When she woke up from the dream, her eyelids were still as heavy as lead, Zhang Jiajia felt that her mouth was moist, rubbed her eyes, sat up from the bed, and found a large trace of saliva on the pillow, which startled her.

"Ahh Hiss.... My head hurts...."

The intense discomfort of the alcohol hit her, and she had a headache and a stomach that was on fire. She looked around and found herself back in her bedroom in the rooftop room, with the hairpin on the table that she had forgotten to take with her.

[How did I get here??] Think about Zhang Jiajia and use your little brain. ]

She pounded her head and tried to remember the events of the previous night, only that she had gone to drink with the three women, and that she could not remember anything after entering the house, and she had no memory at all.

"Ahh Forget it, my head hurts...."

Zhang Jiajia got out of bed, walked a few steps and stopped at the door, then she turned back to the bed and turned the saliva stained pillow over.

Opening the bedroom door, she suddenly smelled a faint aroma of oil smoke, looked towards the source, and found Gu Chenxi wearing a pink apron and making breakfast in the kitchen.

After three or four minutes, Gu Chenxi brought a fragrant breakfast in front of her, a box of freshly torn milk, fried two poached eggs, and two toasts coated with jam. Jiajia sat on the sofa and sniffed it with satisfaction.

She took a sip of milk, and her stomach eased considerably, and then she picked up a piece of toast and chewed a few bites.

"That's... How did I get here? She asked as she ate.

Gu Chenxi was unbuttoning his apron on the side, and responded with a smile: "People say that when you drink too much, you don't remember anything, it seems to be true." ”

He picked up the teapot on the table and poured half a cup of hot tea around the rim, and the hot water vapor came out of the cup, and the taste was sweet and slightly sour.

"This is kudzu, used to relieve hangovers, and I will drink it more than ten minutes after breakfast."

Pueraria lobata has the effect of improving blood circulation in the brain, which can relieve symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, and tinnitus. In order to allow Jia Jianeng to recover as soon as possible, this bag of tea was bought by him from a nearby store in the morning.

"O'...... Thank you...."She asked hesitantly, holding her toast, "I... Last night... Didn't do anything excessive, did you say something strange? ”

Gu Chenxi smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just that it took a little effort to catch you." ”

"Huh? Catch me? Jia Jia looked at him in surprise.

"yes, at the front desk, you suddenly ran out laughing. Ji Xuan ran after you behind, Li Mu also followed, and the three of them ran on the street until they reached the intersection, and passers-by thought they were shooting some short video. ”

Hearing this, her head buzzed, and suddenly she had an impression.

“...... Oh.. Oh...."Jiajia lowered her head and ate the fried egg without saying a word, really trying to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Glancing at her watch, she suddenly raised her head and shouted, "Mom, I should be late!" ”

"It's Saturday." Gu Chenxi said.

"Huh? ..... Oh....." she lowered her head again.

[This damn alcohol!] ]

The mobile phone on the shoe cabinet vibrated twice, and Gu Chenxi walked over to see that it was a text message from Er.

'Found the nest of the scoundrels. ’

With a wicked smile on his face, he took off his coat from the hanger and prepared to go out.

"You eat slowly, I'll go out first, the house key is in your bedroom drawer."

"Where are you going?"

Gu Chenxi put on her shoes, turned to look at her and said, "Chop the grass and eradicate the roots." ”

It rained in the morning, which brought cool weather to the city of Hanning. Peter walked down the pedestrian street in the business district with a black umbrella in his mouth, a cigarette in his mouth, and a mobile phone in his ear with one hand.

"Peter. Kefrey. An electronic female voice came from the microphone, and there was some displeasure in her tone.

Peter teased and said: "Wow, wow~ Dear Miss White Wolf, the FBI hasn't caught the Gang of Three in nine years, how could it be arrested this time?" ”

"God is not beautiful, we have a strong rival."

"The mascot (Daredevil)?"

"Hehe, you're so humorous." Mira sneered a few times and said, "Anyway, it's not time yet, I'll contact you again when I figure out how to open this thing." ”

Then, the other party turned off the call, and there was no room for him to speak.

"This chick's temper is still so draggy." Peter sighed.

Putting down the phone, he pushed open the door and walked into a café. It's morning, and a few sporadic customers make the shop look a little deserted, brown sofas and marble square tables, and the unique smell of charcoal coffee in the air.

In a window seat in the corner, Peter saw his old acquaintance, Kane. Bryant. He wore a gray polo shirt, and wherever he went, he had the posture of a British gentleman, which made Peter speechless.

