Chapter 383: A sudden letter from the black pupa (6,000 words, please give me a monthly ticket)
"Who is Tong Zizhu?" Su Zimai asked suspiciously, "Grandpa, why are you reacting so strongly? Could she be your...little lover?"
"Xiaomi, don't talk nonsense, or grandpa will spank you." Gu Qiye said this, but his gossipy heart was burning. He tilted his head and looked at Su Wei's profile curiously.
Su Wei lowered his head and remained silent, his face somewhat solemn, and did not answer their questions immediately.
The people in the yard fell into silence for a moment, with only the sound of running water coming from the wooden horse fountain.
Ke Qirui bit her pipe, a look of surprise on her face. She hadn't expected that simply mentioning the name would cause such a stir among the group. Perhaps this was fate.
Su Wei pondered for a long time and finally broke the silence.
"Tongzizhu..." he pondered, "So that kid has joined the White Crow Brigade now?"
When it comes to "Xia Pingzhou", Su Wei can still pretend not to know him - in fact, he had already heard about Xia Pingzhou from Ke Qirui a long time ago.
So Su Wei knew in his heart that this future star, whom he had high hopes for in the past, was now lurking within the White Crow Brigade.
When Su Wei first heard the news, she scolded the young man in front of Ke Qirui, calling him a fool for doing such a reckless thing.
But having said that, Su Wei agreed with Xia Pingzhou's approach in his heart. Revenge for one's family was a natural thing to do. It was just that the approach was a little reckless, but not to the point that he would be disgusted. On the contrary, he could be said to admire it.
So, about a month and a half ago, when Xia Pingzhou joined the White Crow Brigade, Su Wei used his authority as president to delete all of Xia Pingzhou's information within the association. Even Xia Pingzhou's resident file was deleted by him without authorization - this should have been outside the association's jurisdiction.
It was because of Su Wei's help that Xia Pingzhou did not reveal his identity immediately after joining the White Crow Brigade.
However, Su Wei no longer has time to care about Xia Pingzhou's life or death.
First of all, he had already resigned from his job as president of the Exorcist Association when he was being hunted by Hong Yi. Secondly, his son-in-law and grandson would go to stop that group of vicious robbers in a few days. How could he have the time to care about the life of a stranger?
But at this moment, when the name "Tongzi Bamboo" was mentioned, Su Wei became a little restless and felt a little shaken in his heart.
As for why, Tong Zizhu was the child that Su Ying had entrusted to him personally... Thinking of this, Su Wei couldn't help but lower his head and take a deep breath.
"President, do you know her?" Ke Qirui put the pipe back into his windbreaker pocket and asked curiously.
"I know her. Tong Zizhu is a homeless child adopted by Su Ying. Didn't Zhuo An tell you about this?" Su Wei said softly, "Su Ying entrusted her to me before, and then she ran away from home. It's been a few years now... I never thought she would join that bandit gang."
"ha……"
Su Zimai was stunned, then his eyes widened in shock, muttering, "How come our loving family is still adding members?"
She raised her hand and pointed at Su Wei, "First, there was a grandfather." Then she pointed at Ke Qirui, "Then there was an aunt." Finally, she didn't know where to point, "Then there was another one... Mom's adopted daughter, so she is my sister?"
Hearing this, Gu Qinye couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then shook his head and chuckled softly, thinking to himself, could the relationship in this family be any more complicated?
He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that if he could bring Yuriel home, it might be a good thing.
After all, this Icelandic girl suffers from hyperthymesia. As long as she is told once, she can remember all the relationships clearly, and she and Su Zimai should be able to get along well.
When his thoughts reached this point, Gu Qiye suddenly fell silent. He was thinking that maybe the sign of liking someone was that he couldn't help but imagine the scene of her getting along with his closest family members?
Su Zimai thought for a moment and said with a sigh, "In just one month, our family has grown by three people. This is too lively."
"It's two people." Ke Qirui said suddenly.
"Both of them are here," Su Zimai said unhappily, one hand on his waist, turning his head to look at her. "Captain, you're bullying me because I can't do elementary school math. Even though math is my worst subject, I can still count one, two, and three."
"Gu Wenyu died, canceling out one. So you only have two more people than before."
Ke Qirui picked up his pipe and spoke casually.
Su Zimai fell silent, and Gu Qiye also fell silent. Then their faces darkened at the same time, and black lines appeared on their foreheads, as if black water could be squeezed out.
"Ah..." Ke Qirui was stunned, his expression slightly stiff. He raised his head and smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I was thinking about something else just now and said the wrong thing."
Su Zimai and Gu Qinye were too lazy to argue with her. They also knew that this woman was a bit simple-minded and carefree in her daily life. She probably didn't mean to anger them on purpose.
