don't talk to aliens

"Dudu-"

At six or seven o'clock in the evening, the sky is getting dark.

At the entrance of the alley in the old city, as usual, there are a bunch of nearby residents who come out to fetch water after get off work.

At this moment, the horns of those bicycles trying to pass through the door and enter the alley came from behind again. After two or three beeps, the car also drove in.

Pedestrians turned aside one after another upon seeing this.

The car that drove in saw this scene, closed the window very low-key and drove past quickly, and didn't keep honking its horn to disturb the people around here.

And behind the No. [-] Steel Factory, the owner of the canteen downstairs in that dilapidated unit was eating dinner by his tobacco and wine cabinet while staring at the old TV.

When he saw a black luxury car that seemed a bit familiar slowly driving in.

The license plates on the back were exactly the same as those of the person who lived upstairs last time, and the shopkeeper with the bowl looked up in surprise.

In my impression, this seems to be the second time I have seen this mysterious car come here.

Last time, because it was a little late, no one paid attention to it.

But this time, in addition to watching carefully as usual, the elderly residents of the steel factory also showed some signs of why the rich man who didn't want to show up in the car came to find a certain resident upstairs again and again. curiosity.

"Hey, what's the background of that poor car repairer upstairs? Why do you always have rich friends coming to look for you recently..." "Shh, can't the rice in the bowl stop your mouth... Wan If I offend you accidentally, I will come to trouble your family when the time comes."

These discussions are mixed with local dialect.

It is more or less revealing that the residents in this area have been living in this area for so many years, and they are not very familiar with the people upstairs.

However, Mr. Fu in the car with a cold face and pulling the window didn't hear anything.

From the beginning to the end, he was not in the mood to pay attention to what people outside said about him.

On the contrary, his mind was more thinking about how to explain himself in detail later, and the very unusual thing about running here at night.

Since the last incident of "Being brave for righteousness", he actually ran to find another "Enemy Road Narrow" who didn't match his characters.

This kind of thing, just thinking about it, feels very absurd and unbelievable.

But this kind of thing that shouldn't happen at all logically, but because of the extremely disgusting and bizarre encounter that Fu Bailong himself encountered at Zhang Shichao's house today, it had to become a reality.

When Rachel Zhang just asked him in the car if he still felt uncomfortable, would he like to eat something.

At that moment, when he was still seriously injured, the only thing he could think of was the nondescript home-cooked meal he ate all by himself that night in the hospital.

In addition, he has lived for so many years and is the young master of the Fu family that everyone envies.

In those 30 to [-] years of monotonous life, I couldn’t find any real and warm memories about family, relatives, friends, or what a person should have when he is sick.

"I want to drink porridge."

"Ah? Is it the kind that hotels usually sell? Why don't the driver drive to buy it now?"

Rachel looked a little surprised.

"Do you have the kind you cook at home?"

Fu Bailong asked back.

"But, at home, at home, but the kind cooked at home is not sold outside now, Mr. Fu."

"..."

He seems to be unable to own everything that cannot be bought with money.

This is the reason why Fu Bailong suddenly felt that some things that had been forcibly suppressed in the recent period of time just now began to be extremely irritated again.

Family, friends, a word of concern from others when he is not feeling well, or even a simple porridge that a patient should drink, seems to be a luxury for him.

In the past, Chen Zhen was the only person he could trust in the world when he was alone, but now, it turned out that Chen Zhen, whom he had been secretly in love with for many years, didn't love him at all, so he was the only one left.

This sounds a bit miserable, I have to say.

But for Fu Bailong, it has to be said that it is something he has long been accustomed to.

But probably because of the recent series of emotional setbacks, he, who was hovering on the edge of heavy pressure, also had a little bit of the idea of ​​struggling alone, and occasionally wanting to find a safe place to rest or take a breather.

So obviously it was getting late, and he was not that familiar with the 'Encounter Road Narrow' who was here, but Fu Bailong came here alone on a whim.

On the way here, he managed to get Rachel Zhang and the driver away.

Not only that, he would not do such absurd things for 800 years, and he consciously got rid of the people behind him watching him, and went to buy beer again.

He bought these wines at the small supermarket in front of him before driving to the steel factory. When he arrived, he just carried them in his hand and went upstairs in the dark.

But when he entered the familiar broken corridor in front of him and was about to knock on the door, Mr. Fu himself suddenly began to feel uncomfortable.

