After returning to S City, after getting off the train, the two went to Lao Wang's school to report first.

When Wang's fox friends saw Wang coming back, they surrounded him like flies seeing, shouting for him to have a treat.

It's been almost two months since the start of school, and Lao Wang has not come to the school to report, and he usually relies on these brothers to play sloppy in class roll call - if it wasn't for Lao Wang's call in advance to explain to his brothers, maybe the school would have listed him as a missing person.

Zi Yang watched Lao Wang and his friends laughing and playing with each other, and suddenly felt like a dream.

From southern Yunnan to northern Mobei, after several months of bloody wind and rain, swords and swords, he suddenly returned to the mortal world, and he didn't believe everything in front of him.

Which side of the world is more real, he can't tell.

"Hey, what's wrong with your buddy? Why don't you speak? Broken out of love? A buddy looked at Ziyang, who was standing on the side and lost his soul, and asked with a grin.

"Shut up, you! Brother Qian has a few of them, Lao Tzu has a treat, you can find a place to eat at night, don't be polite to me. Lao Wang took out two of the remaining hundreds of dollars and handed them to one of them.

"Oh, Brother Wang is so polite! It's a treat! Why are your brothers so polite! The man accepted the money without hesitation.

Another person asked, "Brother Wang, why don't you listen to you and not join us at night?" ”

"Yes, there is a new Internet café near the school, and it is holding activities for discounts, so let's go all night together after eating!"

"I still have something to solve, let's go first, continue to help Lao Tzu cover it these days, and I will be grateful when I come back!" Lao Wang ignored everyone's enthusiasm to stay, pulled Ziyang and turned around and left.

"Brother Wang, how about you say hello to Mr. Li, he has been talking to you several times!" A classmate shouted from behind.

"Say it again!" Lao Wang turned around and waved his hand, left the medical school with Ziyang, took a taxi directly at the school gate, asked the driver to speed up to the passenger station, and bought two tickets for the recent departure to H City.

"Going to school? Coffee shop? Or do you want to go back to your accommodation first? Lao Wang looked at Ziyang and asked.

"Go to the coffee shop!" Zi Yang said without hesitation.

After getting off the bus, the two called a black car next to the station, went directly to the coffee shop, and when they arrived at the place, they were stunned.

The door of the coffee shop, which used to be bustling with activity, was closed, and two seals were affixed to the door: "This shop is transferred, closed for business." ”

"What's going on? Why did the good store close? Lao Wang leaned on the window and looked inside, the tables and chairs in the hall had all been emptied, and the counters had been dismantled and messed up, and there was a mess inside.

"Go to Xiaoli's school." Zi Yang said with a calm face.

Lao Wang held the money in his pocket and said hesitantly: "Lao Li, we have been running non-stop for a long time, and the remaining money is only enough to take a taxi again, you can take it easy-we haven't eaten yet." ”

Zi Yang raised his hand: "Taxi!" ”

When the two rushed to Xiaoli's school, it happened to be dinner time in the evening, and Xiaoli, who came out of the cafeteria, was stunned when she saw the two.

"Xiaoli!" Lao Wang shouted with a grin, with a complicated expression on his face, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

"Brother Wang!"

Xiaoli instantly burst into a bright smile, staggered to the two of them, and shouted happily: "You, why did you come back?" Where have you been all this time? I can't find you everywhere! Did you know that the coffee shop was closed? What about Sister Rui? Didn't I come with you? Why don't you speak? ”

Xiaoli said a lot of words like a cannonball, and Lao Wang just looked at her and smiled silly.

Zi Yang asked, "I was about to ask you, why did the coffee shop close?" ”

"By the way, wait a minute!" Xiaoli turned around and ran towards the dormitory.

Zi Yang and Lao Wang looked at each other in confusion.

After a while, Xiaoli ran out with a small Kunbao on her back.

"Let's go, go to the drink shop next to the school, I'll have a treat!" Xiaoli took the two of them by the arm and pulled them towards the outside of the school.

