stop fighting

When they left, Lindsay stood far outside his tent, silently watching the group of four people plus a white wolf, his eyes flickering.

"I'm a little surprised that you just let them go." A voice came from behind her.

Lindsay turned her head, only to see Wei Junting walking over at some point.

She smiled slightly: "Didn't you talk to them a long time ago? What, you want me to detain them?"

Wei Junting also smiled: "Not really, I'm just a little surprised."

"Why, do you think I'll point a gun at their heads? Or just kill them? So I'm so stupid in your mind?" Lindsay raised his eyebrows.

Wei Junting raised his hand: "I can't tell you. But I remember that person." He nodded his chin towards Zheng Guanxing's back: "Is it someone under your command?"

"Yes, I never restrict their freedom. If they feel that they have something to eat with me, or simply want to stay, I welcome it. On the contrary, if one day they want to leave, I will never stop them. "

Wei Junting looked at her with meaningful eyes: "Now I seem to understand why the people under your command are so devoted to you."

Lindsay smiled faintly, and after a while, said, "But there is one thing, I ask you for help."

Wei Junting heard the seriousness in her tone, and was a little surprised. He thought for a while, and frowned slightly: "I guess it has something to do with Zhuye?"

Lindsay nodded: "Indeed."

"His condition is said to have stabilized?"

"Yes. But that's not what I want to talk about. When he wakes up, if he recovers well, can you let him go to your side?" Lin Sai didn't look at Wei Junting, and moved his eyes to the front.

Wei Junting was really surprised at this moment: "I thought you were together."

"There's a lot going on between me and him, I don't really want to explain. But I can assure you, it's not like it was with Jacques this time. I beg you, I just hope you can see what he's capable of and let him do it Things he can do well."

Wei Junting's gaze sharpened suddenly: "Why don't you keep him by your side? Do you doubt him?"

Lindsay shook her head: "Maybe you will never understand some of the past between me and Takeno. In this world, if there is anyone I can trust wholeheartedly, he is the only one. But I can't keep him by my side. "

"why?"

Lin Sai suddenly laughed out loud: "Boss Wei, you and I both know that with our identities and physical conditions, we may not be able to live to a certain day, let alone live alone, with a burden on our shoulders. There are so many hopes of wanderers. I am used to it, and I don’t feel that there is anything special. No matter how difficult it is, I just grit my teeth and carry it. Takeno... If he stays with me, I’m afraid I won’t be able to be like before. Like that."

Wei Junting was silent for a while, and understood the meaning of her words: "You don't want him to see the real you."

"How should I put it, the me in his memory is able to protect myself, fight fiercely, and eventually return to him to find comfort. That's me in his eyes, and there is nothing wrong with it. I would rather let him remember forever I lived at that time."

"How can you be sure that he can't accept you now? In my opinion, you haven't done anything wrong."

"We all know that the situation is compelling, but knowing it is one thing, and it's another thing to happen to us. If we do it all over again, I don't think our choices will change. It's just... I I feel that if I can be by your side, whether it is for him or for me, it is the best choice."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"what?"

"You and Takeno...are you a couple or have you ever been together?"

"No. We've never been together." Lindsay's voice was sad.

Wei Junting's eyes moved, and finally nodded: "I promise you, if he is willing to come, I will treat him as a capable subordinate."

Lindsay turned her head to look at him, with a thin smile in her eyes: "Thank you."

This time, because there were no other scruples, Lu Ze and his group quickly arrived at the villas in the Upper West Side where Jacques had previously camped.

Ling Qian led them straight across the road and walked into a dilapidated wrought iron gate.

Lu Ze fell behind the team and turned his gaze to the opposite side of the street——

Although it has been damaged to pieces, you can still vaguely see a few huge neon signboards with the words "Mall" and "shopping malls" hanging on the outer walls of the remaining buildings.

"Captain, what's the matter?" Chen Xin also turned around.

Lu Ze's eyes were a little playful: "I was wondering if this Jacques was too lucky."

Ling Qian turned his head when he heard the sound, followed Lu Ze's gaze to the ruins of the opposite shopping mall, frowned slightly, as if he suddenly thought of something: "So, Jacques' camp is indeed the only one that is so close to the business district. .”

"I remember that before the outbreak of the virus, this place should be a famous high-end residential area in the old city." Lu Ze looked around, "If you can grab this location as quickly as possible, at least the early supply is not a problem. "

He looked thoughtfully at the group of residential villas in front of them, and said, "Let's go, let's take a look inside."

As soon as he entered the wrought iron gate, Xiao Bai, who had been following Ling Qian, suddenly let out a low cry, and opened his mouth to grab Ling Qian's trouser leg.

Ling Qian looked down in its direction, and saw that the inner side of the cement curb next to the main road seemed to be mushy with something.

He squatted down and narrowed his eyes to look carefully.

Lu Ze followed behind him: "What's wrong?"

Ling Qian seemed to have confirmed something, and pointed to the place: "Rose."

