Chapter 21 The golden cicada sheds its shell
Xia Lanqiu only sent her to the door, and then left, and instructed before leaving: "If I don't come back, don't open the door if anyone comes." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
Ziyu nodded, guessing in her heart that he might have gone to sign the contract, she still couldn't sleep after taking a shower and changing her pajamas, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she thought of the gamble just now. After pondering every word of Xia Lanqiu over and over again, he had been calm and unhurried from the beginning, did he expect that he would win?
She was thinking wildly when there was a banging on the door. Ziyu glanced at the chiming clock on the wall, it was almost four o'clock.
"Who is it?" She asked, sitting up from her bed.
The person outside coughed: "Miss Yun, Mr. is entangled in some things, let me take you over." ”
Zi Yu's heart was inexplicably tight, she remembered that Xia Lanqiu said that if he didn't come back, no one would open the door. But this person actually called her Miss Yun! On this ship, no one knew her name, and they all called her Mrs. Xia.
Zi Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "Did your husband say anything else?" ”
The man seemed to lower his voice: "Mr. said, Miss's great grace will be reported in the future, and when the matter is over tomorrow, I will send Miss back immediately!" ”
Zi Yu didn't hesitate any longer, got up and changed into his daily cheongsam, then opened the door and asked, "Where is your husband?" ”
The top hat of the person at the door was pressed very low, but Ziyu still recognized that this was the person who had helped Xia Lanqiu carry a box of chips just now. The man whispered, "Miss, please come with me!" The two of them walked all the way to the other end of the cruise ship, and through a secret door, they had reached the side of the ship. The sea breeze at night was very strong and cold, and Ziyu didn't even wear a shawl, so she came out.
The man suddenly stood still, and Zi Yu's heart was pounding, and he secretly thought: Why didn't you listen to Xia Lanqiu's words, and rashly followed a stranger out? But I heard the man whisper: "Miss, I can only send you here, and my identity cannot be exposed." ”
Ziyu nodded, looking at the dark sea in front of her, there was no light, like a huge mouth of a fierce beast. She took a deep breath and walked into the darkness one step at a time.
She walked slowly, not daring to make a sound, but she heard the whirring wind mixed with heavy wheezing. Her palms were full of cold sweat, and she didn't know where she got the courage, and when she took a few steps forward, she saw a black figure sitting on the ground against the wall, accompanied by a heavy wheezing sound, as if saying something. Ziyu got closer, and only then did she hear him say over and over again: "help, help......"
It's a foreigner.
She was thinking about how to save him, when she heard a voice in the distance, it was in Donglai language, and she couldn't understand what was being said. Ziyu panicked and hurriedly walked back, only to hear a snorting sound in the dark, and the person who was sitting on the ground grabbed her cheongsam. Ziyu stumbled, quickly snatched the hem of the cheongsam from his hand, and was about to walk back, but two beams of light came over. A voice shouted, "Who's there?" ”
Zi Yu recognized Xia Lanqiu's voice, her heart was relieved, and she cried: "It's me, I came to look for you, but I met a dead man here, scared me to death!" ”
Xia Lanqiu walked over in a few steps, took her into her arms, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" ”
Ziyu only shrank in his arms and cried. Xia Lanqiu looked at Tokugawa and said, "Mr. Tokugawa, let's talk tomorrow, my wife is too timid, I'm afraid she will be frightened." ”
Tokugawa Pi didn't smile: "I remember that there is an ancient saying in China, called sincerity is the opening of the golden stone, we are so sincere, how can Xia Sang repeatedly shirk it?" ”
At this time, Ziyu understood that Xia Lanqiu really couldn't get out, even if he had the ability to go to the sky, he was afraid that he would use a fake identity when he came to this cruise ship, and now that the enemy was outnumbered, there was no other way than to be a hypocritical snake.
Tokugawa said again: "I know that Xia Sang likes quick solutions, Xia Sang should know that this cooperation is mutually beneficial, your country does not have such technology at all, this is something that is beneficial to both parties, why should Xia Sang refuse?" ”
Xia Lanqiu said: "Mr. Tokugawa, if you are not afraid of your laughter, our family will not be in charge of it at all, and I will only make a decision after consulting the old man on this matter." ”
Tokugawa said: "Such a good thing, I think Old Man Xia will definitely agree, you just sign it for him." As he said this, several people behind him took out their guns, and they couldn't see it in the backlight, and Ziyu only heard the sound of bullets being loaded.
Her mind was instantly blank, she only knew that now she was a grasshopper on the same rope as him, and if Xia Lanqiu died, she would not be able to go ashore. Thinking of this, Ziyu suddenly screamed regardless of it, and soon there were footsteps in the corridor, and a man shouted in French: "What's wrong?" Who's out there? ”
Tokugawa's face was full of annoyance, but he still ordered his men to put away their guns.
Ziyu quickly said in French: "I can't sleep, I went out for a walk with my husband, and suddenly I saw a dead man here!" "Actually, that person is not dead at all.
More than a dozen people rushed over, led by a French man, who looked at Tokugawa and said in jerky Chinese: "What's the matter?" Who killed someone? The bright flashlight flashed over, and Ziyu saw it clearly, the one on the ground was the foreigner in today's gambling game, he was pinched off his throat bone with his fingers, but he had not yet lost his breath, and when he saw what the person wanted to say, he suddenly tilted his head and died silently.
Zi Yu stiffened, and her voice trembled: "Darling, I'm afraid, let's go back." ”
Xia Lanqiu raised her hand to help her wipe her tears, her fingertips were cold, and said, "Good, let's go back!" Saying that, he owed a debt to the Frenchman led by him, and walked in with Zi Yu in his arms, and Tokugawa's voice came from behind: "Xia Sang......" Xia Lanqiu didn't seem to hear it, and his footsteps didn't stop.
It wasn't until she entered the room that Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, Xia Lanqiu looked at her bloodstained skirt, took out a pen and paper and wrote: "Change clothes quickly, let's leave immediately!" ”
Zi Yu knew that the situation was critical now, so she hurriedly went to change her clothes, but there were either cheongsams or skirts in the box, she picked out a set of pink cross-shirt and knee-length skirt that were easy to move, wrapped a shawl on the outside, and followed Xia Lanqiu out. Before going out, I suddenly had a rush to turn on the bathtub faucet in the bathroom, and the sound of rushing water flowed out.
When Ziyu was changing clothes, Xia Lanqiu had been fiddling with a small clock.
The two went out into the staff corridor of the ship, and saw the man in the top hat waiting there, and handed a book-sized suitcase to Xia Lanqiu: "It's all arranged, the boat will have a short pause in ten minutes, and then return." After going down, just swim about two kilometers to the east, there is a small island, which will not be found in the dark, and someone will pick it up tomorrow morning. Xia Lanqiu nodded, and pulled Ziyu downstairs quickly.
At this time, Tokugawa and the Frenchman each knocked on the door of their room with a group of people, and no one answered inside, only the sound of rushing water. The two glanced at each other suspiciously, and the corners of Tokugawa's lips hooked up with an evil smile: "At this time, Xia Sang is actually taking his wife in the bath?" ”