Chapter 1297 Fateful Prelude
In the urban and rural port, an abandoned ship covered with graffiti.
Miao Jiang shook the self-spray paint in her hand. The sound of the jingling marbles in the metal bottle was particularly pleasant, and the silver pendant beside her ear also swayed.
The afternoon sun was no longer dazzling, but had a fiery red mist. The light of silver ornaments shone on the hull covered with rust and stains.
She used spray paint to write a capital "Z" with a strange shape and unique temperament on the surface of the ship's hull, then changed the color, and said in a nonchalant manner:
"Are you sure you want to go at this time?"
A ray of light shone in through the hole in the ship, illuminating a man sitting on a wooden box behind Miao Jiang.
This man was wearing a white sportswear. He looked very loose and his figure was somewhat ordinary. However, he lowered his head so that no one could see his appearance clearly.
Hearing Miao Jiang's question, the man leaned back, revealing half of his face on the right side, with a faint smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, and said softly:
"The old man I have raised for so long is dead, so why should I pretend to be so?
Besides, the time is coming. It’s time to let Tongguan know the truth. ”
Miao Jiang didn't look back. She used a can of purple spray paint and wrote "OM" after the "Z".
"Actually, if he knows about that matter, it won't have any impact on you, right?"
Half of the man's face was hidden in the shadows, his red phoenix eye was half-squinted, and the white and black of his right eye gave off an indescribable weirdness.
His eyes were always very calm, so calm that no one could guess what he was brewing.
"In the past, Ji Li was never in my plans.
But things are different now, and the perfection I pursue is no longer attainable.
I need to make Ji Li my backup. ”
No one except Miao Jiang could understand these words. She adjusted her position and continued her graffiti, writing "BI".
"No matter what, you can't kill Tongguan.
Those ghosts are betting on Ji Li. If you hadn't appeared, I would have chosen him.
In other words, if you hadn't obtained His skull, I wouldn't have chosen you.
I don't have much borrowed time. If you want to help me kill Tianhai, you can't make a single mistake.
You are the smartest person I have ever met, but I'm afraid you are too smart.
I hope you remember that it was your brother, not you, who got the skull in the first place. ”
After saying these words, Miao Jiang wrote the last letter.
On the blackened hull, a colorful "Zombie" shines fluorescently in the sun.
Miao Jiang left quietly, leaving only that one person in the urban and rural ports.
His left eye is stiff and his right eye is strangely shaped. This face obviously looks so ordinary, but it also carries an uncomfortable illusion.
The man softly recited the word and suddenly laughed. He put his hands in his pockets and stood up from the wooden box. As he walked, he muttered: "A woman cursed by the sky and the sea, why do you always feel that you chose me instead of me?" Where are you? ”
……
Shanghai City.
In an unknown small hotel in an unknown alley, Cheng Ming was sitting on a small bed in a standard room, looking out the window at the setting sun, his face filled with sorrow.
He was on pins and needles all afternoon, but he still couldn't understand why Ji Li said what he said.
The new mission of the Seventh Branch was about to begin, and he couldn't ask Ji Li for help, but he still couldn't come up with a result, so he turned around and asked:
"Mr. Quan, what do you mean when store manager Ji asked us to leave the tenth store?"
Ji Li's original words were "Don't go back to the store if you have nothing to do." Of course, this is equivalent to "leaving the tenth store."
This is obviously because an unknown situation is about to happen in the Tenth Store, a major event that will put all members of the store in a major crisis.
But Cheng Ming still couldn't imagine what could happen that would stop a hotel in Tianhai from becoming a refuge for clerks.
In other words, if such a thing really happens, what should he, the clerk, do?
Quan Liang, who was sitting on the bedside, was also smoking one cigarette after another. After hearing this, he was silent for a moment, sighed and shook his head: "That's what it means. You understand it without me saying it."
As for the truth you want to know, I guess even Store Manager Ji himself doesn't know it. It may just be a hunch on his part. "As people get older, they become more sophisticated, especially people like Quan Liang who have worked their way up from the bottom.
He knows best what kind of situation the Tenth Store is in.
It seems that Ji Li is also the store manager here, but in fact it is just an empty title in many cases, and it has not made any difference to the current situation of the store.
Zeng Quanliang believes that Ji Li’s airborne landing will bring new development space to the Tenth Store and break the geographical restrictions.
However, looking at it now, the Tenth Store is still half-dead. This is the third consecutive month that no new members have been added.
This store has been abandoned.
Cheng Ming didn't understand because he was still too young.
Since Ji Li visited Hu Nuannuan in private last time, the woman disappeared from the store and has not appeared again.
Quan Liang thinks this is a signal.
A No. 10 store is about to be abandoned, and Ji Li gets some inside information from it.
Although Cheng Ming now has a sad face and seems to be very anxious about the current situation, Quan Liang, who keeps smoking and thinking, is even more desperate.
Because he even believed that the disaster at the Tenth Store that Ji Li mentioned was not just a "disaster", but probably a "catastrophe."
Nowadays, Quan Liang is fortunate that the cold-blooded Ji Li still has not completely abandoned him and Cheng Ming, so he has the opportunity to fight for it.
No matter what happens in the Tenth Branch, as long as Ji Li is willing to drag him and Cheng Ming into the Seventh Branch, other things will have nothing to do with it.
"Don't move even if the sky falls. We two have no compulsory mission, so just hide here and don't do anything."
This is Quan Liang's only thought and only advice.
But Cheng Ming received a call at this time. After putting the phone to his ear, his expression changed drastically after just listening to a few words.
"Dad, don't worry, I'll go home right away. You take my mother and hide it first. Don't open the door, absolutely!"
After saying that, Cheng Ming picked up the coat on the bed and put it on casually.
At the same time, Quan Liang's cell phone also buzzed, and the note on it was "daughter".
But Quan Liang looked at the vibrating phone and the jumping numbers, his face was livid, and he refused to answer.
"Mr. Quan, there seems to be a ghost visiting my parents! I have to go home."
Quan Liang was still looking at the frantically dialing phone, his teeth were clenching, and his eyes were fierce when he raised his eyes.
"Cheng Ming, two phone calls from relatives were made to you and me at the same time. Don't you think it's fake?"
Just as Cheng Ming was about to go out, he paused when he heard these words. He stopped his hand on the door, turned around with difficulty and was silent for a long time, breathing heavily and asked:
"But what if there is really a ghost?"
Quan Liang's breathing was heavier than his. He had only had one daughter like this for most of his life, and he regarded her as the apple of his eye.
The ringing ringing at this moment was constantly challenging his heart.
His hands were clenched tightly, his breathing became heavier, and he almost growled in response:
"Whether it's true or not, this is a trap. I can only bet it's false. That's all I can do!
What Manager Ji said would definitely be shocking.
Now may be the first step to change. If you can't help it, you will never have the chance to regret it! ”
A phone call kicked off the tenth store, corresponding to two people.
The young Cheng Ming and the wily Quan Liang made completely different choices at this time.
"No matter what, I have to make sure my parents are safe.
Mr. Quan, wait a moment, I'll go explore the way for you.
If I am not dead, I will give you the news. If I am dead... you will understand everything. ”
Cheng Ming finally opened the door of this small standard room and left Quan Liang.