The sky is getting dark, and the rich aroma of food wafts out of Hanshan Orphanage.
Cao Yuan and An Qingyu set up a round table under the shed in the courtyard. The children walked out of the kitchen carrying steaming dishes and placed them on the round table with laughter.
"Wu Quan! It's time to eat! Why are you still in a daze?"
Li Xiaoyan saw Wu Quan standing under the rain curtain on the eaves, looking up at the sky in a daze, and reminded her with a pout.
Wu Quan came back to his senses, walked to the table and sat down without saying a word, like a silent sculpture.
"Oh, Xiaoyan, what did you ask him to do? He is just a piece of wood." Qian Cheng sat down next to Liu Xiaoyan, "If he wants to be alone, then let him be alone."
Cao Yuan sat down next to Wu Quan, glanced at him, and reached out to pat his shoulder:
"What? Are you worried?"
"……No."
Wu Quan lowered his head and answered.
"When I was a teenager, there were always a lot of troubles and ups and downs, and it was easy for people to close themselves off. I was the same way before." Cao Yuan conscientiously consoled him, "But there are some things that cannot be changed once they happen. We still have to look at it a little bit.
.”
Wu Quan still lowered his head and remained silent.
"Come on, come on! Get ready to eat! Come and try my cooking skills!"
Old man Liu walked out of the kitchen with a plate of braised pork and placed it in the center of the round table with a smile. He glanced around and stopped at an empty seat.
"Where are the others?"
"I went out for a smoke on Qiye and I'll be back soon." Baili Pangpang replied promptly.
"Smoking? It's not good to smoke this thing often, it hurts the lungs!" Old Man Liu muttered, "Young boy Shen also liked to smoke this before, and he didn't listen every time I scolded him... Tsk, when you go back, help me persuade him too.
.”
Baili Pangpang was startled, "No problem."
While everyone was talking, Lin Qiye walked in from the door holding a black umbrella.
"Here you come? Let's eat quickly!" Old Man Liu said.
Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang looked at each other, nodded imperceptibly, and then sat down at the table.
"Uncle, I just made a few dishes. I don't know if they suit your taste. Let's try them first and see!"
Everyone took their chopsticks one after another.
"Brother, please tell us more about Brother Qingzhu!"
"Yes, brother, isn't he very majestic in the army?"
"Brother Qingzhu can fight ten with one!"
Liu Xiaoyan and others started talking to each other one by one, and looked at Lin Qiye eagerly. The latter smiled helplessly, and after pondering for a moment, he said softly:
"Brother Drag... Oh no, Shen Qingzhu has made great achievements many times after joining the army. The most noteworthy one is an undercover operation against a drug trafficking organization called [Believers]..."
As Lin Qiye narrated, everyone in Hanshan Orphanage began to feel ups and downs. For a moment, no one even paid attention to the food on the table. Only Wu Quan, who was sitting in the corner, seemed a little absent-minded.
"How thrilling!"
"Brother Qingzhu is so powerful! He actually destroyed the entire drug trafficking organization by himself!"
"Of course! Brother Qingzhu is the most powerful. When we were fighting in Linjiang City, who could beat Brother Qingzhu? He is not even afraid of fire, so how can he be afraid of drug dealers?"
The children started chattering and discussing.
"Fire?" An Qingyu was a little confused.
"Oh, it was a fire." Old Man Liu took a sip of liquor and said, "About four years ago, we had an accidental fire. Almost the whole backyard was burned down. We were all trapped at that time.
In the house, I almost died from the smoke.
Later, Shen Xiaozi and Wu Quan, who went out to buy groceries, came back in time, rushed into the fire and rescued us one by one. I didn't know why at that time, but I felt a black head, and then the fire went out."
"We were all frightened at the time." Liu Xiaoyan patted her chest in fear, "I still remember that Wu Quan, who was left outside the fire scene, kept crying, crying so loudly that his voice became hoarse the next day. "
"Wu Quan was a coward at that time!" Qian Cheng laughed.
"You dare to talk about him? You were trapped in the fire and you were so scared that you peed."
"Liu, Liu Xiaoyan! Don't talk nonsense!"
"Humph, who is talking nonsense?"
"..."
…
After dinner, Old Man Liu packed up a few houses for Lin Qiye and others, and then took the children back to the house to sleep.
When this orphanage was being built, Old Man Liu built a small dormitory with six or seven bunk beds in a room of dozens of square meters, enough to sleep all the children.
Old Man Liu used to have his own bedroom, but it is said that after the fire four years ago, Old Man Liu did not dare to let his children sleep on their own, so he moved to a small dormitory and slept in bunk beds with his children.
There were three small rooms at the back of the yard, and Lin Qiye and the four of them decided to allocate them by guessing. In the end, Lin Qiye and An Qingyu both shared a room, while Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang shared a room. Jiang Er's body was kept as a backup at the edge of the city. It's inside the box, so you don't have to worry about accommodation.
But under Lin Qiye's call, everyone gathered in his room.
"Qiye, how is the situation?" Baili Pangpang asked.
"Dean Liu, he was indeed beaten." Lin Qiye said slowly, "Although I killed all the gangsters who took action, the problem has not been solved... In the final analysis, those gangsters who came to make trouble were just hired by the Li family. Even if they kill this group of thugs, they will still hire others."
"Acquisition is not an option either... Should we go directly to legal channels? Or approach the Night Watch headquarters?"
"Not good." An Qingyu immediately shook his head,
"The Li Group wants to demolish this old city. All the procedures and permits have been completed. The compensation for the demolition is also very reasonable. It is completely reasonable and legal. Even if we make a fuss about them hiring people to force demolition, just based on this Even so, it is impossible to bring down the entire group. The most they can do is pay some fines or punish a scapegoat they pushed out."
"Then there is no other way?"
Everyone fell silent.
After a long time, Cao Yuan tentatively spoke: "How about we go to the Li Group..."
"The Night Watch is an organization that protects the country, and it is only responsible for dealing with supernatural incidents. If you attack private companies without any reason or evidence, you will be punished." Lin Qiye interrupted Cao Yuan's words directly.
He paused for a moment and continued:
"I will find a solution for this matter. It's not too early now. Let's go back to our rooms and sleep. We will leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning."
Everyone looked at each other and had no choice but to leave.
After everyone left, Lin Qiye turned off the light, lay down on the hard bed, and slowly closed his eyes.
The night is getting darker,
The hazy water vapor is mixed among the dense raindrops, filling the sky and the earth,
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Qiye opened his eyes and looked at the dark courtyard outside the window. His figure turned into a flash of night and disappeared into the darkness.