please don't believe me

"If Carlos took his daughter, what would they want Matthew for?"

Dai Bowen put a mouthful of ice cream into his mouth. The hot chocolate paired with the icy and mellow milk ice cream tasted wonderful.

They are now waiting for an answer from the police, and have nothing else to do but go for a little Christmas walk.Tired from walking, I went into a dessert shop and chose a seat by the window on the second floor, where I could see the scenery outside without being watched by passers-by.

"It's amazing, you actually started to ask why." Shen Xiuyuan was not as excited as Dai Bowen, but a considerate man always knows how to cooperate with his lover.He put a cup of hot tea in front of him, and responded, "Did you ask why when you stole the painting or when you killed me?"

"This moment, that moment. Is there any difference between the previous ones and the game?" Dai Bowen glanced at him, picked up a spoon and gestured at the man's neck, with a playful look on his face, "If you can't kill it once, at worst, reload the file. Kill again. But if it doesn't work out this time..."

He didn't continue, just pursed his lips, put down the spoon and dug another scoop of ice cream.

The dessert shop’s Christmas decorations are lively and warm, and most of the snacks in the glass cabinets fit the Christmas theme, which has attracted many customers.Although Shen Xiuyuan and Dai Bowen are two big men, it's not bad to come to this kind of place for a date once in a while.At least for Dai Bowen, sitting in the heater watching the snow through the window and tasting ice cream is a rare state of relaxation.

This store doesn't play Christmas music specials, but the TV news broadcasts Christmas scenes from all over the world, which is also very interesting.

"Calm down, my dear." Shen Xiuyuan replied, "Just keep your state. If you need to cooperate, cooperate with others. You don't have to be alone in every mission, just like I always command others to run away. It's like running around."

"Hey, am I not 'cool' enough?" Dai Bowen poked the ice cream with his spoon, signaling Shen Xiuyuan to notice the ice and snow, "I'm just thinking about the relationship between Carlos and Matthew."

"Their relationship?" Shen Xiuyuan replied, "Except that Matthew's little girlfriend may be Katrin, and Katrin may be Carlos' daughter... I can't think of any relationship between them."

Mera receives a certain amount of funding from the Zhiyuan Group every year, and the price is to report Matthew's changes in time.If the rebellious young boy was involved with a drug lord, it wouldn't do Meera any favors to keep it a secret.

"Very correct." Dai Bowen replied, "However, Carlos is definitely not the kind of good father who cares about his daughter, and even kills whoever she associates with, isn't he?"

Shen Xiuyuan said: "You want to say that Carlos' behavior is not because of his daughter Katrin, but because of Matthew himself? This makes no sense. If Matthew's identity was exposed, the blackmail information should have been sent to his aunt Mela , even in my hands, but there has been no movement so far; if Matthew's identity has not been exposed, then Carlos has no reason to take Matthew away."

"You're right, honey, I think so too, everyone thinks so." Dai Bowen said, "But have you ever thought about accidents?"

"Accident?"

"Yes, this is just my guess." Dai Bowen said, "You just said, why didn't I 'ask why' in the first six tasks?"

"Because that's...wait a minute!" Shen Xiuyuan paused in the middle of his speech, showing a strange expression, "You mean, they did this because of the 'task'?"

"I'm not sure." Dai Bowen replied, "But when the system asks me to steal paintings, I will steal them without 'why'."

"You're right." Shen Xiuyuan said, "If this is a mission, then you don't need to deduce it from too long ago, just focus on the present. And according to the experience of the last gambling mission,' Heresy' is indeed likely to be involved in the case ... the question is, what are they trying to achieve."

"Also, who are 'they'?" Dai Bowen smiled, "Strange Carlos, strange Katrin, strange Matthew."

At present, these three people are the main characters in this case.If the "heretic" played the main role in this case, there is a high probability that at least one of the three is a "heretic".

However, drawing on the lessons from the last gambling mission, Dai Bowen will not judge rashly, even if he has the photos and names of three people.

"'Strange'? Are you talking about yourself?" Shen Xiuyuan looked at his ice cream and changed the topic, "Who would eat something so cold in winter?"

Dai Bowen came back to his senses, and took another mouthful: "People who like to eat this thing."

Shen Xiuyuan shrugged his shoulders and stopped disturbing the ice cream that was almost melting after he finished eating.The man's gaze swept outside, then turned back indoors, and finally landed in the direction of the TV.

The TV is now showing the scene of a Christmas dinner somewhere in country A. The celebrities and elites at the dinner are all well-dressed, with elegant smiles, and greet each other with wine glasses.In conjunction with the camera, the program also specially introduced some famous people present, including an LT congressman who has been making frequent speeches and actions recently. It is said that he is likely to run for the next or next term as the party leader.

Shen Xiuyuan looked at the TV screen, squinted his eyes and said: "...the ghost is still here."

"What?" Dai Bowen followed his gaze after hearing the words.On the TV screen, the congressman of LT descent was smiling and applauding in the center of the camera, while James sat impressively behind him at the same table.

I have to say that although this guy always makes people feel creepy when talking to Dai Bowen, he is actually very imposing and has a sense of presence.Even though he was seated behind the MP, one glance at him convinced the audience that he must be a great success.

Dai Bowen shrugged: "It's not surprising. His family has always spent a lot of money in general elections. It's normal for him to sit with future candidates."

