40. Andris
My stomach hurts all night, and both my stomach and lower abdomen hurt. The stomach pain may be a side effect of sleeping pills, but my lower abdomen is unknown. If it's a ghost as the dark-skinned woman said... oh my god, it's so absurd! In short, my seemingly peaceful life seems to have some turbulent, and somewhat annoying.
Dorgon searched all night and did not see any trace of the magic bracelet. I doubt that if he digs like this, he will hollow out the land under Stonehenge... Of course, this is a joke. Dorgon digs straight roads and digs through. Searching once and filling it again, turning from Fangtai to Stonehenge and then down, the workload is huge, plus there is very little oxygen in the ground, and the tunnel for shelter is also small, so it is difficult to escape in case of danger, I am afraid only tomb robbers dare to take such a risk. For them, money is a luxury in exchange for life.
When the hour hand pointed to noon, I was woken up by the ringtone of the incoming call, and I supported myself to get up and answer the phone despite the piercing pain in my belly.
Dragon complained about my missed calls on his first few calls before telling me the point - he found the magic bracelet.
This exciting news instantly shattered the pain in my body, I rolled over and got up and quickly came to the small hill.
At noon, although the ceremony was continuing, the Gypsies showed a little bit of laziness, and there were not many people watching, and they would be lazy when they could, which can be seen directly from their sloppy eyes.
I climbed under the square platform and saw the disgraced Dorgon sitting cross-legged on the ground sorting his package, biting a piece of toast in his mouth. It turned out that the black hole had been filled by him.
I reached out to him and asked, "Where's the magic bracelet?"
Dragon rolled his eyes and looked at me, biting his face, and said vaguely, "In such a hurry?"
With the experience of being tricked a few times before, when he mentioned this question, I felt a little anxious and apprehensive: "Give it to me, hurry up!" I became more alert.
Dragon put the bread into his mouth with one hand, turned the bag with the other, and said, "I'll give it to you right away."
He took out a wide green and black bracelet from his bag and was about to hand it to me when I suddenly felt a chill on my back, and a piece of cold iron pressed against my spine, all the way up until the back of the brain.
That's a gun.
My outstretched hand froze in midair.
I heard a not-too-familiar voice shout, "Come out!"
Dorgon was stunned. He was about to stuff the magic bracelet into his bag, and another gun pressed against him from the side. A very familiar voice came: "Take out the magic bracelet!"
It was Chibwin's voice. It was Chibwin's father who resisted me.
I was forcibly dragged out of the square, and soon Qibuwen also dragged Dorgon out and took the magic bracelet from him.
We were taken to Mr. White's dining room--with the Whites holding guns behind them--and I was terrified of the pistol going off all the way, but Dorgon was always in his stride. Because the pistol was concealed, no one on the road noticed the strangeness of the four of us.
I was just surprised by the sudden change of the Whites since I had been honed by the previous experiences. When Chibwin's slow, disbelieving gaze came to me, I made a guess—he didn't know the whole story at all, and his father was the "mastermind." At last, I knew the source of Mr. White's bizarre behavior.
The restaurant was deserted, and Dorgon and I were forced into the warehouse by White and his son.
"What do you want the magic bracelet for?" Mr. White closed the warehouse door, took the magic bracelet in Chibwin's hand in one hand, and raised the gun to my temple in the other, "I've been suspecting you for a long time!"
Chindwin said to him carefully, "Father, put your gun down, will you?"
"I want your answer!" Mr. White moved his pistol and threatened me, ignoring his son.
Mr. White's decisive, angry gaze ripped apart my thoughts, and I stayed where I was, a little overwhelmed. But I still refused to admit defeat: "I want the magic bracelet, I want the magic bracelet, I don't need you to care, now the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, you take the magic bracelet, and you can also take my life!"
"Do you know what will happen if the magic bracelet reappears in the world?" Mr. White still wanted to persuade me, I knew he didn't mean to kill me.
