Take a short break
Xiang Nanxing opened his eyes and sat up in a daze. His first reaction was that a long time had passed.
Although the island is uninhabited, it is not devoid of other creatures. At night, for example, some kind of unknown large salamander will walk slowly around those open spaces. They range in size from small bodies measuring 70 or 80 centimeters to large bodies up to 3 meters long, and their biggest common denominator is that they are all carnivores.
Most of the people on the island are not good at stubble, as long as they have a weapon at hand, even if it is a large body, they dare to fight one-on-one. But no one wants to spend their rest time dealing with these reptiles, so most players choose to spend the night in the buildings or simply go deep into the woods and endure mosquito bites to get some sleep.
Xiang Nanxing was in such a dense forest at this time. It was supposed to be completely dark, and when night fell, even the moonlight would be obscured by the thick shade of the trees. However, when he opened his eyes, he saw a string of bright candles, the candles were still long, and they looked like they had just been lit, and beside those candles there was an insect-repellent incense that was about to burn out, and there was only a short section left.
"I slept all night?" He said in surprise.
"Seeing that you have been sleeping soundly, I didn't want to wake you up." Nangong Qian's cold voice sounded on the side, "Speaking of which, you sleep really deeply, heavier than your people." The two of us worked together to move you here, and you didn't even wake up. ”
As she spoke, she was unpacking the simple food, and the small improvised stove beside her was lit, and the fire was blazing, and boiling water was boiling on it. On the other side, Shen Lingshuang, who had fallen asleep leaning on the trunk of the tree, also got up, and was opening his eyes in a daze to look ahead, and his eyes were not even focused. I don't know if I was awakened by their conversation, or if I was aroused by the faint aroma of the food.
"Gollum."
There was a sudden unassuming sound in his abdomen, and Xiang Nanxing realized that he hadn't eaten for a long time. During the day, the physical exertion was huge, and after sleeping like this all night, my stomach was already empty. "If you make a fire in the forest like this, you are not afraid of causing a mountain fire and burning the forest." As he spoke, he secretly reached out to get something to eat, Nangong Qian seemed to have eyes behind his back, and slapped his hand away with one palm.
"The forest is not mine anyway, and I don't have to pay if it is burned." She still had the same cold voice, but there was an unfamiliar softness in it, "Don't eat cold on an empty stomach." I'll wait until I'm boiling. ”‘
"Hmm." Xiang Nanxing sat down in an orderly manner.
Shen Lingshuang on the side saw their interaction, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration: "It's so good." ”
She sat cross-legged with her hands on her cheeks and looked at the two people over there: "I really envy you, alas." ”
"Huh?" Xiang Nanxing was stunned, he subconsciously turned his head, and saw that Nangong Qian had already turned his face, and he didn't know what his expression was.
"I really want to have a brother." Shen Lingshuang said, "It feels so good to cook for my family. ”
Xiang Nanxing almost fell headlong. Shen Lingshuang's development of this topic was really beyond his expectations. Before he could think of how to react, Nangong Qian on the side naturally took over the topic.
"Are you an only child?" As she spoke, she took a bowl of freshly cooked noodles and sprinkled them with side dishes from simple food to taste, which looked like they were full of flavor and flavor.
Shen Lingshuang took it naturally, but she was not in a hurry to eat, but just held it in her hand to warm her palm, which was a little cold after the night.
"I've been sent to the kind of place where I was trained as a teenager, and by law they can have one more child after I'm gone, and I'm not sure if I have a younger brother or a younger sister." She quietly looked at the flickering candle flame, as if falling into a memory, "According to the laws of my country, once you embark on the path of hosting, you will not be able to return to the track of ordinary people's lives for the rest of your life, and you will have to cut off your previous life, so I don't know what will happen to them after that." Even if I recognize him on the street, according to the code, I can't go up and recognize him. ”
Xiang Nanxing also took his bowl of noodles at this time. However, Shen Lingshuang's words made him forget about his hunger for a while. "Then you really haven't been to your parents since?" He asked curiously, "Even if you can't recognize each other, it's always human nature to sneak over and take a look." ”
Shen Lingshuang shook his head, but there was not much entanglement on his face. "There's no need." She said, "I chose this path by myself, I aspire to be strong as a host, and I have to bear the other things it brings." Don't you often say that I am willing to gamble and lose, and I cannot violate the code because of my own private feelings, and I also admit what I have lost. ”
Xiang Nanxing pouted: "I don't see anything good about the host profession...... Anyway, it's not even a profession. Do you get paid every month? I don't think there's anything special except that you're all wearing black suits, and it's tiring enough to deal with these tricky gamblers and aggressive criminals every day, and to be banished to this uninhabited island, and I don't want this treatment in exchange for me. ”
"You get the idea!" Shen Lingshuang scoffed, "The identity of the host means ...... in our Xifeng Kingdom."
She stopped abruptly halfway through speaking, and then looked at Xiang Nanxing fixedly. After a few seconds, smiles appeared on both of their faces at the same time, the kind that they knew each other.
"It's so dangerous, it's almost like you've come up with some unspeakable information." Shen Lingshuang patted his chest with a gesture, "Talking to someone like you, I really can't relax for half a minute." ”
Xiang Nanxing smiled: "I'm just making a temporary impression on the topic, don't say that I seem to have premeditated." ”
"Anyway, I'm happy with my life now, and I've been happy living at home for the last 10 years. In a word, I'm grateful to my parents. Shen Lingshuang smiled, "However, this is the end of our fate." ”
Seeing that the two of them were talking and laughing here, Nangong Qian over there sighed lightly and continued to eat the remaining small half bowl of noodles by herself. She eats very little, and she looks like she can't stand the heat, so she picks up a few noodles and blows them carefully, looking like an innocent little animal.
