After sitting on the plane for more than ten hours, Jing Baiye felt hungry. He took out the key from his pocket and opened the door. As soon as he entered, he smelled the familiar aroma of rice.
He doesn't know how to cook, but he knows the smell of different meals. When he smells it, he knows it's Scottish beef stew with potatoes!
"It's great." Jing Baiye smelled the tangy fragrance, "I will have food to eat as soon as I get home. I thought Scotland would not cook because he didn't know when we would come back."
Bourbon stood beside him with his luggage and smiled when he heard his words: "How come, Scotland has always been very considerate."
The earrings were embedded in his ears, shining with a bright light.
——After he woke up, he never took off this earring.
Jing Baiye hurriedly walked inside. Scotland was in the living room, serving food to the dining table.
"Scotland."
Even his reaction was slow. It wasn't until Jing Baiye shouted that Scotland turned to look at him.
"Welcome back, Angstra Bourbon." He smiled.
Jing Baiye went to the second floor to put his luggage, and then went to see Qian Duoduo and Dora. When he came back after saying hello to the two pets, the other two people had already sat down at the table.
He didn't ask what they exchanged while he was away. Those were not as important as the meal in front of them. Scotland specially cooked a lot of what he and Bourbon liked to eat.
"Angstra."
After Jing Baiye sat down, Scotland next to him called him.
Jing Baiye asked without raising his head: "What's wrong?"
"Can you talk to me after dinner? We haven't had a good chat for a long time."
Only then did Jing Baiye look up.
Scotch's voice was as gentle as before, but I don't know if it was because he was facing away from the light, but his face looked a little haggard, and his blue eyes were misty, like blue gems that were about to be shattered.
He continued to stretch out his chopsticks and put a piece of braised beef into his bowl.
"sure."
…
After dinner, Bourbon went to the second floor to pack his luggage, while Scotland and Jing Baiye sat down on the sofa.
Jing Baiye tilted his head and looked at Guo Guo, who was sitting on his right. He always felt that the way he was sitting upright was too rigid, and he didn't seem as relaxed as at home at all.
So he pulled his sleeve: "Scotland, you can lie on my lap."
Scotland was stunned.
"Don't be shy, this gesture is more intimate and relaxing." Jing Baiye added, "You have something very important to tell me, right?"
If there wasn't something important, Scotland would have cared about whether he was injured after catching the bullet with his bare hands instead of paying attention to how he did it in the first place. Scotland would have let him rest long ago.
There must be something particularly important...that he must tell him.
…
"Angstra."
"What?"
"Have you... ever paid attention to Japanese laws? One of them has been criticized by the outside world."
"...Does it mean that the death penalty is too few? Even criminals with heinous crimes will not be sentenced to death easily and can live peacefully in prison for more than ten years."
Jing Baiye thought for a while and pointed out the biggest shortcoming of Japanese criminal law in his mind.
In fact, he quite supports the death penalty in a country's laws and its strict enforcement. After all, murderers will always be killed - a strict death penalty can deter many people and make many people who are just standing on the edge of the cordon have scruples.
"No, it's the execution time of the death penalty."
"...?"
"The death penalty is legal in Japan, but the sentence is never pronounced in court. Instead, the prisoner is notified one hour before the execution."
"..."
"So many prisoners who have committed serious crimes live in fear every day, fearing that when they open their eyes one day, they will see the executioner knocking on his door and announcing his final destination."
Jing Baiye lowered his head, Scotland and he looked at each other.
Those beautiful eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist. In the past, another person had looked at him with such eyes.
Scotland's voice was very soft, but it was enough for Jing Baiye to hear clearly. He even heard the firmness in his tone.
"Angstra, if it were me, I would hope that day comes soon."
"Living without knowing the future is more terrifying than death."
After listening to Guo Guo's words, Jing Baiye looked into those eyes and suddenly sighed.
"You always like to think so much, Scotland."
He was a little helpless, but he was very patient with the subordinate who came to him first.
"Remember when I was in New Taipei's Ze Village, I told you the answer - everything can be restored without leaving any impact."
He made his tone softer than usual, hoping that this would give the uneasy Scotland a more sense of security.
"Although I'm sometimes... well, not as reliable as Gin, I still have this ability. You can trust me more."
Jing Baiye liked her previous life very much, she really liked it.
Because it was almost perfectly in line with the dream he told his teacher - except for the fact that the teacher was alive, everything else came true.
So he will work hard to maintain that kind of life.
Just like protecting your own property, work hard to maintain it.
Jing Baiye said softly, and at the same time slowly stretched out his hand, put four fingers against Scotland's throat, pressed his thumb on his lower lip and teeth, and his fingertips were scratched by the mustache, and his mouth immediately opened.
It's open.
He stretched out his other hand, took out the pill in his mouth, and gently threw it into the trash can next to him.
"Rest well now, don't continue to worry about unnecessary things, and don't hold such dangerous things in your mouth anymore. What if you accidentally swallow it?"
Jing Baiye loosened his fingers and stroked Guo Guo's forehead.
He stared at him with wide eyes, an expression on his face that he couldn't understand. He seemed to want to say something, but under the influence of the skill, he quickly closed his eyes.
"Meow~"
A cat meow sounded next to Jing Baiye.
He looked back and saw an exquisite cat cage on his left hand side, with Qian Duoduo staying in it.
Through the narrow cage window, it let out a coquettish cry and cautiously stretched out its paw towards Jing Baiye.
Jing Baiye felt a little heavier on his legs. After falling asleep, Scotland finally relaxed his tense body. Because of the skill, even if his eyes started to hurt again in the meantime, he would not wake up and could sleep.
Sleep peacefully and take a good rest after many days.
Jing Baiye stared at the cage, stretched out his finger and touched the paw lightly.
"Sorry, Qian Duoduo." He looked at the cat with injured eyes gently, "I can only lock you up now."
The cat was seriously injured not long ago, and the injuries on his body have not healed yet, so he cannot run around and needs more patient care.
This is protecting it even at the cost of losing its freedom.
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"Buzzing..."
On the street at night, in a black Porsche 356a, Vodka heard his elder brother's cell phone ringing again, and his hand holding the steering wheel trembled.
Gin asked Vodka to stop on the side of the road with an expressionless face, then got out of the car to answer the phone.
Vodka didn't feel sad at all for being on guard against his eldest brother, he just sighed for his eldest brother in his heart.
Ever since that gentleman posted a notice on the intranet about hunting undercover agents, Gin's phone calls have not been disconnected. There are not many members with A-level authority in the organization, except for Gin, they are Belmod, Rum and Angstra
, the first two are not in Japan, and not many people know the true authority of Angstra. Only Gin is known to almost all members of the organization.
Vodka once asked if he wanted Angstra to help with the review, but Gin gave him a cold stare and immediately did not dare to mention it.
He leaned on the steering wheel and did not lower the window to listen to what Gin was saying outside. He sat there and waited patiently.
Just Vodka glanced at it quietly and found that the elder brother's expression was different this time.
The previous few times, he was impatient because he knew the other party was a false accusation as soon as he heard it. Brother Gin was too lazy to ask for more details, but this time...
...It seems that one of the members really discovered the suspicious rat?
…
Gin has been bombarded with all kinds of undercover news these days, but he still listens to what the other person has to say, and then decides whether to review the suspicious person mentioned or hang up and write the person down on the intranet.
"...Do you know what you are talking about?" He said coldly, "The organization encourages catching undercovers, but it does not encourage members to make false accusations against each other."
"You said Rai and Kil were undercover agents. What's the evidence?"
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I'm stuck writing this chapter. I'll revise it when I get up...