Episode 23: Alliance

The strange atmosphere in the box gradually faded with the departure of Chen Qi and his party, and taking advantage of Ling Qi's time to go to the bathroom, the old knife whispered to Fang Xiyuan and tentatively said, "Sorry for the less, this Miss Ling...... Is it appropriate to bring her in the evening?"

"Don't worry, I'm just trying to verify something, she's a lot more complicated than you think. Fang Xiyuan pinched the toothpick that had fed Ling Qi the fruit just now, and rubbed it lightly with a smile.

"Well, I can see that not everyone at this age can cope with that kind of pressure, if it's a friend or foe, you can really try it. ”

"Hey, Uncle Dao, why do you care about my love life? If she's not what I think, I'll consider it. ”

Maybe the night I experienced today was the longest in my life, right?

However, in just one hour, Ling Qi deeply understood the meaning of living like a year. first cooperated with Xi Shao to play the beautiful Jiao # Niang in the arms of others, and then witnessed the intrigue of the underworld at close range with a high degree of nervousness, plus Leng Buding bumped into the old enemy, and at the same time had to figure out and analyze their dialogue like a dumb riddle...... All this piled up together, making Ling Qi's girl's nerves a little unbearable, and she could only use the cool tap water to sober herself up.

Is it worth it? But if I don't do this, what else do I have to pursue? The cold droplets of water slid down his smooth cheeks, and Ling Qi smiled bitterly as he looked at the delicate face in the mirror.

In the short distance of more than ten meters from walking out of the box to the door of the bar, Ling Qi's right thumb was supported on the edge of her cheek, and she opened her palm and kept rubbing her temples with her index and middle fingers, which was a habitual action for her to relax when she was thinking too much. Lao Dao and a few cronies of Xiaoma followed the young man and woman out of the "screen" all the way, and when they saw the Cadillac that had been parked at the door by the waiter, Xiaoma kindly reminded him: "It's a pity, Miss Ling seems to be very tired, you better go back and rest as soon as possible!"

Hearing this, Ling Qi put down his right hand like an electric shock, and took the opportunity to squint at Fang Xiyuan with his back to everyone.

"Don't worry, when have I ever treated my own woman badly?" Fang Xiyuan looked at the girl without hesitation, and his eyes were full of ridicule. It's just that he gritted his teeth halfway through his smile, narrowly not letting the scream of pain come out. It turned out that Ling Qi had just grabbed the index finger of his right hand that was holding his waist, and secretly made a clever break, although it would not cause any real damage, but it could make people hurt. This action was very hidden under the cover of Ling Qi's waist and crotch, and the people behind him couldn't see the clue at all.

Feeling the hand on Xiao Man's waist loosen, the girl was smug with a bad breath, but she didn't expect that the devil's claw was on her shoulder again, if this angle was repeated, it would be easy for the people behind her to see through, Ling Qi could only endure it for the time being.

At midnight, the street lamps on the main road of X City are still bright and brilliant, lining the enchanting colorful neon of the surrounding concrete forest, outlining a bewitching little freehand of the city that never sleeps. Cadillac's champagne-coloured paint shifts in hue under psychedelic lighting, and the carriage is softly filled with a symphony.

Ling Qi leaned back in the comfortable leather seat, watching his reflection on the glass be entangled by the rapidly changing light curtain like a movie film, blurring into the vast night together. She suddenly remembered something, and pulled out the U608 in silent mode from her backpack.

Gently rubbing the slide cover, you will see more than a dozen missed calls, all of which were made by 309 girls. Although Ling Qi had explained that he would come back very late before leaving, the hour hand on the quartz clock next to the dashboard was close to 1 o'clock in the morning, which obviously exceeded the bottom line of "very late" for these girls. Ling Qi groaned slightly, dialed Jin Yanling's phone, and was interrupted by Jin Yanling's anxious voice as soon as the busy tone rang twice:

"Ah Qi, you're finally calling back!I'm worried about us to death!Why are you still wandering around outside so late, come back quickly!"

A happy smile appeared on Ling Qi's face, his left hand rubbed the outline of the hard-lined air conditioning outlet, and replied unhurriedly: "Don't worry, I'm attending an old friend's party, someone will take me back in a special car, and it will take more than forty minutes to arrive." You don't have to wait for me to rest when you're tired, just remember to lock the dormitory door. ”

"It's not good for girls to always play outside so late, so many calls haven't been answered, we thought you were hit by something again!" Jin Yanling said again.

Ling Qi smiled bitterly: "How can I be so unlucky, don't curse me! I didn't hear the bell when the party was noisy just now, okay, you guys rest quickly, don't stay up late waiting for me if you don't have morning class tomorrow." ”

Jin Yanling complained a few more words of concern and hung up the phone.

As Ling Qi put the phone back in her bag, the atmosphere in the car cooled down again, and the girl's face changed to a cold look again, as if the happy smile just now had never appeared.

The Cadillac has driven out of the city, and the road conditions have become simpler and clearer. Fang Xiyuan glanced at Ling Qi's porcelain doll-like face, and skillfully replaced the symphony with a brisk song: "What's wrong, don't like to be my girlfriend?"

