forehead, then tucked the child's arm into the quilt, but felt something from inside the quilt.

Aoife took it out and saw that it was a picture frame.

Aoife looked a little complicated, finally sighed, put the frame on the bedside table, closed the door again, and walked downstairs - the residential area here has been restored to electricity.

Aoife took out the sparkling water from the refrigerator and drank most of it with a grunt, he was about to go to the shower, but then he heard a movement - someone opened the door of the house.

He frowned and came to the place in the living room.

I saw a staggering figure walk in...... Holding a bottle of wine in his hand, he drank most of the wine, and then the whole person sat directly in the entrance of the door to change shoes, looking drunk.

This man was Dr. Ferranch.

"How did you get back?" Ofee walked up to Dr. Ferranch, but didn't seem to be in the mood to pick him up, and stood still.

Dr. Ferranch heard the voice and looked up, his eyes half-open and half-closed, as if hazy. Dr. Ferranch burped, "Aophe...... Oh...... You're coming back......"

With that, Dr. Ferranch leaned against the wall and struggled to his feet, but suddenly lost his balance and was about to fall to the ground. Aoife frowned, stretched out his hand to stop him, and then dragged the person directly to the sofa in the living room.

He pushed Dr. Ferranch straight onto the couch, "Look at the way you look! School is closed, Bara has brought Louis back!So, hurry up and get your alcohol off, I don't want Luis to think that his grandpa is a drunk!"

For a moment, Dr. Ferranche seemed to stiffen, but quickly rolled over, lay down on the couch, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

Aoye gritted his teeth, as if there was a nameless fire, but there was no way to vent it. He paced back and forth in the living room, walking as fast as he could, and at last he wiped his face vigorously with both hands, and then sat down again.

The couch and the couch were only an arm's length away, and he looked at Dr. Ferranche, who was drunk. He knew that the old man hadn't really slept.

"The day before yesterday, you met Billy at the theater for?" Aoife asked, frowning.

Although he already had some speculation in his mind, he wanted to hear Dr. Ferranch's answer with his own ears. But the doctor still didn't move, as if he had fallen asleep.

Aoife wiped his face again, "Actually, if you don't say it, I can guess a little." Now the government is not going to give money to support your project, at least not for the next few years. Yes, if we can really launch a satellite of our own, it will have a great impact on the future situation. ”

The Doctor heard the sound of snoring.

Aoife sneered, "Hmph, looking at the way you are now, you probably ate a closed door from Billy, right? Now that the Senate Speaker is dead, the various factions have to be reshuffled." There is also the case of the theater, which makes the leaders of this session anxious, which is really a good opportunity for those guys in the opposition. Die for it, with this opportunity, Billy won't invest a lot of money in you for the time being. Don't think those politicians are so patriotic that they stick to other people's cold butts!"

The Doctor's snoring seemed to be a bit heavier.

Aoye exhaled heavily, leaned back on the back of the sofa, looked at the ceiling, and was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I know, that's your dream." But...... But after all, we are only mortals, and some things really can't be done, so let's give up. To let go of oneself is also to let go of others. ...... year If you hadn't insisted on conducting a launch test, that wouldn't have happened. ”

The snoring suddenly became softer.

"Every time Louis asked me where my mother went, I didn't tell him the truth......" Offie looked at Dr. Ferranche's back and said bitterly, "How do you say I can tell ......him?

"Forget it!" Aoife stood up suddenly, "You've been sleeping in your dreams, don't wake up...... Anyway, after so many years, I'm used to it. But I ask you, it's your business to study what's going on, but you'd better not get involved in this maelstrom of power. You're not young anymore, and if you want to retire, you can do so at any time. ”

"I'm going to take a shower, I'll be back later. There's been a lot of going on lately, and the president has given a death order......" Offie walked upstairs, "School is off for the past two days, and Louis is at home, so if you have time, stay with him." If I don't have time, I'll ask Bara to come over early, so be it...... Good night. ”

The footsteps of going upstairs faded away, and only a wall lamp remained in the living room.

He curled up on the couch like a street sleeper.

Suddenly, the Doctor pulled the cushion out and put it over his head, turning the world into complete darkness.