Sunset Boulevard

After not seeing each other for many years, Zhang Jue felt that Chen Boqiao had changed and became a headache.

It took Zhang Jue 15 minutes from getting out of the car to buy a sandwich to returning with a packing bag. As soon as he opened the car door, he found Chen Boqiao wearing a pair of sunglasses he found somewhere and holding a two- to three-month-old baby boy in his hand. motley kitten.Seeing Zhang Jue who suddenly appeared, the cat in Chen Boqiao's hand let out a soft meow.

"I picked it up at the intersection," Chen Boqiao confessed proactively and quickly, "I hurt my foot, and the sunglasses were found out of the glove box. I'm afraid that people will recognize it."

Zhang Jue was a little helpless, and he didn't want to say anything about Chen Boqiao, so he handed the sandwich bag to Chen Boqiao first, got into the driver's seat, and closed the car door.

Chen Boqiao lowered his head and touched the kitten's head, took off his sunglasses, and asked casually, "Aren't you happy?" He scratched the cat's chin, held the cat a little higher, and let Zhang Jue look at the cat. Zhang Jue said, "Let it apologize to you."

The kitten looked very petite in Chen Boqiao's hand, and looked very afraid of giving birth.

"I'm sorry." Chen Boqiao said in a low voice, pinching the cat's paw.

Zhang Jue stared at the cat with downcast eyes. From the corner of his eye, he saw Chen Boqiao's straight nose and deep browbones. His heart rate immediately became abnormal. The word "it's okay" stuck for a long time before uttering it.

On the way to the safe house, Chen Boqiao put the cat on his lap and teased it one after another.

Zhang Jue has never been interested in fluffy animals, but because Chen Boqiao picked up the cat, after a while of silence, he decided to show some concern: "Where is it hurt? I think it's fine."

"I'm limping," Chen Boqiao said, "It must have been run over by a passing car."

Zhang Jue didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you want to treat it?"

He really doesn't know if there is a veterinarian in the town. If there is some kind of pet hospital and shelter, it would be nice to pay some money to keep the cat. walk.

"It's best to find a place to treat it." Chen Bo said while teasing the cat by the bridge.

"Then I'll go out to look for it at night." Zhang Jue said.

The town is not big, but there are many alleys and narrow roads. Zhang Jue drove the car intently, followed the town map in his memory, made many turns, and arrived at the safe house downstairs: "Here we are!" .”

"Zhang Jue," said Chen Boqiao in the dark, "you know the road very well."

Zhang Jue didn't know how to answer, so he said "hmm".

Of course he is very familiar.

He had memorized the route of taking Chen Boqiao to evacuate countless times, and he remembered it by heart, and he might never forget it.

Zhang Jue could recall the storage location of every key item, every backup plan and escape route, and even all the architectural drawings of the shanty town where the safe house was located.

He let Chen Boqiao and Mao sit in the car, got out of the car and pulled up the shutter door on the ground floor, drove the car into the garage, and went out to close the door.

The sound of the shutter door opening and closing was a bit loud, and the cat in Chen Boqiao's hand seemed to be frightened again, curling up motionless.Zhang Jue took the key, opened the door, took Chen Boqiao into the house, pressed the switch by the wall, and turned on the light: "The house is not big, let's make it right."

"It's much bigger than what I've lived in these past few months," Chen Boqiao looked around the room, and thanked Zhang Jue, "Thank you."

Zhang Jue shook his head, looked at Chen Boqiao for a second, and looked away.

Chen Boqiao is also considered tall among Alphas. He is very gentle, but the sense of oppression and aggression inherent in the pheromone cannot be ignored.Zhang Jue lowered his head, pointed to the sandwich bag in Chen Boqiao's other hand, and said, "Let's eat first."

They sat on the cramped sofa and ate most of their cold dinner.

The meat of the sandwich was not chewy, very soft, over-seasoned, and smelled of spices. The lettuce and peppers on the side dishes were all gone, and the edges of the leaves were still black.Chen Boqiao ate very quickly without gobbling it up. He left a small piece of bread and fed it to the meowing cat.

Zhang Jue observed for a while, but failed to analyze whether Chen Boqiao was satisfied with the sandwich, but Zhang Jue felt that this was his best dinner in recent years.

After Chen Boqiao finished eating, he picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV. A third-level musical was playing on the screen. A few Omega girls in very little clothes danced to the music. Chen Boqiao didn't change the channel.

Zhang Jue watched with Chen Boqiao for a few minutes, feeling a little restless, so he went to the bedroom drawer and took two guns and a communicator to Chen Boqiao, saying: "I'm going out to find a veterinarian, and I'll be back soon. contact me."

