your voice my world

Chapter 5 Trip to Macau
"Lu Miao, you can't go back to the police force now." Talking about work, Qiao Ze has recovered the sternness she saw when she first came in, "For the outside world, for everyone, you are just a person who failed the assessment and was kicked out of the police force Student. The reason for failing the assessment is that during the anti-drug operation at the border checkpoint, he did not obey the organization's command and acted without authorization, which resulted in the failure of the arrest mission."

"I can't explain it, and I haven't explained it." He leaned forward slightly, looking at her without moving his eyes, "This means that you may have to bear misunderstandings from family members and friends, and even spurned and insulted you. You may not even have your own life. Whether you want to sign, and whether you dare to sign, you have to think carefully.

"If you don't want to, you can go back to Xiao Zhan. At first, I persuaded him to give up on you. Your physical response, emergency response, vigilance, and your soft heart all show that you are not suitable for the frontline job of anti-narcotics. But Fortunately, your boldness and carefulness and precise control of people's hearts, as well as your proficiency in disguising, made up for your innate deficiencies."

"You passed the assessment." Qiao Ze drew a tick on another document with his fingertips, "Welcome back to the team."

The corner of Lu Miao's mouth moved: "Thank you."

"However, there is one thing, you must be aware of it. Before you completely improve your instinctive reaction, don't participate in the first-line arrest operation. It will not only harm you, but also your teammates."

Qiao Ze put his palm on the table slightly, and he stood up.

He turned around and picked up the black marker pen on the small blackboard, and with a few swipes, he drew a map of Ancheng on the whiteboard, and poked a small black dot in the southeast corner.

"This is Ancheng." He turned slightly, holding the end of a marker in his hand, tapped the whiteboard, and then pointed to the southeast corner, "This is the border, the Ancheng entry gate."

It also points to the east, west, north, south of Ancheng, and outlines a network of radiation points: "This is the toll station and highway leading to the outside of the city and the province."

He drew a line emphatically in the southeast direction with a pen: "Here leads to South China, and exits from here."

"This is the geographical location of Ancheng." Qiao Ze pointed at the black dot on the whiteboard with the tip of his pen and poked it hard, "It is a drug transit city. A large number of drugs trade from South America through the southeast gate, transit through Ancheng, and then Shipped to other places in the country. The part of the drugs in transit will be distributed in Ancheng and sold to other cities layer by layer."

He turned around and picked up the blackboard eraser, erased the things on the whiteboard, and quickly drew a four-layer tree map, with a topographic map of South America on top.

"This is a complete drug trafficking network." He tapped the top of the tree graph with a pen, "This is the behind-the-scenes drug lord colluding with overseas drug trafficking groups."

The tip of the pen moved down the layers of the tree structure, and finally landed on the last layer: "This is the lowest black market 'supplier' after layers of distribution, that is, a character like Zhou Jun. This kind of people in Ancheng ranges from ten thousand to several thousand. Under them, there are several times as many drug addicts as this group, such as Zhou Jun and Ding Li. They use their work to sell drugs to their customers, so they are counted as Look, there is still a group of people under them. Judging from the current registered drug addicts in Ancheng, this group is no less than [-], and may even be [-]."

He changed the pen to another hand, turned around, propped his arm on the table, and leaned over to look at Lu Miao: "According to your grasping method, can you finish grasping it?"

Lu Miao shook his head.

"So what we have to do is to cut it off." Qiao Ze turned around, drew a pen on the connecting line between the big drug lord and the topographic map of South America, and drew another stroke on the connecting line with the second layer of the tree map. Pen, forming a "X", "Cut off the chain. Only when the chain is cut off, the outside can't get in, and the top can't go down, can it be blocked."

The pen in Qiao Ze's hand circled heavily on the top layer of the tree diagram representing the big drug lord: "This is our goal."

"If this layer is removed, the whole chain may collapse." Qiao Ze put the cap on the pen, pulled out the chair, sat down again, and looked at Lu Miao, "We have investigated this drug trafficking network for three years and invested a lot of money. With manpower and material resources, it seemed that it was about to succeed, but it fell short at the last moment. We sacrificed too many people for this case, and they should not have ended like this."

"In terms of your qualifications and experience, you are not suitable to participate in this case." Qiao Ze pointed to his ear, "But I need you."

"The physical lesions of my ears have been cured long ago, but I still can't hear the sound. My attending doctor guessed that it might be just a psychological or neurological problem rather than a pathological problem. It needs a process of adaptation and gradual recovery. "Joze looked at her, "No one can predict when it will fully recover, it may be tomorrow, or it may be a lifetime, I can't continue to waste time waiting for it to heal, we can't afford to wait.

"When you see Zhou Minmin and Chen Yiwen, you feel sad and distressed for them, but this is not an isolated case. There are many people who are more miserable than them. Which one of the tragedies caused by drug abuse is not shocking? Why do we want to prohibit drugs? Why do we let so many colleagues go? They don’t want to live a stable life, but they are willing to risk their lives. They must fight against drugs? Because they want to protect this land and maintain the peace of this land.

"I don't know why you insist on participating in the anti-drug work. I have investigated your personal background. You have a younger brother who has gone out and has not returned. To be precise, he is missing and his life and death are unknown." Qiao Ze breathed lightly, "If You joined the team because of personal emotions, and that's unnecessary, because any news about your brother, good news or bad news, may completely repel your enthusiasm."

"Because you have been working with selfishness from the very beginning." Qiao Ze turned the pen in his hand, "I don't want you to participate in this work with selfishness, it will hurt you."

"This time I leave the choice to you. Follow me and cut off the top chain; follow Team Xiao and clear up your local shrimps and crabs. No matter which one, it is worthy of the police badge on your shoulder."

After speaking, Lu Miao could hear his forehead buzzing.

"Who are you...?" Lu Miao asked, a little at a loss, his words had too much impact on her, and she couldn't make a decision for a while.

"I'm Joze," he said, "just Joze."

Lu Miao looked at him without saying a word, he still had the same face and expression, he was already very familiar, yet seemed very strange.

She found that she seemed to have never really known Qiao Ze. He looked like a vagrant, but he had a very good relationship with Deputy Liu and Captain Xiao.

He has a hearing impairment, but he knows how to dismantle bombs, rescue, and has good driving skills.

The message he brought her was different from what she had come into contact with and what she wanted.

She just brushed away the layer of dust on the surface, but he has already reached the core of the problem.

He stood at that central point and asked her if she dared to approach her.

Lu Miao didn't dare, it was beyond the range of her cognition and qualifications.

From his analysis, she has already seen the gap between her and him, and he has put on the table for her what he reminded and her concerns.

That is indeed not what her ideological consciousness and ability for this job can do.