He walked over and sat down on the couch across from Kane and said, "Do you have to treat me to tea in this weather?" ”

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to catch up when I have time, right?"

The waiter at the shop walked up to the table and asked in fluent English, "What is the gentleman?" ”

Peter: "A glass of iced American." ”

Kane: "A cup of strong black tea, with less iced milk." ”

"Okay, wait a minute."

After the waiter left, Peter smiled and said, "I still don't understand your way of drinking, why do you add iced milk to hot tea?" Doesn't that become room temperature? ”

Kane flipped through the silver and replied, "Your question is like Steve and Tony discussing Thor's hammer." ”

Most Brits only drink black tea, and it's very strong and very hot, with some iced milk or sugar cubes in it, and it's drunk in a teacup or mug. Even for some people, it is absolutely a no-no to heat milk or leave it alone.

After a while, freshly brewed tea and coffee were brought to the table, and after politely thanking each other, the two chatted.

"Shall I tell a joke?" Peter suggested

"Okay."

"Do you know how the CIA sleeps?"

Kane pouted.

"Lie under the bed." (This means that you don't sleep well and are worried about the Assassins.) ）

The two laughed, and the atmosphere was the same as before, and those times were always etched in the back of their minds.

After the laughter, Kane became a little more serious and said, "I read your case about the Gang of Three, when you were in Zug in '17, you could have caught them, but it looked like you had deliberately let them go. ”

Peter's eyes widened and he said, "Oh~~ Watch your words, Mr. Kane, you're slandering the FBI." ”

"Peter, we've worked together, and I know what you're capable of." Kane put down the teacup in his hand, folded his hands and said, "I want to know the truth." ”

Peter glanced at the coffee in his hand, then at Kane, pushed his tongue to his cheeks for a moment, and then tilted his neck.

"Hehe, okay."

Peter picked up his mug and took another sip of his coffee and began to tell him his story.

"In the fall of '13, I had just finished a case in Ohio and happened to be chatting with a few colleagues at the local police department. I vividly remember that it was a very cold day, and an eleven-year-old girl ran in wearing only a pink sweater. ”

"She told us at the time that her sister was missing and asked us to help her. David is soft-hearted, so he promised it and hooked up with her. Peter smiled, as if it had happened yesterday.

"At first, we thought it was just a simple family dispute, but in order to coax her, we did some simple research until we found the Kasapa family."

"Kasapa?" Kane frowned and asked, "The famous mafia family?" ”

Peter nodded and said, "That's right, the little girl's sister has become the wife of the second son of the head of the Kasapa family, and has changed a new identity, what is it..... Nell... Nerglo .... Forget it, it's tongue-twisting. ”

There were so many missing people that Peter couldn't remember them all.

"Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the woman was her sister, and that they had the same genetic characteristics at the root of their ears, in many places. But we can't mess with the Kasapa family without evidence, and I looked at the files in the bureau when I went back. ”

At this moment, a customer pushed open the door and slammed the bell on the door with a pleasant sound. Peter glanced at the man, and after making sure that no one was eavesdropping, he turned his head and continued his sermon.

"I found out that those who disappeared had the same experience, that their families suddenly disappeared and appeared in a different identity in a prestigious family. And during the time they disappeared, someone from those families also died. ”

Kane listened to him very carefully, and he understood that Peter was deliberately emphasizing the coincidence of these cases, which was like gibberish in a computer, and more came inevitability.

"These people have changed identities that are similar, born in an orphanage, and graduated from the University of Ryerser in Australia." Peter picked up his coffee and drank the rest, "It's like they've been reinvented of their souls, but their bodies are still the same." ”

"I was confused, until three years ago, I think it was the closest I've ever been to the Gang of Three, and the chick in the skull mask was standing right in front of me."

Kane remembered that the woman in the Gang of Three was wearing a skull mask, like a fairy tale Grim Reaper.

"Then why did you let her go?" Kane asked.

Peter smiled slyly at him, and said, "That chick offered to work with me, and what she said intrigued me, and I really couldn't refuse her." ”

"What?"

Peter rubbed his hands together and teased him, "Oh oh~ Don't be in such a hurry, detective, tell me why you suddenly quit your job at the Investigation Bureau at that time, and then I will consider whether to tell you or not." After all, there is a coming-and-going. ”

Kane closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"Hah.... All right. He took the black tea in his hand and shook it from side to side, so that the agarwood could be more even.

"That was seven years ago, and I was so proud that I thought no one could hide from me." His eyes darkened as if he had fallen into the abyss of despair, "Until I am wrong, that is the biggest mistake I have ever made in my life." ”