Played by the devil in the palm of his hand

The boy filled the refrigerator with ingredients bought from the supermarket, and Xu Chi sat on the sofa, drinking a can of beer, staring at the TV screen, which was a replay of a football game.

After a while, he keenly heard the sound of the gas stove firing in the kitchen. Xu Chi stood up uneasy and looked over, "You really know how to cook? Don't blow up the kitchen."

"Don't worry, I can cook."

The soup was boiling on the fire, and the boy stood in front of the chopping board skillfully cutting vegetables, and asked softly, "What flavor do you like? Are there any taboos?"

But it's useless to ask. Judging from the takeaways in the past half a month, Xu Chi is not taboo about meat and vegetables, he is not picky at all, and he is very easy to feed.

Sure enough, Xu Chi said: "I can do anything, as long as I can eat."

The boy nodded and put the cut vegetables on the plate.

Seeing that he seemed very experienced, Xu Chi left the kitchen and continued watching the football game.

After about half an hour, the boy brought several dishes to the table and asked Xu Chi to come over for dinner.

Judging from the appearance, the boy's craftsmanship is quite good, and every dish can be photographed and put on the color-printed menu of the hotel.

After Xu Chi tasted it twice, he found that the taste was also very good, and it was not ordinary good. The boy seemed to be able to make ordinary ingredients into a very advanced taste.

Xu Chi was overjoyed, feeling as if he had found a treasure on the side of the road.He obediently sat down on the chair, held the rice bowl and said to the boy: "You cook in the future, I will be in charge of washing the dishes, I promise!"

The boy smiled, as gentle as ever, "Okay."

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"What are you thinking?" Jun Ye stretched out his arms, wrapped around Xu Chi's waist, leaned over, and the two of them were almost touching each other.

Xu Chi glanced at him in a daze, and he could still see a little boy's shadow in those eyes.

He lives in Chang'an Town for a period of time every year, but what he misses the most is the two months he lived with the boy.It should be said that in those days, he experienced the warmth that an ordinary family should have.

But why, this is a demon who regards human life as nothing?

Jun Ye looked at him, lowered his head and kissed the corner of his lips, the soft lips parted at the touch of a touch, like an ambiguous temptation.

He said softly: "Sorry, baby, I was too indifferent to you just now, how is your injury, do you need treatment?"

Xu Chi was upset, and pushed him away with his right elbow, "No need."

"Okay, let's eat first, you should be hungry too." Jun Ye put his arms around Xu Chi's waist, and led him to the restaurant in an intimate but not overly aggressive posture.

The restaurant in the castle was very luxuriously and delicately furnished. The long table was covered with a finely knitted tablecloth, and the assorted dishes were neatly placed on it. There was a faint scent of rose fragrance in the air.

Xu Chi looked at the slices of meat arranged in a pattern on the silver plate, each slice was as thin as a cicada's wing, the knife was exquisite, and the bright red texture was visible to the naked eye.

Before his eyes suddenly flashed not long ago, the messy and bloody road after Ah K's tragic death.That cruel picture overlapped with the delicacies in front of them, and pushed out the deeper part of the memory——the boy's gentle smiling eyes.

Xu Chi's stomach throbbed faintly, and he lost his appetite at all. The pain even spread to his heart like a fire, making his heart feel uncomfortable, as if it was stuffed with thorny thorns.

This was almost the first time that Xu Chi felt something similar to 'grievance'. What did he do wrong to suffer such cruel revenge.

Xu Chi turned his head and walked out the door, saying in a muffled voice, "I don't have an appetite, I don't want to eat."

Jun Ye's hand paused for a moment, then gently landed on the back of the chair beside him.He originally planned to pull out a chair for Xu Chi, just like a gentleman treats a lover.

He watched Xu Chi walk towards the door without looking back, sighed softly, and said to Lingya, "Go see him off."

Lingya bowed slightly to accept the order, and then chased in the direction Xu Chi left.

With Lingya leading the way, Xu Chi found the gate smoothly.

Standing on the street, Xu Chi realized that this was just a retro-style tower building. I don't know why the space inside is so intricate, and the internal area is much larger than it looks from the outside.

