Epilogue (2) The prelude to a new era
(Three-in-one update, one chapter to make up for the normal update owed before, reward update owes eleven)
Cheng Mo got up and went to mix a glass of gin and tonic with Bai Xiuxiu, this time he also mixed himself a glass of dry martini, he also needed a little stimulation to make his mind more active, so that he could think clearly about what to do.
This long month of thinking didn't allow him to calculate whether continuing to work undercover at the Black Death was riskier or more rewarding. On the contrary, the more Cheng Mo thought about it, the more strange things became, these days, a deeper understanding of the Black Death made him know that the Black Death was so powerful that it was pervasive, and the "plague" was even more awesome to the point of exploding, and all legal and illegal things could be done with one click, of course, provided that you could accept the offer.
With such a powerful Black Death, it was so easy to make himself the person in charge of leading the reconstruction of Penglai Mountain?
Cheng Mo felt a little unreasonable, but this kind of thing is not impossible, after all, Dr. Charlie is a weirdo. But no matter how he thought about it, Cheng Mo felt that it was only a matter of time before his identity was revealed.
Continuing to lurk in the Black Death for the Taiji Dragon, the outcome is unknown, and finding an opportunity to leave the Black Death will make the future route clearer.
Cheng Mo's heart was very entangled, he was not an indecisive person, but at this moment, he had no way to give himself a perfect answer, which made Cheng Mo feel less and less like himself.
Cheng Mo turned his head and glanced at the burned and dilapidated oil painting again, and thought: Maybe he doesn't know himself well enough, and he used to deliberately add some labels to himself, implying that he has this attribute, but that is just the surface of himself, and the real one will involuntarily jump out when he encounters difficulties.
Cheng Mo sank into the green olives pierced with cocktail clips in the crystal clear liquor, he chose the spicy DRY VERMOUTH, not the sweet aperitif, Cheng Mo took a sip of the glass, and felt that people are such animals, adaptability is really strong, just last year, he still didn't drink a drop of wine, but now he can treasure all kinds of wine.....
But isn't the joy of life in the unknown?
Cheng Mo knew that his heart was vaguely inclined to tell Bai Xiuxiu the truth, but Cheng Mo knew that he was not conquered by Bai Xiuxiu's beauty, not because she gave him 200 million flowers, not because of the unattainable gamble, just because Bai Xiuxiu washed his hair and gently dried his hair for him.
Although it was just a trivial matter, Cheng Mo was deeply impressed, and he also wondered why he remembered it so clearly, even the details of Bai Xiuxiu plucking his hair were vivid, the slightly dry hot wind and her warm fingertips formed a sunny early summer, that feeling made Cheng Mo feel comfortable and lazy, allowing him to imagine that he could rest his head on someone's knee and listen to her read a childish fairy tale.
Cheng Mo returned to the balcony with the cup again, it was very interesting to enjoy the charcoal fire outdoors in winter, Cheng Mo handed the gin and tonic to Bai Xiuxiu.
Bai Xiuxiu took the cup and asked, "Where are you going to celebrate the New Year?"
"It should be back to Wuling. Cheng Mo said.
"Do you plan to go back to school after the Chinese New Year?"
Bai Xiuxiu's subtext is naturally that Cheng Mo doesn't need to be involved in the Black Death, Cheng Mo is a little entangled, and he is at war with heaven and man in his heart, thinking that he is an undercover agent anyway, at least his life safety is still guaranteed, and he will lose some money and experience points at most, unless Taijilong's protection measures are terrible, he will put himself in danger.
Thinking of Bai Xiuxiu's military order for him, Cheng Mo took a sip of wine and said, "The Black Death is not completely out of chance!"
Bai Xiuxiu smiled and said, "There's no need to be reluctant, since Jingquan is dead, then forget it!"