Su Zimai thought for a moment. "So... is that Tong Zizhu my older sister or my younger sister?" She paused. "If she is my younger sister, then how come I didn't know that my mother secretly adopted such a child?"
Su Wei adjusted her glasses and explained, "Xiao Zhu is older than you and Qi Ye. Su Ying adopted her before she gave birth to Qi Ye, so it's not wrong to say that Xiao Zhu is your sister."
"Is this true? I've always wanted a sister." Su Zimai's eyes lit up slightly.
"Am I not Maimai's sister?" Ke Qirui raised his hand and touched her head.
"You are my aunt, and I don't want to hear you talk now, Captain. Shut up first." Su Zimai said with a cold face.
Ke Qirui smiled indifferently.
"Let's not talk about whether she's my sister or not for now. The question is... why did this person named 'Tongzizhu' join the brigade?" Gu Qiye asked. "If she joined the brigade and killed innocent people, would her mother still recognize her as her child?"
"Su Ying abandoned her back then, and Tong Zizhu is still searching for Su Ying's whereabouts." Su Wei said in a deep voice, "This must be her reason for joining the brigade."
"Ah... Joining the White Crow Brigade just to find someone who's already buried?" Ke Qirui raised an eyebrow. "Su Ying's child is indeed a unique thinker."
The expressions of Su Zimai and Gu Qiye both darkened.
"Captain Aunt, Captain Aunt...are you deliberately provoking us?" Su Zimai smiled slightly.
"Ms. Ke, don't think that you can speak casually just because you are my grandfather's adopted daughter." Gu Qinye also smiled slightly.
"Sorry, sorry, I'm being disrespectful... I'm just a bit of a pushover." Ke Qirui said, turning to look at the president. "President, what should we do? Should we try to lure Tong Zizhu out of the White Crow Brigade?"
Su Wei pondered for a moment, then looked up and glanced at her: "Can you do it?"
"It shouldn't be difficult," Ke Qirui said. "It's just a matter of kidnapping a weaker member. Our chances of success are very high. Xiaomai, Sanyan, and I can be responsible for capturing her."
Su Wei nodded: "Okay, you guys try your best, but don't force it... If you really can't bring her back, then forget it."
"Well, let's do this for now."
"I'm going to talk to Zhuo An about this. Where is he?"
"The underground training ground. You can see it if you walk to the end of the corridor and look down." Ke Qirui said this, then suddenly shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll go with you. Everyone knows that you are a bit directionally challenged."
After saying that, she and Su Wei walked towards the end of the corridor of the mansion.
"The world is truly amazing," Su Zimai said with emotion. "I was originally going to fight the bad guys, but as we chatted, we ended up kidnapping a sister from one of them."
"Isn't it?"
Gu Qiye shrugged.
Su Zimai turned his gaze away from his aunt and grandfather and looked up at him: "Brother, what should we do now?"
"Go to bed and prepare for what's going on in two days. Although I don't agree with you participating in the operation, since Grandpa said so, I will trust our Xiaomai this time." Gu Qiye said softly, "No matter what happens, even if Dad and I are in danger, you must put your own safety first... Do you understand?"
"Yeah." Su Zimai nodded gently and muttered, "I see, brother. You are the most nagging one in the family. I feel like you are more like a mother than my mother."
"What can I do? I'll be born a girl in my next life, so you'll have a sister."
"You're not still holding a grudge against me for wanting a sister, are you?"
"Yeah, isn't that enough, brother?"
"Of course it's enough, brother, you're the best."
"Why does it sound so perfunctory? Why don't you treat your second brother like this... Let's go. Lin Xingshi said she has arranged accommodation for us in this mansion. We can stay here for the next two days. Staying with them will help us take care of each other."
"It's great. It's a rare opportunity to live in a luxury beachfront property."
"It's not a luxury house, it feels like an antique. It looks like it's been renovated many times. The Lin family is a large family with a long history and rich heritage. They have one or two houses like this in every city in China."
The brother and sister chatted as they walked along the wooden corridor filled with the faint aroma of classical tea. Then Gu Qinye stopped in front of a room and pushed open a mahogany door.
He said, "My room is in the middle, your room is on the left, and Dad's is on the right. Don't go the wrong way."
"Okay, I'll make a note of that." Su Zimai nodded. "By the way, didn't we bring back second brother's clothes earlier... where did we put them?"
"Look in the suitcase in the corner of my room."
"oh oh……"
Su Zimai responded nonchalantly, and walked into the room with Gu Qinye, and found the snow-white suitcase in the corner.
Gu Qinye retrieved the mobile phone he had just placed in the basket of the wooden cabinet, then sat on the bed with the phone.
