murder begins in summer

They actually picked up a kitten.

On the way back, near the window that Qiu Shili jumped out of just now, a little black cat was huddled in the corner, its eyes gleaming brightly under the cold moon.

Qiu Shili saw it at a glance.

"Hey, you were the one barking just now?" He asked softly, ran over and squatted down on his knees, the cat didn't hide, but yawned, and rubbed the tip of its wet nose against the finger he had put out.

There was half-dried blood on the fingertips, Qiu Shili withdrew his hand back.

But Shi Zhanyang immediately squatted down beside him, pinched the cat by the back of the neck, and lifted it in front of Qiu Shili, "Want to raise it?"

The subordinates who followed also stood still, and seven or eight big men surrounded Qiu Shili, while Qiu Shili carefully looked at the little thing up and down.In Shi Zhanyang's hands, it trembled extremely slightly and did not dare to move.

In fact, the family in the Bay Area has a group of big dogs. Counting the goats used to practice, the cows used to produce milk, and the birds and ferrets in the woodland of the manor, Qiu Shili has come into contact with not too few living things. But he rarely saw a creature similar to this kitten, so weak, yet so exquisite.

It looks like it has just been weaned, without a mother cat to take care of it, it looks weak and malnourished, it is not as long as an arm, and the cat's eyes are amber when illuminated with a flashlight, so beautiful that it looks fake.Its fur is black and soft, and its four little paws are dirty, but they can still show white. At this moment, they are opening their fingers and showing the tips of their nails, just as it is breathing and baring its milk teeth. state of defense.

"Mother... will you let me raise it?" Qiu Shili gently shook hands with the trembling little guy.

"ナナ, I just want to know, do you like it?" Shi Zhanyang asked, and brought the cat to Qiu Shili, almost pasting it, when he suddenly let go of his five fingers.

Qiu Shili immediately caught it. He held the cat with fried hair in his arms, and raised his face to look at Shi Zhanyang, "I like it. I don't want to let it die outside alone."

A smile appeared on Shi Zhanyang's face, "Shao San," he greeted a boy behind him, "Take him to take a bath tonight, vaccinate, cut his nails, buy everything, and tell his wife that I want to raise him, We will go back tomorrow to see how the kitten is settled in its new home."

That Shao San immediately complied, but Qiu Shili was unwilling to hand the cat to him, "I'll touch it for a while." He was very willful, and walked quickly as if he was holding some rare treasure. Go to the front, no one can snatch him.He wiped the sticky blood on his hands on his pants, and gently scratched the soft hair on the back of that small head, a small heart, beating in his arms, making a comfortable purring sound.

Shi Zhanyang was not annoyed either, he smoked in one hand and put his trouser pocket in the other, just like every big brother who is overflowing with love, he walked behind carelessly, squinting his eyes, pursing his lips, looking at the back of the front, with a face that wants to spoil the little brother expression.

All the subordinates also smiled tacitly, bowed their heads behind, and followed silently.

"I want to call it Xiaoqi." Qiu Shili suddenly turned his head and said with a radiant look.

"Ah? But ナナ can also be translated as Xiaoqi—" Shi Zhanyang said.

"I won't mix it up, because...only my brother calls me ナナ, and the pronunciation is different." Qiu Shili seemed a little embarrassed, turned around and walked quickly, "Everyone else calls me by my Chinese name, and there are those who call me directly. last name."

Shi Zhanyang seemed to think it was reasonable, and nodded, "Then listen to ナナ." He said loudly, thinking, when he was 15 years old, he picked up a Xiaoqi, and when his Xiaoqi was 15 years old, he picked up another girl. To be a Xiaoqi is also a kind of fate.This kind of thinking is stupid and boring everywhere, but he doesn't want to let it go. Instead, the more he thinks about it, the more interesting he is, "Is Xiaoqi a male cat or a female cat?"

"……do not know!"

"Just touch it and you'll know." Shi Zhanyang was really just curious, and it was said that unneutered male cats like to urinate anywhere, so he was more concerned about the safety of the wool carpet in his home.

"...I don't know how to touch!" Qiu Shili walked faster and faster, as if he wanted to run away with the cat.

