soul stone

Cameron gas station is five kilometers away.It was the last gas station on Xianhe Avenue before arriving at the destination, and it was also the only one open 24 hours a day.Like all gas stations, there are vending machines inside, and as long as you put in two hundred jin coins, you can drink a cup of hot coffee.The air in December was cold and humid, and although it didn't snow, it was overcast all day long.In the evening, the leaden gray clouds remained motionless, like an island suspended in the air, hanging heavily over the city.

"Is there still more than an hour... Hurry up, Sister Moelle must be waiting impatiently." Looking at the watch, the "pointer" on the passenger seat urged impatiently.

Lenny blinked hard, trying to shake off the fatigue of night driving.Winter nights are so fucking cold.

He shrank his neck, taking care not to let the man in black next to him see his dissatisfaction. The "pointer" is short and thin, wearing a large pair of sunglasses that are out of proportion to his sharp and thin face, his messy brows are furrowed, his hands are folded over his chest, and he pretends to be superior.

The reason for this name is because of his job content - sending children who don't want to "go to school" to "school".Laney knew that there was a kind of training institution similar to the youth elite in the gang. The trainees were all from the children of the gang's families.However, unlike ordinary schools, the elite schools of the gangsters don't go if they want to go, and if they don't think about it, they don't go.The organization sometimes executes parents who do not want to hand over their children.

Xianhe Avenue means Songzi Avenue.

However, these are nothing to him.But the gentle Sister Moelle made him look forward to it. "The Pointer" has a crush on Sister Moelle.As long as it is a girl who looks a little better, he likes it.

Nasty guy, Lenny cursed in his heart.Just in the heart.He knew that under the bulging suit at the man's waist was a real pistol.Everyone in the gang is a murderous executioner-for this man code-named "Pointer", it is true.

But this sentence is obviously too one-size-fits-all.Lenny never killed anyone.Not only did he never kill, he didn't even have his own gun.Mafia organizations always like to rank seniority. He has just joined for half a year and has no special skills. Right now, he only gets chores like a driver.

bored to death.

Drowsiness struck.Be sure to buy a cup of coffee later to refresh yourself.Lenny managed to lift his eyelids and glanced in the rearview mirror.The siblings in the back of the car are much quieter now.When he first got into the car, the younger brother cried like his mother had just died—oh, he did—until the “pointer” pointed the muzzle of the gun at the kid’s forehead.The sister is like a tape recorder, asking again and again who they are, why they killed their mother, where they are taking them, and where their father is.Of course they didn't answer these questions, and my sister gradually quieted down and stopped asking.

No wonder.It is reasonable for such a young child to suddenly see his mother being killed in front of his eyes.After the younger brother was scared by the gun and stopped crying, the older sister kept comforting him.At her age, it is not easy to think of taking care of her younger brother at this time, and to be able to articulate and ask questions continuously.

Under the dim yellow dome lights in the car, the rearview mirror reflected two young children who were tied up.Both of them were wearing loose pajamas, tied with ropes, and they were even more petite like two kittens.The younger brother looked only three or four years old, and he had already fallen asleep leaning against his elder sister, with tears and snot all over his face.The elder sister is slightly older, but she is only six years old, her eyes are slightly squinted, and she is as calm as if she is on a car with her parents.Although the light is very dark, it can still be seen from the shadows of the facial features and the luster of the hair and skin that the two children are very cute.Especially my elder sister, her black hair, which is not straight enough to grow naturally, brushes across her shoulders, her big almond eyes are slightly raised, staring blankly at a point in the void with a sleepy, drawn-out look. .

No, it can't be said to be dazed, but a kind of eyes that seem to be out of the way, as if watching what happened in another world condescendingly.It's like overlooking the night view through the 360-degree viewing glass on the top floor of Youkexin's tallest century iron tower.How could a six-year-old have such eyes?What's more, her mother took her last breath not long ago, right in front of her eyes.Lenny thought of the woman she saw not long ago who was still alive. She was about 30 years old, and her gestures showed a kind of elegance used to being noticed.Even the terrified eyes when seeing them, there is no facial distortion at all.Among the people he has met, there are not many people who can maintain grace when they are frightened.Lenny couldn't help but feel a little pity that he didn't pay attention to Mrs. Oyagi's appearance at that time.A mother who can give birth to such two beautiful children must be quite good.

The road ahead is a little blurry.Lenny blinked.

Snowing.

Damn it.On this mountain road with seven turns and eight bends, once the road surface is icy, a slippery one is in danger of falling off the cliff.

"I want to shush!" the back row suddenly yelled.The little boy woke up at some point.

The corner of the "pointer"'s mouth was pulled down by a centimeter.

"I want boo boo!"

Please, don't add to the mess.Lenny said silently in his heart.

"I want to shush..."

