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Chapter 142 The Study Room, 01:02 am
"Deng?" The old man with the gun hesitated for a moment, put down the gun in his hand, and opened the safety. "I have never received guests who climbed the balcony. It was you who wanted to be so sneaky, so you can't blame me."
"I'm being wanted by the whole city." Deng Huailing casually rolled up the raincoat and stuffed it into the empty flower pot at the bottom of the balcony.He didn't hang up his raincoat so that he wouldn't be noticed by the patrolmen and their bionics, "I understand that visiting rashly will cause trouble for you and Su Qing, but it's urgent, so I can only say sorry."
In the rain and fog, even the wrinkles on Igor's face showed a hint of vigilance: "Let's not talk about why you came to me...how did you know Su Qing's name? I mentioned her to you, but neverTell you what her name is."
"Didn't she tell you about her youth?" Deng Huailing observed the old man's expression and saw a daze from above.Su Qing seemed to have kept a lot of secrets from Igor, or rather, Igor never thought of spying on him.
"No."
Deng Huailing thought for a while: "Then I have nothing to say. In fact, I came to find her, and I have to ask her personally about something important."
Igor turned his head, and Su Qing's figure had disappeared in the bedroom.He couldn't imagine what kind of past his indifferent girlfriend had, but one thing is certain, Deng Huailing came to dig out her secrets, just like the gold rush that arose in the Amazon Basin more than a hundred years ago, the miners ignored her.Wealth has been mined from the rainforest, and what is left is barren and bare land.
He couldn't let Deng Huailing destroy Su Qing's peaceful life."It's not that I don't want to help you, Deng." Igor complained slyly, "You also understand my difficulties. A few days ago, you cooperated with Rolla and helped you mediate in front of the government without permission. I was almost held accountable by the guild.It's already the limit of protecting you, you still want to involve Su Qing..."
"Come on." Deng Huailing interrupted mercilessly, "Igor, your set works for fledgling hunters, but it doesn't work for me. Whatever price you want, open it yourself."
"Your account has been frozen a long time ago." Igor snorted, took a cigar and slowly cut it open, and lit it in his mouth, "Are you going to pay me a bad check?"
"Someone raised me." Deng Huailing laughed softly, with a gentle look in his eyes, "You can go to the branch of 'Shu' in the city to cash the check I wrote.They all have private contacts with them, am I right?"
Igor glanced at him twice: "It's true... But, it still doesn't work. It has nothing to do with the price. I won't let you disturb Su Qing. No matter what you want to know, go and investigate elsewhere."
Deng Huailing lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while.Transparent rainwater dripped from his chin and the hem of his clothes, and dripped onto the floor. He was holding on to the glass door frame, and behind him was the heavy rain as dense as weaving threads.When he raised his eyes again, the warmth faded from the brown pupils, and the depths were bitingly colder than the rainstorm:
"I don't intend to fight with you, Igor, you are as kind to me as Rolla. However, as a former A+, you also know how to get people to speak without using force, right? After getting it, I thinkI will never give up until I have the information I need."
"'Once A+'," said Igor, not sullen, with a cigar in his mouth. "This title sounds a bit regretful. I have been working in clerical work for too long, and I am not as good as you young people with infinite glory.Enriched a little, those little tricks of yours may not work on me."
Deng Huailing's gaze was like a cold blade, and he said calmly: "Then don't blame me for being rude... um, what!"
A large strip of dry cloth covered his head and face, covering his eyes, and it was pitch black. Someone was wrapping his head in a towel and wiping it vigorously back and forth.Deng Huailing has traveled too many times between life and death, his first reaction was that the man wanted to strangle him, but he heard Su Qing's kindly muttering:
"Why don't you let him in, Igor? In such a heavy rain, no child will have a fever... He is only a teenager. If something offends you, just educate him. Why lock him upoutside the door?"
So he stopped the hand that was going to stop Su Qing's arm, closed his eyes, and let the other party wipe away the rainwater from his hair, then surrounded him with a bigger towel, and spun it a few times like a washing machinelock up.In the end, Deng Huailing dizzily broke free from the towel roll, her hair was branched into strands, and slanted to all angles, her body was almost dry, and her windbreaker was crumpled.
No matter what, he never imagined that he lost to Su Qing's two towels.The moment he heard Su Qing speak, he felt a long-lost warmth. Since the death of Deng Xuan, he has never met an elder who is willing to give care. Most of the time, Deng Huailing will lean against the corner and replace the elder by herself., Summarize some inexplicable experiences and tell yourself.
Su Qing pulled back the towel, and looked at the dry Deng Huailing with satisfaction like looking at a domestic pet."Okay, come in." There were smile lines on her cheeks, "Have a cup of hot tea, let's talk when you're warm."
She led Deng Huailing into the door, and Igor explained guiltily at the side: "I'm also thinking of you. He has a high reward on him, so it's hard to guarantee that he didn't get involved in any troublesome things."
"Did you kill and set fire?" Su Qing looked at the hunter in front of her, "Or did you commit an unforgivable crime?"
