Chapter 418: In the Wasteland (Part I)

Cheng Yufei's detective agency has been completely closed, this is not because of social stability, now social turmoil, all kinds of cases emerge in an endless stream, but few people patronize her business, people have become accustomed to crime and murder, they have become strange and insensitive, when people no longer pursue fairness and justice, or even do not pursue the truth, Cheng Yufei's detective agency has no meaning of existence.

Cheng Yufei stood in front of the door of the detective agency, hesitated for a while, but still took off the signboard of the detective agency with her own hands, maybe it was time to leave.

The sparrow was waiting for her downstairs, the sparrow only came back from Europe yesterday, she has been in Europe all these years, and this time she came back because of Ye Qinghong's invitation. Seeing the signboard in Cheng Yufei's hand, Sparrow immediately understood why Cheng Yufei had to stay for so long. He raised his head and looked at the window of the detective agency upstairs, and said softly, "Is it really decided?"

Cheng Yufei said: "When the whole society has lost justice and justice, what is the meaning of my profession?"

Sparrow said: "The people in power are full of blood, but they are in charge of the law, and this era is so helpless." ”

Cheng Yufei sighed and said, "Forget it, let's go!" After getting into the car, she remembered to ask why the sparrow came back suddenly?

Sparrow said: "This time it was Ye Qinghong who invited me to come back and get together. ”

Cheng Yufei said: "Yes, I heard that she also invited many people, even An Zhai and his wife, who have been in Nanyang for many years, have also returned. ”

Sparrow said: "It should be for Luo Hunt to see him off." ”

Cheng Yufei was a little surprised and said, "What are you talking about?Is Luo Lie going far away?Where is he going?" She didn't know about the nine-year appointment between Luo Lie and Feng Jiuqing.

Sparrow smiled indifferently: "I'm just guessing, and I don't know the specific things." ”

Luo Lie is playing with his children in the yard, Little Rainbow is eight years old, and his son Luo Ping'an is only three years old, this name is Ye Qinghong's name, although Luo Lie feels a little cheesy, but since his wife likes it, he agreed, he knows Ye Qinghong's meaning of naming his son Ping'an, peace is blessing, for Ye Qinghong, the most important thing is that the family is safe.

In the past few years, they have never mentioned the nine-year appointment between Luo Lie and Feng Jiuqing, but it does not mean that this matter will pass, Ye Qinghong knows that Luo Lie will definitely go, she cherishes every day the family is together, she notified all Luo Lie's friends during the Spring Festival this year, in fact, even if she doesn't say it, many people will come to get together with Luo Lie.

Zhang Changgong and Hai Mingzhu were the first to arrive in Huangpu, and they also had a son, named Tiger Head, before Tiger Head was born, Zhang Changgong was very uneasy, he was worried that his son might be affected by the hormone, until after the birth of his son, everything was safe, Zhang Changgong was relieved.

The blind man and Lu Weilin came together, and neither of their wives accompanied them this time, not because they didn't pay enough attention to this gathering, but because the two were ready to accompany Luo Lie to the West Sea.

Arno and Martha came together, and they were separated several times after they got married, at least still together, but they still have no children.

Ye Qinghong informed all the old friends to come to Huangpu to get together, and this matter has been hidden from Luo Lie.

When Luo Lie saw so many old friends appear in front of him, he immediately understood Ye Qinghong's hard work.

Every reunion will have an indispensable greeting, and after many years of not seeing each other, the topics discussed by several old friends are mostly family and children, and it is only when the woman and children leave that their topics return to the most sensitive matters.

The blind man said, "I'm going to go to the West Sea with you." ”

The rest of the group nodded.

Luo Lie laughed: "Actually, I hope you come over again this time next year, the more grand the farewell battle, the more uneasy it proves that you are not at ease with me." He looked around at the crowd and said, "Do you think I won't be able to come back?"

Zhang Changgong said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have more confidence in you than in myself." ”

Arnold said: "I rarely pat other people's sycophants, but I am truly convinced by you Luo Lie." Even if we all put it together, we wouldn't be as capable as yours. ”

Lu Weilin said: "Actually, you might as well think about it again, even if a man breaks his promise once, it's nothing, if Feng Jiuqing comes to you for trouble, so many of us won't be afraid of her." ”

Luo Lie said: "You don't have to worry about me, the reason for this matter is not Feng Jiuqing, but myself." ”

"On your own?" Lu Weilin puzzled.

The blind man said: "You still don't understand, Luo Lie wants to find out the secret of Jiuding by himself." ”

Everyone was silent, they all knew Luo Lie, and knew that once Luo Lie made a decision, it would be difficult for others to make him turn back, and nine years had passed since Feng Jiuqing proposed to explore the West Sea again, and Luo Lie had always been determined in the past nine years of ups and downs, and he must have thought it through.

Zhang Changgong said: "Why don't we go over and take a look?"

