Swallowing the Seas

The sound of rushing water stopped, and Wu Yu walked out of the kitchen. While wiping his hands with a cloth, he turned to face the crowd and asked flatly, "Have you considered it?"

He was wearing a black turtleneck sweater with the cuffs rolled up on his forearms. The skin on his face and hands was a cold white that the light could not render.The shark looked at him closely, but he didn't look at anyone, just lowered his head and wiped his hands. This angle made his black eyebrows and eyes form a slender arc, the bridge of his nose was clean and straight, and his lips were unusually thin and thin , that is a face that looks very difficult to persuade.

"...I don't have to take you away." Shark pondered for a moment, and finally said.

—The boss actually changed his mind.

Several bodyguards around who were ready to attack at any time were taken aback for a moment.

"You may have misunderstood me, painter. I don't need your loyalty, nor do I need you to be a subordinate. I just want you to be free."

Wu Yu paused with his hands in the towel, Shark got up and walked in front of him, his tone was very gentle: "You should understand that this freedom cannot be obtained from the police, otherwise you would not have stayed in the heavily blocked building back then. Hit the secret door. But even if I got arrested and you escaped, that secret door would only get you to poorer, more chaotic, drug-ridden parts of Southeast Asia, and maybe you'd be a good mercenary, but trust me , your appearance and inner condition, in that precarious environment, there is no freedom at all."

"If you come with me, things will be different." Shark's tone changed slightly, becoming more low-key and seductive: "You can go to my private island near Greece, where there are fishermen, markets and piers , where you can live peacefully, or go fishing in a boat. Have you ever seen the warm Mediterranean Sea? Once you have seen the ocean, you will realize that all legal systems and moral constraints on land are so tiresome. You can Enjoy that unfettered peaceful life until you die of old age."

The warm and humid sea breeze, the free-floating boat-even if it is not a wanted criminal who has been scarred in the first half of his life, this is an irresistible temptation for anyone.

Wu Yu laughed shortly: "Maybe I can't afford such a high rent, Mr. Phillip."

"You don't need to pay any price, and you don't need to participate in any dark net or drug trade. All my islands are open to you for life, with one condition." The shark stared down at him, and the two were so close that they were almost touching, each The coldness in the pronunciation is awe-inspiring: "——Don't be my enemy."

"..."

"If you don't work for me, then you are not allowed to work for anyone, including the police of various countries, other gangsters, drug dealers, and my various competitors. You can do whatever you want." Shark finally raised his head, Resuming his polite demeanor, he smiled and said, "I can even find a way to help you convince the Bu detachment leader... Now it's time to call Bu Boss. Of course, this must be based on the foundation that you still like him and not want to kill him superior."

Shark probably has never offered such a generous offer to anyone in his life, let alone spent so much effort.If it were someone else, they might be more flattered now.

Wu Yu opened his mouth in full view, but closed it again without making a sound.

You can leave here as long as you agree.

Even if you just nod your head, you can completely leave this turbulent land and obscure future, all worries, loneliness, anger and despair will be wiped out, and a peaceful, distant, and possibly even affluent life in a foreign country is within reach.

"—Go forward, Agui." The bloody gasp in the tunnel was heard, it was Xie Xing's last desperate exhortation: "Live in my name, never look back, keep going forward..."

"Don't go with him," the familiar face stared at him through the glass window in the blink of an eye, amber pupils filled with fiery pleas: "Don't go with him."

……

Wu Yu finally smiled, the smile was very tired, and it was obviously just a polite way: "Forget it."

As soon as the three words were uttered, the faces of the bodyguards around changed, and the shark closed its eyes.

"I haven't figured out what I'm going to do in the future, and it's not worth your time." Wu Yu patted Shark on the shoulder casually, and laughed at himself, "Thank you, Mr. Phillip, I'm just too tired."

He raised his feet and walked towards the inner room, but the moment he passed by, the shark suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed his hand in mid-air!

"I'm going to trade a batch of goods with Bu Chonghua at the dock in three days, and I'll leave the country immediately after finishing. If you want to go with me, then go to the dock and find me, and someone will meet you."

"These three days are my last chance to think about it." Shark turned his head and leaned into Wu Yu's ear, his voice was as soft as a whisper: "Believe me, the loss of taste and smell is more serious than you imagined, and you need to receive treatment immediately."

Wu Yu's pupils dilated slightly, Shark stared at him fixedly, finally nodded, and led him out of this simple rental house.

