Chapter Forty-Four: Meeting with the Stars
"Someone!" Anton's voice woke up Xinghe, he struggled to open his eyes a slit, Anton was grabbing the railing of the cell and shouting, the long-faced policeman in the aisle outside was noisy by him, raised his baton and knocked on the iron railing a few times, "What a noise!"
Anton took two steps back, but quickly greeted him again, "Big brother, my friend is sick, take him to the hospital." ”
The long-faced policeman glanced at Xinghe, without the slightest emotion, "You think I don't know what you little rabbit cubs are doing, pretending to be sick and trying to escape while you see a doctor, no way!"
"Big brother, even if you don't go to the hospital, please find us a doctor, he is really sick. Anton pointed to the galaxy.
"What's the hurry, when he arrives on Quicksand Island, there will naturally be a doctor to treat him. The long-faced policeman looked impatient.
Anton was in a hurry, stretched out his hand on the iron railing, and wanted to grab the hand of the long-faced policeman, but the long-faced policeman quickly pushed a step back, and at the same time raised his baton and slammed the iron railing, so frightened that Anton quickly withdrew his hand.
"Big brother, I don't mean anything else, please do me a favor, my friend is really sick. Anton continued to plead with a smile on his face.
However, the long-faced policeman seemed to be iron-hearted, and glared at him, "How heavy, if you can't die, put up with it." ”
"You ......" Anton was so angry that he pointed at the long-faced policeman, "You are abusive." ”
The long-faced policeman snorted coldly, "Abuse!? I'm just abusing you, do you think someone will come to sympathize with you little bunnies?" ”
"Fatty... Cough..."Xinghe couldn't help coughing as soon as he spoke, but Anton's gaze was also attracted.
"Xinghe, are you awake?" Anton put down the long-faced policeman, rushed over to help Xinghe sit up, he held Xinghe with one hand, and patted Xinghe's back rhythmically with the other, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
Xinghe coughed violently a few times, coughing so much that his throat was a little sore, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he weakly put his hand on Anton's arm, "Fatty, forget it...... It doesn't matter to me. ”
Anton glared at him, "What nonsense, my head is as hot as a stove." ”
Xinghe smiled bitterly, "Forget it, it's useless for you to call him again." Of course he knew that he was not lightly ill, and now it was difficult for him to lift his hand, and the pain in his throat was still like a fire, and his head was also heavy, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he felt burning under his eyelids.
The night before, in the end, he had to take a risk in order to escape from the ruins, Du Ze had said that the three wrenches had to be pulled down at the same time, Xinghe combined his little knowledge of magic and made a bet, the stake was his own life, he bet that pulling a wrench alone would cause the entire magic array to collapse, and lead to the collapse of the entire underground ruins, he bet that the collapse would open a way to the ground, and finally he bet right.
With the help of the water poured into the ruins, Xinghe jumped into the hole and pulled the wrench, and then swam out of the circular pipe with the help of the rising water level, and after the ruins collapsed, a road to the ground was indeed opened, but it was a little different from what Xinghe thought, that road was a deep pit, and he had to wait for the water level to rise enough for him to climb up before he could return to the surface, so he had to keep treading water in the water, if it wasn't for Anton throwing the rope at the end, he even doubted that he could hold on until the water level rose.
Before leaving the ruins, Xinghe put the so-called 150,000 yuan that Du Ze threw on the ground into his pocket, but he didn't expect that he and Anton would be arrested because of this, and Xinghe couldn't help but feel a little guilty about it.
It's late autumn now, Xinghe has been soaking in the water for a long time, and the wind blew after coming ashore, and after he was arrested, those policemen didn't let him change his clothes in time, so he didn't have any unexpected fever, and it was a high fever.
