Chapter 18: The Broken String (2)

"It's not nice to make a mess here." I crept close to the man's ear, leaving only a word to let go and leave the narrow passage.

"Let's go, it's almost there." I used one hand to help Li Xiaoai, who was walking a little staggering, back to the round table, and Lan Xue just returned to her original position.

"Hmm~ Okay then."

The night completely covered the starry sky, the sea breeze was howling a little cold, and Li Xiaoai's feet shook even more.

Coming out of the bar, the taxi we took was running wildly on the sparsely populated road, and Li Xiaoai, who was full of alcohol, sat in the back seat, while Lan Xue sat in the passenger seat.

The lights made me feel very uncomfortable, could it be that the flashing spotlights just now made me feel dizzy?

Is it a street lamp? I subconsciously felt the street lights pass by me, and I didn't feel anything special. Is it an oncoming headlight? No, although the taxi is speeding away, the road conditions are relatively smooth. I turned my head to observe Li Xiaoai, who was almost drunk and unconscious, her head resting on the back of the chair, her eyes were misty, her breathing became more and more rapid, and her hair was shining with crystal light.

Crystal light?

I suddenly realized where the light that alerted me all over my body was coming from, the rearview mirror of the car, the light sprinkled on Li Xiaoai's hair, the lights that followed us all the time?

I turned around and looked behind the taxi, where an SUV was always twenty to thirty meters away. Sport utility vehicle? At least one person, at most seven people, the strength comparison may be quite different, and Li Xiaoai at this time almost didn't even have the strength to escape.

At midnight, even if there are cameras all over the city, who can guarantee that the license plate of the off-road vehicle must not be a copy, and once the slowdown is stopped, the situation may be even more unpredictable, and I have to make a quick judgment in my mind.

"Master, please turn right at the intersection ahead."

"Huh?" The taxi driver didn't react.

"Turn right." I shouted.

The taxi drew an arc and almost did not slow down and plunged directly into the right side of the road, and the off-road vehicle crossed the intersection without having time to brake and slow down.

"Stop, don't look for it." I directly drew two 100 yuan to the driver, "Don't pull up the empty car sign later, just go around the city twice and then pick up passengers."

The taxi driver took the money, looked at the three of us with questioning eyes, and then kicked the accelerator away.

"What's wrong?" Hiding behind the bushes on the sidewalk, Lan Xue asked in a low voice.

I put Li Xiaoai in one hand and put her limp body on my back, patrolling the intersection on both sides left and right, "I'm not sure if someone was following me just now, so I'd better be careful." ”

Lan Xue looked at me with round eyes, "How is that possible?" ”

I didn't answer again, and after a few minutes there was no special reaction, and the buggy never showed up again. I carried Li Xiaoai back to the main road from the exit on the other side of the path, "Lan Xue, you go back first, maybe I was suspicious just now." ”

"You're a man to send her back alone? Still don't want to, I'll send her back with you and leave. Lan Xue smiled at me, and there was a wisp of red on her pretty face because of the wine, but the high heels under her feet didn't shake much, since she was out of kindness, I didn't want to say anything more.

On the way back to the hotel apartment, I was still keeping an eye on the cars around me, but there were no cars following us along the way, the lights were dim, and the city was falling asleep. Maybe I was overthinking, I rubbed my fingers in my temples and laughed at myself that maybe it was the effect of the alcohol just now, it seemed that I didn't drink enough to get into a strong drink like vodka. I opened my eyes, slowly stared at Li Xiaoai who was groggy on the side, remembered the distraught self I had been, and sighed deeply.

Alcohol is something that resonates with me.

"Be careful, you can't drink and drink yourself like this, fortunately there are two of us, otherwise she wouldn't know if she would have been sold." After getting out of the car, Lan Xue kept muttering, and the taxi put us at the door outside the fountain, and the courtyard gate outside the pool was less than fifty meters from the main entrance of the hotel apartment, and I helped Li Xiaoai to move slowly.

She was too drunk, her shoulders and head drooping, and her steps shuffled on the ground. From the pool to the main entrance of the hotel apartments, there is a curved concrete road, which is adjacent to the hotel building and is normally available for vehicles. We leaned against the inside of the building and walked along the curve towards the glass door, the night was so dark that even the starlight was gone, and the dim light made me feel uncomfortable all the time.

"You still can't drink vodka in the future." I was talking to myself.

