TheWildWind23: Does anyone know the people who were involved in the cruise nightclub incident last time?
Chunhua Yuanye: Is it the incident involving the mayor’s son?
TheWildWind23: Yes. A large group of people talk nonsense and I feel unsafe. Isn’t the news about smuggling smugglers false?
Chunhua Yuanye: I don’t know them... They don’t seem to be high school students. They are so bold in doing things.
So angry: I know my friend.
TheWildWind23: Really? I didn’t have high hopes for it. Did we know him directly?
So angry: That’s not so straightforward. One of them is the brother of my friend’s classmate. What are you doing with them?
TheWildWind23: I would like to ask them if they have any next steps, I would like to join.
Chunhua Yuanye: Join them? But their actions are extremely dangerous... Speaking of which, where have you been recently?
Xie Feng looked at the bright screen of his mobile phone and didn't know what to answer for a moment.
TheWildWind23: I’m not afraid. Everyone seems to be a little discouraged recently. I am too, and I have even considered smuggling and escaping.
I’m so angry: It’s inevitable...it’s us who try to use our arms as a chariot, aren’t we?
So angry: Although I can’t see any hope...but maybe the meaning of my life is to defend the City of Tears.
Chunhua Yuanye: I don’t blame the people who want to leave at all. I understand them all. I can’t stand a man, so I understand even more if a girl wants to leave.
Kii Kazuda: If you want to leave, you have to leave quickly. I heard that the border will be closed recently.
TheWildWind23: Thank you, I won’t leave.
TheWildWind23: Just shouting slogans, I think, doesn’t make much sense anymore. No matter how much we protest, will anyone be willing to bow their heads and listen? They don’t even pretend anymore. For one crime, we just send our brothers and sisters to jail for nothing.
Chunhua Yuanye: Yes...
Little Puppet Man: If peace doesn’t work, then we have no choice but not to be peaceful, I understand.
TheWildWind23: Isn’t history shaped by major events? If our shouts no longer have weight, then I want to do something bigger and change history.
So angry: I’ll chat with you privately.
... Xie Feng checked the time before putting down his phone. It was already past one o'clock in the night.
The heavy rain that had been falling for several days outside the window was a pattern that even the people of Tear City rarely saw. At this moment, it finally stopped. Except for the water droplets snaking down from the glass, it seemed that the whole world was only silent. I could only look out the window.
Only then did I realize that it was just the soundproofing of the glass: on the road between high-rise buildings, there were still countless lights flowing that seemed to never stop.
Every corridor in the hotel leads directly to the elevator. You can see the end at a glance, and there is no hiding place. So after Chief Qiu entered Dong Luorong's room, Xie Feng immediately returned to his room and opened the door.
, sitting on the floor inside the door frame and keeping watch. In this way, people outside could not see her; and once there was a noise in the elevator, she could immediately poke her head out to take a look.
She had been sitting like this for two or three hours. During this period, she looked over her head at least four or five times. Every time the person entering and exiting the elevator was not Chief Qiu.
After Xie Feng came back, the first thing he did was to search for information about Qiu Changtian. Like all imperial bureaucrats, the only information about him on the Internet was officially compiled and published, and every word was bright, majestic, serious and noble - this
Not surprisingly, imperial officials were all good and dedicated public servants before they were dismissed. Only when something happened would everyone suddenly act surprised, as if they hadn't expected it.
There is one thing that makes Qiu Changtian look inconsistent with the traditional image of a bureaucrat: he has a smooth official career, is young and promising, but is still unmarried.
This is quite interesting. People who are not married are difficult to trust in their career, but he has done well along the way; but judging from his age, there is no room for delaying it for another two years.
If he was married, Xie Feng didn't know if he would feel better.
No matter what, she is far from "easy" now.
She felt like a wild animal that was trapped in a net, but she was still ignorant of it; she didn't realize it until she suddenly saw the rope net and was about to struggle to escape, but it was too late.
Did Dong Luorong lie to her? No. But it was even more hateful than lying to her - Dong Luorong knew everything, she knew why Xie Feng was living on the street, she knew the hatred of Xie Feng's family and country, but what did she do?
Not to mention, she refused to lie to Xie Feng or let herself get into trouble.
Isn't Xie Feng not hateful? Had she already guessed that? The road open to a woman in the empire is so narrow and short. It looks like it is the same as that of a man. In fact, after reaching the marriageable age, many roads are cut off.
The entire empire is weighing down on women, pushing them below a certain height. Dong Luorong goes outside the norm, so how can he have a better life than ordinary middle-class men?
Has Xie Feng asked? She has never asked once. She herself is so cowardly and timid that she dare not ask. Is it any wonder that Dong Luorong doesn't tell the whole story?
...Besides, Dong Luorong doesn’t want this kind of life.
But so what, even if she was following a wealthy businessman, Xie Feng would not feel so uncomfortable - but the other party was an imperial official, a security officer who took over the sovereignty of the City of Tears on behalf of the empire and suppressed countless people in the City of Tears.
