"There's one more problem...... You. ”

"I don't understand."

"Officer Blue and I don't have to worry about our fingerprints being recognized. All the places have been destroyed by fire. The rooms in the inn and the doctor's apartment in Hangzhou were also burned down. But what about your fingerprints? While you're asleep, we turn on the radio to see how the official reacts to what happened last night. The Bureau of Investigation has intervened to investigate the cause of death of Giordano and others. Radios and newspapers said they had taken fingerprints on a murder weapon left behind in the Giordano house. That's a wooden pickaxe. At the mention of this cruel murder weapon, Gong Yu seemed very uncomfortable.

"What else?"

"Officially, it was a gang homicide, a war between two opposing gangs. But when they found your fingerprints—"

"They'll find out that, according to the records, the fingerprints belong to a person who died 15 years ago."

Gong Yu's eyes widened.

"Where do you want to live?" Bronze asked.

"Live?" The topic suddenly changed again, and Gong Yu looked confused again. "Back to Santa Fe, of course."

"With me?"

"Yes."

"I don't think it's a good idea." Bronze said.

"But the gangsters don't look for me anymore."

"Renata is looking for you." Bronze paused, letting the silence emphasize what he had said. "As long as I'm alive, Renata may use you against me. You're going to be dangerous. ”

Gong Yu's face was already pale, but now his face is even paler.

"Nothing has changed," said bronze, "so I'm going to ask you again, where do you want to live?" ”

Something seemed to disappear in Gong Yu's eyes.

"If we break up." Bronze said.

"Break up?" Gong Yu looked confused. "But why the hell—"

"If we go back to Santa Fe and have a public fight at noon on a visit or somewhere, if there is a rumor that we are no longer lovers, Renata will probably think there is no need to do anything to you, because I will not be upset if she kills someone I no longer love."

Gong Yu looked even more confused.

"Actually," Bronze wanted to find out the truth, leaving her a way out, "the more I thought about it, the more I believed that if we broke up, Renata wouldn't be in trouble with you." ”

"But—" Gong Yu choked and didn't make a sound.

"Our breakup had to be convincing." Bronze said, "I can accuse you of knowing who I am from the very beginning of our relationship. I can lose my temper in public, say that you just pretend to love me, that you deliberately seduce me, that all you want is a bodyguard who lives next door to you, sometimes in your house or even in your bed. ”

Gong Yu began to sob.

"I can tell everybody that I'm a fool who risked my life and got nothing. If Renata had been spying on me, she would have heard about the argument. She'll believe it, especially if I leave Santa Fe and you stay there. ”

Gong Yu cried even harder.

"Who killed your husband?" Bronze asked.

Gong Yu didn't answer.

"I think we can make up a story," said Bronze, "and let's say it's someone in the organization, maybe one of his men shot him, took the money, and planted it on your head." There is also a theory that Giordano's son, Joe Kansai, was very jealous of his father's importance of your husband, so he decided to settle the matter and blame you. Bronze paused. Which one do you prefer? ”

Gong Yu wiped his eyes. "I don't like any of them."

"So-"

"I did it." Gong Yu said.

Bronze sat up straight.

"I shot at him," Gong Yu said, "so that the son of a bitch can't beat me again." ”

"You took the money?"

"Yes."

"So you can afford that house in Santa Fe?"

"Yes. The money was kept in a bank in Chongqing. The Department of Justice didn't get the money, so they asked me to use it to support myself – especially since they wanted me to testify. ”

"Did you know who I was before you met me?"

"Yes."

"Then you did take advantage of me."

"Took advantage of about 48 hours. I didn't expect you to be so attractive to me. Of course I didn't expect to fall in love with you. ”

Blood oozed from a cracked wound on the bronze face. "I wish I could trust you."

"I've always wanted to live in the mountains." Beth said unexpectedly.

This time it was bronze's turn unprepared. "What did you say?"

"It's not Chongqing, it's Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan," Beth said, "in the area of the Tibetan and Qiang people in Aba, Sichuan." I've heard my mother talk about some of the scenery there. My mother could paint, and she painted valleys, pastures, forests, and streams flowing down from the mountains, and they were unimaginably beautiful. I think I can draw something nice there...... As long as you're with me. ”

"Do you know you're putting yourself in danger and Renata is going to use you against me?"

"Yes."

