Strangers

Hair.

"What's wrong?" Ding Li asked worriedly.

"I'll go out for a while." Qi Xiong said in a deep voice.

Ding Li looked down and saw his clenched right fist: "Where are you going?"

"Nowhere, I want to be alone for a while." Qi Xie walked out.

"Ah Jing!" Ding Li grabbed him, "What did she tell you?"

"Let go." Qi Xie suppressed his voice.

"What happened?" Ding Li asked.

"I tell you to let go!" Qi Xie swung him away heavily.

Ding Li was stunned, and stood there hesitating for a moment: "Then calm down and come back, I... wait for you here..."

Qi Xie turned around with straight eyes, and slammed the door shut.

It took Ding Li a long time to hear footsteps in the corridor, he quickly got up and opened the door, and saw Qi Xiong standing opposite with a gloomy expression.

"Back?" Ding Li asked softly, trying to calm his emotions as much as possible.

Qi Xie ignored him, sat back on the sofa, and took a deep breath with a serious expression: "Since Wei Yuanyang and Xie Yu have arranged for a fake death, there should be a way to escape without being discovered. You go and tell them that you must wait until twelve o'clock tonight. Get off this ship."

"Why." Ding Li didn't understand.

"I don't have time to explain. In short, if you don't leave, you will die."

"So it's impossible to persuade them to leave." Ding Li sat down beside him, "Don't worry, tell me what's wrong."

Qi Xie paused: "Things have changed. The ship owner didn't ask me to protect the cruise ship. On the contrary, he asked me to make the ship disappear completely."

Ding Li paused: "What does it mean to disappear completely?"

"There are so many suspicious points in front of me, I should have guessed it, I am stupid!" Qi Xie chuckled at himself, "A large number of fishing boats are missing, but there is no news from the outside world. The owner insists on leaving even though he knows that there is a problem with this route. In addition, Qian Sining didn't care about the reporter's publicity about Guixintang, because she knew that that person would never get off the boat."

"Can you speak slowly, I can't keep up with your thinking rhythm." Ding Li tried to ease the atmosphere.

"Someone is going to kill Mr. Zeng. Tomorrow, he secretly learned about this last month, so he went to Guixintang and explained the plan. Let them fabricate the false news that the ship is missing, and then arrange for the cruise ship to go to sea at this time. If the killer If we start tomorrow, we must sneak into the ship in advance, so he asked me to completely destroy the cruise ship with the ship and people, on the one hand, get rid of the current threat, and on the other hand, prevent future troubles."

Ding Li instantly understood: "Is it also a trick of feigning death?"

"Yes." Qi Xie nodded, "He has secretly prepared a lifeboat, and intends to abandon the ship on time at twelve o'clock tonight, and then smuggle abroad."

Ding Li was puzzled: "If he is afraid of death, he can hire a few more bodyguards. If he can't, he will go to the police for protection. Why does he have to do this?"

"Because he doesn't trust anyone." Qi Xie sneered, "He knows that the killer has been carefully planning for many years and may sneak into his side at any time with any identity, let alone bodyguards and police officers he doesn't know. On this ship, he only trusts Guixintang The four, because it was Boss Xun's arrangement, in other words, except you, me, Qian Sining and Fang Xun Nenghuo, the rest of them have to disappear."

Ding Li thought for a while: "Then are you really planning to do this?"

Qi Xie shook his head slowly: "In short, ensure the safety of Wei Yuanyang and Xie Yu first, and then we'll talk about the rest."

"Besides, what is it?" Ding Li sensed his thoughts.

Qi Xie didn't answer.

Ding Li stared at his expression closely: "You have already made up your mind, haven't you?"

Qi Xie said for a while: "I have no way out..."

"So you're going to sacrifice hundreds of people on the whole ship for the three of us?" Ding Li asked word by word.

Qi Harmony remained silent.

Finally, Ding Li couldn't stand it any longer, stood up and grabbed him by the collar: "Chen Jing, you've got the wrong partner. The ones who really deserve to die are Mr. Zeng and Boss Xun, not the innocent passengers on the ship!"

