St. Petersburg, located in the Neva Delta at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea in northwestern Russia, is the second largest city in Russia.

Although it is known as the second largest city, the population is only 5 million, so the whole city seems very empty in the morning and evening, except for a few areas where business is concentrated.

At 8 p.m. Moscow time, under the yellow street lights, a taxi pulled up in front of the hotel called Friends-by-the-Hermitage.

Dressed casually, Xiao Duan, wearing square-rimmed glasses, stepped out of the car and walked into Friends-by-the-Hermitage with a small travel bag.

From the outside, this yellow-painted hotel looks a bit unimpressive, but because of its location and affordability, it's always one of the most popular hotels in St. Petersburg.

This hotel is the property of the Zhu family, more precisely, the industry of Zhu Tianyang, but the hotel is all Russians from the manager to the ordinary staff, so many people have not paid attention to the financial background of the hotel at all.

Crowded hotels are sometimes good cover.

Walking into the lobby on the first floor, Xiao Duan put the travel bag at his feet, put his hand on the service desk, revealing a platinum ring on his left index finger, and said in English: "Hello, I need a room, it doesn't need to be too big." ”

The blonde and blue-eyed receptionist glanced at the ring on Xiao Duan's hand, seemingly inadvertently, and said fluently in English, "Yes, sir, I hope our service will satisfy you." ”

A few minutes later, Xiao Duan took the elevator up to the 5th floor, walked to a door, and opened the door with a key card.

I stood at the door and looked inside for two or three seconds before turning on the light and walking in.

After 10 minutes, after a simple wash, Xiao Duan went out, took the stairs down to the 4th floor, observed for a while, walked through the corridor, and knocked lightly three times on the door of room 401.

Before Xiao Duan could put down his hand knocking on the door, the door opened, as if someone was guarding the door and waiting to open it.

Seeing the person standing in the door to open the door for him, Xiao Duan was stunned on the spot: How could it be him?

The man in the door is not tall, maybe less than 1.7 meters, not only is he not tall, but he is also very thin, he looks like he is in his 40s, with an eagle nose, collapsed cheeks, a shiny top of his head, and a very powerful top.

However, the strange thing is that after seeing this thin and small man, Xiao Duan's calm hands that he has practiced by throwing flying knives all year round trembled slightly.

Xiao Duan knew the man who opened the door, and the man knew him.

Closing the door, the man gestured to Xiao Duan to stop, and then searched Xiao Duan's whole body up and down.

Room 401 is a suite, the man searched his body, turned around and walked to the door leading to the inner room, and said, "Old Peng, safe." ”

Hearing the man who opened the door shouting "Lao Peng", Xiao Duan's eyelids jumped again, he thought that it was the captain or instructor who was waiting for him here today, but now it seems that he was wrong.

Lao Peng in the inner room is a tall and strong beard, high cheekbones, two thin and long eyes, and his face seems to have Mongolian blood.

Seeing Xiao Duan, Lao Peng patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "The last time I saw you, you were a young man who was less than 20 years old, and it has been several years since you blinked, how is it?

Although he was slapped a little by Lao Peng's big slap, Xiao Duan still said politely: "Occasionally practice, most of the time there is no space." ”

Lao Peng said: "I can understand, I can't help myself when I do things outside." ”

Then......

A very handsome short-haired woman came out of the innermost room of the suite, and the woman looked at Xiao Duan and said, "Come in, the eldest lady wants to see you." ”

Xiao Duan listened to the "buzz" in his head.

"It's actually the eldest lady who wants to see me!"

"Why does the eldest lady want to see me?"

Walking into the innermost room, Xiao Duan saw Zhu Dezhen sitting on the sofa and wiping an AK-108 assault rifle with a white cloth.

Behind Zhu Dezhen, a cold-faced female bodyguard stood in a corner that could not be seen from the window, staring at Xiao Duan like a leopard staring at its prey.

Walking to the table, Lao Peng said, "Miss, someone is here." ”

Zhu Dezhen didn't look up, and said while wiping the gun: "Uncle Peng, you go out first, I have something to ask him." ”

Lao Peng and the two female bodyguards listened and walked out without saying a word.

After the door closed, Zhu Dezhen glanced at Xiao Duan and said flatly, "Sit down." ”

Xiao Duan sat down as he said.

For the next 10 minutes or so, Zhu Dezhen didn't say a word, just wiped the gun, wiped the AK-108, and then wiped the Steyr AUG assault rifle.

Just when the doubts in Xiao Duan's heart reached the peak, Zhu Dezhen suddenly spoke: "How long have you been in Youdao Group?"

Xiao Duan said dryly: "Three years and seven months." ”

Zhu Dezhen asked again: "Have you been in close contact with Bian Xuedao?"

Xiao Duan said, "Yes. ”

Zhu Dezhen then asked, "Have you had close contact with Xu Shangxiu?"

Xiao Duan said, "Yes. ”

After a few seconds of silence, Zhu Dezhen said: "Summarize your impression of Bian Xuedao in one word." ”

Xiao Duan asked in surprise, "A word?"

Zhu Dezhen nodded: "Well, one word, two words, or idioms, it's fine." ”

After Zhu Dezhen finished speaking, Xiao Duan fell into thought.

After a while, Xiao Duan said: "My level is not enough, what I have contacted and seen is very one-sided, and it is really difficult to summarize." And if the gossip circulating in the group is used as the basis for judgment, the conclusion may not be accurate. ”

Zhu Dezhen picked up the gun, aimed in the direction of the door, and said, "It's okay, everyone has many faces, you just need to name the side you see." ”

"The side I saw......" Xiao Duan frowned and thought for a moment and said, "Generous." ”

Generosity?!

