Floating Perfume Shop

Xiao Chongyun didn't see Wu Qi again until the next morning.

He lives in a sleepy room, and he only has a quarter of an hour to let the wind out in the morning, so he can stand in the yard and take a breath of the sweltering air.On the way back, I happened to run into Wu Qi.

Wu Qi wore a loose white shirt to cover the whip marks left by the punishment, and he looked the same as usual.When passing by with raglan shoulders, he paused and said, "So your surname is Xiao."

Xiao Chongyun nodded: "The name Zhou is borrowed. It was originally to test whether your subordinate understands the perfume business."

"Then I don't know how to do it, so I should be punished." Wu Qi smiled wryly, "I just realized that the whip I use every day really doesn't feel good on people."

Xiao Chongyun thought that with Wu Qi's status here, he was a bit of a scumbag, so he shouldn't be humiliated in public.But the look of the man in front of him, as if this punishment was a matter of course.It took less than half a minute for such a line to pass, and the moment he passed by, he suddenly added in a low voice: "Mr. Xiao, you can rest assured that your student is really nowhere to be found now."

Xiao Chongyun returned to the room, stood in front of the workbench, and thought over Wu Qi's words - Zhang Song really couldn't find it.Zhang Song disappeared before the gunfight, probably taking advantage of the chaotic scene, and escaped first.In that kind of situation, it is absolutely impossible for Xiao Chongyun to escape, and it is lucky that he can escape alone.Wu Qi reminded him out of good intentions, telling him that from last night to now, the "professor" had indeed sent out to search for the little ghost, but the little ghost was clever and was not caught.

So where is he now?Did he escape to the embassy, ​​or did he find another place of refuge?

Xiao Chongyun sat in front of the workbench from day to night, thinking about things all the time, without touching any spices.

Since the exchange of fire last night, the "office" closed its doors to thank visitors, and it was extremely quiet during the day, as if there was no one there.At night, there were sparse gunshots, like local conflicts and firefights.Because this area itself is a gang gathering place, and it is close to the slums, gangs have always been rampant, almost a legal vacuum in a backward country.Xiao Chongyun stayed up all night listening to these voices.

When he was out, he heard the bodyguards talking, saying that Zhang Wenshan was pulling out the "Professor"'s den, chasing here from Long Island all the way, night and night, threatening yesterday that he would blow up the building.Whether it can be blown up or not, the "professor" has more than one den. Even if he really rushed in, he might only get an empty building and explosives hidden all over the building.The big deal is that this place is no longer needed. When Mr. Zhang is buried, waiting for someone to rush in, there are plenty of ways to blow up the entire building.

When they were discussing these, Xiao Chongyun was listening by the side.No one shied away from him, as if he was dead, or about to be dead.And the dead are the most tight-lipped.

The "professor" gave him two days, and Xiao Chongyun did nothing on the first day.

On the second day, Xiao Chongyun adjusted the incense.He sat in front of the workbench intently, corrected the tea fragrance that was previously tuned by Wu Qi, and made it into the same series of "Qingming" perfume, which can be put into production almost as a sample. The "professor" was furious. That night, he smashed Xiao Chongyun's perfume on the floor, ordered someone to hold a gun to his head, and ordered him to stay up all night and hand over "Eternal Summer": "I treated the second young master with courtesy. Unexpectedly, you are so ignorant of flattery, then don't blame me for being rude."

Xiao Chongyun didn't even lift his eyelids in front of the gun: "If I die, you will never see 'Eternal Summer' in this lifetime."

The old man smiled on the surface: "Since you can't give me what I want, what is the difference between you and a dead person?"

"There is a difference," Xiao Chongyun leaned on the high-back chair, put his head in a comfortable position, and closed his eyes, "The difference is that if I am alive, I may be in a good mood. If I am in a good mood, I may give you what you want .And I'm dead, you won't get a penny for all your hard work for so many years, and you will be forced into this dead corner by my brother for nothing, and it's hard to get out."

