2. Strategy games

In the flickering and confusing lights, Lin Shuo put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head slightly, hid his face in the hat of his sweatshirt, and walked out of the back door of the bar, leaving behind the noisy music and vocals.

"Hey, wait a minute."

At this moment, a tall, thin man wearing a peaked cap chased him out of the bar.

Lin Shuo stopped and looked at the other party slightly.

"Brother, I understand everything you command."

The tall and thin man straightened the brim of his hat and said with a wry smile: "But now there is no signal on the mobile phone, and there is no network, even if I can help you tell that person, I have to go in person, it will take some time, and it is so late, I am so disturbed, I am afraid of ......"

"I don't care so much."

Lin Shuo interrupted him, "As long as you relay to him what I said, he will naturally understand." ”

He glanced at the time on his phone again, "It's 0:20, before 1:20, ask him to send me the things I want." ”

The tall and thin man nodded helplessly.

The young man looked like a student, and if it weren't for the astonishing loudness of his tone and the fact that he knew him and the one behind him very well, he had to believe it, otherwise he would have rushed to this attitude......

If he was an ordinary person, he would have invited the other party to the toilet to eat and 'wake up'.

But if this person's origin is really that big, even if he is given 10,000 guts, he will not dare to offend.

……

Leaving the bar, Lin Shuo walked along the street for more than ten minutes and came to the street at an intersection.

Even though Subei City is quite prosperous, the streets in the early morning and late at night still seem a little deserted, and only a few young people can be seen coming and going until midnight.

At this time, near the street lamp not far away, there was a small cart selling sugar porridge.

In the light of the street lamps, the hot sugar porridge was steaming hot in the cool night, and a few young people were gathering in front of the cart to buy supper.

Before Lin Shuo got closer, he could smell the fragrance of rice and osmanthus wafting in the night breeze.

This kind of street cart selling food can be seen everywhere on the streets of northern Jiangsu during the day, such as spicy hot, bean curd, fried rice, barbecue...... There's everything.

Although there is nothing special about the sugar porridge sold by this small cart, in this late autumn night, as long as you pay a few yuan, you can have a mouthful of hot and sweet sugar porridge to warm your stomach, which will naturally attract many customers.

The owner of the cart is a slightly chubby middle-aged man, who is busy making sugar porridge for guests, pouring fragrant soft and thick bean paste, mixing osmanthus and small balls, steaming hot.

Lin Shuo pulled down the sweatshirt and hat that covered his face, and walked quickly to the small cart.

After the middle-aged man handed the sugar porridge in his hand to the guest, he glanced at Lin Shuo and asked with a smile, "What do you order?" ”

Lin Shuo looked at the sign on the cart and asked with some uncertainty, "Are you Uncle Li?" I am Li Xiyun's classmate, Liang Jun. ”

"Xiaoyun's classmates? Liang Jun? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Lin Shuo, and suddenly smiled: "Oh yes, I remembered, you are the squad leader of Xiaoyun's class, right?" ”

He heard his daughter say that the class president of her class, 'Liang Jun', has good academic performance, is also handsome, and is very popular in college, or what kind of minister, when his daughter mentions that kid, he can tell at a glance that his daughter is secretly in the house of a crush.

It's a pity that he has never seen what that kid looks like, and he actually charmed his precious daughter.

Looking at it now, this young man really looks like a talent, no wonder his daughter likes it.

"It turned out to be Mr. Liang."

The middle-aged man looked at Lin Shuo's eyes and suddenly became much kinder, and asked enthusiastically, "Is there anything wrong with coming to me?" Would you like to try the sugar porridge? ”

"Nope."

Lin Shuo hurriedly shook his head, and said a little anxiously: "Uncle Li, Xiyun had an accident, at night, she fell down the stairs, and now she is being treated in the hospital, waiting for her family to sign to pay the medical bills, but I don't know what's going on, the mobile phone has no signal, and there is no network, so I can't contact you, so I hurried over to inform you." ”

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and pointed the screen at the middle-aged man, and the mobile phone number was clearly displayed in the latest call log.

"Yuyun in the hospital?"

The middle-aged man's face changed suddenly, and when he looked closely, it was indeed his mobile phone number.

He also knew that he didn't know what was going on tonight, as if the mobile phone signal and mobile network had suddenly disappeared since the fog began in the sky, including all the customers who passed by.

"Then I'll go now."

The middle-aged man was worried about his daughter's situation, so he hurriedly took off his apron and said to several other customers in line: "I'm sorry, I'm not doing business tonight." ”

Several customers also left calmly, and they hadn't paid yet.

"Mr. Liang."

The middle-aged man casually stuffed his apron into the trolley, looked at Lin Shuo, and asked anxiously, "Where is Xiyun now?" ”

He also did not suspect that it was fake.

After all, he knew that his daughter was a bit face-loving, and he, who was a father, was selling snacks on the street, so his daughter had hardly been here, and this young man could find here, had his mobile phone number, and called his daughter 'Xiyun', and eighty percent learned about it from his daughter.