"But what can I do!" Qi Xie roared, "I am no match for the surnamed Xun. If you don't strike today, you will all die!"

"It's better to die than to be used without dignity!"

Qi Xie smiled lightly: "Dignity? What is dignity? Can it be exchanged for money?"

"No." Ding Li looked directly at him, "But it can make you live like a human being."

"I'm not human." Qi Xie said with a smile.

"Then do you think we can live with peace of mind with hundreds of lives on our backs?"

"What does that have to do with you?" Qi Xie said lightly, "Anyway, I was the only one who killed it, and the worst thing is that I committed suicide afterwards to apologize."

Ding Li suppressed his anger and nodded, loosened his collar and took a step back, then punched him, Qi Xie staggered suddenly, stabilized his footsteps and wiped his face.

"Are you happy?" Qi Xie still smiled, "If you are happy, I don't mind if you do it again."

"Okay." Ding Li said as he raised his fist, but it stopped in front of his cheekbones.

"Why, haven't you had enough for breakfast?" Qi Xie didn't dodge at all.

"I'm sorry..." Ding Li said softly, and touched the blushing spot on his face, "Let's think about it together, there must be a solution, don't take all the responsibility on yourself, let alone say the word death."

"What are you thinking about?" Qi Xie looked hopeless, "The reason why they didn't tell me what to do until now is that they didn't give me room to change."

Ding Li smiled: "But the Ah Jing I know is so powerful, omnipotent in the sky and on the earth, how can she not even solve this matter?"

Qi Xie lowered his eyes and shook his head after a long silence: "I can't gamble with your lives..."

Ding Li trembled a little when he heard his voice, and was about to speak to comfort him when he suddenly heard commotion outside.The two looked at each other and opened the door, followed the flow of people to the deck, and saw that all the passengers were looking in the same direction.

Ding Li looked along, and a cloud of thick fog suddenly appeared in the sea ahead. ——It is not appropriate to say that it is a mass. If you want him to compare it, it is like a huge white curtain hanging in the air, with no end to the left and right. There is a clear sky, but everything unknown is hidden in the haze on the opposite side.

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"It's spectacular!" The passengers on the side of the ship exclaimed.

"The fog is so thick that it won't hit the rocks." A man took out his mobile phone and took a picture.

"No, isn't there radar and sonar?" A girl also raised her camera.

Ding Li looked to the left and right, and saw that the people around were gathered in twos and threes, taking pictures frequently at the fog wall, or pointing forward in discussions.He suddenly heard a familiar voice behind him, and he turned his head. It was Fan Jin who leaned out of the railing and held the gun barrel, and pressed the shutter repeatedly like a maniac.

Qi Xie turned and walked towards the cab, Ding Li followed immediately, and heard Qian Sining's voice as soon as he entered the door: "Mr. Zeng read what you said! Since Mr. Qi has spoken, we will definitely solve the matter smoothly. Go back to your room with a hundred hearts and rest, it's not worth getting angry over such a small accident."

Mr. Zeng’s face twitched. The mistress next to him looked at him cautiously. The crew on the side were slowing down with all their strength. At the same time, they made an announcement saying that the heavy fog ahead is a normal weather phenomenon. Passengers are requested to return to the cabin as soon as possible, and do not wait and see in crowds to avoid accidents. .

Ding Li took the opportunity to go to Qi Xie and asked him what was going on, but he didn't answer.

"Anyway, it's definitely not a good thing to crash into it, but such a big ship can't stop for a while!" Fang Xun excitedly held up the binoculars, as if watching the excitement is not a big deal.

The captain had already ordered the full rudder to turn left, but the cruise ship continued to move forward irreversibly. Everyone stared straight ahead, seeing the fog wall gradually approaching like a huge palm, and then grabbed the whole ship go in!

The surroundings were completely white in an instant, and the visibility was less than 50 meters. The cruise ship seemed to have penetrated into a mass of sticky cotton wool. Although various instruments showed that the air indicators were normal, the feeling of breathlessness still enveloped the entire cabin.

Qi Xie said he was going to the bow of the ship to take a look, took the walkie-talkie and Ding Li got out of the cockpit, the corridor was almost full of passengers at this time, it was even worse when they got on the deck, it took the two of them a long time to break through the buzzing The noisy crowd squeezed to the railing of the bow.