Lu Ze frowned, then bent over to look: Indeed, although the engraving was rough, it was exactly the same as the one they had seen engraved on the concrete porch before.

Lu Ze straightened up and looked around: "Why do I think that according to this trend, there should be more than one picture of this..."

After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and called Chen Xin: "Chen Xin, take Xiaobai and look around the area to see if there are any other rose patterns like this, and if so, give their approximate locations. Mark it down."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ling Qian: "Can I ask Xiaobai to go with me?"

Before Ling Qian could speak, Xiao Bai pushed his head against his leg with a groan, and ran to Chen Xin's side.

Ling Qian seemed a little helpless: "You saw it."

A smile appeared on Lu Ze's face, and he bent down and patted Xiao Bai's head: "Then it will be hard work for you."

The area of ​​this villa area is not large, and most of them are single-family houses with a height of 2-3 floors. The first floor of each building has a viewing balcony about ten meters long.If placed before the virus outbreak, it is not difficult to see the class of people living here.

Jacques' place wasn't hard to find: his was the only one intact among the surrounding houses that were more or less windowless and doorless.

Walking into the hall on the first floor, Lu Ze looked around and said with emotion, "It turns out that people who wear fur are so particular about it in the last days."

Different from all the settlements they have seen along the way, even different from the base, the entire first floor is covered with a thick plush carpet, and two exquisite bronze beasts are placed at the entrance, with their mouths slightly open .

A thick layer of glass was installed on the viewing balcony, facing the outside direction, and there was a set of leather sofas covered with a layer of soft blankets, and there was even a silk footstool next to it.In front of the sofa is a marble tea table, on which is a glass vase with a bouquet of bright red roses in it.

Ling Qian's eyes stayed on the bouquet of roses for a few seconds, and his eyes moved: "Let's go, let's go to the basement to have a look."

Zheng Guanxing's brows have been slightly frowned since he entered the door, and as the group of people walked towards the basement, his brows became tighter and tighter: "You...do you smell anything?"

Lu Ze sniffled and shook his head: "It doesn't smell much."

Zheng Guanxing said hesitantly: "I've been smelling a faint floral fragrance."

Ling Qian and Lu Ze looked at each other, with a trace of unsure worry in their eyes: "Let's hurry up, I always think this place is a bit strange."

The basement of this building has been expanded. Originally, there were only a few steps extending down to a depth of about two floors. The walls on both sides are faintly covered with moisture.

Lu Ze walked in the front with his tactical flashlight. When he was about to reach the end, he raised his hand to stop the two people behind him: "Listen."

After the three people stopped, a faint sound came from the direction of their feet. It sounded like water droplets falling on the ground very evenly.

"Be careful." Lu Ze whispered, turned down the light of the tactical flashlight, and continued to walk down.

As they continued down, the sound of the water droplets became more pronounced, and the moisture in the air became thicker.

After walking down for about 5 or 6 minutes, the steps in front of me reached the end.

Lu Ze took a photo with the flashlight and saw that there was an open space half the size of a football field in front of him. There was a layer of water about 5 centimeters above the ground, reflecting a little sparkling light under the light of the flashlight.

"It should be here, that feeling... I won't remember it wrong." Zheng Guanxing murmured, passed Ling Qian and Lu Ze, and strode down.

Lu Ze followed closely, and after walking a few steps forward, he realized that Ling Qian behind him hadn't followed, and turned his head with some doubts: "What's wrong?"

Ling Qian's face was hidden in the dark, he paused before shaking his head: "It's nothing."

He said and walked on.

The footsteps of the three people are very clear in the water-logged space.

When he was about to reach the middle position, Zheng Guanxing stopped first. He squatted down and submerged his hands in the water under his feet, as if he was groping for something.

After a few seconds, he looked at Lu Ze: "Captain Lu, look here."

Lu Ze turned on the flashlight and shone in the direction of his finger. At first, the scattered light on the water surface made it hard to see anything clearly. After a while, after the eyes gradually adapted to the scattered light, the light of the flashlight gradually illuminated the water below the surface. some things.

Ling Qian took two steps back, squinting his eyes and looking at the ground in front of him.

"Rose..." he murmured in a low voice.

Under the sparkling light, those rough lines twisted and trembled slightly as if they were alive.

Lu Ze raised his eyes and looked around, turned the astigmatism of the flashlight farther, and said in a deep voice, "More than one."

Indeed, looking at the past along the light, there are a total of four rose patterns carved on the ground in the entire basement, each with an average radius of two meters wide.

Apart from these weird flowers carved on the ground, there is nothing else in the whole space, including the wooden cage that Zheng Guanxing mentioned earlier.The whole place looked like a huge abandoned cemetery, mysterious, desolate, and silent.

"Let's go." After checking the place carefully, Lu Ze said, "It seems that there is nothing here. Go up and see if Chen Xin and the others find anything."

Ling Qian walked at the end of the line. Before stepping up the stairs, he turned his head and looked down for the last time, with a bit of thought in his eyes.