Xu Chi was used to this kind of strange phenomenon. He stared at the building expressionlessly for a few seconds, then turned and walked towards the central park.

Lingya stood under a ginkgo tree in front of the door and watched him. For some reason, he felt a kind of deep exhaustion from his receding figure.

Xu Chi didn't want to go back to the apartment, nor did he want to see anyone for the time being.Walking on the familiar streets, almost every scene reminded him of the tenderness related to that boy, but when he connected the boy with Jun Ye, it made Xu Chi feel extremely painful.

There's nothing more distressing than when former friends turn against each other.

But in order to find out the answer, Xu Chi had to force himself to think about what happened in those two months over and over again, breaking up every picture and every sentence, searching carefully, just to find out Little clues.

He sighed deeply, walked to the vending machine, took two cans of cold beer, then walked slowly to the park square, and sat on a wooden bench.

In the distance, there were a few children running around flying kites, kites... He and the boy seemed to fly the kites together.

Xu Chi opened the tab with his index finger, and took a gulp of beer in a sullen way. He hadn't had any water or rice since the morning, and the spicy beer poured into his stomach, causing burning pain.

Xu Chi didn't pay attention, leaning on the bench and slowly drinking wine, there were many gray pigeons flying around, and occasionally a few of them landed at his feet, as if they were looking for food.

He raised his hand, and immediately a pigeon landed on his finger, tilting its head and cooing.

The pigeons here do not seem to be afraid of people, because tourists often come to the square to feed, so that the nearby pigeons use this place as a canteen, and over time, they get acquainted with humans.

The pigeon cooed for a while, then flapped its wings and flew away when Xu Chi refused to give it food.

Xu Chi sat quietly for a while, but then he also felt bored, so he stood up and went back to the apartment.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw a newspaper-sized map of Chang'an Town on the coffee table in the center of the living room, with a large circle drawn with a red pen on the side, representing the ring-shaped deep cliff.

There are many English labels on it. Edward is discussing something with Charles, while Lin Xixi and Anna are sitting next to each other, listening attentively.

Seeing Xu Chi come in, Edward stood up suddenly, "You are back? Are you not injured?"

Xu Chi shook his head, Edward beckoned him to come and sit on the sofa, asked Anna to pour him a cup of hot tea, and then continued to discuss the map with Charles.

He didn't ask Xu Chi what happened last night, nor did he ask how the five-day vacation came about. Judging from last night's text message, Edward basically guessed the reason.

In order to protect Xu Chi's self-esteem, Edward did not say anything about it, and led everyone to attribute the reason for the five-day vacation to Coco Lee's injury.

Xu Chi held the tea in his hand, but he didn't drink it. He turned to Anna and asked, "Coco Li and the others are still in the hospital?"

Anna nodded, "CoCo Li's injury is getting better. Although she can't get off the ground yet, she can eat."

"I didn't hurt my internal organs, so it should get better soon." Xu Chi looked down at the floating tea stems in the cup, and said in a low voice.

Anna looked at him tentatively, sat closer, and asked in a low voice, "Achi, are you really okay? You don't look very well."

Xu Chi smiled, "What can I do, worry about yourself first, you see how serious the bags under your eyes are today."

"...My old lady is lying silkworm! Lying silkworm!"

Xu Chi blinked suspiciously, "What are you lying about?"

"..." If you can find a partner in this life, the old lady will have your last name!

Edward pointed to a point on the map, "After a period of investigation, the deep ditch at the north-west side of Chang'an Town is the narrowest, but it is roughly estimated to be 110 meters, which is almost the limit distance of a civilian rope-throwing gun."

The rope-throwing gun he was talking about is a machine that uses the principle of gunpowder and air pressure to quickly throw a rope out.Fix a sharp metal gripper on the front of the rope, aim and shoot, and then it can be firmly stuck into the opposite rock wall, that is to say, a "suspension bridge" connecting the two sides of the deep ditch can be created.

Although risky, it's worth a try.

Xu Chi asked, "Where can I find the rope-throwing gun? Didn't we bring this thing with us on this mission?"

