romantic love

I don't quite know how I got home.

When we walked out of the Aldrich Shelter, the weather suddenly became extremely gloomy, and the pavement was slowly wetted by the light rain. The blue brick floor looked like the walls of the Blue Palace after being wet, as if it had a strong medicinal smell.

I raised my head, and the dense raindrops seemed to have turned into blue venom, eroding my skin, melting my bone marrow, and devouring my nerves. There was a strong throbbing pain in my brain, my feet went limp, and my whole body seemed to suddenly Weightless, as light as floating in water.

I lost consciousness.

When I woke up, I found myself lying on the couch in the living room, covered with a thin quilt from the bedroom, with my head resting on Sangsang's lap.

Sangsang was wiping my hair with a hot towel, and her slightly cool fingers gently pressed the top of my head while rubbing, which effectively relieved my discomfort.

My dear Angie always knows what I need.

I grabbed his wrist and said softly, "Thank you."

He stopped moving, bent down and kissed my lips, not like a kiss, but more like a small animal's licking and nibbling.

I rubbed his hair along the way: "Sangsang... something bad happened to me."

He nodded, didn't comfort me, just grabbed my palm and told me: "I'm with you."

I smiled reluctantly, got up with my limp body, and dialed a phone number to Julia, who answered quickly: "Liya, are you busy?"

"Not busy," Julia's voice was still bright and clear, "What's the matter, Brother Meng."

"I want you to check some people for me." I turned on the light screen of the terminal, and passed the information copied from Lin Lu to Julia, "These are Aldrich's nurses, who just left a few days ago. Ren, it is said that they were transferred to the city's public shelter, help me find out their whereabouts, and... have you been in contact with anyone from the black market recently."

This is what Lin told me before I left the shelter. Obviously, my previous prejudice against him made me underestimate his ability and sense of responsibility. Not only did he not give up on those missing Angels, but he also spent a lot of effort to track them down. Their whereabouts, he told me that there is indeed a market for trading Angel. It is not uncommon for rich people to play with their lives in any era. Alien shows, hunting grounds, auctions, all entertainment methods you can imagine It is possible to be imposed on these natural freaks. Since the currency flowed all over the world many years ago, it is destined that the value of all things can be measured by the amount one day.

I don't want to believe such a chilling fact, but I secretly hope that this fact will save my brother's life for a while, and I will still have a chance to fight hard during this unknown period of time.

"Leah?" There was a short silence on the other end of the phone. Am I a little uneasy, "What's the matter, is there any inconvenience?"

"I'm sorry, Brother Meng." Julia sighed, "I know this news is important, but I can't tell you—just a few days ago, a gentleman asked me to check the same thing, and demanded a lot of money from me Don't tell anyone about it."

I felt a tingling pain in my head, and that feeling of being bitten by thousands of ants came again: "Who is it?"

The other side didn't speak, and I knew Julia wouldn't tell me.

"Julia, that's my only relative." My voice trembled a little, as if something was blocked in my throat, and I couldn't get in or out. It might suffocate me at any time, but my mind was running faster than ever I don't want to give up, I don't want to give up - if the clue breaks here, I'm really doomed, "You at least tell me what his last name is."

"Brother Meng, I really..."

"Is the surname Lin or Lu?"

The opposite party hesitated for a while: "The surname is Lu."

"Thank you." I let out a long breath and hung up the phone.

I relaxed my body and slumped on the soft back of the sofa for a while, while Sangsang took out a tissue and wiped the sweat from my forehead.

"Sangsang." I buried my head next to his ear, "I may, may be going to do a very dangerous thing."

He looked at me quietly, without dissuading or questioning unexpectedly, his dark eyes were gentle and deep, star-like, broad as the night sky.

"I probably can't protect you like I said before." I think back to what I said, and I feel a bit ironic. From childhood to adulthood, no matter how many years have passed, this body, this person, except There is no progress beyond the nourishment you enter and the big characters you know, and you can’t protect anyone, "Can you promise me that if something happens to me, you will leave here quickly and go anywhere as long as you hide Stay away and don't get caught by anyone."

"Where can I go?" He asked me with some doubts, "I don't know where, I only know the way home."

"I know you are very good." I let myself show a comforting smile, "I believe you can do it, you are so good, you can always meet someone who likes you like me, as long as you don't go back to the Blue Palace, you will be everywhere. Could be your home—promise me, will you?"

He hesitated for a moment, then nodded, but said to me more seriously: "I won't let anything happen to you."

I breathed a sigh of relief, sat up from the sofa, walked to the bathroom, closed the door, and dialed the unfamiliar number from a few days ago.

"Hello, Mr. Meng?" A familiar electronic voice rang in my ears, "Have you finally made the right decision?"

"Sure enough, you asked Julia to block the news." I gritted my teeth and asked him, "Are you trying to use this method to force me to join your reactionary organization?"