In order to avoid being tracked by Hongyi's Bai Ke, he had removed all his SIM cards and other gadgets, and asked the hacker friend he knew from Gu Zhuo'an to do some security reinforcement.
There was no SIM card in his phone, so he couldn't send or receive text messages.
However, there is still a secret contact channel in the phone's address book, which can be used even without a SIM card. Only he and "Black Pupa" can communicate through this channel.
Gu Qinye lay down on the bed, staring at the screen of his mobile phone silently, the fluorescent light illuminating his eyes in the darkness.
He clicked on the contact interface, looked at the contact name "Black Pupa", and then looked at the series of chat records with the other party. He slid his finger across the screen, and the message records on the interface were pushed to the past.
Hei Pu would often come to chat with him, and whenever he had time, he would send a cute emoticon package, or a meme picture he found on Twitter to harass Gu Qiye.
But unless it was necessary to exchange information, Gu Qiye would basically not reply to Hei Pu's messages, not even one. Rather, the messages sent by Hei Pu were so intimidating that he had no desire to reply, so he instinctively ignored them every time.
Having this rare moment of leisure, Gu Qiye lay silently on the bed, flipping through the messages his brother had sent with a complicated expression.
[Black Pupa: Look, Mr. Blue Arc, your diaper demon was caught on camera by a passerby.]
[Black Pupa: This is a well-known paranormal blogger. He heard rumors of train demons, so he went to the local abandoned train station to stake out the spot. He ended up running into the lesbian train man and your sister. He even managed to capture your sister's face, but was then scared off by your sister using the refrigerator demon.]
[Black Pupa: (Video link - "Urban Myth Busters: Ghost Trains and Refrigerator Haunted Houses at Abandoned Train Stations?!)]
[Black Pupa: Don't forget to forward this video to your sister... well, your brother can too.]
Seeing this, Gu Qiye chuckled softly, but did not open the link.
"Brother, where do you put my clothes?" Su Zimai suddenly asked.
"It's in the same suitcase. Look down and take a look." Gu Qinye said casually.
"Why did you put my clothes together with my second brother's?"
Su Zimai grumbled softly as he quickly pulled out a change of underwear and clothes from the bottom of the suitcase. He then placed them on the bed and lowered his head, staring blankly at a plaid shirt that Gu Wenyu had worn in the suitcase. He reached out and took it out, holding it in his arms.
Gu Qiye sat on the bed in silence, his back hunched, leaning against the headboard.
He lowered his eyes, then slid down the screen, looking at the messages on the text message interface that he had ignored before.
[Black Pupa: Look, Mr. Blue Arc, someone uploaded a fanart of you and our Silver Swallow baby on Twitter. It's quite lifelike... Well, after the events of Blue Arc's death, Silver Swallow's current image has become a gloomy little widow. It's truly a story that will move men to tears.]
[Black Pupa: Damn it, could you please not be so cold? Will you die if you reply to my message?]
In the past, every time Hei Pu tried to chat with him, he was usually ignored. He had to scroll through the screen for a while before he could find one or two short replies from Gu Qiye.
But at that time, Gu Qinye didn't know that this person was Gu Wenyu, otherwise why would he have such an attitude?
He thought, what a silly brother you are, why don’t you want to tell me that you are the black pupa?
Gu Qiye was watching intently, his expression lonely and his eyes becoming increasingly empty. Suddenly, a "ding" sound came from his cell phone, interrupting his thoughts.
He raised an eyebrow and slowly came back to his senses, realizing that he had forgotten to turn off the notification.
"Did the little white-haired guy send you a message?"
"Her name is Yuriel, and...if she could have sent me a message, Hongyi would have found me long ago."
Gu Qinye spoke slowly, then switched to other interfaces and took a quick look. He didn't know which software the message alert sound came from.
After searching for a while without success, he finally switched back to the connection interface with the "Black Pupa".
At this moment, Gu Qinye's pupils shrank slightly, and he saw a red dot suddenly pop up at the bottom of the chat interface in front of him.
He was stunned.
After a moment, he stretched out his trembling fingers and slowly scrolled down, skipping over the chat history with Hei Pupa in August. Time points flashed before his eyes, from August 1st to August 15th, until a new time point appeared on the interface:
——August 22, 10:05.
This line of time was reflected in Gu Qiye's pupils illuminated by the screen. What he saw at this moment was naturally the current time point, but it looked extremely strange when it appeared on this communication interface.
If you have to say how abrupt it is, it's like a singing and dancing lunatic suddenly shows up at someone else's funeral and dances in a water skirt.
After a moment, he swallowed, his Adam's apple moved up and down, and his fingers slowly slid down.