It was rare for Lin Xixi to be clever, "Ah, this thing is usually available in fire stations."

Edward nodded, "I've found it, but the problem is that Coco Lee's current situation makes it impossible to climb the rope, so the plan can only be postponed to the last day of the holiday."

Xu Chi has no objection to this. This kind of last stand can only be done once. It doesn't mean that if you do it in advance, you will have a second chance after you fail.It was life or death, there was no remedy.

"There is one more question." Charles glanced at Xu Chi, and said softly, "On the day of the plan's implementation, someone needs to distract the devil's attention."

As soon as the words came out, everyone fell into silence, but no one could refute, because although the question Charles raised was cruel, it was very realistic.

The power of the demons is too powerful, and they cannot guarantee that they will not be discovered when carrying out the plan. Someone must make some noise to lure the demons away.

Edward's throat was dark, and he objected in a low voice: "We can walk at night, so the chance of exposure will be greatly reduced, so there is no need..."

Charles stared at him sharply, aggressively, "You know that even if you act at night, you will be discovered. You are just reluctant to sacrifice your team members because of selfishness. Do you want so many people to bear this kind of situation because of your selfishness? Is it risky?"

Edward raised his voice, "Then Xu Lai sacrificed? He didn't do anything wrong?!"

Xu Chi was stunned for a moment. In his impression, Edward seemed to seldom get angry with others.Xu Chi sighed, and took the initiative to say: "I see, I will lure him away when the time comes, and you go as planned."

"No!" Edward growled, "Do you know what you're talking about? You're looking for your own death!"

Anna tugged Xu Chi's arm and shook her head worriedly at him.

Xu Chi pulled the map over, looked at it for a while, and then drew a circle on the south side with a signature pen, "It's not like asking for death, Edward, what is the width of the ravine in this place?"

"...130 meters."

"Can a rope-throwing gun reach this distance?" Xu Chiyou turned to ask Lin Xixi, "How many sets of rope-throwing guns do fire stations usually have?"

Lin Xixi said anxiously: "No less than three."

"Then give me one too."

Xu Chi thought for a while, and then drew a circle somewhere on the map, "There is an auto repair shop on the outskirts of the city. I will set it on fire when the time comes, and the fire will be very bright at night. Jun Ye will definitely come here. You take the opportunity to escape from the north."

Then he drew along a route with the tip of his pen, "After you leave, I will take this road, drive for 3 minutes to reach the edge of the cliff, and use the rope to escape."

Xu Chi spread his hands and looked at Edward, "The soldiers are divided into two groups. How about it? It's a perfect plan, right?"

Edward's face was gloomy, and he suppressed his anger and said, "You said it perfectly, but can it really be implemented? Are you sure that after you attract Jun Ye, you can still retreat? The effective range of the rope-throwing gun is 120 meters. The meter is likely to cause the metal hook to become unstable, what if it gets loose halfway? It only takes 3 minutes to drive to the edge of the cliff, how many minutes do you think it will take for Jun Ye to catch you?"

Xu Chi smiled helplessly: "You think too much. If everyone thinks like you, then don't do anything. You might choke to death while eating. There is no perfect plan in the world. "

Edward froze, not knowing how to refute.

Charles stepped forward and said, "Well, let's have someone from our side, let Li Wu and Xu Chi join together, the two strongest combatants will form a team, and the survival rate will increase a lot, right?"

He spread his hands, "Got it, I didn't mean to use Xu Chi as a pawn."

Xu Chi expressed no objection, Edward stared at him for a few seconds, and finally lost the battle, "Have you really decided?"

Xu Chi smiled, "Trust my skills, okay?"

Edward was speechless.

So the preliminary plan was decided in this way. At that time, a wave of soldiers will be divided into two groups. Xu Chi and Li Wu will make noise in the southern suburbs of Chang'an Town to attract the attention of the demons, and the rest will evacuate from the north.

As for what is there after crossing the deep ditch, and how the two teams meet, that is not within the scope of consideration for the time being.

Although Edward was worried about whether Xu Chi would be able to escape from the claws of the devil, he knew Xu Chi's temperament. Once Xu Chi made up his mind to do something, even he couldn't stop him.