north bird south

……

Xu Zhiyuan didn't go home very often, and he seldom went to class. At least for the next two days, Yu Yao didn't see him.

When he was determined to go out to look for it, Adjutant Chen knocked on their door.

This time he brought two bad news.

One was that Meng Che was coming to Renhuai City ahead of schedule, and the other was that there had been some conflicts between the Beicheng government and foreign troops stationed there, and several small and medium-scale battles had occurred.

This conflict will probably gradually replace the pages of Huaishi newspapers. In contrast, the absurd rumors about the Xu family will lose their appeal.

When Yu Yao took the letter from Chen Yansong's hand, he sat alone for a while, with a stone hanging in his heart, and slowly opened it.

Seeing that his elder brother said that the family was only slightly affected, and there were no major losses or casualties, he was relieved.

Even though it was early in the morning, he always felt that the haze was very heavy, all accumulated in his heart, and there was no rain for a long time, just like the sky over Huai City, it was calm and peaceful.

He bid farewell to Adjutant Chen, and continued to look for Xu Zhiyuan.

When I arrived at the library, I heard some students reading poems in the pavilion at the entrance.

"The world took off his vast mask for his lover, and he became smaller, as small as a song, as small as an eternal kiss..."

Yu Yao recognized it as "Flying Bird Collection".He looked in the direction of the chanting and saw a boy and a girl.The morning light is filtered by bamboo leaves, and the shadows on the ground are very romantic.Yu Yao seemed to see them laughing, but after noticing his gaze, he restrained himself.

The young people's first love is beautiful and sensitive, like a butterfly resting on the veil, which is frightened away with a slight sway in the wind.

Yu Yao remembered that at this age, he was so obsessed with his studies and hobbies that he didn't seem to pay attention to the people around him.Maybe there were one or two butterflies that had their hearts set on him, but they were ignored by him.

Thinking this way, he walked into the library and walked along the aisle, keeping his eyes on the window.

After walking for a long time, he finally stopped and looked at Xu Zhiyuan who was quietly reading a book.

He wears "Xu Mingzhi" gold-rimmed glasses, his long eyelashes hang down, and he is holding a pen in one hand, with the cap gently poking his forehead.The just-in-time morning light warmed his hair and outline.This made Yu Yao suddenly walk on the small road with a camera stand when he was in Xu Zhenping's hometown in Beicheng. Occasionally, a few red-crowned cranes flew up, and the morning light fell on the white feathers. It was also a beautiful scene.

He thought at the time that it would be nice if the camera was in color.

Yu Yao walked up to him and sat down. Xu Zhiyuan sensed the movement and looked up at him.

Yu Yao said: "To..."

Xu Zhiyuan closed the book, stood up without a word, and moved the place.Yu Yao withdrew his hand in embarrassment, watched him sit across the table from him, and stood still for a while before standing up again.

"Don't come here," Xu Zhiyuan said with his head down, "I will continue walking."

"Zhiyuan, I have something... I want to discuss it with you."

"what's up?"

"It's business."

"It's good to say that."

Looking at the distance between him and him, Yu Yao bit her lower lip hard and said, "...do you really want to do this?"

"Then what should I do right?" Xu Zhiyuan said, "Yao'er, being too close to you is not conducive to my recovery, please be considerate of the patient."

Yu Yao's heart stabbed inexplicably, and he said with a sore nose, "...Okay, if you insist, then say so." He took a deep breath and said, "You have a very good relationship with Niantang, don't you?"

"is acceptable."

Yu Yao took out the small book from his front breast pocket, and inside it was a thin tube-shaped thing, which was a small lamp used by the boss to scan the Jade Bodhisattva.

Yu Yao threw it to Xu Zhiyuan and said, "Everything you need to do is written on it...that thing is a tool."

Xu Zhiyuan only glanced at it, and said, "I can't help you."

"Is there a reason?" Yu Yao probably expected that he would say this, and said quietly, "You also know that this is a very important matter, and I don't want you to get involved with personal emotions."

"Yaoer, you seem to have forgotten one thing." Xu Zhiyuan lowered his voice, the texture of his voice became very cold, and said, "You are from the Tongpao Society, but I am not. The Xu family even ate food from the coalition government. Rice bowl. I help you with personal emotions."

Yu Yao was taken aback.

Yes, Li Anrong is still willing to help him after knowing his identity, but it doesn't mean that Xu Zhenping, who is the commander of Wuzhou District, will also.

In Xu Zhenping's eyes, the nature of this public opinion turmoil is nothing more than an internal intrigue among them. If he is told that this incident has caused a disaster to the comrades, he does not know how he will react.

Li Anrong's situation is delicate. On the one hand, Xu Zhenping is very conniving to her series of behaviors that tend to resist, and on the other hand, she tries to shake Xu Zhenping's position but fails repeatedly.

She had no choice but to attribute this connivance to the relationship between their husband and wife for many years, and never ignored the fact that her husband was actually an important member of the coalition government.

This Yu Yao also knows very well that if his identity is revealed, he will not only be pushed to the forefront, but also lose the protection of the Xu family.

Yu Yao clenched his fingers tightly and said, "Then I'm begging you for help, is that okay?"

"Can't help."

"why."

"You also know the rules of reading the boss," Xu Zhiyuan pointed his finger casually on the page, he said, "Although he and I are still acquaintances, but the help will not be in vain."

"What price does he want," Yu Yao said directly, "I will try my best, or I will replace you..."