"I... Let's think about it first, I can't digest the message you brought me." She said, pushing the document in front of him back to him bit by bit.

Qiao Ze was silent for a moment, then nodded: "You think about it carefully."

People have gone out first.

Lu Miao followed him out of the conference room, and the two returned to Deputy Liu's office together.

As soon as Lu Miao entered the room, Xiao Zhan noticed that her mental state was not right, and her face looked a little pale.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Zhan asked.

Lu Miao shook his head, secretly glanced at Qiao Ze who was fetching water not far away, and lowered his voice: "Captain Xiao, who is he...?"

Xiao Zhan was taken aback by her question, looked up at Qiao Ze, and said with a smile: "You don't even know what he does, so you just signed the contract of sale for no reason?"

Lu Miao shook her head: "I didn't dare to sign, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to do it."

"With him leading you, what are you afraid of?" Xiao Zhan patted her on the shoulder comfortingly, "Who is Qiao Ze, that is a legend, old driver, with him leading you on the road, are you still afraid of overturning the car?"

"I... I'd better think about it again." Lu Miao pursed her lips, "I think I'm a little overwhelmed in front of him."

Xiao Zhan nodded: "Okay, if you don't want to follow him, you can go back to work in the team. This time the case was solved pretty well."

Qiao Ze just turned around after fetching water, and read Xiao Zhan's meaning from the movement of his lips.

"Don't be in a hurry to hook her back. Give her a few days to think about it. She's been busy for a while, so she should be on vacation."

Xiao Zhan sighed twice: "You started to protect the calf before you took him under his command?"

Qiao Ze just glanced at him and didn't answer.

Xiao Zhan also doesn't play lip service with him, he feels uncomfortable with a deaf person, every time he speaks he has to deliberately slow down his speech, completely lost the fun of lip service.

Xiao Zhan agreed to Lu Miao's vacation. She was recruited by him, and her immediate leader was also him. Besides, Lu Miao was eliminated and belonged to the status of not joining the job.

Lu Miao didn't think about what to do, and agreed to Xiao Zhan's decision.

She made an appointment with Chen Yizi at [-]:[-] p.m., and it was almost time now. She saw that she had nothing to do, so she bid farewell to everyone and was about to leave.

"I'll go there with you." Joze called to stop her.

After being shocked by his words just now, Lu Miao was not used to being with him, and subconsciously rejected him: "No need, I'll just go there by myself."

Qiao Ze didn't seem to hear, put down the water glass, and he was already walking towards her.

"Let's go."

Lu Miao was forced to go to the hospital with Qiao Ze, and the two took a taxi there.

Lu Miao and Qiao Ze sat in the back row together.

As soon as she got into the car, she unconsciously sat a little further in, keeping a distance from Qiao Ze.

Qiao Ze turned his head and glanced at her: "Am I that scary?"

Lu Miao shook his head: "No." He added, "I'm under a lot of pressure sitting with Legend."

Qiao Ze frowned: "What legend?"

Lu Miao: "Captain Xiao said you are a legend."

Qiao Ze snorted lightly: "Listen to his nonsense."

Lu Miao still feels that the current Qiao Ze has completely subverted the Qiao Ze she knew, making her feel that there is a sense of distance between him and her.

She didn't say anything, and sat quietly in her little corner until the car stopped at the hospital gate.

He got out of the car with her and went to Zhou Minmin's ward together.

Zhou Minmin hadn't woken up yet, and Chen Yizi hadn't arrived either.

Lu Miao couldn't let Qiao Ze wait with her, so she turned her head to persuade him: "You go back first, I'll just watch over here."

Qiao Ze stared at her face for a while: "Lu Miao, do you have to be so polite to me?"

"..." Lu Miao pursed her lips, "I have always been very polite to you."

Qiao Ze choked, thinking about it carefully, she was really polite to him all the time, the only time she was rude was teasing his dog.

He coughed softly, turned around and stood leaning against the cabinet in front of the hospital bed, and didn't say he wanted to leave.

Lu Miao couldn't chase people away anymore, and waited in the room without making a sound. Fortunately, after waiting for too long, Chen Yizi came over, and Xu Jiayan came with him.

Seeing the tall man who came in with Chen Yizi, Lu Miao was stunned for a few seconds.

"Brother?" She called him uncertainly.

Xu Jiayan didn't expect to meet her here either, his eyes moved from her face to Qiao Ze's body, and then slowly fell back to her body.

"Why are you here?" He walked towards her, stood still in front of her, looked at her and assumed the posture of father and brother again, "Why are you losing weight again?"

Lu Miao touched her face: "No way."

Thinking of how she cried and accused him a few days ago, she felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't dare to look at him, and then apologized to him in a low voice: "Brother... I was really impulsive last time, you Don't take it to heart."

Joze glanced at her and turned his head away.

Xu Jiayan didn't notice Qiao Ze on the side, just smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "It's been a long time, I still remember it." Then he turned to Chen Yizi and introduced them.

"Lu Miao."

"Chen Yizi, my department assistant."

Lu Miao raised her head and smiled at Chen Yizi, saying hello, but saw Chen Yizi staring at her in surprise.

Those eyes were really surprised, and a little confused, she turned her questioning eyes to Xu Jiayan.

Xu Jiayan smiled, and explained to Chen Yizi: "It's what I mentioned to you last time, asking you to arrange a job for her."

Chen Yizi nodded his head seemingly in a daze, although he carefully concealed it, but there was still a bit of bewilderment in his eyes.

This kind of look made Lu Miao a little confused, and he looked at her more than once.

Chen Yizi looks 1.6 meters tall, very thin, very energetic, with flaxen Korean-style curly hair, a very fashionable and capable urban girl, with a small and delicate face.But Lu Miao was indeed seeing her for the first time, and she didn't know where Chen Yizi's confusion came from.

Chen Yizi's attention has been taken away by Qiao Ze: "Who is this?"

Lu Miao suddenly remembered that there was another Qiao Ze in the room.

"That...his name is Qiao Ze."

Qiao Ze glanced at her, walked over, and greeted Chen Yizi and Xu Jiayan.

Xu Jiayan also responded with a polite "Hello".

Although this is the third time we have met, we are not very close to each other, especially Xu Jiayan. When he looked at Qiao Ze, his eyes were a little quiet and inquisitive. He was not sure what the relationship between this man and Lu Miao was. , and what role does it play in Lu Miao's life.

Xu Jiayan only knew that Lu Miao was living with him now.

She would rather live with him than live in the house he prepared for her.

This kind of cognition made Xu Jiayan feel a little uncomfortable, and his eyebrows twitched unconsciously.

