Sometimes the harder you perform, the more you look stupid.

Qi Jiu smiled: "Let me introduce myself again, my name is Qi Jiu, Qi Xiaonian's brother." ”

"By the way, the apartment I stayed in was relatively spacious, Xiao Nian, if you want to live there, you are welcome at any time." Qi Ji deliberately joked.

"Brother Lu, you choose the ingredients you want to eat, my brother and I have already picked them." In order to prevent Lu Zhi from saying something more stupid, Qi Xiaonian pushed the menu in front of him and tried to gag him with a la carte.

"By the way, maybe it's a bit presumptuous, but there's something I want to confirm with Lu Zhi." Qi Yan suddenly said to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi, who was flipping through the menu, was stunned again, and Qi Zhen asked straight to the point: "You can quickly distinguish players who have entered the "Rule Illustrated Book" abnormally, right?" ”

From Lu Zhi's verbal clues just now, Qi Zhen deduced his special talent.

Lu Zhi nodded: "In my place, the energy of unconventional players is different from that of normal players, and I can recognize it at a glance." ”

Qi Jiu: "Did you and Xiao Nian know each other because of a misunderstanding?" ”

Lu Zhi finally relaxed a lot at this time, and he smiled: "At first, I thought that Xiao Nian was a member of the Death Row Association, and he was targeted everywhere in the dungeon, and I almost killed him. ”

Qi Xiaonian remembered the situation at that time, shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Brother, don't look at Brother Lu's easy nervous appearance in front of you, he treats the death row prisoners quite calmly, and his methods are also terrifying." ”

"Now there are roughly two groups of unconventional players in the "Rules Illustrated Book", the first group is the cancer of the dungeon world "Death Row Prisoners", they are all some extremely vicious criminals, this is clear to everyone; There is also a group of 'ordinary people' like Xiao Nian who came in through insurance and are in the upper class. ”

"Obviously, there are already people in the outside world who know about the existence of the "Rulesbook", and it is easy to guess that the insurance is sold to the upper class for economic gain, but the interests of the death row inmates... We don't know very well yet, and we don't know the purpose of the other party's sending perverted death row inmates. Lu Zhi changed his stumbling appearance just now, and synchronized the known information to Qi Ji in an orderly and clear manner.

"For example, the "Teacher Ye" you met in Xiao Nian's last copy is a very typical death row club member's style." Lu Zhi continued, "Although Xiao Nian said that the player who gets the teacher's identity card in the copy is almost certain to die, but if you hadn't found a way to hide and crack the copy and successfully contained the guy surnamed Ye, Xiao Nian would probably be ......."

Lu Zhi frowned, his face was a little gloomy, "That's why we spontaneously set up an organization called the "Judgment Society", and the members in it are all players who have suffered losses from the Death Row Prisoners Society and even lost their loved ones because of it, although it is not a formal organization, but we have been investigating the Death Row Society and insurance. ”

"But because there is no way to get information from the real world, the clues currently have are very limited, and there is only a relatively complete membership system of the death row inmates, if you are interested, I can synchronize their membership information to you." Lu Zhi said.

"That's so thankful." This was an unexpected harvest for Qi Zheng.

Lu Zhi smiled: "We also hope that capable players like you will try their best to contain the "Death Row Club" who live in the dungeon and do evil. ”

While the three of them were talking, the tavern attendant brought over the charcoal stove and the pickled ingredients.

So while the three of them were eating barbecue, they turned to a topic that was more suitable for dinner.

At that time, Qi Xiaonian didn't know the whole thing about Qi Yan's killing because he lost his cognitive ability, so Qi Xiao used a relaxed tone as if it didn't matter to him, and told Qi Xiaonian about the process of coming in.

Of course, he hid his absurd speculation about the murderer.

Qi Xiaonian also told Qi Yan about his experience after coming in, as well as the process of getting to know Lu Zhi.

The three of them ate this meal for almost four hours.