Perhaps, the daughter and the young man are still a little ambiguous, otherwise the young man would not have come to him in person.

"Second People's Hospital." Lin Shuo replied.

"Ah, so far away......" The middle-aged man couldn't help but be stunned, he originally wanted to push the cart over, but it was so far away, he didn't know how long it would take to push the cart over.

Lin Shuo said in time: "Uncle Li, why don't you ...... I'm here to help you watch the cart, you hurry over, I'll leave when you come back, Xiyun is still waiting to sign and pay, she keeps calling you in pain, you go and see her. ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, after all, this cart was his business guy, but he also had a good impression of his daughter liking this young man......

Worried about his daughter's safety, he couldn't think about it so much, so he nodded and said, "Thank you so much, classmate Liang, I'm sorry for you, you can just help watch here for a while, don't do anything, thank you." ”

Anyway, the cart and some ingredients are not worth much, and he puts all the money he earns.

"It's fine." Lin Shuo shook his head and said, "Go quickly." ”

"Okay."

The middle-aged man didn't bother to say much, so he walked to the side of the road, stopped a taxi and left.

After the middle-aged man left, the corners of Lin Shuo's mouth were slightly upturned, he walked to the back of the small cart, picked up the apron casually, and after putting it on himself, he opened the lid of the pot and let the fragrance of sugar porridge in the pot waft out along the night breeze.

"This time it's smoother."

Lin Shuo sniffed the aroma of sugar porridge in the pot and smiled.

Those words, of course, are all lies.

His goal was just to borrow the cart, or to be precise, the sugar porridge on the cart.

Of course, he did know Li Xiyun, knew her well, and had very in-depth exchanges.

After all, it's a beauty in a thousand, and there is almost nothing he doesn't know.

He also knew this middle-aged man, and knew that this father doted on his daughter very much, so he could fool the other party so easily.

Although Li Xiyun is fine and he is still sleeping in the dormitory, the Second People's Hospital is far away, and the distance back and forth, plus the inquiries and inquiries in the hospital, also takes a lot of time.

At least for an hour and a half, Li Xiyun's father will not be able to return.

It is also because the fog completely isolates the entire northern Jiangsu City, causing the mobile phone signal and network to disappear, otherwise a phone call can expose him.

"I'm sorry."

Lin Shuo casually picked up the paper and pen in the cabinet under the cart, apologized on the note, and casually took out six 100 yuan from his wallet and put the note into the cabinet together.

In fact, he also knew that there was no need to apologize at all, and there was no point.

In the time loop, no matter what he does, after this day of restarting, all traces he left behind will be restored, and no one knows what he did.

But...... He himself remembers.

This is the bottom line he gave himself, at least so that he can remember that he is a 'human'.

Otherwise, the reckless behavior of breaking the bottom line step by step will only make him a psychopath and gradually go crazy.

About half an hour later.

There was a whistling sound from the night wind, and I saw two black sedans speeding towards and quickly stopping on the side of the street.

In one of the cars, two men in black who looked like bodyguards got out of the car one after another, and one of the bodyguards quickly ran to the back door and opened the door.

A polished leather shoe stretched out from the car, and I saw an elegant middle-aged man wearing a gray Armani coat with a bookish air between his eyebrows getting out of the car, looking around, and locking his eyes on Lin Shuo behind the small cart on the street, he looked at it slightly, and couldn't help but show a suspicious look in his eyes.

"Coming? It's a bit slow. ”

Lin Shuo didn't untie his apron, just glanced at the person who came, and asked, "What do I want?" ”

The elegant middle-aged man frowned slightly, and said, "The person who asked Zhao Ye to tell me in the bar is you?" ”

"What? Didn't the old man tell you? ”

Lin Shuo pretended to be puzzled and asked rhetorically, frowning: "Before I returned to China two days ago, the old man also said that you are his confidant, let me find you if I have something, damn, this old man should not forget again, right?" ”

The elegant middle-aged man fell silent, his sharp eyes staring at Lin Shuo, as if he wanted to see something.

Under the dim light of the street lamp, Lin Shuo's face was calm, but he smiled and said, "You don't think I'm a fake, right?" ”

"I've been with the fourth master for so many years, and I've never heard of him having such a junior as you." The elegant middle-aged man shook his head slightly, "You're still a student, right?" ”

"Cut, you think I want to go to school? It's not like the old man said that you should study hard at this age......"

Lin Shuo muttered, and then waved his hand impatiently, "Do you believe it or not, anyway, the old man should be about to get up, you can call him when you go back and confirm it?" By the way, you remember the number 257, the old man's other mobile phone is often turned off. ”

The elegant middle-aged man glanced at Lin Shuo, and only then did he really believe the young man's words.

The words that the young man had asked his subordinates to relay to him before, although it was also a secret that only a few people knew, he would not easily believe it.

However, there are very few people who know that the fourth master is abroad at this time, and even fewer know the rules of the fourth master's work and rest, and there are only a few people who know how to contact the fourth master.