Lu Miao's thoughts were all on Zhou Minmin. Seeing that everyone knew each other, she gave Chen Yizi a general introduction to Zhou Minmin and Zhou Jun's situation.

She hoped that Chen Yizi could temporarily adopt Zhou Minmin.

She could tell that Chen Yizi really loved Zhou Minmin.When Chen Yizi looked at Zhou Minmin who was unconscious on the hospital bed, her eyes were red. She really felt distressed. It was only because Zhou Jun forced Chen Yiwen to death that she forced herself to ignore Zhou Minmin.

Although Lu Miao feels sorry for Zhou Minmin, it is not realistic to adopt her.

She didn't have the emotional basis to get along with Zhou Minmin for a long time, and she didn't have enough financial conditions to support her and support her in school.The most important thing is that the nature of her work is doomed that she cannot give Zhou Minmin a stable life.For a child like Zhou Minmin who has experienced ups and downs since childhood, what he lacks most is a sense of security. She needs a stable and peaceful family environment to start over. Chen Yizi is much better than Lu Miao in this regard.

Chen Yizi stared at Zhou Minmin on the bed for a while, bent over and hugged her, then turned to Lu Miao and said, "I'll let my parents come and take care of her."

Lu Miao nodded: "Okay." Then she looked down at her watch, "Then... Minmin will be counting on you from now on, I will come to see her when I have time."

Then he turned around and bid farewell to Xu Jiayan.

"Let's have a meal together." Xu Jiayan put both hands in his coat pocket, and made a decision for her without authorization.

Lu Miao has no objections, but Qiao Ze is still here, he has ear problems, it is not convenient.They were chatting happily, but it was always not good for him to listen to thunder like a duck.

"Another day." Lu Miao rejected Xu Jiayan, "We still have something to do, I will ask you out later."

Xu Jiayan nodded: "Okay." Then he said to her, "By the way, have you found a job yet?"

Lu Miao shook his head: "Not yet."

"Think about what I mentioned to you that day." Xu Jiayan walked in front of her, heaved a long sigh of relief, put his palms on her shoulders, and looked at her seriously, "Miaomiao, where are my parents? My parents, I am me, don't transfer your mind on them to me."

Lu Miao smiled at him unconsciously: "I won't."

Xu Jiayan also seemed relieved, smiled, and patted her head: "Call me later."

"it is good."

After saying goodbye, Lu Miao turned back to look at Qiao Ze, but saw that he was looking at her with his head pensive, and he didn't know how long he looked at her.

Lu Miao knew that he couldn't hear what they were saying, guessing that he was still waiting for her patiently, she felt a little sorry.

"Going back?" she asked.

Joze nodded.

On the way back, Qiao Ze didn't talk much.Leaning his hands against the window, propping his head slightly, he kept looking at her with a thoughtful expression.

Lu Miao was watched all the way by him, which made her feel embarrassed and terrified.She just sat on the other side of the car seat, feeling like a little white rabbit being stared at by a wolf.However, Qiao Ze didn't say a word, just looked at her with one hand resting on his back and looking at her thoughtfully.

When the taxi was almost downstairs, Lu Miao finally couldn't hold back: "What are you looking at?"

After asking, Qiao Ze cast a look over: "What else can I look at besides you."

"..." Lu Miao was embarrassed, and unconsciously raised her hand to cover her face, "What do you see me doing?"

Seeing the car stopped downstairs in the community, he pointed to the door: "Here we are."

Qiao Ze paid, and when he pushed the door to get off the car, he glanced at her again, then turned and went upstairs.

Lu Miao followed behind him in a daze.

"No plans these days, right?" Qiao Ze said suddenly when he opened the door.

Lu Miao shook his head: "No."

"That's fine." Qiao Ze glanced back at her, "You go to the training ground with me these few days."

"..." Lu Miao looked at him in surprise.

"Your physical fitness, reaction speed, grappling ability, shooting ability... I need to make a comprehensive evaluation."

"..." Lu Miao frowned, "I haven't promised you yet."

Qiao Ze: "I just want to make an assessment before you agree. If you fail the assessment, it's useless if you want to agree."

Lu Miao's cheeks puffed up: "Forget it, I'll just give up."

She turned around and wanted to go back to her room, but her arms were suddenly seized.He exerted some strength, and she was pulled and turned around, her heels were not steady, her body swayed, and she lost her balance and leaned against the wall next to her. Qiao Ze took a step closer, and her whole body was suddenly forced to lean against the wall. In the corner.

"Say what?" he asked, condescending and pale.

Lu Miao's back was forced to lean against the wall, and her momentum softened immediately: "No...it's nothing...you are so strict, I will definitely not meet your requirements, and then you will blame me for wasting you It's time."

Her voice lowered a little.She had seen Qiao Ze's harshness before, and instead of following him, she thought it would be better to stay with Xiao Zhan.The person she was looking for couldn't reach the top of the tree diagram.

Qiao Ze stared at her for a while: "Are you sure?"

Lu Miao wanted to nod, but she was a little timid under his eyes, and finally changed to a compromise method: "I'll think about it."

Joze let go of her.

"Tomorrow morning at six o'clock, don't stay in bed."

Lu Miao didn't dare to stay in bed, and the biological clock woke her up consciously at [-]:[-] the next day. When she got up to wash up, Qiao Ze had also woken up. He had just come out of the bedroom, wearing a set of gray and black pajamas, and the top was a slim fit. , you can vaguely see the tight lines under the cotton fabric.

Lu Miao consciously avoided: "You brush first."

Qiao Ze raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "It's still 8 minutes before six o'clock. Can you wash up, change clothes, and go out before six o'clock?"

Lu Miao didn't know that he would have to dawdle for a few minutes, and secretly glanced at the bathroom, the space was big enough.So she scratched her head, and walked over silently, standing side by side with Joze, squeezing toothpaste, drinking water, and brushing her teeth, without any discomfort at all.

Qiao Ze turned his head and glanced at her. She brushed seriously, and she really...wasn't uncomfortable at all.

She never had the self-awareness of him as a man.

Qiao Ze remembered that when she faced Xu Jiayan last night, she still had a bit of shyness and embarrassment on her face, but in front of him...

Qiao Ze frowned unknowingly, and for a while, Lu Miao looked at him strangely with his mouth full of foam.

"what happened?"

Qiao Ze felt a little uneasy for no reason.

"Brush your teeth." He patted her on the forehead and ignored her.

Eight minutes later, both of them had changed into their sports clothes and sneakers, and were ready to go out. Lu Bao also wagged his tail to follow.

"Lu Bao, watch the door at home." After telling Lu Bao, Qiao Ze led Lu Miao out of the door.

He wanted to comprehensively evaluate her various abilities, starting with her physical fitness.