The professor squeezed the teacup in his hand fiercely: "I can't get away, what joke are you talking about?"

"The people around you say that the professor's tricky rabbit and three caves can lead them out at any time. But watching this firefight, it's been scattered for three days. My father once said when I was a child, the most taboo is to make big noises in this business." He said slowly, "Three days, if you could leave, you would have left now. You said that you have suffered a great loss from my brother. I am afraid that your strongholds are being cleared one by one by him. This is the last one. If you really want to leave, you can only take two or three confidantes, and the rest will be cannon fodder, including me."

At that time, there were only Wu Qi and the old man in the room, and Xiao Chongyun was sitting on a chair with a gun pressed to his temple.

As soon as he finished speaking, the gun in Wu Qi's hand jammed and loaded, like a warning.

There was another burst of gunfire outside the window, the professor was silent for a while, and asked through gritted teeth: "Then what should you do to be in a good mood."

Xiao Chongyun opened his eyes: "Nothing else, give me three days to write two suicide notes seriously, and give me another two days to think about how to adjust this perfume. If you can't afford to wait for five days, deduct it now." A trigger would do too."

The old man left, Wu Qi stayed and locked the door.Before he closed the door, he took a meaningful look at Xiao Chongyun: "You almost crossed the line. If the professor said to shoot just now, I will really shoot."

Then the iron gate closed quietly like a prison.

Xiao Chongyun knew that he won five more days to live.

On the first day, he wrote a letter to the kid.The letter was very long, rambling on and on, from the operation of the company to the skills of perfumery, breaking down all my life's experience, every word, every word, every detail.He thought that "Afterlife" is a well-structured company, and it will not collapse because of Zhang Song's short-term absence.

"You can't save me, and don't even try to save me. I'm useful to the 'Professor', he won't kill me." Xiao Chongyun paused his pen and continued to write, "Just treat me as if I live in a faraway place, always Will come back one day. Until then, take care of your company, live your life, and remember the Chinese incense' road. We are all walking on the same road, as long as you walk firmly, we will meet again sooner or later See."

When he wrote this letter, Wu Qi was watching behind him, and suddenly asked: "Why do we meet sooner or later?"

"I just lied to the kids." Xiao Chongyun said, "Yu Perfume, I have some attainments. If he goes on my way, sooner or later he will meet with me in the past. .”

Wu Qi smiled.

Xiao Chongyun put down his pen and stood up.He didn't want to leave anything for Zhang Wenshan, and even if he wrote it, Zhang Wenshan wouldn't read it.Thinking about it this way, everything that can be written has already been written, and what can be given up has already been given up.But why, there is an empty piece in my heart?

It was as if there was a hollow in the chest, and the unknown cold wind poured in one after another.

Xiao Chongyun lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and thought about who in his life he couldn't let go of.

Who is repeating over and over in the dark night, Senior Xiao, Senior Xiao?

Who stretched out his hand gently toward that abyss of despair?

Who said to him, I like you.If you don't like me, you can treat it as wind in your ears, go in the left ear, and go out the right ear?

Who said to him, I absolutely believe in you.As long as you nod your head, I will try my best to take you out of here?

Who stood at the exit of the abyss to meet him, leaned against the wall next to the elevator, knocked over the warning sign blocking the way with a bang, and smiled at him: "Senior Xiao, you've lost weight."

However, the spring sun in March was already wiped out by heavy rain in the middle of the night two years ago.

He is not "Xiao of the East", he no longer has the talent he had before, and he is not even qualified to make irresponsible remarks to a mature and excellent perfumer as a senior.

After tearing away the bright appearance, he is just a daffodil half body standing in the mud, and he has long since given up the tiny and soft spring.

Thinking about it now, the reason why I flatly rejected Zhou Tianhao's confession was probably because I knew from the very beginning that "Xiao of the East" was already dead, and he was not worthy of surviving.And feelings are deep and cruel things, Xiao Chongyun felt that he had never been really emotional, but when he closed the door with his own hands and cut off all hope, he didn't know why, and his heart suddenly became empty.It was as if something warm had been locked up in the past, leaving only a calm and cold body.

