Shen Qiu looked at the text messages on his mobile phone and couldn't help but fall into a deep groan.

He thought for a moment and sent a message back to Bai Lanxin.

"Good!"

Soon the message from the other side also came back.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow at six o'clock in the afternoon."

After Shen Qiu read the information, he stretched. Tomorrow night I have a meal with Bai Lanxin, just in time to ask her to help deal with Zhang Can's affairs.

Let's see if Bai Lanxin has a way to solve the problem of food in the residential area outside, if it can't be solved, it is okay to find a way to solve the problem of selling food, and if it doesn't work, then it is okay to pay for it yourself.

The next evening.

A pickup truck stopped at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

As soon as Shen Qiu opened the passenger door and came down, Chen Ye on the side hurriedly shouted at Shen Qiu.

"Boss, when am I going to pick you up?"

"Let's talk about it."

Shen Qiu waved his hand at Chen Ye, and then walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The soldiers guarding the gate saw Shen Qiu saluting one after another, and did not interrogate or stop him.

After Shen Qiu walked in, he looked left and right, and today's City Lord's Mansion was extremely quiet. There is no banquet atmosphere, it seems that Bai Lanxin should have invited it privately.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to Bai Lanxin.

"I've arrived, where are you?"

Soon a message popped up.

"You go to the back garden first, I still have some things to do, I'll find you right away."

After reading the information, Shen Qiu walked towards the back garden.

At this time in a cozy room.

I saw Bai Lanxin wearing long blue hair draped over her left shoulder, wearing a noble and elegant white lace dress, sitting on the dresser.

This skirt flatters her figure perfectly.

She picked up the jewelry box, tied the swan crystal pendant around her neck, then picked up the lipstick and smeared her red lips in the mirror.

Through the mirror, you can see that today's Bai Lanxin has deliberately painted light makeup.

For a while, it seemed that the beautiful face was less sassy and more soft, and it looked more beautiful.

Bai Lanxin finished applying lipstick, looked in the mirror, and made sure that there was no problem, so she hurriedly got up and walked towards the door.

At that moment, the door was pushed open.

Major Anli walked in with a tray and shouted.

"Miss, ah~"

Major An Li and Bai Lanxin met each other, and were immediately startled, and the tray in his hand fell directly to the ground.

The medicine bottles and water glasses on the tray fell directly to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Lanxin looked at the hairy An Li, and asked helplessly.

Major An Li quickly picked up the thing, and then asked incredulously.

"Miss, why are you dressed like this? Didn't you never dress like that? ”

She feels that today's Bai Lanxin is a little mentally abnormal?

When Bai Lanxin heard An Li's words, her expression was suddenly a little embarrassed, and she immediately coughed and said.

"It's nothing, it's okay to be idle, change the style. By the way, what I asked you to take. ”

"Here."

An Li handed the medicine bottle in his hand to Bai Lanxin.

Bai Lanxin took it and said to herself very happily.

"Hehe, I don't believe in getting drunk or not, look at how you flew out of my palm today."

"What are you talking about, miss?"

"Nothing."

"Miss, why do you want strong sleep powder?"

Major An Li asked, confused.

"Ahem, I haven't been sleeping well lately. Don't talk about that, that, what about my dad? What is he doing? ”

Bai Lanxin changed the subject, and then asked like a thief.

"Master, he's tidying up in the room."

"He tidied up? What are you going to do? ”

"I don't know, it seems that there is an important guest visiting tonight. The master is preparing to entertain you, so the master should not have time to care about you today. ”

An Li thought for a moment and replied.

"That's great, okay, I'm not going to tell you."

Bai Lanxin's face was overjoyed when she heard this, and she immediately pushed open the door and walked to the back garden.

Dada~

Due to Bai Lanxin's fast pace, the white high heels suddenly made a crisp sound.

However, when Bai Lanxin was about to go downstairs, she directly bumped into Bai Shao City Lord, who was also about to go downstairs.

