Chapter 9: Clear Skies
Someone is watching me!
Before he was clearly aware of this, Xia Beifeng's body had already reflexively acted first.
He whistled casually and walked a few steps down the street, carefully observing his surroundings. After feeling that he didn't find any suspicious characters, he walked quickly to the intersection of the street corner.
It's not so much that there are no suspicious characters, but that there are no characters at all.
The streets were still as empty as in the afternoon, except for the white street lamps that reflected the dark and damp pavement.
The lazy stray dog was still lying on the side of the road, looking curiously at the tense man.
Xia Beifeng turned a corner, glanced back, and saw that no one was following, so he quickly ran in one direction.
The street he had just left was still empty and empty.
It's a few stray dogs on the side of the street. Within seconds of him leaving, they all stood up, staring at a corner of the air with their eyes on each other, grinning and letting out a menacing roar.
Suddenly, there was a small sound on the sidewalk on the side of the road. It sounded like some sharp metal was slicing across the ground, and again and again, and it was clearly piercing.
After the stray dog in the lead barked a few times, he suddenly pricked up his ears, stared at the direction from which the sound came, took two steps back, and his body began to tremble slightly.
The shredded sound on the ground was getting closer, and a few small sparks seemed to flash in the direction of the sound.
The sound of small footsteps finally came to a few meters in front of a few stray dogs.
The stray dogs let out a few whimperes, as if they had seen something terrible, turned around and flew away with their tails between their legs.
Gradually, a figure appeared under the street lamp. Long legs and thin waist, a half-length hair tied up on his chest at will, and a few strands of broken hair fluttering in the wind.
It's a woman.
Xia Beifeng galloped for a while, and finally turned from the wide road into a dark alley.
He didn't stop until he saw a tall brick wall in front of him.
"Ahh He seemed to be a little surprised, turned around slowly, looked lazily at the empty ground he passed when he came, and said lazily: "There is no road ahead, it seems that I can only tie my hands and catch it." ”
"Then you should put your knife down first." A slightly hoarse female voice came from above his head, sounding a little angry.
"Then what's the matter, if I throw the knife, I won't really let you slaughter it." Xia Beifeng raised his head, looked in the direction where the voice came from, and whistled: "Why don't you come out first and let me see, and then I will consider whether to put down the knife and surrender like this, what do you think?" ”
The walls that had just heard the sound were empty, except for a few wisps of dry weeds growing from the cracks in the stones.
"How's that going to work?" The voice sounded very pleasant: "I still want to have fun with you?" You have to play if you don't want to. ”
"Okay, how are you going to play?" Xia Beifeng asked with a smile.
Before he could finish speaking, he raised his hand, which had been behind his back, and held the dagger in his hand to his chest.
The sound of metal striking sounded very crisp and pleasant, and the sound hit the wall back and forth in this narrow alley, turning into a long echo, repeatedly stimulating the eardrums of Xia Beifeng.
He blocked it, only to feel that the knife in his hand seemed to have hit something very heavy, and the force of the shock made his arm numb.
He silently took a step back, shifting his hand holding the knife from his left to his right, vigilantly watching his surroundings.
The enemy hiding in the shadows was still not visible, but he was not far away. She still stayed in a position not far away, staring at Xia Beifeng with murderous intent, which brought him a lot of oppression.
He was the only one in the dim ~ alley whose breath was echoing, and it sounded terrible.
I don't know what that guy is.
Xia Beifeng thought to himself, clenched the hilt of the knife in his hand, and guarded against an attack that would come from somewhere and no later.
A silver light flashed in the corner of his eye, and the cold touch of metal with a chilling chill cut a tiny crack along his collarbone garment.
The sharp metal lingered at his heart for a moment before slowly moving away, as if in silent warning.
Suddenly, as if he heard someone say to him with a smile:
"If you're not honest, I'll kill you at any time."
But no one spoke to him, and there was still dead silence in this dark corner of this place that was so inconspicuous to the people of the town.
Xia Beifeng took another half step back, forced a laugh, and asked at the dark wall behind him, "Who are you?" Is there something wrong with me? ”
The other party still didn't answer, but just changed the direction of the heavy murder weapon and smashed it down on him.
Xia Beifeng didn't have time to deal with it, so he had to raise his head and lower his waist, and he could avoid the "whining" stick.