"Do you know that for the rest of your life you have to keep an eye out for danger behind you?"

"Without you—" Gong Yu wiped the blood oozing from the wound on his face. "I don't have much to hope for."

"In that case," said Decker, "we'll go back to Santa Fe." ”

"Are you sure it's a good idea?" Officer Blue asked.

"Nope. But it makes more sense to me than it would have been. Bronze said. They are now in a small county railway station called Haining on the edge of noisy and crowded Hangzhou. Bronze has just returned from the ticket counter. He walked over to Officer Lan and Gong Yu, who were waiting for him in an alcove next to the smoky waiting room. He gave them the votes. "I got a ticket for Shanghai, Hangzhou and Ningbo at 8:30. When I arrived in Ningbo, I was changing ships. ”

"The seats are not together." Gong Yu said.

"Two of them are together. There's a guy who has to sit a little bit back. ”

"I'll sit there," Officer Lan said, "and I'll be in charge of observing if any passengers are paying special attention to you." ”

"I'm on crutches, I'm afraid it's going to get people's attention." Gong Yu said.

"The wound on my face has obviously been noticed by the conductor at the station counter." Bronze looked around to make sure no one was eavesdropping on them. "But I don't think Renata could have predicted which way we were going. I'm not worried she'll be in this area. When it comes to Santa Fe, it's time for us to start worrying. ”

"Are you sure she'll be waiting for us there?" Gong Yu asked.

"Does she have any other choice? She had to start looking for us somewhere, and Santa Fe was the place she was most sure to bet on. She knew that if I didn't plan to go back, I would have to sell the house and transfer the property. She'll stay there and find out the news. ”

Gong Yu frowned at the passengers who hurried by, as if he was afraid that Renata would suddenly rush out of the middle of them. "But that information is confidential. She can't just go over there and ask someone to tell her your new address. ”

"I was just thinking along these lines that maybe someone of us would have a gun on his head when he came home." Bronze said, "Renata is an expert in terrorist operations. Not only did she hate me for killing her brother, but I also had my 1 million fiat money to spur her on. She'll do anything to get revenge. If I were her, I'd wait in Santa Fe until I knew which direction to go after her. ”

Officer Blue looked at his watch. "Almost, let's pit stop."

They had to leave the alcove and be exposed to the public, which made them feel uncomfortable. They squeezed through the crowd, Gong Yu was on crutches, and the two men protected her one by one, preventing others from bumping into her. It's not because she walks unsteadily. While she hasn't had many opportunities to practice walking with crutches yet, her natural athleticism makes it possible for her to move forward bolder and bolder.

A wave of admiration for her welled up in Bronze's heart. She seemed to be determined, unconcerned about the pain, ready to do whatever was necessary.

Bronze asked himself, what about you? You've been through so much, are you ready?

Ready for anything?

But he didn't trust himself. Now that all the immediate and practical details had been taken into account, nothing could distract him emotionally. He couldn't adapt to the reality that Gong Yu was right next to him.

When he wasn't with her, he would have a feeling of incompleteness, and his heart would go up and down. Even if it was such a short time for him to walk away to buy a ticket, it was very uncomfortable for him.

Are you ready for anything? He asked himself again as he walked with Gong Yu and Officer Lan to the line in front of the security checkpoint. It won't be everything. I wasn't ready for Gong Yu to be hurt again. I was not prepared to learn that she was still hiding her true feelings for me from me. I wasn't prepared to know I was a fool.

In front of the security checkpoint, he slowed down and asked Officer Lan and Gong Yu to walk over a minute before him, in case the guards staring at the crowd thought that the 10,000 pieces of 100 yuan fiat money in the bag he was carrying with him were suspicious. If he is asked to open the package, it will be difficult for him to explain to the authorities how he got the 1 million.

The security staff will immediately think that the money has something to do with something. He didn't want Gong Yu or Officer Lan to look connected to him. So, in order to make the banknotes look less obvious, the bronze removed the rubber straps from the bundles of banknotes, scattered the money in a large bag, and put in a dirty gown, a notepad, a pen, a set of toiletries, a pair of mahjong, a newspaper, and a thread binding. If they are lucky, the inspector will be satisfied if he sees no weapons in his bag, and may not be able to notice the visible debris.