"Wow~"

Bai Lanxin was suddenly taken aback, and looked at Bai Shao incredulously.

I saw that the city lord of Bai Shao was wearing a slender white robe, and the entire robe was embroidered with birds of peace with vivid expressions, and the city lord of Bai Shao also combed his hair meticulously, and even used moisturizing milk on his face, his face looked very ruddy and shiny. What's even more exaggerated is that the city lord of Baishao also deliberately put on white gloves and black leather shoes.

The whole person is as formal as it is.

"What are you doing?"

The city lord of Bai Shao was taken aback by Bai Lanxin and asked angrily.

"What are you smoking today, dressed so formally? I remember watching the video of your marriage at the beginning, and I didn't see you so exaggerated? ”

Bai Lanxin looked her father up and down incredulously.

Bai Shao City Lord's expression suddenly froze, and he said to Bai Lanxin.

"Why, can't I dress formally?"

"I didn't say no, I just thought you were suspicious."

"Wait, what do you care? What are you wearing? How many years ago did you wear this dress? ”

"I just flipped over, I want to wear it and have a problem?"

Bai Lanxin suddenly looked unnatural, and replied with a little weakness.

The city lord of Bai Shao looked at the abnormal Bai Lanxin, and just wanted to ask a few more questions, but he thought of something, so he spoke.

"It's up to you, anyway, you give me some honesty today, don't make trouble for me!"

After Bai Shao City Lord finished speaking, he hurriedly went downstairs.

Seeing this, Bai Lanxin also followed downstairs, and after the two of them went downstairs, they turned to the right at the same time.

"Why are you following me, didn't I tell you, be honest today?"

Bai Shao City Lord said angrily to Bai Lanxin, who came up.

"I didn't, I'm going in this direction."

Bai Lanxin had a wronged look on her face, she didn't want to follow Bai Shao, the question was that if she didn't go here, how could she go to the back garden?

"I don't care what you're going to do, you stand here for a while, I'll go first!"

Bai Shao didn't bother to talk nonsense with Bai Lanxin, and hurriedly walked forward after saying goodbye to her.

Bai Lanxin's face was black, but there was no way, she could only stand in place for a while, waiting for the old man to go away.

It just so happened that she didn't want to go with the old man.

Inside the back garden.

Shen Qiu strolled leisurely.

A gentle breeze blows, and the emerald green leaves on the branches of the trees sway.

Whisper~

The intellectuals in the trees kept calling.

Shen Qiu felt quite comfortable, and his heart calmed down a lot.

However, at this moment, Shen Qiu saw a small blue lake in front of him, so he walked over.

As he approached, he saw a familiar figure standing by the lake, looking at the lake with his hands behind his back.

Shen Qiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he walked up excitedly and shouted.

"Ryuuji."

The figure was slightly stunned, and then turned its head to look at Shen Qiu.

At this time, in the corners of the surrounding area, a figure wearing a black ghost mask saw Shen Qiu coming over, and they were about to make a move.

At this time, their masks suddenly popped up with a red prohibition warning, and they all retreated.

At this time, Shen Qiu walked up to Long Er, and Long Er in front of him was just about to say something, but he saw Shen Qiu with a smile on his face, and he directly hooked Long Er's neck with his upper hand and said happily.

"Haha, surprise no! Your old boy is so boring, last time he said to go. ”

When the figures around saw this scene, their eyes widened, their legs trembled, and many people held the weapons on their waists and wanted to rush forward.

Long Er, who was hooked by the neck, was slightly stunned, but then reacted and said calmly.

"Oh, there was something last time."

"Okay, no need to explain, I know you're busy, don't bother with you, we haven't seen each other in a while!"

"Yes."

Ryuuji said calmly.

Shen Qiu suddenly felt a little wrong and said.

"Why is your voice a little wrong, a little hoarse?"

"When you're older, you're definitely not as good as you. In addition, the previous injury was not healed, and I was a little cold, so that's it. ”

Ryuuji explained lightly.

