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In the bank lobby, the clean marble floor is spotlessly illuminated by crystal chandeliers.Tang Tang and the woman beside him pushed the door in against the cold wind, and their leather shoes and high heels made a slight sound on the floor.

Few people come to the bank at this time.Although it is open 24 hours, only senior members are accepted after [-] pm.

Sitting at the front desk was a white-skinned female teller, Tang Tang was still wearing a mask.He took the woman forward, took off his gloves, and took out the bank card from his pocket.

"Hello," his eyes showed a gentle smile, and he politely handed the bank card to the teller in front of him, "Let's confirm something for Mr. Tang Xingguo."

The teller entered the card number into the computer and paused slightly.

"Mr. Tang Xingguo, it's my grandfather." Tang Tang saw her hesitation, took off the mask again, handed over two passports, and motioned to the people around him: "This is...my wife."

"Yes."

The woman took his arm and smiled at the teller.Out of the corner of her eye, she looked at Tang Tang's face, revealing a faint smile.

The teller took the passport and checked the information, but still hesitated.

Tang Tang's eyes were dim, and he waited quietly.

He expected this to happen.This bank has very strict management on the storage of personal belongings. Even the immediate family members of the depositor generally cannot open it without the permission of the depositor.

The woman glanced at Tang Tang, she couldn't wait any longer, so she said with a smile: "We are getting married soon, and grandpa promised to give my husband what he kept here. We won't pick it up now, just come over to have a look and confirm the gift Still intact."

Seeing that the security measures of his bank were being questioned, the teller showed some panic on his face.She opened her mouth to explain something, and the phone on the desk rang.

She was a little uneasy when she heard the other party's voice, and looked up at Tang Tang.After a while, she hung up the phone, came out from behind the reception desk, and made a "please gesture".

The woman tilted her head and smiled at her, pulling Tang Tang to follow.

The voice-activated lights in the corridor of the bank light up one by one with the sound of high-heeled shoes, revealing the dense password cabinets on the walls on both sides.

Tang Tang looked at the endless corridor in front of him, and his back began to sweat inexplicably.

From the moment he got off the plane, he has always shown a calm look of winning, but in fact he is still very flustered inside.He didn't know how to answer the woman's question to him. He thought of Lu Yuxing's usual appearance in his heart, so he pretended to be cold like him, and forced himself to be in an active state.

"Why did she suddenly agree?" The woman interrupted his thoughts and whispered in Hong Kong dialect, "Is there any instruction from above?"

Tang Tang was not used to being held by her, so he struggled a little with his arm.

"Don't worry about it so much. You will seize the opportunity later and change things at the right time."

"Understood." The woman brushed her hair, "I won't miss it."

The teller stopped in front of a certain wall, looked for the card number, and found the corresponding one from the densely packed cabinets.The woman closed her voice, and tightly held Tang Tang's arm that had just been freed, and leaned against her side, pretending to be affectionate.

The storage procedures here are very complicated and extremely safe.The teller opened the locker with a bank card, and took out a silver key from the palm-sized locker.

"This is the key to open the room lock." The woman added to Tang Tang in a low voice, "The room lock must be unlocked when the key is inserted, so that it can be opened. If you enter the wrong password three times, everything in the room will be destroyed." will be destroyed immediately."

The teller got the key and turned and walked towards them.

"This is the key to the room," she pointed to the end of the corridor, "Enter through the door inside, the third room from the left."

"Thank you." The woman took the key from her and asked Tang Tang with a smile, "Let's go, let's go see the gift from grandpa."

The heavy door was pushed open, but the teller did not follow in.The protection measures here are all world-class, even if someone steals, it is impossible to succeed.

The cold light illuminates the whole space, and inside is a long and narrow passage like a corridor, with many locked doors facing each other. Tang Tang walks to the second one from the left without hesitation, inserts the key, and enters the door. Enter the code in the code disk under the doorknob.

"Do you know the password?" The woman stared at his hand that was quickly turning the turntable. Before she could finish speaking, she heard a "click" and the door was unlocked.

"I don't know, I just guessed."

The door opened slightly, and Tang Tang glanced inside.

With a surprised expression on the woman's face, she asked, "What did you guess just now? You only have three chances, so you're so sure?"