There was no one in the beverage shop, so Xiaoli found a place to sit down, ordered three cups of coffee, took out two thick envelopes from her bag, and solemnly placed them in front of the two.

"It's yours."

"What's that?" Lao Wang took the envelope and pinched it, feeling that it should be money inside!

"Severance pay, from the coffee shop."

Lao Wang opened the envelope and looked inside, his expression changed, and he said in a low voice: ", so many?" At least one or two thousand, right? You usually bring so much money with you? ”

"I've been locked in the cupboard, what's wrong?" Xiaoli looked at him with two big innocent eyes.

"Who gave it to you?" Zi Yang touched the envelope and asked softly, expecting that the name would come out of Xiaoli's mouth.

Xiaoli shook her head and sighed, "I don't know that person either."

Last week, we were still in business, and suddenly a middle-aged man came and said that he wanted to check the accounts, and the finance said that he didn't know him. Later, the man took out the business license, company seal and power of attorney, and we learned that he was the lawyer appointed by the owner of the coffee shop...... Later, the finance told us that the coffee shop was closing, and the owner sold the shop.

The lawyer called the big guys together for a meeting, and he said that the boss was very generous, and knew that everyone was usually very hard, so he prepared a thank you fee for each of us, and I calculated later, and each of us had four months' salary and bonus!

Originally, both of you had prepared a copy, but you two were not in the store and could not contact anyone, so the lawyer gave me the money and asked me to pass it on to you. Later, I asked him where Sister Rui was, and he said he didn't know who I was talking about......"

Xiaoli was babbling there, and Ziyang couldn't help but interrupt her: "Have you called her?" ”

"Sister Rui? Of course I did, and I'm not stupid! But the phone on the other end is always turned off. What happened to Sister Rui? Did she return home? I think everyone has been so strange lately, my cousin also took leave to go home two days ago, saying that there was something at home, and he didn't say anything when he asked him anything......"

"Give me my phone." Ziyang stretched out his hand.

Xiaoli hesitated and glanced at Lao Wang, I haven't seen her for a month or two, how can this Lao Li seem to have changed as if he has changed?

Lao Wang coughed and nodded slightly.

Xiaoli hesitated and handed the phone to Ziyang.

Zi Yang took the phone, flipped out Su Rui's phone number, pressed the dial button, put the earpiece to his ear, and his hand couldn't help but tremble slightly.

A gentle voice came from the phone:

"Sorry, the user you dialed is empty, please check before dialing.

Sorry， the-subscriber-you-dialed- does-not-exist， please-check-it-and dial-later.”

"What's the situation?" Lao Wang looked at Ziyang, who had a gloomy face, and knew that the situation was not good.

"It's empty, let's go." Zi Yang returned the phone to Xiaoli in disappointment, got up and walked outside.

"Where are you going?" Xiaoli asked in confusion.

"Go back to your accommodation." Ziyang muttered.

"Let's go? Well, you haven't told me where you've been these days......" Xiaoli shouted.

Zi Yang ignored her and walked out on her own.

"Hey, Lao Li! You wait for me! ”

Lao Wang watched Ziyang walk out of the door with a depressed face, wanting to chase him out, but he was reluctant to let Xiaoli hesitate, held Xiaoli's hand and said, "Lili, you, you go back first, I, I have time to find you in the past two days!" ”

After that, he chased after Ziyang, who had already gone away.

The two took a new taxi at the school gate and paid for the severance pay from the coffee shop.

When I returned to my apartment, I opened the door and saw that the house was empty, and a layer of dust had fallen on the furniture.

I haven't been back for a few months, and everything in the house is still the same.

Lao Wang let out a long sigh of relief, "It's home, it's home!" Hungry! Lao Li, you rest at home for a while, I'll go buy some food, and I'll be back right away - what do you want to eat? ”

"I'm not hungry." Zi Yang said softly, silently walked to his room and sat down, staring blankly at the ground.

Lao Wang shook his head, sighed, turned around and walked out the door.

"Bang" The sound of the door closing outside sounded, and Lao Wang went out.

Ziyang finally couldn't support it anymore, he sat on the ground weakly, covering his face with his hands, and tears flowed down involuntarily.