"You wait. Anton flattened Xinghe and stood up to call the long-faced policeman, Xinghe tried to pull him, but his hand slipped from the corner of Anton's clothes, and he glanced back, "Hey, don't worry about it, I'll help you get a glass of water." ”
"Someone!" Anton kicked the iron railing with his foot, and the long-faced policeman was quickly attracted to him, "What kind of tricks are you playing again, do you want to eat sticks?" he said to Anton viciously with his baton.
"Big brother, big brother, please give me a bowl of water. Anton said to the long-faced policeman with a smile.
"Still want to drink water?" the long-faced policeman sneered, "Do you want me to go over and sit honestly, or see how I clean you up!"
"If you don't give water, I'll keep making trouble. Seeing this, Anton directly played a scoundrel.
After hearing this, the long-faced policeman suddenly became angry, pointed at Anton and said, "Little rabbit, you dare to threaten me!"
"Big brother, big brother, I'm kidding, I promise, as long as you give me a bowl of water, I won't make trouble again, I promise. Anton said.
The long-faced policeman looked at Anton uncertainly, he seemed to be annoyed by him, he chose to compromise, turned around and went to get Anton a bowl of water, and then kicked in through the gap in the railing, and the water in it was spilled a lot, while muttering in his mouth, "Little rabbit, wait until you get to Quicksand Island, see how you will be cleaned up." ”
Anton carefully picked up the glass of water, brought it to Xinghe's side, helped Xinghe float up, fed him saliva water, drank the water, Xinghe felt the pain in his throat slightly better, he looked at Anton gratefully, and said, "Fatty, thank you." The voice was still weak.
Anton had a somewhat displeased expression on his face, "Don't be so numb, I can't stand it." ”
Xinghe was amused by his reaction and felt better, but he still couldn't bear the sleepiness, so Anton helped him lie down and told him to rest for a while.
I don't know how long later, he was woken up by Anton, and in a daze he heard the sound of the iron door being opened, and when he opened his eyes, Anton was standing next to him, and the long-faced policeman was opening the door of the cell, and there was a person standing behind him.
Anton helped him to his feet, and at the same time the long-faced policeman opened the door to his cell, and then stood aside, and the man standing behind him walked in, wearing a sauce-colored coat with a thick mustache, and his age, somewhat flabby cheeks made him look very unenergetic.
He walked up to Xinghe and Anton and glanced at Xinghe, "Are you sick?" he asked.
"He's very sick, but the policeman over there won't call us a doctor. Anton suddenly interjected and pointed to the long-faced policeman to complain.
The long-faced policeman looked stunned, and hurriedly explained, "Inspector Gordon, these kids are all very ghostly, and they often make this kind of excuse, I thought it would be ...... too."
Gordon frowned slightly, interrupting his explanation, "Take them away." "Where are you going to take us?" Xinghe asked weakly.
Gordon glanced back at him, "The car to Quicksand Island is half an hour away, and you'll have ten minutes to meet your sister before that." ”
Xinghe was stunned, not because he was about to be sent to Quicksand Island, but because he was about to meet Lan Yue, he hurriedly turned his head and asked, "Is my face ugly now." ”
Anton was also stunned for a moment, "You're still worried about this now." ”
"It's all like this, I can't let her worry about my body. Xinghe sighed.
Anton's expression was a little complicated, but he still came over to help Xinghe tidy up his appearance, Gordon glanced at them, and walked out of the cell first, leaving some time for the two of them.
With Anton's help, Xinghe made himself look a little not in such a bad state, at least not at a glance that he was very sick, when he left the cell, the long-faced policeman put handcuffs and anklets on them, probably because of the complaint just now, the long-faced policeman deliberately used some force when handcuffing Anton, but Anton immediately screamed, which attracted Gordon's attention, and the long-faced policeman glared at him viciously, but he quickly put handcuffs and anklets on him and walked away.
Gordon led them out of the back of the police station, and in the distance Xinghe saw a carriage parked in front of it, with several also underage prisoners already sitting on it.