"I haven't contacted the fourth master for a while."

The elegant middle-aged man shook his head slightly and said, "How is the fourth master's condition?" ”

Lin Shuo knew that this old Yin coin was still testing himself, so he pretended to say casually: "The old man's problem has long been cured, and now he gets up every morning to practice boxing and pulls me, really, can't you learn from other old men, tease birds, raise fish, isn't it?" ”

There was a smile in the corner of the elegant middle-aged man's eyes, it seemed that the relationship between this young man and the fourth master was really unusual.

He didn't care to guess whether the fourth master had left heirs abroad in the early years, so he answered: "The fourth master has this temperament, you should be filial and talk to the old man more." ”

"Come on."

Lin Shuo pouted, "Don't talk about this, give me what I want quickly." ”

"You kid." The elegant middle-aged man shook his head slightly, and said, "The villa keys and the car you want have been brought to you, and other things are also ready, all in the trunk of the car, but ...... Why are you drugged? ”

"It's nothing, I have a crush on a girl and want to fall in love with her." Lin Shuo spread his hands.

The elegant middle-aged man smiled dumbly and said, "You kid, you really don't study well, you studied abroad?" ”

Lin Shuo said impatiently: "I'm so handsome, that girl can fall in love with me, she takes a big advantage, okay, I'm just speeding up the progress." ”

"You and the fourth master were really similar when they were young...... It's insulting. The elegant middle-aged man shook his head helplessly, took out two keys from his coat pocket, and handed them to Lin Shuo, "These are the car keys and the villa keys." ”

Lin Shuo stretched out his hand to take it, and the elegant middle-aged man's hand stretched out halfway, but suddenly stopped, and a pair of sharp eyes stared at Lin Shuo.

"Huh?" Lin Shuo's face was calm.

"Speaking of which, why do you sell sugar porridge here?" The elegant middle-aged man asked.

"You think I want to."

Lin Shuo was as calm as ever, and said a little helplessly: "No way, the girl I liked recently is the daughter of this stall owner, I lied to her father to go to the hospital, just wait here for his daughter to come over, and when I fall in love with her, I will take her to the car and leave." ”

His expression, tone, attitude, and words were like a truly lawless Second Ancestor.

Domineering and willful.

The elegant middle-aged man was a little stunned, glanced at Lin Shuo speechlessly, and still gave him the key.

"This is not a foreign country, don't come nonsense." He couldn't help but remind.

"I have a number, just a relationship."

Lin Shuo put away the key casually, and said: "Oh yes, it is estimated that it will not be long before the stall owner will come back, after I leave, you can ask someone to help me take a look at this stall, and when the stall owner comes back, help me deal with it, remember to have a better attitude, I can be regarded as half my father-in-law." ”

"You play and play, be careful not to make too much noise, or I won't be able to wipe your ass." The elegant middle-aged man sighed.

"Don't worry, I'm a law-abiding citizen." Lin Shuo waved his hand, "You guys should withdraw first, otherwise it will affect my performance." ”

"Need to leave you a driver?" The elegant middle-aged man asked.

Lin Shuo shook his head: "No need, it's not that I can't drive." ”

The elegant middle-aged man didn't bother to ask, so he took two bodyguards and the driver of the other car and got into the car and left.

After these people left, Lin Shuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if he has seen this person many times and knows each other very well, it is still a bit of psychological pressure to fool this kind of big guy.

After all, this elegant literati who looks like an intellectual, but the biggest snake in the city, has a black heart.

In case he shows his stuffing or stage fright and is seen by the other party, it will be over.

In the past countless cycles, in order to 'raid' this local snake, he was killed by the other party I don't know how many times, and he gave up many times before he slowly figured out the details of the other party.

Countless repetitions, his patience became superb.

In order to raid a person, he can even spend several years studying the other person.

For him, this countless repetition is like a real version of the strategy game, and millions of people in the entire northern city of Subei are allowed to attack by him.

Now, almost all the people in the whole city, he has a preliminary acquaintance.

A few of them are more special, and he has also done a certain degree of 'in-depth strategy', and a very small number of people are 'complete strategy'.

He didn't know when the time loop would end and lead to mass extinction, so his tentative goal was to 'completely conquer' everyone in the city.

However, Lin Shuo also understands that such an infinite cycle of life seems to be coming to an end.

— because he had found hope of leaving the city.

"It's coming, it's coming......"

Lin Shuo took a deep breath, took out the car keys, and walked to the car parked on the side of the street.

I opened the trunk, took out a vial of colorless liquid, took out a pink girl's coat, closed the trunk, and returned to the back of the cart.

He lowered his head calmly, grasped the chopsticks steadily in his hand, and skillfully stirred the sugar porridge in the pot, like a veteran in this business.

Time passed bit by bit.

Half an hour later.

"Boss, let's have a bowl of sugar porridge."

Suddenly, a soft and delicate female voice like a wind chime came from the night breeze, and in her delicate words, there was a faint hint of impatient greed.

Here it comes.

Lin Shuo looked up.