Zhou Tianhao will meet the girl he likes and have a beautiful life of his own.Many years later, when he is old, he may laugh with his children and grandchildren about the foolish things he did when he was young.

I actually liked such a person, Zhou Tianhao would say, but who wouldn't be fooled by a beautiful appearance when they were young?

He sat up again, picked up the pen again, and wrote for a while, but suddenly he couldn't hold it, and the pen fell slumped on the paper, drawing a long mark.He looked down at the passage carefully written on the paper, feeling inexplicably anxious.Don't tell anyone to read that passage, even if he read it himself, he would feel ashamed and should tear it up.

But anyway, there are people who only have five days to live, and Wu Qi is probably the only one who can really read what they write.

When Xiao Chongyun was writing the letter, during the short firefight, a young man knocked on the door of the office.

The office has suspended all affairs and is no longer "open" to the outside world, but the young man keeps knocking on the door, getting more urgent every time.The young man with a strange face was finally let in by the guard, because he was accompanied by a "experienced hand" who was used to dealing with this place.This conflict came suddenly, and country C is poor and backward, and information is inconvenient. It is inevitable that there will be business partners who do not know the situation and rush in at this time.Instead of shutting these two people out, letting them be taken away by Zhang Wenshan's people, and asking questions that shouldn't be asked, it's better to let them in.

The acquaintance took the young man to the office where he "worked".The young man was wearing a black windbreaker, his face was thin, but there was a hint of peach blossom in the corners of his eyes when he smiled.He sat on the customer's leather chair as soon as he entered the door, and raised his legs: "Is your boss Wu still doing business? I came all the way to sign a contract, and knocked on the door for half an hour and ignored it?"

The young man patted the smuggler who led the way: "Brother Zhang said, you have channels here, you can transport things directly to the mainland. Especially spices, it's very easy to go. For me, don't need too much, just this amount, let Come talk to your boss."

As soon as the young man patted him, the smuggler who brought him in obediently whispered in the clerk's ear: "It's purchased by the largest perfume company in China. If you don't have anything else, you'll have a lot of money. It's hard to get a line. Otherwise, Master Wu will buy it." Accommodating?"

At this time, the business has stopped, but the contract can still be determined.Those who sit in the office are all small receptionists, who can't decide everything.The young man didn't care: "Where is Boss Wu, you take us to find him."

So when Wu Qi was drinking tea and serving medicine in the office, the door suddenly opened, and someone came in with a smile and extended his hand: "Boss Wu, it's a pleasure to meet you."

When I called from downstairs, Wu Qi was not surprised, but regretted: "It's really a bad timing. Our business is closed recently, and now we can only make an appointment and deliver the goods every other month. What's your name, boss?"

The moment his hands were clasped, the smuggler who came in with the young man put his hands in his crotch, drew his knife suddenly, and stabbed the clerk beside him in the chest, right in the heart!The clerk didn't even hum, and just fell to the ground!

The young man held Wu Qi's hand with incomparable strength, and pulled him towards him, almost pulling him into his arms!Just as Wu Qi wanted to speak, he felt a hard and cold short knife pressed into his back.

"My name is Zhou Tianhao, Boss Wu. You may have heard of this name." Zhou Tianhao whispered in the man's ear, "Take me for a walk and see the scenery here. I want to find Xiao Chongyun."

"Find where he is, open the door, and let people go." He whispered, "I have inquired about the rules here. With your status, there are plenty of ways to get people out without anyone noticing."

Zhou Tianhao put his hands on the man's shoulders, whistled, and walked out the door with his shoulders hooked and his back seemingly relaxed.He walked to the courtyard in the middle, and after hearing what the man said, he raised his head and looked in one direction of the small building.The glass windows on the upper floor were not cleaned enough, and only a shadowy figure could be vaguely seen sitting by the window.

His heart was beating so fast that he could hardly hold the knife steady.