Cheng Mo looked up at Bai Xiuxiu, intending to say that he had temporarily gained the trust of Dr. Charlie, replaced Jing Xing and took over Jingquan's position, became the manager of Penglai Mountain, and was currently in charge of the reconstruction of Penglai Mountain, but before he could speak, he heard Bai Xiuxiu continue: "The operation of the Qianlong Group in Europe has made a major breakthrough, and Yan Funing, who your Uncle Li is in charge of, has come into contact with a core figure of the Black Death, and this time I went to Europe to help, and some plans must use my time rift." ”
After a pause, Bai Xiuxiu said: "So, if you fail here, you will fail! You can also study with peace of mind." ”
Bai Xiuxiu said this, which should have relieved Cheng Mo's troubles, but Cheng Mo's heart was inexplicably unhappy, he pressed the idea of telling Bai Xiuxiu the truth, and said expressionlessly: "Oh! Okay!"
"When you are admitted to the university, come to our Shenglong group..... I'll wait for you.... Join. ”
Bai Xiuxiu's words were like promises and comforts, Cheng Mo's heart had always been sealed in hard stones, he naturally would not accept such a kind intention with pity, so Cheng Mo shook his head and said lightly: "I don't plan to study for the time being, as for joining the Taiji Dragon, I haven't thought about it yet, after the New Year, I will go through a few important relics first, and strive to become the Chosen One as soon as possible." ”
"Cheng Mo, you still have a long way to go in the future, there is no need to be in such a hurry, not to mention that you still have the blessing of Athena, the leveling will be very fast, there is no need to pull out the seedlings to help grow, take your time, and consolidate the theoretical foundation is the king. Bai Xiuxiu seemed to hear Cheng Mo's slight dissatisfaction, and persuaded Cheng Mo in a serious tone.
"I don't want to waste time in high school, what Xie Minyun can do, I can too. Cheng Mo deliberately mentioned Xie Minyun's name, which was more or less angry.
Hearing Xie Minyun's name, Bai Xiuxiu stopped persuading Cheng Mo, "If you don't go to school, you can do it yourself......!
Cheng Mo saw that Bai Xiuxiu's tone was full of embarrassment, and his face was a little unnatural, and he instantly understood what Bai Xiuxiu was going to say, and said indifferently: "I'll return the vacuum decay to you now." ”
Seeing Cheng Mo take the initiative to mention it, Bai Xiuxiu's expression did not relax, and she still said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Cheng Mo, but now you don't need to sneak into the Black Death, you just understand, after you enter Taijilong, I will find a way to help you get a better skill, but I can't guarantee that it must be a triple A skill." ”
Cheng Mo raised his wrist, twisted out the system, and said casually: "Sister Bai, it's okay, I originally said that I borrowed it, and it's normal now." ”
Cheng Mo had already been prepared for this, so he had never practiced the skill of vacuum decay at all, fortunately, the fat man Floran filled the lack of Cheng Mo's output skills, otherwise there would be no good output skills, and it would have a great impact on Cheng Mo's plan to collect A-level evaluations as soon as possible and complete the ultimate trial of the Tower of Babel.
Bai Xiuxiu also twisted the Chosen One system and said in a low voice, "It's good that you can understand." ”
The two quickly completed the transaction, and the system took away a lot of transaction fees, Bai Xiuxiu took out his mobile phone and said, "I'll give you this money." ”
Cheng Mo immediately refused, "I still spent 200 million on you!" By the way, there is also the money from the private placement, which is a small profit at present, but it is estimated that I will not have time to take care of it in the future..... Now I'm thinking about how to explain to the university doctor that I can't just disappear quietly, right?"
Thinking of that infatuated sister-in-law, Bai Xiuxiu couldn't help frowning, rubbed her temples, and then said to Cheng Mo: "One yard is one yard, this money is not from me, it is from the organization, as for the two hundred million..... Cheng Mo, I really regard you as a junior worth cultivating, I have always admired you, and I hope you can understand that no matter whether you can destroy the Black Death or not, this will not change. ”
"It's just appreciative! Cheng Mo raised his glass and took a sip of the spicy dry martini, he found that he couldn't see the desired emotion from Bai Xiuxiu's expression, and he didn't know if he was sluggish, or Bai Xiuxiu hid it too well, all in all, those words that once made his blood boil seemed to be just a young man's words that didn't know the sky and the earth were thick here in Bai Xiuxiu.
