Chapter 247: Prologue

Something happened inside the Fifth Branch.

Li Guanqi didn't say it directly, but he still implicitly expressed his position and reminded Chang Nian.

He was kind by nature, and he was untainted by the mud. He was full of strategies but didn't want to use them on living people.

He saw the internal struggle of the Fifth Branch and wanted to guess it, but it was impossible for him to guess it with his mind.

Li Congrong used the authority of the store manager in this mission to choose the store clerks to perform the mission.

And he chose seven people!

Including Li's uncle and nephew, the number of people participating in the mission in the entire Fifth Branch reached a full nine people!

The purpose of doing this is related to the Fifth Branch, Li Guanqi, the First Branch, and Ji Li.

Perhaps, it was because he saw Ji Li's figure in advance through that sin that he made such a choice.

The root of everything will naturally be revealed in the mission.

...

At this moment in Ji Li's room, sitting in front of him was a man with short and neat hair and a heroic figure.

Tongguan's iconic bright eyes represent his unique vigor.

Only he can always have a positive charm in this hell of a hotel, making people feel at ease.

"Eighteen years ago, in the night of Tulip Street in Shanghai City.

When I was seven years old, I saw four people, four people in black robes, breaking into my home and forcibly taking my parents away.

Since then, I began to wander around and search for many years until I was pulled into the Tianhai Hotel in the cemetery of Shanming City.

But I will never forget that among the four black-robed people, only the leader was not masked.

He has a pair of pure gray eyes and a pale face."

Tongguan did not talk a lot, but just a brief explanation. After going through a lot of memories that he could not bear to look back on, he could already speak naturally.

"That black-robed leader is you."

Perhaps this change was also brought to him by Ji Li.

After all, Ji Li was sitting in front of him at this time, so close to him that he could even smell the unique tobacco scent on Ji Li.

Ji Li nodded and listened to Tongguan's narration very calmly. Gradually, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the window.

"There are some details of the Kyoto mission that are concealed. You don't know. I will tell you now.

I met an old friend from afar in Kyoto. Her name is Chunshan Weilai. She came from fifty years ago."

Tongguan's heart twitched for a moment when he heard the words fifty years ago. He looked at Ji Li's back in shock.

Ji Li looked at the brilliant light outside, his pale face reflected on the glass window, which seemed a little illusory. He said calmly:

"I have forgotten everything in the past. I have forgotten everyone, including myself.

It was Chunshan Weilai who found me. She brought me three words and a seed of hope across fifty years ago.

Before, I just thought that it was a woman who lived and died because of me. She was betrayed all her life, but she wanted to give me the affection.

But now that I see you, I understand that this seed of hope is also for you."

Ji Li opened the drawer of the table and took out a red cloth bag from an iron box.

Carefully opening the cloth bag, a yellowed black-and-white photo appeared in his palm, and he then handed it to Tongguan.

Tongguan took it in a daze, and he saw six people.

Among the six people, three were familiar to him, one was Ji Li, and the other two were a couple, also Tongguan's parents.

He didn't dare to rub it hard, for fear of wrinkling the photo, and just looked at it quietly.

He could feel that his parents were happy and relieved when they were with Ji Li.

Ji Li and Tongguan's parents were close friends.

Tongguan suddenly raised his head, his eyes slightly red, and he roughly guessed something.

But the complex emotions in his heart made him speechless. He had been searching for the truth for so many years, and now he suddenly faced it, but the answer he got caught him off guard.

After a long time, he looked straight again.

He saw the tall back of a man standing in front of the sun, so dazzling, but also so lonely and dark.

Fifty years of vicissitudes, Tongguan is not the only one tortured by fate, the most direct victim is Ji Li.

He can imagine how many secrets this man has hidden, and how he has endured with these unknown secrets until now.

Ji Li lowered his head to light a cigarette for himself, spit the smoke on the window, blocking his face.

"Who is the initiator? You and I can only target Tianhai Hotel for the time being.

But I always feel that things are not that simple. Why did I become like this? Why were your parents taken away? These mysteries must have an answer after all."

Ji Li suddenly laughed, he turned his head slightly and looked at Tongguan.

"But fortunately, I am no longer alone on this road."

Tongguan is very good, perhaps better than his parents, and he needs to help Ji Li with many things.

Ji Li does not want to fight the whole world alone. He does not trust everyone, but when the photo of Chunshan Future appears, he is sure.

In this world, in addition to Yu Guo, there is another person who can make him trust Tongguan.

Tongguan let out a long sigh, lowered his head and looked deeply at his parents' appearance, then placed the photo on the table.

"This mission is a three-star promotion mission for the fifth branch, and the difficulty can almost be regarded as the three-star level.

Fifth branch, I can be sure that the store managers Li Congrong and Li Guanqi will not take action against you, but the others will definitely have hidden intentions.

I know they are not your opponents, but I ask you to try your best to protect Chang Nian. This is my request to you."

Tongguan did not answer Ji Li's words, but gave an alternative attitude, but it sounded more like a transaction.

He gave a hint and asked Ji Li to help take care of Chang Nian.

Ji Li was very satisfied with this. He did not want to get too close to anyone, which would be counterproductive. Being alone is the safest and most comfortable.

But he was willing to agree to Tongguan's request.

……

It was twelve o'clock in the afternoon of November 14th. At the door of the seventh branch, the seven store clerks who were to perform this mission were ready to go.

Chang Nian was dressed in work clothes, carrying a camouflage bag on her shoulders, and had a ponytail, looking heroic.

Next to him, Yu Guo, with dark circles under his eyes, sat on the sofa and closed his eyes to recuperate. His condition was not very good, and the mental damage he suffered in Tiannan College could not be recovered.

Next to him, sat a thin young man. The most eye-catching thing about him was the gold rings on his ten fingers. It seemed that it was a bit difficult to raise his hands.

But he was still beaming with joy to others. This young man named Hongfu seemed to really believe that he would have good luck in the mission.

Next, there were Dong Yuan, Tang Duan, and Tian Xiaoyu.

When the time was almost up, Ji Li slowly walked down from the upstairs in his usual windbreaker and came to the crowd with a bottle of wine.

Without saying a word, he pushed open the door and walked into the afternoon sun, thus opening the prelude to a new mission.