Chapter 037 Chapter 37
The next morning.
It was a beautiful sunny day.
It was rare for Xia Meng to wake up before the alarm clock rang.
The cat master who slept with me last night has left quietly.
Her ferret was squatting beside the bed, staring at her with eyes that were a mixture of grievance, sadness, melancholy and condemnation, and was about to cry.
Xia Meng: “…”
Suddenly I felt guilty.
She grabbed it, held it in her arms and kissed it a few times.
"Morning, baby!!"
Ergou raised his two short paws and struggled to push her mouth open.
Xia Meng hugged it and promised devoutly like a scumbag: "You have to believe me, you are the only one I love the most!"
Ergou crossed his arms angrily, obviously not believing a word of it.
…
Pack up and go to work.
As soon as I opened the door, I saw Li Zhou already waiting outside.
He was still wearing the Black Tower uniform.
He was leaning against the wall with his arms folded and his eyes closed. The morning light shone into the corridor, just enough to envelop him in the sunlight.
The brown hair took on an almost golden texture in the sunlight.
His fair skin makes him look as delicate as a porcelain doll.
Xia Meng stepped forward and snapped her fingers.
Li Zhou opened his eyes, his gaze clear and bright.
Xia Meng: "Hey, didn't you sleep well last night? Come to my door to catch up on some sleep?"
Li Zhou smiled faintly: "On the contrary, I slept very well last night. I haven't slept so well in many years."
He came here so early just because he wanted to wait for her here.
Xia Meng felt it was a little magical.
He just moved in yesterday, right?
She also knew the house downstairs. There was basically no furniture there. There was only a bed board on the bed, not even a mattress.
Can I sleep well with this?
Do you need to sleep standing up here if you want to sleep well?
Haha, men are really tough on the outside.
Xia Meng walked past him and said, "Let's go."
…
Just as Li Zhou had hoped last night, Xia Meng took him to the breakfast shop she often went to.
This breakfast shop specializes in Cantonese-style steamed buns.
Very authentic and sold in limited quantities.
So this store is crowded every morning.
Xia Meng and Li Zhou arrived relatively late, having already finished a batch of work in the morning. Taking advantage of the break between the second wave of turnover, Xia Meng brought Li Zhou into the store on time.
She greeted the boss skillfully: "Uncle Zhang! Give me two servings, as usual!"
After she finished speaking, she finally remembered and turned around to ask him, "You're not picky about food, are you? Did I order what I'm used to?"
Li Zhou nodded.
Actually, there is no choice.
Uncle Zhang makes different steamed buns for every order.
At this time, they only have shrimp dumplings, scallop dumplings and egg and beef rice rolls.
Xia Meng ordered one of each and added a serving of double skin milk.
In two minutes, everything was served on the table.
The shop owner, called Uncle Zhang, is a burly man in his fifties. He speaks with a Cantonese accent but has the physique of a man from Northeast China.
He: "Hey, you brought your boyfriend to dinner?"
Uncle Zhang, like the owner of the breakfast shop in front of Beijing North Hospital, is also a chatty person.
He especially liked chatting with Xia Meng every time. He jokingly said, "Finally you remembered to have a boyfriend?"
Xia Meng smiled generously: "What's the connection? I haven't looked for him yet. This man is my brother. He will live nearby from now on. Next time he comes by himself, remember to give him a discount. You must remember his face."
Uncle Zhang laughed and said, "Okay! I'll give him a 15% discount when he comes next time. But if you two come together, I'll give you an even better deal! 30% off!"
Xia Meng: "Huh? Why?" Even if she came by herself, she only got a 15% discount!
Uncle Zhang is quite unique: "No reason, it's just a pleasure to watch you two!"
Xia Meng gestured an OK sign to him, and then gave him a thumbs-up: "Uncle Zhang, you are so kind!"
There was not much time left, so the two of them hurried to eat breakfast.
While eating, Xia Meng observed unconsciously.
Li Zhou always eats in a very gentle manner, chewing his food slowly but eating very quickly. It didn't take long for him to finish the snacks in front of him.
Xia Meng pushed the shrimp dumplings in front of her over.
Li Zhou raised his eyes: "You don't want to eat anymore?"
Xia Meng: "Yeah. I have a small appetite."