The blue beam of light in the room cast a line on Tang Tang's handsome face, and he glanced sideways at the woman.

"My grandma's birthday."

He didn't say any more, just opened the door and went in.

There was nothing around the empty room. Tang Xingguo bought such a large space, but only used it for a pocket watch.

The woman followed Tang Tang, looked over his shoulder, and saw the booth covered in glass in the center of the room.

The whole room is only illuminated by the blue light under the booth. The color of the light is beautiful, and the white wall is illuminated by it as blue as the sea. On the chest-high booth, the antique silver pocket watch lies quietly, emitting a faint luster.

Compared with the souvenir that Tang Xingguo personally made that Lu Yuxing saw in the newspaper, this pocket watch is even more primitive.There are some scratches on it, and the silver cover is hollowed out in the shape of a wisteria flower, covering more than half of the time on the dial.

Tang Tang looked at the pocket watch with a look of sadness in his eyes.

"Meet you again." He muttered to himself, his fingertips trembling slightly, and he took off the glass cover.He carefully picked up the pocket watch and stared at the cover for a moment.

"Is this the watch?"

The woman couldn't move her eyes away for a moment, she took out the things in her pocket, peeled off the newspaper layers, and revealed a fake pocket watch inside.

"Thanks to the design drawing you gave," she quickly placed the imitation pocket watch on the platform, "Well, it's fake if you don't look carefully."

After arranging everything, she pressed the glass cover back on.Turning around, I saw Tang Tang was still looking at the watch, and couldn't help urging: "Let's go, it won't be good if someone comes later. Put it away, and watch it after leaving Sweden overnight."

Tang Tang pinched the edge of the watch cover with one hand, touched the shaft of the watch cover with the other hand, pressed the protrusion in the middle, and the hollowed-out wisteria flower watch cover popped up.

The dial is covered with glass, and the Roman numerals are neatly arranged, but the second hand on it rotates at a fast speed, almost reaching the level of one revolution per second.

The woman leaned over to take a look. When staring at the second hand, there was always an illusion that time was distorted.She took a deep breath, looked away, and reached out to cover the watch cover.

"Let's go." Tang Tang came back to his senses, he clenched his pocket watch, put it in his pocket, and led the woman towards the door.

However, the moment the door opened, both of them froze.

"You two are in such a hurry, where do you want to go?"

An old and deep voice sounded.

In the silent corridor stood an old man with a hook nose and thin gray hair. He was wearing an oversized suit, and a pair of shrewd eyeballs were rolling around Tang Tang in his deep-set eye sockets.

Looking behind him, there are still two tall white men.

Tang Tang screamed in his heart that he was not good, and his palms were covered with sweat.

"I am the grandson of Mr. Tang Xingguo," he tried his best to stabilize his mind, and said to the man in front of him, "he asked us to take a look."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Tang Tang." The president interrupted him and said calmly, "My old friend also called me and asked me to keep you and this lady."

After hearing this, Tang Tang's expression changed instantly.

His smile froze on his face, and he met the president's eyes.The air froze completely in an instant, and the imitation pocket watch on the booth made a slight turning sound, which merged with the sound in Tang Tang's pocket.

After two or three seconds, Tang Tang suddenly yelled.

"run!"

It was too late to say it, but at the same time as he spoke, the woman picked up her bag and threw it on the president, kicked the white man in front of her, and followed Tang Tang to the other side of the corridor quickly.

Tang Tang took off his mask and rushed out of the gate.The cabinets on both sides of the corridor flew past him, the president staggered and hit the wall, and the big men behind him chased him out.

The oxygen in the chest was getting less and less, and Tang Tang ran forward desperately.The lights of the hall flickered in front of him, and just as he was about to rush into the bright open space, several bodyguards rushed out from around the corner.

He only felt his head hit hard on the marble, spinning his head, and several hands pressed him hard to the ground, making him unable to break free in the pain.

The woman's screams followed and she, too, was grabbed.

The president followed up panting, Tang Tang gritted his teeth and looked up, seeing his flushed face.

The feeling of hypoxia and suffocation made him unable to hear what the president said. Tang Tang half-opened his eyes, staring at the few light spots reflected on the ground, and gradually lost consciousness.