"Su Rui!!"

He had been suppressed for a long time and began to cry out loud.

Su Rui, I finally lost you.

……

A few months later, the school library.

Zi Yang held an English book and looked at it seriously.

A small couple on the opposite side was talking to me, and the two of them took out cookies and candy from their bags from time to time to feed each other, constantly making a sound of understanding. The classmates who were studying next to him kept turning their heads to look at the two who showed affection, with a look of disgust on their faces.

Zi Yang turned a deaf ear to this, he sat there without raising his head, his heart was like water, and everything around him had nothing to do with him.

In the first month after coming back, Zi Yang seemed to be crazy, going to all the places Su Rui had visited, and he had called all the numbers he could contact, but he could never find any information about Su Rui.

Su Rui seemed to have evaporated from the world, and disappeared from his life all at once.

In those months, Ziyang seemed to have lost his soul, not eating or drinking all day, sitting there alone in a silent daze.

Lao Wang watched him day and night, lest he do something impulsive.

Later, under the painstaking "advice" of Lao Wang, Ziyang finally began to go to school, staying in the library to read books when there was no class, and sitting on the side of the road watching the traffic when the library was closed.

Time is the cure for everything.

The wound Su Rui had left in his heart slowly healed. Ziyang began to accept all this and get used to it all.

Life has to go on anyway, right?

There are no more bizarre adventures, no more thrilling encounters, and no more anxiety in sleep.

Ziyang's life began to become uneventful, attending classes, reading, playing ball, and sleeping.

Schools, canteens, dormitories, three points and one line.

A person comes and goes, silent all day long.

Lao Wang's life is much more nourishing than him, he is finally with Xiaoli, and the two even start living together! I live right next door to Ziyang.

Originally, Xiaoli wanted to move out with Lao Wang and rent a house alone, but Lao Wang couldn't rest assured that Ziyang couldn't get down. Besides, the rent is not cheap these days, and you can save a lot of money by living for three people.

Lao Wang, who got rid of being single, also accepted sex, completely cut off the relationship with the previous group of fox friends and dog friends, and was tired of being with Xiaoli all day long.

But when Ziyang was present, Xiaoli and Lao Wang deliberately restrained themselves, there was no strong affection and sweetness, and the little fingers of Qingqing and I were hooked together, and the two were dignified and polite to each other, politely like an old couple who had been married for decades.

They carefully watched Ziyang's emotions, afraid that they would accidentally stimulate him.

Zi Yang is also very knowledgeable, try to avoid them, give the two of them a little more space to be alone, he doesn't want to add to the blockage of others.

If he could, he would even want to be incognito so that the whole world could not see him.

Recently, Xiaoli found a part-time job in a restaurant and came home late every day, so Ziyang spent more time at home.

With the experience and qualifications accumulated from working in the coffee shop, Xiaoli has achieved the position of foreman in this restaurant, and the income is not low, she takes the initiative to afford the expenses of the family, there is never a shortage of delicious food and drink, and the leftover delicacies in the restaurant can often be packed back.

Under Xiaoli's careful operation, the quality of life of the three of them has risen, Lao Wang's whole person has swelled up as if he was blowing, and even Ziyang feels that he has gained weight recently.

At noon that day, Lao Wang and Ziyang were eating the pizza brought back by Xiaoli last night in the dormitory.

Lao Wang sighed: "My dream in life has come true, and I finally live a life of eating soft rice." “

When he said this, Lao Wang also deliberately glanced at Ziyang, and said like a philosopher: "Actually, as long as you lower your goals, your dreams can still be realized." ”

Zi Yang didn't speak, raised his body and patted his cheek and walked out.

In the evening, after returning from the library, Ziyang lay bored in bed, holding a book that he had just borrowed from the library, "Norwegian Wood".

I was watching, when there was a sound of the door opening.

Zi Yang looked at his watch, it was only 7 o'clock, why did this young couple come back so early?

Lao Wang poked his head in from the door: "Lao Li, are you still tired of being at home?" Change your clothes and celebrate with us! ”

"Celebrate what? Xiaoli has it? Zi Yang said without raising his head.

