Chapter 504: The Last Gift
I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, I was still thinking that digging deep into this problem had to have a step-by-step process, and it should be introduced reasonably and naturally, but I didn't expect that Xia Xiaoxiao would give me a direct answer, and she would tell me that she had been to the dark hall, didn't that mean that she knew the specific location of the dark hall?
It was a pleasant surprise to me, and it felt like it didn't take much effort. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Actually, before that, what I was most worried about was that Xia Xiaoxiao might not know the location of the Dark Hall, so it would be too difficult to do things, because it was easy for me to get the words out of Xia Xiaoxiao's mouth, but it was really difficult to use the other people of the Hong Gang, especially those key people who knew the location of the Dark Hall. At that time, I'm afraid that even if I break into the Hong Gang, I basically don't hope to get the address of the dark hall.
Now, Xia Xiaoxiao not only knows its location, but also takes the initiative to bring it up, and I also save the trouble of asking questions, just to follow her words, which is really a great thing for me.
So, I didn't talk nonsense, and immediately couldn't wait to answer: "Ah, do you know where it is?" ”
When I say this, my expression is as natural as possible, with a somewhat curious look. It seems very casual, as if the question was asked casually.
However, it seems that I am acting so realistically, because Xia Xiaoxiao didn't pay attention to my expression at all, and she was still immersed in her own thoughts.
For the dark hall, she seems to be very emotional, it is also possible, she sighs that her dead grandfather, anyway, she didn't find any motivation for my problem at all, but naturally followed my words and replied: "The dark hall is very hidden, I went to it once, or when I was a child, I can't remember the specific location, at that time, it was my grandfather before he died, he wanted to see me and the summer, my father took us there, and after that, I wanted to go to my grandfather's grave again, and my father didn't take me!" ”
Hearing this, my eyes suddenly darkened, and Bai was excited, it turned out that Xia Xiaoxiao had been there once when he was a child, and he couldn't remember it clearly, so it didn't mean that he still didn't know where the dark hall was?
At this moment, disappointment came to my heart like a tide. However, calm down a little and think about it, this is also a normal phenomenon, the dark hall is rumored to be mysterious and unpredictable, its location is definitely not so easy for people to know, the Hong Gang is originally patriarchal, even if Xia Xiaoxiao is the daughter of the gang leader, there is no chance to go.
But, no matter what, Xia Xiaoxiao has been there once, she will always have a general direction, which is better than no direction at all, maybe with her tips, there is a chance to find it?
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but take a few more bites of rice, brewed the wording slightly, and when the food in my mouth was finished, I then asked Xia Xiaoxiao: "Why is it so mysterious, is there any secret hidden in it?" ”
Although these words are obviously curious, they are also curious in accordance with Xia Xiaoxiao's words. Nothing unnatural, just an interest in something powerful and mysterious.
Xia Xiaoxiao listened, and did not notice anything unusual, her thoughts with a hint of emotion gradually dissipated, and slowly entered the normal mode of chatting with me, for my question, she did not hesitate, and directly shook her head and said: "I don't know this, I only know, the dark hall is where the high-level of our Hong Gang went to live after retiring, and the people living in it are all the masters of the older generation of the Hong Gang, if you have to say anything special, I think it should be suitable for practice, anyway, when my father was the gang leader, he deliberately went to the dark hall to retreat for a year!" ”
When Xia Xiaoxiao said this, I suddenly remembered. That day in the main hall of the Hong Gang headquarters, the white-eyed old man was so confident that he thought that his strength was stronger than the Xia Gang Leader, but as a result, the Xia Gang Leader easily defeated him, which surprised him.
The strength of the Xia Gang Master is so unfathomable, it is difficult because he has been training in the Dark Hall retreat for a year?
Perhaps, this is the most special thing about the dark hall.
That's right, as a big gang, the Hong Gang has been inherited for so many years, and it is impossible to have no particularity, among which the dark hall is the hidden guardian of the Hong Gang, and its status is self-evident. I think it should be more than just a place for self-cultivation and self-cultivation, otherwise, there is no need to be so hidden, and only the high-level of the Hong Gang can live after retiring.
If my prediction is correct, perhaps, in the dark hall, there is the inheritance of the Hong Gang, and the Xia Gang Master has been in retreat in the dark hall for a year, maybe he has learned this inheritance, and the high-level leaders of the Hong Gang live in the dark hall after retiring, and they may not be there to recuperate, but to guard this inheritance exercise, which is equivalent to a lifetime of hard work for the Hong Gang.
But, if the truth is really true, how powerful are these old monsters? Even if I find the exact location of the Dark Hall, I will rescue my father from their hands, and I will ask, what do I compare with them? How can I break down this powerful obstacle of theirs?
Thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a little deflated again, and the ambition in my heart was like a leaky ball, slowly deflated.
However, no matter what, I still have to move towards this goal, whether the dark hall is hell or a demon cave, I will do my best to save my father.
For this goal, my understanding of the dark hall must be as careful as possible, so I didn't stop talking to Xia Xiaoxiao, we naturally talked about the dark hall, and then we continued to talk about the topic of the dark hall, which seemed natural.
It's a pity that after chatting for a while, I learned that Xia Xiaoxiao didn't know much about the dark hall, although she was the daughter of the Hong gang leader, but the Xia gang leader had never let Xia Xiaoxiao participate in the affairs of the gang, after all, he didn't plan to let his daughter join the gang. Xia Xiaoxiao only knew that the people who lived in the dark hall were all seniors of the Hong Gang, and they were hermit masters, although they were all part of the Hong Gang, they were different, equivalent to, they were retired cadres, and the regular affairs of the Hong Gang, they never participated, unless, the Hong Gang encountered a major crisis, they would take care of it, but this also required the order of the gang leader, that is, the entire Hong Gang, they only listened to the gang leader.
And, Xia Xiaoxiao doesn't seem to know anything about my dad being locked up in the dark hall, if it weren't for the ponytail telling me, I definitely wouldn't have been able to find out my dad's whereabouts, but it is precisely because Xia Xiaoxiao doesn't know the connection between my dad and the dark hall, so no matter how much we talk about the dark hall, she can't think of my dad, let alone suspect that I am Wu Lai.
However, after some conversation, the ball in my heart became more and more deflated, because I am almost certain now. If you want to save my dad, you can only come to the hard, you can only fight hard with the people in the dark hall, there can be no other way, even if I get along with Xia Xiaoxiao, even if I become the son-in-law of the Hong Gang, I still don't even have the qualifications to go to the dark hall, let alone order the people in the dark hall to let my dad go.
Therefore, even if I break into the Hong Gang, it is useless, if I want to rescue my father peacefully without using force, I can only do it if the Xia Gang Master personally orders it, but it is easy for me to deceive Xia Xiaoxiao, and I want to play tricks with the Xia Gang Master, that is, to find death, let him order the release of people, there is no possibility at all.
In the end, the only way for me to do this is to fight hard, and the only way to find out the specific location of the dark hall is to go all out to rescue my dad.
Although the difficulty coefficient of this road is unimaginably high, at least there is still a chance, even if there is only one lost chance, I have to fight.
But the pain is that we talked around the dark hall and talked so much, the most critical information, I still haven't gotten it, I still don't know where the exact location of the dark hall is, and this is also the most difficult question to ask, it was finally proposed by Xia Xiaoxiao before, and naturally cut into this point, but Xia Xiaoxiao didn't answer me in detail, so that now, I have to ask again.
It felt like I had come full circle, and I was sadly back to square one.
I picked up the last bit of food on the plate, and then, I put down my chopsticks, raised my face, looked at Xia Xiaoxiao, and asked her in a slightly curious tone: "This dark hall, where is it?" ”
If this sentence is put in the first sentence at the beginning, then it can't be abrupt anymore, now, at least. I talked to Xia Xiaoxiao about the dark hall at length, and after I showed a natural interest in the dark hall, I asked it so that it wouldn't seem too deliberate. However, it is inevitable that there will be a little abruptness, because wanting to know the exact location of the dark hall is a sensitive issue in itself.
Originally, Xia Xiaoxiao and I talked about it no matter how much we talked about it, but when she heard my question, she still had a sense of vigilance, and her eyes suddenly showed an inexplicable color, with this trace of inexplicability, she looked at me in a daze, and wondered: "Why do you want to know this?" ”
The location of the dark hall should be a top secret in the Hong Gang, and I believe Xia Xiaoxiao must have been told many times. I'm not allowed to spread the word, I'm an outsider, if I'm just interested in the mysterious place of the dark hall, then that's fine, but in the end, I still want to know where its specific location is, it's really strange, even if Xia Xiaoxiao trusts me unconditionally, but she can't help but be curious, and she can't help but have a trace of vigilance.
I know that I am still a little exposed after all, but, the more I am at this time, the more calm I must be, and I must not show my feet, as long as I make up a reason so that Xia Xiaoxiao doesn't feel too strange.
So, I tried my best to suppress the excitement in my heart, so that I kept a calm and breezy appearance, since playing Xu Can, my acting kung fu has still improved, after a pause, I showed a smiling smile to Xia Xiaoxiao, and said easily: "I'm just curious, I want to know where to live after the master's retirement, whether it is a fairyland on earth, I also want to find a carefree place to live in seclusion, with you!" ”
This kind of explanation is a bit of a diversion of the theme, so that Xia Xiaoxiao focuses on the second half of my sentence, I know that Xia Xiaoxiao's most longing for life is to live in seclusion with me, living a two-person world of male farmers and female weavers, last time in the small mountain village of Xiaofang's family, she mentioned this.
