Ten Days End

The two of them were holding an old aluminum pot and kept walking through the city.

Qi Xia had never thought that a city without lights would be darker than the wild.

After walking for only ten minutes, the sky became as quiet as ink.

The rustling sounds of insects echoed around, making Qi Xia upset.

"Ringo, are you still there?" Qi Xia asked.

"I'm still here." Ringo replied, "Walk slower, be careful not to fall."

"No slower." Qi Xia looked at the sky, "Now I can barely see the road clearly, we have to get to the convenience store as soon as possible, you grab my clothes."

Ringo nodded and reached out to grab Qi Xia's clothes.

Relying on memory, the two walked for about twenty minutes before finally arriving at the square where they had landed before.

Fortunately, the view here is open and the outline can be roughly seen.

Entering the square and walking east, the two saw a store with a light on.

That should be the location of the convenience store.

"They made a fire..." Ringo was a little confused, "How did they find the source of the fire?"

After saying that, she understood that there was a female clerk in the store. When everyone met her, she was making a fire to cook. It is estimated that the source of the fire was borrowed from her.

The two walked towards the fire in the darkness and finally arrived at the door of the convenience store.

What surprised the two was that there was a minotaur standing in the restaurant opposite the convenience store, but it had disappeared at this moment.

"Officer Li, Lawyer Zhang, are you there?" Ringo asked tentatively, "Xiao Ran, Doctor Zhao?"

There was obviously movement in the house, but no one answered.

"What's going on?"

Ringo was about to go in to take a look, but was stopped by Qi Xia.

"Stay back, I'll go in first." He whispered to Ringo.

Accompanied by the rustling sound of insects, the two entered the store.

But when Qi Xia just stepped into the door, a wooden board flew towards his face.

Fortunately, Qi Xia was prepared and immediately dodged backwards, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

"Ah...!" Ringo exclaimed and hurriedly supported Qi Xia, "Are you okay?"

Only then did they see clearly that the person holding the wooden board in the house was none other than Doctor Zhao, followed by Xiao Ran.

Doctor Zhao looked at Qi Xia, then at Ringo, and then squeezed out a smile and said, "Ah! It turned out to be you two... I thought it was someone else..."

Qi Xia looked at the two carefully, with a slightly puzzled look on his face.

Doctor Zhao was naked in a white coat, without even shoes. He wrapped the white coat around his body like a windbreaker, and his face looked very unnatural.

And Xiao Ran behind him had messy hair, untidy clothes, and his makeup was also smudged.

The two of them cuddled together like a couple who were robbed.

Qi Xia understood the situation, but didn't know why it happened.

"Qi, Qi Xia, don't get me wrong..." Doctor Zhao said with a smile, "Xiao Ran said she seemed injured, I'm checking her."

"What are you explaining to him?!" Xiao Ran poked Doctor Zhao with his elbow, "You're hesitating, are you still a man?"

Qi Xia shook her head: "I don't want to get involved in your business, where are Officer Li and Lawyer Zhang?"

"Ah..." Doctor Zhao smiled awkwardly again, "They went out to investigate the situation nearby during the day, and haven't come back yet."

"What?" Qi Xia frowned, "They haven't come back yet?"

It was completely dark now, and Officer Li said he would investigate the nearby area, so it was unlikely that the two would stay outside.

Now they haven't come back yet, are they dead?

Or... are these two lying?

Qi Xia walked into the house slowly and looked around the situation here.

Although the ground was still very dirty, there seemed to be no fresh bloodstains, let alone any signs of fighting.

A weak bonfire was lit in the house, and Han Yimo's body was placed not far away, making the atmosphere seem both ambiguous and weird.

Qi Xia looked back at the two people who were guilty of their crimes, and slowly asked, "Aren't you a team? They didn't come back until dark, but you are not worried, but you have the leisure to play here?"

"This... there is no point in worrying." Doctor Zhao said, "It's so dark, we can't go out to look for them, we can only wait until dawn..."

"Is it your business?!" Xiao Ran shouted angrily, "When will it be your turn to worry about the people in our team?"

Qi Xia did not answer, walked to the staff lounge, and gently opened the door.

Inside the house, the female clerk squatted in the corner, facing the wall, muttering something to herself.

It seems that she has been here without moving.

Qi Xia closed the door andLooking back at Dr. Zhao, after all, Dr. Zhao was still communicable.

"Is the "Tao" still here?" Qi Xia asked.

"This..." Dr. Zhao's face was obviously a little defensive, "Qi Xia, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to borrow the "Tao." Qi Xia said, "The "Tao" that was placed here during the day, I want to borrow it and use it, and return it double afterwards."

"Borrow the "Tao"?" Dr. Zhao thought for a moment, then looked at Qi Xia's clothes that were even dirtier and stained with a few traces of blood, "Where is your own "Tao"? Where are the gangster and the prostitute?"

"They have names." Ringo suddenly said, "Don't call them like that."

"Oh..." Dr. Zhao nodded perfunctorily.

"What kind of memorial archway is this..." Xiao Ran wrapped up his clothes and walked up, "They didn't participate in the game and then died, did they?"

Qi Xia's face was heavy, and he nodded slightly: "Almost."

"Ha! "Xiao Ran laughed angrily and said jokingly, "Didn't you vow to collect 3,600 "Tao" and leave here? Now you killed your teammates and come to borrow our "Tao" again?"

Qi Xia raised his eyelids after hearing this, looked at the woman, and said lightly: "Although the situation is indeed so, I advise you to stop."

Dr. Zhao hurriedly came up to smooth things over: "Forget it, let's talk it out..."

After that, he turned his head and looked at Qi Xia: "It's not that we don't want to lend it to you, but Officer Li took the "Tao" away..."

"Took it away?" Qi Xia paused.

"That's right." Dr. Zhao pointed to the restaurant across the door and said, "After you left, the two of them went there to participate in the game, and it seems that they won. After that, they went somewhere else."

Qi Xia looked in the direction of Dr. Zhao's finger and soon found the suspicious point: "What do you mean by "seemingly" won? You are so close that you don't even know whether they won or not? "

"This..." Doctor Zhao frowned and laughed dryly a few times, "Originally, Xiao Ran didn't let them take the "Tao" out, but Officer Li insisted on going to see it... They have different ideas and had a quarrel. We can't ask them, so let them go. After all, who wants to go with them to die like this..."

"Let...them go?"

Qi Xia's eyes widened instantly after hearing this, and he grabbed Doctor Zhao's collar with great strength.

"Ouch?"

Xiao Ran was stunned after seeing this, and rushed towards Qi Xia: "What are you doing? !"

Qi Xia turned sideways, and then stretched out his foot to trip Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran immediately fell to the ground, falling down on the filthy ground.

Qi Xia took a deep breath and said to Doctor Zhao viciously: "I was polite to you for Officer Li's sake, but you actually parted ways?!"