Uncle Zhang’s basket contains five shrimp dumplings and five scallop dumplings, which is a pretty big portion.
Xia Meng usually only eats one serving of dumplings and one serving of rice rolls. Considering that it was Li Zhou's first time here, she ordered two more dishes for him to try.
It's strange to say, if it were someone else, she probably wouldn't bother to think so much.
Perhaps the fake identity of "sister and brother" also gave her some psychological hints, thinking that he was a "foreigner" who was unfamiliar with the place and she had to take better care of him.
Uncle Zhang’s store is not big.
After a while, the second wave of guests arrived.
The store became visibly crowded.
Fortunately, Xia Meng and Li Zhou had almost finished their meal and stood up to pay the bill. As expected, Uncle Zhang gave them a 30% discount.
When leaving, Xia Meng took him to several other stores to familiarize himself with them.
Those shop owners are also familiar with Xia Meng.
Xia Meng simply introduced Li Zhou to them, saying that he was her younger brother, and asked them to remember to give him a discount in the future.
Li Zhou probably doesn't need this little money at all.
But she did it anyway.
After going through the whole process and identifying more than ten stores, it was finally completed.
Li Zhou was obviously in a good mood.
On the way to the subway station, Xia Meng asked curiously, "What are you happy about?"
Li Zhou tilted his head and looked at her with a smile: "Nothing much, I just felt that today would be a very happy day. Since this morning, I have been feeling very busy."
Xia Meng was curious: "Do you like this kind of urban atmosphere?"
Li Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I think I like it. At least I like it today."
Xia Meng: "Never before? Did you grow up abroad?"
Li Zhou said no, "I was born and raised in Beijing."
Xia Mengxin agreed. Since he grew up abroad, his Mandarin must be too standard.
Li Zhou: "After awakening in my teens, I soon went abroad and lived at the Black Tower headquarters. When I got a little older, I basically started traveling all over the world."
Running around, Xia Meng thought, the running around he mentioned definitely did not mean traveling around and sightseeing.
Xia Meng asked, "Come to think of it, when I first met you, you were dressed like an island tourist. What was going on?"
Li Zhou recalled: "Oh, that day, when I was leaving the airport, I saved a child and his clothes got stained. The child's father wanted to thank me, so he gave me a set of clothes."
The family seemed to have just returned from the Maldives, and the entire suitcase was filled with clothes like that.
Xia Mengxin said no wonder.
The first impression was misleading. She thought he was a weirdo from somewhere, dressed so strangely, and his good-looking face was wasted.
But every time I saw him afterwards, he always wore the Black Tower uniform properly.
When Xia Meng saw him in uniform, she finally understood why many people always said that uniforms were tempting.
This handsome man in a neat uniform looks really heroic.
Xia Meng was generous with her praise.
It is said that one should not have the intention to harm others, but one should have the intention to praise others.
Praising more is good for your body and mind.
So Xia Meng has always been generous with her praise.
In Wang Xiangyi's words, she is very sweet-mouthed.
Li Zhou smiled, lowered his eyes to glance at her outfit, and praised her in the same way: "You look good in uniform too."
The guide's uniform is white.
The staff uniforms at the guide center are more like white coats.
Xia Meng put her coat at the guide center.
It was too hot in the summer, so she only wore a short-sleeved shirt and white trousers, which brought out her body proportions perfectly.
Xia Meng: "Thank you."
Look, there is give and take, and she also received a compliment.
The two got on the subway.
At this time, everyone was busy rushing to the city center, so there were almost no people on the trains heading to the outer ring road, and the carriages were empty. Even if there were a few people, they were basically wearing Black Tower uniforms.
It was only two stops away, and Xia Meng was too lazy to sit.
Lean directly against the door and look outside.
The closer you get to the Yanshan Nature Reserve, the more pristine the scenery outside the window becomes.
In midsummer, everywhere you look is lush green.
Now that she thinks about it, she works in the Black Tower, and the scenery before her is what she will see every day for the next few decades.
That's good too.
At least it's eye-friendly.
Taking advantage of the few minutes on the road, Xia Meng took out her cell phone to confirm today's work schedule.
It was similar to yesterday, with psychiatric ward rounds in the morning and purification in the counseling department in the afternoon.
