A small girl with a good figure was walking towards the hall of the headquarters of the border guards, and a long lilac dress that was slightly tighter looked out of place with the dark walls of the headquarters of the border guards. Her silky hair was scattered on a white cloak, her dark eyes glowed with a charming brilliance, and her cherry-like mouth shimmered with a brilliant red. Her every movement tightly caught the eyes of the men in the entire border guard hall, and the top floor of the government building instantly fell silent.

Qin Qi stood next to Lingyue and looked at the girl who was walking towards him, feeling familiar, but he couldn't name it. He noticed that the girl was also carrying a wooden box like Lingyue in her hand.

The girl's appearance made Lingyue a little unexpected. Logically speaking, Qin Qi didn't know many people in Changhu Town, and there was no one else of the opposite sex except Lingyue, let alone a girl like the one in front of him who was so well-dressed, and she could still call Qin Qi's name.

Could it be that she ・・・・・・ Lingyue unconsciously connected this girl with the place where Qin Qi went yesterday.

"Qin Qi~" The girl was very excited when she saw Qin Qi, and her strength was no less than when Lingyue visited Qin Qi just now. Qin Qi looked down at the girl in front of him, his mouth was open for a long time and he couldn't spit out a word, and finally had no choice but to squeeze out an embarrassing smile. The girl looked up at him with a smile, her sparkling eyes rolling, like an audience member waiting intently for her idol to perform.

"Uh・・・・・・ girl, are you?" Lingyue couldn't help but ask on the side.

"Me?" The girl didn't answer Lingyue's words positively, and looked at Qin Qi with affection, "He knows me." ”

"Qin Qi?" Ling Yue rubbed Qin Qi's arm with her elbow and motioned for him to answer.

"Girl, have we met?" Qin Qi touched his head, "How do you know my name?" ”

The girl jumped up like a child, with two small dimples on her face, and pulled Qin Qi's uniform with her hand: "Don't you remember me?" Yesterday in my mother's house, you were standing in the hallway with a sword, and I asked your name at the time. ”

Qin Qi suddenly realized: "It turned out to be you, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize you - you look special today, much better than yesterday." ”

"What's so special?" The girl winked at Qin Qi.

"Forehead・・・・・・," Qin Qi paused, "It's much more beautiful than yesterday." ”

"Really?" The girl's eyes showed joy, "Thank you~"

"Are you looking for me?"

"Oh~" The girl only then remembered the purpose of her coming to the border guards, and handed the wooden box to Qin Qi with both hands, "I made some food myself and brought it to you, you are very tired from work." ”

Taking the wooden box, Qin Qi smiled stiffly, he secretly glanced at Ling Yue, and found that Ling Yue lowered his head and did not speak, tidying up his small wooden box by himself, a bad feeling arose from his heart, and he hurriedly walked to Ling Yue's side to help clean up his things. Lingyue saw Qin Qi helping to pack up her things, and the aggrieved mood just now instantly evacuated.

Seeing that Qin Qi ignored her, the girl was naturally a little uncomfortable, and she pulled Qin Qi's cloak pitifully: "Qin Qi, why don't you taste the dim sum I made?" ”

Qin Qi stopped when he heard this, but he didn't dare to act rashly. Instead, Lingyue raised her head and knocked Qiao Qin Qi with her staff, with a commanding tone: "Qin Qi, when others come to you, you just ignore others like this, go and accompany her." ”

Qin Qi straightened up with a "whoosh", as if he had received an order from his superiors, turned his body to face others, squeezed out a smile, and the girl got her wish and laughed happily again.

Lingyue packed up her things and left in a hurry, she told Qin Qi before leaving, saying that Bethlito would accompany an important person to the eastern town in the past few days, and dinner would be prepared early, so that he could go back on time. Qin Qi nodded, and after seeing Ling Yue leave, he began to receive the girl who came to visit.

The girl's name is Alenas, a native of Changhu Town, and she lives upstairs from the brothel where Qin Qi went last time. Out of politeness, Qin Qi did not mention the girl's work and the reason for living in a brothel in the conversation between the two, and even the word brothel Qin Qi used alley instead. The girl rarely goes out, has no friends, and is used to staying alone in that "alley", but after seeing Qin Qi yesterday and asking his name, she decided to bring something to eat and chat with him, according to Alenas's original words, she wanted to meet one more friend.