"Fuck off! Today is New Year's Day and you forgot? Millennial Night! The last day of 1999! It only comes once in a thousand years, what a memorable day! There is a fireworks show in West Lake at night, so everyone goes to see it! ”

Ziyang sighed expressionlessly, he had forgotten about this festival.

These days, the media and the people around him are talking about it, but he is not interested in the slightest.

What is there to celebrate!

For him, Millennium Eve was nothing more than an ordinary day on the calendar, nothing more than a day as light as white water.

No matter how wonderful the outside world is, his life will not make a little waves.

"Let's go! Hurry up! Come with me to pick up Xiaoli from work first! Lao Wang couldn't help but drag Ziyang up.

Zi Yang wanted to lie on the bed, but he couldn't resist Lao Wang's strength, and his arm was about to be dislocated, so he had to sit up reluctantly and change into a pullover casually.

The two of them walked on the street, bustling outside, and the shops on the side of the road were lit up with lights, full of festive atmosphere.

Because there is a city-wide celebration today, the traffic police closed the road as soon as it got dark, and now several main roads in H City have become pedestrian streets, people are wearing beautiful clothes, calling friends, walking hand in hand, and joy is overflowing on everyone's face.

Ziyang followed behind Lao Wang, silently lowered his head, and followed the crowd to the shop where Xiaoli worked.

The restaurant where Xiaoli works is located on the edge of the West Lake.

At this time, the lights on the edge of the West Lake are brilliant, the light and shadow are intertwined, people gather from all directions, enjoy the beautiful light lake scenery, young people play and make trouble, and couples hug each other.

Xiaoli had just gotten off work and changed her clothes and came out to greet the two. "I'm in for a treat today!" Xiaoli took the arms of the two and said.

The three of them walked along West Lake Avenue, Ziyang saw that there were couples around him, and it was too inappropriate for him to be caught in the middle alone, so he slowed down and walked behind the two of them.

Xiaoli and Lao Wang walked happily in front of them holding hands.

Ziyang was wrapped in the flow of people and followed aimlessly.

Suddenly, someone hit him the shoulder.

Ziyang stopped and turned around blankly. A man in a trench coat and a ball cap hurriedly passed by him.

"Follow me." The man said in a low voice.

Zi Yang involuntarily followed, followed him around and around, until he entered a quiet small restaurant next to him.

When the man entered, he sat down against the wall with his back to the door.

Zi Yang hesitated for a moment, walked over to him and sat down, the brim of the man's hat pressed low against his face, and only his unshaven mouth could be seen.

"Who are you?" Ziyang asked curiously.

The man looked up and looked at him with a sparkling eye.

"Jin Guoqiang!" Ziyang couldn't help but exclaim!

"Shh Jin Guoqiang put his finger to his lips and looked back.

At this time, the waiter came over, and Jin Guoqiang ordered two juice drinks and two steak sets. Seeing the waiter turn around and walk away, Zi Yang said happily: "Captain, really, it's really you!" ”

Jin Guoqiang nodded slightly, and a warm smile appeared on his face: "It's been a long time." ”

"You, are you okay? What happened to her—How did they go? Zi Yang hesitated, but still didn't say the name after all.

Jin Guoqiang nodded: "Everyone is fine."

I came to see you today, in fact, it is against the rules, but I think there are some things I should tell you, so as not to worry about you. ”

Zi Yang looked at him nervously, he knew that next, Jin Guoqiang would tell him about the things that had bothered him for a long time.

"You, what have you been doing lately? Why did you suddenly think of coming to me? ”

Jin Guoqiang took a sip of water, thought for a moment and said, "Professor Zhang and his criminal group have fallen. The General and I have been busy dealing with this for months. ”

Zi Yang was taken aback: "Fallen? The two captives captured in Qinhan Village last time were recruited? ”

Jin Guoqiang shook his head: "No, the prisoners we captured in Qinhan Village are only shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and we don't have any useful information at all." We can bring down Professor Zhang and wipe out all the forces under him, but we still rely on the help of the Su family. ”

"The Su family?"

