hostage

"you……?"

Miyano Shiho looked at Xu Mo who appeared at the door of his house, and Tao Youran behind him, couldn't help but stared at Xu Mo in puzzlement, but hesitated to speak.

"Sorry to bother you, I'm here to get my coat and phone, she..."

"Wait a minute..." Miyano Shiho signaled to stop Xu Mo before he could finish speaking, then turned around and entered the room, picked up his coat from the sofa, went to the door again, and handed the coat over.

Xu Mo took the jacket, immediately took out the phone from his pocket, opened it and took a look, frowned unconsciously, his expression gradually became solemn within the range that Miyano could see.

"……Any questions?"

"Sorry, Dr. Miyano, can you please take care of Youran for me? I have something to deal with."

Miyano Shiho glanced at Tao Youran who was still standing behind Xu Mo's side, only half of his face was exposed from the side, noticing Miyano's gaze, he smiled politely, his delicate face was cute and different from them Bright and radiant.

"come in."

Miyano stepped aside a little, and led Xu Mo and Tao Youran into the door. When he came back to his senses, he saw Xu Mo regain his gentle expression towards Tao Youran, and said softly to Tao Youran,

"If you want to participate in the filming work later, just tell Dr. Miyano, don't think about it, you know?"

For a moment, Xu Mo really wanted to reach out his hand to smooth Tao Youran's forehead hair, but then he stretched out his hand in mid-air, but seemed to realize something, hesitated, and then fell down embarrassingly, just looked at her more tenderly.

"it is good."

Tao Youran softly agreed, and turned her head slightly to look at Miyano Shiho who was still cold. His movements were invisible, but Miyano met his eyes. However, it was Miyano Shiho who chose to avoid.She just nodded slightly, then avoided Tao Youran's beautiful and bright gaze, and turned away.

Xu Mo seemed to be aware of the strange atmosphere surging between Tao Youran in front of him and Miyano Shiho behind him, turned around to look at Miyano, but heard Miyano Shiho say,

"Professor Xu, take a step to speak."

"it is good."

"Youran, go in and sit down first, I'll talk to Dr. Miyano about something."

"Ah."

Tao Youran looked at the backs of Xu Mo and Miyano walking towards the door, moved her toes slightly, hesitated for a while before choosing to go into the house, but instead of finding a place to sit, she walked to the window and stared blankly. Looking out of the window, she thought, maybe she thought something wrong, Xu Mo's natural but polite manner was not what she had guessed.She chuckled, and had to laugh at her wild thoughts, why did she care whether Xu Mo liked Dr. Miyano, and why did she have to guess what kind of person was worthy of him? !

And why do I have these inappropriate thoughts, just because Xu Mo treats me unconditionally?

She couldn't help thinking of last night, she couldn't refuse Xu Mo again, and was finally taken to his apartment by Xu Mo. In the middle of the night, she had a nightmare. She dreamed that her father had confirmed his accidental death, and she was shocked. She was covered in cold sweat, but unexpectedly, Xu Mo seemed to be concerned about her safety all the time, and immediately came to the door of her room.

"Excuse me, is it convenient for me to come in? Did you not sleep well?"

Tao Youran hugged the quilt, sat on the bed with her knees curled up in front of her, silent, but cold sweat dripped from her forehead, Xu Mo walked over and touched her forehead without waiting for her confirmation, Only then did she come to her senses, she looked at Xu Mo dumbfoundedly, and then said in a low voice after a while,

"I... just had a nightmare, dreaming of my father..."

Xu Mo couldn't help but stretched out his index finger to press her lips, signaling her not to speak, then let go, and gently embraced her in his arms, patted to comfort her: "Don't be afraid, it's just a dream."

Before I knew it, I fell asleep peacefully again...

"Is this really good?"

Miyano Shiho and Xu Mo stood in the dark corridor, although they were questioning, but Miyano's cold and textured voice still seemed emotionless, but Xu Mo understood the worry in Miyano's heart.

"Perhaps, her safety can be ensured better within my sight range."

"Her? Is it..."

"what?"

"It is rumored that there is a person in the BS organization who can awaken and even inspire superpowers, you call him Queen..." Saying this, Miyano looked up at Xu Mo, trying to read something strange from his calm expression. Known information, but found nothing, and continued to talk slowly, "But, she has been missing for a long time, and the last time anyone saw her was in an orphanage..."

"Oh, it seems that you know a lot."

"...Actually, I just want to say, if this is the case, it is indeed better to be by your side, at least you will not hurt her..."

"..."

Xu Mo fell into silence again, whether he would hurt her or not, it turned out that this was a factor he was not sure of, of course he knew the importance of the Queen, but he did not forget the warning from the unknown number: Ares, it is not time yet , stay away from her, don't touch her!

