Chapter 168 Trust
The two dark-skinned men ran towards the glass door in panic. With a "bang", a bloody hole appeared on the leg of the man running behind. He fell headfirst and shouted to his companion who had already run out: "Help!"
His companion looked back at him and hurriedly shouted, "Sorry!" and ran faster. Seeing that his hand had already touched the handle, he suddenly lunged forward, slowly slid down the door, and desperately grabbed the door twice with his ten fingers. He looked at the sunshine outside the door, the crowds of people and vehicles passing by. Some passers-by inadvertently glanced over here, and left without finding anything, the light in their eyes gradually dimmed.
The man who fell behind had already lost his breath, and what he held in his hand at the end was not his weapon, but a cross around his neck.
Several people came out from the corner of the corridor and silently dragged the two bodies down to dispose of them. Another person carried a mop and a bucket and cleaned up the blood and footprints on the ground, then sprayed bleach on it and mopped the floor again.
Shao Baoer said into the intercom: "Mr. Yan, the garbage has been cleaned up."
"Very good. Stand by."
"yes."
Shao Baoer put away the intercom, took a tissue and wiped the scratched part of the glass door, looked at the passers-by outside the door who knew nothing, sighed and said: "The one-way tempered glass door has an electronic lock. Even if I run here, what's the point?"
This art museum, which seems to be easy to operate, was originally owned by the Xiao family. However, its owner had no dealings with the Xiao family in any documents or on the surface. Their relationship dates back more than seventy years.
Although the time was far away, Yan Ce made a phone call and the other party agreed to lend the art gallery without hesitation, and also said that he would bear any losses during the period. Although Shao Baoer grew up in the Xiao family, the more she came into contact with them, the more she felt that although there was only one person left in the Xiao family, their power was really unfathomable.
There were suddenly two light knocks on the glass door. Shao Baoer turned around and looked. Although should not be able to see inside, his eyes met Shao Baoer's.
"It's you?" Shao Baoer said in a low voice in surprise.
Shao Baoer looked at him and recognized who he was in an instant, but it seemed as if she didn't know him.
He was much taller than before, about 1.8 meters tall, and his aura was even colder. He used to be a stubborn and silent boy, smart and proud, and cute, but now he couldn't be said to be like that anymore. He was growing up at a terrifying speed, and he was completely different from before. His cold and condescending gaze made people dare not look him in the face.
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After successfully dealing with the first batch of attackers, Xiao Xiao had expected that there would be a second, third, and fourth batch...but after that, everything became completely quiet, as if their enemies had completely given up.
Xiao Xiao looked at Yan Ce, and Yan Ce shook his head.
The vague hope in her heart was shattered. Although it was expected, Xiao Xiao couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Since the popularization of the Internet, Yan Ce is almost omnipotent on the Internet. Those hackers who invade government websites and start national wars from time to time are simply toddlers in front of him. It was Yan Ce who transferred the "Book of Merits" and replaced all the surveillance video contents. Even after the emergence of optical computers, Yan Ce can be on par with it.
However, since more than four months ago, a monster appeared in the data world. It was powerful and omnipotent, overbearing and unreasonable. It controlled all the networks in an instant. It didn't care about the petty fights of ordinary humans. It just watched like a play and absorbed some useful things from them, and sometimes messed with them. But for Yan Ce, who was somewhat close to it, it was full of hostility. Yan Ce was fine for controlling a small range of networks, but once a large-scale invasion was attempted, it would be like it was beyond its tolerance range, and it would immediately counterattack. If Yan Ce hadn't acted decisively, it would have almost let it plant a deadly virus.
——In fact, if Rong Yuan had not forbidden it when Noah asked for instructions, this guy could have caused Yan Ce to overheat and burn. Noah was only a harmless chatterbox in front of Rong Yuan, but in reality, he was full of aggression on the Internet.
Xiao Xiao guessed that this was Rong Yuan's work, but there was nothing she could do. In the past, she knew everything when she was dormant, and she was confident when she knew him. But now, when she wanted to know, her eyes were covered.
