hostage

"How did you come?"

Xu Mo opened the door of his house, and was a little surprised to see the unexpected visitor, but soon understood, and turned his lower body to let Miyano Shiho through the door.He wasn't surprised that Miyano Shiho knew where he lived, since she knew his identity.To his surprise, Miyano Shiho would come directly to him at this time.

Miyano walked into the door, and then raised his eyes to look at the man in front of him. He seemed to have just finished a shower. He was only wearing a bathrobe, and he seemed to be in a hurry to open the door. The belt of the bathrobe was tied Very casually, the front of his chest was spread out naturally, showing that his figure is well-defined, strong and well-proportioned, and there are also vaguely visible water droplets on the skin that have not been wiped clean, and there are some fine light brown horizontal lines, It's like some small scars.

Seeing this, Miyano Shiho didn't notice anything wrong either. She always knew that a person like Xu Mo might not be experienced in many battles. Although he was only a scientist in name, an unusually young academic, but How many people have seen the true face hidden behind this?

Xu Mo looked back at Kamiyano, as if realizing something, tightened the bathrobe slightly with his hands, then picked up the towel hanging on the back of the chair, covered it on the hair that was clearly still wet, and stretched out his hand While wiping gently, he did not look at Miyano, but said indifferently,

"Sorry, I was taking a shower just now, I didn't expect someone to come."

"I interrupted."

"Sit casually first, and I'll change clothes."

As he said that, Xu Mo walked towards the bedroom while still brushing his hair. Miyano Shiho watched him go away, and heard his voice saying, "Are you thirsty? I only have plain water. You can pour it yourself on the dining table." Bar."

Miyano did not go to pour water, but turned to look at the living room, went straight to the sofa, turned around and sat down.She didn't know what was wrong with her, she was in a daze the moment she got into the taxi, some things, no, everything she couldn't control, especially about Mingmei, she couldn't know what Mingmei was doing, There was no way to stop Minmei's actions, so for a long time, she felt that no matter what, as long as she was safe, it was enough.

However, it seems to be different now. With millions of assumptions, she dare not think that Mingmei will be involved in the same matter with her, although it seems that there is not much connection at present, or it is just that GIN does not trust her, so she sent Mingmei came to contain her, but what about the worst result?It's not going to be easy with Vermouth involved.

"Miss, where are you going?"

When Miyano was lost in thought, he realized that he had hailed a taxi, where were he going?Where is the place I should go?Back to the hotel?Or listen to Rye and pack up and go back to Japan as soon as possible?How could GIN not get wind of what happened today, he won't let her go, no, he and the organization still need her, so he won't do anything to her, but what about Mingmei?

At that moment, Miyano thought of the man she met in the afternoon, and his beautiful but bottomless eyes under the deep browbones, a face she had never seen since she met him. , In the alienated and indifferent elegance, there is seven points of arrogance and three points of ruthlessness, as if how the world changes for him, it is all fearless and meaningless.

Or, the key to everything is still in the hands of that man, or, she can rely on him.

The spontaneous thought startled me, but my words were faster than my thoughts.

"Please go to this address."

When Miyano came to his senses, he had already taken out his mobile phone and called up the address of Xu Mo's house and showed it to the driver.Everything is a foregone conclusion, I hope this step is the right one.

Miyano Shiho sat quietly on Xu Mo's sofa, but his eyes were suddenly attracted by a piece of paper on the coffee table in front of the sofa. The paper was a pencil sketch, gray and white, not colored, more like a sketch.Although Xu Mo did not answer her question at the time, and the information given to her did not explain this point, but based on her observations, she can almost confirm that Xu Mo's cognition of color has obstacles. As for the extent, she has no choice. And know.

But this is not important, what is important is that she was attracted by the scene depicted in this sketch - in fact, it is not so much a painting, it is more like a diagram of a place. However, there is a big tree growing on the right side of the suspected grassland. The thick and intertwined trunk is reflected in the painting. Looking up the trunk, you can see the scattered branches of the tree and the connected leaves of the tree. The painter Using his own brushstrokes to make it very vivid, even though there is no color, Miyano Shiho can feel from the painting that this is a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves.Next to the tree, Miyano saw a few Chinese characters. She searched her mind for the Chinese words she had learned before and recognized:

"Love Language City... Suburbs?Camphor tree……"

This is just a very ordinary painting, even though it can be seen that Xu Mo has good basic painting skills, but to Miyano Shiho, it seems to have a different meaning, she seemed to recall something at that moment, He took out his mobile phone from his coat pocket, clicked on the photo album, and flipped through it one by one.