There is no longer any reference around. Only by leaning out, lowering your head, and staring at the relative movement between the hull and the breaking wave, you know that you are still moving forward slowly, and then the frictional waves become weaker and weaker. Finally, with a slight earthquake, the cruise ship completely stopped...

"Can you go back?" Qi Xie asked the captain through the walkie-talkie. Before the words fell, all the lights in the cabin that were still on just now suddenly went out, and the crowd fell silent for a moment. body, floating alone on the dead sea.

"It may be that there is a problem with the power supply system. We will investigate immediately." The captain said on the intercom, and the spectators behind him became agitated. Go to the room and wait in peace.

Wei Yuanyang in the cabin lit a flashlight, heard the noise outside, and wondered whether he should go out to maintain order as a people's policeman.

"We'd better stay here, unless you are not afraid of being found by that assistant on the boat." Xie Yu indirectly denied.

"This fog is too evil, it won't cause trouble!" Wei Yuanyang was still a little worried.

"With Boss Qi here, it won't happen." Xie Yu glanced at the phone with no signal.

——Space wormholes caused by electromagnetic field wrinkles?Ding Li recalled what he heard last night.

"The Bermuda Triangle is like this! Now, to the outside world, our ship has disappeared!" Fan Jin squeezed to his side with a camera at some point, stood on the bow rail, and grinned at the crowd. stand up.

"Look at the reason." Ding Li raised his head and asked him.

"I think we're stuck in a gap in space!" Fan Jin jumped down from the railing, raised the camera again and pressed the shutter on the cockpit, it clicked, and Mr. Zeng was shaken so that he closed his eyes for a moment. The captain and Qian Sining nodded their thick fingers, and said four words irresistibly: solve it as soon as possible.

"Of course, Mr. Zeng, please don't worry." Qian Sining sent him away with a smile, but the captain next to him was not as relaxed as her. He asked the crew several times whether the backup circuit could be activated, but all he got was a negative answer.Fang Xun whistled shortly, and condescendingly picked up the binoculars to aim at the evacuated crowd: "If anyone screams at this time, the scene will definitely be messed up."

Assistant Qian patted him on the head: "Only you don't mind too many things!"

"But it's really interesting! I don't know how long it takes to stop the ship. Restlessness, panic, and finally a big riot! What will we do then, Mr. Qi?" Fang Xun adjusted the focus and pointed at the man leaning on the railing. A man with closed eyes and frowning.

Taking a deep breath, Qi Xie opened his eyes, and asked the captain to let a small boat go out to see the situation. After a while, two sailors came and said that everything was ready. Qi Xie didn't let Ding Li follow, but called out Fang Xun went down to the gangway at the bottom of the boat together.Ding Li leaned over the railing and looked down, and saw four people boarding a small boat, which disappeared into the boundless white mist after a while...

Ding Li waited anxiously, until a flight attendant came to remind him to leave the deck, and then he walked slowly back to the cab.An hour later, a voice finally came from the dead sea. Not long after, a seaman returned to the cabin: "Report to the captain, there is white fog in a radius of more than ten miles, and you can't get out even if you go back. Those two people said that they will investigate again. Only the cruise line can draw conclusions."

"Where are they now?" Ding Li asked immediately.

The crew member pointed behind him: "They left as soon as they boarded the ship. They may be on the rescue deck."

Ding Li rushed there without saying a word, but he didn't see Qi Xie's shadow. Just as he was about to go back to the cab to have a look, he passed the room and found a narrow gap in the door.

He stretched out his hand to push it away, and the white mist in the window frame directly opposite drew a black silhouette of a standing figure.

Ding Li felt relieved a little at this moment, closed the door and asked him why he was here softly.

"Otherwise where should I be?" Qi Xie looked out of the white window with a grim expression.

"Do you have a clue about the fog?" Ding Li asked, seeing that Qi Xie didn't answer, he patted his arm comfortingly, "Don't worry, there will always be a solution."

Qi Xie sighed softly and rubbed his temples: "Did you bring painkillers?"