Yan Ce is a robot. He doesn't feel disappointed. When a problem arises, he keeps calculating all possible solutions. If all calculations fail, he will accept the result. He is very calm, but he seems to have heard Xiao Xiao's voice and asked, " Do you regret it?"
"...I regretted it." Xiao Xiao was silent for a long time, then smiled bitterly. She looked into Yan Ce's eyes, knowing that he didn't understand, but still said to him: "But after I left it, I felt an unprecedented sense of relief, and it's not false. If the Merit Book has a chance to return to my hands, I will not accept it, because I think...as long as I can be with you like now, it's good."
Yan Ce looked down at her without saying anything, perhaps analyzing how to respond to this question. His eyes were very dark, so dark that they seemed to absorb all the light, but did not reveal any human emotion.
The sound of "thumping" footsteps was heard not far away. The two stopped looking at each other and looked towards the corridor together. Yan Ce moved his feet and blocked Xiao Xiao behind him.
Shao Baoer came out first, with a strange expression on her face, but she didn't look like she was being coerced. She said in an incredible tone, "Miss, you will never guess who it is."
But Xiaoxiao had already guessed it. She walked out of Yan Ce's protection and looked behind her.
Rong Yuan walked out of the darkness, stopped after two steps, and looked at Yan Ce who was carrying a single-person rocket launcher on his shoulder and pointing it at him. From the appearance of the weapon, it was not manufactured by any country today, but its power must be high, not low.
Yan Ce's vigilance was at its highest level, and he didn't even care about Shao Baoer who was standing next to Rong Yuan. He knew the contents of the "Merit Record Notebook" very well. In the past, if the previous "Merit Book" contractor did not die, then the most important thing for the next person was to kill him. This has been the case for hundreds of years, and even in the Xiao family, betrayals and killings have occurred repeatedly for this reason. In his calculations, there was only one reason why Rong Yuan didn't take action before - he couldn't stand so many merits being deducted. Yan Ce knew most of what Rong Yuan did, but he lost his eyes and ears in recent months. If Rong Yuan did not choose to offset the negative merits now but accumulated the merits, according to Yan Ce's calculations, his current accumulated merits would be enough for him to kill people without being wiped out by the rules of the "Merit Book", even Xiao Xiao, who had millions of merits.
Rong Yuan only glanced at him, then no longer took it to heart. He looked at Xiao Xiao and said calmly, "Shall we talk?"
When Xiao Xiao saw Rong Yuan, she understood why there was only one wave of enemies attacking them. At the same time, she also knew that if Rong Yuan wanted to kill her, he would not choose this method. So she patted Yan Ce's arm and asked him to push back, saying, "Okay."
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Shao Baoer went out with Yan Ce. She looked at Yan Ce and asked, "Mr. Yan, is Xiao Yuan... no, Rong Yuan a threat to the young lady?"
Yan Ce remained silent, still staring at the wall in front of him, as if he hoped his eyes could see through the wall and see what was happening inside.
Shao Baoer also became nervous involuntarily. He ordered his men to gather here through the walkie-talkie, while waiting anxiously.
More than an hour later, she saw Yan Ce suddenly turn around and walk inside. Shao Baoer and a group of people thought he had discovered something unusual and hurriedly followed him. However, when they entered the exhibition hall, there was only Xiao Xiao inside, but no sign of the other person.
Shao Baoer signaled everyone to lift the alert. No one except Rong Yuan and the other person knew what they talked about. She didn't even know when and how Rong Yuan left, but she could see a hint of melancholy on Xiao Xiao's face.
She also saw Yan Ce walk behind Xiao Xiao and raise his hand as if to press her shoulder, but hesitated for a moment and put his hand down again.
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At this moment, Rong Yuan was sitting in a car, merging into a seemingly endless stream of traffic. He was sitting in the back seat, but no one was in the driver's seat. This was a computer-controlled vehicle that Noah had obtained from some unknown parking lot. It was the car that was driving remotely, and at the same time, it was using public tools for private purposes to control all traffic lights to be green. Fortunately, the car was driving very fast, and passers-by could not see inside. Even the cameras were controlled by Noah, otherwise the rumor that a ghost car appeared in S City would soon spread throughout the country.