"Alright, don't pretend. You're not necessarily worse than me, it's rare to see you here. Let's go, I'll invite you to drink, let's get together, there are too many people here. ”

Shen Qiu actually noticed that there were quite a lot of guards in the back garden, and it was not suitable for small talk.

"Okay."

Ryuuji said and responded.

"I'll tell you, I know there's a great tavern in Clear Sky, and you're sure to like it."

Shen Qiu hooked Long Er's neck and walked out while laughing. In his opinion, how could he let go of such a good opportunity.

At this moment, the City Lord of Bai Shao hurried over, and he saw Shen Qiu hooking Long Er's neck from a distance.

His eyes almost didn't fall out, and his whole old face was stunned, with an incredible look in his eyes.

Just as he was about to step further.

Suddenly, a figure wearing a fang-ghost metal mask stretched out his hand to block the city lord of Bai Shao.

"No, yes."

The city lord of Bai Shao said in surprise.

Before the city lord of Bai Shao could finish speaking, the figure in front of him shook his head.

The city lord of Bai Shao was stunned in place, and just watched Shen Qiu hook Long Er and walk towards the back door.

On the other side, Shen Qiu and Long Er left the City Lord's Mansion through the back door.

On the street, Shen Qiu didn't forget to pick up his mobile phone and simply sent a message to Bai Lanxin.

"I have something to do temporarily, so I'll go and get busy first, and I'll come back to you later."

Ryuuji saw that Shen Qiu was sending a message, so he asked kindly.

"What? Something? ”

"It's okay, let's take the bus rapid transit in front."

"Okay."

Ryuuji nodded.

Soon after, Shen Qiu and Long Er came to the 3rd Huanhuaying Street Chunjian Tavern.

Since this tavern is relatively famous, Shen Qiu often brushes it up, and he has long wanted to try it, so he took this opportunity to come.

By this time it was already dark, and the signs at the entrance of the tavern were lit up.

The two walked in, and a lady who was still charming, wearing a blue dress and a sweet smile on her face, received them.

"Two distinguished guests, do you want to be a hall or a private room?"

"It's a private room."

Shen Qiu replied directly.

"Please come with me."

The proprietress led Shen Qiu and the two inside.

This bistro is small in size, with a zigzag bar in the middle, and people can sit on both sides of the bar.

Next to the bar, there are small private rooms with wooden screens. This kind of private room has no door, only a hanging curtain is slightly obscured.

Shen Qiu and Long Er were led to one of the rooms to sit down, and then Shen Qiu ordered a few bottles of small white wine and side dishes.

"Okay, here you go."

The proprietress then retreated.

Ryuuji looked at the small private room, seemed to be a little touched, and said in a low voice.

"I haven't been to a place like this in years."

"Why doesn't the City of Sinking Stars have this? So where do you usually go to drink? ”

Shen Qiu asked in a good mood.

"No, by the way, you invited me to drink so kindly, is there something wrong?"

Long Er looked at Shen Qiu and asked lightly.

"It's got to be you, I really can't hide it from you, the LV2 realm book you showed me last time, isn't there a next LV3? Show me! I'm basically at the level of LV2 now. ”

Shen Qiu didn't say anything polite to Long Er, and said with a hippie smile.

After listening to Shen Qiu's words, Ryuuji took out half an inconspicuous book from his loose sleeve and handed it to him.

Shen Qiu didn't expect Long Er to be so happy, and he was also slightly stunned. But then he reacted and quickly stretched out his hand to take it.

He flipped through it a little, and it was really the second half of the book.

Shen Qiu was immediately overjoyed and put it away, sure enough, Long Er, this kid, didn't give it to him before, not because he was stingy but because he was afraid that he would be greedy and chew too much.

"Interesting! You're so interesting. ”

"Just read this book, don't show it to others. When you figure it out, you'll give it back to me the next time we meet. ”

Long Er calmly instructed Shen Qiu.

"No problem, but I don't understand."

Shen Qiu was a little puzzled while being happy.

