Summer is approaching, and the sunshine along the coast of Florida is bright, and the wind with the humid sea air blows in from the window, lifts the thin window screen, and blows a wind chime hanging on the window frame to jingle.

When Xiao Yu woke up, her throat felt dry, her chapped lips parted, and she subconsciously swallowed.

Excessive blood loss and the effects of anesthesia have made his body react a bit sluggish now. The finger on which the drip is attached is slightly curled up. The boy's dark eyes are looking at the ceiling aimlessly. His distracted gaze slowly gathers. , just vaguely aware that this environment is very strange.

"The doctor said you can't drink too much water yet."

The man's voice was low, like a straight line without ups and downs, without any emotion.

Xiao Yu turned her head and saw Luo Yifan, who had a frosty face, turned around and picked up the disposable paper cup on the bedside table, then sat sideways on the side of the hospital bed, dipped his index finger in some water, and gently applied it on his dry lips.

Because of long-term use of ordnance, his hands were covered with a thin layer of calluses, the palms were warm, and the feeling of rubbing against the skin with his fingertips was like an electric shock. Xiao Yu suddenly woke up, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his cunning eyes curled up, and he smiled badly. He licked the water drops on the opponent's fingers, and then held it in his mouth, scraping it with the tip of his tongue teasingly.

As soon as Luo Yifan stopped moving, he glanced coldly at the one who had been stabbed with an awl and was in a mischievous mood, ignoring those provocative and complacent beautiful eyes, the expressionless former detective put down the paper cup and was swallowed The wrist on which it was held turned slightly, and the other four fingers clasped the boy's chin, and pressed it very skillfully.

Immediately, Xiao Yu felt his whole jaw sore and numb, he let out a groan in pain, his lips loosened, Luo Yifan calmly pulled out his finger, took a piece of facial tissue, and wiped off the shiny sinful liquid left by someone licking .

With tears in the corners of Xiao Yu's eyes, he glared at Luo Yifan with an expression of 'fuck you dislike my dirty saliva'.

"Stop making trouble," Luo Yifan said calmly, "Lu Cen has something to ask you later."

Xiao Yu rolled her eyes in displeasure, but didn't speak. She held her abdominal wound and struggled to support herself.

Luo Yifan raised his eyebrows slightly, and his eyes quietly filled with a playful look. He still had no expression, his appearance was cold and handsome, but in his heart he liked to see this guy angry, like conquering a proud beast over him, especially Have pleasure.

Seeing that Xiao Yu's movement was really strenuous, Yi Fan stood up silently, put one arm through the opponent's armpit to stabilize his back, helped him sit up, and put the pillow behind his back with the other hand.

The wound that had just been stitched up hadn't healed yet, Xiao Yu's body trembled in pain under stretching, Luo Yifan noticed the inconspicuous trembling, and after making sure he sat down, he still maintained that intimate posture, lowered his head and kissed gently Kissed each other's broken hair and lower earlobe.

He couldn't help recalling the scene of last night in his mind. Xiao Yu, covered in blood, returned to the apartment. He passed out as soon as he knocked on the door. He didn't close his eyes for nearly twenty hours. Luo Yifan felt that he was really relaxed at this moment.

The hug lasted for a few minutes, and the two of them relaxed tacitly. Xiao Yu adjusted his sitting posture a little bit, dabbed the tears from the corners of his eyes with the cuff of his hospital gown, and asked casually, "Where is this place?"

"In the private hospital under the organization, the doctors and nurses are all on their own. Your injury is a little sensitive, so you sent it here to avoid trouble." Luo Yifan walked to the window, leaned back on the window sill, habitually went to get a cigarette, The hand that had already touched the trouser pocket stopped suddenly, he glanced at Xiao Yu, and immediately gave up the plan to smoke.

A clear expression appeared on Xiao Yu's face, and he said with a smile, "I've heard of it before, but this is the first time I've come here."

The voice fell silent, the door of the ward was opened, and another person at the door said: "Why, how many more times do you want to come?"

Xiao Yu and Luo Yifan looked over at the same time, Lu Cen was dressed in formal clothes, his face was obviously not very good-looking, he gave Xiao Yu a slightly reproachful look, and walked in first.Archimedes wore a pair of sunglasses, a flowered shirt and beach pants, and carried a bag of fruit in his hand, following behind like a thug boy.