It just so happened that Qin Qi's task in the afternoon was to patrol the eastern district, and after Alenas found out, he begged Qin Qi to allow her to go with her, and seeing Alenas's pleading appearance, Qin Qi broke his usual solitary style and took this little girl on patrol.

Alenus behaved like a child. She didn't seem to go outside, as a native of Huzhen, she was more surprised than Qin Qi at every commodity on the street, chattering non-stop, sometimes asking Qin Qi to buy her a few brown sugars, holding Qin Qi's arm and jumping around the whole time, Qin Qi felt that he had become Alenas's father.

Although Qin Qi was not very familiar with the place of Changhu Town, with his unique method of memorizing the route in the military academy, he already had a detailed map of Changhu Town in his mind, which could be accurate to every statue and every abandoned ruin. While Alenus was intently admiring the wooden statues on the stalls, he noticed that the avenue for foreign merchants in the East End was a bit lively today, and there were crowds on both sides of the avenue, and he thought something was wrong, so he hurriedly squeezed in, leaving Alenas there alone.

After turning in, Qin Qi found that it was not the conflict of merchants that occurred as he thought, but that important people passed by on the way. In the middle of the avenue was a small group of people surrounding a young man in black armor, among whom was Radicius and Bethlito. The young man in the middle wears a black helmet and can't see clearly, but judging from the identity of the small group of people, it can be judged that he is the important person that Radique said. Behind these men was a neatly arranged group of soldiers in black cloaks and red and black uniforms, all with serious expressions and staring straight ahead.

Qin Qi patted the shoulder of an old man standing in front of him and asked loudly, "Old man, who is that person in front?" ”

"That's the seventh son of the King of the Spirit Nation, Haite Loma, the commander of the Seventh Army, our great warrior!"

"Commander of the Seventh Army?"

"Yes, he's leading the Seventh Army to the eastern desert to defend against the invasion of dark creatures."

"I see." After listening to the old man's words, Qin Qi looked at the Seventh Army again, and saw that every soldier had a bright red five-pointed star printed on his chest, and unconsciously, a sadness welled up in his heart. After graduating from the military academy, Qin Qi did not choose to go to the battlefield because of his grandfather, but did some civilian work in the office, he personally sent many friends in the military academy to the front line, most of them did not survive to the time of reunion, and most of them died in a foreign land or could only spend the rest of their lives in the hospital.

"War is not for people who have friends and loved ones." Qin Qi lowered his head and muttered to himself.

At this moment the long trumpet sounded, Haiter Loma yelled at the army on horseback, the Seventh Army marched forward at a neat pace, and the people on both sides of the road began to sing songs of farewell to the army, and the low and melodious singing surrounded the avenue, and even the birds in the air stopped on the eaves to watch the army leave. Qin Qi clenched his right hand into a fist in front of his heart, and gave a military salute to the moving team with a serious expression.

The Seventh Army did not send the entire army this time, only a quarter, 1,000 people, most of them were cavalry, and the team was completed in less than 15 minutes. Qin Qi insisted on seeing all the soldiers before leaving, basically ignoring Alenas, and when he turned around, he found that Alenas was standing alone in front of a hotel with his hands on the pillar, secretly looking around, as if he couldn't find his mother.

Qin Qi hurriedly ran over. When Alenas saw Qin Qi appear in front of him again, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and excitedly rushed over and hugged Qin Qi's body tightly.

"Where have you been? I've been waiting for you for a long time! Alenus grumbled with tears in her eyes, "I won't see you when I look back." I don't know the way, so I can only wait for you here. ”

Qin Qi looked at Alenas who was about to cry in his arms, and felt distressed. In this strange world, Alenas in front of him is like Luo Zhilan, every word he says to him is full of tenderness, and he is pleading with him for care and love.

"It's okay," Qin Qi smiled, "I went to join in the fun just now, and I forgot about you, it's my fault, I apologize to you." ”

"Then can you take me to the noodle restaurant to eat noodles," Alenas raised his head and looked at Qin Qi, with tears in his red and swollen eyes, "I heard Uncle Bald said that the beef noodles in the East District are delicious." ”

"Okay, no problem," Qin Qi nodded, "It just so happens that I'm hungry too." ”

"Then let's go." Alenas smiled brightly, holding Qin Qi's hand and walking towards the road, his face completely devoid of the sadness just now.