"Cause a large-scale plague? Do you believe this?" I sarcastically said.
Mr. White frowned and said seriously: "I believe in Mr. Christian!"
"You know what? You're like a stupid dog!" I said, raising my brows, and then felt the pistol press harder on my head.
"You can't talk to your father like that, Joe," said Chibwin softly.
"He's your father, not mine!" I snapped. "Chibwin, you idiot, you believe him? How could a disease like a plague be caused by a bracelet? Look at it, it It, not a rat, so it's not the root cause of the Black Death, three-year-olds know it! Who is that Mr. Christian? Worthy of your trust?"
"He presided over the construction of Stonehenge, and once asked his father to protect the magic bracelet and forbid others to dig out the magic bracelet." Qibwen immediately replied to me.
"Hmph." I sneered, "Didn't you see the regulations on the Stonehenge inscription? Since Mr. Christian presided over the construction of Stonehenge and strongly advocated the content of the inscription, why should he use a piece that can be used to reduce the population? What about hiding things underground? You know, the disease is the best way to reduce the population."
Chindwin turned to look at his father, presumably wanting to know the answer from him too.
"The magic bracelet can indeed be used to reduce the population, but there is also an inscription on the inscription - 'advocating truth, beauty, love, seeking harmony with the universe.' And the magic bracelet itself is a monster, from hell, and the only thing it brings to the world is There will be rivers of blood and blood and rain, people can only feel the darkness, where can there be natural harmony?" Mr. White continued, "The population control mentioned on the monument has been written in the second article. — 'Wisely guide reproduction.' That was Mr. Christian's intention."
I gave him a stern look and didn't bother to argue with him, but Dorgon, who had been silent, said, "Sir, you are right, this at least proves that your mind is clear, but you trust others too much, especially Strange rumors about a bracelet make it hard for me to judge your intelligence."
Hit the nail on the head. Mr. White's face darkened instantly, and I secretly applauded in my heart.
The dragon continued to take care of himself: "Everyone knows that the Black Death was a plague, but now some people say that a bracelet caused the plague, do you think who else would believe it except you?"
"Don't talk nonsense, I want to keep the magic bracelet, you can't take it away! I won't agree!" Mr. White's nose was red with anger, and I could feel Mr. White's hand holding the gun shaking.
Without full certainty, I will not grab the pistol like the protagonist in the movie, because, with one mistake, I may die. In front of such a loyal person, I dare not act arbitrarily. He can be your enemy, or he can be persuaded by you to become your partner.
Life is not a movie, we can't control life and death, because we don't have a script, we don't even know how many characters are in the play, and how many will be friends.
Chindwin listened to me, turned to his father, and said, "Joe's friend is right, father, it's just a bracelet!"
"Mr. White, please put down your gun." I took the opportunity to negotiate with him.
"What do you want the magic bracelet for?" He refused to put down the gun easily, but he must have been moved.
I didn't know how to answer him, so I had to casually say: "This is my own business, as you have seen, he is a tomb robber, and so am I!" I pointed at Dorgon and said to him.
Mr. White's brows were drawn together, and I thought he must be very conflicted.
He has protected this magic bracelet for decades according to Mr. Christian's request, and he will never let go of his promise easily because of my words.
"Magic bracelets are monsters, not ordinary things. There are many incredible things in this world, and there are many strange things. I believe that Mr. Christian, even Stonehenge can be built, what else is impossible in this world?", Mr. White still insists on his ideas and does not give me a chance.
I wanted to defend myself, but Mr. White put down his gun and said, "You go! I'll bury the magic bracelet again. I just hope you leave early and don't make any more attempts at it."
Chindwin also followed his father and put down the gun, Dorgon immediately stood by my side, Mr. White made a "please leave" gesture, and pushed open the door of the warehouse. We had no reason to linger, so we had to obey him for the time being and leave - that was the best option, at least I knew it shouldn't hit the stone with the pebble.