At this time, a text message appeared at the top of the phone screen.
This was a text message he had never seen before.
"What on earth is this..."
Gu Qiye's lips moved slightly, he murmured silently, and his eyes slowly widened.
[Black Pupa: (Smiles) (Frozen) (Bored)]
There were three different emojis in the text message. The first emoji was the classic yellow big head smiley face, the second emoji was a frozen polar bear, and the third emoji was the polar bear drawing circles boredly on the glacier.
"Wenyu?"
Looking at this message, Gu Qiye couldn't help but be stunned for a long time, his pupils contracted to the extreme.
He shook his head and thought, "Besides Wenyu... who else in the world knows about this private channel? That hacker friend of Dad's was the one who set up this private communication channel for us. But there's no reason for him to use this channel to contact me."
"Could it be the hackers from the White Crow Brigade? No, even they can't find out this secret communication channel..." Thinking of this, Gu Qinye raised his head and looked at Su Zimai.
At this moment, Su Zimai was staring blankly at the plaid shirt worn by Gu Wenyu.
Suddenly, Su Zimai realized Gu Qiye's gaze and looked up to meet his eyes. Gu Qiye was pale and staring at her in horror.
"What's wrong, brother...you don't look right, do you have a fever?" Su Zimai raised his eyebrows.
Gu Qiye was stunned for a long time, then opened his mouth, wanting to say something but stopping himself, "Xiaomi..."
"What's wrong, brother?" Su Zimai said, "Why are you so nervous all of a sudden?"
Gu Qiye was silent for a moment, muttering to himself, "Forget it, it's nothing... Maybe it's just sent on time. Wenyu likes to do these things. Isn't this a rare thing..."
"Second brother...what happened to second brother?" Su Zimai asked blankly, his voice unconsciously rising a degree, and he clenched the plaid shirt in his hand.
Gu Qinye lowered his head and looked at his phone again, "Nothing, Xiaomai, go take a shower first, and then we'll go out for breakfast." After that, he quickly got up from the bed, and then walked out the door without looking back under Su Zimai's gaze.
As he walked towards the yard, he typed the text in the input box at an extremely fast speed and sent it.
【Gu Qiye: Who...are you?】
[Black Pupa: (Swinging) (Question Mark) (Little Black Cat Crying)]
[Tip: You have been blocked by the other party and can no longer send messages to them.]
Gu Qiye stared blankly at the red exclamation mark that popped up on the screen, unconsciously tightening his grip on his phone. After a long moment, he slowly raised his head and looked at the Trojan horse, which was constantly splashing water, and ripples spread across the surface of the pool.
On the night of August 22, inside the bar in the basement of Lao Wu Antique Shop, inside box No. 5.
Xia Pingzhou placed his hands on his abdomen and fell into a deep sleep with his eyes closed. Suddenly, he heard someone knocking on the door. The not-so-loud sound pierced his dream and fell into his ears.
He slowly opened his eyes, and seemed to have a stiff neck, sore shoulders, and difficulty turning his neck.
After a moment, Xia Pingzhou sighed slightly and turned to look at the door. The light from the bar seeped in from the gap at the bottom of the door, stretching out a clear black shadow.
"Come out and talk." At this time, Yan Molin's cold voice came from outside the private room.
Xia Pingzhou hesitated for a moment, then groaned as he rose from the sofa. He looked up at the bed in the private room. A young girl in an ochre-red kimono lay there, soundly asleep. Her breathing was even and gentle, her chest rising and falling slightly.
Ayase Origami said that she was used to sleeping with him in the Tokyo loft, so he had to stay in a private room with her, he slept on the sofa and let her sleep on the bed.
At this moment, in the private room next door, you can still hear the sounds of Rukawa Chiba, An Lun Si, and Tong Zizhu playing a card game. Only these two new recruits would go there to be a scapegoat. When the other members of the group talk about gambling, they immediately avoid An Lun Si.
"Here I come."
Xia Pingzhou yawned, lifted the quilt covering his legs, and slowly stood up from the sofa.
He put on his sneakers and walked out of the room. Turning his head, he saw a girl in school uniform leaning against the wall, holding a scabbard. Yanma Lin lowered her eyes, her expression indifferent.
At that moment, the lights in the bar suddenly dimmed, and then a sharp flash of a sword flashed through the darkness. When he came to his senses, the sword was already against Xia Pingzhou's neck.
Xia Pingzhou lowered his eyes to look at the blade, and all his sleepiness disappeared.
"do what?"
He was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look into Yanma Lin's eyes, which were as dark as the midnight.
Yan Molin also slowly turned his head, and the two looked at each other in the darkness.
(End of this chapter)
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