Qin Qi took Alenas to a noodle restaurant on his patrol road, the owner of the noodle shop was from Xincheng, and when he heard that Qin Qi was also from Xincheng, he specially sent them a large plate of beef slices for free. Alenas is small but has a lot of food, and after eating a large bowl of beef noodles, she also eliminated most of the beef slices, which obviously doesn't match her ladylike dress, but fortunately, there are no people in the noodle restaurant at this time, just the two of them, plus a boss, and it doesn't hurt.

Qin Qi only ate a few bites of noodles, and then sat there admiring the appearance of Alenas eating noodles. He saw that the lace wreath on Alenus's head was about to fall, and hurriedly straightened her. When his hand just touched Alenas's hair, he didn't expect Allenas to grab his hand and look at Qin Qi in surprise: "What are you doing?" ”

"Don't get me wrong," Qin Qi took his hand back, "The wreath on your head has fallen." ”

"Really?" Alenus glanced upwards and fiddled with the wreath on his head with a pair of small hands, somewhat awkwardly.

Qin Qi looked at Alenas's cute little face, and suddenly remembered a question.

"Alenas, you just said that a bald uncle told you that the noodles here are delicious, what does that uncle look like?"

"Uncle Bald looks old, but he won't let me call him grandpa, I can only call him uncle, well, by the way, he has no hair."

"Well," Qin Qi thought for a moment, "what kind of clothes is he wearing?" ”

"He's wearing ・・・・・・," Alenus looked up at the rooftop, and thought for a moment, "He seems to have been here the other day, the day the robbers came from Long Lake, and he was dressed as if he was going to war. ”

When Qin Qi heard the word war, his nerves tensed up all of a sudden. Dressed like in battle, doesn't that mean he's wearing armor? He looks old, which means that he is not young, and at the same time he is still a hairless person. Qin Qi immediately judged that the bald uncle mentioned by Alenas was the leader of the robbers that day.

Qin Qi held back his excitement and pretended to be nothing.

"Is your mother familiar with that bald uncle?"

"Familiar," Alenas nodded, "he used to come to my house a lot when I was very young. ”

"What does he do in the alleys?"

"Him?" Alenas lowered his head a little embarrassed, "He often finds women to accompany him, and he has his own room in that house. ”

"His own room?" Qin Qi's hand on the table instantly clenched into a fist, "You mean he has a permanent room with you?" ”

"yes, he usually locks the door, and only he has the key." Alenas stared at Qin Qi's fist, and suddenly thought of something, "Why are you so nervous?" Wait-you're not going to think I'm ・・・・・・ too."

Qin Qi looked at Alenas with some embarrassment.

"No, it's not like that." Alenas suddenly stood up and waved his hands, for fear that he would be regarded as the kind of woman Qin Qi had in mind. "That's the place my mom, I'm not ・・・・・・"

Before she could finish speaking, she sat down again, silently, poking her fork at the table.

"Because my mom opened that shop, everyone stayed away from me, and I didn't want to."

Qin Qi took the fork from Alenas's hand with a smile on his face, handed her his fork, and seeing that she didn't react, he pushed the plate of beef over to her.

"Eat quickly, I don't dislike you," Qin Qi looked at Alenas with a caring look, "It's not your fault that you live there, there's nothing wrong with that." ”

Alenas raised her head, with tears in her eyes, nodded at Qin Qi, and soon she recovered and happily enjoyed the beef in front of her.

Looking at the girl in front of him, Qin Qi found that he had more and more of a tendency to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and unconsciously regarded Alenas as Luo Zhilan, who was often coquettish in front of him. However, the more important thing was on Qin Qi's mind, that is, the bald uncle's room, since the room was locked, there must be something in it that the bald uncle didn't want people to know. Qin Qi decided to go to the "alley" to search.

When Alenas had the idea of going home, Qin Qi hurriedly took her to the Southern District. As soon as she came out of the noodle shop, Allenas shouted that she was tired, so Qin Qi carried her on his back for most of Changhu Town until he sent her to the door of the "alley". By the time Qin Qi returned to the tree house, he was already too tired to see the dinner carefully prepared by Ling Yue.

Lingyue didn't know why Qin Qi was so tired, she saw Qin Qi lying on the bench in Bethlito with her eyes closed, and just wanted to take off the long sword for him, but she didn't expect Qin Qi to suddenly open his eyes, look up at her, and a sentence came out of his mouth softly: "Lingyue, when are you going to accompany me to that "alley".

"Alley?!" Lingyue took a step back and raised her staff in front of her in fear, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Don't be afraid," Qin Qi waved his hand forward, "I want you to help me infiltrate that house, where there should be clues to the robbers who attacked the government building last time." ”