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Colorless flowers danced, and dark sand sand sang. 35xs The wind blows the man who can't open his eyes.

The young man was pushed forward almost all the way by a gentle but irresistible force, until one hand rested on the slightly decayed wooden door.

Covering his mouth and coughing softly, he dragged his tired body through the door, and finally sat down slowly on the ground against a blank wall.

The small cabinet opposite was filled with porcelain vases, some tall and thin, some thick, slowly transitioning from light blue-green to dull misty pink, and even a few withered branches inserted at random intervals.

Too gentle decoration. Compared to any other randomly placed place in the room, there is a strange sense of disobedience.

Leaning against the wall, the young man silently twisted the dark, dry branches with his fingers, and the last few faded petals shook off by his movements, and floated before his eyes into the gap between the cabinet and the wall, and soon he was no longer visible.

"This year's pear blossoms have already bloomed......," he muttered, "maybe there won't be any more." ”

The smell of dust in the room made him cough twice. The young man barely brisked himself, paced to the kitchen cabinet door, and found a bag of dark brown tangerine peel.

Coincidentally, he caught a glimpse of the chess that he had sealed away in the cabinet for all not so long ago. The black and white squares are still clearly demarcated, and unfortunately there will never be anyone to play with him anymore.

He only taught two girls chess in total. Dozens of days ago, he lost one of them forever.

And the rest of the one, now the distance between him and him may be even farther than life and death.

The sound of a knock at the door interrupted his chaotic thoughts, and the young man suddenly tensed up, and answered in a deep voice, "Come in." ”

A tall and thin man bowed slightly to him politely, and greeted him in a low voice: "Mr. Li, you are finally back." ”

"The wind has been too tight on the Pangu lately, and I have to spend some extra effort. Flash." Li Ran responded calmly.

"Good work. In addition, the things you told us to do before you set off have already been fruited. ”

"Let's just say it."

"It was a bit of a difficult process, but we eventually found the man you told us to find." The tall and thin man's tone seemed respectful, but vaguely nonchalant, "Anyway, he's already in our hands." But I tried everything I could, but I still didn't get him to speak. ”

"Of course. Anyway, he is also a member of the countermeasures team in the past of '颛顼', and this bit of backbone should still be there, otherwise it would be too contemptible. I was going to throw a few pieces of tangerine peel directly into a bowl of cold water, but Li Ran's hand paused, and instead bent down to find an old hot water kettle that was a little rusty, "Only him?" ”

After his boat was wrecked, he seemed to have been hiding alone in the mountains of the island. Our actions should not be exposed. The tall and thin man's eyes looked up and down at the young man in front of him, who was obviously much more haggard than before he set off, "Although it doesn't matter to us whether it is exposed or not. ”

"No, no, we have to be vigilant until the time really happens, after all, we are not dealing with a bunch of fools. They can't catch us for the time being, just because their arrogance for decades doesn't allow them to take any 'suspicious forces' seriously. ”

"I'll take the liberty of asking." The tall and thin man habitually avoided the eyes of this formidable partner, "Now that we have solid evidence, why bother looking for this kind of 'former big man' who has now lost power?" ”

"Because there are some words that are not convincing enough for us." Li Ran smiled faintly, his bloodshot eyes revealing an unusual, almost morbid gentleness, "What's going on on the other side?" ”

"According to our informant, about three-quarters of the countermeasure team leaders of all floating cities have already gathered on the 'Tsukiyomi'. But Ling Peifeng is still on the way. ”

"That's good. It's too inconvenient to move if it weren't for my identity." Li Ran tilted his head, covered his mouth and yawned briefly, "It is respectable to be able to hide something that is closely related to everyone for so long. ”

"It's a good opportunity right now, you see, should we send someone ......?"

"You want to say assassinate them? Well, it's a good idea to catch them all, and it seems that you've been getting more and more confident lately. Li Ran said unhurriedly.

"I'm laughing." The tall and thin man bowed his head in a humble tone.

"No, it's not a question of whether you can do it or not." Li Ran's expression gradually became solemn, "But our purpose is not to kill them in the first place, or rather, killing some of them is just a means for us to fulfill our wishes. Unlike our other partner, I didn't come here for so-called 'revenge'. ”

"Should I chimed in at this time and praise you for your greatness?" The tall and thin man said teasingly.