"If the price is to go to bed." Xu Zhiyuan's heart was churning, he made a nonsense reason, looked up at him, and said, "I will go or you will go instead of me."

Yu Yao choked.

Seeing Yu Yao's face turning blue, Xu Zhiyuan continued: "So I said, I can't help."

"You..." Yu Yao moved his lips and said, "Haven't you already shared the bed with him?"

"Then Yao'er, what you mean is that it doesn't matter if you sleep again."

"I……"

"If you think it's okay," Xu Zhiyuan gritted his teeth, "...then I'll help right away."

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Xu Zhiyuan said: "...you stopped talking again."

In silence, he picked up the notebook on the table, stuffed it into his pocket, and was about to leave.But Yu Yao grabbed his wrist halfway and said, "...give it back to me."

Xu Zhiyuan said, "What."

"book……"

Xu Zhiyuan handed the notebook back, gently removed his hand that was holding onto his wrist, and said, "Then I'm leaving, you should go back early."

He couldn't see Yu Yao's expression, and left the library with heavy steps.

……

"I woke up this morning and sneezed twice, thinking that someone must be talking about me behind my back." Niantang wore only a jacket, rubbed the center of his brows sleepily, and complained, "I just finished thinking like this , Master Xu is here."

Xu Zhiyuan looked at him, and saw a stunned man in pajamas with open arms coming out of his bedroom, he was startled when he saw an outsider, went back to get dressed with red ears, and called Niantang a few times stutteringly: "Head!" Son... I..."

"Morning exercise has started." Niantang waved his hand indifferently and said, "Go quickly, or you will be punished."

The kid nodded, cast a few lingering glances at him, and ran out quickly.

Xu Zhiyuan said, "A new boyfriend?"

"Not counting," Niantang said, "just a child who has just grown up, an apprentice in Liluofang, I watched him grow up."

Xu Zhiyuan sneered: "The rabbit doesn't even eat the grass beside the nest."

"Then what should I do? This kid said he has a crush on me, and he has a very stubborn temper. He even threatens people when he becomes fierce."

Xu Zhiyuan recalled that person's hasty and shy expression, and said, "It doesn't look like that."

"Young Master Xu, just by looking at his appearance, he doesn't know that there is a wild wolf hiding underneath."

"..." Xu Zhiyuan looked at him with a cold face.

Niantang ate his soup slowly and methodically, not caring about the looming red marks on his neck and collarbone being seen by others, he said: "Just let him play around for a while, and my mind will clear up when the heat dissipates. Anyway, I I've also been short of companions lately... what's the matter with you here?"

"Let me do you a favor."

"It won't be about Wu Shenyuan again, right?" Niantang put the soup back on the table, wiped his mouth, and said, "Master, if you care about him, first pay back the money he owes me. Three nights. You asked me to keep doing things for the debt-paying enemy. It's really aggrieved.

Xu Zhiyuan gave him a receipt, and Niantang twisted it to look at the amount, put it in the drawer with satisfaction, and said, "Barely enough."

"I'm starting to ask," Xu Zhiyuan didn't want to talk too much nonsense, "First, do you know where Liao De is?"

"do not know."

Xu Zhiyuan tapped on the table with his finger, but unfortunately his qualifications are still young, and he didn't find any flaws in the old fox's demeanor.

"Second, what's going on at Temple Mountain?"

"He has already found out that the original manuscript is gone, and he is re-editing it. In order to prevent the night from having too many dreams... I am about to extend an 'olive branch' to Yu Yao these days."

"Third," Xu Zhiyuan glanced at the red earring on his right ear, pointed at it, and said, "Lend me this."

This time Nian Tang didn't respond fluently, and asked, "How should I say it?"

"It belongs to Wu Shenyuan." Xu Zhiyuan said, "Isn't he your enemy? I paid back the money for him just now, so I can redeem the things."

Niantang stared at him quietly, finally took off the earrings and threw them over to him.It seemed to be filled with his patience, he began to get a little impatient, buttoned his collar, and said, "Is there anything else?"

Xu Zhiyuan stroked the red gemstones on the earrings with his fingers, looked them over and over again, and said, "Actually, we found the ciphertext left by Wu Shenyuan, and checked a key. I suspect it's on it."

Nian Tang seemed to have heard some joke, looked at the earring and said: "Then this key is quite 'secret', if you don't come to redeem it, I will sell it."

"You don't know how to sell it." Xu Zhiyuan said, "Otherwise Wu Shenyuan wouldn't have given it to you."

Niantang only glanced at Xu Zhiyuan disdainfully, and saw him take out a small thin tube from his jacket pocket - Xu Zhiyuan only returned the notebook, and kept the tool.

The blue light swept over the earrings, Xu Zhiyuan kept changing his angle, and finally stopped, he probably noticed something, so he frowned and moved a little closer.

Seeing his expression, Niantang mocked, "It can't be that it's really on top."

He glanced at Niantang, looked at the key again, and asked, "Do you speak English?"

"A little bit," Niantang said, "what?"

Although Xu Zhiyuan didn't understand the language, he had at least taken several foreign language classes after school, and he still knew some words. He said: "My uncle said that the key of this encryption rule is five letters, which is determined by the encryptor, and the order is reversed. To. I did find five letters on it. They are REVOL."

Niantang's original expression froze for a moment, and seeing Xu Zhiyuan pick up the red earrings, he said to him, "Probably, my love."