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The second day was the Spring Festival Eve of 2003.
The city has banned the setting off of firecrackers, which has made the New Year atmosphere a lot lighter. However, half of the supermarkets and shopping malls are playing Liu Tianwang's "Gong Xi Fa Cai" on a single loop, and the other half are playing a Chinese doll whose future generations are completely unknown. A New Year song from a has-been group.
It's that "God of Wealth comes to knock on our house, and the doll comes to light the lamps" - 90% of Chinese people have heard this song during the Chinese New Year, but probably not many people know this singing group.
In the afternoon, the family went to the supermarket near the community to buy some snacks and drinks.
Lu Xixi was obviously in a good mood today, especially when she saw her one-year-old daughter, Miss Chen Yiyi, staggering with her butt stuck out as she walked behind. Ou Xiuhua was laughing so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, looking at herself After walking for a while, my granddaughter went over and hugged her in distress.
However, the child seemed to have not walked far enough. He was struggling to kick his legs in Ou Xiuhua's arms and wanted to get closer to the ground.
Little Ye Zi was being nudged by Little Toffee, so she secretly hid bags of shrimp crackers, potato chips, etc. in the supermarket trolley.
The New Year's Eve dinner usually starts very early. At five o'clock in the evening, the Chen family's meals are served one after another. Xiao Yezi and Xiao Tawtang stand at the door of the kitchen to help serve the dishes.
In fact, there is an additional man in the Chen family today - Hou Changwei.
The matter between Ou Xiuhua and Hou Changwei is basically settled. You can get the certificate at any time - now you are actually waiting for Chen Nuo to come home. According to Ou Xiuhua's mind, why should such a big thing have to wait for his son to come home? His family is all here Just fine.
Hou Changwei was alone in his family, so he was invited to have the New Year's Eve dinner together. This old widower was actually a very careful person, he was good at housework, and he was also good at cooking.
In the kitchen, he was the busiest. The vegetables were almost fried, and he was standing in front of the oil pan frying spring rolls. Jinling is located south of the Yangtze River, and it is not customary to eat dumplings during the New Year.
The stuffing of the spring rolls was prepared by Hou Changwei, with leeks and meat. He also asked Lu Xixi and others if they wanted to taste it.
The wrapped spring rolls were dropped into the oil pan, fried until golden brown, then taken out, drained of oil, and served on a plate. Little Ye Zi stood aside and watched helplessly, then held the plate with both hands. Then bring it to the table.
In the narrow living room, a dining table was already filled with food.
The braised fish dish was not edible according to custom, so it was left on display and could not be touched until the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The rest are home-cooked dishes made by ordinary people here in Jinling during the Chinese New Year. Little Toffee was lazy and had quietly eaten a few pieces of smoked fish.
The bowl of braised chowder in the middle is a special custom dish here in Jinling. It uses pork belly, fish balls, mushrooms, shrimps, etc., stewed together. The soup is bright and fragrant.
The TV set has been set to a set of bricks, waiting for the big party to begin. In fact, no one cares about what the program is playing, they just listen to the sound.
After the spring rolls were fried, Hou Changwei turned off the fire and washed his hands and put them on the table. The whole family gathered in a circle. Ou Xiuhua and Hou Changwei had not yet received their marriage certificate, so Ou Xiuhua still took the main seat.
The rest of the children sat down in sequence, and even Chen Yiyi, who was over one year old, got a baby chair and sat in front of the table, but the small bowl in front of him was filled with complementary foods such as rice noodles and fruit puree.
The family is all women, but Hou Changwei is the only one, so he doesn't drink at all - Lu Xixi can drink, but Xiao Toffee dares to let the Queen drink? This woman transforms when she drinks, and she will demolish the building when the time comes
Whose control is it?
People of all sizes held up fruit juices, made toasts, and talked a lot about the New Year, and the atmosphere was lively and lively.
After eating for an hour, Ou Xiuhua took out the red envelopes she had prepared for New Year's money, starting with Little Leaf, then Little Toffee, and then Chen Yiyi, her grandchild.
Hou Changwei also felt a little embarrassed and took out the red envelope he had prepared. Lu smiled softly and asked the children to accept it.
Hou Changwei is a very good person. Chen Nuo nodded his head about the matter with Ou Xiuhua. From now on, even if they are a family, nominally speaking, he will also be Xiao Zizi's stepfather and Chen Yiyi's grandfather.
Chatting about home life, mixed with the Spring Festival Gala on TV, the family chatted without any topic, and they also talked about Chen Nuo. Ou Xiuhua was actually a little worried, but Lu Xixi quickly comforted her, saying that Chen Nuo was a thoughtful person.