"Of course not, I didn't mean to beautify myself, after all, in terms of the results of each action, I am no different from him." Li Ran paused, "Take me to meet the people you brought back." There shouldn't be anything I can't ask. ”

"You look like you need a break badly." The tall and thin man hypocritically dissuaded, "Probably because you've used your abilities too many times on the ship. ”

"It's okay, it's nothing." Chen Pi was thrown aside, Li Ran raised his head, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and said softly, "Time waits for no one, let's go." ”

The officers on duty along the road all seemed to be in good spirits, but they were standing in a crooked posture, and some of them were still talking to the brothers beside them, which did not seem to be very orderly. Li Ran's gaze swept over them one after another, as expected, receiving one after another slightly frightened expressions.

"Hello Mr. Li!" Someone mustered up the courage to try to say hello to him.

"Hello." Li Ran still had a shallow, non-aggressive smile on his face. But no one has slackened a bit about it.

"Here we are." The tall and thin man opened the door and leaned sideways to make a "please" gesture, "Do you want to interrogate him alone?" ”

"If you want to take a look, I don't care."

Naturally, he walked in front, and Li Ran sat down in front of a haggard middle-aged man who was being tied up by five flowers under the attention of everyone in the room, and nodded naturally: "It's the deputy team leader of 'Zhuan', right?" Hello and glad to have been. ”

"Who are you?" The middle-aged man had some difficulty speaking, and a lot of small scars could be seen on his bare arms.

"Me? I'm Li Ran. Of course, you won't have any impression of the name. I'm not famous. Li Ran stared at him for a long time, "Any other questions?" ”

"What do you want to do?" The middle-aged man's furrowed face was filled with tension that could not be concealed.

"Just to talk to you, don't be nervous." Li Ran suddenly stood up, walked up to the middle-aged man, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Your only daughter seems to have died in the unfortunate misfortune of being taken hostage during the internal turmoil in Zhuan, for which I am sorry. She's a beauty. ”

"Who the hell are you—" Shocked, the middle-aged man wanted to struggle to stand up, but he was tightly bound by the rope on his body, and was somewhat embarrassed by the person behind him pinching his shoulders and pressing down.

"It's okay, you can stay away first, and then try not to make a sound." As soon as the words fell, Li Ran actually knelt directly on the ground in front of the stunned crowd, and loosened the rope with his own hands little by little.

"Mr. Li, this ......" The tall and thin man frowned, but finally did not stop it.

Shock and anger were equally intertwined on the middle-aged man's face. He cautiously looked at the young man in front of him for a while, whose temperament was completely different from that of the big men around him, suddenly straightened his back on the chair and stood up suddenly.

Subconsciously watched Li Ran's movements carefully with those cloudy but still attentive eyes, and three seconds later, the middle-aged man who had just been on guard shook his figure, and staggered back to the chair with a face full of disbelief.

"Yuanyuan...... Is it Yuanyuan? How is that possible? His lips kept trembling, and his eyes were full of surprise and delight, "Why are you here, you're not—"

"What are you talking about?" The other party obviously called a female name, but Li Ran still replied very naturally, "I'm graduating from school tomorrow, will you be free to attend my graduation ceremony?" ”

"I-" The middle-aged man looked around blankly, and what caught his eye was the office as always, with quaint and stereotypical furnishings. Outside the window, the golden leaves of the ginkgo tree have not yet fallen, and there is a faint smell of fruit in the autumn wind. The brewed tea leaves on the desk were steaming with a moist mist, and there was a plate of fresh, brightly colored fruit chunks next to the teacup.

"What's wrong with you?" The daughter, who was still wearing a school uniform, took out a tissue from her pocket and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Didn't sleep well yesterday?" I've heard you've been busy lately. ”

"I just ......" looked at the slightly aching arm in confusion, but unexpectedly found no wounds, the middle-aged man pressed his temples and asked uncertainly, "Yuanyuan?" What time is it? ”

"You just fell asleep on your desk." The young girl known as "Yuanyuan" always smiled and always conveyed cheerful emotions to her fluttering eyebrows, and she blinked her eyes and playfully continued, "But it doesn't matter, it's six o'clock in the evening, and you should be off work too." ”

"Oh, that's a shame in front of you." The middle-aged man finally smiled and stood up with the support of his daughter beside him, "Let's go, let's hurry home for dinner." You should have to wake up early tomorrow, right? ”

"I had to change into my bachelor's gown in advance and take pictures, so I was earlier than usual." Yuanyuan's voice was as mellow and beautiful as ever, "Besides, I plan to secretly put on light makeup...... After all, it's a big day of graduation! ”

"Okay, try to dress up a little more beautifully, and make those little boys who didn't have time to pursue you regret jumping on their feet." The middle-aged man's eyebrows were gentle, and he talked and laughed with the people beside him all the way, and under the gaze of the burly men in a row, he walked out of the door unconsciously.