"Why?" Lan Xue stopped and turned back and asked.

Whoosh ~ rustle...

Why is there no sound of wind when there is no feeling of wind? Instinctively, I sensed that something was wrong, and my hairs suddenly stood on end, and I stopped.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable...

The continuous sound of smashing, a large number of glass balls flashing with the light of the night splashed less than half a meter in front of my footsteps, which was originally the necessary place for me and Li Xiaoai to pass in the next second, but I subconsciously stopped and avoided it. Even so, the smashed glass ball still hurt like a blunt blade in my leg.

I hurriedly lifted Li Xiaoella away from the inside of the arc road, holding her body with one hand and protecting the top of her head with the other. I looked up and looked down at the broken things, which looked like checkers, but the impact had almost shattered some of them, leaving a puddle of broken glass shards and some unbroken glass balls rolling back and forth, what would happen if I was hit? I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"What's wrong? Wow, someone is throwing things from the upper floors. Lan Xue yelled and looked upstairs, not seeming to realize what was happening, "How is their hotel managed?" ”

Was it just an accident? How could it be so coincidental, if I hadn't stopped, the difference between the time difference before and after was only less than half a second, and the diameter of the ground was so large, even if it was just the impact of an egg, it was enough to kill.

The broken glass marbles did not arouse the vigilance of others, and the staff on duty at the hotel were just explaining to Lan Xue in the middle of the night. Looking around, everything was still quiet in the middle of the night, but the hidden killing intent did not dissipate. At the exit of the underground garage of the hotel on the side, a black off-road vehicle drove out of the garage exit with a roar, slowly bypassed the ring road of the fountain as if to confirm something, and then drove out of the courtyard gate of the hotel in the direction of the exit.

After the off-road vehicle was discharged from the hospital gate, it turned right, and the roar of the accelerator pedal was heard again, and a motorcycle rider wearing a helmet drove in the same direction as the off-road vehicle from the left side of the courtyard gate, and the distance and speed difference between the two was no more than five seconds at most.

I distinctly remember that the car was the off-road vehicle that followed our first taxi, and the motorcycle was just passing by?

"Lan Xue, you go home first, and I will change places with Xiao Ai."

"Huh?" Lan Xue showed a puzzled expression.

Late at night, in an ordinary hotel room that even I felt unfamiliar, Li Xiaoai was lying on the bed breathing evenly. The light from the window shone in, and in the dimly lit room, I sat quietly in my chair facing her, thinking about what had just happened.

Accident? If you get hit, you guess it will be characterized like this, and the person who was killed by the glass marbles used in the game does not look like someone deliberately murdered from any point of view.

Black dirt bike? If you look closely, you should be able to find it, but only if the police can open a case for investigation because of these broken glass marbles? And it takes time, manpower and material resources to thoroughly find out this black off-road vehicle that may be faked.

Time? It seems that the murderer's control of time is more accurate than I imagined, and his prediction of many things is before my vigilance, if it wasn't for the luck of being subconsciously avoided by me just now, then he would have almost succeeded.

Li Xiaoai turned over slightly, changing from the lying position with her back to me to facing me. At this time, the moon quietly sprinkled soft light into the room like lifting a veil, and her calm face was clearly reflected. My wandering thoughts were pulled back with my eyes, but it was as if I saw the person I once remembered in my heart with the soft moonlight. Xinrui...

The person in front of him didn't know whether he felt the light of the bright moon or the burning of his eyes, but he quietly opened his eyes. At that moment, I almost mistakenly thought that the one in my heart was still alive. A long time ago, in order to protect Xinrui from being hurt, I took advantage of the moonlight to quietly accompany her like this, never thinking that it had become a distant past, and my heart was cold, but I was awakened by the person in front of me with a warm memory.

Before I knew it, my heart trembled slightly.

"Thank you~" She looked at me and whispered two words, the voice was similar to the person I thought it was, but not the same. It was like a dream talk, and as soon as the words fell, my heart fluttered slightly, and it felt like two people who were also drunk with alcohol inadvertently touching each other's hearts.

Without waiting for me to respond, Li Xiaoai closed her eyes again and fell asleep. The undulating and even breathing sound was like a melodious lullaby, and in the faint light, I looked at Li Xiaoai's quiet face and gradually became sleepy, I touched the cuffs, and there was a metal dinner knife hidden under my hand.