Beyond Gold and Jade [Interstellar ABO]

Unconsciously sticking out the tip of her tongue and licking her dry lower lip, Pei Qingque showed a slightly embarrassed smile on her face, and put the juice in her hand back into the tray without moving.

The ends of his eyes were deliberately drooping down, trying to hide his wandering gaze and his distraught appearance, vaguely wanting to explain to the man standing in front of him that he was just having fun at the time and had no malicious intentions. To apologize for my mistake...

It's a pity that the words he uttered when he was restless were naturally glued together and broken up, and Pei Qingque tried repeatedly several times, but he failed to piece together a complete sentence.

It didn't take long before Pei Qingque also discovered this problem, and her brows that hadn't been stretched frowned even tighter. She was silent for a while, and finally sighed deeply, raised her head and whispered "Sorry" to the other party, and then So he simply kept silent, pursed his lips tightly, and sat down at the table dejectedly.

The fact that Wen Jingyi was taken away because of him was a huge blow to Pei Qingque. At this critical moment, he had no other thoughts and no extra energy to think about other things. .

That strange man in black was right. For Pei Qingque now, Meng Wangchuan was his only and also his greatest reliance.When Pei Qingque realized what happened to Wen Jingyi, the first thing that popped up in his mind was to find Meng Wangchuan and ask him to save his friend.

Perhaps it was precisely because he knew the relationship between the two very well, and while he was afraid of Meng Wangchuan and at the same time wanted to control the available Pei Qingque, the man in black deliberately named Meng Wangchuan, warning him that if he wanted Wen Jingyi to live, he would definitely die. Men are not allowed to know about these things.

The other party's weird behavior style made Pei Qingque feel jealous.In addition, he was in the open and the other party was in the dark, and he couldn't even be sure whether there was a surveillance camera watching his every move at this moment. He was afraid that as long as he showed the slightest intention to seek Meng Wangchuan's help, Wen Jingyi would be caught in the next second. security will be threatened.

In this way, the only thing Pei Qingque, who was almost at a loss what to do, could do was to wait and see what happened, and wait for the other party to confirm the time and place to meet before considering the next countermeasures.

Not daring to risk Wen Jingyi's life, Pei Qingque resisted the urge to send a video call to Meng Wangchuan and forced herself to calm down. Her whole body seemed to be pressed down by a big rock, lying on the table and pressing her face deeply. Buried in the crook of his arms.

The pajamas that were soaked in the cold sweat from the back because of being too nervous before became cold little by little. As time passed, the sticky touch behind her made Pei Qingque feel agitated and trembled slightly , appearing to be even more pitiful for her already thin and petite figure.

Meng Wangchuan was standing very close to him, so he naturally had a panoramic view of all this.From an angle that Pei Qingque couldn't see, the man's originally indifferent eyes were full of waves.

Without saying anything more, Meng Wangchuan simply stepped forward, squatted down, and put his hands through the space between the back of the boy's waist and the bend of his legs. Before Pei Qingque realized what happened, With a little effort, he easily hugged the baby bird that was curled up in front of the table.

Before Pei Qingque recovered from the shock, Meng Wangchuan stood up and walked straight towards the inner room where the bed was placed.

"??!"

Pei Qingque's eyes widened in disbelief, her whole body stiffened into a piece of wood, her originally pale cheeks were stained with an unnatural color of blood due to shock and excitement.

That inexplicable sense of familiarity rushed towards his face without warning along with the other person's embrace, making Pei Qingque, who was not so clear-headed, feel dizzy for a while.He shook his head, trying to get those weird thoughts out of his mind.It's just that before he had time to say something, he was touched by a piece of weakness.

Meng Wangchuan stepped into the door in a few steps, and put the little guy in his arms on the bed in the bedroom with very light movements.Knowing that he was wearing the name of a mecha, Meng Wangchuan didn't do anything that was too intimate for the two of them. After confirming that Pei Qingque was lying down, he straightened up and pulled the wrinkled body from the foot of the bed. The thin quilt, imitating the movements when taking care of others, tucked the corners of the quilt for the little boy rather unfamiliarly.

The tall humanoid mecha stood by the bed, looking down at Pei Qingque with a tenderness that Meng Wangchuan didn't even realize. Although the synthetic voice was stiff, it couldn't hide the concern in it:

"Go to sleep."

***

In the early morning, sunlight sneaks in through the cracks in the curtains, casting a golden color on the plush carpet.Occasionally, one or two birdsong in the garden came into the house through the half-opened glass, disturbing the originally quiet air.

Pei Qingque sat cross-legged on the soft mattress, wrapped herself in a thin quilt, only half of her face was exposed, and a small piece of dark blue and black spread under her eyes.