"Well, do you remember Prasad?"

"Remember, he's from the Su family?" Zi Yang remembered that the leader of the mercenaries who helped in the tomb of Emperor Zhenwu was the one who shot Professor Zhang in the back at the critical moment to save everyone in the gas storehouse.

Jin Guoqiang nodded: "Well, Prasad is actually Su Muyang's henchman, Su Muyang started to set up this bureau more than ten years ago, when Prasad was still a small leader of the British Royal Gurkha Rifle Regiment. Professor Su has been cultivating him secretly, trying his best to install him next to Wang Yangming, and Prasad has been lurking in Professor Zhang's camp for more than ten years, and has mastered a large amount of confidential information.

Before his death, Prasad handed Su Rui an encryption chip, which recorded various cultural relics smuggling, kidnapping and ransom, genetic experiments and a large amount of other illegal information that Wang Yangming and Professor Zhang participated in organizing for more than ten years.

Based on the above information, coupled with the clues that the general has, we smashed Wang Yangming's mercenary base on the border line in one fell swoop, and captured the person in charge of their various transactions in China. With the assistance of the Su family and Interpol, Professor Zhang and Wang Yangming's business network that had been operating abroad for many years was also dismantled, and a large amount of money he had hidden overseas was also intercepted.

Now we are searching for the remnants of his forces, and there is no hiding place for him in the country. There are also Su families in the world who are tracking him, and I believe that Professor Zhang will never be able to turn over again. ”

After Jin Guoqiang finished saying this, the waiter brought the drink and steak he ordered. Jin Guoqiang grunted and drank the drink in one gulp.

Zi Yang was stunned and said, "Is that memory card from Prasad real?" Su Rui gave you the memory card? ”

"Well, she made a deal with us, using this card in exchange for your safety and freedom." Jin Guoqiang ate with his mouth, as if he hadn't eaten in months.

"Our safety and freedom?" Ziyang asked confusedly.

"Well, do you remember when you and Lao Wang were detained at a Russian military base?"

Jin Guoqiang finished the meal in two bites, took another sip of water and said: "Actually, at that time, the Su family was negotiating with Russia and us - this old man is really greedy and shameless, it is not good to provoke them in everything, and he is not lightly accused by them when he wakes up!"

However, at that time, time was tight, and I had to ask them for help when I woke up, and if I were to be contacted, it would take me a few days to go through the procedure......"

"Let's not talk about that, what kind of deal did Su Rui make with you?" Ziyang asked anxiously.

Jin Guoqiang glanced at him: "Su Rui handed us the chip, and all the expeditions and operations that you and Lao Wang participated in before—including those records in Mongolian and Russian military bases, will be erased."

At present, in various official and unofficial records, there are no names of you and Lao Wang. Everything you did before has been completely cleared. You have reverted to being ordinary - you may not know how hard it is to do that. ”

Zi Yang muttered, "Su Rui did this just so that I wouldn't be implicated in any way with Lao Wang?" ”

Jin Guoqiang hesitated for a moment and said, "I guess so." In fact, there are many other contents in the tripartite agreement, and I won't tell you more about the details, keep it confidential. ”

Jin Guoqiang smiled at him: "Now, you and Lao Wang are just two ordinary college students. No one will come to investigate you, and no one will know what you have done before. I envy the two of you, you got into so much trouble, and in the end, you shook your hands and got free. ”

Zi Yang was stunned for a long time, and asked softly, "What about Xiao Hei and Ah Chong?" ”

Jin Guoqiang said: "Xiao Hei and the child named Arislan were taken away by Su Rui, and she promised to give them the most advanced treatment. You don't have to worry about their injuries, I think you know the ability of the Su family, and the dead can be saved.

In addition, Asgen and Naya returned to Mongolia, and Su Rui had arranged a place for them to go abroad, but they refused. ”

"What about Ah Chong, is he dead?"