Ling Qi didn't answer, looking out the window with a sparkle in her eyes, showing that she wasn't sulking at all just now, but was concentrating on thinking about something.

"You should get what you want today, but I warn you that Chen Qi is much more terrifying than you think. Fang Xiyuan opened the storage box in the middle, took out a cigarette between his two fingers and put it in his mouth, and was about to press the cigarette lighter, when the girl's calm and cold voice floated over:

"Do you really think I can't see your play?"

His fingers froze on the button for a few seconds, then he pressed the cigarette lighter to start heating. A moment later, a puff of smoke filled the carriage, and Ling Qi opened the window in disgust, and the rushing air quickly dispersed the annoying second-hand smoke.

"I'm interested in what you're seeing. Fang Xiyuan acquiesced, and the cigarette lit on the edge of the built-in ashtray and shook off a few sparks.

"When you told him that I was 'from a simple background', your thoughts were already exposed, and after you entered the topic, Chen Qi's eyes and smile strengthened my guess. The corners of Fang Xiyuan's mouth raised slightly, listening to Ling Qi's sweet and glutinous voice, but his eyes narrowed slightly because of frowning. "Do you want to borrow the hand of the Qingyan Society to check my details? Haven't you checked them all? Is it a distrust of the archives, or a distrust of your junior brother's level?" Ling Qi's slender fingers of his right hand climbed up to the door of the Cadillac at some point, tapping rhythmically under the delicate metal window.

A trace of evil aura flashed in the corner of Xi Shao's eyes, but it was quickly drowned in the evil smile: "It seems that I am wrong to treat you as a woman, your level far exceeds my prediction, so why are you so cooperative with me?"

"No matter how stupid I am, I will not make a mistake in front of an opponent with a gun in his hand, and it will not be conducive to my receiving further information. No matter how cunning Chen Qi is, there will definitely be flaws, if he takes the initiative to provoke me, it will save a lot of things, so as not to run around the school like a headless fly every day. Ling Qi turned his head to stare at Fang Xiyuan's side face, his eyes full of excitement.

Fang Xiyuan couldn't help but let out a few chuckles: "You are very bold and arrogant enough, I am becoming more and more interested in you." Tell me, who are you?"

Ling Qi heard such an affectionate title, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed across his face: "You find out who I am, I am what I am, I don't have that much ability to cheat in the file." In addition, don't call me that in the future, you don't have to take advantage of it anymore and be a 'boyfriend'. However, I am not averse to working with you. ”

"Oh?" said a playful arc of the young eyebrows, "That's a pretty fresh way of saying it. ”

"I know that your organization is fighting against the Qingyan Society, I don't know how much strength this nominally disbanded gang still has, and how many of your cronies have followed in Ade's footsteps. But today I appreciate your performance, we can work together against a common enemy. Ling Qi made an unexpected and reasonable suggestion.

With a smile, Fang Xiyuan pressed the cigarette that was still half unsmoked without hesitation: "I like this saying very much, if you were a man, I would not hesitate to become brothers with you! Some of your strength has surpassed many of my powerful brothers, I don't know how many surprises you still hide?"

"Then that's it, surprise...... There will be. Ling Qi suddenly burst into a relaxed smile. In the eyes of Xi Shao, this girl who raised her chin slightly turned into a high-spirited teenager in a trance, and her pretty face with arrogance and agility suddenly showed a very tempting charm, and it was confusing for a while.

It was already half past one o'clock in the morning when she returned to the girls' building in Xiping District in Yunan, and Ling Qi watched the Cadillac disappear into the night upstairs, and she couldn't suppress the anger and disgust in her heart anymore...... Being so blatantly rubbed with oil by a man at night and having to force a smile on his face, Ling Qi felt that he was almost a joke played by high-ranking officials and nobles in the old society, and the places on his shoulders and waists and even his cheeks that had been touched and hugged were almost about to grow rashes!

Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills! Ling Qi encouraged himself so much.

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A few days later, in a luxurious office in the Cangyuan Building.

Father Ling Long, director of the Construction Bureau of Z City, is about to be transferred to Jiu'an County as the county magistrate.

Isn't Jiu'an County the place where Cangyuan Investment Industrial Zone is located? It turned out to be Ling Long's daughter, no wonder she is so familiar! Chen Qi squinted his eyes and looked at the information on the paper several times, and said to the person in front of him who had been sitting in the co-pilot of a Mercedes-Benz: "Ah Ping, immediately bring the resume of Ling Long, director of the Construction Bureau." ”

Ah Ping received the order to retire, and a few minutes later Chen Qi had another person's information in his hand, and he finally found what he was looking for: Ling Long, who served in the reconnaissance company of the infantry battalion of the Z City Military Division from the age of 18 to 21, and his father was a southbound cadre of the Third Field Army.

It turned out to be behind the door, no wonder it was different from ordinary girls! The corners of Chen Qi's mouth curled up with a sneer, and the scar on his forehead was twisted like a highly poisonous silkworm.