It wasn't until eleven o'clock in the evening that the serious student walked into the house. Prior to this, Li Qingyan had been sitting for eight hours.

Not in the place where they used to meet, but in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city, Li Cheng and Sister Mandarin Duck got the two into the car, drove all the way here, and then escorted Li Qingyan to the basement and closed the heavy iron door.

But at about eight o'clock in the evening, two bags of bread and a bottle of water came in through the small window of the iron door. Li Qingyan guessed that serious students should be "interrogating" Lu Buxiu.

He believed that Li Cheng and Sister Mandarin Duck were not brought by Lu Buxiu - that stupid boy didn't notice that others were following him.

Having food and water means that the situation is not very bad. Li Qingyan thought, then he should be able to stay in the promotion association for a while - if he can deal with serious life properly for a while.

Li Cheng touched the ban on the desk before, and Pei Yuanxiu should have already received the news. A smart person like him should understand his mind and be able to cooperate with him.

- Not should, but absolutely. Almost all the radicals of the Promotion Association in Kitayama City were figured out by him. If you want to close the net, you can close the net a long time ago - Zheng Sheng, Lu Buxiu, and those other people can't run away.

But what the Special Intelligence Agency wants is not these "small shrimps", but big fish. Even the right-hand man of a radical faction like Serious Sheng is not irreplaceable. He was caught, and soon there was the next chief of operations. The Secret Service wanted the "number one" of the radical wing of the Promotion, the mysterious president of the Promotion.

It was he who planned many attacks and terrorist incidents, but at the same time left almost no clues for outsiders to follow. However, Li Qingyan has been lurking so far and has not had any contact with that person.

Lu Buxiu said that the killing of star fruit was related to the killing of Pei Bolu, and said that this matter was not even clear before his death...... This means that this is most likely another "big move" by the number one person, and the action is bigger than before.

If this time he can get through it and stay...... Maybe you can figure out what the connection between the two things is when you get to the No. 1 person.

These thoughts went through his mind many times. By the time he walked in the door, he was so bored that he was about to fall asleep.

Lao Yan is 66 years old this year. It's not a demon, it's a human. And they are people who are unable to practice.

He had a very amiable face, slightly bald on the top of his head, and his cheeks were red. Anyone who saw this old man who was not tall would associate himself with his name.

Li Cheng and Sister Mandarin Duck followed behind him, and Lu Buxiu was behind the two. The expression on his face was melancholy, and he looked straight at Li Qingyan, not knowing what he was hinting at.

In the basement, there was only a rusty iron table and a flickering incandescent lamp. Li Qingyan stood up straight: "Old Yan." ”

Serious Sheng stopped beside the iron table, stared at Li Qingyan for a while, and suddenly sighed: "Alas, Qingyan." Let's talk about what's going on. ”

Li Qingyan also sighed lowly: "Old Yan, what do you want me to say?

"Let's talk about her first. ”

Serious students are smart people. In addition to his status as the director of the Beishan Operations Division of the Promotion Association, he is also an actuary of an insurance company. He knows how to interrogate – he's throwing questions at himself.

So Li Qingyan also threw the problem back to him. He shook his head: "It's time to say that I can't stop telling." It's time for him to tell you, too. ”

"Yes, I said it a long time ago!" Lu Buxiu shouted, "Not a word was missed!"

Serious Sheng raised a hand to interrupt Lu Buxiu's words: "Qingyan, I want to hear you." Why did you save her? What is her relationship with you? After saving her, why did you send her to the practice class that day and didn't come to see me?"

Li Qingyan raised his eyes to look at him: "Okay." I'll say it to you again. When I didn't enter the city, I was once scattered by the bandit suppression troops of the city defense army and the Red Gang. I hid in the May Fourth Farm, where I was taken in and cared for by a couple on the farm for a few days. Li Cheng and Sister Mandarin Duck both knew about this. ”

This is a dead and unproven thing.

The couple he was talking about and the carambola's parents are no longer alive, and the carambola is currently in the ashram. They couldn't find anyone to ask. Even if you can find it...... He believes that star fruit will not tell another truth either.

Li Cheng sneered: "I haven't seen you for a few days." But I don't know if you've been taken in by anyone. There is no proof of death for this kind of thing - we went to the May Fourth Farm at night, and the people you said were dead. ”

"It's because they're dead. Li Qingyan doesn't look at Li Cheng, but also looks at serious students. His eyes were clear and open, and he didn't mean anything, "That's why I want to bring star fruit to the city." The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring. ”

Li Cheng and Sister Mandarin Duck laughed after hearing his words.

"Repay the favor?!" Li Cheng's laughter turned into a cruel smile, "Lao Tzu has raised you for four years, how did you repay your kindness?

Li Qingyan finally looked away at him: "Brother Cheng, people are self-aware. ”

"You did raise me for four years, but only for me. I stayed with you for four years and didn't leave to find out what was going on around me and understand the world. You know I don't remember it at the time - and even now I suspect that I lost my memory because of you. ”

"You're a demon with a red bracelet, killed my parents, and left me for you to drive - is that possible?"

Li Cheng was furious: "Let your fucking fart-"

The serious student raised his hand again: "Qingyan has a point. People change. He has been away from you for seven or eight years, and his thoughts and views will change. He said that it was to repay the favor, and it made sense. ”

Li Cheng frowned, puzzled. But when he heard the words of the serious student, he stretched his brows and laughed again.

"But Qingyan knows that this matter now is not 'reasonable' to be justified. You know what we're doing, what kind of risks we have, and how much care we need to be. So I need you to convince me more forcefully why you suddenly went to star fruit to repay the favor. ”

Li Qingyan looked at the serious student, and some helpless sadness finally appeared in his eyes.

"When I came to the Promotion Association, Lao Yan, you said that everyone is equal here, and we also want to pursue the equality of people and demons. Li Qingyan shook one of the two file bags he took out of the desk in his hand and threw it on the iron table with a snap, "So you said that no matter what happened to us in the past, we are all comrades now, and we are fighting for the same goal." ”

"You haven't asked me much about the past, and I'm grateful to you, even though I know you're going to look it up. But I didn't expect to have to come to this point - to expose myself to you and be judged. All right. Look at it. ”

The four men behind the iron table stared at the file bag.

Serious Sheng reached out and picked it up: "Qingyan, what is this?"