Outside the bleak front yard in winter, Qin Chuan was getting off the jeep, and he let out a surprise when he saw this: "Where is the person?"

Shark strode forward, his expression was not good, and he was about to get into the car door when he stopped suddenly.

"Mr. Phillip?"

The shark suddenly raised its hand, narrowed its eyes and looked around.

The uneven stone road under their feet extended into the depths of the dark night, and there was a vast bicycle shed at the end of the bungalow area in the distance. Several motorcycles crowded each other and parked under the green plastic shed.The wind rolled the dead leaves and scraped across the ground, making a piercing scratching sound, and suddenly I heard only - flapping!

As the sparrow flew over the top of the dead tree, one of his subordinates breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's a bird!"

Shark's face changed suddenly, and he turned his head and looked straight at the back wall of the courtyard. He made a sharp gesture to signal his subordinates to shut up, and then took a few steps to run up the wall cleanly!

thump!

The shark landed like lightning and looked up.

There was nothing in front of him, a winding and deep alley leading to darkness, and at the end was the kitchen back window of Wu Yu's rented house, where light was still shining through at this time.

"Meow——" A frightened wild cat quickly jumped over the wall and ran away.

"Boss!" "Mr. Phillip!"

Several of his subordinates hurried over to lower their voices, only to see Shark looking at the empty dead end in front of him, with a cloudy expression on his face, and asked softly for a while, "What is Bu Chonghua doing?"

Qin Chuan immediately sent a text message with his mobile phone.

——At the same time, at the door of a private room of a nightclub hundreds of kilometers away, a man dressed as a waiter sneaked close to the crack of the door, vaguely hearing the sounds of drinking, playing cards, and throwing dice coming from inside.Bu Chonghua, whom he had been following all this time, was also inside, with a very familiar voice, talking to his fat guy named Tian Ding while drinking, as if he was ordering something.

"...Tomorrow, remember to remove the water vapor, press it up and down, and count the quantity again..."

"Yes, I know, do you still need to order this?" Tian Ding sat on the sofa and said loudly to the tape recorder in the box next to the door: "Don't worry about my work, after this is over, let's go to the next one." The batch of goods should be released, it is very bright!"

The tape recorder was rustling, without even a pause, and the timing of the next sentence was perfect: "Okay, first bring two packages up for inspection."

Tian Ding: "Come on!"

In the private room, there was a scantily clad "Mummy" and several plainclothes men with gold chain tattoos. At this moment, several people exchanged glances with each other. Meng Zhao, who was full of make-up, opened the door and walked out of the private room with a cigarette in his mouth and high heels, bumping into the sneaky "waiter" outside the door.

"Why are you stuck here!" Meng Zhao scolded softly, and stuffed the wine tray into the waiter's arms: "Go drink!"

The "waiter" was afraid of being recognized as not from here, so he dared to show his face in front of Mama Sang, took the wine tray in a hurry and ran away with a nod and bow, he was relieved until the corner of the corridor, took out his mobile phone and hurriedly replied a text message, After looking left and right for a moment, he tiptoed and disappeared behind the fire door.

"Boss Shuobu and his buddy named Tian Ding, who were following me, brought a few people in business, and asked a mother Sang to drink and play cards in the house. You can hear them discussing things through the door." Qin Chuan put down the phone, The look was natural as usual: "No problem, Bu Chonghua probably doesn't know what happened in the police force."

The shark stared at the dizzy yellow kitchen back window at the end of the dead end without moving. His gaze was unpredictable. After a long while, he finally retracted his gaze and said slowly: "Leave a few people to watch here. Who did the painter meet, what did he say, and what did he buy? Write it all down and report to me.”

"Yes!"

Several subordinates immediately dispersed around the bungalow, Shark turned and walked out, Qin Chuan followed closely, and asked with a smile: "I thought you said on the way we came just now, boss, this time you have to take away the painter, Or take away the painter's body..."

"Changed his mind," said Shark, "I want him to come to me of his own accord."

Qin Chuan was somewhat surprised, "Oh?": "Will he?"

The shark got into the car door, the jeep turned on its lights and started, and slowly backed out of the long and narrow stone road.The lonely and quiet courtyard under the street lamp is getting farther and farther away, the tires of the car run over the dark and bumpy gravel road in the countryside, the north wind whizzes through the broken tiles, and the gray and white frost covers the withered yellow grass.