I went back to White's house, packed my luggage as fast as I could, and went to Dorgon's place without answering Mrs. White's question.
Of course, I'm not leaving Elbert County and I'm not giving up the bracelet, but Dorgon hesitated.
"Mr. White is right. There are too many weird things and things in this world. The magic bracelet is a strange thing. As for whether the plague is caused by it, we can't make conclusions. You should give up!"
I squinted at him, and after a while of silence, he said again: "It's nothing else, but some legends can't be believed. You dug out the magic bracelet. What if something happened?"
"Major event? Do you mean the plague? Do you believe it?" I asked three questions in a row, looking at him in disbelief.
"This is the sacred artifact of the blood race, not something else! Mars has said it before..."
"I don't want to know what he said, don't mention him to me!" I shouted at him loudly, feeling like my throat was about to burst.
"You...we used to..." He looked at me in disbelief, hesitant to say anything, and finally adjusted his mind and said, "When I left, something must have happened, right?"
"It's not your business." I said to him seriously and with an expressionless face, "I'll give you the money, and I'll give you as much as you want, and you help me get the magic bracelet! "
"Money is not something that can solve everything, Andris Jo, you are the same as before. Even if your name has changed, your age has changed, you are still you, and you are still like a naive child at heart."
"Dorgon, I'm not what I used to be."
"Does it feel good for you to let go of the past? Don't you think you're kidding yourself?"
"I hate when people talk to me like that."
I frowned and stared at Dorgon, trying to tell him through my eyes that I must get the magic bracelet. However, Dorgon didn't pay much attention to me. Hearing my words, he hurriedly glanced at me and turned around to pack his luggage. Don't ask, he won't help me anymore.
"Dorgon, help me!" Seeing that he was indifferent, I had to say ruthlessly, "Because we were friends before, help me this time!"
This time, he stopped folding clothes in his hands, stared at his open suitcase, and remained motionless for three or four seconds. In the end, Dorgon decided to continue his moves.
"You won't?"
"The one who should have helped, I'm a tomb robber, not a robber." He folded the last piece of clothes and zipped up the luggage, his voice extremely dull. "Goodbye." He gave me a meaningful look and left with his luggage. How decisive and simple!
From the past to the present, all I can see is the back of others. Whether it was friends or relatives, they never took into account my feelings and left me alone. Sometimes I even wonder if they all went to another world. When I left the place where I lost them, the thread that stretched my heart got longer and more painful.
From time to time I would wake up from a nightmare, and in the middle of the night, I would think of my grandfather's horrific wrinkled yellow face. Call me creepy.
The next scene made me even more frightened. My grandfather was sitting in the great hall of the ancestral hall, stared at a pair of red eyes, patted the armrest of the seat again, and shouted: "No Gu can't make a stronghold!" His voice was hoarse and dull, but Very powerful, his cry made my heart tremble.
It's always at this time that I know that he won't let me go, just like he won't let go of my parents. He wants to catch me so that I can never escape from his grasp. Yes, it must be like this, when I run away, he will chase after me. He'll keep chasing until he dies, or I die.
I think I may have been hit by a Gu, the kind of Gu that a Miao girl controls her sweetheart. The people I love have left, and the people I hate have been entangled.
I didn't keep Dorgon, and I believe he won't stay because of me either.
41. Andris
I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Elbert County. It was the first day of the month, and the weather was clear and cloudless a good sign.
I slept late until ten o'clock when I was woken up by the phone in the room, but there was a gentle male voice across the phone: "Miss Thomas, I'm sorry to bother you." By the way, that's what I hate about hotel directors One reason, they never focus on the beginning!
"It's okay." I had no choice but to answer like this, which is very difficult for a person whose sleep is disturbed.
"There is a gentleman who claims to be your friend. His name is Chibwin White. Shall we allow him to come to your room?"