A lady in front of the bronze lady took her handbag and passed through the checkpoint, and she had no problems. Bronze's pulse quickened, and he stood in her place, carrying the heavy bag in his right hand, and the inspector looked at him strangely. Bronze ignored the attention he received, and before he left for the station, he and Officer Blue had already dismantled their pistols and thrown them down a sewer. However, he still felt that the atmosphere of the inspection here was a little tense, so he deliberately pretended not to be curious and ignored other matters, so that others would not pay attention to him.

"What's wrong with your face?" The prosecutor asked.

"The car had an accident." Bronze said as he took two steps closer.

"It looks like it hurts. Did it roll over? "The prosecutor seems to be a man of many words.

"It's probably worse, but it's a good fate!" Bronze smiled wryly, "The mad cow that hit me went into the slaughterhouse." ”

"Pretty lucky. It's best to be careful. ”

"Trust me, I will." The bronze passed through the checkpoint and walked towards the station. Carrying the 1 million fiat currency, he walked into the dilapidated platform with other passengers.

He walked quickly to the front, where Gong Yu and Officer Lan were anxiously waiting for him.

"You've been using it for so long, I'm starting to worry." Gong Yu said.

Bronze noticed that she glanced at his carrying case. Does she really care about the money? He didn't know. "I'm starting to get a little nervous myself."

"They're starting to get on the bus," Officer Blue said, "and I'd better get to my seat now." ”

Bronze nodded. He'd spent so much time with Officer Elan, and he felt a little unaccustomed to being separated from him. "See you in Ningbo."

"Okay."

Officer Blue followed the other passengers into the car he was in. Gong Yu smiled affectionately. "We have never travelled together. From now on, we will have a different new experience. ”

"Just a little bit better than what's happened since Friday." Bronze wanted to make that sound like a joke.

"Anything would be better."

"I hope so." But what if things were worse? Bronze is curious to know.

At the entrance of the carriage, a station staff member took Gong Yu's ticket. "Need help?"

"My friends will help me." Gong Yu glanced at the bronze affectionately.

"We can do it." Bronze said to the staff member while handing him his ticket. He followed Beth into the narrow passage of the carriage. He warned himself that it was not too late to change plans.

But he felt himself being pushed forward by the queue of passengers. Two minutes later, they sat in their seats in the middle of the carriage. Bronze took Gong Yu's crutches and put it inside. The two sat next to each other, and the 1 million fiat coins were placed at his feet.

I can still change my mind, he thought. Maybe Gong Yu is right, maybe Jiuzhaigou is where we should go.

However, the words he and Gong Yu had spoken in the inn kept echoing in his mind. He had already asked Gong Yu if she would still be willing to be with him after she knew that she would put her life in danger and that Renata would try to use her against him. In the future, when Gong Yu is with herself, she must always pay attention to whether there is danger behind her. Gong Yu's answer was, "Without you, I have nothing to hope for." ”

Bronze thought, let me see if she meant what she said. I'm trying to fix this now.

The steam train leaves the platform and spews a thick puff of steam on the platform. Gong Yu clenched his hand.

"I've been thinking about you all the time." She whispered.

Bronze gently pinched her fingers. "I miss you too, and you'll never know how much I miss you."

"That's not right." Gong Yu said, "From what you have done in the past few days, I already know very clearly how you feel for me. When the train left the platform and began to accelerate, Gong Yu snuggled up to the bronze.

In the carriage of the steam train at 30 kilometers per hour, Bronze was surprised to find that it was difficult for him to make small talk with Gong Yu. It was the first time they had ever been together. He would love to talk to her about those substantive issues, but he couldn't, because he didn't dare to risk being overheard by the passengers around them. Their conversation sounded hollow compared to those questions.

He breathed a sigh of relief as the attendant pushed the cart to sell food. Breakfast was the man's big meat dumplings and fried eggs, which he devoured with gusto. This was because he was so hungry that his appetite had returned, but also because he wanted to use eating as an excuse to avoid continuing the conversation. After the meal, he said that he felt tired and apologized to Gong Yu.

"Don't think you have to make me happy," Gong Yu said, "you need to rest." Let's get some sleep. Actually, I guess I'm going to get some sleep too. ”

She leaned back with him on the back of the seat and rested her head on his shoulder.

Bronze folded his arms and closed his eyes. But he didn't fall asleep anytime soon. His feelings still haunted him. The prolonged period of intense torture he had endured had left him restless. His body was extremely tired, but his nerves were tense, like the symptoms of discontinuation of medication after developing a dependence on high doses of adrenaline.