Chen Boqiao weighed the gun, and politely said to Zhang Jue, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Zhang Jue said dryly, "No trouble."

He opened the door and was about to go out when Chen Boqiao suddenly stopped him from behind: "Zhang Jue."

Zhang Jue looked back, half of Chen Boqiao's face was in the shadow, and half was illuminated by the light, Chen Boqiao said, "It's still troublesome."

Chen Boqiao smiled when he spoke, Chen Boqiao was very handsome, Zhang Jue always knew it.

"It's hypocritical to pick up cats when you can't protect yourself." Chen Boqiao said mockingly.

"No." Zhang Jue immediately denied it.

He tried his best to think of some good words, but he didn't say them out, because he felt that Chen Boqiao had heard enough and would definitely not like them at all, so he had to say first: "I know you have always been this kind of person."

Seeing that Chen Boqiao's face didn't change, Zhang Jue paused, and added: "You are a hero."

Chen Boqiao smiled, and turned his gaze back to the screen.

Zhang Jue stood there for a few seconds, then hurriedly picked up the car keys and went out.

II.

"it's me."

"Don't worry, I'm safe for the time being. I'm in Thailand, and I'm with Zhang Jue."

"I know. That's not called Jiehu. He led people to stay in the Asian League for two months. Didn't any of you find out?"

"He will come back anytime, time is tight, don't talk nonsense."

"By the way, I didn't pick up the locator, and I threw away the shield."

"Don't be so anxious, just explore his bottom."

"Tomorrow we will drive to Bangkok, and then board the ship to North America. The name of my new passport is Shen Yuhua, and the passport number is AU9931738. I don't know when and where to board the ship."

"Your actions continue."

"Okay, stop talking, I will contact you again, don't call this number."

III.

Zhang Jue first confirmed tomorrow's action with a team of mercenaries who were on standby near the safe house, and then began to circle the town. While looking for a veterinary clinic, he talked to an intelligence dealer and learned that the sub-alliance was in chaos.

The president was furious and ordered the officials involved in the escort to be severely punished.

The police in the capital of the Asian Union are conducting a blanket search for Chen Boqiao with Mount Mishan as the center, and the surrounding independent countries have also participated in the cooperative search.

The relationship between the Independent State of Thailand and the Asian Union is ordinary, so the search is not strong, but the border defense has been strengthened and scattered teams have been sent to patrol the border.

However, the President of the Asian Union and his staff seemed to have guessed that Chen Boqiao was probably already in the Independent State of Thailand, and several teams of special forces had sneaked into the Independent State of Thailand overnight.It is not safe for Chen Boqiao and Zhang Jue to be here, it is better to leave as soon as possible.

Zhang Jue intuited that the president of the Asian Union's reaction was a little weird, and wanted to ask in detail, but the intelligence dealer brought up another new development of another matter.

Contrary to the chaos in the presidential palace, Chen Boqiao's supporters held placards all over the alliance to celebrate.

After Chen Boqiao's trial ended, foreign media continued to release new evidence of Chen Boqiao's case. A witness who left the Asian Union quickly after the trial accepted a video interview and tearfully retracted his confession during the interview. There was also a media notice , will release the recording of the President's call with an unknown person at noon tomorrow. The content of the recording is related to the frame-up of Chen Boqiao.

The intelligence dealer sent the collection of interview videos of the witnesses to Zhang Jue. Zhang Jue hung up the phone and played the video while circling the town.

Zhang Jue went all over the town, but couldn't find a veterinary clinic. He got out of the car and asked a local who was about to close the stall, only to learn that the only pet clinic in the town was near their safe house, but it was closed and opened at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning. diagnosis.

Zhang Jue went back to the car, planning to send the cat there for treatment tomorrow morning, and then take Chen Boqiao to Bangkok.

Back in the room, Chen Boqiao was still watching TV.He made a nest for the cat out of a cushion from the sofa, and the cat fell asleep in it.

Zhang Jue walked over gently and sat on another single sofa.Because the room was small, he was not far from Chen Boqiao.

The independent country of Thailand is economically backward, and the living conditions are generally poor. The TV sets in the safe house are old and thick.

In the newly independent country where Zhang Jue is located, such a style could not be found more than ten years ago.

After the Omega dancer program on the TV station ended, an old movie began to be played, dubbed in Thai, without subtitles, but I don’t know why, Zhang Jue thought the movie was good, and Chen Boqiao seemed to be the same.

Halfway through the movie, the TV station inserted an advertisement. Chen Boqiao lowered the volume a little, and started chatting with Zhang Jue: "I haven't watched TV for half a year, so I realized that the things I didn't like before are actually pretty good."

Zhang Jue was really not good at chatting, and he didn't know what to answer. Fortunately, Chen Boqiao could always make the atmosphere more natural. He asked Zhang Jue: "Have you found a veterinarian?"

