Sunset Boulevard

The safe house is in a low building in the southwest of the city, very close to the port of Bangkok.

Most of the time when Zhang Jue went out, Chen Boqiao sat on the armchair by the window of the safe house, watching the blurred image of the sun outside the screen window gradually sinking; and during the other small part of the time, he talked with Pei Shu on the phone.

Pei Shu's father, Pei Shaoyong, used to be one of the board members of Siuhua Energy. He quit the management of Siuhua Energy a few years ago and took his wife to settle in a small subsidiary country in the north of the Asian Union.

It is rumored that Pei Shaoyong was squeezed out and seized power in the group because of disagreement with the chairman Chen Zhaoyan, but this is not the case.

Pei Shaoyong is a seed buried by the Chen family in the north of the Asian League, waiting for the right time to take root.

Chen Boqiao didn't know when Zhang Jue would come back from the pet hospital, so he kept a long story short and briefly told Pei Shu the whole story.

This time, Chen Boqiao's rescue happened suddenly and it was very important. Pei Shu didn't dare to be careless, so he brought several consultants along with him.

After hearing Chen Boqiao's words, several people discussed in low voices for a few minutes, and quickly came up with the best plan for the current situation, and Pei Shu relayed Chen Boqiao.

Pei Shu was uncharacteristically hesitant, and his tone was a lot more serious than usual, which made Chen Boqiao feel that those few consultants personally selected by his father should not have reached any decent opinions.

"You might not like their plan." Pei Shu said hesitantly.

Chen Boqiao was not surprised: "Just tell me."

"The son of a politician of the new independent country, with a team of the highest-ranking mercenaries, took you across the border to sneak across the secret road to the independent country of Thailand. All the characters and links in the middle, as long as there is even the slightest leak, will become evidence of your treason , stains that cannot be washed away, no matter how you explain," Pei Shu said, "for you, the whole rescue is your time bomb. You have to admit this."

Hearing this, Chen Boqiao probably already understood the contents of the plan.

Not only was it disrespectful, it was even shameless, but he didn't interrupt Pei Shu.

"But what if the rescue becomes a hijacking?" Pei Shu said slowly.

"Zhang decided to ask you to open a genetic lock for him, as you said, there must be some defects in his body, what if we let this become his purpose?

"Supposing that Zhang Jue needs that potion and needs to open the genetic lock of the prototype, and Chairman Chen has only one descendant of you, and you are sentenced to death by the Asian League, Zhang Jue hijacks you in order to obtain the potion. This is very logical.

"In addition, Zhang Jue's father, as a political figure of the newly independent country, was also partly involved in this hijacking, which in turn cleared you of the suspicion of treason. If you had an affair with North America, why would they bother—"

"Pei Shu," Chen Boqiao interrupted him, "That's enough."

Pei Shu stopped.

Chen Boqiao opened the screen window a little, looking at the ships coming and going in the distant port, and the neatly arranged containers like building blocks on the shore. On the other end of the phone, Pei Shu was breathing heavily.

On the way to the independent country of Thailand, Zhang Jue said to Chen Boqiao, "You are a hero".

Chen Boqiao didn't respond.

Chen Boqiao, who just graduated from Roche College and entered the Asian Union Military Academy despite his father's fierce opposition, wanted to be a hero; Chen Boqiao, who was on a mission for the first time, wanted to be a hero; Chen Boqiao, who was commended by the Vice Premier, thought he would become a hero.

But that was a long time ago.

It was so long ago that Chen Boqiao couldn't remember whether the innocent and straightforward person was himself or someone else.

Of course, even if he is not a hero, Chen Boqiao is not so weak and incompetent.

After a while, Pei Shu took a step back and said, "I told you, you won't like it." He didn't give up and tried to persuade him: "But this is the best solution. Zhang Jue's self-indulgence caused such a big trouble , Shouldn’t it be the responsibility?”

"Pei Shu," said Chen Boqiao, "it's troublesome, but I'm not so dirty."

Perhaps it was because Chen Boqiao's attitude was too firm, Pei Shu became no longer calm: "If you're not dirty, you took away his medicine."

Chen Boqiao stopped talking.

Perhaps only Zhang Jue in the whole world would believe that he didn't do it on purpose.He also admitted that he was too curious at the time, did not consider the consequences, and was too aggressive.

After the conversation reached a stalemate, Pei Shu took the lead to break the silence. He restrained his emotions and said flatly, "Forget it, don't mention this, then what are you going to do."

Chen Boqiao said: "I boarded the boat with him, you lure the people from the Asian League, and then take Zhang Jue out. Since it can be used as evidence of my treason and collaborating with the enemy, it can also be used as a frame."