Now that he has no use value, his past indulgence with him is gone, and it has become a straightforward and clear statement to draw a clear line.
Cheng Mo knew that he shouldn't, but Bai Xiuxiu's words made him quite annoyed and stimulated, but fortunately, Cheng Mo felt that he could still maintain an expressionless state and not lose his temper.
Bai Xiuxiu didn't answer, and the two fell into silence.
There are lonely boats swimming on the Xiangjiang River not far away, the cold night wind sweeps the flowers and plants on the balcony, the night of the city near the end of the year seems extraordinarily quiet, and the lights are not as intense as usual, which makes those faint silver stars in the sky show their shining pupils.
Cheng Mo drank the dry martini in the cup, gently put the cup on the marble coffee table, and said calmly: "Chairman Bai, thank you for your hospitality, it's so late, I won't disturb your rest, if there is nothing else, then I will leave first." ”
After saying that she finished Mo and stood up, Bai Xiuxiu didn't open her mouth to stay, she wrapped a blue wool blanket and looked at the river bank that was not so far away, until Cheng Mo walked to the door of the balcony, Bai Xiuxiu suddenly said: "Cheng Mo, Happy New Year." ”
Cheng Mo stopped at the door, turned his face slightly sideways and said, "I also wish you a happy new year." ”
"You go to the Ruins Land, if you have any trouble or don't understand something, you can ask me. ”
"Thank you for your concern, but it shouldn't be necessary. ”
Cheng Mo used a distant politeness to isolate himself from Bai Xiuxiu, he knew that he would not say those presumptuous words to anyone again, and show a primitive self in front of other women, he heard Bai Xiuxiu's slightly rapid breathing and the sound of the wind intertwined, and this balcony suddenly returned to the night when he talked about "flower arrangement" to Bai Xiuxiu.
Cheng Mo thought to himself that he obviously had a purpose to make himself like Bai Xiuxiu, but now why did this relationship that should have been false become real because of the pain?
Cheng Mo was a little unsure. He walked into the room and looked at the burnt and mutilated painting, and thought: maybe the human heart can be united not only by being in tune with each other, but also by pain and fragility.
It's just that Bai Xiuxiu is a strong enough woman, she has a strong enough will to control her emotions, just like him, so two people who are both strong will definitely not be combined because of pain and vulnerability, and can only go forward along their respective paths, and will not retreat for anyone, nor turn for anyone.
Cheng Mo felt some regret, this regret was like a flood, he didn't know where it came from, but the waves were turbulent, drowning him in an instant.
Cheng Mo closed the door of Bai Xiuxiu's house and returned to his room. It's a pity that he didn't open the carrier that night, and he didn't hear Bai Xiuxiu's drunken muttering.
"Stupid, don't be tough when you should be tough, say some bastard things when you shouldn't be tough, you deserve to be a virgin. ”
............
If Cheng Mo heard Bai Xiuxiu's words, he would definitely know the true meaning of chasing girls, that is, "shameless", and he must not lose the person he likes because of cowardice and boring self-esteem.
But life is like this, when we are young, we always don't know when the right time is right, how to say the right words, when we are old, experienced, meet the right person, but we will look ahead, no confidence, or no time to ponder the other person's thoughts.
As a result, it's always easy to miss the right time.
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Cheng Mo got up the next day and left the residence prepared for him by Bai Xiuxiu, and moved his few things to the old house of the Academy of Social Sciences, and in the end he still did not go back to Wuling for the New Year, but just called his uncle, saying that his mother had contacted him and asked him to go to the United States for treatment.