He took her to run a half marathon around Ancheng, 21 kilometers, which also included a speed change test.

After the whole run, Lu Miao was a little out of breath. Although it was not as relaxed as Qiao Ze's, his mental and physical state were still good.

Joze didn't make things difficult for her this time, seeing her panting with her hands on her waist, he took a dry towel and threw it on her head, wrapped her head and wiped her sweat.

"Are you all right?" he asked.

Lu Miao shook her head: "It's okay." She took a deep breath before standing up.

Qiao Ze nodded, raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "Physical pass."

Lu Miao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, pursed her lips and smiled at him: "You seem to be a little more human."

Qiao Ze glanced at her: "In your eyes, I'm not only not a man, I'm not even a human being?"

Lu Miao nodded sincerely: "I think you have surpassed the boundaries between men and women."

Qiao Ze looked at her fixedly: "What do you say?"

Lu Miao stretched out his hand and made a gesture above his head: "It's already on the god's seat, I don't understand joys and sorrows, I don't have emotions, and I don't have humanity, only..."

Lu Miao turned her head and thought for a while: "All living beings are equal." Then she nodded with certainty, "Yes, it is the feeling that all living beings are equal. I am also very comfortable in front of Bodhisattvas."

"..." Qiao Ze refrained from hitting her. The little girl's brain circuits never followed the usual path. Unlike Qiao Shi, who had a simple mind, he could see through what was going on in his mind at a glance.

He didn't expect her to see him as a normal man, nor did he need to.

He patted her on the shoulder: "Go and have breakfast first."

Lu Miao nodded, and happily accompanied Qiao Ze to have breakfast.

Yesterday when she knew that he was a legend, she was still in awe of him. After one night, when she faced Qiao Ze again, she was already calm, but it was the calmness of facing a Bodhisattva when praying to God and Buddha.

Seeing the way she looked at him, Qiao Ze almost held up two incense sticks to make offerings, his chest always seemed to be choking, which made him uncomfortable, and in the afternoon when he practiced grappling, he tortured her ruthlessly. .She is not very good at grasping. After all, she is born with slow body reactions. His palms are wrapped around her shoulders, so she reacts slowly and pulls his arms to try to fall over her shoulders, but her physical strength and skills are far behind. Far inferior to him, after a few pulls, she rolled herself into his arms.

If he didn't know that her brain circuit is different from ordinary people, he would really suspect that she took the initiative to throw himself into his arms.

Everyone rolled into his arms, but she didn't even blush. In her eyes, he really became a Bodhisattva.

He let go of her: "Catch it, no pass."

"..." Lu Miao wiped his sweat with his hand, "Is there anyone who can beat you?"

Qiao Ze glanced at her, but didn't respond.

Lu Miao automatically interpreted it as no, when he was fighting with his life, he could still live well, so it couldn't be that he was at a disadvantage.

"Your eyes tell me no." Lu Miao finished the interpretation by himself, and he became more confident again, with a bit of dissatisfaction, "You see that you are invincible, I am just an assistant, why do you want me to be better than you?"

Joze glanced at her restrainedly: "Are you really stupid or fake?"

Lu Miao showed that innocent blank look again.

Qiao Ze couldn't hold it back, and patted her on the forehead: "put away your daze."

Seeing her bulging cheeks with a resigned look, he couldn't help poking her on the forehead: "I'm really dumb..." Then he raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "The next item is shooting."

Lu Miao's shooting barely passed the test. She was very accurate when the target was fixed, but not so good when the target moved. It was still a matter of reaction speed.

This time, Qiao Ze didn't make it difficult for her anymore, and when he finished work, he only lightly told him: "Have time to practice more reflexes, don't always be stupid."

He would say something like this to show that he has recognized her ability.

The great god's approval made Lu Miao feel relieved, although she didn't know which mountain he was from, he didn't mean to say it either.

After he got home and had dinner, he brought her over to talk about work.

"Tell me, why do you insist on being an anti-narcotics policeman?" Qiao Ze asked with his arms folded around his chest, turning his head to look at her.

Lu Miao pursed her lips, remained silent for a while, and looked up at him carefully: "Can I not say it? I promise that it will really not affect my normal judgment and work."

Her eyes were clear, and she was begging faintly. There was something in it that she didn't want people to delve into. It was carefully hidden, and she didn't want anyone to touch it, including him.

Qiao Ze stared into her eyes for a while, then turned away and nodded: "Okay."

After a pause, he looked at her again: "Do you have a Hong Kong and Macau permit?"

Lu Miao nodded: "Yes."

Qiao Ze: "OK, accompany me to a place tomorrow."

Qiao Ze didn't say where to go, and Lu Miao didn't ask, and she didn't have time to ask. As soon as she sat down on the sofa, Lu Bao was already rubbing against her feet, asking her to take him out for a walk.

She has been busy these days, and she has no time to help Joze walk the dog for a long time.

Qiao Ze doesn't like dog walkers very much. Since she moved into his house, she has almost become his full-time dog walker. Every day, no matter how late she gets off work, she has to take Lu Bao out for a walk, so it seems that Qiao Ze has nothing to do. , she pulled Lu Bao over and took him out for a walk.

It's still early, only eight o'clock, and the lights are bright everywhere.

Lu Bao hadn't been able to take a walk for a few days, and finally caught a chance, and when he came out, he went wild, and ran with Lu Miao happily.

Lu Miao was abused by its owner in the morning, and now he is abused by it again. I couldn't bear to run after it. Seeing that it was sensible, I just let it go and let it run by itself. I didn't expect it to run away. Then it disappeared. Lu Miao searched around the community for a long time but couldn't find it. He didn't expect to see it downstairs in the unit. There was something as thick as an arm in his mouth, wrapped in bubble wrap.

Lu Miao walked towards it: "Why did you take back his things?"

Lu Bao yelled at her, and ran upstairs with something in his mouth, Lu Miao had to follow upstairs, and saw Lu Bao locked outside the room at the door.

"Where did you find this thing?" Lu Miao squatted down in front of it, and took the thing out of its mouth, "What is this?"

Lu Bao just barked, raised his head, stuck out his tongue, and looked at her as if asking for credit.

Lu Miao was confused, took the thing and looked it over and over again, it looked like a packaged umbrella, but he didn't see the label on the package, and he didn't know whose thing it was.

"Lobo, where did you get it?" She turned to ask it, but a dog couldn't answer her.

Confused, Lu Miao stretched out his hand and pushed open the door. After observing for a while, after making sure that it was not any dangerous item, he opened the package in his hand.

The things were not packed tightly, only a layer of bubble wrap was wrapped outside, and a long box was inside.

Lu Miao didn't pay attention to look at the box, opened it and took out the things directly, raised his hand to look at it, and was stunned.