Although they didn't drink, they ate a little bit of each other, and even a little unsatisfied.

But Qi Zhen wants to go home and feed the cats.

"Brother, shall I go to your apartment for one night tonight? If it's convenient. Qi Xiaonian said.

Qi Jiu: "No problem, you are welcome to come at any time." ”

The two smiled, and Lu Zhi on the side said with emotion, "The relationship between your brothers is really enviable..."

Strange to say, before entering the "Rule Illustrated Book", although they were close in age, because of the gap in identity, Qi Yan and Qi Xiaonian were not so close, but after experiencing the cooperation of the last copy, in this absurd world, the distance between the two is closer than the real world.

"Brother, I'm sorry for being killed on your birthday..."On the way back, it was extremely quiet all around, and Qi Xiaonian's voice broke the dead silence of the block.

Qi Yan smiled: "It seems that this matter has been a long time ago. ”

"Actually, just now, I've been thinking about one thing," Qi Xiaonian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother Lu said that you didn't come in in violation of regulations, so your parents didn't buy you this insurance, right?" ”

"Probably," Qi Yan knew what Qi Xiaonian cared about, and said in a relaxed tone, "But fortunately, I was chosen, and we met smoothly in this world, so the result orientation is the same." ”

"Brother, will you blame your parents for this?" Qi Xiaonian lowered his voice and asked cautiously.

"No, it won't." Qi Jiu's answer was very affirmative.

The air fell silent for a moment, except for the sound of damp footsteps.

"Xiao Nian, it may not be appropriate for me to say this, but I know very well that I am actually different from you," Qi Jiu's tone couldn't hear any emotion, as calm as if he was telling someone else's affairs, "This is a fact, I won't be dissatisfied with it, I may be too direct to say it, but I don't want you to be guilty because of this." ”

He knew very well from the time he was adopted by Qi Dongyao and his wife that he was very lucky as a child who was successfully adopted from a welfare home.

So he never compares himself with Qi Xiaonian, Qi Dongyao is very good to himself, so it's very rare.

"I'm equally grateful for everything my parents have done for me." Qi Yan said.

He doesn't like misunderstandings, and he doesn't like ambiguous words to burden the other person's heart.

Although words that are too direct are likely to hurt people, Qi Yan has always believed that direct harm will be much better than long-term torture.

He hoped that Qi Xiaonian would know his true thoughts, and then let go of unnecessary worries and guilt.

Qi Xiaonian was silent for a long time, and nodded: "My parents sent me here without knowing it through the insurance agreement, you asked me if I was willing, I said, it would be too hypocritical to say that I was unwilling from my position, especially in front of you who have no insurance." ”

"Brother, you know what? I almost died in the copy on my adult birthday, it was really just a little bit worse..."Qi Xiaonian's expression paused slightly, and then he smiled, "But to be honest, I didn't have any fear at that time, because I imagined that spending my adult birthday in a hospital bed was far more terrifying than dying here." ”

"yes, I know." Qi Jiu's voice fell into the rain.

Around the corner of the street, the lights of a 24-hour convenience store are reflected in the rain.

Qi Yan suddenly said on a whim: "Xiao Nian, my parents used to be strict, you haven't drunk beer, right?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Qi Xiaonian was slightly stunned.

Qi Yan smiled: "Let's go, let's go buy a can of beer." ”

As he spoke, he was already walking towards the convenience store in the rain.

Qi Xiaonian followed behind Qi Yan: "Okay, okay, but why is it so sudden?" ”

Qi Jiu: "At that time, we celebrated that we all lived here to adulthood, and we can still meet each other to celebrate." ”

After all, the first thing that came to Qi Jiu's mind was that the guy from 079 probably hadn't tasted beer either.

Although the guy had lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, he seemed to be missing out on a lot of interesting things due to his lack of senses.

From now on, I can only help him make up for it little by little, who let them sign the agreement?