Xie Feng wanted to tear the pillow in her arms into pieces. She wanted to be angry, but she didn't know who to say it to. She wanted to leave the hotel tonight and cut off contact with Dong Luorong, but she remembered how she saved her again and again.
, taking care of herself; she wanted to find a reason to hate Dongluo Rong, but she couldn't. Instead, she couldn't help but put herself in the latter's shoes - Xie Feng felt that he should help her at one moment, and at the same time felt that he should hate her, and at the same time he was afraid.
He hurt her.
Dong Luorong herself was a trapped beast, and now she also trapped Xie Feng.
...Later Xie Feng finally figured it out.
There is no need for her to go back and forth and hesitate for an imperial person who accidentally helped her. She is a person from the City of Tears, and she has a responsibility and a mission for the City of Tears. Now that God has given her a realization
How could she let down the City of Tears and let down so many compatriots who shed blood and shed tears and even went to jail because of her own personal affairs?
She should pay more attention when taking action, so as not to cause collateral damage to Dong Luorong - this idea itself is certainly good, but it just doesn't look like the psychological comfort Xie Feng is giving herself.
Contacting the participants in the cruise ship nightclub incident was much faster and easier than Xie Feng imagined. She originally thought that the participants must have hidden themselves away from the limelight and would not easily come into contact with others.
Xie Feng's cell phone vibrated silently in her pocket. She immediately took out her cell phone, put the earphones into her ears, covered her mouth with one hand, and quietly said "Hello?"
Two or three hours have passed, and Qiu Changtian has not left yet. It seems that the possibility of leaving tonight is no longer high.
"Xie Feng, right?" The boy on the other end of the phone had a very clear voice. Even if he sounded older than her, he would never be beyond the age range of a college student. It is hard to imagine that the owner of this voice was involved in the cruise ship nightclub.
One thing. “…I’ve heard about you.”
"Eh?" Xie Feng was startled, feeling as if he had been recognized by the singer at a concert. With such a high level of attention, the person who was wanted by the government and offered money to arrest him actually knew about him?
"The scene where you ran away from the security guards was very famous." The boy smiled, with a very subtle softness and femininity in his words.
So that's it. Now that the other party knows about him, it will be much easier to handle. At least Xie Feng's preparations that he just thought about how to prove himself are useless.
"Is he still in the hotel?"
"Yes, I have been staying upstairs and have never seen him come out." Xie Feng did not go into details about his experience, but just excused that he happened to meet Chief Qiu in the hotel. "When I saw him, he was the only one.
, it seems like there are no security guards or anything like that.”
"Generally speaking, drivers will be arranged in other rooms." The young man said thoughtfully, "I just think it's strange that he goes to the hotel with a woman so openly... Someone will definitely see it, and he is not afraid of the impact.
Official voice? Or does he really think that the City of Tears is already his private territory?"
Xie Feng suppressed his discomfort and said, "It's very strange, and I don't understand it either."
No matter what happened in Qiu Changtian, they didn't need to spend too much thought on this point. In the words of the young man, the logic of an imperial official's actions had nothing to do with them, as long as they achieved their goals.
There is a very fine line between irritating the empire and provoking greater retaliation, and making demands and achieving the goal. No matter how careful they are, they can't walk too carefully.
An hour later, Xie Feng, who had been waiting at the door and even fell asleep in a daze, was awakened by a phone call.
"There are two dog carts parked on the street near the hotel."
People have arrived? Xie Feng's heart suddenly lifted. Before she could explain, the young man spoke again, with a very satisfied tone. "This shows that there is really an important person in the hotel."
It was too fast. Even though she found the person and provided the information, Xie Feng couldn't help but feel that everything was progressing too fast, so fast that it almost seemed like she was losing control.
"It's true that he hasn't left yet... But it's hard for you to come in without being noticed, right? There are cameras in the hotel." Xie Feng couldn't help but ask, "Do we have to take action today? Is it too late?"
"Even we didn't know that there was going to be an action today before, and it was even more impossible for Qiu Changtian to have imagined it. If he didn't take precautions now, it would be our best chance. Besides, he probably thought that no one in Tears City would dare to touch him.
It's been more than a year since I surrendered. Before the incident at the cruise nightclub, didn't everyone just shout slogans?" The young man smiled softly and said, "We won't go in for the time being. We'll prepare a plan and wait for a while.
Contact you."
Xie Feng hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and closed her eyes. She had been sitting huddled at the door for too long, and her body, which had just recovered from a long illness, began to hurt again. Thousands of thoughts, every thought
It was tearing her brain in different directions, as if it was tearing her into pieces alive. However, she would not be torn into pieces. How could she be so lucky? She would just be tortured all the time.
"...Hey, I didn't run away."
Along with that strange smell like drunken flowers, Dong Luorong's soft and hoarse voice suddenly rang out.