The blow missed, and the figure of his opponent flashed before his eyes, once again disappearing in the darkness, waiting for the next opportunity to strike.
Xia Beifeng held on to the wall with one hand, slowly propped himself up, and at the same time let out a very exaggerated "ah".
"I'm old, my waist is not very good, you take it easy." He faced a certain point in the air and said with a little pleading: "Auntie, can't we play anymore?" ”
"Nope." The woman who didn't know where to hide spoke up again: "Unless you beg me on your knees." ”
"Look at what you said, a person like me who has no bottom line, kneeling on the ground and begging you - in fact, there is no problem at all." Xia Beifeng looked at the direction where the voice came from, and spread his hands: "But you have to come out first and let me take a look, otherwise I don't know which direction it is better to kneel when I kneel." ”
The other party didn't seem to expect such an answer, and was silent for a while, and at the same time stopped what he was doing.
A slightly cool autumn wind swept by, blowing people couldn't help but shiver.
The dark clouds that had been floating in the sky for a while dispersed little by little with this breeze. The twinkling galaxy peeked out from behind the thinner and thinner clouds, flickering and flickering, appearing and disappearing.
The dull tide in the air ~ the damp breath was swept away in an instant.
Xia Beifeng stood in place and waited for a while, but the woman who was hiding in the dark and didn't know what to think about never moved, and she didn't know if she gave up.
He slightly loosened his right hand gripping the knife, and loosened his tense muscles.
At this moment, the cold silver light just now appeared silently again.
This time, it was from behind, sliding forward along the soft skin of the back of his neck, silently rubbing against his neck and heading forward.
Xia Beifeng took a deep breath and didn't move under his feet, but raised his head slightly, avoiding the vital point.
At the same time, he clenched the dagger in his hand and stabbed it back.
The red brick wall was not too hard, and it was easily poked by a sharp dagger.
Xia Beifeng clenched the dagger in his hand and looked down at the silver stick stuck under his neck, his eyes were a little complicated.
It was a silver spear that had been held diagonally in front of him from the bottom up, forming a closed triangle with the corner behind him, enclosing him inside.
The hilt of the gun is carved with intricate lines, reflecting the cold light in the starlight. The tip of the spear was tied to a bright red spike, which shook gently with the movement of the owner's hand, and the tip of the spear was deeply sunk into the gap in the brick wall.
A few fine bits of red powder fell downwards from where the tip of the gun had been inserted, and before it could reach the ground, it was carried away by the breeze and scattered into the air.
The end of the gun was in the hands of a girl who was only up to his shoulder, and the girl was standing behind him, stuck in the corner at the end of the alley by his arm and the dagger in his hand, and was as immobile as he was.
This styling ......
Xia Beifeng moved his head, secretly glanced at the girl behind him, and sighed silently.
It's so ~~ embarrassing.
"I said, can you put the gun down first, my cervical spine is not very good, and it is a little tiring to stand with my neck like this."
Xia Beifeng raised his head, maintained his original posture, tried to keep his neck away from the cold handle of the gun, and suggested to the girl behind him.
The breath he exhaled as he spoke landed on the hilt of the gun, condensed into a circular mist, and quickly dissipated.
"You let go first, and then I'll let go." The girl behind her did not hesitate to reject his offer.
The dagger in his hand was right in front of the girl's eyes, and her long eyelashes could even touch the thin blade in the blink of an eye.
"Whatever you think, you should let it go first." Xia Beifeng looked down at the flower and vine patterns wrapped around the handle of the gun, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "After all, your thing is relatively long, and the big one comes first, do you say it?" ”
"I've had this thing for a long time, should I let go first!" The girl exploded and shouted: "You're fucking so much taller than me, such a big guy, no matter how you look at it, you should let go first!" ”
Xia Beifeng: "......"
I don't know why, in this situation that is not particularly funny, even a little sad, he actually has a bit of a funny feeling.
What the hell are we arguing about, it feels like a boring comedy.