"I found it." Zhang Jue said his plan for tomorrow morning, and Chen Boqiao agreed.When the advertisement passed and the movie started, Zhang Jue thought they would watch the second half of the movie together in harmony, Chen Boqiao suddenly turned off the TV, turned around, and looked at Zhang Jue seriously.

This reminded Zhang Jue of the few times when he and Chen Boqiao were training rowing alone in middle school. At that time, Chen Boqiao would be so close to him, and he had the same expression when he turned his head to talk.

Zhang Jue was distracted, and he had to react for a few seconds before he understood what Chen Boqiao meant by "I told someone our address".

Chen Boqiao took out a small blue-screen mobile phone from his pocket, handed it to Zhang Jue, and said, "It's someone I trust."

Zhang Jue was a little dazed. If someone else did this kind of thing, he would turn around and leave in all likelihood, or just fight and leave.But he would not be angry with Chen Boqiao, nor would he fight with Chen Boqiao, so he had to take it, glanced briefly, and returned it to Chen Boqiao: "When did you buy it?"

"When I was picking up cats, I saw books on the stand," Chen Boqiao confessed, "There are a few banknotes where you put your sunglasses, so I bought one. We often use this kind of mobile phone, with a single function and one-time use." , not easy to track."

Zhang Jue looked at Chen Boqiao for a long time and said, "Actually, you don't need to tell me."

"How can I do that, I don't want to lie to you." Chen Boqiao smiled. He dismantled the phone, walked to the small window in the living room, opened the window and threw it out, making things that were not frank at all frank.

Chen Boqiao walked back, sat back where he was just now, and asked Zhang Jue with a calm expression, "Are you angry for not talking?" He rolled up the sleeves of the clothes Zhang Jue bought for him, revealing two or three scars on his right arm. Very shallow scars.

They should all be injured while performing missions, but not while studying.Zhang Jue thought to himself, and resisted the desire to take a closer look at Chen Boqiao's scars, and said softly, helplessly, "I'll just buy a sandwich. Why did you do so many things?" He asked Chen Boqiao again: "Who did you tell?"

"A person you know," Chen Boqiao said, "Pei Shu."

Hearing the name Chen Boqiao said, Zhang Jue frowned, and the discomfort that had been suppressed rose again.

Pei Shu and Zhang Jue were at odds.But if you want to calculate carefully, in fact, all of Chen Boqiao's friends and Zhang Jue are not in the same boat.Zhang definitely didn't like those people, and he didn't even understand how Chen Boqiao could become friends with them.

At that time, Zhang Jue lived alone, and often ate alone in the restaurant, watching Chen Boqiao from a distance surrounded by a large group of friends, and each Zhang Jue could count out his shortcomings.

Zhang Jue's closest friend and ex-fiancé Ai Jiaxi once pointed out that these friends have not great shortcomings, and Zhang Jue doesn't like them because of jealousy, jealous that they can stay with Chen Boqiao while Zhang Jue can't .

Of course, Zhang Jue himself does not agree with Ai Jiaxi's point of view.

Seeing that Zhang Jue kept silent, Chen Boqiao asked, "Don't you remember Pei Shu? He has a deep impression on you."

Zhang Jue shook his head: "I remember." Before Chen Boqiao could answer, Zhang Jue made up his mind to speak again: "Forget it, you can trust him, but don't do such dangerous things again. The Asian League has sent people When entering the independent country of Thailand, you must be careful in everything, and everything will be discussed after boarding the ship."

"Okay," Chen Boqiao quickly agreed, "I see."

They didn't continue to watch movies, Zhang Jue gave up the larger bedroom to Chen Boqiao, and slept in the smaller one by himself.

Before entering the house, Chen Boqiao said good night to Zhang Jue.

Zhang Jue took a simple wash, lay on the narrow single bed, covered with a cold and hard quilt, and suffered from slight insomnia.

He stayed with Chen Boqiao.

This recognition made Zhang never want to close his eyes.

It was as if something stirred randomly in his stomach, pulled his spleen and stomach again, and pressed his heart, making it beat very fast without slowing down.

When he was bored and missed Chen Boqiao very much, Zhang Jue carefully calculated that during the eight years in school, he and Chen Boqiao spent a total of nine hours, four and 10 minutes alone together.

Now soon, soon it will break.

IV.

"How's the action going?"

"It's me... I bought two mobile phones."

"Throw it away, give him a vaccination, lest he be unprepared and fight you directly. When will you arrive in Bangkok tomorrow?"

"Are you sure you want to see me? Zhang will never necessarily welcome you."

"what ever."

"Pei Shu, don't talk nonsense."

"Bye."