Luo Lie said: "There's no need for that, no one can predict what Feng Jiuqing and I will end up into, so it's best for me and her to deal with this matter." ”

The blind man said: "You are the master of the thief door, even if she is capable, it is impossible for her to fight against the entire thief door, Luo Lie, you now have both children and daughters, and your wife is so beautiful, are you really willing to abandon your wife and children to take risks?"

Zhang Changgong glared at the blind man, blaming the guy for talking nonsense, but he did not deny that the blind man was right.

Luo Lie smiled: "I will come back, I will." ”

Lu Weilin said: "What should I do if you steal the door after you leave? You are the owner of the door thief, is it possible that you don't even care about the door theft?"

Luo Lie said: "I am going to hand over the thief door to the sparrow for the time being, and Fu Bo also agreed, and he also proposed to let the blind man assist him. ”

The blind man's head shook like a rattle: "I, I don't have this ability, besides, I was chased to the end of the world by the thief, who will be convinced by the thief?"

Arnold said: "You kid is really unhappy, Luo Lie asked you to help assist the sparrow, and he didn't let you be the master of the thief door, it doesn't matter if others are convinced or not." ”

Lu Weilin said: "The scolding is right, you kid knows how to evade responsibility, and when you ask you to help, you immediately start to shrink back, that is, you are only a turtle with a shrunken head." ”

The blind man raised his hand and begged for mercy: "Yes, I promise, can I not make a promise?"

Luo Lie said: "The current situation is difficult, the Japanese covet our Chinese land, I don't think it will be too long before they will launch a full-scale invasion of China." ”

Lu Weilin said: "A small island country actually bullied us. ”

The blind man said: "If you are backward, you have to be beaten, this has been the truth since ancient times, since the Opium War, these foreigners have been bullying us endlessly." Speaking of anger, the blind man slapped Arnold on the back of the head.

Arnold was stunned by his slap, and said in amazement: "What are you doing to beat me?"

The blind man said indignantly: "The Opium War was initiated by your ancestors, and the father's debts were paid by the son, and it was light to beat you." ”

Arnold said: "me, no one in our family has ever left Europe except me." He got up to fight the blind man, and Zhang Longbow quickly separated the two of them.

Luo Lie said: "Once the war is in full swing, our fate will not be under our control. ”

The blind man said: "Nanyang is safe for now. ”

Luo Lie knew that once the invasion of China began, the whole of East Asia would be affected by this war, and Europe would also fall into a full-scale war in the next few years.

Zhang Changgong said: "Let's go and rest, have a good New Year these days, don't think about these bad things." ”

Ye Qinghong sorted out her outfit for Luo Lie, although parting was imminent, she behaved unusually calmly.

Luo Lie returned to the room and watched silently behind him, Ye Qinghong said: "Things are basically ready, you go back and check, is there anything missing?"

Luo Lie gently hugged her from behind, and Ye Qinghong leaned back into his arms: "I invited them all over this time, I didn't ask for your opinion in advance." ”

Luo Lie kissed her crystal earlobe and said, "Thank you!"

Ye Qinghong said: "Do you still need to say thank you between you and me?" She turned around and looked at Luo Lie's eyes, and saw his reluctance and attachment from the depths of his eyes. Ye Qinghong stretched out her hand to hold his face, and said softly: "You don't have to worry about things at home, I remember all the things you explained, if you don't come back in three months, I will take my children to the United States, and I will wait for you there." ”

Luo Lie nodded.

Ye Qinghong said: "You'll come back, right?" Her heart was full of sourness, but she couldn't cry, she didn't want her tears to disturb Luo Lie's state of mind.

Luo Lie said: "Yes, I will definitely come back!" He actually didn't have enough confidence.

Ye Qinghong said: "I believe in you." ”

Luo Lie nodded heavily.

Ye Qinghong stood on tiptoe and kissed Luo Lie's lips lightly, but was hugged tightly by Luo Lie, and gave her a lingering kiss, the two separated for a long time, Ye Qinghong grabbed Luo Lie's shirt with both hands, pulled him closer, and then put his hands flat on his chest, and the foreheads of the two were pressed together.

Ye Qinghong said: "Come back early, I don't want to be an old woman when you come back." ”

Luo Lie just nodded, Ye Qinghong still didn't cry, although her heart was like a knife, but Luo Lie was in tears......

In March, the Tibetan Plateau is still cold, with snow and ice everywhere, and there are few travelers on this plateau. On the desolate ice field, a detached antelope was walking with difficulty, and it seemed to fall to the ground at any moment, but it was still holding on. There are two vultures hovering low in the air, and they are in no hurry to prey on this prey.

Suddenly a snow mastiff appeared on the rock behind the antelope, the snow mastiff was wounded, and the wound on his left shoulder was still dripping blood, staining its white picosecond red. Its gaze locked on the struggling antelope, and the snow mastiff shook off its steps and limped towards the antelope.

The antelope sensed the danger coming, and it turned to look, and then it ran for nothing, but after only a few steps, it had lost all its strength, and fell to the moor with a wail.