The little boy's voice stopped abruptly, as if the phone line was suddenly unplugged on the other end of the phone. "Pointer" twisted his upper body, and took out his pistol again.The last time it was aimed at the center of the eyebrows, this time it was simply inserted into his open mouth and pressed against his tongue.

"Boy, if you dare to say it again, I'll feed you a bullet."

"..." The boy stared wide-eyed and said nothing.

Thank goodness.

Finally arrived at the gas station. "Pointer" got off the car first and walked towards the vending machine.As he opened the car door, Lenny glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that the girl was looking at him in the rearview mirror as well.Her gaze rested on his face for two or three seconds, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth—it wasn't really a smile, but an imperceptible tugging of the corner of her mouth.But it seemed to Lenny that she was smiling at him.Smile at him alone.

Heart pounding.

This is a shock that has never been experienced before.Lenny only felt that his whole body was light and floating, as if he had broken away from gravity and was suspended in the air.It seemed that he was chosen by her at a glance.

Soon, he came to his senses and thought it was amused.How could such a ridiculous idea come up?No matter how beautiful she was, she was only six years old, and he was not a pedophile.

"That..." My sister finally asked, "Can I let my brother get out of the car for a while?"

"Shhhhhh!" the younger brother echoed just right.

The elder sister gave the younger brother a silent look, and continued: "He can't bear it anymore. At that time, the car will be dirty. Untie our rope and let me take him there. He will be back in a while, no will trouble you."

It was clearly a request, but the tone of command was used.

Lenny leaned against the car door, lit a cigarette, exhaled slowly, and looked at the cloud of condensed smoke in the air.

"I'll take him down, you stay in the car."

"It's too cold outside and he'll get sick. I'll have to hold him."

"..." Lenny was stunned, obviously surprised by the girl's answer.

"Please, it will be fine in a while... is that okay?"

Looking up from the bottom, that kind of timid and clear eyes, anyone who sees it will suddenly feel compassion.

She really protects her brother.

At the gas station, the "pointer" is holding a can of beer and having a heated fight with the girl who is on the night shift, so he won't come back here for the time being.In this horrible weather, the two little ghosts can't run very far, but if one faces south and the other faces north, it will be troublesome to catch them.Forget it, tie their feet together, wouldn't that solve the problem?

When I was young, I played the game of "two people and three legs", and I always lost.Didn't expect it to be so useful.

Carefully hiding a half-smug, half-teasing smile, Lenny looked at the staggering backs of the two and shrugged.I'm afraid I won't be able to drink the hot coffee tonight.

The siblings walked to the side of the road and stopped in front of the bushes.At this time, the elder sister turned 180 degrees around the bound foot, her back was close to her younger brother, her hands crossed his chest backwards, and then she looked up at the dark, starless sky where the snowflakes were falling. The sky trembled and exhaled clouds of white air.

...It was that look looking at the night scene through the window again.

"Lanny, what are you doing?!"

If he hadn't been interrupted by blunt questions, he really wanted to appreciate the scene in front of him for a while longer. "Pointer" saw the two siblings walking hand in hand from the side of the road, with an expression as if they had just eaten a hundred flies.

"Maintain the cleanliness of the car." After pinching his cigarette butt, Lanny opened the car door, "Re-bind them?"

The "pointer" turned his head and glanced at the two trembling hugs behind him, and twitched the corners of his mouth contemptuously: "No need. Where can the brat escape to?"

Lenny snorted and got into the car.

The person standing outside the right car door did not move for a long time.

Why don't you come in, what the hell are you doing standing there?

Just thinking about it, the figure outside the car window swayed twice.There was just a bang, and the blocked night road was like a flood that opened the gate, and all of a sudden it was squeezed into the window.

He rushed out of the car, passed the front of the car, and saw two children standing hand in hand not far from the car door.The younger brother is playing with a miniature toy car in his hand... a wheel is missing, and the bearing is exposed.

Where did the toy car come from?

It was only then that Lenny discovered that the little boy's pajamas had a pocket that was just big enough to fit in.

Looking forward along their slippers, the thin man in black was lying face down by the car door, with a thin bright red line on the back of his neck.

Lenny raised his head and was meeting the girl's gaze.She looked at him without moving.Between the clenched right fingers, a slender metal needle protruded out of thin air, and the end was dyed bright red.The viscous liquid fell drop by drop on the thin layer of snow that had just accumulated on the ground.

"Thank you," she said.

This time, she was really smiling at him.

Lani stood there dumbfounded for 30 seconds, with his mouth half open, staring dumbfounded at the shivering backs hugging each other, walked around the front of the car, walked slowly along the side of the mountain road, and then let out a long sigh Tone - looks like this crane road.

To say the least, he was astonished.

A string of two small and one large footprints was left on the snow.