Normally, he could just casually take out a check from his pocket, and order others to do all this for him, there is no need to worry here at all.

But obviously, through this series of recent events, he repeatedly hit the wall.

Fu Bailong, who has always been flawed in character, has also noticed that there are actually many things that money cannot buy in this world. On the contrary, sometimes, it is easy for him to appear quite self-righteous, or like a bastard who looks down on others.

【'Yo, Mr. Fu, what are you doing here? Didn't you agree that we'll be fine in the future? ']

【'I need your help. ']

【'What's the matter?It’s really rare in a thousand years. The dignified Mr. Fu can still ask a small person like us for help. Okay, tomorrow I will fire a cannon downstairs to thank my eight generations of ancestors for their blessings to my old Li family...']

I also want to know, when I knock on that unsightly door later, and tell me the intention of coming tonight.

There is a hooligan who has bad intentions all day long and wants to humiliate and laugh at him with his mouth. How will he ridicule and laugh at him.

And what made him feel even more irritable was when he finally endured the 1 reluctances in his heart.

At any rate, he did a good job of psychological training in front of the corridor and knocked on the door politely. The bastard who was clearly supposed to be a vagrant but didn't know why he was away all day was not at home again.

At that moment, a basin of cold water was poured from the head to the bottom, making Fu Bailong, who didn't know why he came here at all, look at the door panel more and more annoyed.

At that moment, he turned around and wanted to leave.

But after passing the corridor and looking down at the dark stairway below, he who was still holding the bag of beer in his hand stopped silently.

Because he suddenly didn't know where he could go now after he left here.

Hitting a wall again and having to drive home, or going somewhere else seemed impossible to him.

The world outside is vast, but it seems that overnight, there is no place for him, a person who is in an extremely bad mood at the moment, but even confides his inner distress.

Thinking about it this way, I don't want to confirm whether an unreliable bastard will come back tonight.

In fact, at the beginning, I just wanted to temporarily find a Fu Bailong who no one could see his embarrassment and digest silently.

For a long time, he retreated step by step to an inconspicuous corner of the doorway behind him, and gently put down the bag of beer that he brought over with his shoulder against the wall.

He completely merged his body into the shadow of this floor of the corridor, and sat down on the spot with a blank expression on his face.

In front of his eyes, the dim moonlight hit his face. After a long time, Fu Bailong, who didn't know where to go, frowned tiredly and covered his eyes with his hands.

A lot has happened in the past week.

At this moment, he temporarily abandoned it behind his mind, only the endless darkness in front of him shrouded his shoulders coldly.

There are a lot of unspeakable depressions and boredoms, almost coming together at this moment and completely crushing him.

But every time he thinks about the bravery and responsibility of protecting others, and about the unsolved secrets of Longjiang City left by his parents, he can only continue with the days in front of him.

Then, time passed in such a hurry in the waiting of minutes and seconds.

During this long wait that even Fu Bailong himself didn't know the details.

He just stayed there motionless.

Until he himself felt that he was a little sleepy waiting for someone to wait, and then he was so unseemly, and fell asleep at the door of someone's house frowning vaguely.

Thinking about it carefully, this was really one of his rare gaffes in so many years.

Recalling what happened that night afterwards, Fu Bailong felt extremely ashamed, wishing to delete the memories of everyone who knew about it immediately.

But on this night that no one expected, because Fu Bailong didn't know where to go temporarily, so he had to stay here and wait and see.

A guy who was usually late came back and bumped into him at the door again.

Not only that, but he also happened to witness the scene where Mr. Fu, who usually calls the wind and rain, was sitting at the door of his house waiting for others to fall asleep.

"..."

——This seems to be the second time recently that he wondered if he went back to the wrong home at night.

At this moment, standing at the door of the house, Li Xie, who finally remembered to turn on the water this time, thought so when he saw all this with his own eyes.

Before returning, I passed by the canteen downstairs that was open at night alone.

He was still thinking in his heart, why in this world, there are so many upstarts like Fu Bailong who park casually in this kind of place.

Only one left last time, and another one came this time, and it happened to be so viciously blocking the downstairs of his house.

But when he went upstairs with the kettle and took out the key, Li Xie, who was once again stunned by everything in front of him, realized that the one who came this time was the same one as last time.

Before he came back, he just went to see Room [-] when he found time.