Therefore. As soon as she heard this, the inexplicable look in Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a happy smile, her eyes were crooked, and she said to me with a smile: "I don't know the specific location, I only know that the dark hall is located on the Wolf Mountain in the eastern suburbs, and the environment there is not particularly good, and I don't understand why our predecessors of the Hong Gang live in seclusion there!" ”
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Xia Xiaoxiao's words, instantly stirred up the rolling tide in my heart, my heart, uncontrollable excitement, finally, I finally got the most important information, and finally knew where my father was held. It's just that this place can't help but make me feel a little trance, and the word wolf mountain makes the tide in my heart more and more powerful.
The wolf mountain in the eastern suburbs of the provincial capital, I have heard of it, this mountain should be regarded as a magical mountain, it looks very meaningful from a distance, it is very beautiful, but it is not a tourist attraction, it can even be regarded as a forbidden place, it is called wolf mountain, because there are many wolves on the mountain, which is famous for this.
Although that mountain forest is a national key protected area and a dangerous area, reminding outsiders not to trespass, there are still hunters who are not afraid of death and want to go up the mountain to hunt. But these hunters who are not afraid of death are basically gone and never returned.
It is said that this wolf mountain is very evil, there are fierce beasts, eat people without spitting out bones, there are evil spirits, devour everything, and the rumors are particularly evil, and it is precisely because of this that in the end, the wolf mountain has become a forbidden place, and outsiders dare not step into half a step.
Now, when I heard Xia Xiaoxiao say that the Hongbang Secret Hall was there, I suddenly realized that it was not that there were any evil spirits on Wolf Mountain, but because there was a dark hall among them, and those hunters who had never returned. It is estimated that the location of the dark hall was discovered, and it was finally wiped out, so it can be seen that the retired masters of the Hong Gang are more terrifying than the fierce beasts.
However, no matter how terrifying it is, I still have to face it, for me, I got the location of the dark hall in Wolf Mountain, this is the most important thing, even if I don't know where it is in Wolf Mountain, it doesn't matter, at least, I don't have to go through the entire provincial capital to find my father, I just need to look at Wolf Mountain to find it, even if Wolf Mountain is a man-eating mountain, I am not afraid, I believe, I will be able to find out the dark hall.
With this determination, I suddenly felt calm, my heart was no longer rolling, and my surface instantly returned to relaxation, and said to Xia Xiaoxiao: "Hehe, yes, Wolf Mountain, the environment in which the masters live is so special, no wonder outsiders don't know!" ”
After that, I pulled it around again, trying to bring this matter over naturally, anyway, about the dark hall, Xia Xiaoxiao had already told me everything she knew, and I also got the most important information, since she didn't know where the dark hall was in Wolf Mountain. I'll have to find it myself.
After bringing this topic over, I introduced other topics and continued to talk with Xia Xiaoxiao.
Time passed quietly in the chatter between the two of us, and we didn't leave the cafeteria until the aunt in the cafeteria cleaned up.
Walking out of the cafeteria, the two of us wandered around the campus again.
In the eyes of outsiders, Xia Xiaoxiao and I are a very loving couple, in Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes, the same is true, when walking on the road, she holds my hand tightly, very sticky to me, for fear that others will not know that we are one-on-one, her face is full of beautiful smiles, her eyes. It's all love, and at this moment, her state is so happy.
But this happiness is about to disappear, Xia Xiaoxiao, she has no use value for me now, and even, as long as I find the specific location of the dark hall, I will have to fight with the Hong Gang, at that time, Xia Xiaoxiao will become the most unfortunate woman in the world.
Every time I think of this, I can't help but feel sour in my heart, even if I tell myself countless times, don't be soft-hearted, don't be soft-hearted, but Xia Xiaoxiao, she is always innocent. She was so good to me, I pushed her into the abyss like that, can I be indifferent?
I deeply remember that when I was in the dungeon, the two of us depended on each other, everything Xia Xiaoxiao did for me touched my heartstrings, moved me, and made me unconsciously have a special feeling for her, even if I knew that I was mostly using her, and I couldn't talk about love for her, but no matter what, since I became Xu Can, the center of my life is her, I seem to have become accustomed to her, and I can't help but want to protect her. But in the end, all I could do to change her was the hurt, the most cruel hurt.
I can't change this result, let alone eliminate the damage to her, all I can do is to give her a short period of happiness in this last little time, even if I am in a hurry to find the traces of the dark hall, but if I don't even give Xia Xiaoxiao such a little time, am I still human?