Zhou Tianhao patted the man in his arms and walked upstairs.

In fact, the room was not very high, it was only on the third floor, and Zhou Tianhao took six turns, walking carefully with every step, getting slower and slower.

He passed by many people without saying a word, until he reached the door, then lowered his voice and ordered: "Open the door."

The door was a smooth iron door, and the man seemed to be reaching for the key. Zhou Tianhao glanced at the reflection on the door, and suddenly felt something was wrong!

As soon as he let go of the captor, he lowered his body and rolled on the ground, and the bullet flew past his head!The smuggler who paid a lot of money before fell to the ground without saying a word. There was a bloody hole in his back, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.And the moment he let go, the hostage's whole body shook suddenly, stopped for a second, and then let out a scream, and fell to the ground clutching his chest.

Just now, the two boys who were standing guard at the stairs and greeted them with a smile took advantage of Zhou Tianhao's turning around and drew their guns and loaded them!Zhou Tianhao saw the reflection of the gun muzzle through the clean door, so he dodged urgently.

Four or five people rushed up from an invisible corner, Zhou Tianhao knocked over the horse boy facing him with a punch, and stabbed the second person's chest with a dagger.He didn't gnaw a word, and punched the person who rushed up fiercely, extremely fierce!

There is still a chance, Zhou Tianhao knows, as long as there is no large-scale exposure, I still have a chance!

But there were too many people, his hands gradually lost strength, and his body began to lose consciousness due to excessive pain.

The short knife was inserted into the human body, stuck in the broken bone, and could not be pulled out.Two thugs grabbed his arms, twisted them behind him, and forced him to kneel on the ground.

Someone said behind his back: "I said why there is one more corpse in my office. It seems that it is not one more, but three more."

The man who spoke was far away from him, standing at the end of the corridor, his face was exactly like the one Zhou Tianhao kidnapped just now.

"Six bullets, one clip was emptied, and three bodyguards were injured. You are still alive, not bad." He walked over step by step, and squatted down in front of Zhou Tianhao, "I heard that someone came to do business at this time , I was more careful, let the double meet you, it really is Mr. Zhou. I have heard of you before in Xia Wu Qi, what is your name, your horoscope is not clear, and your five elements are lacking in mind."

He turned to the first guy who shot, squatted in front of him, and asked softly: "Did I let you shoot? Did you see clearly when you shot just now? If it wasn't the third child who was acting as a stand-in, it was me. I, what should I do?"

Ma Zai was stabbed in the chest by Zhou Tianhao, probably hurting his lungs, he couldn't speak, he just shook his head.

Wu Qi answered for him: "I didn't inform you beforehand, I think you won't recognize it. If you hit me with this bullet, I'm dead. Who will do things for the professor?"

He pulled out the dagger from Ma Zai's chest and stabbed it in again.The man's eyes bulged, and he died instantly.

When Xiao Chongyun's pen fell on the paper, there was a sudden noise outside the door, accompanied by the sound of violent shooting.Xiao Chongyun wondered if it was Zhang Wenshan who rushed in with someone, and felt that if this was the case, six shots should not have been fired.After a while, the iron door of his room was suddenly opened from the outside, and two thugs pushed a bloody man in.

Wu Qi stood at the door: "Mr. Xiao, some people are dying, so I have to come in to see you. Oh, it's what you said before, the one who is not clean, and the five elements are short-sighted."

Xiao Chongyun stood up in horror, and saw Zhou Tianhao being held by two thugs, kneeling on the ground covered in blood.

"Senior Xiao, I have a word, I owe you." He raised his head and looked at Xiao Chongyun, "I'm sorry."

Xiao Chongyun rushed over without even thinking about it.Zhou Tianhao's clothes were all wet with blood, and he couldn't see where the injury was. Xiao Chongyun didn't dare to touch it, so he could only tremblingly wipe the blood from the corners of his eyes.

Zhou Tianhao stared at him through the hazy blood mist: "If we can get out alive this time, let me pursue you again, okay?"