This time it was Zhu Dezhen's turn to be surprised.

She looked at Xiao Duan and asked, "Your impression of Bian Xuedao is generosity?"

Xiao Duan nodded.

Zhu Dezhen put down the gun in his hand and asked, "Are you sure?"

Xiao Duan said solemnly: "This is indeed the side I see, not only me, but also the people from the Security Department, I believe that 8 out of 10 people will say this." ”

After staring at Xiao Duan for a few seconds, Zhu Dezhen looked away and asked, "What about Xu Shangxiu?"

Now you don't need Zhu Dezhen to say a small paragraph, and it is also a word to summarize Xu Shangxiu.

To be honest, Xiaoduan's contact with Xu Shangxiu is very limited, and he really began to serve Xu Shangxiu, this time Xu Shangxiu returned to Tianhe during the summer vacation, and Tang Genshui left people to stay in Tianhe.

In Xiao Duan's eyes, one of Xu Shangxiu's most obvious "characteristics" is that he runs in the morning, running every day, almost rain or shine, so in the face of the eldest lady's question, Xiao Duan thought for a while and said one word - "Persistence." ”

Zhu Dezhen: "......"

This is another word that surprised Zhu Dezhen.

After pondering for a few seconds, Zhu Dezhen asked Xiao Duan lightly: "Do you think they will be fooled?"

Fooled?

Hearing this word, Xiao Duan was a little speechless, but he still said respectfully: "I think it's five or five." ”

"Five-five?" Zhu Dezhen asked, "What is the basis for judgment?"

Xiao Duan didn't think about it and said: "Bian Xuedao is too shrewd, and he is too good to Xu Shangxiu." ”

Zhu Dezhen asked with a strange expression, "How good?"

In order to make up for the blandness of the first two words, Xiao Duan, who has a low level of education, racked his brains and replied super-horizontally: "Thousands of favors in one." ”

Zhu Dezhen sneered: "Thousands of favors in one? You have been over there for so long, you should know that there is more than one woman by your side, right?"

Xiao Duan nodded and said: "There is more than one, but the old people in the security department know that Bian Xuedao is the most attentive to Xu Shangxiu, and only Xu Shangxiu is treated by the main palace." ”

"Zhenggong?" Zhu Dezhen suddenly smiled.

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On the morning of August 30, it was cloudy and windy.

Tang Genshui escorted all the way and sent Xu Shangxiu from Tianhe to Jinhe Tianyi.

Knowing that Xu Shangxiu was coming, Bian Xuedao didn't pick it up, but tied an apron at home and made a table of specialty dishes.

After eating, the two sat side by side on the sofa and watched TV.

To tell the truth, the films they watched were not very appropriate, but Bian Xuedao only had one set of "Band of Brothers" at home.

Bian Xuedao has watched "Band of Brothers", but Xu Shangxiu has watched it for the first time.

watched two episodes in a row, and when changing discs, Xu Shangxiu asked Bian Xue: "Do the people in the TV series have prototypes in reality?"

Bian Xuedao said: "There are almost all prototypes, and the protagonist Dick Winter is still alive. ”

"Are you alive?" Xu Shangxiu asked, "How are the people in these dramas doing in the second half of their lives?"

Bian Xuedao said: "After the war, most of them lived the life of ordinary people, and the difference was that some people were happy and some people were unhappy. ”

Xu Shangxiu asked, "Which of them is the happiest?"

Bian Xuedao said with a smile: "It depends on what your understanding of happiness is. ”

Xu Shangxiu said: "Worry-free food and clothing, game world." ”

Bian Xuedao listened, thought for a while and said, "Don't say it, there is really one who is similar to what you said." Captain Louis Nixon, who did not fire a shot throughout the war, was not very proud after the war, divorced several times, remarried in middle age, and then had smooth sailing, inherited his father's business and lived a rich life, traveling the world with his beloved wife, and spending the rest of his life. ”

Xu Shangxiu asked, "Do you like that ordinary life?"

Bian Xuedao asked rhetorically: "Want to know?"

Xu Shangxiu nodded slightly.

Bian Xuedao said: "Your 20 words have tortured me enough, and I will test you in my debut." ”

Xu Shangxiu pursed her lips and said, "Okay." ”

Bian Xuedao rolled up his sleeves and said, "Listen, I'll go out and you will go down." ”

Xu Shangxiu: "......"

Bian Xuedao said word by word: "One house, two people, three meals, four seasons...... Allied. ”

Xu Shangxiu asked, "Is there a standard answer?"

Bian Xuedao shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Xu Shangxiu asked again: "Do you have any requirements?"

Bian Xuedao said: "It's very simple, the upper link is increasing, the lower link is decreasing, and then the central idea must be right." ”

After answering, Bian Xuedao said confidently: "Don't worry, think slowly, when will I come up with it, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shangxiu lightly opened his lips and said calmly: "Thousands of rivers, thousands of mountains, one heart for a hundred years." ”

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("Layman" and Lao Geng were in the newspaper!! Southern Metropolis Daily, reported on April 25, "Paste Bar Crazy Pirate Online Literature, Writers Can't Be the Bar Masters of Works.") As an author whose rights are violated every day, I am grateful for the attention of the media and the voice of justice. The protection of intellectual property rights is the general direction of the progress of human society, and the general trend is unstoppable, look around, movies are genuine, games are genuine, music is genuine, only online literature piracy is becoming more and more unscrupulous day by day, how long can the pirates of online novels and the platforms that collude with their interests be arrogant? It is useless to play word games, and there is a public opinion in the world about right and wrong. ）

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