Qin Xiao looked carefully at this time. He saw that the girl's skin was as beautiful as snow. She was about the same age as him, only fifteen or sixteen years old. He shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't keep it in mind, it's just a trivial matter."
"This is no small matter." The girl looked around and raised her neck slightly: "There are a group of people here, and you are the only one who helps. You are much more generous than them."
As soon as this statement came out, many people around showed displeasure.
Qin Xiao smiled bitterly, secretly thinking that this girl wanted to act like a gangster, but she was very immature. She had just had a conflict with the noodle shop, and just after the matter was over, she offended a lot of people with her words. She was afraid
She made many mistakes and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, you've finished eating, go home quickly."
"Then you wait for me here and I'll get the silver."
"It's really not necessary." Qin Xiao said: "Look, it's already dark. I have to go back to rest. I can't wait for you here."
"Then tell me where you live, and I'll send it to your home." The girl refused and said, "I owe you what I owe you, and I will definitely pay it back to you."
Qin Xiao was still thinking about getting some news about Qiao Leshan from the man at Jingou Gambling House. The girl kept chattering, and Qin Xiao was a little impatient. He frowned and said, "I said you don't need to, so you can leave quickly."
The girl was still going to speak, but the man from the gambling house had already stood up and said to Qin Xiao: "Thank you for the treat today. I'll pay it back to you next time I have a chance." He looked at the girl and said with a half-smile but not a smile: "
She is eager to pay you back, so you have a good talk with her." Without saying much, he walked away. Qin Xiao said hurriedly: "Uncle, the dishes are not ready yet, you finish your meal before leaving."
"There are many things to do in the gambling house, so we can't delay." The man went out without looking back.
Qin Xiao finally found a chance to talk to the man. He didn't want to be ruined by the girl's delay. He was a little angry. He glared at the girl and said: "I am eating and chatting with my friends. If you interrupt me, I can't even eat."
Already."
The girl was startled. She naturally didn't know that Qin Xiao and the man had met each other for the first time. She just thought that she was disturbing a gathering of friends. She apologized and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it. I just wanted to return the money to you later."
He glanced out the door and said, "Your friend hasn't gone far yet. I'll help you chase him back."
Qin Xiao felt funny in his heart. He felt that although this girl's eyes were bright and she looked quite smart, she was very naive in her actions. She deliberately lowered her face and said: "Everyone is gone, what's the point of chasing them back? If you
With good intentions, hurry up and go as far as possible."
"But...the money hasn't been returned to you yet, I...!"
"If you know this, I shouldn't have come to your rescue just now." Qin Xiao sighed: "I said you don't need to pay it back, so I don't have to pay it back. I don't have time to wait for you here. So, if we have a chance to meet again next time
, if you return it to me, if we never see each other again, then forget it."
The girl's eyes lit up and she said excitedly: "This is fun, I will do as you say. If I see you again, I will return the money to you."
Qin Xiao said: "Okay, can you leave now?"
The girl smiled sweetly, said no more, walked to the door, looked back at Qin Xiao, smiled brightly and moved quickly, and walked out the door quickly.
Qin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the girl's skin was delicate and she looked like she was not an ordinary girl. She must have been pampered.
She didn't bring a single penny with her, yet she dared to walk into a noodle shop and eat for free. She may not really want to eat the King's meal, but maybe she never had the habit of carrying any money with her. Her daily expenses were arranged by others.
That way she wouldn't have to worry about money.
Xiling is located between the Tang Empire and the Wutuo Han Kingdom, and Turtle City is a must-pass for business travelers. Almost every day, Tang people from the east enter Turtle City and settle down.
Qin Xiao thought that the girl might be the daughter of a wealthy businessman and came to Xiling with the caravan to see the world. She usually didn't carry any money with her, so it was reasonable that she came out penniless today.
After a full meal, when Qin Xiao walked out of the noodle shop, it was completely dark, and the commercial houses on both sides of the street had already lit up lights.
After only walking a short distance along the long street, Qin Xiao suddenly stopped and looked casually at the shops on the side. However, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced behind him and saw a sparse crowd.
Just now, the girl was sneaking behind him. When Qin Xiao stopped, the girl immediately found a place to cover herself.
Qin Xiaowan didn't expect that she would follow him, and he felt wary.
Although Qin Xiao is young, he has lived in prisons for many years and understands that people's hearts are sinister, and he has always been wary of strangers.
Pretending not to know, he walked forward for a while, turned into a small alley on the side, and instantly disappeared into it.
The girl followed behind and saw Qin Xiao getting into the alley. She quickly quickened her pace until she reached the entrance of the alley and looked inside. The alley was dark and dead. She hesitated for a moment and finally walked slowly into the alley.
.
The alley is actually not long, and even when we reached the end, Qin Xiao was nowhere to be seen.
Coming out of the dim alley, the girl let out a sigh of relief, but her eyebrows furrowed tightly. Crossing the alley, there was another street, where people were still coming and going, and it was more lively than the street just now.