Qi Xiaonian smiled: "By the way, brother, you have changed a lot." ”

Qi Jiu's footsteps paused slightly, and he turned his face slightly sideways and asked, "Eh?" Have it? Where? ”

Qi Xiaonian nodded firmly: "It's obvious." ”

Saying that, he looked at Qi Yan fixedly, and said thoughtfully-

Chapter 105: Black Trench Coat

"It just feels... It seems that the whole person is a lot more relaxed. Qi Xiaonian tried to make a comparison, trying to describe his feelings more accurately.

Qi Yan was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "So, did I feel very tight before?" ”

"It's not that it's tight, it's just..."Qi Xiaonian tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head, "If you have to describe it, 'sense of isolation' may be more accurate." ”

"It's as if you and we don't live in the same world, you're wrapped in a plastic wrap and you don't look so relaxed because of it... Or maybe it's not for 'our' world. ”

Qi Yan felt fresh about Xiao Nian's evaluation, and he raised the corners of his lips slightly: "Really?" ”

Qi Xiaonian nodded: "But to be honest, I have always envied you, for your peers, you are too calm and too unique in our eyes, and you can always act according to your own standards and goals, not being bound by the outside world, and you can live clearly in your own world." ”

"Brother, you've encountered something special here, right?"

On the way to the convenience store, Qi Xiaonian asked Qi Jiu.

He believed that Qi Jiu must have encountered something or someone that caused such a change in his body.

Qi Yan subconsciously raised his hand and touched the scar behind his ear, and smiled thoughtfully: "Yes, it's a very interesting thing." ”

"Ah, I can see that," Qi Xiaonian sighed while browsing the dazzling array of beers in the freezer, "It's so good." ”

Qi Ji carried the shopping basket of the convenience store, put the beer with a chic packaging design into the basket, and then walked to the cash register.

The waiter NPC was still warm and polite to him, and gave him a discount.

"Welcome back to us, we have new products every month." The waiter happily introduced.

Qi Xiaonian was puzzled: "Eh, this is the first time I've encountered a discount at a convenience store in Dying City." ”

Qi Ji was puzzled: "Really?" I have the impression that they are selling every day, and sometimes the discounts are so low that they feel like they lose money if they don't buy one. ”

Qi Xiaonian: "......? ”

He smiled helplessly at his brother's "privileged" statement, as if they were not staying in a dying city.

After walking out of the convenience store, Qi Yan immediately opened a can of beer and handed it to Qi Xiaonian: "Try it?" ”

Qi Xiaonian took the beer that kept simmering: "Thank you." ”

But in the next second, Qi Xiaonian almost vomited with a "poof": "It's so unpleasant." ”

Qi Yan smiled: "Huh? That's pretty much the same feeling the first time I drank it, but once I get used to it, I think it's good. ”

Qi Xiaonian glanced at him suspiciously: "Really? ”

He gave it another small try, and immediately flattened his mouth.

Qi Yan also drank a can himself, mainly to give it to the guy who shared his senses with him.

The brothers were drinking as they walked towards the villa on Dawn Street.

The further you go down the block, the more sparse the surrounding apartment buildings become, replaced by unlit villas.

The dark villas sit on both sides of the damp block, and the sound of rain engulfs all the sounds, and one can't help but feel instinctively uneasy.

"Brother, is your apartment around here? How do I feel wrong......" Qi Xiaonian, who had finished drinking a can of beer, looked around, frowned and said with some worry.

Qi Jiu: "What's wrong?" Tired of walking? ”

Qi Xiaonian shook his head: "I'm not tired, I just feel a little strange, this is not like a settlement for ordinary players at all." ”

Qi Yan smiled: "Don't worry, it'll be here soon." ”

Not long after his words fell, a two-story gray building appeared in front of Qi Xiaonian's eyes.

Unlike any other villa in the neighborhood, the lights shine from behind the curtains of the building's windows, illuminating the damp and rainy nights with warm light.

Before going out in the evening, Qi Yan deliberately left a lamp.