Being a capable person, I always make arrangements at home before going out. I don't have to worry about anything. It's not a dangerous thing. I'll come back naturally after I finish it.
A few words changed the topic and turned it around to Chen Yiyi, drawing Ou Xiuhua's attention away.
Xiao Zizi was actually worried, but Xiao Tawtang told her a lot about how capable Chen Nuo was on weekdays, which comforted her a lot, and the child was coaxed over.
On the other hand, Little Toffee, who was pulling Chen Xiaoye to watch TV boredly, suddenly felt the deer touch her slightly.
As soon as Little Toffee raised his head, he saw Lu's hand carefully placed under the table, making a hidden gesture to himself. Little Toffee's face did not change, but a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes for an instant!
This gesture is a tacit understanding and fixed gesture agreed between the master and the disciple for many years. Little Toffee saw clearly the deer's thin gesture, which meant: there is a foreign enemy.
Taking a deep look at Lu Xixian, she found that the smile on Lu Xixian's face had not changed. The white-haired Loli raised her eyebrows, but remained silent and quietly gestured to express a question.
The deer smiled faintly, moved his lips slightly twice, used his mental power to restrain his voice, and sent it to Little Toffee's ears.
"After dinner, when everyone goes to bed, you are responsible for taking care of the family, and I will take care of things outside. Little Toffee frowned: "How can you sleep? Aren't you keeping up with the New Year?"
Lu rolled his eyelids carefully: "There must be something in the equipment you brought back that can make people fall asleep."
At around nine o'clock, the New Year's Eve dinner was over.
Hou Changwei didn't stay - he was an old widower, and when his family was all women, it wasn't good to stay overnight, so he left after dinner.
Lu Xixi and Ou Xiuhua sent Hou Changwei to the door. They turned to look at Little Milk Sugar, who gave her an OK gesture.
After Hou Changwei left, the family cleared the table, put some dishes in the refrigerator, and gathered in the living room to watch the party. In less than fifteen minutes...
Little Ye Zi started to yawn, and then the yawn became contagious, and Ou Xiuhua also started to doze off. After a while, everyone in the living room fell asleep except Lu Xixian and Little Toffee.
Little Toffee sighed, bent down slightly, took out a metal instrument box the size of a pencil case hidden under the sofa, and closed it.
This is a piece of equipment commonly used by people with abilities in the underground world. The small instrument can simulate hypnotic sound waves, and is inaudible to human ears. The effective range is about twenty square meters.
When some ability users are doing some commissions, in order to avoid disturbing ordinary people, they will choose to use this thing. The advantage is that this thing is almost harmless to the human body compared with air anesthetics and the like.
The disadvantage is...it's relatively expensive. For such a small box, the price in the underground world is about two million, US dollars.
"What do you mean, teacher? Who dares to come and provoke us?" Little Toffee frowned.
"You guessed it right, there should be a wizard coming." Lu shook his head carefully. Little Toffee's expression became a little more serious.
Lu Xixi casually removed the palm that was covering her daughter's head - although the hypnotic ultrasound was harmless to the human body, the child was too young after all, so Lu Xixi was still unwilling to let her one-year-old daughter receive this kind of ultrasound.
Just now, he carefully used mental power to shield him, and then used mental power to soothe him, making Chen Yiyi fall asleep.
Little Toffee's face was solemn.
Other enemies are ignored, but... wizards are a different matter.
In the entire underground world, wizards can be ranked first among those who are qualified to compete with Deer. "I will deal with the enemy, and you will be responsible for taking care of your family." Deer elaborated on the plan.
Little Toffee frowned: "Maybe it's not safe... If the other party has a bad idea and wants to use their family to threaten you, I can't protect you by myself.
Lu smiled thinly, and then suddenly patted Little Toffy on the shoulder: "Do you really think that your master and I have been standing still in terms of my abilities over the past year?"
"Da da da da da da~ Doll come and light the lamp~"
Vanel was humming a song that he couldn't remember the words to. After humming it countless times, Lilian, who was impatient in the room, said angrily: "You've been humming for a whole day, can't you change the song?"
Varnell shrugged, and after a moment...
"Congratulations on your fortune, I congratulate you on your wonderful..." "Shut up!!" Lilian stood up!
The Diamond Princess boss has the appearance of a European and American supermodel. He has broad shoulders, a thin waist and long legs. When he stands up suddenly, he is full of momentum.
Varnell gave in decisively and quickly laughed: "I'm sorry, I have been hearing these two songs played in all Chinese stores in the past two days. I have been brainwashed."
"Shut up and be quiet," Lillian said coldly. Then she turned to look at the monitor.