Not when it's time... Smiling slightly in his heart, he didn't feel impatient, nor did he bother to do more for BS. However, the current him really can't act rashly, and there are more things waiting for him to prepare , Waiting for him to further explore, step by step, even if it takes longer years, he can only hide all his love and hatred, wait for the opportunity, lurk, and reverse.

"Ares!" Miyano Shiho thought he had suddenly thought of something important, raised his voice unconsciously, glanced at the door again, and said in a deep voice, "Don't you all need to rely on the Queen... ..."

"Heh... why do you think so?"

"Don't forget, you need the purpose of my drug experiment..."

"Hmph, don't worry too much, you and BS are also in a cooperative relationship of mutual distrust after all."

The implication is that Miyano understands that the Queen is the lifeblood of BS. Even if it helps to advance the so-called mission, it will not be easily exposed to the organization. That's good, that's good.

"That's right...then, don't hurt her."

"what?"

"When I saw Tao Youran, I couldn't help but think of my sister, who belongs to this bright and glorious world more than my sister, and makes people see hope..."

"Sherry?"

"Forget it, it's okay, don't you have something to do?"

"Yes..." Xu Mo raised his hand to look at his watch, cleared his mind, and said, "I should go."

"Ah."

Afterwards, Xu Mo turned around and walked towards the corridor. Seeing Xu Mo's back after a few steps away, his expression darkened, and he called him to stop again.

"Xu Mo!"

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Beware of Vermouth..."

"……it is good."

"You're late."

The charming woman sat on the leather sofa with her legs crossed, holding a slender cigarette between her fingers, her voice was a little hoarse, but her tone was melodious and carefree, she said so as she watched the handsome man approaching .

"Sorry, the phone is at Sherry's place, and I didn't see it until this morning."

"Oh? When did you guys get so close?"

"Normal friendship."

"I hope that you are just cooperating normally. Don't forget, you are the person who personally asked to be recruited by the BOSS. The implication is that you should only trust him..."

"Huh...but it seems that Sherry and you are in the same organization."

"She is not the point. What cannot be trusted is the people around her."

"GIN?"

"Hehe, it seems that your observation skills are not sharp enough."

Xu Mo's eyebrows twitched, and a name swirled around in his throat, and finally swallowed it, and turned to point the finger at the cold-blooded and cruel man in his impression.

Vermouth stood up from the sofa, and walked gracefully to the window. The sun-shading blinds were not fully opened, but only half-opened. The light poured through the gaps on the wooden floor, and the horizontal lines alternated between light and dark. Xu Mo lowered his eyebrows and watched , remained silent, just watched Vermouth's slender fingers press down on a bar of the shutter, and looked out through the light, Xu Mo stepped forward and stood aside, following the same movement, following her line of sight, he saw someone on the opposite side A clean cafe.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the cafe was another man he was familiar with, with his iconic long black hair stuck to the glass, his hands in the pockets of his long black windbreaker, his tight black pants, and black Martin short boots. A cool and cool demeanor.

"Is it Rye?"

Xu Mo struggled for a while, pretending to ask inexplicably.

"Ah."

"Is there something wrong with him?"

"It is suspected that he is someone sent by the FBI."

"...FBI? So, what does his business have to do with me?"

"BOSS never trusts anyone, even if you are recommended by BS and approved by him."

"So, it's a test?"

"That's understandable."

"Heh...but I thought it was a borrowed knife to kill someone."

"..."

"You know, I don't have to do this."

As he said that, Xu Mo was about to let go of the hand that was pressing on the shutter, but suddenly he saw a familiar figure walking in front of Rye, it was none other than Anna, still dressed in a professional attire, and he was stepping on not low high-heeled shoes. Come in a hurry.

Xu Mo was curious, but he didn't change his expression. He thought that since Anna arranged for You Ran to come to Japan, he should have more important matters in China, so her appearance surprised him. After all, she was with Youran's father, and even with Heiyi. What does organization matter?Or, more seriously, the FBI?

There seemed to be movement beside him, Xu Mo turned his head, and saw Vermouth handing over an earphone, Xu Mo suppressed all the unusual emotions, and calmly took it...

Then, the sound from the bug was heard.

"Mr. Akai..."

Anna's voice came, "Huh...", but Xu Mo heard Vermouth's sneer as if he had seen everything through.

"Sorry to bother you, I just want to know about the girl next to you."

"what?"

"That pretty girl with long straight black hair, I heard that she has also appeared in HBS many times, so..."

"I don't know how you found me. Anyway, I hope you don't use your skills on this matter."

"But you have to know, whether it is related to you or not, my boss has disappeared because of this."

"he……"

A seemingly urgent bell rang through the air between the two of them, interrupting each other's conversation. Anna took out the mobile phone from her bag, apologized, and picked it up.

"Hello, where are you?"

"Police? What's the matter?"

"Yes, he is my boss."

"What did you say? He... committed suicide? How is it possible!"

——TBC——