It was a vibrator for women.

Joze just came out of the bedroom, and saw the thing in her hand at a glance.

"..." He looked at her restrainedly.

At that glance, Lu Miao's face was burning hot, and the thing in her hand suddenly seemed to have thorns, which made her throw it to Lu Bao immediately: "No...it's not mine."

Lu Bao yelled at the thing.

Qiao Ze picked up the thing in the past, held it in his hand and looked around, then raised his eyes and glanced at her: "Why are you nervous? Bodhisattva can understand your needs."

"..." Lu Miao's face was hot and red from embarrassment, and she stuttered, "I wouldn't buy this kind of thing... Lu Bao really picked it up."

No matter how the thing looked in his hand, it hurt eyes, she stepped forward to snatch it in embarrassment: "You throw it away."

Joze flipped his arms, avoiding her outstretched hand lightly.

"Don't move."

Seeing that her face was blushing almost to the brim, he put away the joking expression just now.

"Lu Bao is a retired police dog, he will not pick up things for no reason."

As soon as he said this, Lu Miao immediately recovered from the embarrassment just now, and stepped forward to stare at the things in his hand: "Is there a problem?"

She reached out to grab it.

Qiao Ze didn't stop her this time, but turned his head and glanced at her: "Are you sure you want to take it back and study it yourself?"

Lu Miao's face turned red again, she gave him a gouged look angrily, and withdrew her hand: "You can study it yourself."

Qiao Ze stretched out his hand to her: "Give me the original packaging."

Lu Miao gave him the things, but he didn't say anything, he just stuffed the things back in and looked up at her: "The plane at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, don't oversleep."

It was only then that Lu Miao remembered that he asked her to accompany him to a place.

The place he is going to is Macau.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, their flight landed safely at Macau International Airport.

Qiao Ze is still dressed in a mid-length black trench coat, but wearing sunglasses, his face is stern, the corners of his lips are slightly pursed, and his temperament is alienated. He looks like a big boss in the industry. A short skirt with a loose sweater looks very informal.

He seems to be here for business, she seems to be here for tourism.

Joze didn't seem to like her attire very much, perhaps because this attire was not suitable for where he was going. After leaving the airport, he sized her up from head to toe, and then frowned: "This The suit is too young."

He took her to a specialty store to buy several sets of long dresses and small dresses before taking her to the hotel.

Lu Miao didn't figure out what he was doing in Macau from the beginning to the end, and he didn't say it clearly.

When she followed him to check in at the hotel, she couldn't help turning her head and asking him, "What are we going to do?"

Qiao Ze glanced at her: "When you come to Macau, you will naturally go to the casino."

He reached out to her: "Pass."

Lu Miao handed him the ID and watched him hand over two Hong Kong and Macau passports: "One room, business double room, thank you."

"Have you made a reservation in advance?" the front desk asked looking up.

Joze hummed.

Lu Miao was stunned for two seconds, then gently tugged on his sleeve: "Then where do I live?"

After asking, Qiao Ze looked at her with incredible eyes, and nodded his chin to the two Hong Kong and Macau passports he held in his hand: "Where do you live?"

"..." Lu Miao was speechless, "If you don't have money, we can live in a cheaper place, there is no need for a room."

Joze: "..."

He suddenly stretched out his long arms towards her, grabbed the back of her head and pulled her in front of his eyes. He turned his head and whispered into her ear: "Is your focus wrong? At this time, shouldn't you Worried about the big bed room?"

Lu Miao: "..."

She pushed him, unexpectedly, Qiao Ze tightened his arms, and wrapped her in his arms in a very intimate and ambiguous manner.

"Don't move around." He lowered his voice, "The man in the gray suit and the woman in the red skirt came in at the door, pay attention to what they say."

"..." Taking the opportunity to look up at him, Lu Miao glanced at the door from the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he saw a woman in a red dress holding a man in a gray suit walking from the door to the lobby. They are guests who have already checked into the hotel. After passing through the lobby, they have already walked straight to the elevator, chatting while walking, looking like a couple, and like a friend with benefits.

Lu Miao was not sure, and watched the two walk away calmly.

Check-in has also been completed at this time.

"Thank you." Qiao Ze took the room card and pass, pushed the suitcase with one hand, put his arm around Lu Miao's waist with the other, and walked towards the elevator together.

The two had just entered the elevator, and the elevator door was about to close, Lu Miao hurriedly reached out and pressed it, and the elevator door opened again.

Lu Miao smiled apologetically at the two people in the elevator: "I'm sorry."

The woman in the red dress also returned a polite smile: "It's okay."

Lu Miao followed Qiao Ze into the room.

The elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor. The man in the gray suit and the woman in the red skirt stepped out of the elevator. Lu Miao and Qiao Ze's room was also on this floor, just opposite to their room.

Lu Miao seemed surprised, and smiled at the woman in the red skirt: "You guys live here too, what a coincidence."

The woman in the red dress also smiled slightly as a response.

Lu Miao and Qiao Ze entered the house together.

The room is big with only one big bed.

But Lu Miao's attention was all on those two people. As soon as the door closed, she couldn't help but turn around and ask Qiao Ze: "Who are those two people?"

Qiao Ze: "I don't know."

"..." Lu Miao's cheeks puffed up all of a sudden, feeling a little resentful, "Then you still let me eavesdrop on what they say."

Qiao Ze kicked the suitcase to the corner, put his arms on the table, turned around leaning on it, and asked her, "What did they say?"

Lu Miao puffed her cheeks and didn't want to answer him: "You don't know him, so don't care what he says."

After finishing speaking, Qiao Ze pinched his arm and held him in front of him. He repeated again: "What did they say?"

Lu Miao muttered: "If you have the ability to listen to yourself."

It's all about talking, but she still confessed honestly: "Just say that I want to eat at Xidun Indian Restaurant tonight, and then go to the casino to play a few games." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help asking him, "Who are they?"

"The man's name is Shang Qi, a venture capitalist." Qiao Ze said, "Our goal in coming to Macau this time. Your goal is to mingle with them. The more familiar you are, the better."

Lu Miao frowned, a little worried: "You don't want me to seduce him, do you?"

After finishing speaking, he took a slap on the forehead from Qiao Ze: "As long as you look like a clear soup with little water, people still look down on you."

Lu Miao scratched her head, a little unconvinced: "Some people like clear soup with little water."

"That can't be you." Qiao Ze turned his head to look at her, "I'm familiar with you, understand? Don't leave the woman next to him alone, and foolishly seduce men."

Lu Miao said, "Just use your real name?"

"Your background will be revealed as soon as you check it. There is no need to fake your identity. It will be like shooting yourself in the foot."