Thinking so, he patiently said to the girl behind him, "There is no need for the two of us to carry it so hard. Although there is no one now, I am not afraid to look, but what if someone accidentally passes by and is scared? ”
"So you let go first!" The girl said as she should: "After all, you are a man, so you should let me be a lady." ”
"After all, you are an elder, you should let me be a child, it's a good thing not to ask you for a red envelope when you meet, what else do you want to want." Xia Beifeng sighed helplessly, and without waiting for the girl to refute, he continued: "Anyway, you just want to play with me, and there's no need to stop here all the time, right?" If we continue like this, we're going to be the kind of countdown three-two-one and then let go together, you can imagine, how stupid it is! ”
The girl behind her was silent for a while, and seemed to really imagine what he said, and then said with a little shock: "It seems to be really stupid, I can't accept it, so what do you say?" ”
"I can't say it, I just feel like my arm is going numb." Xia Beifeng moved his shoulders as he spoke, and a painful moan came out of his mouth: "The previous injury on my shoulder hasn't healed yet, and it's been hurting on a cloudy day here, so you can let me go, okay?" ”
As soon as he moved, the girl threatened to send the spear forward in her hand, so that most of the tip of the spear sank into the brick wall.
More red powder fell with her movements. This time there was no wind, and the powder fell to the ground in a fluttering manner, gathering into a small pile of red waste residue, with the characteristic smell of red bricks.
"What are you going to do!" The girl snapped, "Don't try to play tricks, I'll tell you!" ”
"What kind of tricks can I play, I!" Xia Beifeng turned his head and shouted at the girl in despair, and at the same time let go of the handle of the knife in his hand, leaving the dagger straight on the wall, while he raised his hands high, made a gesture of surrender, and retreated against the wall: "I'll obey you, please put away your artifact, so you are not afraid of scaring children." ”
The girl looked up at Xia Beifeng's face on the verge of collapse, boring "cut", and pulled out the spear inserted into the crack in the wall.
"Why are you so boring, saying that you would rather die than give in and resolutely resist?" The girl tapped his chest with the tip of her spear and said angrily: "Have you forgotten all about the party's education?" ”
"The party also taught me to defeat all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, believe in materialism, can you?"
Xia Beifeng stretched out his finger and pushed the tip of the gun that had always stayed on his chest a little away, stretched out his hand at the girl, and hooked his fingers: "Give me my knife." ”
"That's a nice thing to say." The girl pulled out the dagger embedded in the wall, shook it in front of his eyes, raised her chin, and gave her a brutal expression: "I'll give it to you when I'm happy, otherwise I'll keep it for myself." ”
"Then you can keep it for yourself, it's not worth a few dollars, just when I honor you when you're old." Xia Beifeng stretched out his hand to cover his neck and squinted his eyes.
There was a faint pain in the place where the tip of the gun had just been cut.
He touched the wound on his neck and raised his hand to his eyes.
A faint streak of blood remained in the palm of his hand, which was not too obvious in the dim light.
Xia Beifeng looked at the bloodstains in his palms and was stunned for a while.
"Ahh He once again reached out to cover the wound on his neck, knelt on the ground, raised his head and wailed exaggeratedly: "It's bleeding, it's bleeding on my neck!" I'm going to die! ”
The girl held the spear in her arms and stood against the wall, looking down at him indifferently.
Xia Beifeng snorted a few times, whispering that I was going to die, kneeling on the ground and swaying, looking up at the girl next to him from time to time, but he never fell.
The girl who was standing on the side waited for a while, and when she saw that he still refused to get up, she began to get irritable.
"Why aren't you dead yet, do you need me to do you a favor!" As she spoke, the girl raised her leg and kicked Xia Beifeng in the back: "Hurry up, I'm hungry, take me to eat." ”
"The younger generation of your family is on the verge of death in front of you, and if you don't help, forget it, you still fall into the well!" Xia Beifeng quickly rolled on the spot, dodged the girl's legs, and looked at her on his knees: "Is there any sympathy, Shen Qingge Woman." ”
"What is compassion?" The girl named Shen Qingge bent her eyes and approached Xia Beifeng with a smile, and said loudly: "If you say the 'heart' that can beat, it is something that only living people have, I'm sorry I don't." ”
The last dark clouds in the sky had completely dissipated at some point, and the stars in the sky twinkled and spread all over the dark blue background, reflecting the humans and aliens on the ground.
The torrential rain that had been brewing for three whole days did not fall after all, and with the arrival of a girl named Shen Qingge, the long-lost clear sky once again appeared above the town.
(To be continued.) )