Uncle naturally wouldn't stop Cheng Mo, but just asked Cheng Mo if he wanted to go with him, and of course Cheng Mo rejected his uncle's proposal.
Cheng Mo also said the same thing to Teacher Shen, Yan Yitong and Fu Yuanzhuo. Teacher Shen hoped that Cheng Mo would wait for her to come back from her hometown of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to meet before leaving, Yan Yitong and Fu Yuanzhuo also said that they would have a formal farewell banquet, but Cheng Mo was not a person who liked to drag mud and water, and on the day of the Lunar New Year, Cheng Mo put on his bags and embarked on his own journey of being the chosen one.
Cheng Mo first went to Malaysia to take Cui Xianze's iris contact lenses and fingerprint gloves, and then went to Jinhu Villa and went to the psychiatric hospital with Jing Xing, and went to the psychiatric hospital to see the condition of the red pill in Xiyuan Temple, and then went straight to the first stop Egypt.
Not long after Cheng Mo's carrier Lin Zhinuo left Jinhu Villa, a tall and strong man knocked on the door of Building 37 of Jinhu Villa, the tattooed man Wang Yong was cooking in the kitchen, and the bucktoothed man Guo Fei looked at the mental hospital and had not come back, Jing Xing was bored playing with his mobile phone in the living room, heard the knock on the door, walked to the door and asked very vigilantly: "Who?"
"Me!" replied.
The familiar voice made Jing Xing unbelievable, he opened the door tremblingly, but saw a somewhat unfamiliar face, but this look Jing Xing couldn't be more familiar, he opened his mouth, stammered, "You..... Be...... Who?"
The other party smiled slightly, put his hands on his shoulders, and said lightly: "Dunzi, it's my brother!"
Jing Xing's brain exploded, he looked up and down the man in front of him incredibly, he was taller and stronger than his brother Jing Quan, not to mention, his face was not the original trapezoidal face with a wide jaw, not only younger than the original, but also much better looking than the original, he couldn't believe that it was his brother standing in front of him, he shook his head, and brushed away the other party's hand holding his shoulder, "Impossible, who are you? Don't pretend to be a ghost? My brother is dead....."
"In addition to me, do anyone know that your nickname is Dunzi? You were fat when you were a child, and when you were studying, you were called Xiaopan Dun, and again you were ridiculed by a group of people and cried home, I went to your school and beat all the people who laughed at you, and warned them not to laugh at you fat, and then they didn't dare to mention the word fat, so they secretly called you Dunzi, and you came to me to sue again.....
After a pause, the other party smiled and said, "What did I tell you at that time?"
Jing Xing clenched his fists, closed his eyes, and said softly: "A man's dignity must be fought for by himself, and my brother is your backing, you can rest assured that you can beat them....."
Jing Quan patted Jing Xing's shoulder, "As a result, you bastard, you took a brick and secretly broke the heads of two classmates, and sent them to the township hospital, the matter is big, Lao Tzu can't help it, help you resist, and was expelled from school, so I didn't continue to study and went to Xiangjiang to join my uncle, how do I write to you in Xiangjiang to explain to you?"
"You must study hard! When my brother earns money, I will send you to study abroad!"
"Did my brother do it?"
Jing Xing's tears fell at once, and he choked up and said, "It's done! It's done! Brother, it's really you!"
Jing Quan patted Jing Xing's back, "It's really me, Lao Tzu only scolded you! But when did he lie to you?"
Jing Xing's tears couldn't stop flowing out, but Jing Quan pushed Jing Xing away, and said loudly: "Get up, get up, what do two big men say like at the door?"
On the day of the loss of Jingquan, Jing woke up and realized the preciousness of his brother, wiped his tears with the back of his hand, and asked, "Brother, what is the situation?" I obviously saw you...... How did you come back to life and change your face!"
Jing Quan sneered: "This matter is a long story, what did that Lin Zhinuo tell you?"
