Chapter 54 Men and Women in Troubled Times

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

Qi Xia never thought that if there were no lights in a city, it would be darker than the wild.

After only ten minutes of walking, the sky became silent as if it was dripping with ink.

The sound of rustling insects all around echoed each other, making Qi Xia upset.

"Ling Yu, are you still there?" Qi Xia asked.

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

"We can't wait any longer." Qi Xia looked at the sky, "I can barely see the road now. We have to get to the convenience store as soon as possible. You can hold on to my clothes."

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

The two of them walked for about twenty minutes based on their memories before finally arriving at the square where they had arrived.

Fortunately, the field of view here is open and the outline can be clearly seen.

Entering the square and walking eastward, the two saw a store with firelight.

That should be where the convenience store is.

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

After saying that, she realized that there was a female clerk in the store. When everyone met her, she was making a fire for cooking. She must have borrowed the fire source from her.

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

What surprised the two of them was that a minotaur that had been standing in the restaurant opposite the convenience store had disappeared.

"Officer Li, Lawyer Zhang, are you here?" Lin Ju asked tentatively, "Xiao Ran, Doctor Zhao?"

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

"What's going on?"

Lin Zong just wanted to go in and take a look, but was held back by Qi Xia.

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

Accompanied by the rustling sounds 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 back, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

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

Only then did they see that the person holding the wooden board in the room was none other than Dr. Zhao, and Xiao Ran was followed behind him.

Dr. Zhao looked at Qi Xia and then at Lin Yu, then forced out a smile and said: "Ah! So it's you two... I thought it was who..."

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

Dr. Zhao was naked in a white coat, not even wearing shoes. He wrapped the white coat around his body like a windbreaker, and his expression was very unnatural.

Behind him, Xiao Ran's hair was messy, his clothes were disheveled, and the makeup on his face was smeared.

The two cuddled together like a young couple who had been robbed.

Qi Xia finally understood the situation in front of him, but he didn't know why this situation happened.

"Qi, Qi Xia, don't get me wrong..." Dr. Zhao said with a smile, "Xiao Ran said she seemed to be injured, and I was checking her out."

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

Qi Xia shook his head: "I don't want to interfere with your business. Where are Officer Li and Lawyer Zhang?"

"Ah..." Dr. Zhao showed an embarrassed smile again, "The two of them went out to explore the situation nearby during the day, and they haven't come back yet."

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

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

He hasn't come back yet, is he dead?

Or maybe...these two are lying?

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

Although the ground was still very dirty, there seemed to be no fresh blood and no sign of a fight.

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

Qi Xia looked back at the two guilty men and asked slowly: "Aren't you a team? They didn't come back even after dark. Instead of worrying, you actually had the time to have fun here?"

"It's... useless to worry." Dr. Zhao said, "It's so dark that we can't go out to search. We can only wait until daybreak..."

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

Qi Xia didn't answer. He walked to the employee lounge and gently opened the door.

Inside the room, the female clerk was squatting in the corner, facing the wall, muttering something to herself.

It seemed like she had been here untouched all this time.

Qi Xia closed the door and looked back at Dr. Zhao. After all, Dr. Zhao could still communicate.

“Is Tao still here? Qi Xia asked.

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

"I'm here to borrow "Tao". "Qi Xia said, "I want to borrow the "Tao" that I put here during the day and use it, and then return it twice as much. "

"By "Tao"? Dr. Zhao thought for a moment, then looked at Qi Xia's clothes, which were even messier and stained with a few traces of blood, "Where is your own "Tao"?" What about the gangster and the prostitute? "

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

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

"What kind of memorial archway are you building..." Xiao Ran wrapped his clothes and walked up, "Didn't they participate in the game and then die?"

Qi Xia looked heavy and nodded slightly: "Almost."

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

Qi Xia raised his eyelids and looked at the woman, saying 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 speaking, 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 opposite the door and said, "After you left, the two of them went there to participate in the game, and it seems that they won. Then they went somewhere else. "

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

"This..." Dr. 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... 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..."

"Let...them go?"

Qi Xia's eyes widened instantly after hearing this, and he grabbed Dr. 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 with a real "dog eating shit".

Qi Xia took a deep breath and said to Dr. Zhao viciously, "I was so polite to you for Officer Li's sake, but you two actually went your separate ways?!"