"Tell me about it."

Ryuuji replied indifferently.

At this time, the proprietress brought sake and side dishes and put them in front of Shen Qiu and Ryuuji.

Shen Qiu poured a small glass of liquor for Long Er and asked curiously.

"I have a question, why is there such a book that can popularize the realm, why not popularize it to everyone below? In this way, not everyone can become stronger and deal with disasters together. ”

"The reason is very simple, you can't do this, there are some things that can't be popularized casually. How do you know if the people you popularize are good or bad? But if one out of ten people is not right, won't he be in trouble? So this kind of thing can only be open to thousands of people who have been selected, even if the criteria can be redeemed with points in the future, those who use points to redeem are also screened in a sense. After all, when they get points, they are also fighting for the Red League. ”

Ryuuji took off half of his mask, took a sip of wine, and explained lightly.

"It seems to make some sense, but in a sense, if it is popular, there should be more good people than bad people!"

"Do you think it's easier to break a cup, or is it easier to get back up a broken cup?"

"Well, what you say makes sense, but why are you talking so seriously today? Did you encounter something recently, stimulated by something? ”

Shen Qiu looked at Ryuuji more and more curiously.

"No, it's just that there have been too many major events that have happened recently, and it's just a little emotional."

Ryuuji replied with a faint smile.

At this moment, Shen Qiu and Long Er heard that on the bar outside, two guests were also complaining while drinking.

"You said that life is really unfair, why can people live in the City of Sinking Stars as soon as they are born, but we can only stay here."

"Don't be discouraged, didn't you just apply for immigration? Next time. ”

"Those people who reviewed it were really angry with me."

"There's no way, people feel that they are inherently superior, not in a circle."

When Shen Qiu heard this, he thoughtfully lowered his voice and chatted with Long Er.

"Ryuuji, you said that everyone is from the Red League, why do you want to make so many circles, it's really a little unfair to the people below."

Ryuuji picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass for Shen Qiu, and asked lightly.

"What is fairness? How do you know that the so-called circle is not fair? ”

"Tsk, you'll be sprayed if you say that."

"Throughout history, have you noticed that those circles don't look like an era that has ended?"

"This"

Shen Qiu's whole person was stunned, he carefully thought from the eighth city to the first city, each city really seemed to be a part of a different historical process.

"If you compare the circle to a pond, then some ponds are filled with dried shrimp, some ponds are filled with fish, and some are filled with sharks. What happens when you are not strong enough to jump from one pond to another? The times are advancing, the strong are always the strong, there are always people who can't keep up with the pace of the times, and finally become the harvest object of the strong. As for the so-called circle, you seem to be a bondage, but it is not a kind of protection! It restricts not only the people below, but also the people above. ”

"But this also limits the insiders and cuts off their way up."

Shen Qiu replied with a deep groan.

"If you don't even have the ability to break the circle, then what qualifications do you have to say that I can survive in the upper circle, and the really strong will not be bound by these barriers."

Ryuuji explained lightly.

"Well, you're right, but isn't it different now? The cities below are not very safe, they are often attacked, and it is very difficult to deal with them, and the Red Alliance's support for the cities below is also very average. ”

"In fact, after the city below was attacked, the Red Alliance did its best to send out the masters who everyone could support, and there were no extra manpower to use."

"That's not right! How can there be no masters? When the City of Sinking Stars was attacked, weren't there quite a lot of masters? ”

Shen Qiu asked curiously.

"That's the saddest part."

Ryuuji said with some emotion.

"Wait, you mean to say profit comes first?"

Shen Qiu suddenly reacted and said.

"That's right, it's the supremacy of interests, who would want to have no interests? Did you see that when the Clear Sky City was attacked, Chu Wuji, Lei Jing and the others appeared? ”

Ryuuji asked lightly.

Shen Qiu also resonated with Ryuuji's words when he heard this.

Isn't this the same thing I feared at the time?

"There's no way to change the situation?"