However, as soon as he walked around the courtyard wall and came to the gate of the izakaya, the cat was finally snatched away by Shi Zhanyang. He was much more gentle and considerate than before, and he didn't touch its male and female, but just held it carefully. Put it in Shao San's arms, and then he took Qiu Shili and walked into the courtyard, "After all, I haven't been immune, and I was frightened, so be careful that it scratches you."

"Oh." Qiu Shili was accepted, and followed his steps obediently.

Shi Zhanyang suddenly changed the subject, "ナナ, I will enter the house later, I have to do some serious things, and I must finish it tonight." He bit the cigarette holder and took two deep breaths, and then exhaled long, " If you don’t want to watch it, ask Shao San and the others to take you to the next room to watch TV, these guys are very safe people, you can go to bed first if you want, I’ll go find you when I’m done.”

After Shi Zhanyang finished his instructions, he put Qiu Shili down at the door of the Japanese room, and sat back on the low table where he had been drinking just now. The sake and cups and plates had been removed, and warm tea was replaced, "Everyone is here!" ?” He raised his eyes lightly.

The middle-aged middle-aged man who was assigned to him in advance was called Old K, and he was a very reliable and loyal servant. With just one look from Shi Zhanyang, he knew what to do.At this time, he raised his hand, and apart from the people sitting at the wine table, the guards outside also entered the house, to be precise, they were escorted in.

The door was closed immediately with a steady sound. When Shi Zhanyang saw that Qiu Shili still hadn't left, he just stood at the end, leaning against the wall but not leaning up. My younger brother is completely different, always straight waist.

Shi Zhanyang was a little relieved, but more, it was a kind of uncertainty about what he was going to do next in front of this child.He quickly moved his eyes away from Qiu Shili, and put down his hand that wanted to light another cigar. In indoor places with his younger brother, he asked himself to create as little second-hand smoke as possible.

"Young master, all are here!" Old K was sitting, nodding his head.

"Okay." Shi Zhanyang nodded, scanning every face, "I remember, I said yesterday that my little brother is celebrating his birthday, and this place needs to be cleared." He especially stared at the dozen or so guards outside, Unlike the elders introduced to Qiu Shili in the room, although they also wore red earrings, they were light red, and they were not completely trustworthy in the eyes of the Shi family. "Everyone should understand the meaning of clearing the field, right? I I don’t remember anyone asking me to say I don’t understand.”

No one uttered a word.

Shi Zhanyang asked again, "Do you understand?"

"Understood!" This time they all spoke in unison.

"Okay." Shi Zhanyang nodded, took a sip of tea, and suddenly showed a look of extreme disappointment on his face. Ma Zai, who had just followed to clean up the scene, had already handed over several evidence bags, and he opened one. , took out an injection gun, "haha, I really didn't expect it, does anyone know it?"

Dead silence.

Shi Zhanyang put down the barrel of the gun, opened another bag, and held a satellite phone in his hand, "What about this one? It's encrypted, does anyone know how to unlock the password, and use it to talk to the next family?" ?”

Old K was the first to say: "Young master, I don't know."

After being led, everyone sat up straight again, and the answers "I don't know" came out one after another.

"Hey, how old are you, and you are still chattering," Shi Zhanyang suddenly smiled, fiddling with the machine in his hand unhurriedly, "But I seem to know? The Jiangguchi team is very powerful, and they have their own set. For the password system, fortunately, there is the number of the member ID, which corresponds to random calculations, and it is quite easy to guess," he said in a tone as patient as an elementary school teacher, "Oh, I guessed it right."

He took a sip of the cup of Sayama tea, pressed the password number by number, the satellite phone was unlocked, and the red light on the tail was on.

"Now I can have a good chat with the next family. What kind of benefits did this new cadre of the Eguchi group, Mr. Jiu He, give you so boldly to act wildly on my younger brother's birthday?" Shi Zhanyang He said lightly, "Or is he really too stupid? Why can't he even do the job of guarding the door, but put all the wild dogs in his house instead!"

Old K said at the right time: "Stand up now, explain to the young master face to face, deal with it lightly, and be picked out by the young master—"

"Hey, old K, don't take it lightly," Shi Zhanyang waved his hand, "There is no such thing as a light one for thieves or traitors." He turned the phone inside out, only to find two number terminals, one is located in Japan and the other is located in San Francisco.

He dialed the one in San Francisco, as expected, no one answered, and there was no sound from below. It seems that the people buried here in the Eguchi group are not so stupid.