I don’t know if there was some strange rumor, but many Sentinels made appointments to test their matching rate with her today.
She glanced at the list and saw that the number of people who had registered had skyrocketed from more than 20 last night to more than 200.
With so many people, if she had to do matching tests one by one, she would probably be exhausted to death.
If it really doesn't work, you can only apply to Director Bai to do an initial screening of the matching rate directly.
The initial screening test is to directly use the sentinel pheromones left in the database by both parties for system matching.
However, since the accuracy of the initial screening is not that high, usually as long as it exceeds 50%, it can meet the standard for counseling. If only the initial screening has been done, the matching rate must be more than 55% to be safe.
The subway has arrived.
The two men got out of the car.
After entering the territory of the Black Tower, the density of the surrounding sentry arrows increased visibly.
Xia Meng felt that there were always some vague gazes floating around.
I don’t know if he was looking at her or at Li Zhou.
——He was probably looking at Li Zhou.
S-class sentinels are a species rarer than giant pandas.
So she walked forward calmly.
Li Zhou followed behind her, like a knight silently guarding the princess.
His ears moved imperceptibly, and he could still clearly hear the surrounding discussions that were deliberately suppressed to the minimum.
"Hey? Is this the female guide named Xia Meng?"
"I heard that he went on a mission with Alpha on his first day."
"Oh wow! So powerful?"
"And guess what happened yesterday? Pei Ziling from Alpha publicly announced that he wanted to pursue her!"
"Pei Ziling? That A-level sentinel from the Psychic Department you mentioned? Is that true?"
"It's said that he's always been the one who charmed the other female guides to death, and now it's his turn to be in trouble? Who the hell is this Xia Meng?"
"Hehe, I don't know how he plans to pursue me, I might as well learn from him and pursue my goddess in the same way."
"Come on, Alpha has money, looks, and strength. How can you compare with him?"
"Who's competing with him? I'm just trying to learn from him."
"By the way, who is that foreigner behind her? He looks so strange and makes me feel nervous."
"I don't know, wow, shhh, he's looking over here!"
"He can hear from this far away? Is he a physical type with super hearing?"
The sound gradually died down.
Li Zhou calmly withdrew his listening.
Pei Ziling?
He repeated the name silently.
The two had just reached the door.
I found that there was a large group of people standing at the gate of the Black Tower, and it was so crowded that no one could get through.
Xia Meng stood on tiptoe behind the crowd, but couldn't see anything. She jumped again, but still couldn't see anything.
She complained silently: "Why are all you sentinels so tall?"
She turned around and asked Li Zhou, "What happened at the door? Why isn't anyone going in?"
Li Zhou's expression was a bit complicated. He glanced at her and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a voice floating in the air: "Hey, hey, hey~"
Someone seemed to pick up the microphone.
Xia Meng turned back again in confusion.
The voice in the microphone sounded vaguely familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was.
Amplified by the speakers, the male voice sounded like the voice of a host often heard at supermarket opening ribbon-cutting ceremonies in third- and fourth-tier cities.
It sounds quite festive at first.
Xia Meng was at a loss.
What happened to the Black Tower?
Is it possible that such a high-ranking official department would also hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the style of an urban-rural fringe?
What kind of ribbon are you cutting?
It is said that there is usually a raffle at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Can she draw one?
Just as she was thinking about it, the male host's voice suddenly called her name after "Hey, hey, hey": "Xia Meng! You're finally here!"
Xia Meng shuddered on the spot.
What?
What the hell?
Why did the emcee call her name?
She just wanted to enter a lottery, so did she have to be named?
At this moment, the group of people that were originally blocking her way suddenly separated to both sides like a wave.
A long distance was cleared between her and the main entrance of the black tower.
It was because of this that Xia Meng finally saw clearly what was happening at the main entrance.
There was a sea of red at the main entrance.
Filled with countless roses.
The entire gate was decorated into a huge heart-shaped arch covered with roses, which completely blocked the main entrance.
Under the arch, rose petals were spread all over the ground, forming a string of words:
Xia Meng, Marry me?
Above the roses, Pei Ziling was wearing a well-tailored suit and holding a bouquet of gorgeous red roses in his hand.
Pei Ziling looked at her intently and affectionately at this moment.
