please don't believe me

[Time reporting system: There are still 38 days until the deadline for the main task. 】

May 12st, morning.

"We are investigating the website and looking for people who have been named to carry out suicide missions. Thank you for the information, Dai." Officer Clark's voice came from the phone, "The whereabouts of Matthew and Katrin are still being investigated, but the scope has been narrowed down. Going to several of the public lines, plus the time range, it is estimated that they can be found before noon."

"I appreciate your hard work, officer." Dai Bowen walked to the window with his mobile phone, "I'm sorry, but I made a mess for you at Christmas."

"If a child commits suicide because of this website, it's called a 'mess'. These guys who set up the website have broken the law." Officer Clark replied, "I'm afraid I will help the bureau today. If you have any clues, call .”

"Of course." Dai Bowen said, "If there is no psychological assistance team, Russell Studio can help. Eric knows many professional volunteer teams..."

They talked back and forth for a few more words before hanging up.

Dai Bowen clutched his phone, opened the curtains, reached out to wipe off the mist on the window, and looked out.The sky is a bit gloomy, making the city look a bit gray, but this does not affect the mood of the passers-by who happily go shopping on the street.A huge Christmas tree is placed at the door of the hotel apartment. Now it is just a mass of greenery wrapped in various decorations. At night, it will become a bright landmark lighthouse.Accompanied by this Christmas tree is the Christmas special that keeps looping during business hours. Even upstairs, you can still hear the music.

A man walked up to Dai Bowen with a cup of coffee. Before he could speak, Dai Bowen asked without looking back, "Is it going to snow?"

"It looks like it is." Shen Xiuyuan looked at the sky, "It snows on Christmas Eve, so appropriate."

"Everything will become quieter in the white snow." Dai Bowen turned sideways, grabbed the man's wrist, and took a sip of coffee from the man's hand. The extremely bitter taste and extremely mellow aroma diffused in his mouth and nose.Swallowing the coffee slowly, Dai Bowen recognized the music coming from downstairs, and sang in chorus at a volume so light that it was close to breathing: "Silentnight, holynight. Alliscalm, allisbright..."

His singing skills are average, but he never loses his tune.Shen Xiuyuan stood by and listened quietly, but Dai Bowen stopped after singing halfway.

Dai Bowen was silent for two seconds, then suddenly sneered, "...that's ironic."

Shen Xiuyuan didn't know what he was referring to, but with Christmas being messed up like this, President Shen himself was also helpless and irritable.He thought of another group of people who were tossed about: "Is the police station in a mess?"

"It seems so." Dai Bowen sighed, "No one would be happy to work overtime on Christmas."

"They have no choice." Shen Xiuyuan shook the coffee in his hand, took a sip slowly, and then said, "Nor do we."

Dai Bowen glanced at him, then leaned sideways by the window: "No, at least we still have this morning."

The police were tracking the whereabouts of the two children and determining their possible routes. Before they came to a conclusion, Dai Bowen and Shen Xiuyuan could do nothing.Dai Bowen has always felt that this task is particularly tricky, because finding missing children is basically the job of the police, and he, a magician, has to get involved.Moreover, in cases of missing teenagers, if most of the children are not found within the first 48 hours, it will be difficult to find their whereabouts later, and may even encounter accidents.What is the time period for this task?

Shen Xiuyuan didn't know what Dai Bowen was thinking, so he just followed his words and asked, "What do you want to do? Buy some Christmas decorations to decorate this room?"

"It might be a good idea, at least it can change your mood." Dai Bowen smiled, "How about we go out and buy something, and then pay each other?"

Shen Xiuyuan looked at his seductive eyes, and couldn't help but kiss the corner of his eyes: "If you're talking about exchanging Christmas gifts, I'd be happy."

"Lovers should play some word games with obvious answers, shouldn't they? This is a kind of..." Dai Bowen was smiling lowly against him when the phone in his hand suddenly rang.Dai Bowen glanced at the phone screen and raised his eyebrows: "Sorry."

Shen Xiuyuan gestured to let go, and Dai Bowen pressed the PA button in front of him.

"Hi, I'm Dai Bowen."

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for several seconds, and then a deep voice came through the loudspeaker: "...I'm James."

Shen Xiuyuan paused while drinking his coffee, and exchanged glances with Dai Bowen.

Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows, and his voice was calm: "Happy Christmas Eve, James."

A farewell sentence would be embarrassing to anyone else, but James didn't seem to notice it. He smiled and said, "You're happy too, Dai. We haven't seen each other for so long, why don't you come out for a drink?"

"No, thank you." Dai Bowen refused decisively, "I've been busy recently, sorry."

"Are you busy?" James smiled. "Then I should teach Erwin a lesson. He said that you gave him Christmas leave, so that's why he's so free. It seems that he didn't do his best to help you."

Dai Bowen squinted his eyes: "Don't bring irrelevant people into this, James."

"Well, Day, I always take your advice, you know." James laughed. "So, can we meet up? It won't be too far, I'm just downstairs from your apartment."