"I've taken off all my clothes." Shi Zhanyang said simply, and put the continuous dialing number on the table.

Old K knows the meaning of this very well. In fact, he has experienced this situation many times. Taking off his clothes is secondary. The key is to search. Now whoever does not take off his clothes or runs away directly will be hunted down by the Shi family lifetime.He took the lead in taking off the top and bottom, leaving only the underwear and socks, and then turned out all the contents of the pockets, and placed them on the floor in front of him one by one. Space to hide things.

"Please supervise each other. The young master doesn't want to do this either." Old K raised his voice.

Those who can sit here are not stunned. Many people have already finished packing when Old K speaks, and those who move a little slower have already entered the stage of folding clothes. This is a rare opportunity to show loyalty. Who Everyone wants to catch him, and everyone wants to see the fate of the inner ghost as soon as possible.

Shi Zhanyang was not interested in staring at this group of naked men and women, he glanced at Qiu Shili a few times, and met his slightly confused and surprised eyes.Qiu Shili didn't seem to dare to look elsewhere, he only dared to fix his eyes on his elder brother's face, and Shi Zhanyang felt bitter in his heart - he himself hated himself as he was now, so what else could he expect?

What comforted him was that at least Qiu Shili didn't foolishly follow suit.

"Come on, let's all have a look at each other." Shi Zhanyang dialed the number again.

There are many mobile phones on the floor, but they still don't move, and they don't even turn on.

When Zhanyang stood up, his eyes fell inch by inch. After a while, he said, "Mitsui, please take up your pants and shake them."

That Mitsui was the leader he sent to guard outside. He used to be his father. He was no longer young, and his underwear was stretched out in a circle. At this time, the flesh was trembling, "Young master..." He put Digging his fingers into his thigh, he lowered his head and said.

"Bazai, help him." Shi Zhanyang looked extraordinarily calm, and he looked at the ground cautiously.

Hachi, who was sitting next to Mitsui, moved his hands swiftly and lifted his trousers. With his shaking, a small circular piece with a flickering screen slid out. It looked like an old-fashioned pedometer, but everyone knew that what exactly is it.

Mitsui's cold sweat kept coming down, moistening him like a big catfish out of water.

Shi Zhanyang said: "Answer the phone, everyone is waiting for you."

Mitsui trembled violently, picked up the terminal, and put it to his ear.

Shi Zhanyang's young and crisp voice came from the receiver, "Red earrings are no longer suitable for you."

"...Young Master! I—"

"You cut it off yourself, don't just cut off the earlobe, but the ear root together, I will send them back to Eguchi sparrow together with Mr. Kuga's right hand as a gift for Children's Day. Today, May [-]th, is Japan's Children's Day, right? ?”

At this party, only the guards had guns, and no one was allowed to bring knives. Old K went to the back kitchen, took an extremely sharp one, and handed it to Mitsui.

"After cutting...young master," Mitsui stared at Dao Ren a few times, raised his eyes eagerly, and stumbled in his Chinese with a Japanese accent, "I still have my mother, wife, sister, four Children haven't grown up yet, I..."

"Of course I will kill you after the cut." Shi Zhanyang's answer was so simple and cold, as if he was asking, wouldn't it hurt to cut it after death, and he added, "Don't worry about your family, they will live forever. Believe that you died honorably in public service, your mother will be well cared for, your wife will get a lot of money, enough for her to be a lady for a lifetime, and your children will be sent to the best schools. It's bad enough for them to have such a father."

Old K reminded jokingly: "The premise is that you do it yourself, Mitsui, it's the end, can you be a man."

Shi Zhanyang did not deny this.He was secretly looking at Qiu Shili's face, neither turning pale nor frightened, but biting his lips—Qiu Shili squinted his eyes like a cat, looking at Mitsui, as if he was observing his choice, and the element of compassion was suppressed. Diluted suddenly.

Mitsui sat nailed to a log for several minutes before finally demanding suicide behind a screen.Shi Zhanyang didn't refuse, but let several confidantes go over together and watch around him.

After several painful and distorted howls, two bloody ears were thrown out from behind the screen, followed by the sound of a knife piercing flesh and blood, and the snow-white satin surface of the screen was instantly dotted with bright red blood .

