The Calm Before the Storm (Part I)

Although no one knew whether Father An's turn of attitude was really purely for William's sake, or if he had other plans. As his follower, Yu Siqi naturally does not have any special opinions and opinions. Gong Chen, on the other hand, was a little unhappy with the priest's decision.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Father Ann deliberately left the work of blocking the door to him alone. Although Yu Siqi also helped him carry some small gadgets from it, it made him feel better. However, after seeing Father An not doing anything like an idle person throughout the whole process, and still standing there and whistling, Gong Chen was still quite a little emotional.

This is actually very normal, thinking of how many times Gong Chen has been called by various people all the way, there is no thanks, there is no gratitude, there is just another sentence 'Gong Chen, handed over to you' Anyone may be dissatisfied.

But in any case, they managed to block it up, although it took a while. When he set off to find Luo Ning, there was a controversial episode.

The cause of the incident was that William made some unpleasant remarks when he came out to 'check' their 'project' in Siqi's pocket. For example, he openly accused Gong Chen of not being careless in blocking the door, and many areas he was responsible for were not completely sealed, leaving a certain degree of gap in many corners and corners.

"Maybe you should do it yourself."

Gong Chen gritted his teeth and picked out the blisters in his palms, and after squeezing out a certain amount of liquid from it, he wiped his hands with a paper towel prepared in advance and said.

"If I could, I wouldn't have told you that." William said solemnly, "You know what? When I was teaching, the students I hated the most were the kind of people who gave up halfway. Some of them have already taken ninety-nine steps, but for various reasons, they have given up on the last step. ”

"Then should I be glad I'm not your student?" Gong Chen obviously didn't want to listen to William's preaching, and his tone was very rebellious.

"I'll do it anyway."

Yu Siqi felt that it was necessary to stand up as soon as possible to resolve this meaningless dispute, because looking at this posture, neither of them seemed to plan to back down half a step.

It took a certain amount of time to start repairing it, and it was only after Yu Siqi realized that this place had finally been completely blocked by them. He remembered something, if they knew they would do this, why would they do anything stupid to bang on the door? Even more extreme, wouldn't it be better to say hello to Luo Ning in advance and ask him not to empty this place.

Sure enough, there are some things that you don't know if you're 'useless' until you try them.

As his mind wandered through meaningless thoughts, his body involuntarily followed Father Ann to an office-like place upstairs. It must be mentioned here that the first thing that interrupted his thoughts was not the yelling of someone or someone, but the sound of conversation coming from that office. There is no doubt that Luo Ning and the 'lord', the tax officer who has come to his senses, are engaged in a relatively personal conversation. This can be concluded from the fact that when they arrived at the door, the conversation inside stopped abruptly.

Faced with such a situation, Father Ann politely knocked on the door, and Ronin's voice came from behind the door.

"Come in, don't be so polite to us."

"It's our fault to disturb your private conversations, but given that we really don't have anywhere to go, I hope you don't pay too much attention to that."

Father Ann pushed the door open and gave a very routine explanation.

It was at this time that Yu Siqi saw that this was actually a fairly well-preserved office. You must know that in this dilapidated factory, it is difficult to see any more complete 'existence'. However, this room is different. Whether it's the two LED tubes hanging from the ceiling, or the boss's chair that Ronin now sits on, or the rectangular desk that has been artificially converted into a hospital bed, it shows that this place is not being 'persecuted' irrationally like the rest of the factory.

When all of them entered the house, the tax collector sitting on the 'hospital bed' with his feet folded stared at them with a wary expression, one hand covering his stomach wrapped in gauze and bandages, and there was a hint of fear and uneasiness in his eyes that he had never felt before. She didn't notice at all that the 'flower sheet' that was originally draped on her body had slid to her legs due to excessive body movements, and she didn't realize that Luo Ning took the time to pull the 'quilt' back up for her at this time.

"I have to say your resilience is amazing."

Father Ann walked up to her, looked closely at her for a moment, then turned his gaze behind her, and said into the garbage can, "Unfortunately, the parasites that left your body were not so lucky, and they died quickly. Wait, did someone light a fire inside? ”

"I did it, Father." Luo Ning, who took his hand away from the tax officer, raised his left hand, and Yu Siqi noticed a button-sized gap in his elbow joint and said: "Because I was angry, I extracted a certain amount of white phosphorus from my body, and as you can see, the loss of the body is quite large." ”

"White phosphorus extracted from ashes? It's quite scientific. Gong Chen leaned over with a little interest, and after taking a few closer glances at Luo Ning's arm, he said, "It's just not very friendly to you." ”

"That kind of inconsequential thing is no longer something that I, a departed person, need to care about." Luo Ning put his hand down, looked at Father An's face and said, "I had a relationship with the tax ... She talked and sorted out some of their past and grievances. Now, I think it's time for a showdown with you. ”

"Do you finally want to tell us who you are and how you connect with her?" Father An smiled knowingly and walked back to Yu Siqi's side.

"You know it all!"

Although Luo Ning couldn't make too complicated expressions because he lost **, he still showed a look similar to 'I can't hide anything from you'.

"Guessed probably." Father Ann looked at his finger nonchalantly and said, "For example, I can be sure that you have an extraordinary relationship with this tax collector, am I right?" ”

"That's right, we... Once... Indeed..."Luo Ning nodded ominously, which surprised both Yu Siqi and Gong Chen. What shocked them even more was Father Ann's next argument: "Actually, it is easy to infer that you have repeatedly acted in favor of her to varying degrees. It is precisely because of this consideration that I have always been merciful to her subordinates. After all, if my father had seen his daughter die in front of him, I am afraid that we would not be able to communicate so amicably now. ”

"What?" Yu Siqi and Gong Chen exclaimed in unison, in fact, Father An's statement also attracted William's attention. By the time he made sure no one had taken his eyes off him, the little bird's head had quietly poked out of its pocket and was making a cameo appearance as a qualified listener.