As his regular contacts during this period, the two found a place outside casually and explained the end of the first mission last time.

And in order to come out smoothly tonight to see him without revealing his whereabouts, Fang Er changed his outfit this time.

Different from the stupid college student's dead house dress last time, it seems that in order not to reveal the identity of the mission, so the contact information has been kept changing.

However, it has been like this for so many years in their business. It is impossible for the closest relatives, parents and friends to say that they are working for the country behind them.

This is not only Fang Er, but even Li Xie himself has always been like this.

"I thought you were over 40 this year, so you are about the same age as me?"

Probably because he always thought that he looked like an old leftover man before. Seeing him again this time, seeing the only unchanged age on his new ID card, Li Xie still found it strange.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Our family has a Chinese character face. Others say that I look older than my actual age. Otherwise, why would I be recruited by the Secret Intelligence Division of the Astronomical Body, Life and Meteorological Bureau? I was going to take the exam. The School of Drama's..."

"Oh, so handsome Liu is your real name?"

Li Xie asked again.

"Of course not... Eh? Is it your real name that Li Xie is stumped?"

Comrade 'Liu Taishuai' was shocked immediately.

"..."

"Sorry, it involves important confidentiality, so I can't tell you."

Li Xie, who was playing tricks on his face, opened his mouth and replied.

"Tch, why are you pretending to be mysterious? If you don't tell me, why don't you keep telling your future wife if you're stumped?"

"Well, it's true to say that, if someone knows my real name one day, then this person will basically be my future wife."

Li Xie's 'brazen' look immediately made Fang Er, who was twitching at the corners of his mouth, have nothing to do with him.

The two unscrupulous old fritters had such a simple chat, and then the topic returned to the search for the second subspecies - 'vitala'.

About Chen Zhen's temporary injury and loss of memory.

There are also some historical issues within the Institute of Atomic Energy and Biology. Li Xie gave Fang Er feedback all at once. Regarding this, he has been staring there for the past two days and his explanation is also very simple.

"About the second subspecies, I checked your information last time. Liu Qian's mother has been mentally handicapped for more than ten years and can't take care of herself in daily life. So after her daughter disappeared, she was sent away by the original community. I went to the Longjiang Sanatorium, and I went to see her two days ago."

"And how does she look now?"

Fang Er asked.

"not so good."

"..."

"In other words, in her current state, it's impossible to know where her daughter is, but it's not like nothing."

Having said that, Li Xie's expression didn't seem optimistic.

After all, if it wasn't for two days ago, he personally went to the Longjiang Sanatorium in the suburbs.

Entering that oppressive and dull ward again, seeing that old woman lying on the bed blankly, he also didn't want to believe that the only clue that 'vitala' could have at the moment was actually like this.

【"...Edelweiss (Edelweiss), Edelweiss (Edelweiss), Every...morningyougreetme (greet me every morning)..."】

At that time, the woman dressed in patient clothes and with severe symptoms of dementia was humming vaguely and foolishly this nursery rhyme called "Edelweiss".

She doesn't have the thinking ability of a normal person, let alone the possibility of having a normal conversation with others.

And when Li Xie asked the staff in the nursing home pretending to be a social person who came to do volunteer work, a female staff member who took care of various patients here on a daily basis also gave him the same answer.

"This is Qianqian's mother's favorite song."

"Is that the song "Edelweiss"?"

Li Xie asked.

"Yes, it's "Edelweiss". She usually just faces the wall alone and doesn't speak, but as soon as there are children passing by us downstairs, she will suddenly start singing this song, and she sings very well. Although we also I don't understand what this song means to her, but it should be a song with special meaning..."

Having said this, Li Xie basically understood the reason why Liu Qian's mother was able to stay in the nursing home safely after her daughter disappeared.

Presumably those who watched all this from the 'darkness' also understood that a middle-aged woman with mental retardation might not be able to tell any secrets, let alone stir up more disturbances.

A few days after that, even though she knew that Liu Qian's mother was temporarily out of her mind, Li Xie still visited her several times.

Although most of the time, he just sat in the ward and watched the woman sing there.

Then he fed something on the hospital bed and made women wipe their hands everywhere, and helped her tidy up her messy hair, but the woman with blank eyes seemed to be used to him every day, showing up every day.

She didn't know who Li Xie was.

