Chapter 409: Su Zimai's Mask, the Gu Family Arrives (asking for monthly tickets)
Lijing, China, the time is 0:00 am on August 27, a corner of the port.
In a corner of the harbor, Gu Wenyu was sitting on a public wooden chair playing with his mobile phone, while Su Zimai was sitting next to him in silence.
At this moment, the night fell on the harbor like a curtain. There was no one around. The windmill in the distance was spinning slowly. The waves rose and fell, hitting the shore and breaking into waves.
After a while, Gu Wenyu suddenly stretched out his right hand without raising his head, and took out the restraint belt from the sleeve of his windbreaker.
The restraint belt slowly dropped down like a nimble little black snake, took out a ten-yuan coin from his windbreaker pocket, then wrapped around the coin and stuffed it into the coin slot of the vending machine next to him.
Then, the man with the black restraints clicked on the screen of the vending machine and bought a can of beer and a bottle of Wangzai milk.
With the sound of "drip", two bottles of drinks fell into the opening at the bottom of the machine with a "clang clang".
Only then did Su Zimai turn his head and watch the scene quietly.
I saw the restraint belt take out two bottles of drinks from the access port, and then retracted them onto the public wooden chair.
While handing the Wangzai milk to Su Zimai, it unscrewed the cap of the beer can. With a "click", steam came out of the plastic can.
Su Zimai silently stretched out his hand, took the milk from the restraints, then shook hands with the restraints and shook them vigorously twice to express his gratitude.
Gu Wenyu didn't bother reaching out to take the drink. The restraints handed him the beer, like a maid serving her master. He lowered his head and leaned over the bottle to take a sip, the fluorescent light from the phone screen reflected in his pupils.
After a while, he finally realized what was happening and reached out to take the beer from the restraints.
"Can you let go?" Gu Wenyu suddenly asked.
"No."
Su Zimai snorted coldly. She lowered her head to drink Wangzai milk while holding the restraints and swinging back and forth.
"Are you an elementary school student?"
Gu Wenyu sighed softly and forcibly pulled the restraints back from Su Zimai's hands.
Then, he stood up from the wooden chair with a can of beer and sat on the railing of the harbor. He drank his drink, looking at the sea shrouded in the night and the bustling city with bright lights in the distance. It seemed as if a sea of stars was reflected in his pupils.
"You never drank beer before." Su Zimai said suddenly.
"Why not drink it?"
"I've never seen you drink."
As he spoke, Su Zimai climbed up the fence carrying a bottle of Wangzai milk and sat beside him in a daze.
The two of them sat on the fence in silence, the evening breeze blowing across the rough sea and blowing on their cheeks.
"I used to drink too..." Gu Wenyu looked up into the distance and said nonchalantly, "Every time after the New Year, I would watch the fireworks and drink beer here with a friend. Actually, I don't like it, but he does, so I accompany him."
"Why didn't you call me?"
"You? You're too busy running around with your lesbian teacher."
"How is that possible? I only became an exorcist this year, okay? You've known my captain for less than half a year." Su Zimai rolled his eyes at him. "What I'm saying is, why didn't you invite me to play with you during the Chinese New Year?"
"Oh... then let's go traveling during the Chinese New Year this year."
Su Zimai was stunned. "Really?"
"Well...actually, I've made plans with so many people to travel around the world that we can even form a tour group."
"Tsk, I thought you were only looking for your good sister, how boring." Su Zimai suddenly lost interest, "When it comes to the brigade, I have a psychological trauma."
"Got it. From now on, my tour group will be called the 'Diaper Brigade'."
"Get lost! If you keep teasing me about this, I'll jump down from here." Su Zimai glared at him fiercely and pointed at the sea in the middle of the night.
"I thought you were going to throw me out of here. Can you please have some backbone?"
"A gentleman can bend and stretch... Later, when I secretly practice and become stronger, and become more powerful than you, I'll see if you will be proud."
"Are you serious? I don't know if I can see that day in my lifetime."
As he spoke, Gu Wenyu glanced down at the time on his phone, "It's almost time. Let's go and get on the plane."
"You said we're going to get on a plane, but how do we get there?" Su Zimai looked into his eyes and asked in confusion.
"Hold me tight."
As Gu Wenyu spoke, he put on a dark red mask, pressed the fixed button on the side of his ear, gently put his arm around Su Zimai's back with the restraints, and picked her up.
Immediately afterwards, the transparent restraints formed a chrysalis-like membrane, covering his and Su Zimai's bodies.
After entering the color-changing form, he hugged Su Zimai, grabbed a number of restraints and flew over Li Jing. Like splashing ink, the restraints kept splashing and extending in the night sky.
The two figures seemed to be paper figures hanging on the stage, rising and falling in the night wind, and the city lights below were brilliant.