In order to monitor the movements of the Chen family, they installed hidden cameras in several locations near Chen Nuo's building, and then monitored them through monitors.
The advantage of this approach is that it saves effort.
The bigger benefit is that if a top controller like the Queen of the Starry Sky peeps directly with human eyes, the fluctuations in mental power will cause the other party to detect it after a long period of time.
Using a machine like a camera is much safer.
"So isn't today the most important festival for Chinese people? Why didn't Chen Nuo show up?" The wizard had actually been sitting in the room, looking out the window quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. At this moment, he looked back at the two
Companion: "Don't you think it's strange?"
"Perhaps Chen Nuo traveled far away for some high-priced commission?"
"No, Nolan has checked. The commissioned tasks in the past two months have been checked on the Octopus Monster's website. There are no capable persons suspected of being involved in Chen Nuo." Lilian shook her head.
The wizard frowned and looked at Vanel.
Vanel immediately rolled his eyelids: "Don't look at me, I don't know anything - you two strong controllers are here, and I, a guy who has only surpassed the destroyer in strength, am just your follower."
"If we can't wait for news about Chen Nuo, we can only evacuate temporarily." The wizard shook his head: "If you secretly spy on a top controller for a long time, no matter how careful you are, you will inevitably be noticed by the other party."
"Are you afraid of the Queen of the Starry Sky?" Lilian's tone was unkind.
As the female boss second only to the Queen of the Starry Sky among the controllers of the underground world, Lillian, the [Diamond Princess], has always been estranged from the Queen of the Starry Sky, and everyone knows this.
After hearing this, the wizard was not angry, and said coldly: "I'm not afraid of her, but if we can't accomplish the set goal, it's meaningless to conflict with her... Lilian, if you want to
If you are selfish, you can come and challenge her yourself, I won't stop you."
"..." Lilian gritted her teeth and remained silent, but her eager eyes still betrayed her mood.
After escaping from the moon being shut down, thanks to the effects of being shut down for several months, not only the wizard, but Lilian's strength has actually made breakthroughs and improvements.
Although I know that I was not as good as Lu Xingxi in the past, but now that my strength has improved, I may not be as good as him.
But the wizard was right. The target was Chen Nuo.
If Chen Nuo can't be caught, a fight with a deer is meaningless.
"Then implement the backup plan." Lilian thought for a while: "Threatening to arrest Chen Nuo's family, Chen Nuo will definitely show up."
The wizard hesitated and thought for a moment, then nodded: "If that doesn't work, this is the only way we can do it. But we can't show too much strength in the beginning. It's best to lure Lu Xixi away, and then leave one person to kidnap Chen Nuo.
family.
If we come up with three controllers, Chen Nuo might ask Seeds for help."
"Nolan said that he won't show up until the time of the fight." Lilian said slowly: "He can't attract the attention of the octopus monster, but he promised that once we find an opportunity to take action here, he will have the means to rush to it immediately.
arrive."
"So, space ability?" The wizard frowned.
"It can be regarded as an ability obtained by becoming the chosen one of the seeds." Lilian sighed. In fact, there was an idea that was suppressed in the hearts of the two controllers.
that is······
If you become the chosen person of the seed, you can get an increase in strength... Which controller doesn't want to get a breakthrough?
"Can you two... please put the chatting aside for a moment? There is some movement in our target."
Vanel interrupted the conversation between the wizard and Lilian. He pointed at the monitor screen: "The Queen is out! The two controllers suddenly looked at each other and quickly ducked in front of the monitor.
On the screen, multiple cameras from different angles showed that just downstairs of Chen Nuo's house, Lu Xixi had walked out of the unit door and was standing in the open space of the community.
On this Spring Festival Eve night, at around ten o'clock, the open space in the community was very empty and empty of people.
The deer walked out quietly, walking very easily, and then walked to about dozens of steps away from the gate of the community, and stopped without stopping.
"...Look! That's..." The wizard's expression suddenly became excited!
In the picture, in the direction of the gate of the community, under the night, a figure slowly walked in.
With short hair, a thin figure, and his hands in his trouser pockets, he walked with a frivolous attitude as if he didn't recognize his relatives, and walked into the gate of the community unsteadily.
Just as he passed under the streetlight, the light flashed across his face.
"Chen Nuo!" The wizard took a deep breath: "He's back!"
In the picture, Lu Xixian saw Chen Nuo. The two stood face to face and hugged. At this time, Lu Xixian had raised his head, as if pointing in a direction.
The next second, Lu Xixi and Chen Nuo in the picture took off at the same time and flew into the air!
The wizard had rushed out of the room quickly, looked up, and with his strong and keen observation, he quickly saw two figures hidden in the night in the mid-air.