After communicating for a while, the consultants believed that Chen Boqiao's proposal of a more complex operation was not unfeasible, and began to prepare for a new plan.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Boqiao continued to look out the window boredly.

At a quarter past four in the afternoon, the door opened.

Zhang Jue walked in with two bags in his hand, he put one of them on the dining table, and said to Chen Poqiao with no expression on his face: "I bought dinner, I don't know if it will suit your taste, it should be better than yesterday's." Late sandwiches are good."

He put another bag on the ground, took out a small dustproof bag from it, approached Chen Boqiao, and stuffed the dustproof bag into Chen Boqiao's arms: "For you."

Chen Boqiao looked down at the silk bag, opened it again, took out a plush cat toy, and found that it was somewhat similar to the little lame cat that Zhang Jue sent away, so he felt a little funny.

Holding the doll's leg, he asked Zhang Jue, "Where did you find it?"

"At the entrance of the hospital," Zhang Jue lowered his head, put his gaze between Chen Boqiao's hand and the doll, and asked in a low voice after a few seconds, "Do you like it?"

Chen Boqiao suspected that Zhang Jue had no idea that normal people would not give adult Alpha man plush cat dolls as gifts. He pinched the soft belly of the doll and thought about it, then politely cheated: "Thank you, I like it very much." .”

Zhang Jue raised his head slightly, looked at Chen Boqiao and blinked a few times.

The ends of Zhang Jue's eyes were a little raised, clear and beautiful, with long lower eyelashes.Chen Boqiao suddenly realized that Zhang Jue was not bad looking, but because of his gloomy temperament and casual attire, people didn't notice that he actually had a pretty face.

Looking at each other for a while, Zhang Jue confirmed to Chen Boqiao again: "Really?" As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his mouth tightly, as if Chen Boqiao would take what he just said as if he closed his mouth fast enough. As others have said.

Chen Boqiao smiled at Zhang Jue, and casually lied to Zhang Jue: "Really."

Zhang Jue pursed his lips, and while taking out the food from the takeaway bag, he told Chen Boqiao: "I'm not very good at giving gifts, and I'm not good at picking them." I probably really believed that Chen Boqiao liked it, Zhang Jue talked a lot When he got up, he opened the takeaway environmental protection box to reveal their dinner, and said: "The ship leaves at [-] o'clock, and the person who picks us up will arrive at [-] o'clock. We will take the cargo ship, and the conditions will not be very good, so we can only continue to make do with it." , but when we get to the newly independent country, it will be much better.”

Chen Boqiao watched Zhang Jue arrange the boxes and unpack the disposable tableware before standing up and sitting at the dining table.

The two of them were eating dinner quietly facing a pile of lunch boxes. Suddenly, something in Zhang Jue's pocket shook.He put down his chopsticks and took out a mobile phone that Chen Boqiao had never seen before.The phone model is very new, like Zhang Jue's personal phone.Zhang Jue looked down, then turned the phone screen to Chen Boqiao, and said, "The operation will be performed tomorrow."

Chen Boqiao raised his eyes and saw a photo of a lame kitten.

The sender was called Wen Reception, and while Zhang Jue was showing Chen Poqiao the photos, Wen Reception sent several more messages, informing Zhang Jue of the kitten's examination and status in the hospital, with a tone of voice Some intimacy, using a lot of cute expressions.

Chen Boqiao originally thought that Zhang Jue was a type who was not good at socializing at all, but seeing how enthusiastic the receptionist was towards Zhang Jue, it seemed that was not the case.

"The hospital staff?" Chen Boqiao asked.

"En." Zhang Jue took it back to look at it, quickly replied a message, then turned off the phone, and continued this delicious takeaway dinner with Chen Boqiao.

Zhang Jue was a bit strange, which made Chen Boqiao feel novel.

Chen Boqiao has never had a date, he has no chance to fall in love, and he is not interested in meeting admirers, so his love life is lacklustre.Chen Boqiao has always believed that other people's liking for him is a boring herd mentality, but what he likes is actually his appearance, his family or his excellent resume.

Pheromones and hormones are the most fleeting and unreliable things.Everyone is used to think more for themselves, no one is as stupid as Zhang Jue.

No one is going to hide a locator smeared with blood and flesh from someone else's body.

Chen Boqiao looked at Zhang Jue quietly, and called him: "Zhang Jue."

Zhang Jue raised his head, with some doubts in his eyes: "What's wrong?"

Chen Boqiao almost wanted to ask Zhang Jue why he came to the Asian League to ask for trouble.He and Zhang Jue have been classmates for several years, and it seems that they haven't spoken a few words.

But in the end Chen Boqiao said, "It's nothing."

"Oh." Zhang Jue said, and lowered his head meekly.