At this moment, Ding Li remembered that he had just woken up from a hangover, and he didn't even take a sip of water: "Otherwise, you should eat something first, and being hungry won't solve any problems."

Qi Xie shook his head: "You can find me the painkiller first, I have a terrible headache."

Ding Li said yes, turned around to look through the luggage, and suddenly heard an apology, followed by a knock on the back of the neck, and fell down in the dark.

I don't know how long it took for him to wake up, and there was a laughter in his ear.

"Did Dr. Ding sleep well?"

Ding Li opened his eyelids and looked around. It seemed that there was a woman standing beside him. He woke up and tried to get up, but found that his hands and feet were tightly bound.

"Don't be impatient." Qian Sining raised his eyebrows condescendingly, "Mr. Qi asked you to stay here for a while, and he will let you go when the matter is resolved."

Ding Li thought badly, and immediately got up: "What did he do!"

Qian Sining shrugged his shoulders: "Go and do what he should do."

Ding Li turned his head and looked out the window, the sky was getting dark amidst the haze.

"What time is it?" he asked.

"Why should I tell you?" Qian Sining bent down and patted his face, suddenly squeezed his mouth open and poured a bottle of medicine into it, Ding Li choked suddenly, coughed violently and wanted to vomit.

"Don't worry, Mr. Qi asked you to drink it." Qian Sining threw the bottle.

"What... West..." Ding Li coughed.

"The antidote." Qian Sining said with a smile, "He just made an excuse to go out to check and he has already arranged it. Soon a colorless and odorless poisonous gas will spread out on the sea. After everyone on the cruise ship is dead, we can sit on The boat left."

Ding Li immediately realized: "He caused the fog!"

"Of course, he also destroyed the circuit on the ship, in order to trap the ship here."

Ding Li struggled desperately with his arms: "Tell him to stop!"

"If you stop, you will die if you get off the boat." Qian Sining scratched his face provocatively with his index finger.

"Kill me now if you have the ability!" Ding Li shouted with his face turned sideways.

Qian Sining smiled: "That can't be done, Mr. Qi will be sad if you die."

Ding Li was speechless for a while, staring at her and asked: "What good is it for you Guixintang to do this?"

"There are many benefits." Qian Sining pinched his waist, "First of all, Zeng will transfer half of his assets to Jingfang's account as a reward after the matter is completed, and secondly...Dr. Ding has seen gangster movies, right? Those younger brothers have to kill someone to show their sincerity before worshiping their elder brother. It's the same. Don't let Mr. Qi get some blood on his hands. How can they honestly join Guixintang to do things for Master Xun? Back in Tujia Village, we just let him Let’s test the killing ring once, today is the official worship of the mountain gate.”

Ding Li suppressed his anger and nodded: "You Master Xun really think highly of him!"

"That's natural." Qian Sining laughed, and the door was pushed open.

Qi Xi walked in.

Seeing that his eyes were as lifeless as dead ashes, Ding Li seemed to know what happened.

"It's done." Qi Xie handed over the walkie-talkie in a deep voice, and she took it back with a smile. There was a hissing and noisy electric sound from inside, and a voice said slowly: "Sister Qian..."

Qian Sining paused unexpectedly: "Why are you?"

"I seem to have been kidnapped..." Fang Xun said suddenly.

She frowned: "What nonsense?"

"But I was really kidnapped, and now I'm on a deserted island..."

"What do you mean no one, am I not human!" Another voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Ding Li next to him was taken aback for a moment.

"Who are you!" Qian Sining asked immediately.

"It's the idiot policeman we met downstairs in Tianhui that day..." Fang Xun snapped off at this point.

Qian Sining felt bad, and asked Qi Xie with a cold snort: "Please explain what's going on."

Qi Xie suddenly smiled, waved down his folding fan, and let go of Ding Li's rope!Turning around again, the tip of the fan reached Qian Sining's throat!

"Xun Fang is in our hands now." Qi Xie smiled, "If you have any unnecessary actions in Guixintang, just wait for the body of the third young master of the Xun family to be collected."

Qian Sining's eyes widened in disbelief, and he raised the corners of his mouth again: "Do you know what the consequences will be if you do this!"