Between the two of them, countless onlookers looked at her and then at him.
Pei Ziling brought the microphone to his lips and called out affectionately, "Xia Xia, my wife!"
Xia Meng: “………………………………”
For a moment, Xia Meng felt goosebumps all over her body.
My three views also fell to the ground.
She subconsciously took a half step back, her pupils trembling: "What did you call me?"
Pei Ziling: "Xia Xia, my dear wife! Didn't you tell me yesterday - oh no, this kind of thing should be done by me."
Pei Ziling: "Xia Xia, I'm here to propose to you!!"
Xia Meng almost dug out a three-bedroom apartment with her toes on the spot.
At this moment, what she wanted to do most was to bury Pei Ziling in this three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.
Then bury the rose arch and rose petals and compact them firmly.
At this moment, Xia Meng seemed to be able to imagine that in the future, who she was would no longer matter. Whenever others mentioned her, they would involuntarily associate her with Pei Ziling.
—Oh, you mean Xia Meng? The one Pei Ziling proposed to so grandly in public, right?
Oh, God.
Xia Meng's eyes went dark.
After a while, she squeezed out a few words from between her teeth with difficulty: "Why would you do this? Do I know you well?"
Pei Ziling: "Xia Xia, my wife..."
Xia Meng: "Stop!"
She raised her hand to interrupt him: "Just keep talking about the matter, don't shout. Also, please call me Doctor Xia."
Pei Ziling: "Doctor Xia? That's so awkward."
Xia Meng: "You are too unreserved, Mr. Pei."
If you dare to bark again, I will blow your head off.
Xia Meng really wanted to say the second sentence back as well.
But at this moment, it was broad daylight, in public, and in front of everyone... She had to leave some room for herself and maintain her image.
Xia Meng took a deep breath and resisted the urge to rush up and beat Pei Ziling up.
She turned her head and looked at Li Zhou beside her.
For some reason, Li Zhou didn't seem to be in a good mood at this moment.
Xia Meng thought, yes, who can be in a good mood after seeing such dirty things early in the morning?
She said "Hello" and asked in a low voice: "Are all you sentinels so sick?"
She really didn't know what was going on with Pei Ziling today.
It couldn't be that he was so happy because of the shot she fired on the surface of his mental picture yesterday, right?
Is it Masochism?
Li Zhou looked at her silently: "That person, what do you want me to do? Destroy the body and get rid of all traces?"
Xia Meng: "...That's not the case."
Xia Meng lowered her head and rubbed her temples: "Forget it, I'll figure it out myself."
She walked towards Pei Ziling step by step.
Li Zhou thought about it and followed.
He looked like her bodyguard.
Many people in the Black Tower may know Li Zhou's name, but not many people know his face.
There was a burst of discussion among the crowd.
"Who is that person behind her? She looks a bit scary."
"Sentinel, huh? Probably level A. Does she have any sentinels?"
"Oh wow, this is a three-person Shura field?"
"Who is Doctor Xia going to choose?"
"If it were me, I would choose Pei Ziling. He's young and promising, and he's also a member of Alpha."
"Do you think the guy behind her is that bad? Looking at his uniform, he must be at a high level in the security center."
"Besides, I think the one behind her is much better looking."
"Tsk, what's the point of a good-looking man?"
"It's good to be pleasing to the eye! Look how well they look together!"
Xia Meng walked up to Pei Ziling with a fierce look on her face. When she saw the large bouquet of roses he was holding in front of his chest, she frowned and said, "Please take the flowers first."
Pei Ziling had vaguely realized that it was unlikely that his wish would come true today.
He subconsciously glanced at Li Zhou behind her.
Why did the two of them come to the Black Tower together?
Pei Ziling curled his lips in dissatisfaction and deliberately handed the flowers to Xia Meng: "The flowers are for you, please accept them."
Xia Meng sighed, "I won't accept it. Pei Ziling, why don't you tell me first, what on earth are you trying to do by doing all this so early in the morning?"
Pei Ziling felt a little unsure when she asked him this. He muttered weakly, "You clearly confessed to me yesterday."
Xia Meng: “?”
Xia Meng: "What did you say? What did I do to you?"
"Confession!" Pei Ziling said as a matter of course. He raised his hand and pulled off the collar of his shirt, revealing the pattern on his neck that Xia Meng had drawn yesterday.