"Uh, maybe all of them." Deng Huailing scratched his head, recalling a lot of criminal records, his records in the police station can even be used as ribbons for gymnastics performances, "Basically, he completes commissions for others, doesn't it count?"
"That's nothing." Su Qing said, "The crime I committed is much more serious than yours."
These words made Igor and Deng Huailing freeze for a moment at the same time.Su Qing didn't care about their reaction, she heated up a pot of water, walked to the study and set up the tea set.There is no natural tea in Cesina City, she uses artificially synthesized tea powder. After being washed by boiling water, the tea whisk is gently brushed, bringing up thick foam, like a green sea of tranquility.
Deng Huailing followed her into the study, while Igor hesitated for a while, and finally stopped at the door and closed the study door for them.The room was filled with the sound of boiling water gurgling, except for that, there was only silence. Deng Huailing stared at the bamboo tea set on the table, and then turned his eyes to the calligraphy and paintings on the surrounding walls, which depicted different scenes with splashes of ink.Mountains and waters that exist again.
Su Qing loves her current life very much.Deng Huailing thought, his arrival is destined to bring Su Qing back to the chaotic vortex many years ago, she may have guessed this, but she still invited him into the house calmly.
"The earring that I sold you last time," Su Qing said first, breaking his contemplation, "Does your little bionic still like it? I always remember you two, after all, the bionic that looks so humanThere are not many people, and you are still wearing a black ring... Well, why is there only one left now?"
Su Qing's eyes fell on the black ring on his ring finger, and Deng Huailing could only briefly explain: "It's a long story, anyway, he is not in the main city right now, nor is he with me. He was wearing another ring a few weeks agoHe ran away, returned the earrings, and said he never liked me."
"So that's it. You were danced by an immortal by a bionic person?" Su Qing nodded, and unexpectedly summed up the reason from a few words.
"Cough cough!" Deng Huailing was almost choked by the tea, and he coughed to stabilize his breath, "That's true...but the real situation is a little more complicated. In fact, it was me and him who came here to find youA joint decision. We are jointly investigating the whereabouts of the Brain Lock, and we are only one step away from the truth."
Surprise flashed across Su Qing's eyes, and then the surprise turned into nostalgia.She murmured: "Have you gone to the Lost City?"
"You've probably heard that it's no secret that the government and the 'shu' are vying for the treasure left by Cesina recently." Deng Huailing said, "According to the clues we have so far, the treasure in the brainThe lock is hidden at the location where Cecina and Dashawn are planning to hold their wedding, am I right?"
"'You'?" Su Qing was silent for a while, and instead of answering directly, she asked instead, "Since there are two forces, which side do you and your 'bionic man' represent?"
"He is a human being, formerly named Rosie, the leader of 'Shu'." Deng Huailing simply confessed, "As for me, of course I am on his side."
Su Qing raised her eyebrows: "Then, fairy dance?"
"It was a misunderstanding... No, it's not entirely a misunderstanding. I've said it just now, it's a long story..." Deng Huailing felt a headache, "My relationship with Rosie is not important, the important thing is that he decided to destroy his brainThe lock of the door is also Cesina's last wish. She knew that her invention would bring bad luck to the city, and she was reluctant to destroy it, so she hid it in the Lost City."
His words were concise and powerful, "You are Cesina's close friend, you must know her attitude towards the lock of the brain. Compared with the greedy government, the purpose of 'shu' to find the lock of the brain is to destroy it,So obviously, we are the better choice. Your choice is about the life and death of the city, please consider carefully."
"Why do I have to make a choice?" Su Qing took a sip of tea, "Even if, as you said, the lock of the brain is buried at the wedding venue, as long as I keep it secret until I die, no one will know its whereabouts."
"The government will find a solution. They have monopolized all the materials and manuscripts of Cesina during her lifetime, and they have so many experts who study Cesina, they will not even be able to guess her mind. At most three days, they will putGo through all the hypothetical wedding venues and find out the lock of the brain."
Su Qing sighed slightly and said nothing more.Deng Huailing did not continue to persuade. He knew that under what circumstances, the negotiating partner should be given some time to weigh and digest; and once the trade-off occurs, it means that the negotiation has been half successful.
"How can I prove that you are not lying, that 'shu' will keep its word and destroy the lock of the brain?" After a long silence, Su Qing finally asked.
"Do you need to prove it?" Deng Huailing put down the hot cup, showing weakness without any trace, "You are almost a hundred years old, and I, a little boy, lied in front of you, didn't I set myself a trap?"
Su Qing smiled lightly.She took one of the stacked drafts at hand, drew the outline on it with a pencil, and handed it to Deng Huailing.It was a map near the center of the Lost City, with a star marked prominently in the center, marking the location where Cesina was going to hold her wedding.
Deng Huailing took the map, thanked him, folded it and put it in his pocket.Before getting up to leave, he casually asked: "By the way, I haven't had time to ask just now. When you entered the door, you said you committed a serious crime. What happened?"
"It happened a long time ago, so don't worry about it." The old woman with a kind face sat there, her voice was calm, and she refilled her tea, "But if you really want to know... I killed Joseph vonRichthofen."