"No!" I almost blurted out, but after thinking that the magic bracelet was still in their hands, I said cruelly, "Okay! Let him come over."
The most embarrassing thing in my life is to show the most embarrassing appearance in front of people who once liked me. Until I saw him, I could still say that he still hasn't let go of his crush on me. Even though I was well-dressed, I fidgeted while talking to him in front of him. What a delicate atmosphere this is.
I tried to keep my hands from shaking as I poured the tea, but instead self-defeated and knocked over the cup. This situation annoys me, I never want to be driven by any kind of emotion, no matter who it's directed at.
Chindwin picked up the cup reflexively and carefully put it back on the tray with both hands. I threw the teapot on the table, not sure if I was angry with Chibwin or myself. He's as cowardly as I am when it comes to emotions.
All that aside, I told him straight to the point that I was going to snatch the magic bracelet from him and his father.
"I know you love me, but I won't be your girlfriend," I clarified my attitude and asked him, "Please answer this question on the face of your friend, will you stop me?"
His brow furrowed visibly.
"Will it be?" I had expected him to do so, looking at me with a look of surprise, disappointment, and sadness. As if the more time passed, the more likely I would change my mind, so I pressed him: "Answer me, will you help me?"
There is a chance of success by using the once hazy emotions - even if it's just a hurting crush - to achieve your goals, not to mention that Qibwen is a person who values love, or it can be said - stupid.
It turned out that I guessed right, and under my soft grinding, he finally let go: "Why do you want a magic bracelet? Give me a suitable reason."
I looked him in the eyes and said in my heart that what I gave others was always an excuse, not a reason.
But this time I was also relieved. Under the pressure of those sincere green eyes, I said, "The magic bracelet is a symbol of status. With it, there is power."
"What do you mean?" He obviously couldn't understand what I was saying.
"Status is very important to people. Without it, people will be cast aside and will be forever reduced to the bottom of society. The magic bracelet is a kind of power, a kind of status, just like the certificate of a lord." I explained it to him this way. , but did not disclose the slightest rumor of "Blood".
"Power? Status?" Chindwin gave a stiff smile, shook his head, and said, "Joe, you don't look like a girl who covets this. I don't have power, but I'm just as happy, so I don't understand what you mean. And, How can the magic bracelet represent power?"
"Chibwen, in your world, the magic bracelet is nothing." I said to him seriously, "But in my world, a non-human society, the magic bracelet can give me everything I want. "My eyes were fixed on him, and he was frozen.
"Non-human society?" he murmured, "but what is 'everything'?"
"What is everything?" I felt like I was going crazy, "'everything' is money, treasure, power..." My mind went blank and I couldn't think of anything else, so I stopped.
"What's the use of these?"
"Satisfaction. That's what everyone wants."
"Not everyone, at least I don't want to!"
"What do you want?"
"I want you, Andris Jo!"
The old bell in the presidential suite rang at 10:30, and no one came to relieve our embarrassment after the sound was exhausted. What can't be stopped, you have to let it step into the minefield.
"Joe, I like you, I love you. I hope you don't reject me so decisively." Chindwin said only these two words because next I called the service desk and asked the security to come and drag him away.
When I sent him away and sat down again, the anguish of last night was gone.
At least I'm not getting anything now, on the one hand, I know that Chibwin might help me, and on the other hand Chibwin makes me choose to start rethinking the meaning of "everything".
42. Chibwin
I returned home from the hotel, but I kept the things I prepared in the palm of my hand and did not take them out, because she rejected me and was kicked out of the room by her when I confessed.
It's so bad, that I'm a little uncomfortable, not only in my heart but also in my body.
Father and mother probably both went to the restaurant, I didn't see them when I entered the door just now, it seems that I have to take care of myself when I am sick.
All right! Chindwin. My head hurts so bad, that I need to go to sleep.
I'll find another chance to give her something in the afternoon.