Played by the devil in the palm of his hand

Xu Chi and Jun Ye walked slowly along the sidewalk next to the main road. Under their feet were the red and green mosaic stone bricks that were very popular a few years ago. into the ears.

A puppy timidly followed, circling around Xu Chi's calf.

Xu Chi lowered his head and took a look. It was a cross between a border shepherd and a native dog. It should be a stray dog. It was black, and the white hair on the top of its head was dirty with dust. Its belly was flat and fluffy. The tail is tucked between the legs.

Pedestrians passing by turned a blind eye to it and hurried past.

The puppy rubbed against Xu Chi's pants pitifully, whimpering and begging for food.

Xu Chi knew in his heart that this puppy was fake just like those masked passers-by and the whole Chang'an Town, but he was idle anyway, feeding the dog was better than nothing.

So he took a piece of ham sausage from the counter of a small shop on the street, sat on the steps, cut open the wrapping paper with a dagger, broke off piece by piece and fed it to the little dog.

"Woof!" The little dog's tail finally stood up, happily shook it twice, and buried its head to eat the ham sausage on the ground.

Xu Chi didn't feed the dog well, he tossed a piece here and there, watching the puppy wagging its head and wagging its tail amusedly, running around, and then came over to lick his fingers fawningly after a while.

Jun Ye stood aside, looking at him with a smile, "Do you like dogs?"

Xu Chi raised his eyes, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, "It's okay, but let's forget about those who can bite and talk."

Jun Ye: "..."

After Xu Chi finished feeding the ham, he consciously took a bottle of mineral water from the store and poured it into his palm to feed the puppy.It hasn't rained in the past few days, stray dogs need water more than food.

The puppy licked the water with its tongue to drink, and wagged its tail more cheerfully.

Xu Chi fed half a bottle of water, wiped his hands and stood up to leave. The little dog immediately followed him, pestering him.

Xu Chi pushed it away with his foot, and said bluntly, "Qi Kai, I can't support you."

The little dog whined twice, and came up again unwillingly. Xu Chi simply ignored it and walked forward on his own.The man takes big steps, and the puppy has to trot to keep up.

Jun Ye walked side by side with him, stretched out his hand to rub his back, and said in a low voice: "Since you don't plan to adopt it, why give it hope just now?"

Xu Chi glanced at him, "I am willing."

"Okay, but sometimes this kind of behavior will bring you trouble." Jun Ye smiled, "Just a reminder."

Xu Chi looked at him suspiciously, but didn't see anything from those unfathomable eyes.

Jun Ye is always like this, calm and unhurried, with a faint smile on his face, but his blue eyes are very cold, as if he can see through everything, but others can't peek into anything.

Xu Chi had no choice but to turn his head and continue walking, and soon he saw the entrance of Jianglan Road, his footsteps paused, as if he was thinking about something, then he made up his mind and walked in.

Jianglan Road is really narrow, only about two meters wide, with walls of old gray residential buildings on both sides. Occasionally, a window on the first floor is extended illegally, occupying the already narrow road.

Xu Chi looked over and was surprised to see two people not far away.

A man dressed in a sloppy manner, he looked like a hooligan, with several earrings on his ears, he stopped a student in school uniform, threatening something aggressively.

The student tremblingly took out his wallet from his schoolbag and handed it to the hooligan tremblingly.

But since both of them are wearing white masks, the scene looks absurd, like a different kind of Noh performance.

Xu Chi thought: Oh my god, are these 'passers-by' acting so dedicated?Still blocking the way?You should really give each of you an Oscar statuette.

The little hooligan triumphantly took out the money from his wallet and counted it, then threw the empty wallet back to the student, poked his finger on the student's shoulder, as if warning him not to tell the parents.

The student nodded repeatedly, and ran away in a hurry with his schoolbag in his arms, passing by Xu Chi without even looking up.

Xu Chi: Admiration, admiration, the acting is really good.

Then he strode forward, patted the little rascal on the shoulder, and stretched out his sinful right hand as a gesture.

The little hooligan immediately handed over the more than 200 yuan obediently to him. Xu Chi looked at it, and found a brand new one hundred, three fifty yuan, and one ten yuan. With psychological pressure, he stuffed the money into his pocket and completed the last step of this black-and-white.

Jun Ye laughed dumbly, "What do you want money for? You can't use it here."

Xu Chi replied casually: "Every time I go to the supermarket to buy something and don't pay for it, I can't bear it. It's just a formality."

After finishing speaking, he continued to walk forward. If I remember correctly, after passing here is the food street, where there is a pancake that is especially delicious.

Jun Ye walked beside him as usual, and the little dog followed behind.

Taking advantage of his inattention, Xu Chi quietly took out the banknotes and took a look at them. The year printed on them was blurry, and it was hard to tell which year it was made.