Rong Yuan said to Wandou who was sitting in his chest pocket: "You heard what I just said, what do you think?"
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When they finished talking and were about to leave, Xiao Xiao suddenly asked, "How is Diandian?"
"Diandian?" Rong Yuan was puzzled.
"It's the spirit of the weapon."
Rong Yuan did not say that the weapon spirit's current name was Pea, but simply said, "It's very good."
"That's good." Xiao Xiao knew that the spirit of the weapon must be beside Rong Yuan, but she did not ask it to come out to meet her. Instead, she said with a bit of sadness and guilt: "When you see her next time, say sorry for me. I know she may have forgotten what happened in the past, but I still remember... I am really sorry."
Rong Yuan remembered that Xiao Xiao's experience was not recorded in the "Merit Record Notes", so naturally he didn't know what kind of past she and Wandou had. He nodded and said, "I'll tell you."
"Thank you." Xiao Xiao smiled sadly and couldn't help but add, "Be nice to her. Even if...she does something to you one day in the future, you have to remember that it wasn't her intention."
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When Rong Yuan brought up the matter again, Pea said uneasily, "I don't remember anything." It buried its head in Rong Yuan's arms and asked in a low voice, "Rong Yuan, will I do anything bad to you in the future?"
"You won't." Rong Yuan said calmly and firmly, "I believe you won't."
But Pea was not so confident. It always remembered that it was just a spirit, a vassal of the Book of Merits, and an exchange object. At this moment, it desperately wanted to regain its memory and remember what it had done. Why... why... it seemed that the contractors of all generations could not accept it.
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Sanqiu Bar was almost fully booked tonight. Thirty or forty young people of the same age gathered together, talking, laughing, singing and dancing. Most of them had smiles on their faces, but some were hugging each other and crying for no apparent reason.
A big boy with a round head jumped onto the stage, grabbed the microphone and shouted: "Ladies gentlemen! I missed you so much after not seeing you for half a year!"
"Hahahaha..." Although it wasn't a very funny thing to say, there was still a burst of laughter from the audience. Some people even threw the melon seeds and peanuts in their hands onto the stage while laughing.
"Today is our first class reunion; today, our Class One of No. 1 Middle School is gathered together again! Although some of you have gone abroad and some cannot come for various reasons, but for those of you standing here, I believe that you are as excited as I am, ah ah ah..." As he spoke, he let out a strange cry, and the people in the audience couldn't stand it and threw him down.
A girl with big eyes looked at the people around her laughing and playing together. All the girls let go of their reserve and played wildly with the boys. She turned to the boy next to her and said, "You high school classmates have such a good relationship. It's not like that in our place. We rarely contacted each other after graduation. I didn't inform my former classmates when I changed my phone in college."
"Why?" Although the boy's smile was not obvious, his eyes were gentle enough to melt people.
"Three years of studying hard and competing, all the feelings are gone, and we are almost strangers." The girl shrugged and said, "So I envy you. Didn't you have vicious competition in high school?"
The boy recalled for a while and said with a smile: "Maybe it was because we were all left too far behind by one person at that time, and we couldn't catch up with him, so we didn't have the mind to fight each other openly or secretly, right?"
"Oh? Who is that person? Is he here?" The girl looked around the crowd curiously.
The boy was about to tell her that he hadn't come, when suddenly someone jumped over and hugged his neck, put his cell phone in front of him, and shouted excitedly: "Jinyang, look at this!"
A piece of news was playing on the mobile phone screen. The female reporter said excitedly: "...The clinical trial has been a huge success. All twelve patients have shown varying degrees of improvement. Today, we will welcome the first AIDS patient who has been completely cured. After testing, the HIV virus in his body has completely disappeared! This is a miracle in medical history! And the one who created this miracle is Rong Yuan, who is only 20 years old..."
The scene turned to the reporter's interview with Rong Yuan. When those cold eyes, as if without any emotion, looked at the camera, Jin Yang couldn't help but shiver all over.