The onlookers behind Xia Meng also came forward to watch carefully.
Xia Meng took a look.
It was her drawing, sure, but why did it become a confession when he said it?
Xia Meng: "What does this mean?"
Pei Ziling felt aggrieved: "You've already left me a token of love, and you're still denying it?"
The onlookers were pointing and talking.
"What is this painting about?"
"A stick figure? A rose, right?"
"Can this be considered a token of love?"
"…Should it count? Look at the placement of this painting! It's so private! So intimate!"
"That's right, would a normal person draw in this position?"
"For the Sentinel, this is definitely a confession!"
Xia Meng was confused and turned to ask the onlookers, "Is there something wrong with this position?"
Isn't this the place where she pressed the ballpoint pen against his carotid artery yesterday?
At this time, one of the enthusiastic people immediately explained to her: "Miss, don't you know? For a sentinel, the neck has a very different meaning."
Xia Meng was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
The crowd pointed to their necks. "Here, here on the chest, and on the inside of the wrist—these are all special places. After the Sentinel and Guide merge, the engraved pattern will automatically appear in one of these three places. The appearance of the Guide's unique engraving indicates that the engraving was successful, and they officially become a combined Sentinel."
He glanced at Pei Ziling and said, "The guide drawing a rose on a specific area like the sentry's neck is equivalent to drawing a heart on his chest. It can easily be understood as you are courting him."
Xia Meng: “…”
She finally understood what the problem was.
She looked at Pei Ziling's neck in disbelief and asked in confusion, "What rose? I drew a target!"
……target.
Pei Ziling was stunned.
Pei Ziling: "...Huh?"
The onlookers: “…Huh?”
"Oh, yeah! I was saying it! It's a simple drawing of a rose, but that's a little too simple."
"I thought I just didn't understand the abstract painting techniques used by young people today."
"But this doesn't look like a target, does it?"
Xia Meng explained silently: "I am right-handed and I am not used to using my left hand, so the arc is crooked."
She stared at Pei Ziling with complicated eyes: "I was threatening you at the time, saying that if you dared to do anything wrong, I would stab you in the neck. What makes you think that when I said that, I would still leave you a token of love in my hand? Are you sick or am I sick?"
Pei Ziling: “…………”
The crowd of people eating melons began to murmur again:
“It’s actually a target?”
"Then I think it looks more like a rose."
"This young lady is a soul painter!"
"Let's take a step back and say, why can't a target be a token of love?"
"...Wake up, what kind of good person would give a target as a token of love?"
"……Too."
Xia Meng breathed a sigh of relief.
Very good, it seems that only a few people are sick.
The vast majority of people are still normal.
She looked towards Pei Ziling.
I saw him lowering his hand holding the bouquet of roses, and his whole body drooped down like a wilted purple eggplant.
Pei Ziling felt unwell.
It turned out that he had misunderstood everything.
It turns out that the thing on the neck is not a rose at all.
It turned out that Xia Meng had no such intention towards him at all.
But……
He glanced at her with tears in his eyes, but they were so compatible!
80%! I've never seen that before!
Moreover, her counseling was the most satisfying experience he had ever had in his life.
It's enough for him to remember for the rest of his life!
Pei Ziling asked miserably, "Is there really no possibility at all?"
Xia Meng nodded firmly: "I really don't have that idea. Just give up on it."
Pei Ziling glanced at Li Zhou and asked in a low voice, "Are you really attracted to him? I warned you that you two are not suitable for each other."
Xia Meng's face trembled.
Are these sentinels really sick?
Does she have to choose a sentinel as her partner?
Xia Meng sighed. "Honestly, I've only been awakened for a few days. Whether you're a Sentinel, a Guide, or just an ordinary person, it really doesn't make any difference to me. I won't look up to you just because you're an A-rank Sentinel, nor will I look down on anyone just because they're a lower-rank Sentinel. In my eyes, we're all human, and I don't categorize people into different classes. If I have to say, I'll only judge a person by whether they're sick or not."
Looking at it now, Xia Meng felt that Pei Ziling was really seriously ill.