All these photos were taken from the information given by GIN. At that time, she was absent-minded and just browsed through them roughly.But now, after going through the photos again, Miyano Shiho found out that GIN's information is so detailed, so why let her check it out again?Is it because Ben doesn't trust the people deliberately appointed by his superiors, or, or is this not his real purpose?This step-by-step arrangement may be just for her to get close to Xu Mo to reach the organization, or is it just an excuse for GIN to gain benefits?She didn't dare to think deeply, she looked down at the photo on the screen, and held the sketch in the other hand, overlapping and comparing it up and down.

The photo in her mobile phone is obviously much more vivid than the painting. Although it seems to be an old photo, with a little yellowing and fading, the general picture can still be clearly seen-the scene shown in the photo is similar to the scene in the painting, or It is almost the same, the same grassland, the same tree, and the shape of the branches and leaves shown in the colored photos, Miyano can probably confirm that it is a camphor tree.What is different from the painting is that there are people in the landscape in the photo. They are a little boy about seven or eight years old and a little girl about four or five years old. The child's face, only the little boy can be seen dressed in a British school uniform, sitting on the grass, holding a book in his hand, similar to a drawing board, while the girl is kneeling beside the boy, wearing a white shirt and red skirt , which is relatively eye-catching.

What Miyano Shiho was most curious about about the stack of internal documents was this photo. Although she was still calm when she first saw it, she was always surprised that there were some pictures in Ares, that is, Xu Mo's detailed resume. The work photos and life photos are not surprising, and she was not surprised even when she saw his family photo when he was a child, but this one was indescribably out of place. At first, I thought maybe he had a younger sister, but maybe he didn’t even check the organization to something, so it is not recorded.

However, thinking about it now... thinking of the girl who slept peacefully in the library in the afternoon, as if she knew nothing about the world, and looking at this photo carefully, Miyano felt a little confused, thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't sink Hold on, she still hasn't figured out what role Ares plays in the organization, who GIN represents, who Vermouth, who is always in subtle opposition to it, represents, and Rye, and what the situation is.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my drawing?"

Miyano Shiho almost forgot that he was in Xu Mo's house now, his train of thought was interrupted by his sudden appearance, he pressed off the screen in a panic and put the phone in his pocket.

"No, it's okay, I just think the painting is very good."

"So, you still took pictures?"

"Huh?" Miyano didn't react for a while, suddenly realized what he did just now, and said silently, "Well, yes, you don't mind."

"No." Xu Mo pondered for a moment, as if he had made a decision, and then said, "I don't know, I always feel that this place is very important to me."

As soon as this sentence came out, Miyano Shiho was very surprised. It seemed that there was something wrong with her guessing direction. Could it be that the person in front of her couldn't remember her childhood?This knowledge made Miyano feel that the matter seemed to have some meaning. Although there were too many emotions waiting to be sorted out in his heart, he still looked at the man in front of him coldly.

He changed into casual home clothes, even a loose solid-color cotton T-shirt, which still exudes a touch of elegance when worn on this person, and the same set of home cotton trousers of the same color can also set off his appearance. The slender legs, such an ordinary home attire, reminded her of a well-tailored and comfortable fit, which seemed to be in line with her usual feelings, except for the one this afternoon.

"Hello? Well, it's me."

When Miyano returned from a distraction, she saw Xu Mo pick up a phone call, and when she heard a voice on the other end, the corners of Xu Mo's mouth slowly rose.

"Well, okay, no, no trouble, I'm looking forward to tomorrow instead. Have a good rest and good night."

Xu Mo hung up the phone, and saw Miyano Shiho's indifferent and helpless expression.

"Is it her?"

"Yes."

"..."

"I understand, but, I don't know why, I can't bear to refuse." Xu Mo looked back at his painting on the table, "It's like this place, the feeling that seems to come directly from the beating of the heart, I can't help it." To describe, or simply to feel, is very important.”

On the second day, Xu Mo made an appointment with Tao Youran, and at this moment he was already in a remote mountain forest.Surrounded by green trees, there is only a narrow bluestone road as a passage, ethereal but terribly silent, as if there is no one inhabited for several miles.

This was not their destination in the first place.Xu Moben just wanted to comfort Youran, so thinking of the comic book store she had mentioned, he decided to take her to see if he could find the soon-to-be-out-of-print "The Little Prince".However, on the way there, Xu Mo found that there seemed to be more than one group of people following them, or in other words, following him.

In the meeting with Miyano Shiho last night, although they were not honest with each other in the end, he thought that they should have reached a consensus by default, so she probably would not follow him or send someone to follow him.Then, who are the rest who are so curious about him?Or, there are other people who came to monitor him?