Hearing Lin Zhinuo's name, Jing Xing was shocked, "He said that you were killed by Interpol!"
Jing Quan said coldly: "That dog smashes the seed, Lao Tzu will break him into thousands of pieces sooner or later!"
".....Huh?
Jing Quan glanced at the living room and said lightly, "Go in and say." ”
Jing Xing hurriedly got out of the way, waited for Jing Quan to enter the living room, closed the door, and couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on!"
Jing Quan sat on the sofa and gritted his teeth and said, "I was killed by Lin Zhinuo's miscellaneous crumb, that miscellaneous crumb is not only strong, but I am not his opponent after being injected with the Plague Shadow, and his identity is not simple...... I guess he was the one who wanted to get in touch with the Black Death....."
Jing Xing looked shocked, although the matter was no different from what he guessed, but this was still the result he didn't want the most, and for a while, Jing Xing was also a little ownerless, and said hesitantly: "Lin... It... So what are we going to do now?"
"Tell me what's been going on these days. ”
Jing Xing told Jing Quan all the process from Penglai Island to Kuala Lumpur, and when he heard that Lin Zhinuo pretended to be Jing Xing to see Dr. Charlie and came back safe and sound, Jing Quan smashed his fist on the hard solid wood coffee table, and the coffee table was torn apart.
"Lao Tzu has worked hard for Penglai Mountain for so many years, there is no credit and hard work, I did something wrong to punish me, I have nothing to say, MD, I know that someone is pretending to be you, but I still don't arrest it, and find out how Lao Tzu died...... CTM, you are not benevolent and blame me for being unjust, Lao Tzu and Penglai Mountain will be incompatible in the future!" Jing Quan said angrily and loudly.
Well woke up silently.
Jing Quan stood up, turned his head to Jing Xing and said, "Let's go, let's go see Saionji Red Pill now." ”
Jing Xing asked a little worriedly, "What are you doing when you see that madman?"
Jing Quan squinted his eyes and said: "If you have revenge, you will not be a gentleman, first take back what belongs to us, and then settle the accounts one by one! Let them know that if you offend me Jing Quan, there will be no good end......
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Half an hour later, Izumi saw Saionji Hongmaru wearing a restraint suit in a special ward, the white room was covered with soft cushions everywhere, there were no mirrors, and there were no entertainment facilities, it was hard to imagine how a normal person could live alone in such a room for more than a month.
Seeing Jing Quan coming in wearing a mask and a white coat, and Saionji Red Pill wearing a restraint suit lying on the bed, he just tilted his head and looked at Jing Quan coldly without saying a word, as if looking at a corpse without consciousness and life.
Jing Quan spoke first and said, "Mr. Xiyuan Temple, don't come unharmed. ”
Hearing Jingquan's voice, Xiyuan Temple sat up from the bed and said lightly, "Who are you?
Jing Quan nodded, "Of course I'm not with Lin Zhinuo's smashing gang, I'm Jing Quan, the person in charge of Penglai Mountain who negotiated with you at the beginning, and I came here today to ask Mr. Xiyuan Temple again, if you are willing to continue our cooperation." ”
Saionji Red Pill laughed "haha", sat on the bed and laughed back and forth.
Jing Quan said coldly: "If Mr. Xiyuan Temple still wants to continue to be locked up here, it will be because I haven't been here!"
Saionji Red Pill shook his head, laughed and said happily: "No, no, I'm not Mr. Xiaojing, I'm laughing at that Lin What, how could I make such a big mistake?"
After a pause, Saionji Red Pill immediately changed his face, and suddenly changed from laughing to very serious, "Or, is he playing tricks on me? Do you think I'm easy to deceive Saionji Red Pill?"
Jing Quan took off his mask, revealing his changed face, and opened his collar to reveal the huge ugly scar on his heart, grinning and said: "You see, I have changed my appearance now, and I have been pricked in the heart, all of this is due to the smashing seed of Lin Zhinuo, my goal is not only Qian and Urobolos, but also to peel off his skin little by little, so that he can experience the pain of the heart....."