Lu Miao nodded without asking any further questions, turned around to pack her luggage, took out the newly bought skirts and hung them in the closet one by one, then raised her head and asked Qiao Ze, "Can you hang up the clothes for me?"

"..." Qiao Ze glanced at her, then at the big bed, and was convinced once again that she really didn't think of him as a man.

"Lu Miao, there is only one bed here." He reminded her.

Lu Miao nodded: "I know. I'll sleep on the floor at night, so you can sleep on the bed."

"..." Qiao Ze refused to communicate with her, raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "Eat first."

He took her to eat special food in Macau, and then strolled around the Venetian Grand Canal shopping mall.

This is a tourist attraction, there are many people, the scenery is beautiful, and it is lively. People are in it, and there is always a bit of comfort.

It was the first time for Lu Miao to come here. Although she is young, she is not like other girls who like to go shopping and take pictures. She stops from time to time and takes a few photos with her friends.

She was obedient all the way, quietly following him, wandering around without looking around.

Qiao Ze guessed that she was jealous of him.

"We're just here for a vacation, and that's what a vacation should look like, don't be formal."

Looks like on vacation... Lu Miao glanced at the passerby who was happily taking pictures, and saw that he had just stopped leaning against the railing, and raised his mobile phone kindly: "I'll take a picture for you." After a few clicks, he took a few pictures Take a photo, and then walked towards him with the phone, "It seems to be a good shot."

Qiao Ze didn't even look at it: "Deleted."

Lu Miao looked down at the phone, the snapshot was very nice, she was a bit reluctant to delete it, but seeing Qiao Ze's eyes were cold, she dared not refuse, she lowered her head and silently deleted the photo, after deleting it looked up at Qiao Ze, his attention had already turned elsewhere , leaving her with a calm profile, very pale, blending into this slightly exotic scenery, with an indescribable beauty.

"Can I take a photo with you?" Lu Miao was taken aback by herself when the words blurted out. She didn't know how she came up with such an idea. At that moment, she just wanted to take a picture of him.

His eyes fell back to her face and swept around: "What are you doing?"

Lu Miao shook his head blankly, also a little embarrassed: "It's nothing, I just suddenly wanted to keep a souvenir."

"It's okay, I'll just ask casually." She stuffed the phone into her pocket and asked him, "Let's go?"

Qiao Ze nodded and didn't insist on taking pictures. Neither he nor she is suitable for recording too many things with the camera.

After the two of them had dinner, Qiao Ze led Lu Miao to the casino.

Lu Miao originally thought that he really wanted to play, but she didn't vaguely understand Qiao Ze's intentions until she sat down at the gaming table and saw the man in gray suit and the woman in red skirt sitting opposite him.

She remembered them. Qiao Ze introduced them at noon. The man's name is Shang Qi, and he was the target of their trip to Macau.

She remembered what Qiao Ze said, getting to know them well.

So as soon as she was seated, she had already consciously entered the role, and said to Shang Qi's female companion in surprise, "It's you, what a coincidence, are you coming to play too?"

Shang Qi's female companion also seemed to be very surprised by this series of coincidences. This time, she was alienated before noon. She smiled and nodded: "You guys come to play too."

Lu Miao returned a smile: "Yes."

The person moved closer to Qiao Ze unobtrusively, and the little bird leaned against him like a human.

Qiao Ze turned his head to look at her, his face was very pale, and he didn't speak.

Shang Qi's girlfriend glanced at Qiao Ze with a smile: "Your boyfriend is very handsome."

Lu Miao blushed with embarrassment, looking a little embarrassed: "This is... my boss."

Then, in the eyes of Shang Qi's female companion, he saw a trace of understanding, the boss and subordinates who rolled together.

This kind of misunderstanding made Shang Qi's female companion look at her a little more kindly, and when he got up to serve coffee, he also beckoned her to go with him.

"My name is Wu Manman, what's your name?" Coming to the dining area of ​​the VIP room, Shang Qi's female companion took the initiative to introduce herself.

"My name is Lu Miao." Lu Miao also introduced frankly.

"Good name." Wu Manman said with a smile, turning his head to glance at the gaming table, "Your boss looks quite young, is he married?"

Lu Miao shook his head: "It seems not."

Wu Manman smiled: "Then why don't you consider him, he's quite handsome, and he's generous."

Lu Miao shook her head and smiled: "He is also generous to other women." In her loneliness, there was a look of self-deprecation and innocence, and she grasped it well.

Wu Manman smiled knowingly, and turned her head away: "Men are all of this kind of virtue."

Lu Miao glanced at Shang Qi who was not far away: "Your boyfriend is better, I can see that he loves you."

Wu Manman shook her head and smiled, fell silent, made coffee and went back with her.

The atmosphere in front of the gaming table has become heated, only Qiao Ze and Shang Qi are left on the gaming table.The chips in front of Qiao Ze piled up more and more, while the chips in front of Shang Qi became less and less.Compared to Qiao Ze's calmness and unhurriedness, Shang Qi was obviously much more irritable, and his face became more and more tense.

The croupier was a young and glamorous girl with quick hands and feet and a sullen face the whole time.

In the last hand, Qiao Ze pushed out all the chips piled in front of him.He lost this game, and all the winning chips were lost to Shang Qi.

Shang Qi's tense face finally showed a slight smile, and when he stood up, he extended his palm to Qiao Ze: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Qiao Ze also smiled slightly, and reached out to shake hands with him.

The croupier who had finished his work put away his cold expression at work, and smiled at the two of them: "Mr. Qiao and Mr. Shang's game is so exciting, it's rare for everyone to get together and have a drink together?"

Thinking that Qiao Ze would not be able to hear it, Lu Miao consciously played the role of translator, looked at Qiao Ze with a sideways smile and said, "That's right, it's rare for everyone to get together, why don't we have a drink together?"

Shang Qi is a cheerful person, so he made a decision immediately: "Success, I'll treat you." After finishing speaking, he looked at Qiao Ze.

Joze also nodded politely.

There is an entertainment area on the third floor of the casino, and Shang Qi asked someone to open a KTV box.

He is a person who is used to messing around in sensual occasions. He is not bad in appearance, with a bit of playboy-like slack. He took Wu Manman over as soon as he sat down on the sofa, and lowered his head on her lips. He kissed her, not paying any attention to the eyes of others.

Qiao Ze also sat down on the sofa with his arms around Lu Miao, put one hand on her shoulder affectionately, pressed her head to his chest, and rested the other hand casually on the back of the sofa, looking like a businessman. look like.

Lu Miao let him play around.

Shang Qi smiled: "Mr. Qiao and his girlfriend have a good relationship."