Gordon did not lead them directly to the carriage, but first led Xinghe and Anton to a dead end next to the police station, the old man Balbo and Lanyue were already waiting here, seeing Xinghe and Anton coming, Balbo didn't say anything, and walked to the mouth of the alley with Gordon, leaving a little private space for the three children. "Hey!" Xinghe greeted Lanyue, but when he raised his hand, his hand was almost not raised because of the handcuffs, but fortunately, Anton was more able to look at the form, and quietly leaned over from behind and supported Xinghe's body.
Lan Yue's face was much haggard than he thought, it is conceivable that in the past two days, she must have been frightened because of her and Anton's affairs, when she saw Xinghe, she first sneered, and then her eyes were full of tears, and she suddenly threw herself into Xinghe's arms and cried.
If it weren't for Anton supporting him in the back, Xinghe would probably fall because of this, and after casting a grateful look at Anton, Xinghe looked down at Lan Yue who threw himself into his arms, and stroked her back, "Haven't Chonggo come back yet?"
Lan Yue raised his head and shook his head, Xinghe sighed, he looked back at Gordon and Balbo to make sure they weren't looking here, he put his head to Lan Yue's ear.
"Brother, are you okay, your head is so hot. Probably because she was a little negligent, she accidentally touched Lan Yue, she looked at herself with a worried face, and she was about to touch her forehead with her hand.
Xinghe took a step back, avoiding Lan Yue's hand, and shook his head at her at the same time, he had something very important to say, and Lan Yue understood what she meant by years of tacit understanding, she stood in place and didn't lean over again, but the worry between her eyebrows was very obvious.
Xinghe turned back again to make sure that Gordon and Balbo's attention was not attracted, so he put his mouth close to Lan Yue's ear and whispered, "Do you know Donglin Bank?", it is a chain bank with a branch in Jiangcheng, just on Square Street.
Lan Yue nodded.
Xinghe then whispered, "Before tomorrow, you go to Donglin Bank, there is an anonymous safe, number 9429, the password is black walnut, honey, green apple, remember it and repeat it." ”
Lan Yue repeated it in a low voice, and then asked, "Brother, what's in there?"
"Some money, it should be enough to pay for Rei's medical bills, and when Shigego comes back, tell him to stop being a thief, and you beg Balbo to help you find a job where you can live, and take care of yourself." Xinghe rubbed Lan Yue's head affectionately, trying to make her feel better, but it seemed to have the opposite effect.
The world is sometimes very tricky, remember Leo, the fat smuggler, he may really be suspicious because of the pulley found in the alley, but he didn't care about the risk to provoke a spellcaster, so he gave the other 50,000 to Xinghe from the beginning, on the white paper that Anton brought back, there were actually words written on it, but the words written in special ink, only when the magic inspired the words on it would be revealed, if Xinghe was really a spellcaster, it would be easy to find the words on it, if not, the 50,000 Dan he stored in the Donglin Bank would eventually return to his pocket。
In the ruins, when Xinghe finally pulled the wrench, he accidentally discovered the secret on the paper, and after being caught by the police, Xinghe had already disposed of the paper, he actually had money in his hand all the time, but he never knew it, and finally sent himself and Anton to prison, but fortunately, he was able to leave enough money in the end so that Lan Yue would not worry about money.
"It's time. Outside the cul-de-sac, Gordon reminded the galaxy after glancing at his watch.
Xinghe finally wiped away the tears from the corners of Lan Yue's eyes and left a sentence, "Take care of yourself, don't be hungry and thin." Then he followed Gordon into the carriage with Anton's support, and as he passed Balbo, Xinghe thanked him, but Balbo just nodded at him and said nothing.
Sitting in the carriage, Xinghe saw from a distance that Lan Yue finally couldn't help crying, Balbo was comforting her, and the carriage quickly took him and Anton out of Jiangcheng, and he finally couldn't resist the exhaustion and fell asleep on the bumpy carriage.