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Gerna?Lin Anqiao desperately searched in her memory hall, trying to remember the origin of this woman's ears.

Uyghur girl-like appearance, deep blue eyes in black, not tall or short but bumpy figure, tattoo of black rose in front of collarbone...

A light bulb suddenly lit up in Lin Anqiao's mind, and he took a step back unconsciously, his eyes were full of vigilance, watching every move of the woman in front of him.At the grand dinner of the major underworld three years ago, she met this woman named Gerna, the boss of the underworld in Xinjiang.At that time, Gerna still had neat short hair, although her temperament was still so surly and arrogant.

At the banquet three years ago, Lin Anqiao saw with his own eyes how powerful Gerna was.The way she poisoned the wine glass was very fast and covert, and in the end she witnessed the bleeding from the seven orifices of the leader of the black chain gang that Gerna particularly hated.The Black Chain Gang and Lin Yuanhui were also unhappy rivals, even though Lin Anqiao saw Ze Erna's movements with her sharp eyes, she didn't say anything, on the surface it was still calm.

But since then, Lin Anqiao has deeply felt the horror and darkness of the underworld, like a bottomless pit, sucking people out of breath.

"Oh, I finally remembered." The corners of Gerna's mouth curled up, and her eyes narrowed slightly.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Anqiao lowered his voice and asked cautiously.

"We are doing the same thing, do you want me to say it?" Gerna looked up at Lin Anqiao's frowning with interest, and took out a cigarette from nowhere.

"How do you know what I'm here for?" Lin Anqiao drilled into his fist and asked through gritted teeth.

"Don't you know what I do?" Lin Anqiao was really surprised when Gerna said this in such a snarky tone.

Gerna sneered, took out a sculptural lighter, and lit a cigarette: "Would you like one?"

"No, thank you," Lin Anqiao resolutely refused without thinking, "Smoking is not allowed in the corridor?"

"Rules are alive." Gerna exhaled a long stream of smoke and closed her eyes slightly, as if she was enjoying it.

"Then let's go our separate ways without interfering with each other, as long as we live in peace." Lin Anqiao felt that as long as the person on the opposite side was around, he would be depressed, and it would be better to run away quickly.

"Let's go to the restaurant to have a chat, Mr. Lin." Gerna stepped forward, holding a cigarette in one hand familiarly, and holding Lin Anqiao's arm with the other.Lin Anqiao dodged subconsciously, but was still pulled away by Gerna.

"No need, I'm...not hungry." Lin Anqiao found a too lame excuse, because at this time her stomach growled inappropriately.

Gerna laughed softly, her voice was as sweet as a silver bell: "The reason Mr. Lin gave is really cute, what are you doing in the restaurant without eating?"

Lin Anqiao blushed and was speechless, because she was indeed walking towards the restaurant.Forget it, risking your life to accompany the gentleman, you also accumulated some contacts for your father at that time.She vaguely remembered that her father's oil and jade business mainly cooperated with people from Gerna's side.

Gerna took a delicate small cup in the restaurant, which contained a cup of red plum blossom tea, while Lin Anqiao took some pasta and returned to her seat to eat.He deliberately chose a seat opposite Gerna, at least this way he could stay away from her and smell less of the strange perfume on her body.

"Did you see that year?" Gerna asked preemptively after taking a sip.

Lin Anqiao rolled up a long string of noodles and put them in his mouth, pretending to be calm: "What year? What did you see?"

Gerna raised the corners of her mouth again, squinted her eyes and looked at Lin Anqiao's drooping face with a smile: "Don't be stupid, I know you know, and you know I know you know." She casually slipped out a sentence like a tongue twister to make Lin Anqiao dumbfounded.

Lin Anqiao felt that the person opposite was more fox than a fox.More charming than a fox, smarter than a fox, more cunning than a fox.It seemed that nothing he did could escape her eyes, which made Lin Anqiao feel shameless.

Looking out from the window of the restaurant, the blue is still boundless, the blue is wild, and the sun is so bright that I don't know what to do.

"Yes, I saw it, but it's not under my jurisdiction, so you don't have to think about it." Lin Anqiao swallowed the noodles and replied calmly.

Gerna smiled and shook her head, but her eyes still stayed on Lin Anqiao's face, which made Lin Anqiao feel very uncomfortable.

"Master Lin, you are so handsome in a suit today. I just like to see your serious attire, very gentlemanly."

Lin Anqiao stopped, speechless for a while, and shook her head: "It makes me feel awkward when you call me that." Although many people like to call her that, but when the same name came out of Gerna's mouth, it was very strange. a feeling of.

Gerna blinked softly and nodded: "How about Xiao Qiao?"

"Xiao Qiao is a woman's name." Lin Anqiao, who likes to read a lot, blurted out.When she was in the third grade, she finished reading the entire original text of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Gerna froze for a moment, then laughed loudly: "A good boy who loves to read, okay, then the full name is Lin Anqiao."

Lin Anqiao didn't speak, and continued to eat noodles.Lin Anqiao breathed a sigh of relief, at least Gerna hadn't realized that she was a woman yet.

Gerna should have seen Lin Anqiao's repulsion and estrangement, but she still spoke without saying a word: "Are you in high school?"

Lin Anqiao glanced at Gerna and nodded.

"I was talking to your father about matchmaking a few days ago." Gerna was playing with the precious jadeite bracelet on her hand with a smile.

Hearing this sentence, Lin Anqiao almost spit out, and stared at Gerna with wide eyes in horror.Lin Anqiao felt that marriage was very far away from her—because of her gender, and her father knew it.

"I like you quite a bit, but I'm almost ten years older than you, so we're not suitable," Gerna stared at Lin Anqiao sadly, making Lin Anqiao's scalp tingle, "but my cousin is quite suitable."

Lin Anqiao looked at the woman opposite in disbelief, his expression stiff and numb.First, Lin Anqiao didn't want to get married, and didn't want to harm a woman to live with her, and second, she didn't want to marry someone who was also in the underworld. This would be like fixing her in this den of thieves forever!

"You've probably seen my cousin Tana on TV. The one who played "Peach Blossom Robbery" has both talent and looks, and she's perfect for you." Gerna continued to speak leisurely.Lin Anqiao suddenly realized that she always felt that the Tana and Gerna she had seen on TV were about to bump into each other, and only now did she know that they were related.

But Lin Anqiao was eager to know his father's response.Marriage is a lifelong event. If you get married, how can you pretend to be a man?

"But your father didn't agree, saying that you're still young, so we'll talk about it later." Gerna pretended to be worried again, and looked at Lin Anqiao with her big watery eyes blinking.

Hearing this sentence, Lin Anqiao finally breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm still in school."

"But you can get engaged in advance. You can get married after you graduate from high school." Gerna was still relentless.

"I still want to go to college and graduate school." Lin Anqiao couldn't help but respond like this.In most of her circle, high school is considered the natural end of one's education.

"That's useless, your life is doomed," Gerna told the truth sympathetically, making Lin Anqiao feel something stuck in her throat, "Your father doesn't seem to want you to go to college."

"I know that." Lin Anqiao blushed and spit out these words one by one.

Gerna evoked a strange but charming smile, leaned forward: "Don't you think about it?"