Merit Book·Xinghai

The topmost floor of the Elysian City is the place of the Black Widow, and the next layer belongs to the guards of the Elysian City.In addition to maintaining the stability and order of Elysium City and dealing with disputes between some guests, the guards' usual work is to "manage" Bede and others by means of whipping, sex, and dungeons.

When Peeta and Ah Quan walked up the road, they saw many familiar faces.

Ah, the guy who was lying head down on the stairs once broke three ribs with a kick, and if the big guy just happened to be very fond of him at that time, he might have been given as a consumable with other badly injured children dealt with.

The bearded one sitting on the wall is not liked by others, and usually likes to have fun on their children, often pressing a hot cigarette butt on a certain child, watching him or her being shocked, painful and proud of being burned laugh.

The person lying by the door... Judging from his figure, he should be the executioner nicknamed Scavenger.Beede once saw him lift a girl with a festering lower body upside down, hit the ground hard seven or eight times, then throw the bloodied girl into a bag and drag it away casually.

As he walked up, he counted. Everyone here has left a deep memory on him.At the earliest time, it was these people who made him realize a cold and desperate thing——

This is hell.

But now, they are all lying here powerlessly, losing all vitality.And he's still alive.

—he will live on.

Peeta's footsteps suddenly became brisk, and even a slight smile appeared on his face, but there was a thin layer of tears in his eyes.Countless faces full of fear, and countless scenes of desperate struggles flashed in his mind one by one, the hatred gradually faded, and he only looked forward.

Suddenly there was light in his eyes.

Finally, he reached the bottom, standing in front of the door that might determine his fate.

Peeta took a deep breath, turned his head to look at A Quan, and even smiled.His smile made Ah Quan stunned for a moment, before he could say anything, Peeta raised his hand and knocked on the door.

The maroon door was not closed tightly, and it slid open with a slight force.

Ah Quan's heart suddenly rose, but Bee didn't seem to feel nervous, so he walked in with his feet up.He was worried that Peeta was driven crazy by the huge pressure, so he forgot to be afraid, and hurriedly followed behind into the door.

After entering the door, his eyes quickly swept away, as if he hadn't seen the luxurious decoration in the room, his eyes immediately fell on the ground in front of him.

The crow-black long hair spreads on the floor like a brocade, the deep red dress looks like the spread wings of a butterfly, the candlelight shines on the jade-like arms, the red lips are slightly parted, and the slender eyelashes are drooping, just like waiting in a fairy tale Prince a kiss of Sleeping Beauty.

Such a suffocatingly beautiful woman, who looked slender and fragile, was the Black Widow in the City of Elysium that they hated to the bone and feared like a tiger.

The moment he saw her, Ah Quan shuddered reflexively, and then realized that she could no longer open her thin lips lightly to make their lives worse than death.He breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the man sitting at the table.

He first saw a hand—fingers were slender and well-proportioned, and the protruding joints were hardly visible. There were two rings on the hand, one was a crudely made stone ring, and the stone was not even polished. One ring has no aesthetic feeling at all, and I don't know why it is worn on the hand; the other is also an ordinary silver ring, without any decoration except for a circle, it is extremely simple.

His eyes turned slightly, and he saw the necklace worn on the man's neck—a thin silver chain, and the pendant was a green jade in the shape of a leaf, which was carved so delicately that it could even be seen that there was something on the real leaf. of fine veins.

The reason why Ah Quan's eyes kept turning around the man's hands and chest was because he didn't dare to look at the man's face.But he found that Bede next to him took a step forward and looked directly at him, and he immediately felt sincere admiration.

— isn't Peeta afraid?he thinks.

Before entering the door, Peeta was actually in a state of panic, but after seeing the man, he was suddenly not afraid.

Because the man "saw" him.

It's a wonderful feeling.Peeta sees many people every day, as long as they are not blind, they can naturally see him.But that "seeing" is not the same as this "seeing".When those people saw him, he would be terrified, timid, humiliated, and feel...in their eyes, he was just a plaything or some trash that could be treated at will. They saw him, but they didn't see him .

