Seeing that the hour hand was turning by two o'clock, and there were fewer and fewer customers in the store, the hostess of the hotel was about to put away the account books and go to sleep.

Zi Xi saw that she was leaving, so she stood up and stopped her, "You can't go." ”

The proprietress looked at her with disdain, "What do you want?"

"You're going to wait here with me for the police to come. ”

"Waiting for the police?" the proprietress glanced back at the empty door of the store and sneered, "It's all this time, there is not even a ghost, do you really believe that the police will come?"

"I believe it. So you have to wait here with me. ”

The innkeeper unceremoniously shook off Zixi's hand, "Little girl, if you want to go crazy, go crazy yourself, don't pull me along, I'm not interested, and I won't wait with you." ”

After saying that, she raised her hand and pushed Zixi away, yawned and walked upstairs.

Zixi frowned, knowing that she was obviously hacked, and she didn't stop her, so she turned around and rushed into the corridor, banging on the doors of other tenants.

Bang, bang, bang, knock after knock, woke up a lot of tenants, and they opened the door to see what was going on.

Zixi stood in the corridor and shouted loudly, "Everyone pay attention, this is a black shop, my money has been stolen, everyone should pay attention, don't sleep too hard......"

"What are you doing?" the innkeeper ran over angrily and grabbed Zixi's arm, "You shut up for me, and I'll blow you out if you talk nonsense." ”

Zixi was not afraid of her, but shouted louder: "Everyone heard it, right? She is a thief, afraid that I will tell you, so she said this." ”

"Shut up! Shut up!" The innkeeper couldn't stop Zixi's mouth, and she couldn't do anything to her in front of so many people, and she was so angry that she was angry.

The quilt was so troublesome, and many tenants immediately asked to check out. The innkeeper was so angry that she sent her to the police station. Before she could open her mouth to say anything about the theft of her money, she was detained by Los Angeles police on trumped-up defamation charges.

When Zixi was taken to the detention room, she saw the innkeeper stuffing a wad of money into a policeman's pocket. She immediately understood why she called the police but no one came, why she lost her money and no one cared, but she was indiscriminately locked up!

Profiteers and corrupt officials, embarrassed and traitorous, the land of Los Angeles is even more unpeaceful than she imagined!

The night was already dark, and the clock on the wall showed that it was four o'clock in the morning, and there were simple beds all around, and there were people lying on them, except for Zixi, who was huddled in the corner, with his hands on his knees, and he did not feel sleepy.

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps came from outside the corridor, and it seemed that there were a lot of people coming.

The sound of opening the door lock sounded in his ears, and Zixi raised his eyes and saw a familiar figure standing there in the not too bright light and shadow.

Zhan Tingyu?

Zi Xi was startled, and then shook his head, this must be a dream, how could he be here?

There was a sound of footsteps approaching, stopping in front of her, Zixi looked up, and this time he saw his face clearly.

It's really him!

Zi Xi's whole person froze, watching him stretch out his hand towards him, but he shrank back and looked at him vigilantly.

Zhan Tingyu's voice was a little hoarse, "Let's go out with me first." ”

Somehow, the tone turned out to be so gentle.

Zixi shook his head and buried his head between his knees, not planning to pay attention to his appearance anymore.

There was a sound of clothes rubbing in her ears, and in the next second, Zixi's whole person rose into the air, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Zhan Tingyu's clear eyes.

"Let go of me. Three words spilled from between her teeth, low and low.

Zhan Tingyu didn't let it go, "Let's go out first." ”

With that, he carried her out of the cramped, foul-smelling room.

The night wind was cold, but almost as soon as I sensed the cold, I was already in the car. The warmth swept in, Zixi unconsciously shivered, his nose was sore, and he sneezed.

Then her shoulders sank, and she turned her head sideways, seeing Zhan Tingyu's withdrawn hand and the wide black coat that was on her shoulder.

Zixi stretched out his hand to take it off, but he held his hands, "Warm up first, your body is your own, if you are sick, how can you live freely?"

The lights in the car were dim, and between Zhan Tingyu's eyebrows and eyes, there was unusual gentleness. But Zixi felt that this gentleness was like poison, coaxing her to drink it, waiting to be penetrated through her internal organs......

She lowered her eyes, and her mood suddenly became very calm, she couldn't explain this, where the expression of peace of mind when she saw him came from. But she was really not afraid, all her previous worries were all at this moment, disappeared without a trace, and she didn't even worry about what to do next.

Annoyed by her own state of mind, she whispered, "Why did you come?"

All of Zhan Tingyu's attention was focused on her face, and she was reluctant to take it away for a minute. He had never been bound by anything before, but she was the only one...... But after only a day apart, he couldn't wait to see her.

"If I don't come, what will you do?"