Lu Miao was worried that Qiao Ze wouldn't be able to hear her, not to mention that she had just hinted in front of Wu Manman that she and Qiao Ze were sex friends. In order to prevent Qiao Ze from disrupting the situation, she sat up with a smile and took the conversation: "What did President Shang say? In other words, I'm not Mr. Qiao's girlfriend."

She picked up the wine glass and poured four glasses of wine, picked up one of them, smiled and said to Shang Qi: "At best, he is a 'four companion', eating, drinking, playing and gambling."

Joze glanced at her.

There was always a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, looking at Shang Qi.

Shang Qi bent over to pick up the wine glass, clinked it with her, and pointedly glanced at Qiao Ze's hand on her waist: "Would you like to accompany me?"

Sleep with me.

Lu Miao smiled awkwardly, neither admitting nor denying it.

Wu Manman also turned to Shang Qi dissatisfied: "Then I'm not the fifth escort?"

"It's delicious, isn't it?" Shang Qi lowered his head and kissed her on the lips again, rubbing her hair lightly like a cat to comfort her, and then looked at Qiao Ze, "What does Mr. Qiao do?" ?”

Lu Miao bumped Qiao Ze's ribs with his elbow calmly: "Business card." Then he smiled apologetically at Shang Qi, "Sorry, our boss's ears are a little hard, we have to make a loud noise to hear it."

Shang Qi was surprised: "Is it caused by the day after tomorrow? I don't think there is any obstacle in Mr. Qiao's communication."

"I got sick and hurt my ears when I was young, and I haven't fully recovered." Qiao Ze said lightly, and handed over a business card, "It's actually not a big problem, just a little hearing loss."

"Can it still be cured?" Wu Manman looked over worriedly, "I know a doctor who specializes in ear diseases, and his medical skills are pretty good. I'll introduce you later?"

Lu Miao immediately responded with a smile: "Okay, thank you Sister Man."

She looked small, and this "Sister Man" didn't make Wu Manman unhappy, on the contrary, she felt a sense of intimacy.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and the back door was pushed open. It was the croupier from just now, and a tall and thin man came in together with a thin face and looked a little serious.

Shang Qi stood up, pointed at the tall and thin man and said, "Let me introduce, this is my friend, Su Ming."

"Joe Ze, Lu Miao."

Qiao Ze stood up and shook hands with Su Ming.

The croupier also came forward with a smile, and after a brief self-introduction, he had already sat down next to Qiao Ze, ignored Lu Miao who was on the side, picked up the wine glass and made friends with Qiao Ze.

Wu Manman winked at Lu Miao.

Lu looked at her blankly.

Wu Manman hated iron for being weak, turned around and said to Shang Qi: "I'm going to the bathroom." Then she looked at Lu Miao, "Miao Miao, are you together?"

Lu Miao thought of the look she had cast over her just now, and got up.

As soon as she got to the bathroom, Wu Manman couldn't help but said to her: "I said, are you short-hearted? Just watch that woman seduce your man openly like this?"

Lu Miao immediately thought of the female croupier, and her expression became depressed: "He didn't push it away, did he? And I have no position."

Her pitiful little appearance made Wu Manman's face softened unconsciously.After one night of contact, she has a good impression of Lu Miao. She is small, like a yellow-haired little girl who just came out of society, soft and weak, harmless to humans and animals, soft-tempered, and a little silly. Like a follower, not threatening.

She couldn't help but patted Lu Miao on the shoulder: "Don't underestimate yourself. What you have to think about is, now that you are his woman, you have a position. Whatever she is, come and pinch one away to keep your position." That's the key. Your boss sees that the conditions are not bad. Since you are not married, you should take good care of it. But men are most afraid of women's jealousy and petty tricks. You have to know how to retreat and pretend to be generous, understand?" After carefully teaching her some tricks, she went back.

Lu Miao took a closer look at the female croupier. She really seemed to have taken a fancy to Qiao Ze. She had been looking for topics to talk to Qiao Ze all night, but she probably didn't realize that the person sitting in front of her was a deaf person, and she had been there alone all the time. Narrative, Qiao Ze's expression remained calm.

Lu Miao knew that Wu Manman was looking at her, and was looking forward to her "retreating to advance", so facing the initiative of the female dealer, Lu Miao tactfully helped Qiao Ze deal with it. Lu Miao also helped Qiao Ze take the business card that he offered, and said "thank you" to her, and then left the box holding Qiao Ze's hand under the guarded eyes of the female croupier.

As soon as he returned to the hotel room, Lu Miao turned around and handed the business card to Qiao Ze: "Where is your peach blossom?"

Qiao Ze didn't even look at it: "Throw it away."

The man stood up in front of the table and looked back at her: "You sat all night and didn't do your business, so you helped me block the peach blossoms?"

"..." Lu Miao was a little embarrassed, and shook the business card in his hand at him, "Where can I help you block the peach blossoms? I brought back the phone number for you."

She couldn't help but said: "It's not easy for a girl. You can get an echo when you say a few words to the tree hole, but you don't even say anything to you."

Qiao Ze stretched out his long arm, pinched her arm and brought her in front of him: "The key point is wrong." He said again, "What did they talk about tonight, and which ones are the key points?"

"..." Lu Miao really didn't pay attention this time, she thought it was just a way of getting close and familiar, how could she know that a drink would also come with an exam.

She thought about it for a while, and frowned at him: "Didn't I sign the agreement yet? Why are you about to start working?"

"This is the assessment," he said, "the fourth assessment."

Lu Miao: "..."

"For the first time, you will be eliminated, and your stress resistance and psychological quality will be tested.

"The second time, Zhou Jun's case, to test your analytical reasoning ability and carefulness.

"The third time, the physical fitness test, examines your physical fitness and personal defense capabilities.

"Now is the fourth time to test our cooperation and tacit understanding."

Lu Miao: "..."

Qiao Ze let go of her hand: "Obviously we don't have enough tacit understanding, Miss Fifth Companion."

He paused for the word "fifth companion", and then gave her a meaningful look: "You have even figured out your girlfriend, you are a talent."

Lu Miao was not convinced: "Friends in sex are much easier to use than girlfriends and wives. If a woman wants to quickly develop a good impression of another strange woman, it is often based on mutual sympathy. Wu Manman and Shang Qi are obviously not normal In the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend, if I approach her as your real girlfriend, she may still think that I am showing off my might or looking down on her, and she must be hostile to me from the beginning. The playmates and playthings that are not on the table made her feel that she has a common topic."

"Plaything?" Qiao Ze glanced at her with a half-smile, "You are quite capable of sacrificing ego."

He raised his wrist and glanced at his watch: "How did you know that she and Shang Qi are not in a normal boyfriend and girlfriend relationship?"