"I know." Qi Xie said with a relaxed tone, "Ding Li, tie her up."

Hearing him call himself, Ding Li finally came back to his senses, picked up the rope on the ground and tied Qian Sining's arm.

Qi Xie pulled a towel to cover the rope, and gave her a light push on the back: "I have wronged Assistant Qian, why don't you come with us?"

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Passengers in life jackets crowded around, no one noticed who passed by, Qi Xie escorted Qian Sining straight to the presidential suite on the fifth floor.

He raised his foot and kicked open the door, facing an angry Mr. Zeng and his mistress hiding behind him.

"Did your Boss Xun ask you to do this?" Mr. Zeng said slowly and with anger.

Qi Xie always had a smile on his face: "This is not Boss Xun's intention, but on behalf of Jingfang, I want to re-sign the contract with you."

Mr. Zeng glanced at the bundled Assistant Qian, and seemed to understand the pros and cons of it. He turned back and leaned on the sofa, lit a cigar, and waited for Qi Xie to speak.Qi Xie, however, handed Qian Sining to Ding Li, and sat down directly opposite him before flipping up his clothes. Instead, he ironed the Sancai Cup on the coffee table, and slowly brewed a Dahongpao for himself.

"Wuyi's spring is warm and the moon is full. Pick new buds and offer them to the gods." Qi Xie took a sip, "Four famous congrues, the best oolong, Mr. Zeng is really a connoisseur, good tea."

When the tea was added to the second injection, the sky was completely dark, and the mistress turned on the flashlight and lit a few candles, which managed to gather some light in the dark room.

Mr. Zeng couldn't hold his breath after all, and lowered his voice: "What do you want."

Qi Xie wiped the lid of the cup with ease: "If you ensure the safety of the people on board, I will try to keep you alive, otherwise we will just drink tea and wait until twelve o'clock to see which window the killer will come in through. "

Mr. Zeng puffed on his cigar: "Will Boss Xun let you go then?"

"I'm willing to cut my whole body, and shake my sleeves." Qi Xie took a sip of tea, "It's a big deal to spend my cheap life with me, but it's also worthy of the hundreds of people on the ship."

Mr. Zeng snorted: "Then tell me how to keep me safe."

Qi Xie lowered the teacup: "It depends on who you have a relationship with."

"There are many people who have hatred against me in both black and white."

"May I ask which one is going to kill you?"

"Neither of them." President Zeng said intentionally, "I never believed in fate before, but now I believe in it. Although I believe in it, I don't accept fate!"

Qi Xie smiled and shook his head: "At this juncture, do you still have the mind to play charades?"

Mr. Zeng ignored the hand outstretched to hold the cigarette, and the mistress hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to pick up the ashtray.

After he flicked off a thick piece of soot, Qi Xie made a suggestion: "Then how about letting me ensure safety? I believe you have also seen Qi's methods. A few killers are nothing to worry about."

"Master Qi must be telling a joke." Mr. Zeng's complexion was clouded by the candlelight, "What if he poisoned you?"

"I can try poison." Qi Xie said firmly.

"Chronic poison///medicine."

"Then strictly monitor the source of the food."

Mr. Zeng suddenly became angry, and pointed at him with his finger: "What I want is guarantee! Guarantee, do you understand! It's [-]%, no mistakes can be made! If you waste time taking it for granted, don't blame me for not buying it!"

"Now that I've reached this point, there's nothing I can do." Qi Xie said and stood up abruptly!The tip of the folding fan pointed directly at the other party's forehead, "If you agree to my terms, everything is easy to discuss; if you don't agree, you must die now."

Mr. Zeng's momentum remained undiminished: "It doesn't matter if it's early or late, if I die, I have to drag this boat to be buried with me!"

It was too late to say it, but he pressed the cigar into the ashtray with his left hand, and pulled out something from the back of the sofa with his right hand!Everyone took a closer look at the dim light, and it turned out to be a detonator!

"I thought that the surname Xun could not be trusted, so I made a double-handed plan. When I built this boat, I planned to use it as a coffin!" Mr. Zeng sneered and squeezed the button, and there were two beeps, and a little red light shone in the dark Flashing rapidly!