"But is there really a plane at this time? I've never seen a plane take off at midnight." Su Zimai asked loudly. Her voice was blocked by the restraints, and only Hei Pupa could hear what she said.
"That's a private plane arranged by the Deviants Association," Black Pupa explained. "It takes off at all hours. There are quite a few Deviants carrying out missions in the middle of the night."
"Huh? Who's on the plane? Could it be your favorite silver swallower?"
"Swallowing silver?"
When he heard the name, Hei Pupa shrugged his shoulders, chuckled softly, grabbed the restraints again, and flew over an aerial work platform.
He sneered, "Silver Swallow Rat should stay here and be the leader of Li Jing. His reputation has been on the rise recently, and everyone agrees that he should take over Blue Arc's position. Don't run away and embarrass yourself again."
Su Zimai couldn't hear clearly. Gu Wenyu's voice was mixed in with the absurd advertising slogans. The LED screens above the city were playing cosmetics advertisements non-stop. The funny thing was that the advertisements happened to be endorsed by Swallow Silver.
"If it's not swallowing silver, then who is the person on the plane?" She thought for a moment and asked again.
"Rainbow Wings." Black Pupa replied.
"Are you crazy?" Su Zimai shuddered and blurted out, "We're going to take the same plane with the Rainbow Wing people?"
"What are you afraid of?" Hei Pu said calmly, "The person on the plane is your future sister-in-law. Wouldn't it be nice to get to know her beforehand? You might even need to travel together by plane in the future."
"That little white-haired thing?"
Su Zimai raised an eyebrow and immediately remembered the white-haired girl who ran to their house that day, hugged Gu Qiye's pillow, and fell asleep in Gu Qiye's room.
"Otherwise... let's stop talking for now." Black Pupa paused. "No matter how strong my ability to conceal my aura is, it's still easy to be discovered. After all, the other party is still a natural disaster level, so I have to show a little respect."
"It's still a disaster level after all?"
Su Zimai's eyelids twitched slightly, and she wondered how much stronger her brother had become during this period of time to have the confidence to speak like that. The thought of this made her pride ache again.
Silently, Hei Pu brought Su Zimai to Lijing International Airport.
There was an area in the international airport specially prepared for the staff of the Alien Association. He saw a private plane there, like a giant white bird crawling on the ground.
In fact, there is also a private airport at the bottom of the Alien Association building, which is more secretive and safer; however, that airport can generally only be used by Rainbow Wing members who personally apply for permission. Obviously, Yuriel is too lazy to do that.
Soon, Hei Pu took Su Zimai on board the plane.
There were three passenger cabins on the plane. He held Su Zimai and slowly walked into the innermost cabin.
Hei Pupa slowed down his footsteps and walked step by step to the deepest part of the passenger compartment, then slowly put down Su Zimai who was in his arms.
The two of them sat in the seats closest to the edge. Black Pupa used restraints to wrap them in a huge sphere in mid-air, wrapping him and Su Zimai inside, leaving a small gap on the surface of the sphere to facilitate ventilation.
From the outside, the restraint sphere appears transparent, so even if the aircraft's surveillance video is used, no clues can be seen.
At this moment, Su Zimai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since she entered the airport, she held her breath unconsciously the entire time and almost forgot that she could still breathe.
At this moment, Su Zimai sat in the chair, looking around silently.
The cabin was empty and very tidy and clean.
Su Zimai sometimes looked out the window, and sometimes turned back to look at the profile of Hei Pupa.
After a while, she whispered, "Can I talk now? The little white-haired guy sat down in the first cabin, quite far away from us."
Hei Pupa didn't answer, but just quietly played Minesweeper on his phone.
Seeing that Hei Pupa was silent, Su Zimai asked weakly:
"Is it not possible?"
"Actually, I just lied to you. We can still talk." Black Pupa suddenly said, "The restraints can isolate sound. She can't hear us communicating."
"ha?"
"Hey, I just think you talk too much," Hei Pu shrugged. "I have too many people to control. There's Yagubaru and the Little Nian Beast. Xia Pingzhou is still talking to the White Crow Brigade. How can I have time to deal with you?"
"Am I not as important as them?" Su Zimai thought for a moment, then asked, "Why do you talk to them but ignore me?"
Black Pupa held his forehead with the restraints and sighed slightly.
He thought to himself, why do you always feel aggrieved, Xiaomai? Is it really the aftereffects of faking your death? If it wasn't for hiding it from the eyes of the Savior Society and facilitating the secret investigation of the Savior Society's base in the future, he would not have chosen to fake his death on the uninhabited island.
After this fake death, he could see that Su Zimai was full of resentment towards him now. Unlike before, he would make unreasonable demands every time he said a few words, and his eyes would turn red from time to time.
But Gu Wenyu could also understand. His sister had almost collapsed these days, and then she turned around and found out that her brother was not dead. Who wouldn't be angry?