Shen Lingshuang heard the sigh and noticed her side, so she kicked the ball over: "Nangong, what is your home like?" The legendary killer family, I've been interested in it for a long time. ”
Xiang Nanxing also nodded, indicating that he was also full of interest.
Nangong Qian tilted her head and thought for a while, shook her head and said, "I don't really understand what you mean." What do you want to know? My genealogy or? The Nangong family is divided into the main family and the side family, and I am not very clear about the system of the side family. ”
"So you're from your own family? Awesome, your family should have a special way of cultivating people, right? Xiang Nanxing couldn't think of how to express it for a while, "Anyway, let's say whatever comes to mind, we are all interested." ”
"That's it. The children of our family have to go to school the same, but since we were children, there have been family rules that require us not to use force outside, nor can we deliberately show off our fame, so many times although we bear the name of the Nangong family, our lives are no different from ordinary children. Nangong Qian said, "It's just that in addition to going to school, I have to receive all kinds of training since I was a child." There are some elders in the family, although they don't go out to run tasks, and most of them have various injuries and illnesses that they can't talk about for a long time, but their eyesight is better than anyone else. It is up to them to identify the child's qualifications and development direction, and then train them in a targeted manner, and finally leave one. ”
She pointed to herself: "And I, since I was a child, have been said to be a rare genius in several generations, and my eyesight response and concentration are top-notch, but then my physical development suddenly stopped, so I have never been able to practice physical skills." ”
Xiang Nanxing almost laughed out loud and held back.
Nangong Qian glanced at him and continued: "Ordinary life may be similar to those ordinary families, but the working hours are relatively random, unlike the 9-to-5 work of ordinary office workers. Killers generally work on orders, and at most they have a bit of a personal fetish. For example, I have a cousin uncle who only receives orders from local or neighboring cities, and goes to and from the same day to the same day, never stays overnight in other places. My other uncle was out and about all year long, and it took a long time to make a list. However, his approach is to get acquainted with the target first and then find a way to cause an accident to die, which is very suitable for those customers who have the need to cheat insurance, and can also earn an extra share, so the income is also quite high. ”
She said a few more in a row, and the two people next to her were very interested. It's just that there is a question that has always been stuck in his heart, Xiang Nanxing thought about it and asked: "What about you?" And what is your job like? ”
"My side...... In the words of the elders, it is trendy. Nangong Qian looked a little embarrassed, "I built a website and accepted fundraising from netizens." I will regularly post information about the villains that cannot be punished by the law, and mark the price corresponding to the difficulty of the task, and then netizens will put money in it if they want to kill whomever they want, and I will work if I have enough amount within the time limit, and if it is not enough, I will return the money, and I will also remove this person from the website. That's about it. ”
Shen Lingshuang applauded when he heard it: "You are doing the way for heaven, you can still be a killer in this realm." ”
"It's still killing." Xiang Nanxing said coldly. He regretted a little in his heart that he shouldn't have asked such a question. He knew that he could only accept the result of legitimate defense when he had no other choice, and he could not accept the profession of a killer who took people's lives on his own initiative. In that case, why bother asking more.
The scene was a little awkward all of a sudden. Shen Lingshuang slapped his palms suddenly, pointed at Xiang Nanxing and shouted, "By the way, we both said it, what about you?" ”
"My father didn't disappear before I was born, I don't know where to go, I think he's dead anyway. My mom is a detective, the amazing kind. Xiang Nanxing said lightly, but the pride in the second half of the sentence could not be concealed.
The two nodded silently. It's really hard for the children of the detectives to accept such a thing as a killer. Nangong Qian has been seen with strange eyes since she was a child because of this identity, and she has long looked down on these, and at this time, she felt that she didn't care about it when she learned that Xiang Nanxing still had a family. Shen Lingshuang asked strangely: "But since Ling Tang is a criminal policeman, why do you still ......?"
It is not difficult to imagine that she didn't say half a sentence, because Xiang Nanxing came to this island because of his early release after all, and before that, his identity was a felon. The fact that a loved one is a police officer and that he is a criminal does not seem plausible at least.
Xiang Nanxing didn't bother to explain, but said lightly: "My mother died ten years ago." ”
All of a sudden, the scene was cold again. Shen Lingshuang sat there awkwardly for a while, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she took out the communicator from her waist. "I'll have to ask Sister Qiu about the admission ticket." She said, "I should have contacted earlier, but there was no response at the time, probably she was busy." Now I'll try again. ”
She put the communicator to her ear, and after a while she began to talk, and it seemed to make sense. The embarrassing silence was finally broken by a voice, but Shen Lingshuang said and spoke, her face suddenly became ugly, and in the end, she looked like she was about to cry.
Xiang Nanxing thought to himself that there would be no change. Just as he was thinking, Shen Lingshuang had already put down the communicator, slowly stood up, and then bowed ninety degrees to the two of them suddenly.
"I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, "I made a big mistake!" ”
Maybe it was an illusion, and there was even a faint cry in her voice.
"10,000 chips is just one person's expense!"
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