Qi Xie was about to step forward when his mistress yelled: "Don't touch him! It's fine now, he will explode as soon as he lets go!"

"That's the reason!" Mr. Zeng glanced at Qi Xie, "If you understand, just follow the original plan honestly, which is good for you and me. Otherwise, the whole ship will die at sea together, and I have no objection!"

"Everyone on the boat...?" Qi Xie suddenly seemed to have a plan in mind, and took two steps back in a leisurely manner, pointing out the window with the tip of his fan.Mr. Zeng noticed something strange at this time, turned around and saw that the corridor deck was completely empty and shrouded in darkness.

"Speaking of which, the sound insulation of your presidential suite is really good. There are hundreds of people on the boat going back and forth, and there is no movement in the room." Qi Xie paced and laughed, "However, power outages and heavy fog are also one aspect. After all, it is dark. paint, who can see it?"

At this time, there were two knocks, and it was the captain standing at the door in neat clothes: "Mr. Qi, all 429 passengers and 137 crew members have boarded the lifeboats, and the evacuation has been completed."

Qi Xie smiled: "Captain, you should go too."

"It is my duty to leave the ship last," said the captain firmly.

"Then you stay here." Mr. Zeng suddenly threw out a sentence in the most gloomy way——

A wind extinguished the candle, and the red light flashed rapidly in the darkness!Several bursts of huge booms resounded throughout the ship!There was a violent shock under his feet, and a ball of flames shot straight from the corridor!Seeing that something was wrong, Qi Xie shattered the window with a swipe of his sword finger!Ding Li let go of Qian Sining's rope, and the captain pulled up the fallen mistress, and the five jumped into the sea following the blast wave!

The strong airflow dispersed the dense fog, the hull tilted rumblingly, and the raging flames illuminated the pitch-black sky red!

Not far away, several lifeboats turned around immediately!The driver nervously searched the red-light fluctuating sea surface, when the night-vision goggles stopped suddenly, he leaned towards a place at full speed!

... There was a sharp pain in his chest, and he coughed twice and slowly opened his eyes.

In the darkness in the distance, a few faint stars were shining, and there was a buzzing sound in his ear, which was so inaudible. He closed his eyes and felt someone pushing his shoulder.

Dr. Ding, Dr. Ding.

the man shouted.

Ding Li coughed again, and finally regained some consciousness.

"Are you still awake?" It was Xie Yu.

Ding Li moved his lips to try to make a little noise, looked aside with difficulty, and found himself lying in a lifeboat.

Xie Yu pressed his shoulder: "You were hit by the explosion, you'd better lie still."

"...quiet...well." Ding Li spoke intermittently, his voice hoarse.

"Don't talk yet," Xie Yu said.

"Qi..." Ding Li still wanted to ask, but his chest tightened and he choked out a mouthful of blood.

Xie Yu took a towel and wiped it clean for him: "He's on another boat."

"Also... okay..." Ding Li asked vaguely.

"It's okay." Xie Yu said.

Ding Li heaved a sigh of relief, slowly closed his eyes, and when he woke up again, he was already lying on the hospital bed.

The clock on the opposite wall pointed to three o'clock, and the window was bright, which seemed to be afternoon. Ding Li turned his head and looked, and Xie Yu was sitting upright beside him holding a medical magazine.

He coughed lightly, Xie Yu turned his gaze away, put down his book and rang the call bell on the bedside, two doctors did a simple examination for him and confirmed that there was no serious problem.

After the medical staff were sent away, Xie Yu closed the door and returned to the bed: "The case has been resolved, and Boss Xun promised to withdraw the personal threats against us from now on."

Ding Li nodded reassuringly, but felt that something was wrong: "Is this the solution?"

Xie Yu's eyes fell on the unfinished magazine on the edge of the bedside table, and he raised his hand to push it in a little: "President Zeng has already smuggled abroad."

Ding Li was taken aback: "He's not dead?"

"Of course, but seriously injured."

"This guy is really tough." Ding Li muttered.

"There is no such thing as life in the world, those are all arranged by Boss Qi."