She raised her hand and patted Pei Ziling's shoulder, and advised him with great consideration, "Mr. Pei, I don't think my skills can cure your illness. I'll introduce you to a teacher at the Mental Health Center. You can go there to make an appointment and have your brain checked. Don't be afraid to seek medical treatment, and don't give up on treatment."
Pei Ziling: “…”
After Xia Meng finished his earnest instructions, she walked past him and entered the gate of the black tower.
The farce had come to a point where she was no longer able to clean it up.
Let it die out on its own. She has said everything she needs to say.
After Xia Meng passed by, Pei Ziling lowered his head.
In front of so many people, he didn't feel embarrassed at all.
He just regretted that he didn't succeed.
He even told him to give up on this idea.
What if he doesn't want to give up?
Can you... let him try again?
Pei Ziling reflected on his decision.
Perhaps, Xia Meng is a low-key and introverted person who doesn't like to discuss emotional issues in front of so many people.
Perhaps, they had only known each other for less than two days and she didn't know him well enough, so things progressed too quickly.
Pei Ziling reviewed his rich love history.
Yes, if you want to pursue someone, you have to find the right remedy.
Maybe Xia Meng is the type of person who likes to proceed step by step. Okay, no problem, then he will try to do it step by step.
Thinking of this, Pei Ziling raised his head again with hope.
However, he unexpectedly made eye contact with the person standing in front of him.
Li Zhou stood in front of him.
There was at least half a head difference in height between the two.
Li Zhou lowered his eyes and looked down at him condescendingly.
Somehow, Pei Ziling swallowed subconsciously and didn't even dare to meet his gaze.
Li Zhou exudes the pressure of a superior.
This kind of restraint of the superior over the inferior, and the submission and fear of the inferior towards the superior, is almost engraved in the bones of all Sentinels.
He thought Li Zhou would say something to him.
In the end, Li Zhou said nothing, just glanced at him indifferently, and then walked past him.
…
As soon as Xia Meng entered the gate of the Black Tower, she looked up and bumped into Director Bai and Ou Xu who were eating melon seeds and watching the show inside.
Director Bai and his disciple Ou Xu were enjoying eating melons just now.
He was caught in the act and didn't even have time to clean up the melon seeds.
The two of them pretended to cough at the same time.
Director Bai looked away: "Ahem, well... I'm going to work first."
Ou Xu's gaze shifted to the other side: "Ahem, then I will also--"
Xia Meng pressed Ou Xu's shoulder and said, "Wait a minute, Comrade Ou Xu."
She just happened to have something to ask him.
Ou Xu thought she was about to say something and quickly raised his watch. "I know nothing. When I found out just now, I was just about to tip you off and tell you to take the back door. Look, I had the message edited and was about to send it when you show up. What bad timing!"
Xia Meng pushed his phone away: "I'm not looking for you for this."
It was to ask about Su Fangxiao.
After all, before her, Ou Xu was responsible for Su Fangxiao's counseling.
Maybe he knows something too.
For example, he might know when Su Fangxiao's mental picture began to go wrong.
She looked around.
It was rush hour and there were too many people around, so it was not suitable to discuss the patient's privacy here.
She hooked her arm around his neck and said, "Come on, let's talk in the counseling room upstairs."
Ou Xu: “Huh?”
…
"Are you saying that there's something wrong with Su Fangxiao's mental picture?"
Ou Xu repeated it, frowning, not quite understanding why Xia Meng said that.
He lowered his head and recalled, "The last time I counseled her was two or three months ago. Alpha soldiers are often on missions, so counseling is actually much more frequent than for ordinary Sentinels. A normal A-rank Sentinel might only need counseling once every three to five months, but those who are constantly on the front lines, usually need it once every two weeks."
Ou Xu: "But it's hard to find a matching guide. Sometimes they go on a mission for a month, and I can't drop all my work and go with the team just to help her. So, they usually use a special guide essence injection. Black Tower usually draws some guide essence from me regularly and makes it into injections for her to carry and use."
After listening to this, Xia Meng was able to guess some information.
She stroked her chin in thought, "So, it's very likely that something unusual has occurred in her mental picture in the past two or three months."
This was the first time Ou Xu had heard of such a situation, and he couldn't help but ask nervously, "Is this matter... serious?"
Xia Meng shrugged.
How does she know?