Behind the two of them was a man in a white coat holding a medical record. Xiao Yu didn't know this man, so he took a second look.Perhaps because he noticed that someone was looking at him, the male doctor who was looking at the records raised his head, and when his eyes met, he smiled politely at Xiao Yu.

"Hello~" Xiao Yu greeted him.

Archimedes consciously sat on the sofa in the farthest corner, peeling apples and listening to them with his ears up.

"This is Phoenix, your attending physician and the person in charge of this hospital," Lu Cen introduced, "When I brought you here last night, Phoenix rushed here from home."

Xiao Yu rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and said, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"My job is not as exaggerated as what deer said."

Phoenix is ​​a typical white American. He is tall and slender with fair skin. His delicate facial features are prettier than most women. His mid-length golden curly hair is very dazzling. His pupils are a kind of clear blue, just like Miami's clean. sky.

Xiao Yu was not interested in men who were too good-looking, so he quietly observed some subtle movements of the opponent's body, and judged that this man's combat effectiveness was not considered strong, and he should be a purely logistician.

In fact, there are more colleagues who play such roles in the organization than those who are responsible for completing the commission. They are scattered in all walks of life, and they are doing exactly the same work as ordinary people, but they are crucial to the smooth progress of the commission.

"Fenghuang, we have something to talk about later, so you change shaw's medicine first," Lu Cen said while walking to Yifan, took out a cigarette and gave it to him, lit it, and continued smoking, "By the way, tell him about his situation." Listen to me."

"Okay." Phoenix nodded, handed the medical record to Lu Cen, and came to the bed with the medicine box. Xiao Yu unbuttoned the hospital gown in cooperation. His abdomen was covered with gauze, and there were bloodstains protruding out. It's not easy.

One day later, the situation on the subway was quite impressive, Xiao Yu watched calmly as the doctor removed the gauze, the wound stitched with black thread was only an inch long, but he knew very well how deep the puncture was.

"We shouldn't use anesthetics." Xiao Yu said.

As soon as the words came out, the other four people present looked up at the same time, Xiao Yu shrugged indifferently, and explained: "Anyway, I'm already in a hemorrhagic coma, and I can't wake up no matter how much you sew, the anesthetic will affect the sensitivity of the nerves. A few times, and I'll be able to retire straight away."

"I will pay attention next time," Phoenix smiled, lowered his head, and continued to disinfect the wound with a cotton swab dipped in iodophor, and said, "The murder weapon is a cone, about 8 to 11 inches long. Very understanding, he avoided all organs just to make a hole in shaw's abdomen, I presume he may have been a doctor or something?"

The iodine solution stimulated the fresh sutures, but Xiao Yu didn't seem to notice it. After a few seconds of silence, he softly reminded: "You look at problems too professionally. The medical industry is not the only one who understands the human body."

"Anything else?" Phoenix asked with interest.

Lu Cen turned over a page of his medical records and said casually, "A professional killer."

"Or a butcher?" Archimedes answered.

Xiao Yu pinched the bridge of her nose, gave Archimedes a look of 'don't embarrass us', and said weakly: "The physiological structure of humans and animals is actually very different..."

Archimedes grunted honestly and continued peeling the apples.

"He can still be a painter," Luo Yifan, who had been silent until now, said suddenly, his predatory eyes fell on Xiao Yu, some indescribably complex emotions flashed across his dark gray eyes, and he added in a deep voice: " And you know each other."

Xiao Yu tilted her head and looked at him, raised the corners of her mouth soundlessly, but said nothing.

At this time, Phoenix changed new gauze for the wound, packed up his tools, left some medicines behind, told the time and dosage to take, and left the ward voluntarily before the topic fully developed.

Even if they all work for the organization, different groups still have their own independent confidential information. Avoiding suspicion has been a long-standing rule of thumb for everyone.

When the door was closed again, the three people with sensitive senses paid attention to the footsteps in the corridor outside.After confirming that Phoenix had indeed gone far away, Lu Cen put out the cigarette butt, looked at Xiao Yu through the lingering and spreading smoke, and said, "Tell me what you are hiding, and I will make a decision according to the situation."