But even a dementia patient can vaguely feel that this person who comes to see her on time every day does not seem like a bad person.

Until one day, Li Xie brought fruit to the middle-aged woman again.

When the other party took out an orange and was about to peel it for herself to eat, Liu Qian's mother, who had never spoken to him, suddenly extended her hand and refused.

Under Li Xie's gaze, she rummaged through the plastic bag and took out a banana. After looking down, the woman who had already lost normal intelligence caught his eyes and slowly turned red.

"Qianqian... likes to eat... fruit..."

"..."

"In the past, the conditions at home were not good. She had to study for her, and she couldn't afford it... she could only eat it once a week. She must want to eat it now..."

"..."

"It's all, those 'monsters' from the sky...have taken her away."

These few words were spoken very lightly.

It seemed that she was afraid that her voice would be heard by some people in the 'dark place', so even in the empty ward around, only Li Xie, who was closest to her at that time, heard it.

After finishing speaking, a tear fell silently from the cheek of the demented woman, and she lowered her head foolishly again and sang "happy". Li Xie withdrew his hand that she had just grasped forcefully with a blank face, and it took a long time before he got up and left up.

"So, what was she trying to tell you?"

Hearing what he said, Fang Er, who had understood the key point of the matter at this moment, also asked a little nervously.

"She wrote a word in my hand."

Li Xie replied.

"What word?"

"symbol."

"...Fu Shi?"

Fang Er was shocked again.

"Ah."

Probably because I didn't expect that this matter would be found all the way to Fu Shi.

Although Li Xie is used to being alone, but if you want to talk about the surname Fu, you have to say that he has really had a lot to do with him recently.

After all, there is a "Narrow Encounter Road" named Fu Bailong, who has appeared in his field of vision with high frequency recently, and because of this, knowing that once the biggest power in Longjiang City is involved, a series of incidents will inevitably follow, Li Xie also So I said to Fang Er,

"The former chairman of the Fu family was named Fu Kun. The current sponsor of the Institute of Atomic Energy and Biology was one of Fu Kun's most trusted friends at the time. The Tianshen Pharmaceutical Industry behind him was originally funded and established by the Fu family, but the old chairman and his wife It has been passed away for many years, so the only one who is really in power now is Zhang."

"..."

"However, for the time being, it cannot be ruled out whether the Fu family also participated in the "subspecies plan" of the Qinjiang Base Station. After all, the Fu family and the Zhang family have always been very close. Just a week later, Tianshen Pharmaceutical will be in the oilfield building. There is an internally designated new drug launch conference that requires a special invitation letter to attend, so I may find a way to sneak in to see the situation."

"..."

"As for Chen Zhen, although he doesn't remember anything now, there will always be people who feel uneasy, for fear that he will remember something again that day, so I will pay attention together, after all, he lives with Lu Yiming, just in case If something happens, I will definitely take care of it.”

Having said that, Fang Er, who confirmed that he could say that there must be a way to protect Chen Zhen, felt that he didn't need to ask any more questions.

After that, Li Xie returned to him the remains of the atatal body that had been cleaned up the last time he returned to the scene. At the same time, the two of them accidentally mentioned something about his new partner during the last mission.

Regarding this point, because the other party's information has always been kept confidential by the superior.

Fang Er, who was helping to communicate with the two, seemed unable to immediately clarify who the other party was who did not belong to their organization at all except for the superior.

Hearing this, Li Xie, who didn't see who was inside except for a silver mech last time, squinted his eyes, and made a sloppy evaluation after a long time.

"What's the matter with this man? I'm just looking for him, not to pick him up. Why is he being so secretive and secretive all day long? Are you afraid that I'll do something to him?"

And after saying this, as expected, he received serious contempt from Fang Er's eyes, and immediately began to doubt his real purpose.

Li Xie didn't even have time to say anything else.

In order to protect his serious partner 'Long' from being harassed/harassed, Liu Taishuai or Comrade Fang Er got up and flashed away.

But Li Xie, who was just joking and didn't even see what the other person looked like at all, saw that he believed him so sincerely, but didn't say anything.

In the end, he arrived at the door of a house, before he took the key to open the door and go in.

One of the 'clients' who had just appeared in his mouth appeared so miraculously, because tonight squatting at the door of his house, it was none other than the one calling the wind and rain, but now he looks inexplicably pitiful... …

President Fu himself.