Lu Xuyan sneered: "With all due respect, you underestimate me and yourself too much, Mr. Meng. This is not the first time I have encountered the case of An Qi being traded, and I will try to do something every time. What to change the fate of those children, I will find Julia has nothing to do with you."

What he said was not unreasonable. I was a little embarrassed, but now is not the time to be embarrassed: "I want to know the information about that trading market."

"Then join us." He threatened me smoothly, "With our ability, it is impossible to destroy that market, and it is impossible to rescue all the children in it. The most we can do is rescue a few Angels and use them to gain public opinion. If you don’t join us, how can you ensure that your brother is on our relief list?”

I moved my lips, wanting to say that I don't need their help, I can save people by myself, but reason tells me that this is just a self-deceiving idea, Lu Xuyan will not tell me the information he got for no reason, and I really have no ability to follow Rescued a stupid and clumsy Angie from a completely unknown dragon's pool and tiger's lair.

After a moment of silence, I finally could only ask him: "What do you want from me?"

Lu Xuyan asked me back: "Are you agreeing?"

I don't really want to answer his question directly.

Unexpectedly, he took a big step back: "It's just this one operation, if we are still alive after the operation is over, how about we break up and go our separate ways?"

"...Okay." This is already the best result I can imagine, and I have no way to refuse it.

There was hearty laughter from the opposite side, and Lu Xuyan was obviously very satisfied with my answer: "A car will pick you up tonight, with the license plate ending in 0983, and it will take you to our 'round table meeting'."

"Round table meeting?" I thought it was a bit ridiculous, I don't know why, the leader of this reactionary organization didn't look like a revolutionary in my mind, but like a middle school student fantasizing about becoming a hero, "I can finally see the true face of King Arthur ?"

"I'm afraid I can't." He didn't seem to hear the irony in my words, "But I will be there, and I will also introduce you to some important work partners--I will definitely surprise you, Mr. Meng."

I frowned: "You mean, there will be someone I know?"

"You'll know when the time comes." He closed the door maliciously, "Looking forward to the official meeting with you, I believe we will get a better action plan after you join, see you tonight, Mr. Meng."

He ended the communication before I could respond.

I stared at the blank terminal screen for a while, and sat against the sink for a long time, making sure that I had boarded an unstable boat.

But what can I do?For every choice I make, there is only one single option.

I originally thought that with Lu Xuyan's inconspicuous style, he would choose a secret base in a dark and dirty basement, or a remote and uninhabited abandoned warehouse. Unexpectedly, the taxi that arrived as scheduled took me into A brightly lit residential area.

A pretty good residential area, I glanced at the name of the community: Haiwei Garden.

My heart seems to have missed a beat. This mid-to-high-end residential area is not far from the red and white roses. In fact, I have made a special investigation here. If the series of accidents starting from knowing Hawkins hadn’t happened, I might have taken my My younger brother moved to this community, after all, it is very close to my work unit.

I suddenly remembered that news report. Before Lu Xuyan became the leader of the reactionary faction, he was also a worker of Red and White Rose. I don’t know which department it is, but I work in the same unit. I may have met him.

Finding the pre-appointed place, I hesitated for a while, and knocked on the door lightly.

"Surprise!" A bouquet of broken flowers sprayed my face, I twitched my eyebrows, I always felt that this style was a little familiar.

After brushing off the messy debris on the face, what came into view was a huge facial make-up, which looked like a random smear made by amateurs. It was a bit like an oriental drama, but also a bit of a Western-style mask. Generally speaking, it was neither fish nor fowl. , unsightly.

I guessed the identity of this person almost immediately: "Lu Xuyan?"

"Shhh—" he gestured exaggeratedly at me, lowered his voice and said to me, "don't call the name of a wanted criminal so loudly."

As he spoke, he pushed me into the door, and then neatly locked the door three times.

I looked at his back and frowned. I wondered if it was an illusion. His voice gave me an inexplicable sense of familiarity. I was sure I had never seen this person before, but I felt that I heard his voice often, just for a while. There is always such a finishing touch in the middle of the day, and I can't remember it at all.

"You have to be sincere when you ask me to come to the meeting." I stared at his face, "Can you take off the mask?"

He chuckled lightly: "Okay." Then he took off his mask crisply, and a ferocious clown face suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, which startled me and took two steps back involuntarily.

"It was stabbed." Lu Xuyan approached me ignorantly, even grabbed my hand and let me touch his face, "Look, it's not makeup, it's genuine, right?"

I just feel disgusted, it's not that I can't understand the wanted man's change of face, but his current face is too scary, especially the big scarlet mouth with a smile. Outright absurd horror.

"Where are the others?" I forced myself to change the subject calmly, looked away from this pervert, looked around, and found a closed door, "Is this a conference room?"

"Oh, yes." Lu Xuyan stepped forward, grabbed the doorknob, but didn't open the door immediately, "I'm here to introduce our partner to you—but maybe you don't need an introduction."