Xiao Yu looked up at the ceiling, guessing in his heart that it would be such an opening speech, he took a deep breath, and said: "He is a thief who is good at painting, and he can fool the best works of art in the world through his hand-painted copies. Connoisseurs, for example, that forgeries that have been hanging in the Louvre for some time—”

"That's why you can tell the authenticity of that painting?" Lu Cen said.

Xiao Yu nodded slowly, and continued: "That night I speculated that he was Victor Belluggia's client, and their bargaining chip was the authentic "Mona Lisa", which I collected on the day of waiting at the Charles de Gaulle Airport. I got the information left by Victor, met with him, and confirmed this indirectly by the way.”

Luo Yifan said, "What is his purpose in looking for you?"

"Cooperation," Xiao Yu glanced at him strangely, feeling that the focus of attention had changed a little quickly, but he still replied: "He left his number for me, and said that if there is any intention of cooperation, you can contact him."

"Who is that person," Lu Cen said, "I need his name."

"His name..." Xiao Yu smiled helplessly, "His name is Yu Xicheng, but even if you get this name, you won't find any real information, just like the organization did when they checked me."

Lu Cen's expression changed in an instant, and he came to the bed in a few steps, and stretched out his hand to tighten Xiao Yu's neckline. Before he could use any force, the other hand clasped his wrist in vain to stop the next movement.

"Let go!" Lu Cen ordered in a low voice without turning his head.

Luo Yifan glanced down at Xiao Yu's bleeding wound again, tightened his fingers, his cold demeanor seemed to carry a sense of undeniable toughness, and said lightly: "Calm down."

Archimedes was completely confused about the situation. Seeing that the three of them were behaving wrongly and the fruit knife fell to the ground with a clang, he hurried over to help stop Lu Cen, but he didn't dare to speak loudly, so he could only weakly remind him: "shaw's wound It will tear, you can't use force..."

Lu Cen was already irritable in his heart, but he couldn't help but want to do it after being stopped by the other two.

As the person in charge, his most basic responsibility is to assess the identity security of each team member to ensure that they do not pose any threat to the organization, and the last thing he wants to see is the current result!

——The boy in front of him has not changed much from a year ago. His furry head is drooping, and the hair on his forehead covers his eyebrows and eyes.

Lu Cen's face was so gloomy that it seemed that a layer of ice had formed, his hands tightening the neckline of the hospital gown were trembling, his knuckles were ringing, and he ordered each word: "Look up, look at me."

"Lulu——" Xiao Yu's voice was a little hoarse due to lack of moisture, and his voice revealed a sense of sluggishness and powerlessness that rarely appeared on him. He hesitated for a moment, then he stretched out his hand to cover the back of Lu Cen's hand, and said softly: "By him The result of finding it will be like last night, I am very sorry, I just want to... live."

Hearing this, Luo Yifan's brows tightened, his eyes narrowed dangerously, and Lu Cen's tense expression was moved for a moment, "Will he kill you?"

"Three years ago, he killed everyone but me."

Finally, Xiao Yu raised her head and met Lu Cen's eyes hesitantly, "I'm not sure if you will choose to report to the organization after you know this, or choose to keep me."

"Lulu, Xicheng's method is just like what you have seen. In order to achieve his goal, he can steal the "Mona Lisa" in advance, and then hire the world's top thieves, and use other people's hands to issue commissions to the organization. A careful plan to blame me for the theft of world famous paintings."

"Regardless of cost, unscrupulous means—so, no matter what choice you make next, I am willing to respect you. After all, if you keep me, you will have a lot of trouble..."

After he finished speaking, the whole ward fell silent.

The clenched fingers relaxed slightly, but they didn't intend to let go completely. Lu Cen's ambivalence at the moment was fully exposed by this body movement. He stared at Xiao Yu non-stop, as if examining the credibility of his words. After a long time, he said: "To get you charged with stealing the Mona Lisa, and to make 'shaw' a key criminal on the hunt list, what is his purpose?"

Xiao Yu said: "I didn't know about this at first, but he said yesterday that I would receive an invitation."

"Invitation?" Lu Cen quickly grasped the point, "What invitation?"

Xiao Yu frowned, as if he was not so sure about what he said next, he said: "Each profession has its own system and rules, and the order is maintained by those elected to power, otherwise it is impossible to develop for a long time. The same goes for our professions in the dark."

"The 'five-year deal' in the East Regional League is coming up—only the best rogues will be invited, and I think he gave me an invitation with the Mona Lisa."

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