He looked at the girl who was a little frightened by his side at the moment, but tried his best to pretend that he didn't care, and thought, he himself was fine, he was capable of dealing with it no matter what, but what about Tao Youran?Everything was unclear, and he couldn't and couldn't push the girl into a dangerous situation.So, he shook off the following tail as best he could.

However, he walked into such a mountain forest unknowingly.

"Are you scared?"

"Well, a little bit, but it's okay."

"Don't worry, I'm here." Xu Mo said these comforting words, and stretched out his hand to You Ran, "Is it okay?"

Tao Youran looked at Xu Mo, her face was slightly hot, she nodded lightly, then Xu Mo held her hand, and listened to him say,

"Follow me."

Xu Mo held Tao Youran, and from time to time looked at the moss canopy around it was much denser than when he first came in, so he took Youran's hand and continued walking south along the road, and soon heard the sound of water flowing.

I don't know if it's because of the waterfall around me that makes this mountain road relatively wet, or because of the fog in the mountain, the road under my feet has become slippery.

"Be careful……"

Just as Xu Mo wanted to remind the girl who was being held by him but was sideways behind him to watch the road carefully, he felt the strength of his hand slightly pulled from behind him, and Xu Mo immediately reacted and held the girl tightly. He held her hand and put his arms around her waist so that she didn't fall directly, but the unexpected movement still made the girl feel her feet twisted.

"Are you okay, can you still go?"

Xu Mo let go of the girl, squatted down, and carefully checked the girl's ankle. Fortunately, there was no sign of redness or swelling.

"No, it's okay, I can still go."

After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Xu Mo stood up, walked in front of the girl, turned his back to her, and bent slightly, Tao Youran heard a voice coming from the front,

"I'll carry you along the way."

"No, no, I'm heavy."

"It's okay, come up quickly, let's go out early."

Xu Mo didn't seem to allow the girl to reject him, Tao Youran felt a little embarrassed, but when she saw Xu Mo like this, she tentatively stretched out her hand to hook Xu Mo's neck first, and slowly lay on his back.Feeling the temperature and weight behind him, Xu Mo straightened up and carried the girl on his back to continue walking.

"Seeing the waterfall here, I suddenly remembered that my father often took me here to climb mountains when I was young."

"Really? Then why didn't you know each other just now?"

"Maybe it's because I didn't take the same road when I came here before, and I always feel that it's not so quiet. Haha, maybe it's because I was too scared to be brought here all of a sudden, so I don't remember."

"Huh? Isn't it just a little scared? Or, do you think I might be a bad person?"

"what?"

The girl on the back was silent for a while, then as if thinking of something, she suddenly laughed out loud, spraying a light breath on the back of Xu Mo's neck and shoulders.The girl's laughter was so cheerful and sweet, but then she felt as if she had buried her head in her neck. Suddenly, something as light as a feather scratched Xu Mo's heart, soft and itchy.

The girl stopped laughing for a while, as if she felt that her laughing too much would affect Xu Mo's body and burden Xu Mo, and asked with some anxiety,

"Am I too heavy?"

"No."

"I seem to remember that I was very naughty when I was a child. I was very excited when I saw this waterfall for the first time, and then I ran forward regardless, but fell straight down. I was not as lucky as today, and my feet were swollen. I was I was afraid that my father would scold me, so I cried desperately when he rushed over. In fact, I didn’t feel any pain at all, and there was no reason to cry so badly, but my father seemed to take it seriously. He was very anxious, and immediately carried me down the mountain Walk……"

Xu Mo listened to the leisurely narration without interrupting, and finally seemed to be in a cold room. The two of them suddenly didn't know what to say, so they walked all the way in silence until they went down the mountain.At the foot of the mountain, a few small vendors have already started preparing for the night market.They shuttled among them, and finally stopped in front of an old comic book store, where Xu Mo put You Ran off his back.

It's a pity that they went all the way and arrived in front of the store, only to find that the door was closed and the owner did not open the door.

Xu Mo looked at the girl and sighed, "Let's go, take you to eat something, and then send you back to school."

The girl didn't answer, but after a while Xu Mo heard the faint sobs coming from his side, he glanced at the girl beside him, tears were streaming down his face, Xu Mo had already stretched out his hand to embrace Tao Youran before he came to his senses In the middle, I felt the humidity and temperature of the shirt on my chest, and my heart felt a tingling pain for no reason.

Ding--

Xu Mo felt the phone ring and vibrate in his trousers pocket. He put his arms around Youran with one hand, and reached into his pocket with the other to get the phone. He opened it with one hand, and it was a text message from an unknown number:

"Ares, it's not time, stay away from her, don't touch her!" 』

——TBC——

The author has something to say: PS: The official Xu Mo dating plot in this chapter is "The Covenant in the Mountain Forest", but it is not that date, and the follow-up plot will explain.