Hearing this, Dai Bowen straightened up and glanced downstairs.The streets downstairs were still full of cars and people, and it was impossible to find the target person so easily.

It is not surprising that James can find it.Erwin is his employee, he just needs to check where Erwin has been.

Shen Xiuyuan suddenly interjected, "Can he take someone with him?"

Dai Bowen didn't expect Shen Xiuyuan to do such a thing, because the upbringing and personality of this domineering president are not suitable for disrupting other people's calls.But it is undeniable that President Shen Da's jealous behavior came in a timely manner, diluting Dai Bowen's faint anger.

So Dai Bowen smiled and squeezed Shen Xiuyuan's chin, causing the other party to grab his finger and kiss the fingertip.

James didn't panic, nor did he lose his temper.He just waited for a few seconds, and when he was sure that Dai Bowen would not comment on the man's interruption, he replied: "Of course, Mr. Shen, I've heard of you for a long time."

Shen Xiuyuan smiled: "You too, James." Who hasn't heard of a rival in love?

Dai Bowen made a final decision: "Then see you in the coffee shop on the second floor."

After all, Dai Bowen hung up the phone.

Shen Xiuyuan looked at him with a sense of humor: "Christmas gift, huh?"

"Christmas can't be worse." Dai Bowen said helplessly, "Every time I see him, I wonder if my psychology is for nothing. When I was still with Eric, I strictly followed all the rules." Disgust" and "contempt" have been explicitly hinted to him several times, without any concession or ambiguity, but this guy just lingers!"

"Baby, you have to be clear, sometimes boredom and hatred are also a kind of attention, and he is probably enjoying it." Shen Xiuyuan stroked the corner of his eyes, "You never know how beautiful you are when you are angry, full of vitality, embodying real emotions."

Dai Bowen couldn't help rolling his eyes: "Are you reading love poems? Who doesn't know that human beings have the ugliest expressions when they are angry?"

"But it's true." Shen Xiuyuan smiled, "And it shows that you care about the person you're angry with."

"Even if a mosquito flies in front of me, I'll still care, okay?" Dai Bowen held his forehead, "I don't understand your rich people's taste."

"Then I'm glad I passed the test." Shen Xiuyuan leaned over his upper body and pecked Dai Bowen's mouth, "Let's go, don't keep our guests waiting."

"Will you change my clothes?"

"You mean couple outfits? Honey, your word play is so cute."

Taking advantage of changing clothes and going downstairs, Dai Bowen told Shen Xiuyuan about his "past events" with James.

In short, when Dai Bowen was practicing hypnosis, he called up some "volunteers", and James was one of them.And James is relatively difficult to hypnotize. At that time, Dai Bowen was young and energetic, so he spent more time on him.After the hypnosis succeeded, James also entangled Dai Bowen.

It took a long time for Dai Bowen to know that James had a prominent family background and had received anti-hypnosis training.The professional image, ability and means that Dai Bowen deliberately strengthened in order to make him trust him would never be applied to ordinary people.In short, James put him on the line.

Of course, Dai Bowen would no longer be happy to associate with him, but James often appeared in front of Dai Bowen uncharacteristically, and publicly declared that he was pursuing Dai Bowen.The more he pestered him, the more disgusted Dai Bowen became.In the end, the whole institute was known, and Eric Russell came forward to stop it.

It doesn't matter if they are not allowed to enter the research institute, James drives here every day, specially blocking Dai Bowen at the entrance of the research institute.After a while of flying around, the court injunction came.

However, it was of no use. Apart from annoying Dai Bowen, James did not do other harmful things.On the contrary, because he always gives gifts to the institute, everyone has a good impression of him.Therefore, even if James appeared within 100 meters of Dai Bowen in violation of the prohibition order, no one would care about him.

Dai Bowen reported to the police twice, and then he became exhausted.He and Eric discussed the possibility of hypnotizing James and making him less interested in him, but James had anti-hypnosis training and claimed that he didn't trust anyone except Dai Bowen and had to give up.

In the end, Dai Bowen could only thank God that James did not go after Country E.

"This is too strange." Shen Xiuyuan commented, "It's not that he is incapable of going, why did he stop in country A?"

Thinking about Shen Xiuyuan himself, he flew to Country E immediately after completing seven missions.

"Who knows? I thought it might just be one of his games." Dai Bowen said, "He stopped playing when I was out of bounds."

Shen Xiuyuan said: "But when you come back, he will continue to play?"

Dai Bowen shook his head: "I've come to country A to perform a few times, but at most he just sends messages, phone calls, or sends a flower basket, and won't come to the door in person."

"Wow..." Shen Xiuyuan smiled, "It seems to be my problem."

"It's really your problem." Dai Bowen smiled, "Although you are also an autocratic and domineering guy, you are very frank, so I love you."

"Listening to these love words really makes my heart burst with joy." Shen Xiuyuan smiled and kissed his lips, "Why don't you say it's because I'm cute, huh?"

"Okay." Dai Bowen kissed him back, "Because you are so frank and cute."

The elevator door slowly opened.