Her understanding of the sentry direction was too superficial. Apart from the miscellaneous books she had read before, which were difficult to distinguish between true and false, the rest was all what she had learned in the past few days.
She felt like a sponge, hit by this unexpected fate, and then thrown into the frying pan called "Shao Xiang".
There was really no other way, she could only follow her body's instincts and be forced to absorb madly while being tortured in the frying pan.
"Yes, you really do know too little." Ou Xu nodded, agreeing deeply, "Otherwise you wouldn't have painted a rose on Pei Ziling's neck. Oh no, you painted a target."
Xia Meng: “…………”
Hasn't this matter been resolved yet?
Isn’t it over yet?
Ou Xu laughed like a big goose for a long time, "cluck, cluck, cluck."
"Sister, I'm not trying to discourage you. Sentinels love to discuss gossip about who's paired up with whom, and who's dating who. Pei Ziling has caused such a big scene this time, and there's enough for everyone to discuss. It's enough for the entire tower to discuss for a month. And based on my analysis of your popularity, there won't be a month left, at the latest, for new gossip about you to surface by next week."
Xia Meng: “………………”
Xia Meng forced the topic back to Su Fangxiao.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We can't tell Su Fangxiao yet. I'll find a chance to go in and take a look next time. Maybe I can find some clues."
Ou Xu thought about it and offered Xia Meng a new idea: "Starting with her mental picture is one way, but I think you could also ask her teammates. Ask them if anything has happened to her in the past two or three months."
Xia Meng nodded.
That's a solution.
But it is a bit difficult to operate.
After all, she had to keep Su Fangxiao's abnormality secret.
Under such circumstances, if she asked them rashly, those people might not necessarily cooperate.
...That's all.
The key point is that such a dramatic and unexpected situation happened this morning.
When Xia Meng thought about the fact that she would have to meet Alpha’s people every day in the future, she couldn’t help but save for another three-bedroom apartment.
Forget it, let’s take it one step at a time.
It's nine o'clock and it's time for them to go to work.
Xia Meng hurried back to the psychiatric department and started her daily ward rounds with the head nurse.
Now she is the only one in charge of the entire psychiatric department. There are not many patients, so the work is relatively easy.
After seeing a few patients with depression in the outpatient clinic in the morning, Xia Meng was fine.
Since she had nothing to do anyway, Xia Meng simply sat in the nurses' station and got acquainted with the head nurse and the young nurses.
After a while, Ou Xu suddenly rushed over and shouted breathlessly: "Xia Meng!"
Xia Meng was reading the palms of the young nurses. When she heard the voice, she turned around and said, "Ou Xu? What's wrong?"
Ou Xu tried hard to catch his breath and nodded quickly: "It's true. Come with me!"
He pulled Xia Meng up and ran quickly towards the elevator.
After entering the elevator, he pressed the button for the 53rd floor.
Xia Meng turned her head and squinted her eyes to check the floor instructions next to the elevator.
53rd floor, Special Service Center.
On the 52nd floor downstairs was the Criminal Investigation Center, which she had visited when she first entered the Black Tower, and was also the security department of the Black Tower.
She looked at Ou Xu in confusion: "Why did you take me to the Special Service Center?"
Ou Xu: "I don't know the details, but my friend in the Special Service just tipped me off that Pei Ziling was about to be beaten to death by Li Zhou."
Xia Meng: "Ah?"
Ou Xu indeed has connections throughout the Black Tower.
He said, "Really? Just watch if you don't believe me."
As he spoke, he handed over his phone and sent a video in the chat box.
Xia Meng clicked on it and found that the video was a bit blurry and shaky, obviously a secret shot.
I saw the two of them standing in a transparent room.
Everyone was watching outside, with only the two of them standing in the middle of the room, facing each other.
The two of them looked at each other with a tense look.
At this time, Pei Ziling said something and Li Zhou suddenly disappeared from where he was.
In less than a second, he appeared behind Pei Ziling.
Pei Ziling fell down before he could even react.
Pei Ziling obviously didn't expect that he would lose so badly that he couldn't even withstand a single blow.
He struggled to stand up, but just as he raised his arms, he spat out a mouthful of blood from his mouth.
Xia Meng was stunned. She raised her eyes and looked at Ou Xu.