Hei Pupa turned his head and silently met Su Zimai's eyes.
The two looked at each other for a while, and then Hei Pu slowly took off the mask on his face, held it with a restraint belt, and moved it over to put it on Su Zimai's face.
"You're welcome to play with me," he said.
"I don't want it."
As Su Zimai spoke, he took the mask from the restraints, lowered his eyes, and played with it quietly in his palm.
"I'm just a little tired. I've been busy lately. I don't mean to dislike you for talking too much," said Gu Wenyu.
"I just miss you very much and want to talk to you more." Su Zimai said softly.
"I know. I'm sorry."
"You keep saying sorry, sorry, can you just for once…" She paused, "care about me a little more?"
Gu Wenyu was stunned for a moment.
The moonlight shone into the dark cabin through the plane window and fell on Su Zimai's face. Her eyes were slightly red and her right hand gently stroked the lines on the mask.
"I understand... Let's go to sleep. We'll be in Iceland in a bit of sleep."
After saying that, Gu Wenyu withdrew his gaze from her face.
He leaned his head against the back of the chair and rested with his eyes closed. Su Zimai sat quietly beside him, staring at his profile for a while, then rested his head on his shoulder and fell asleep with the mask in his arms.
The plane taxied forward along the takeoff runway, and after a while, it rose into the night sky with the rumbling sound of its engines.
At this moment, Gu Wenyu suddenly opened his eyes and quietly observed the white-haired girl in cabin number one through the senses of the restraints.
Uriel was coming this way.
Gu Wenyu held his breath.
But the good news was that she just went to the toilet in the middle aisle, so he was silent for a moment, lowered his eyes to look at Su Zimai's sleeping face, and closed his eyes again.
But after a while, he fell asleep.
At the same time, in Lijing, in an unknown old bookstore.
This old bookstore was located in a deep alley, rarely visited. The owner had recently passed away, so Su Wei spent some money to buy it.
During these two days, the Gu family father and son stayed in the train's devil carriage, while Su Wei stayed in the old bookstore, making tea and reading, and recuperating from her injuries.
After the battle with the White Crow Brigade, it can be seen that Su Wei's hair has turned a little grayer, and the wrinkles and dark spots on her face can no longer be concealed.
At this moment, Ke Qirui was leaning against the old and yellowed bookshelf, hugging his shoulders and relaying some information from the Gu family father and son to Su Wei, most of which were about what happened at the station last night.
"President, this is what is happening," said Ke Qirui.
"Wenyu is still alive?"
Su Wei murmured in a daze and adjusted his glasses.
"Yes, that's a possibility." Ke Qirui nodded and said softly, "According to Gu Qiye and Gu Zhuo, Gu Wenyu wants us to go to Hofsjokull in Iceland. He will tell us the truth there."
She paused and said, "At the same time, that is also the base of the Salvation Society."
Su Wei lowered his head, frowned and remained silent for a long time.
"He also took the wheat away?" Su Wei asked thoughtfully.
"Well, Gu Wenyu said he would take Su Zimai to Iceland with him, as if he wanted to threaten you." Ke Qirui said, sighing, "But I don't think he would do that. There must be something wrong."
Su Wei nodded and whispered, "I also think that even if Wen Yu likes to do some tricks, he would never joke about Xiaomai's life."
"But I think... we can't rule out the possibility that this is a conspiracy by the Salvation Society," Ke Qirui whispered. "After all, we've seen their androids and psychics before."
She lowered her voice, "There are two possibilities before us. One is that Gu Wenyu is still alive, and he is being mentally controlled by the Salvation Society. The other is that Gu Wenyu is dead, and the Salvation Society used his genes to create an artificial human, so that he can use the restraint belt ability."
Su Wei was silent for a long time. Finally, he did not choose to respond to this statement, but asked:
"What about Qiye and Zhuo'an? Why don't they come to see me in person?"
"They...they are both in a very messy mood right now, so they asked me to tell you about this."
"I see."
Ke Qirui raised his head and looked at Su Wei's profile quietly.
"President, are you going with them?" she asked.
At this moment, Su Wei suddenly laughed, "That brat, is it possible that he is still alive... Even if it's fake, I have no reason not to go. My granddaughter is still in his hands."
Ke Qirui withdrew his gaze and lowered his eyes to look at the lonely alley outside the window. A ray of moonlight fell on the old bookstore's promotional leaflet on the wall, which Su Wei had just posted today.
The purpose is to promote this bookstore, hoping that someone can come and have a look.
"You're just looking for a reason to convince yourself." Ke Qirui thought for a moment, "Actually, you just want to live a peaceful life."
"Yes, now that I'm old, I finally understand my daughter's feelings." Su Wei sighed, "Su Ying just wants her family to live a peaceful life, so she cut ties with an old man like me."