"It's over." Old K came out from behind the screen.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, I have a lot of grievances tonight," Shi Zhanyang looked at his subordinates softly, they were all accustomed to the appearance, waiting for his follow-up, which made Shi Zhanyang feel a strange feeling But effective reassurance, "Put on all your clothes, go home and rest."

"Young Master, it's hard work!" Everyone agreed tacitly, and got up and dressed one after another, as quickly as a marching army.

Shi Zhanyang nodded, walked through them without distraction, and walked up to Qiu Shili.

Only then did he realize that his little brother had already leaned against the wall at some point, his fingers were pinched white by himself.

"Let's go?" Shi Zhanyang suppressed the terrifying emptiness in his heart, and smiled.His smile to Qiu Shili has always been true, but at this moment he is afraid that it will become false—not because Qiu Shili is telling the truth, but because he is afraid that before this point, the truth will unconsciously become false.

Qiu Shili didn't speak, just followed behind him and grabbed his wrist.Shi Zhanyang looked down, the blood on the cuff dried up and turned black, and five white fingers were wrapped around it persistently.

"It's too late today. I don't know if the Jiangkou group has any next steps. I'll take you to the company to sleep. The room is not big, and it may be crowded, but it's very clean." Shi Zhanyang looked forward, and they had already left. After entering the courtyard, some subordinates have already consciously ran to drive. They just need to walk to the front of the car, "ナナ hasn't been to our family's company yet, it's a super tall building, very impressive."

"Brother, why do I want to go to my family's company?" Qiu Shili asked suddenly, like a puppy biting a chain, and Shi Zhanyang slightly pulled his weight back.

Shi Zhanyang froze for a moment, "Because you...may have to work there in the future? You have to help me, if you want."

"Yes, that's the reason. I am willing." Qiu Shili said immediately, with a reckless youthful air in his voice.

"Haha, I know ナナ will definitely be willing." Shi Zhanyang opened the car door and let Qiu Shili in.Qiu Shili pushed him inward, seeing that he was sitting properly, and then squeezed in, telling him to move to the left to make room for himself.

Immediately afterwards, Qiu Shili slammed the car door shut.

"Go to the company." Shi Zhanyang said to the driver.

"I learned a lot today," Qiu Shili grabbed Shi Zhanyang's wrist again, using both hands as if he was afraid of running away, and it hurt him a little, and his tone was very serious, "If I want to To help big brother, those must be learned, including how to deal with traitors. I think your method is very efficient, very deterrent, and you treat his family with benevolence and righteousness."

Shi Zhanyang was unable to speak for a while, the topic came up too fast, and he wanted to smoke again, so he endured it, and then he said, "There may be a better way, this is still too cruel, isn't it?"

"But brother, you have to keep learning. You can only do this now, and you're doing well. You don't usually do these things to good people." Qiu Shili explained his logic seriously, "so don't feel Blame yourself, and don't worry..." He blinked, shining brightly, "Don't worry, I will be afraid of you. I will not be afraid of the best person in the world to me."

Shi Zhanyang lowered his head, looked at the golden lion on the lighter, and smiled silently.Qiu Shili bought it for him with New Year's money.

Seeing him like this, Qiu Shili said loudly again: "I am not passively accepting, I am actively absorbing. You have to listen carefully and understand what I mean!"

He spoke in a serious manner, and Shi Zhanyang wanted to continue laughing it off, but suddenly realized that he had indeed listened to every word carefully.He still smiled, sincerely, he went to rub Qiu Shili's hair, and the hair slipped smoothly into his fingers, "I listen, I can recite it. When did my brother become a philosopher?"

Qiu Shili frowned and stared at him, seeing his sincerity, then smiled too, nodded his head heavily, but yawned, "Brother," he rubbed his eyes, and said, "I still want to ask a question."

"What?" Shi Zhanyang continued to snort his little brother's messy hair, as if this was a self-repair behavior after hypoxia, and he was indeed healed from it.

"What is the Eguchi Group?"

"Jiangkou group..." Shi Zhanyang didn't answer right away because there were other people in the car. Even if only the two of them were there, he couldn't really say too much. The secret was fixed from the beginning.When he had considered some words and was about to give a rough explanation, he found that Qiu Shili had already fallen asleep under his palm. He hugged his shoulder, and the light and even breath fell into his arms. In the middle of it, the slippery, electrostatically charged hair brushed against his stubble.