Ah Quan, Lili, and many of his partners will also look at him, with trust, admiration, admiration and dependence in their eyes.They drew strength and confidence from him, but Peeta felt overwhelmed.He wanted to say many times - "I don't deserve your trust", "I don't know what to do", "Don't look at me like that".But he couldn't, he could only grit his teeth and hold on. He made decisions in fear and issued orders nervously. Everyone only saw his calmness, and no one knew how scared he was.

But the way this person looked at him was neither condescending, nor looking up at him as omnipotent. It was flat, but very focused, which made people feel his equality and respect, and made people feel... even if he I will not agree with your opinions, and I will definitely listen to every word you say carefully. I will not think you are insignificant, and will not add extra pressure to you.

This feeling is very vague, but it is clear, Peeta clearly felt the difference between the person in front of him and others, and felt that it was the first time that he was really "seen in the eyes" by someone like this.This feeling made him relax all over, and his slightly shrunken back straightened unconsciously.

Rong Yuan didn't expect that just a normal look would make the handsome young man in front of him feel good about him.Maybe it's because he has been trampled under his feet for a long time, so he feels a little bit of kindness and respect.

"Hello, sir." Beede saluted respectfully and authentically.Because he has received special training in this area, his etiquette is smooth and beautiful.He said gratefully: "I am the representative of the children here, Bee, and it is an honor to meet you. And... thank you, sir, thank you for taking away the demons of Elysium and giving us freedom and survival. You We will never dare or forget our kindness.”

Rong Yuan said: "Yes."

In his opinion, it is natural for Bede and others to thank you, but it is a kind of hypocrisy to say "you are welcome"-if they are really indifferent and don't even have a word of thanks, although he will not say anything, but he is sure in his heart. will be dissatisfied.

Bede was stunned for a moment, blinked his eyes, and said again: "Honorable sir, I... I have one more request..."

"Oh?" Rong Yuan guessed what he was going to say, and was amused by his straightforwardness, so he said, "Please tell me."

Bede swallowed his saliva, and said: "That's right. You have killed most of the forces in Bliss City, but that's not all... Or, these people in Bliss City are just some lower-level personnel. Behind them is actually the biggest force in Central City—the Bajun family. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the Bajun family..." Bede himself didn’t know the real Bajun family. He was arrested and taken to Paradise City.But from the sporadic conversations of some guests, he has long firmly remembered the name of the man behind the scenes who made their lives so miserable, and he has outlined an extremely large and terrifying image in his mind.

"Well, I've heard of it." Rong Yuan said.

"Then...then..." Bede said while organizing words quickly in his mind, "Although you have saved us now, as long as the Bajun family finds out what's going on here, we will all be killed by them. So , so I beg you...I..." Saying this, Bede felt that his request was a little too much. The other party was able to get rid of the people in Elysium City and saved them by the way, but it didn't mean that he could ask the other party to get a person for them. The giant was fighting desperately, so he suppressed what he was about to blurt out, and changed his words: "There are some very small children among us, and I beg you to take them to a safe place and not stay here."

Seeing that Rong Yuan's expression moved slightly, he hastily added: "They are all good boys, although they are young, they already have the ability to survive independently. So as long as they leave the City of Elysium, it's fine, and I don't dare to cause you any more trouble. "

Rong Yuan was silent for a moment, then asked: "How many people?"

Seeing that his tone had softened, Peeta said happily, "There are twelve children in total... Well, seven is fine... Five or five?" Facing Rong Yuan's gaze, his voice became lower and lower, and finally He begged: "Is it okay to have three? There are three children who have just learned to walk, and they don't understand anything..."

Rong Yuan looked at him deeply, and then asked: "What about you? Don't you want to live?"

Bede lowered his head, and muttered: "If...if it's possible...of course we want to live." Red and white.

He heard footsteps, and Rong Yuan walked up to him.

Then, a hand fell on his head.

Bede is thinner and thinner, and Rong Yuan is a head taller than him. This kind of action is like an elder brother comforting his fearful younger brother. Ah Quan, who is standing aside, can't help but show envy.

Rong Yuan said very gently: "Don't worry, you will all survive, I promise." Then he put down his hands and said: "Bajun's people are coming soon, go and gather all of your people and take them to a safe place." place."

Bede raised his head, looked at Rong Yuan with sparkling eyes, his lips moved, thousands of words were choked in his throat, but in the end he only said one word: "Yes!"