"The laws of most countries in U continents do not allow the raising of campaign funds, and I rarely experience this." Shen Xiuyuan replied, looking away from the direction of the TV, and his tone was a little gloating, "But the Western world is turning to the right and maintaining 'political correctness' There may not be enough votes."

Dai Bowen swallowed a mouthful of ice cream, curled his lips: "They may not need so many votes. After all, the higher the status, the harder it is to control, isn't it?"

As soon as these words came out, it was simply saying that James' family could not control the high-level people.Although this was tinged with Dai Bowen's personal feelings and may not be true, Shen Xiuyuan was still pleased by this kind of sarcasm.

They changed the topic tacitly and stopped mentioning that annoying guy.

After enjoying a half-day Christmas date, the two men returned to the apartment with two bottles of wine.

It's not a famous wine, but because of the romantic and sentimental name of the Christmas special, two men—mainly Dai Bowen—bought it back as a Christmas present with a bit of mischief.

"True Love Eternal" and "Heavenly Grace", the fonts on the labels are simple and beautiful, and the accompanying pictures are simple strokes of warm-hearted characters.The two bottles of wine are obviously from the same series, but they are independent of each other. I have to say that the manufacturers are still very careful.

It's not so much wine though, it's more of an alcoholic, fruity drink.So after the two men bought it, it was probably just for fun, and it was impossible to drink it.

Dai Bowen opened the wine cabinet, and just as he put the wine bottle in his hand into the grid, a bottle of wine was hung on his shoulder from behind with one hand.

Dai Bowen smiled, took the wine, and put it next to the previous bottle.

Shen Xiuyuan put his arms around his waist, leaned close to him, and lingered on the back of his neck with his lips.They just came back from strolling down the street, and almost all the people in White Christmas were in pairs, and the whole street was full of love and romance.When the love came, Shen Xiuyuan also pushed aside Dai Bowen's scarf and kissed him, but this was nothing compared to the satisfaction brought by a skin-to-skin kiss.

Of course Dai Bowen understood what he was thinking, but President Shen's excitement always made him feel cute, and people couldn't help teasing him.

"Hey, Mr. Shen..." Dai Bowen moved, but Shen Xiuyuan bit his sensitive part lightly, and he struggled a bit, "I only did it from last night to this morning."

The sentence looks like a complaint, but the tone is actually very frivolous, obviously there is no real meaning of resistance.Shen Xiuyuan smiled and said in a low voice: "The spring night is bitter and the day is high, and the king will not go to court early from now on."

Dai Bowen sneered: "You still think of yourself as an emperor, huh?"

That "Huh?" was like a kitten's outstretched claws, scratching Shen Xiuyuan as if his heart was trembling and his canine teeth were itching.He couldn't help pressing the man down against the wine cabinet with all his strength, and lightly rubbed his canines with the hot skin under his mouth.

Excited, but inexplicably tense and patient.Like a hunter with his finger on the trigger, he suddenly looked at the beautiful prey not far away, thinking that the other party should not escape, but wishing that this gaze could last for tens of thousands of years.

"Let me tell you..." Dai Bowen took a quick breath and said, "Can you stop standing, we've been walking for a long time... Hey!"

It turned out that Shen Xiuyuan turned and hugged him, and immediately sent him to the wine cabinet.Originally standing with their backs turned, now they are sitting on the top of the wine cabinet facing the man.Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows, and was about to open his mouth to speak to the bully, when suddenly a bell rang.

Dai Bowen kicked the opponent with a smile: "The phone."

Shen Xiuyuan frowned and said, "Don't worry about it."

Dai Bowen pressed his thumb on the man's chin: "It must be urgent to call you on Christmas Eve, Mr. Shen."

Shen Xiuyuan had no choice but to put one hand on the wine cabinet and take out the cell phone in his pocket with the other.Glancing at him, it was his driver and bodyguard.

"I'm Shen Xiuyuan."

"Mr. Shen!" The person on the other end of the phone was so excited that even Dai Bowen heard his voice, "Watch TV! The local news channel!"

Dai Bowen stretched out his arms, jumped down from the wine cabinet, ran to the tea table and found the remote control to turn on the TV and search for channels.

The screen jump quickly stopped at a news report.I saw the blond female anchor sitting in front of the screen, reading the press release with a serious expression. There was a mosaic picture in the upper right corner of her, and the word "MISSING (missing)" was marked under the picture.

"Ah oh..." Dai Bowen paused holding the remote control, and couldn't find anything else to say for a while.

He knew the face in the mosaic all too well.Two months ago, this face began to enter his field of vision; two months later, he came to country A in order to find the owner of this face.

— Matthew Lessman.

Shen Xiuyuan had already hung up the phone and stood beside Dai Bowen, his eyes were also fixed on the broadcast content on the TV.

The female anchor seemed to be trying to attract the audience's attention, and said in an emotional tone: "It is reported that the missing boy Matthew Lesman's family background is prominent, and his mother is from the famous multinational enterprise Zhiyuan Group..."

As soon as Dai Bowen heard that Matthew's background was revealed, he knew that someone was going to be in trouble.He couldn't help turning his head to glance at the side face of the man beside him. The man's eyes staring at the TV and his straightened lips indicated that the instigator who broke the news would not be easily forgiven.

"Christmas trouble..." Shen Xiuyuan said meaningfully, "It seems that some people don't think much about the New Year."