"Ah Jing...?" Ding Li didn't understand.

"Boss Qi came to us yesterday morning and said that things had changed, so he asked Wei Yuanyang and I to help." Xie Yu explained, "He told us Mr. Zeng's plan and thought it was not feasible, so he made a slight modification based on it."

"So it was at that time..." Ding Li recalled that day Qi Xie went out alone just after listening to Qian Sining's words.

"At that time, Wei Yuanyang and I were divided into two groups." Xie Yu continued, "I went to persuade Mr. Zeng, and Wei Yuanyang found the captain and used half a day to arrange everything. Then things started, Boss Qi caused heavy fog, and I and Wei Yuanyang cut off the circuit, the captain secretly sent out a jamming signal to prevent all communication between the ship and the outside world, then Boss Qi took Xun Fang out, and Wei Yuanyang detained him to a nearby uninhabited island."

"He was one of the two sailors who went to inspect together!" Ding Li realized, "No wonder only one came back afterwards."

"That's right, it's a good thing you found out Xun Fang's identity from the driver earlier." Xie Yu said simply, "You know the rest of the matter, Boss Qi used you to restrain Qian Sining and make her believe that everything is going according to plan." The original plan was carried out, and Xun Fang was used as a threat to prevent the people of Guixintang from intervening temporarily, so as to take this opportunity to evacuate the entire ship."

"In the end, we played a play with Mr. Zeng, so that everyone would think he was blown to death at sea." Ding Li fully understood.

"It's just that Mr. Zeng didn't expect the power of the bomb to be so powerful." Xie Yu pushed his glasses, "At that time, I had already notified the private detective, and asked the person who was supposed to respond to Boss Qi to rescue Mr. Zeng, and immediately asked him to contact him. Boss Xun allocated the contract money in time and informed that the case was successfully resolved."

After hearing this, Ding Li leaned against the head of the bed and let out a long sigh of relief: "It's finally over..."

"Yes, it's over." Xie Yu looked away and touched the cover of the magazine.

The sound of pushing the door sounded, and Wei Yuanyang walked in: "You're awake."

"Thank you." Ding Li nodded to him.

"That..." Wei Yuanyang stood beside the bed and said in a low voice, "The matter of Lao Qi...you are sorry."

Ding Li paused: "What did you say?"

Wei Yuanyang knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately looked at Xie Yu next to him.

"I haven't told him yet," Xie Yu said.

"What... what are you talking about?" Ding Li couldn't believe his ears.

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Xie Yu told the truth: "After you fell into the water last night, the rescue boat found you, the captain, and Qian Sining, and Boss Qi's body didn't surface until early this morning."

"Impossible... Impossible!" Ding Li sat up startled, "Ah Jing, he won't die! That's how he fell asleep, without breathing or heartbeat!"

Xie Yu was expressionless: "Wei Yuanyang and I checked carefully, and he has rigor and corpse spots."

"Where is he..." Ding Li pulled out the IV in a daze, and was about to get out of bed, "Where is he...I want to see him..."

Wei Yuanyang hurriedly held him down: "Guixintang took his body away."

"Why didn't you stop me!" Ding Li roared uncontrollably.

"If I could stop it, I would have stopped it long ago!" Wei Yuanyang also became angry, and pushed him back.

Ding Li was in a daze before he noticed the two scratches on the opponent's face.

"We are already negotiating with Guixintang." Xie Yu supported his shoulders, "I believe we should be able to win a chance, at least let you take one last look at him."

After that, Ding Li couldn't hear clearly...

Half a month passed gradually.

The Affiliated Hospital of Medical University stated that the bribery incident was found to be untrue, and has ordered the patient to withdraw the report, apologize in writing, restore his reputation, and inform him to return to work in cardiac surgery as soon as possible.

Ding Li, however, nestled in Zhiguai Zhai all day long.

Leaning on the sofa, looking around the empty hall: the calligraphy and paintings in the bottle, the copper stove filled with incense ashes, the writing brushes on the shelf, the half-grinded ink bricks are still placed beside the inkstone...