A gentle and deep voice sounded in his ears, and Zi Xi's mind was in a trance for a moment, if he didn't come...... She really didn't know what to do.

She bit her lower lip, "I have my own way." ”

Zhan Tingyu answered, "You tied the red ribbon on the cherry blossom tree in the hotel?"

Zixi didn't know why he suddenly asked this, he was stunned for a moment, looked at him vigilantly, but didn't answer.

She always felt that Zhan Tingyu was looking for her for another purpose, but she couldn't think of why. Zhan Tingyu's thinking is different from ordinary people, it is better for her to be cautious and cautious.

Seeing her looking at herself defensively, Zhan Tingyu smiled helplessly, "It's all broken, and it's still bandaged?" Do you think that the roots of the tree are the same, the bones are broken, and they can grow back in one moment? Stupid!"

Zi Xi was stunned, why is this tone, this content, so familiar?

In a flash of light, she thought of that memory almost immediately. She glared at Zhan Tingyu, many expressions flashed on her face, and finally they all calmed down, and all her questions turned into one sentence, "It's you?"

And this sentence happened to be what Zhan Tingyu wanted to say.

"I went to look for you after that, but I didn't find it, Zi Xi. Zhan Tingyu's hand didn't know when it had already held her hand, "I looked for you later." ”

Zi Xi was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, "You...... Do you want to go back?"

"Nope. Zhan Tingyu shook his head, held her hand, handed her hand to his lips, and kissed it lightly, "I want to make amends." ”

Such a gentle action, but it completely shocked Zixi, she suddenly withdrew her hand, took a few steps back, and leaned her back against the body, "Zhan Tingyu, you don't want to regret it." ”

Zhan Tingyu sighed, "What do I have to be so hateful to make you so afraid of me?"

In the past, he had done a lot of things wrong. Now, he wants to take a different approach and protect her well.

"Come back to the Cold City with me. He said lightly, "I won't restrict your freedom, you can do whatever you want, but at least live under my nose and let me see you often." Okay?"

"Not good!" she deliberately came to Los Angeles to avoid him, but sure enough, she still couldn't dodge.

Zi Xi had a feeling of being caught in a dead loop, "Zhan Tingyu, you let me go, and you let yourself go, okay?"

"......" looked at each other in silence for a long time.

After a moment, Zhan Tingyu slowly opened his lips, "I have Shen Xiao's whereabouts." ”

………………

Back in Cold City, it was already two days later.

The tiring journey did not dampen Zixi's enthusiasm, and almost as soon as she arrived in Hancheng, she asked Zhan Tingyu, who was sitting beside her, "Will you take me to see him now?"

Zhan Tingyu looked at her deeply, "Hmm." ”

Knowing that she couldn't wait, the car did not drive back to Blue Bay, but drove directly to the eastern suburbs of the city. The development of the cold city is from west to east, the more prosperous the west, the more barren the further east, the car passes through a forest and stops in front of a farmer's estate.

Two couples, tanned by the sun, saw someone coming, and their faces were alert and confused.

Zhu Hongda went over first and negotiated with the two, and then they took Zhan Tingyu and Zixi and walked to the dilapidated cabin together.

The wooden house was poorly furnished, with a bed, some tables, chairs and benches with paint off, and it looked quite dilapidated. On the contrary, the beds are neatly stacked, showing the decency and elegance of the people who live here.

There was no one in the house, and according to the couple's story, Zixi had a rough idea of what happened-

About five months ago, a girl came to rent the utility room they used to store their miscellaneous items, and four months ago, the girl brought a boy over to recuperate. This is more than four months.

Zi Xi looked around, "Where are they now?"

The couple shook their heads, "I don't know, that boy left without saying a word half a month ago." The girl came a few times later, and when she saw that he had not returned, she left. ”

Zixi asked again, "Are the boy's legs and feet good?"

"It seems that I have a little injury to my left leg and I am a little lame when I walk. ”

Zixi's eyes dimmed, "I know." "As long as he's alive, it's fine, at least alive......

Zi Xi sat in the courtyard and waited, and did not wait for Shen Xiao all afternoon.

Seeing the sunset, Zhan Tingyu walked over, put on a coat for her, and squatted down in front of her, "Go back first, and come back tomorrow." ”

Zixi shook her head, she didn't go back, she just waited here, as long as she saw that Shen Xiao was still alive, she was relieved. After all, Shen Xiao fell off the cliff because of her......

"Zhan Tingyu. She suddenly called his name.

"I'm here. He replied in a low voice, his voice drifting into the night breeze with an indescribable hustle.

Such a Zhan Tingyu was very uncomfortable, she blinked, "I want to rest here tonight." ”

"Yes. He agreed almost without thinking, and then added, "I'll accompany you." ”