Xiyuan Temple Red Pill looked at Jing Quan's face, then looked at the scar on Jing Quan's heart, and said lightly: "Let's talk about what this Lin Zhinuo is coming from." ”
Jing Quan told all the information about Lin Zhinuo that he had learned from Jing Xing, and Xiyuan Temple Red Pill closed his eyes and thought for a long time before he opened his eyes and sneered: "No wonder he is so strong! It turns out that he is the carrier......
Jing Quan shamelessly asked, "What is a carrier?"
"You can understand it as a doppelganger. ”
"Doppelganger?"
"That's right, a very powerful clone, but aren't you Penglai Mountain able to detect the signal of Urobolos?
"This ..... I don't know. ”
"Let's not worry about this for now, let's talk about how to cooperate!"
Even if Xiyuan Temple Red Pill was wearing a restraint suit, he still looked like he had the initiative from above, to be honest, Jing Quan hated Xiyuan Temple Red Pill very much, but at the moment he could only choose to ignore Xiyuan Temple Red Pill's arrogant attitude, he smiled and said: "In order to show sincerity, I am willing to release Xiyuan Temple Red Pill first, and then we are trying to find a way to trick Lin Zhinuo to Kuala Lumpur." ”
Xiyuan Temple Red Pill pursed the corners of his mouth and sneered: "Why are you so stupid? I said that Lin Zhinuo is the carrier, what's the use of you tricking him over?"
"The carrier can't threaten him?"
"Let's not talk about whether you have the strength to catch it, even if you do, he can leave at any time. ”
Jing Xing didn't expect things to be so complicated, and the routine he had thought of was completely useless, so he frowned and said, "Then what should I do?" Cui Xianze's fingerprints and iris are in his hands!"
Saionji Red Pill chuckled, "Wouldn't it be better to find his body first!"
"How do you find it?Mr. Saionji?"
"It's not simple, didn't you say that he is Miss Gao's boyfriend? Where can I make a breakthrough from her! As long as it is a person, there will be traces, and there will be flaws, as long as you are patient, it is not difficult to find the correct answer! As long as you find his body, then everything will be solved!"
"What if I can't find it?"
Saionji Red Pill lay back on the bed, "In case we can't find it, it doesn't matter, we have to set a trap in Europe first and wait for him to step in." ”
The two of them discussed countermeasures for a long time, and before leaving, Jing Quan said apologetically: "Then I can only be wronged by Mr. Xiyuan Temple to continue to stay here!"
Saionji Red Pill said casually: "It's okay, it's good to be alone, just to empty my mind and give me time to think about problems." ”
"Do you want me to get a cell phone, or that book...... Mr. Saionji has any requests, please do not hesitate to mention. Jing Quan said again.
Saionji Hongmaru shook his head, "You don't need anything, as long as you cut off the hand of the deaf and mute man who brings me food every day, when he brings me food, he often puts his fingers on the plate, it really disgusts me!"
Jing Quan smiled "haha": "No problem! I'll change Mr. Saionji to serve Mr. Saionji with a beautiful woman....."
Saionji Red Pill closed his eyes, "Don't make decisions for me, I don't need to, now you can go, don't bother me if it's okay." ”
Jing Quan's smile froze on his face, looking at Saionji Red Pill's handsome face, he squinted his eyes, turned around and walked towards the door, before closing the door, Jing Quan asked, "Then when are we going to start the plan?"
Saiyuan Temple Red Pill lay on the white sheets, hooked the corners of his mouth and said: "Don't worry, if you can't find Lin Zhinuo's body, you have to wait, we have to be patient, the fruits of victory always belong to the most patient hunters." ”
Jingquan closed the door, and the intensive care ward fell silent again.
Lin Zhinuo..... The game is on!"