Everything in this town that can indicate the date seems to have been deliberately erased. Xu Chi only lives here for two or three months a year, and he is not very familiar with the surrounding street scenes. Besides, the third-tier towns are not being updated quickly. There is a way to confirm which year Chang'an Town is.

He stuffed the money back into his pocket without leaving a trace, without saying a word.

Soon the two walked out of the narrow Jianglan Road and came to the food street.

At this time, it was the afternoon, when the primary and middle school students had just finished school, and the streets were very lively with people coming and going.

Xu Chi saw a long queue in front of the pancake shop, sighed, and stood at the end of the line in a law-abiding manner.

As a result, as soon as he stood still, the people in front, whether they were adults or students, dispersed very consciously, and Xu Chi suddenly became the first one, as if he was some kind of big shot.

Xu Chi had question marks all over his head.

Jun Ye said gently: "You have a privilege here."

"…All right."

It's always nice not to have to wait in line.

So Xu Chi got a crispy, crunchy and hot pancake, which was as salty as he wanted, with ham, cheese, salt and pepper inside.

Holding the heavy pancake in his hand, he looked around, trying to find a place to sit and eat, and then he stared at the exquisitely decorated dessert shop next to him.

Xu Chi pushed the door open and went in, and the little dog followed suit.

Such a clean and beautiful dessert shop definitely does not allow stray dogs to enter, but Jun Ye has already said that Xu Chi has privileges here, when the little dirt dog's dirty paws step on the clean light blue floor, The shop assistants inside turned a blind eye and pretended not to see——

Although Xu Chi had always wondered whether they could see them wearing such a mask.

Xu Chi sat down by the window, Jun Ye sat opposite him, and raised his hand to ask for a red velvet cake.

He cut off a small piece with a knife, brought it to Xu Chi's mouth, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to try it? This tastes good."

Xu Chi curled his lips, "I don't want to eat that motherfucker..."

Then he was forcibly fed, and Xu Chi said angrily, "Hey, what are you doing... Mmmm, it's quite delicious."

So Xu Chi gave up his pancakes without hesitation, dragged the plate in front of Jun Ye to him without any hesitation, and slowly ate the cake.

Jun Ye was very interested in admiring the way he was eating, his eyes swept past the corners of his lips stained with crimson cake crumbs, and he said intentionally or unintentionally, "Shall I give you a gift?"

Xu Chi looked up at him, "What?"

"It's not an important thing, but it can relieve your boredom. Just take it as a return gift for taking a walk with me."

Xu Chi immediately became vigilant, "I don't want sex toys!"

"..." Jun Ye said helplessly, "It's not that, look at your phone."

Xu Chi dubiously took out his phone to unlock it, and raised his eyebrows the next second, "Huh?"

……

Edward and the others drove towards the edge of the city again, this time east and west.

Without exception, after several hours of running around, they saw the rift valley again.

If Chang'an Town's east, west, north, and south are covered by this bottomless gully, then Xu Chi's guess should be right, it is a circle with no exit.

They tossed and tossed until the next morning, when it was getting bright, they returned to their residence.

Several people were running around for a day and a night, and Edward told Anna to go back to the room to sleep first. Although he was very tired, he still planned to check on Xu Chi's situation first.

His signal receiver showed that Xu Chi had returned to the apartment at seven o'clock last night, so he should have woken up by this time.

Edward took out the key and opened the door of Xu Chi's apartment. As soon as he entered, he saw Xu Chi holding a glass of milk, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, playing with his mobile phone.

Edward glanced up and down and found no new marks on him, so he was relieved, "Did he really just walk with you yesterday?"

Xu Chi looked up at him, shrugged, "Really, hey, wait..."

Edward walked in without knowing why, and suddenly he seemed to trip over something soft, and then there was a pitiful barking from below. Edward looked down, and it turned out to be a puppy of unknown breed.

"It has to keep up with it, so I have to raise it first. Don't worry, I have bathed it and it is very clean."

"…Fine."

But when the puppy stuck out its tongue and wanted to lick Edward's trousers, the moderate clean freak chose to take a step back and avoid it. The little dog was psychologically shocked and whimpered to find his father Xu Chi.

After Xu Chi drank his last sip of milk, he patted the sofa and motioned for Edward to sit over.

He asked, "Did you stay up all night again last night?"

Edward squeezed his forehead wearily, "Yes, we walked east-west once, and the situation is similar to what you said. Li Wu went down once, and when he came up, his face was not very good-looking. He probably saw some horrible vision."

Xu Chi thought about it and said: "Even if you can overcome the illusion, it is still a question of whether you can go down to the bottom of the cliff. Even if you can go down to the bottom of the cliff, you don't know how to get up...running is considered a violation, did Jun Ye say that he would not cooperate? If so, we're all going to die?"

Edward was silent for a while, and after Xu Chi's analysis, it seemed that they had reached a dead end all at once.