Xia Meng was puzzled: "What are they doing?"
Ou Xu shrugged. "Who should I ask if you ask me? But my friend said that Li Zhou doesn't usually go to the Special Service Center. He's basically been in Zhou Qi's office these days since he came back. He suddenly went there today and asked to compete with Pei Ziling."
Xia Meng: "And Pei Ziling agreed?"
Ou Xu: "He said he didn't agree. But he happened to have a class at the Special Service Center today. You know, someone like Alpha is already at the top of the Black Tower, and occasionally Alpha members will be arranged to teach and train lower-level special agents. Today is that day."
Ou Xu: "If you ask me, that Pei Ziling is really stupid. Of all the people he could confess to, he had to choose you. Now, he's walked into Li Zhou's trap!"
Xia Meng was puzzled: "What does choosing me have to do with Li Zhou?"
Ou Xu said calmly, "Who told you to get 80% with everyone? This is a treasure no matter where you put it. Pei Ziling cherishes you, but doesn't Li Zhou cherish you too?"
Hearing this, Xia Meng snorted unhappily: "Yeah, Li Zhou really loves me. So what?"
First he praised her for not dying easily, then he invited her to help the evildoer.
Is she sick? Is she in cahoots with him?
Ou Xu spoke with the tone of a veteran: "Two sentries fighting over a guide, this kind of thing is too common in Black Taco."
Xia Meng nodded. "It's common, that's fine. How do you usually deal with it? Thirty lashes of the board, and then send them back to write a 30,000-word self-criticism?"
Ou Xu: "How is that possible? Are Sentinels the kind of creatures who would seriously reflect on themselves? Or would they be humble? They rely entirely on force to resolve matters like this. The Black Tower always turns a blind eye. As long as they can compete in a formal manner and determine the winner, that's all that's fine."
Xia Meng: "...It sounds very bloody and violent."
Ou Xu: "That's right. Have you seen Animal World? Males always have to fight before they're courting a mate."
Xia Meng glanced at him with a wooden face.
"None of my business?"
Whether they win or lose has nothing to do with her.
Ou Xu shrugged: "Indeed. But even so, the Sentinels will still fight if they have to."
Xia Meng sighed.
Just then the elevator reached the 53rd floor and Xia Meng was the first to walk out.
"Never mind, let's stop them first. It will be troublesome if someone dies."
As she spoke, she suddenly stopped.
There was no one in the round transparent room seen in the video, but two spirits were fighting violently.
They are a giant golden lion and a scarred dolphin.
The lion slapped the dolphin with one claw, making it look like a salted fish.
Xia Meng glanced at them and immediately went to look for Li Zhou and Pei Ziling.
Soon, she found them at the front of the group.
There was a long distance between Li Zhou and Pei Ziling.
Xia Meng pushed through the crowd and rushed directly in front of Li Zhou, looking him up and down.
When Li Zhou saw it was her, he was stunned for a moment.
After Xia Meng confirmed that he had no external injuries, she turned around and glanced at Pei Ziling who was staring at them not far away.
Pei Ziling's condition looked much more tragic, with blood on his body.
Xia Meng turned around and asked Li Zhou, "Did you beat him like this?"
Li Zhou lowered his eyes, a hint of guilt flashing across his eyes: "...Yeah."
Xia Meng: "Why did you do that?"
Li Zhou looked away and said, "Seeing him demonstrating his skills to the special forces, I felt like... I wanted to try my hand at it."
Xia Meng: "..." She believed it for the time being.
She crossed her arms and asked, "What now? And why?"
Li Zhou thought for a moment: "...Special training for the spiritual body?"
Xia Meng: "Whose spirit body is it? Yours?"
Xia Meng knew that Pei Ziling's spiritual body was a dolphin.
How is his cat going to fight such a big one?
So where did that golden lion come from?
As she spoke, she turned her head to see where her weak, pitiful and helpless Master Cat was hiding, and saw that the lion and dolphin in the room had disappeared.
She saw her cat master beating the dried fish on the ground with his claws.
Xia Meng: "...Hmm?"
Li Zhou: “…Yeah.”
The people in the Black Tower who witnessed Xia Meng's fierce interrogation of the S-class sentinel and the lion's transformation into a cat said: "..."
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