It has been three days since Wen Jingyi was kidnapped by the strange man in black.

He didn't actually fall asleep that night. Although he pretended to close his eyes, he got up after the other party walked out of the room and heard the sound of the door being opened and closed, and sat on the bed alone for the whole night.

Not only that night, but in the next few days, Pei Qingque was almost in a state of anxiety, completely unable to let go of a dangling heart, and every time he fell asleep due to lack of energy, it would not be long before he fell asleep in a nightmare. woke up.

The whole process goes round and round and seems to never end.

Pei Qingque sat alone in the room for a few minutes, and waited until the sunlight outside the window became more and more intense, thinking in her heart that it was past the time for Meng Wangchuan to go out, Pei Qingque, who was like a puppet, blinked slowly, He groaned and groped out of bed, even forgetting to put on his shoes.He pushed open the door secretly, and walked out with bare feet.

Ever since the Zergs used parasitism to sneak attack, Meng Wangchuan led the researchers in the laboratory to check all the servants in the Meng family, and found out many lurking Zergs, so he was dismissed. There are many servants.

Therefore, the current Meng Mansion is much quieter than before. Although it has passed the time when the servants should get up, the villa is still quiet. Occasionally, a cleaning maid who walks past is in a hurry and will not be in the house. Rideau made unnecessary stops.

If it was said that he avoided seeing Meng Wangchuan because of his personal feelings before, then now Pei Qingque had to minimize the possibility of the two meeting each other in order to avoid unnecessary trouble and also for Wen Jingyi's safety.

Pei Qingque stood on tiptoe on the steps, grabbed the guardrail of the escalator and looked down.After confirming that there was no shadow of Meng Wangchuan in the hall, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked down.

"Why don't you wear shoes?"

Just after taking a step down, Pei Qingque heard the familiar voice behind him.

As if he had been caught doing something bad, the bird turned around stiffly.Bite the bullet and look up, as expected, the man's wheelchair appeared by the stairs behind him, looking at him with a little helplessness.

Pei Qingque smiled awkwardly, retracted her protruding toes, and stood still, not knowing what to answer.

In Pei Qingque's impression, Meng Wangchuan had always had a strong sense of time, but today he didn't know why he hadn't gone out until now, and he was an hour later than usual, so he bumped into the bird cub who had sneaked out.

To Pei Qingque's surprise, Meng Wangchuan's complexion was not good. At first glance, he looked even more haggard than Pei Qingque. The suit on his body was well-fitting, but it did not bring out the elite temperament of the past. Instead, it set off the whole man The sense of infirmity is stronger.

Pei Qingque grabbed the corner of her clothes, only then did she feel the coolness of the ground seep in through the soles of her feet, she wrinkled her nose, stood there and buried her head very low.

Meng Wangchuan was very natural, and while telling the servant to bring Pei Qingque his plush slippers, he asked him, "Woke up so early?"

Pei Qingque hid from the other party for so many days, saying that she was not afraid of the man's finding out that it was a fake, and said guiltily: "I...morning, morning exercise."

Meng Wangchuan didn't expose him, he stared at the little guy putting on his shoes, and put on a coat with his own hands, then patted the little guy on the head, and said something unclear: "It's time to exercise."

Without embarrassing Pei Qingque, Meng Wangchuan looked down at the watch on his wrist, and ordered the maid to prepare breakfast for the bird.

After a few hasty exhortations, Meng Wangchuan left the villa.Pei Qingque looked at the slowly closing door, still not recovering from the encounter between the two before, she was in a daze.

However, what neither of the two noticed was that a small bug that had been hovering in the midair of the hall, took advantage of the moment Meng Wangchuan went out, got out through the crack of the door that had not been closed, and landed in the doorway outside the villa. It made two circles lightly in the sky, and then disappeared without a trace.

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After eating breakfast, Pei Qingque changed into her pajamas as she told Meng Wangchuan, walked into the garden, walked around the gravel path, and started "morning exercises".

Covered by flowers, Pei Qingque stopped in her tracks, took out the communicator she was holding tightly in her hand while there was no one around, and silently stared at the screen that had never been turned on, lost in thought.

If the mysterious man in black will send him new news, then the tool most likely to be used by the other party is the only communicator that has ever been in contact with him.

It's just that in the past three days, Pei Qingque has been paying attention to this silent communicator all the time, but still hasn't waited for any news from the other party.

However, just when Pei Qingque was about to put it back into his pocket in disappointment, the screen of the communicator suddenly lit up, and a code in the center line that mixed letters and numbers kept flashing.

——That was Wen Jingyi's number.