Everything was as it was before, as if that person would push open the door of the inner room and come out at any time, brew a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus tea with a smile and invite him to sit with him, and spend the whole afternoon chatting leisurely.

Ding Li suddenly felt that he was in a dream, but he didn't know how to wake up. When he closed his eyes, he saw the scene: the explosion rumbled, the cabin shook, and the flames shot up into the sky. Someone hugged him from behind, blocking the impact of the explosion for him.

And then there's darkness...

On the tea table are piles of things brought back from Lan Jingxuan: some ancient clothes, a safety talisman, a bronze mirror, a blood-stained folding fan, and the diary.

A small piece of paper was exposed from inside, Ding Li stretched out his hand and pulled it out, it was a lottery requested by Baiyun Temple.

No very Tailai.

——Sure enough, it is not allowed to buy with money.He thought to himself, seeing something through the paper again.

Turning over the back, a few lines of small characters were written in familiar handwriting:

Passbooks and IOUs are placed under the iron box on the top of the closet in the back room. Antique calligraphy and paintings can be sold. The silver///line/// card secondary card is in the second drawer of the desk, and the password is 123587.

"Nervous." Ding Li muttered, and his hand holding the paper dropped heavily.

Looking up at the ceiling, he closed his eyes, let out a long breath of the air accumulated in his chest, piled up those few clothes and used them as a pillow, and soon curled up on the sofa and fell asleep.

One dream after another, only one person in the dream...

☆, never

At the beginning of August, the beginning of autumn.

The weather was at its hottest, and Ding Li stayed on the Internet in the back room until midnight, when the old floor fan stopped working with two clicks.Early the next morning, he packed up and went out to buy an air conditioner. Two workers delivered the goods and installed them, and climbed out of the window to drill holes into the red brick wall.After working for an hour, half of the room was left with dust. Ding Li twisted the rag to clean it. He accidentally knocked over the white porcelain bottle on the shelf and smashed it to the ground. He threw down the rag and went to the kitchen to find a broom. The whole thing just froze.

"How long has it been since I came back, and you made my house like this?" A man stood at the door.

The broom in Ding Li's hand fell to the ground.

The man walked in, picked up a piece of white porcelain and sighed: "Things from the Qianlong period."

Ding Li opened his mouth, but his voice stuck in his throat.

"Why did you install the air conditioner in the bedroom? It's so hot in the hall." The man pushed the folding fan away and shook it.

"Then I'll ask the worker to remove the machine." Ding Li finally said.

"Forget it, I have to make another room full of ashes." Qi Xie said.

Ding Li took two steps forward, and then hugged him.

"What?" Qi Xie said.

Ding Li didn't answer, but hugged him even tighter.

"Why are you crying, a big man." Qi Xie smiled.

"Ah... Jing..." Ding Li buried himself in his neck, choked up and shouted.

"Okay, okay, I'm not sad." Qi Xie patted him on the back.

Ding Li nodded with sobs, and gradually let go of his hand. Qi Xie pulled out a tissue to wipe his face, and he took it embarrassedly and blew his nose.

"Aren't you dead?" Ding Li suddenly said angrily, his voice was blocked by the paper towel, which intensified the effect by buzzing.

Qi Xie leaned against the table: "Who said I'm dead."

Ding Li was speechless for a moment: "Xie Yu and Wei Yuanyang."

"That's right." Qi Xie pinched his chin, "From the perspective of human common sense, I am indeed hopeless, but I am not a human, so I did not die."

Ding Li slapped the ball of paper on the ground: "Then why didn't you tell me! You didn't even say hello for more than half a month!"

Qi Xie was unmoved: "I slept in the hospital for more than ten days, and I just woke up the morning before yesterday. How do you want me to greet you?"

Ding Li was stunned for a moment and quickly supported his shoulder: "Are you okay! Do you want to lie down on the bed!"

"It's ready." Qi Xie blocked him impatiently.

Ding Li looked around at a loss, dragged an armchair and pushed him down, went to the kitchen and poured a glass of cold water, and handed it over with both hands.

Qi Xie smiled, took it and took a sip: "I haven't told you about Mr. Zeng yet."

"President Zeng?" Ding Li didn't understand.