"In that case, I don't recommend you go to Iceland with them."
"Then why did you tell me?"
"I'm telling you this only because I don't think it's right to keep it from you," Ke Qirui paused and said softly, "After all, we all hope that Gu Wenyu is still alive, even if it's just a little bit of hope, right?"
Su Wei took off his glasses, rubbed his nose, and closed his eyes to relax for a while. After a while, he suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and said:
"Tell Zhuo An and the others that I will go to Iceland with them."
Ke Qirui was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "I knew it."
Su Wei opened her eyes, put her glasses back into the box, and then looked up at her: "Where are they now?"
"Still on my train demon. We're waiting to rendezvous with the Lake Hunters."
"Lake hunting?"
Su Wei raised his head, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. In the past two days since returning to Lijing, he had been concentrating on healing his wounds almost all the time and had not paid much attention to what was happening in the outside world.
"Yes, Lin Xingshi and Zhuge Hui have already found out that the people controlling Zhou Jiuya and Zhong Wujiu are from the Salvation Society," Ke Qirui said. "So, they are going to Iceland with us to find out the truth."
"I see." Su Wei pursed her lips, the wrinkles on her lips clearly visible. "That sounds much more confident. It's definitely more reliable than my reckless son-in-law."
"Shall we leave now?"
"Don't worry, where is Tongzizhu?" Su Wei asked again.
Ke Qirui picked up his pipe and replied, "After Tong Zizhu came back, he left the next morning."
"Are you leaving in such a hurry?" Su Wei was stunned.
"Well, she said she wanted to go out and relax. She didn't want to continue the fighting. She also told you, old man, to take good care of yourself and stop messing around at your age."
Su Wei smiled and said, "This child is still the same. I couldn't control her when she was little, and I can't control her even more now that she's grown up, just like Su Ying."
He sighed, "Never mind. I just hope she doesn't do anything stupid like joining the brigade in the future."
"No, she joined the brigade to find Su Ying, and now her goal has been achieved." Ke Qirui said in a low voice.
Su Wei slowly stood up from the old man's chair.
"Let's go, let's go meet Qiye and the others."
"Um."
Not long after, the two of them took a yellow taxi and arrived in front of the former site of the old Jingmai Street District.
After walking in the ruins for a while, they found the abandoned train station. They walked in, crossed the dark passage, and came to the empty Platform 7.
At this time, in front of the train demon, there were two figures waiting for them.
"Father-in-law, you are here." said Gu Zhuoan.
Gu Qiye whispered, "Grandpa, you finally came. I've been bothering you so much these days..."
Su Wei smiled slightly, looked at the two of them silently, then raised his hand, patted their shoulders, and walked into the train demon's carriage.
Gu Zhuoan was silent for a moment and followed him into the carriage.
Gu Qiye looked back at the two of them, then slowly withdrew his gaze and looked up at Ke Qirui.
He asked, "Isn't Xu Sanyan coming?"
Ke Qirui shook his head. "No. Sanyan had already planned to retire. Helping us stop the brigade in Haifan City was his last act. He went back to his hometown to get married. There's a girl waiting for him, and she's been waiting for him for a long time."
"That's good. I don't want innocent people to be involved in this matter." Gu Qinye nodded and said softly.
"Although Sanyan won't be coming," Ke Qirui suddenly curled the corners of his lips, "but I brought a friend for you. In fact, I came to Lijing just to find him."
After she finished speaking, a slender figure suddenly came up behind her.
The man wore a medieval eagle-beak knight's helmet, a long gray-blue cloak, and a rapier at his waist.
The moonlight lengthened his shadow, casting it on the ground of the station, like a lone and proud falcon.
Gu Qiye looked up at the approaching figure, and could not help but be slightly startled, silently reading out his name:
"Makutaki?"
Hearing this, Mu Taki raised his head and stared into Gu Qinye's eyes through his helmet.
On the empty Platform 7, the two looked at each other.
"Gu Qinye, I still say the same thing... After I'm done with the Salvation Society, I'll come and settle the score with you." After saying this, Mu Long passed by Gu Qinye and walked into the carriage without looking back.
Gu Qiye remained silent.
Ke Qirui leaned against the wall of the carriage with her shoulders folded, watching the scene quietly.
She took a puff of her cigarette, then lowered her eyes and said, "Your relationship is still so good."
"Please don't make such a bad joke." Gu Qinye said in a low voice.
"Actually, I think he doesn't hate you that much anymore."
"Really? I'd rather he still hated me."
After saying that, Gu Qiye had already moved back into the carriage.
Ke Qirui turned his head and looked at the figures reflected in the brightly lit carriage, thinking that in the end, only the people from the lake hunting team had not arrived yet.
"By the way...will the gospel-bringing prince and the shark come?" she thought again.
(End of this chapter)
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