This may be the last thing I can give her.
I temporarily suppressed the urgency in my heart, and with patience, accompanied Xia Xiaoxiao slowly on the road to campus.
Today's sky, there is no sunshine, a little gloomy, but there is no rain, the wind is not strong, very quiet, the world of me and Xia Xiaoxiao, is also very quiet, although she has been talking to me, but her voice, fluttering and very gentle, like light music, listening to it will make the heart have a unique quiet.
It's just that I can't fully devote myself to this peace, and when the time comes to a quarter past three in the afternoon, the urgency in my heart stands out, for me now, the time is really too short, every minute and every second of every day must be grasped. In particular, I want to find out the location of the dark hall as soon as possible, and if I want to go up the wolf mountain, I must rush to the daytime, otherwise at night, let alone find the dark hall, I don't even know how to die.
Because this urgency can't be suppressed, I can't delay, I can only be cruel to Xia Xiaoxiao, and the last little bit of time I give her is only so much.
When Xia Xiaoxiao was still immersed in romantic enjoyment, I suddenly paused, looked at Xia Xiaoxiao with an apologetic face, and said softly: "Xiaoxiao, when I came, my mother told me to go back early, and it's not too early." I've got some things to do, so I'm going back first! ”
In order to leave, I told a bad panic again, such a low-level lie, I can only deceive Xia Xiaoxiao, who is deeply in love and can't extricate herself, although she is a little disappointed, but she also understands me, nodded at me, and said: "Hmm! ”
Then, the two of us walked straight to the school gate.
Outside the gate, my sight, inadvertently glimpsed a stall on the side of the road, full of small jewelry, the price is not high, but the style is very beautiful and novel, maybe out of guilt, maybe a little reluctant, I can't help but stop at the stall, and then picked a chic necklace, gave it to Xia Xiaoxiao, and said: "Although your birthday has passed, I still want to wish you a happy birthday, I hope you will always be beautiful, this necklace is a birthday gift for you!" ”
The gift is not valuable, but in the heart, as well as its commemoration, Xia Xiaoxiao felt my heart, her face suddenly smiled like a flower, and her eyes flashed with happiness.
She was very happy, very happy, but instead of taking the necklace from my hand, she whispered to me, "You can put it on for me!" ”
said. The corners of her mouth were deeper, and her smile was even more beautiful.
I didn't refuse, I just gently tied the necklace around Xia Xiaoxiao's neck, and then, I also cast an admiring look at her and praised: "It's so beautiful!" ”
This is my sincere words, although this necklace is not expensive, it is very beautiful, especially in line with Xia Xiaoxiao's wild and beautiful style, and when matched with her hairstyle and appearance, it is a perfect match, and the beauty is not like words.
Hearing my praise, the smile in Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes deepened, and at the same time, there was infinite emotion in her eyes, and tears of emotion appeared, and she had tears in her eyes. He smiled at me and said, "Thank you, I love it!" ”
Laughing with tears, the deepest touch, but she didn't know that this was the first gift I gave her, but it was also, the last one.
On the surface, I gave her this chain as a birthday present, but in fact, I was a farewell gift for her, and when she couldn't stop smiling, I pursed my mouth and pretended to be relaxed: "Okay, don't stink and be beautiful, go back!" ”
Hearing this, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but pat me gently, and then showed a kind of shyness. He pouted to me, "You won the game, and now my father has no objection to us being together, when will you go to my house to propose!" ”
Xia Xiaoxiao's biggest expectation is still this, she wants to be my bride, and she is so impatient, I have been avoiding this topic, and now listening to her mention it, the sourness in my heart is flooded again, and the pain is deeper.
However, I still didn't show this bitterness on my face, but showed a very gentle smile and said to her: "Wait, now the affairs of the Chu family have not been resolved, and besides, my mother's injuries are not yet complete, wait until these things are dealt with." I'll go again, okay? ”
I said this lie very hard, and after saying this, my heart felt like it was being pulled and it hurt.
Xia Xiaoxiao, but as always, believed unconditionally, the tears of happiness in her eyes became more crystalline, and she couldn't help it, she stood on tiptoe, kissed me on the forehead, and then said softly: "I'll wait for you!" ”
After saying that, she turned around and walked briskly towards the car where her bodyguard was with the most pleasant steps.
Wait for her to get in the car. After the car started, she also stuck her hand out the window and shook her arm to me to say goodbye.
The sky was still gloomy, Xia Xiaoxiao's arm, as her car flew away, gradually disappeared into the heavy distance, I looked at the distance, and whispered in my heart: "I'm sorry, you can't wait for me!" ”