The feeling reminded him of the feeling he had after completing his mission while in the army and the intelligence department. Action can be addictive. In his youth, he was eager to be part of the action. The heightened emotion of surviving a mission makes everyday life seem unacceptable, and one can't wait to get back into the action, to conquer the fears, in order to enjoy the extraordinary euphoria of surviving again. Eventually, he recognized the self-destructive effects of this dependence. After settling in Santa Fe, he began to believe that tranquility was what he needed.

Therefore, he was surprised that he couldn't wait to fight Renata. It must be admitted, on the one hand, that there is no point in waiting nervously for a long time for her to come and attack you. If he can control Renata's pursuit of him, he can go after her in the same way. The sooner he confronts her head-on, the better. But on the other hand, his eagerness unnerved him, and made him fear that he would be the same person again.

"Actually, we didn't come back here secretly. How do we know that Renata won't be watching the people coming off this train from the lobby tile? Officer Lan asked. At Xining Station, he met up with Gu Tong and Gong Yu, and the two of them did not move in their seats, waiting for the other passengers to get off the train. There is no one in their vicinity who can talk about things without worrying about being heard.

"That's not the way she does things." "In such a small station, if there were people who walked around every day and did nothing but look at the arriving trains, they would attract the attention of the security guards." What's more, she's a foreigner. ”

"But Renata doesn't have to do it herself. She can hire someone to spy on with her. They can work shifts. Officer Blue said.

"I agree. Now she probably has helpers. When she used Ryan—" Bronze looked at Gong Yu and wondered if she had also used herself the same way Renata used Ryan. Renata must have kept her friends at arm's length so that Ryan wouldn't be jealous.

But once Ryan has nothing to do with it, she'll involve the rest of her terrorist organization in Shanghai. "Bronze picked up the carrying bag from his feet." 1,000,000 fiat is still worth a try. Oh, they must be here, and they're on shifts, but they're not monitoring the arriving trains. ”

"And what are they doing?"

The three of them began to walk forward.

"I'll explain when there's no one else." The bronze turned to Gong Yu. "Gotta go see your slit. The first thing we're going to do is take you to the doctor. He shook his head. No, I was wrong, the first thing we had to do was go and rent a car. ”

"Rent a car?" Officer Blue asked, "But you left your jeep in the parking lot next to the station." ”

"Let it stop there for a while." Bronze said. He waited until there was no one else in the aisle before telling Officer Blue, "Your badge and pistol are locked in my car." One more day, will it work? ”

"The sooner I get them back, the better. Why can't we use your car? Officer Lan immediately answered his own question. Renata knows your jeep. Do you think it's possible that she had explosives in her car? ”

"At the risk of blowing up the 1 million in this bag? I don't think so. She wants revenge, and at the same time she wants to do a good job. It wouldn't be good if she was made to pay the price – she certainly didn't want to pay that much. My car is absolutely safe...... It's just that she probably had a guide hidden in the car. ”

The midday sun shone directly on the ground, and Bronze drove the gray Buick that Officer Lan had rented out of the rental company's parking lot next to Xining Station. He drove down the curve from the front four, glanced at the huge metal silhouette statue of two racing horses on the lawn in front of the station, and remembered the first time he saw it more than a year ago. He was about to leave for Santa Fe from here, and he was full of doubts. It was the longest time he'd been away from Santa Fe since then, and now that he's preparing to go back, his feelings are even more complicated.

He turned another corner onto a wide avenue separated by grass for entry and exit from the station, and then drove toward a three-story glass and brushed whitewashed building on the right side of the road. It was the "Top Western Hotel", and the mountains set off the silhouette of the hotel building.

"Somewhere in that hotel, Renata or one of her friends was staring at the receiver of a guide, waiting for the pointer to move and tell them that my Cherokee had left the parking garage. Someone is sure to get down and jump in a car that is parked in an easy spot in the hotel parking lot. My car was tracked as it passed by the hotel. The people in the car will surely tell the rest of the squad that no doubt another of those people has set up a surveillance point in Santa Fe. So when they followed me all the way to Santa Fe, every once in a while, they would talk in code. As soon as I got where I was going, they would move quickly to get me. They have no reason to wait. “

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