"Ah Chong? I don't know, Su Rui didn't say, and I didn't ask. Jin Guoqiang shook his head, pointed to the food in front of Ziyang and asked, "Do you want to eat this meal?" Tastes good. ”

"I don't have an appetite." Zi Yang said gloomily.

"Then I'll eat it, don't waste it." Jin Guoqiang finished eating the steak in front of Ziyang in two bites, wiped his mouth and said:

"Actually, I came this time because Su Rui asked me, and she asked me to tell you these things, probably hoping that you would not leave a knot in your heart. Okay, now my mission is done, I'm gone. ”

Jin Guoqiang got up, took out a note folded into the shape of a thousand paper cranes from his pocket and handed it to Ziyang: "By the way, Su Rui also asked me to give this to you." ”

Zi Yang took the thousand paper crane, Jin Guoqiang went to the counter to settle the account, and walked out by himself.

Zi Yang unfolded the note and glanced at it, and suddenly ran out of the door, and Jin Guoqiang's generous back in the distance swayed in the crowd and suddenly disappeared.

Zi Yang held the piece of paper in his hand, and his heart was extremely melancholy.

The above two lines of delicate handwriting are written by Su Rui:

Life is like a fog and a dream, and it is still free to be born and extinguished.

Zi Yang remembered that this was taught to Su Rui when she first met her.

……

"Hey, Lao Li! Why are you here, I've been looking for a long time. ”

Lao Wang panted and rushed over from behind, grabbed his shoulder, "It's 12 o'clock soon, fireworks are going to be set off, let's celebrate together!" Xiaoli, Lao Li is here! ”

Lao Wang beckoned to Xiaoli in the crowd in the distance.

Zi Yang was stunned and didn't move, and suddenly said to Lao Wang: "Jin Guoqiang has been here." ”

"Huh? Where is it? Lao Wang turned his head and looked around.

"Gone."

"Gone? Damn, did he say anything? Did you mention me? ”

Zi Yang muttered: "He said that Xiao Hei is very good, Ah Chong is very good, and Su Rui is also very good......

Lao Wang patted him on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Everyone is very good!" So what are you worried about? ”

Yes, everyone is fine, so what else do I have to be sad about?

Zi Yang thought in his heart, raised his head, and a cluster of gorgeous fireworks suddenly exploded in the sky, and countless fireworks bloomed in the air in an instant.

It's 12 midnight, and 1999 has passed.

Ziyang looked at the fireworks in the sky and suddenly smiled.

——— Epilogue———

Starting on December 29, 2016, "The Boy with the Dragon Tattoo" has been updated for 310 consecutive days.

In the past year, I have experienced a lot of mental journeys. There have been happiness, and there have been confusion. Thanks to your loyal readers, I was able to finish my first novel.

It was your followers who made me believe in my own worth, convinced me that this is a good book, and made me take every word seriously.

Thank you!

Now that the first volume of the trilogy has been completed, the story has finally come to an end, and when the volume is sealed, he has been hesitant and extremely sentimental, and his heart is full of reluctance to cling to the characters in the book.

I really don't want to end it so soon.

Ah Chong, Lao Wang, Zi Yang, Su Rui, Xiao Hei...... They have become a part of my life.

From a few simple names at the beginning, it has now become a vivid image of flesh and blood. They carry my joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

Really don't want to say goodbye.

"The Boy with the Dragon Tattoo" is a work with a very big story framework, and I have always wanted to write it as an epic work. I've been working in that direction as well.

But the story came to an end.

Before the next song began, I seriously considered whether to continue with "The Boy with the Dragon Tattoo" or start a new chapter.

After hesitating for a long time, after serious consideration, it was decided to seal the volume.

Although the synopsis and plot of the second part have already been conceived. But I still hope that there will be more time to brew and improve, ensure the quality of the book, and make the story more complete.

For readers who care about this work, you can first use a sentence to preview the next story synopsis.

A few years later, Ziyang graduated from Lao Wang's university and stepped into society, facing new adventures and challenges.

And the new story of the rivers and lakes will start from the Su family and the Ye family.

The story of the Iron Cavalry continues, and the secrets of the twelve chapters of the star map are not over.

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