Chapter 960 Gift

"Thank you very much for your bravery. We plan to award the banner to you..."

Outside the Bell Tower Square Station, a group of incapacitated mercenaries were escorted away by the police, waiting for them to retire with food and accommodation included. Ash and the others were busy counting down to the Bell Tower Square, so they naturally had no time to listen to the police beeping. The police were reasonable and did not force them to stay, but they still asked to leave their ID information.

"Ash Heath...is actually Mr. Heath!?"

Ash was used to this kind of reaction and said skillfully: "Do you need a signature?"

The little policewoman jumped up happily and quickly found a notebook for Ash to sign. She looked at Rose's ID, handed it back to Rose and said with a smile, "Miss Lena, happy birthday to you."

"Um."

Ash and Rose left the subway station and were about to walk through the underground shopping mall to the Clock Tower Square when Ash suddenly realized: "Today is your birthday!?"

"Um."

"Why didn't you tell us? We would celebrate your birthday with you!"

"How are you going to celebrate?"

"Customize a few cakes and then have a cake fight with cake paste on your face..."

"I never celebrate my birthday." Rose said decisively, "You don't have to do anything."

"No!" Ash took Rose's hand and turned to the nearby shopping mall: "At least I want to give you a birthday gift!"

"No." Rose grabbed Ash hard, "I don't like gifts, it's too much trouble."

"Will it be troublesome to receive gifts?"

"Because you giving me a gift is equivalent to establishing a special social contract between us. On your next birthday, I will give you a gift of considerable value, and I cannot let you down. I must let you Happy." Rose's nose twitched, "At that time, I need to investigate what you are lacking recently and what trends you like recently, and then I can analyze what gifts you want... It's too troublesome, I would rather not accept any gifts."

Ash couldn't laugh or cry: "Then you don't have to give me a gift, I don't mind."

"No, this is a stipulated social contract. Both parties must pay and receive the same amount. If you don't let me abide by it, I will feel very uncomfortable, just like I work for you but you don't pay me." Rose shook her head firmly: "You If you don’t want to cause trouble to me, don’t give me gifts.”

"And I don't need anything. No matter what gift you give me, I don't need it."

Ash thought for a while and explained: "I gave you the gift mainly to express my gratitude. You have helped me a lot these days. I hope you can understand that I have always been sincerely grateful for your efforts."

"Then don't give me gifts."

"No, I'm going to give it away!" Ya Xiu suddenly laughed and pulled her into the nearby jewelry store, "I'm sorry, we magicians just do whatever we want on our own. Didn't I just tell you that magicians are all bad people? "

Rose didn't tolerate him. She was so angry that her face bulged and she hugged Ash's arm tightly. Ash finally dragged her into the jewelry store. The passers-by nearby couldn't help but pay attention to them.

He didn't expect Rose to be so stubborn, so he had to compromise: "Let's do this. I'll pick a gift for you, and if you work more, it will offset the value of the gift. How about it? You don't have to give me a gift in return. , and both sides pay the same amount.”

Rose gets into a brainstorm, seemingly analyzing how this exchange of symbols does not comply with the social contract. Ash was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he looked around the jewelry store and immediately chose a bow-tie ribbon hairband that looked pretty good. He swiped his card to pay and stuffed it into Rose's hand before she could react: "Happy birthday to you! "

Rose pouted with a very unhappy expression: "I have an elastic headband."

"so what?"

"I don't have any use for hair ties. You can only leave them idle if you give them to me. I don't need them."

Ash felt that he was also very tired: "The rope can be used as a spare. I usually use this hair tie."

"Why a backup?"

"In case you lose it..."

"I won't lose things." Rose said seriously: "I remember where all my belongings are. I have used this headband for six years and have never lost it. It is estimated that it will be near the end of its service life in three years. When it breaks, I will Buy a new one.”

Ash racked his brains: "Then can't you keep this hair tie? Or you can just throw away the old hair tie."

"I won't keep anything superfluous, and I won't waste things that are still useful." Rose held the ribbon hair tie and became depressed: "I don't have room for this hair tie in my backpack. If I want to collect it, I have to buy one. Box protection…it’s such a troublesome thing to have one more thing you don’t need…”

Ash felt like he was about to kneel: "Then it's not a waste if you give the headband to Niya or Feili, right?"

"That means I give them gifts," Rose struggled. "What if they give me something I don't need? If they don't give it, I will remember that I feel very uncomfortable."

It wasn't until this moment that Ash truly realized that he had done something wrong. He should listen to Rose and become a mindless loser.

At this moment, Rose's eyes suddenly lit up. She took off her headband, combed her long blue hair and put on a new bow ribbon hairband, then stretched out her hand to Ash: "Give me your hand."

Ash handed it over without knowing why, and saw Rose tying the headband to his wrist.

"Just give the headband to you, because you have already given me a gift, so me sending it back to you means that this social contract has been fulfilled perfectly. We do not owe each other, and we have also solved the problem of where the headband should go. But the headband is better than a hair tie It’s cheap, so I still have to work a little overtime to make up for the price difference.”