"They left!"
Seeing the two figures flying quickly under the cover of the night sky, the wizard glanced at Lilian who was chasing him, and suddenly said: "Go and catch Chen Nuo's family! I will catch up! After you catch them, you rush immediately
Come!"
The wizard jumped into the air and chased Chen Nuo and Lu in the direction where they were flying. Fortunately, the two of them did not fly very fast. The wizard always carefully restrained his mental power and his own breath, and fell far away.
behind.
In less than two minutes, the three people behind them flew away from the densely populated area. At their feet was a green mountain forest.
The wizard's heart moved - he seemed to have been to this place before. Niushou Mountain, the shore of Yinlong Lake.
Lu Xixi and Chen Nuo had already landed on the ground, and then looked around. Lu Xixi smiled. This is the most suitable place to get started near Jinling City.
If the mountain collapsed here, no ordinary people would come in a short time. (Niushou Shan: So I am the unlucky one every time?!)
The wizard also landed in the mountain forest. He was careful to keep a distance of two or three miles from the target couple. But just as he landed, the phone in his pocket vibrated. He picked it up to answer it and heard the sound on the other end.
Lilian's serious voice came.
"There is no one in Chen Nuo's family! No one, old or young, can be seen!" The wizard's hand tightened: "Where are you?"
"I have been chasing you. I will arrive in twenty seconds at most. But now I am very suspicious that we may have been discovered!"
The wizard was silent for three seconds, and then suddenly took a deep breath: "So what if you notice it? Chen Nuo has already appeared! Do it! Three against two! Summon Nolan immediately! Send the direction! Do it in a while, you hold the deer carefully,
Nolan and I went all out to kill Chen Nuo as quickly as possible!"
"...Okay!" Bang!
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure descended from the sky and landed less than twenty meters away from the wizard.
Lillian glanced at the wizard, and they both crushed the mobile phones in their hands and threw them aside.
Lillian took out a small matchbox-sized instrument from her pocket and pressed a button on it.
This button is the device that sends a signal to Nolan.
"He said that no matter when and where, once the button is pressed, he will be by our side within a minute at most." I hope the spatial ability he obtained from the octopus monster is reliable.
"He has put his life on the line, I think I can trust him."
After the two people quickly exchanged opinions, they walked slowly along the mountain forest.
Facing each other, on the bank of Yinlong Lake, the figures of a man and a woman stood side by side. As expected, the two of them looked not surprised, and both looked at the wizard and Lilian with a sneer.
"Wizard, and diamonds..." Lu breathed out carefully: "As expected, we are all old friends." The wizard and Lillian did not say anything. When they got closer, the scene became a two-on-two confrontation.
.
Lu Xixi shook his head: "As for the wizard, I don't ask why you came to provoke us... Anyway, we all have a grudge. But Lilian... Did you still get beaten by me?
Isn’t that enough? Just because of a fight for the limelight, you actually come to my door?"
Lillian's face turned ugly.
Lu took a careful look at Chen Nuo beside him: "Two versus two, which opponent do you choose?" "I choose Lilian." Chen Nuo said without hesitation.
Lu rolled his eyes carefully: "Does your opponent also want to pick on the weak?"
"Chen Nuo! Let the ladies resolve their grievances on their own. Your opponent is me." The wizard sneered and said: "I still remember this place very well! The last time I was here, I was attacked by your insidious means.
I’m hurt, but this time, I will be very careful, don’t try to succeed in those dirty tricks of yours.”
Chen Nuo rolled his eyes and said nothing.
Crunch!
A taxi stopped at the entrance of the community.
The car door opened, and a bloated figure squeezed out of the car door with difficulty, took out his wallet, counted the money and threw it to the driver.
The price is more than twice as expensive as taking a taxi, but... on New Year's Eve, this price is what it should be.
A figure who looked as fat as a bucket stood at the gate of the community, as if the mere act of getting out of the car made him out of breath.
After taking two casual steps, the fat on his body was trembling faintly. Between his waist and abdomen, even a thick winter coat could not block the huge waist like a swimming ring.
Lowering his head slightly, his chin has become three layers.
When he raised his head again, the three layers of chin were gone, but there were three more layers of flesh under the back of the head. After taking a few breaths, the fat man had a look of emotion on his face.
"Damn, I'm finally here! Fortunately, it's not past twelve o'clock! I can still make it in time for the New Year!" But...
Hmm... They don't recognize me, right? They pinched the fat on their stomachs hard.
Hmm... Now I am afraid I will have to compete with the cross talk actor who once fed elephants in the zoo. I walked downstairs hobblingly and looked up at the floor.