Shen Qiu asked with a deep groan.

"It's not that simple, what the Red League can do now is to balance all sides and try to steer everything on the right track."

Ryuuji said calmly.

"In that case, why not consider cutting off those who don't listen?"

Shen Qiu asked curiously.

"There's got to be a reason to cut it, right? Otherwise, who will be convinced? Everything they do is within the rules, is it because they are developing well, you cut them for no reason? In other words, if the Red League cuts you for no reason, are you willing to do it? ”

"That's certainly not going to happen."

"Yes, you don't want to, can they? The world is inherently full of contradictions, and there are many contradictions within the Red League. Some people complain that the people above occupy resources and wealth, and some people complain that the Red League has too many rules and regulations, which affects their fair competition and cannot develop as they wish. Do you think they're wrong? Actually, it's all right, it's just that their positions are different. ”

"I understand that when you look at anything, you have to stand in the shoes of different people, so that you can see the essence of things."

"That's right."

Ryuji looked at Shen Qiu's eyes more and more appreciatively.

"What if, let me give you an analogy, if you had the opportunity to sit on it, what would you do?"

Shen Qiu asked with interest.

"Of course, it's trying to balance everything, to bring everyone together, to deal with the crises of the future, to make life less difficult for everyone."

Ryuuji groaned and gave his own answer.

When Shen Qiu heard this, he looked at Long Er, who was calm and full of ideals, and his eyes were a little dazed for a while.

At this moment, he seemed to think of a figure, and that person had said something similar. It's a pity that when he woke up from the dream, the person disappeared.

"What are you thinking?"

Ryuuji poured Shen Qiu a glass of wine.

Shen Qiu took a sip of wine and changed the topic to Long Er.

"I don't think you're normal today, I've never seen you so calm and profound."

Shen Qiu said this from the heart, he got along with Ryuji before, except for the first meeting, there was always a feeling that he was going to be led astray after that.

But today it feels like it's been dialed back again.

"Really? So which do you think is better? ”

Ryuuji asked with a smile.

"It's all good, by the way, your horizons are so broad, I just have a question for you, can you help me solve my doubts?"

"Say it."

"What do you mean by living?"

Shen Qiu opened his mouth to ask Ryuuji.

When Long Er heard Shen Qiu's question, he also froze slightly, and looked at Shen Qiu in surprise.

"Why do you suddenly want to ask this question?"

He was curious now, Shen Qiu asked if it was a coincidence or if there was something else.

"Oh, it's a test given to me by an elder, and I haven't figured it out."

Shen Qiu immediately explained.

Hearing this, Ryuuji asked in a deep voice.

"Your elders? What is your name? ”

"Dean Zhao Anyuan, is there any problem?"

Shen Qiu asked curiously.

When Ryuuji heard this name, he immediately stood up and said to Shen Qiu.

"I've got a little bit of something to drink here today."

"Hey, you're leaving, how can I find you when I turn around, give me a contact information."

"Naturally, we will see you again."

Ryuuji didn't stop and walked straight out of the tavern.

Shen Qiu touched his forehead, this guy came here again, and when he turned around, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey!"

Immediately afterwards, Shen Qiu picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and also got up and walked outside, he still had to go to the City Lord's Mansion.

Bai Lanxin is probably still waiting.

Not long after, Shen Qiu appeared at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

I saw Bai Lanxin standing at the door, revealing a hairy smile, looking directly at Shen Qiu.

"What a coincidence?"

Shen Qiu said with an embarrassed smile.

"Coincidentally? Ahem, Miss Ben has been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

Bai Lanxin's stomach was about to explode, but fortunately, she suppressed it, and kept hinting to herself that she couldn't go crazy, and she would be busy in vain when she would scare people away.

"Ah, I'm sorry, it's really temporary, and I ran into a friend I haven't seen in a long time."

Shen Qiu hurriedly explained.

ps: I'm sorry, I'm coughing a little badly, and I'll resume five more tomorrow.

(End of chapter)