I looked around and saw cars and people passing by, but there was no sign of Qin Xiao.
The girl couldn't help but tap her feet and walked to the other end of the long street.
Qin Xiao mingled in the crowd. When he saw the girl being thrown away, a proud smile appeared on his lips. He thought to himself that I am very familiar with the streets and alleys of Turtle City. Wouldn't it be easy to get rid of you?
It was getting late, so I was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly I saw another figure walking out of the alley. The man was dressed in black, wearing a bamboo hat, with the brim of his hat pulled down. In the dimness, his face could not be seen clearly.
Qin Xiao frowned slightly. The girl came out of the alley, and the man in the bamboo hat followed behind her furtively, which made him suspicious.
Turtle City has a frequent flow of people. Although there is a Duwei Mansion to maintain order, Turtle City is indispensable for the crow of chickens and dogs to steal things.
Seeing that the man in the bamboo hat was about to disappear into the crowd, Qin Xiao no longer hesitated, stared at the back of the man in the bamboo hat, and followed closely.
The man in the bamboo hat obviously didn't expect the mantis stalking the cicada or the oriole behind him. He just followed the girl in front of him, but he didn't realize that Qin Xiao had been following him.
After walking through several streets in the city like this, Qin Xiao initially just doubted whether the man in the hat was following the girl, but after going all the way, he was completely sure.
Whenever the girl encountered leather goods shops, rouge shops, or jewelry shops, she would go in and take a look around. Perhaps it was because of her experience at the noodle shop. She was penniless and didn’t buy anything. As long as the girl was wandering around the shop, the man in the hat
Then he would find a place to hide, but he kept staring at the girl secretly. Qin Xiao was like an oriole, staring at the man in the hat, wanting to see what the man in the hat wanted.
A few years ago, there was a case of flower pickers in the city. Several girls were murdered. Later, the flower pickers were caught. They confessed that they would look for targets in the market before committing crimes. Once they fell in love with a girl, they would secretly follow them and look for opportunities.
Take action.
Are the people in bamboo hats also flower pickers?
While thinking about it, he followed the man in the bamboo hat to another street, but suddenly found that the man in the bamboo hat that was within his sight had disappeared out of thin air.
Qin Xiao was startled. He clearly saw the man in the bamboo hat turning to this street, and he was delayed for a moment at the corner. How could that man disappear?
This street is quite deserted, with few pedestrians. The man in the bamboo hat is very conspicuous and can be easily seen. However, among the sparse pedestrians on the street at this moment, there is no trace of the man in the bamboo hat.
Qin Xiao frowned and couldn't help but walked forward slowly, looking around as he walked. Although he didn't see the man in the bamboo hat, the girl's figure was in the calligraphy and painting shop not far ahead.
"Why are you following me?" A cold voice suddenly sounded behind Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiao's body froze. The voice was so close that he could even feel the person's breath.
He took a deep breath and turned around suddenly, only to see the man in the bamboo hat appearing behind him, only two steps away. Now that he was close, he could already see a knife hanging on the man's waist, and the bamboo hat covered most of him.
When he opened his face, he saw only thin lips.
"Should I follow you?" Qin Xiao tried his best to calm down. The man appeared behind him. If he hadn't made a sound, he wouldn't have noticed it at all. This shows that the other person is really not a good person. He forced a smile: "When will I follow you?
?”
"After you left the noodle shop, you followed me for four streets." The man didn't even look up, and his voice was cold: "What do you want to do?"
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "This street doesn't belong to you. Anyone can walk on it. Why do you think I'm following you?"
"Oh?" A strange smile appeared on the lips of the man in the bamboo hat: "Whose family are you from? From the Yutiantai or the Beiyuan?"
Qin Xiao was startled. He didn't know what Yutiantai and Beiyuan meant, but they sounded like place names. He shook his head and said, "I'm from Turtle City. I've never heard of the place you mentioned."
The man in the bamboo hat raised his head slightly at this time. Under the bamboo hat, a pair of eyes were like cold stars, staring at Qin Xiao's eyes. Qin Xiao and the man in the bamboo hat looked at each other. For some reason, there was a chill down his spine. That man's
The eyes seem to be able to see through one's own internal organs, they are sharp and sinister, and are like blades, giving people a chilling feeling.
"If you're not one of them, don't follow me, and if you're one of them, don't follow me." The man in the hat said calmly, "You will die!"
Qin Xiao also frowned and couldn't help but said: "Are you going to kill people in Turtle City? This is not a place where you can do whatever you want."
The man in the bamboo hat still had a sneer on his lips and said nothing.
"As long as you don't do evil in Turtle City, I won't follow you." Qin Xiao thought of such a terrifying person following the girl, and he was really worried about the girl: "Don't harm people in the city, otherwise the government will not
in spite of."
"Government?" The man in the bamboo hat looked Qin Xiao up and down: "Who are you?"