Ash hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to say such bullshit as "I can't use the head rope" that would lead to death.

At this time, they noticed the crowds of people rushing toward the exit. Ash realized that there were only three minutes left before the countdown to the New Year, so he quickly pulled Rose and ran to the clock tower square.

Ash took out his cell phone and tried to contact others, but due to the heavy traffic of people and the signal base station being at full capacity, he couldn't even make a call. The two squeezed through the crowd and searched for a circle. No one else could be seen at all. At this time, the host on the clock tower screen had begun the final countdown to the New Year. Everyone in the square cheered in unison:

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

Ash and Rose had no choice but to stop and look up at the clock tower display to welcome the end of 1668.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Happy New Year!"

The melodious bells resounded across the starry sky, the square was filled with joy, and the surrounding neon screens sent various New Year blessings. Ash looked at Rose and smiled: "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

At this time, they saw everyone around them hugging each other, and they were almost the only two strangers in the square. Ash and Rose looked at each other. Ash was a little embarrassed. Rose hesitated for a moment and suddenly said: "Stretch out your hands."

Rose took out a bottle of fragrant hand sanitizer from her backpack and applied it to Ash's hands. Then she grabbed Ash's hands and rubbed them around.

She rubbed it carefully. In addition to the back of her hands, she would also insert her fingers into Ash's fingers and rub each of his fingers carefully. The milky white hand sanitizer began to bubble as their palms rubbed together.

When all the hand sanitizer was wiped off, Rose spread her hands and hugged Ash stiffly.

Ash's eyes widened, and he regretted not having time to join the others - Rose took the initiative to hug him, and he couldn't find anyone to show off to!

But seeing Rose being so stiff, Ash couldn't help but burst into laughter: "If you can't accept it, don't force it, let's go back."

"No, this is the traditional custom of the stars. At the end of the New Year countdown, you have to hug your nearest friends." Rose said rigidly: "Hurry up and hug me."

Ash hugged her gently, and Rose pressed against his chest and commented: "You are so skilled."

"I'm just normal! I'm not very skilled!"

"Your reaction is so strange. I'm obviously complimenting you." Rose let go of her hand and tilted her head: "So this is what a hug feels like..."

"I hope I didn't leave you with a bad experience." Ash smiled.

"One test cannot evaluate whether it is good or bad. More tests are needed to judge the level of this experience." Rose pondered: "Then let's hug each other again next time we count down to the New Year."

"Shall we directly book it for the next New Year's countdown..." Ash's mouth twitched: "However, if possible, I also hope that I can be with you for the next New Year's countdown."

At this time, the atmosphere in the square quietly changed, and they found that the couples around them were no longer satisfied with hugging, and directly entered a deeper stage of kissing.

Ash blinked nervously, and Rose tilted her head blankly: "Is this also a traditional custom? If so..."

She took out a roll of transparent cling film from her backpack, pulled it open and put it on Ash's mouth. She winked at Ash with an expression of 'please praise me if I'm smart'.

Ash pushed away the plastic wrap and said with certainty: "This is definitely not a traditional custom. It is just a behavior between lovers. Let's go back."

"Oh." Rose took back the plastic wrap with some regret.

At the same time, in the old city on the other side of the city, fierce gunshots sent cordial greetings for the New Year.

"stop!"

"Leave the things for me and spare your life!"

"Stop!"

The furious ‘Black Wolf’ Hadawa shot three times at the cloaked man in front, but none of them hit. Not only him, but also the other boys' shots were not effective even once. You must know that as the largest arms dealer in Linguang City, what they usually lack most is to feed bullets. Even if they are not sharpshooters, there is no reason why this distance will be effective at one time. Not even a shot!

It only shows that the cloaked man has the ability to dodge bullets!

Mercenaries sent by which enemy? Sangbiao, Fire Crow, or...?

At this time, the cloaked man ran to the riverside and finally stopped under the street lamp. Hadawa was overjoyed, and quickly surrounded his younger brothers, saying viciously: "Give the things back, and I might spare your life!"

Not long ago, the cloaked man suddenly broke into their workshop and stole the jewelry in the safe, which was Hadawa's savings for several years. He could see that troubled times were coming, and banknotes were no longer reliable, so he quickly exchanged his family property for jewelry that was easier to sell, but he didn't expect that someone would take advantage of him.

However, the cloaked man raised his hand and pointed to the traffic light not far away, "There are surveillance cameras there."

The voice of the cloaked man was a clear and melodious female voice, but Hadawa had no time to care about such trivial matters. He aimed at the other party and said ferociously: "Do you think I will be afraid of killing people under surveillance? I can't wait for everyone to witness that you dare to provoke me Hadawa What will happen to those people!"

"very good."

The cloaked man pulled out a straight-edged knife, the eyes in the Shura mask glowed red, and said calmly:

"I also need someone to witness your fate."