I feel a little uneasy, this is the second time he has hinted that the identities of this group of people may be related to me, I have carefully checked everyone I know before coming here, except those who have had business dealings with Lu Xuyan Julia, I don't think anyone has anything to do with the head of the reactionaries.

The vicious guy in front of me stared at me with that weird face and smiled, while slowly rubbing the doorknob, obviously trying to whet my appetite, I cursed secretly, pushed him away, and opened the door directly. Open the door, I saw that there was indeed a huge round table in the room in front of me, and there were two empty seats around the round table. There were five people sitting there, four of them were facing us, and one was facing the door without looking back.

My eyes widened.

I suspect I am dreaming.

A familiar headache exploded on my scalp. I pressed my forehead and moved my lips, but I didn't know what I was talking about.

Lu Xuyan laughed loudly from behind, and he shouted again: "Surprise!"

My head hurts even more: "Julia, why are you here?"

Julia was carelessly playing with Luo Xing's fingers. Her Mr. Blacksmith always had scars on his hands: "We grew up with Brother Lu. If he wants to help, we will come."

I think of the street where the hardware store is located, and I always feel that Lu Xuyan doesn't quite match there.

"Why have I never seen him?"

"Well, Brother Lu is lucky, someone adopted him." Julia rubbed her curly red hair, "Actually, we have been in touch, but Brother Luo and I have made an agreement not to do anything on the surface."

I always found it ridiculous, and turned to look at the young man in a white coat beside me: "What about you, what's the matter with you?"

Lin Lu blinked and smiled at me: "I followed my employer." He pointed to the figure with his back to me.

My brows twitched fiercely, and the man turned his head. As expected, it was Hawkins, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time. I don’t know if his plastic surgery was not very successful. I always feel that his left eye is bigger than the right eye. lock up.

He looked at me with malice, and I believe I was the same, I almost wanted to turn around and leave, but it was Lu Xuyan and my younger brother, whose life and death were uncertain, who stopped me.

I looked at Howkins coldly for a long time before I said, "It's revenge if I smash you to death with a cup."

Before Hawkins could speak, Lu Xuyan stood between us: "Don't, don't be impulsive, Mr. Meng, Mr. Hawkins is a victim of this incident just like you. You lost your only brother, he He also lost his only child."

I suddenly thought of Angie with sarcoma on her ears at the "Angel Party" that day, and I was a little stunned for a while.

"With your ability, you don't have to rely on such a small organization, right?" I took a moment to control my emotions, "Even you can't enter that trading market?"

I don't think a rich man who can enter the Blue Palace No. [-] exhibition hall will be blocked by the black market, unless there are deeper interests involved behind it.

"It was a complete accident that Mr. Hawkins' child would be taken away." Lu Xuyan told me kindly, "Those people didn't expect the boss's child to attend the party at the shelter, so they took that poor Angie away with them." gone."

"They didn't conduct identity verification afterwards?"

"There should be, but - there is no possibility of the goods being returned." Lu Xuyan spread his hands, "So they took some action against Mr. Hawkins instead."

What he said was rather cryptic, but when it came to the Aldrich Asylum that was forcibly shut down, it is not difficult to guess what they did to the wealthy businessman. Human life is used as entertainment, and a huge industrial chain can also be manipulated in the palm of the hand.

I stopped looking at Hawkins, and endured the urge to grab him by the neck and throw him to the ground—if this damn rich man hadn't tried to embarrass me time and time again, none of this would have happened, My younger brother will sleep well in the pink cradle, he will call me brother, and I can feed him Victoria and make dumplings for him as always; but now, he does not know where he is lying in a cold and dark corner, I mingled among a group of people with strange identities, discussing how to knock down a big tree with the power of a gnat, relying on the faint hope to find my only family member.

But if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have met Sangsang either.

As soon as I thought of this name, a sour and sweet taste came to my heart, I lowered my head, I felt mixed feelings for a moment, and I rarely felt a little warmth in my chest.

I moved my gaze to the last person remaining at the table.

Yang Shuzhi noticed my gaze and glanced at me coldly: "Why, is everyone obliged to report the reason to you?"

I swallowed back the words in my throat.

Instead, Lu Xuyan came over with a smile to make a rescue: "Shu Zhi is my classmate, we have a good relationship."

Yang Shuzhi sneered, with a bit of disdain in her eyes.

Lu Xuyan didn't care at all, walked to the remaining two empty seats, sat down generously, and didn't forget to help me open another chair.

I walked over slowly, and under the eyes of a circle of people, I slowly sat up on the chair. The moment I sat firmly, the sense of weightlessness that I felt during the day reappeared.

The figures around me seemed to start to turn rapidly, and suddenly formed a strange circle, which made me dizzy. For a while, my brain went blank, and everyone's name was played in a loop unconsciously in my head.

Julia, Luo Xing, Yang Shuzhi, Lin Lu, Howkins, and Lu Xuyan.

It seems...everyone I know is here.