"Yes!" After a long while the shark said lightly, "The painter once said that the two people he hates most in this world are me and the police. If he can be so hard-hearted towards me, he shouldn't have no bottom line towards the police." It's right to be a bitch!"

Qin Chuan nodded thoughtfully, when Shark suddenly reached out and patted the driver's seat.

The driver asked, "Boss?"

"Tell the people who stayed just now that the painter will not come out in three days. Light a gas tank and blow up that house."

Even Qin Chuan's face changed slightly, the driver hurriedly said, "Yes!"

The shark leaned back on the back of the chair, his face blurred in the interlaced light and shadow.

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The taillights of the jeep disappeared at the end of the smoky road, and the few men left by the shark were still wandering around. Wu Yu looked away, and walked silently into the dead end of the rental house's rear window.

An unclear five-fingerprint remained on the outside of the rear window, but the last trace of hot temperature had dissipated, leaving only the cold and hard glass plate.Wu Yu lightly slid his finger across the fingerprint, closed his eyes for a moment, not knowing what was imagining in his mind, and looked a little dazed.

——He didn't let the short-term weakness last for too long, he opened his eyes expressionlessly after a few seconds, and wiped his fingerprints vigorously.

At this moment, a hand stretched out from behind, tightly pressing Wu Yu's hand that was covering the glass!

"I caught you," Bu Chonghua said hoarsely behind his ear tremblingly.

Wu Yu didn't turn around, didn't even make any movements, he just stood motionless between Bu Chonghua's body and the concrete window sill, and whispered for a while, "You dare to follow the shark's car, you are too brave... go back. "

"Where do you want me to go back?" Bu Chonghua asked back.

Wu Yu didn't make a sound, maybe he didn't know what to say, so he repeated in a low voice: "Go back..."

Bu Chonghua held his hand tightly and remained unmoved, and the footsteps following him on the path in the distance were approaching and far away.Until the creaking sound temporarily disappeared at the end of the alley, Wu Yu stared at the faintly reflected figure on the faintly yellow glass window, and asked softly, "Do you remember what I said to you in the martyr's cemetery?"

"..."

"I said that we are not in the same world, but you didn't understand at that time, and I couldn't explain it. In fact, we shouldn't have crossed paths, but you are the only person in this world who can let me see the light after Xie walks. , so I couldn't help but chase that light."

There seemed to be a little sadness in Wu Yu's eyes, but it was blurred in the glass reflection.

"After three days, regardless of whether the operation is successful or not, whether you catch the shark or not, you will become a martyr or a hero... I hope you will become a hero to the world, but that has nothing to do with me. Go back."

He finally smiled, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but Bu Chonghua suddenly grabbed it hard, and the two right hands overlapped up and down and pressed firmly against the glass, so tight that they could even feel each other's pulse.

"I don't need to be noticed by the world," Bu Chonghua said softly, "I just want to come back alive and bring you home..."

It was as if a hot current mixed with ice slag rushed from the spine to the brain, and flowed to every nerve in the limbs. Wu Yu stood there, his five fingers pressing on the glass slightly convulsed.

"... Hey, look over there again!..." "Be careful, don't miss it!"...

The horse boy who was watching turned back again, his creaking footsteps were far and close.There was something rumbling in Wu Yu's ears, and it took almost all of his strength to tilt his head slightly. Bu Chonghua's hot breath had already covered his forehead. It was a short, desperate, desperate kiss.

"It's me who has been chasing you..."

"You carry the fire all the way forward, you don't stop all the way and don't look back, I'm chasing you desperately behind..."

The cold wind carried their staggered breath, whistling over the stacked bricks and tiles, over the bony branches, and dissipated Bu Chonghua's sour endings under the sky.

"...As long as you are willing to stop and wait for me for a few days, I will definitely come back alive and pick you up to our home..."

The footsteps of the stalking were getting closer and closer, and Ma Zai appeared at the corner of the dead end, looking in suspiciously, the muddy open space outside the back window of the kitchen was empty.

In the dark depths, Wu Yu was clung to the corner of the mud wall alone, his spine was hard against the dirty and cold wall, and he was clutching the silver-white pendant at the bottom of his chest with one hand, his finger bones were discolored and blue, but he couldn't help but feel the pain. was lightened a bit.

It was a pair of rings.

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, and the residual warmth that had been tightly held in his hands finally dissipated.After a long time, Wu Yu tried his best to raise his head, and let out an extremely suppressed, soundless gasp.