"While walking through the hotel lobby at noon, Wu Manman put her arms around Shang Qi and acted like a baby and asked for a bunch of expensive luxury goods. Shang Qi also kissed and hugged her, and behaved frivolously. Just now in the private room... normal men and women How could my friend be like this. And don’t you men only let her get what she wants when facing the wild flowers and weeds outside, how can you be so generous to your wife.”

After speaking, he received a pat on the forehead.

"Don't act like you know men well."

Lu Miao puffed her cheeks and didn't want to talk to him: "I know normal men."

Qiao Ze didn't bother with her about the potential meaning of her words. In her heart, he was already an existence beyond men and women.

He turned around and took the laptop on the table, and turned it on: "Shang Qi is the person in charge of Qixun Venture Capital, which is a money laundering company. Wu Manman is his personal secretary and bed partner, and Su Ming is currently the person he relies on the most Assistant. Find a way to establish a normal contact with Su Ming."

money laundering firm...

Lu Miao looked at him, and Qiao Ze continued: "A woman named Sister Ni was arrested with Zhou Jun that day. Her real name is Ni Yanhong. She is mainly engaged in new drug transactions. There are business contacts, and it just so happens that our clues from years ago were cut off at Qixun Venture Capital."

Lu Miao nodded clearly, a little confused: "Is it really time to start working?"

"It's just to test your tacit understanding and cooperation with me." Qiao Ze said, "So you still have another chance to choose, and so do I."

"You choose me, or I choose you, it depends on your performance." Qiao Ze closed the laptop, "Okay, let's take a shower first, Miss Fifth Companion."

"..." Lu Miao was speechless, "I just said that I am the fourth companion."

Qiao Ze glanced at the big bed: "I allow you to accompany me five times."

Lu Miao ignored him, came out of the shower, saw that Qiao Ze was busy in front of the computer, and didn't bother him, and moved the quilt out of the cabinet without saying a word.

Qiao Ze had just finished his work, and when he turned around, he saw that she was laying a quilt on the carpet with her waist bent. He raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is this?"

"It's the floor." Lu Miao looked back at him, pointing to the bed, "I'll give you the bed."

Joze: "..."

He used to put away the quilt: "What kind of floor do girls make?"

Lu Miao visually measured his height: "Could it be that you beat him? The quilt seems not long enough."

"I don't sleep on the floor." Qiao Ze stuffed the quilt back into the cabinet, and glanced back at the two-meter-wide bed, "In your eyes, I've become a Buddha immediately, so are you afraid that the Buddha will plot against you?"

Lu Miao: "..."

Qiao Ze threw another quilt on the bed, pointed to the inside: "You sleep inside."

The bed was very big, and each had its own quilt. Lu Miao agreed after thinking about it, and rolled up the quilt and curled up in a corner of the bed.

When Qiao Ze came out of the shower, she had already fallen asleep, hugged the quilt, and curled up into a ball.

Joze lay down on the other side of the bed.

Taking her out and booking a room is just for work needs, just to deceive others.

Although the two were lying on the same bed, the two-meter-wide big bed, each holding a quilt and sitting in a corner, did not actually affect each other.

Qiao Ze fell asleep quickly, but was suddenly awakened by the vibration of the bed board in the middle of the night, and he opened his eyes suddenly.In the slight trembling of the bed board, there was also a thin, suppressed weeping sound - it was Lu Miao's voice.

She seemed to be having a nightmare, huddled under the blanket, tearing something with her hands from time to time, and making strange noises from her mouth.

Qiao Ze remembered that she made such a strange sound the night she found the rotting corpse in the hotel. At that time, he thought she was having nightmares because of the corpse, and he also bluntly said that her psychological quality was not good enough, but there was nothing worthy of nightmares in the past two days and her condition has been stable.

He patted the bed board lightly: "Lu Miao?"

She didn't wake up, she was still curled up in bed.

"Lu Miao?" Qiao Ze raised the volume, but still couldn't wake her up.

Qiao Ze had to lift off the quilt, turned on the bedside lamp, moved closer to her, and tore off her quilt.

She was indeed in a nightmare.

Joze didn't know what kind of nightmare she was having. She was almost curled up like a baby in a mother's womb, in a completely self-protective posture, trembling all over, with both hands clenched into fists, as if she was fighting something Like a confrontation, his face was frighteningly pale, his eyes were tightly closed, but tears kept flowing silently, his lips were almost white from the bite of his teeth, and his face was helpless and painful.

It was unlike any of her waking self.

Whether it's in a daze, in a daze, or in a faint smile, she looks youthful and full of vigor, unlike now, even her back looks bleak and bleak that doesn't belong to her age.

Qiao Ze suddenly remembered that two days ago, when he asked her why she insisted on cracking down on drugs, she carefully asked him if he could not tell.

There are stories in her eyes.

Qiao Ze was silent for a while, then patted her on the shoulder: "Lu Miao?"

She still didn't wake up, she was still trapped in a nightmare, her teeth kept biting her lower lip, and the sheets under her were wet with tears, but she was completely unconscious.

He turned her around lightly, her body instinctively sought heat, and her whole body was almost buried in his chest, as obedient as a cat.

Qiao Ze's hand, which was about to push her away, stopped unconsciously, and there was a little complexity in his eyes looking down at her.

The creases between her brows slowly relaxed a little, but the tears were still flowing.

Tears stained his chest, slowly soaked through his clothes, penetrated into his skin, scorching hot.

Qiao Ze's palm on her shoulders fell on her back, and he pressed her against his chest with his arms, and she gradually calmed down.

Joze didn't sleep all night.

Lu Miao had a habit of waking up early the next day, and was woken up by the biological clock at six o'clock. As soon as she opened her eyes, she realized something was wrong. She nestled in Qiao Ze's arms.

When this realization popped into her mind, she was so startled that she backed away a few times, and even took the quilt away from Qiao Ze's body, becoming at a loss for what to do.

Qiao Ze was very calm. He kept his deep eyes open all the time, looking at her calmly, as if he was probing and thinking.

Lu Miao couldn't tell, but felt that he was different today, he always looked at her with some thoughtful eyes, he didn't even argue with her like yesterday, he just looked at her silently and quietly.

Lu Miao felt a little uncomfortable being watched by him, coughed lightly, scratched her head and lowered her eyelids.

"That...I'm sorry..." She apologized in embarrassment, "I sleep at night...maybe not so good."

She knew that her sleeping posture was not very good. Many times she obviously slept on this side before she lay down, but slept on the other side when she got up the next day, and sometimes she even lay down on the sofa without knowing what was going on.

"I...should...haven't sleepwalked, right?" She hesitated to ask him for confirmation, her wide-open eyes were somewhat cautious, as usual, without the fragility of the night at all.

"No." He replied in a low voice, but his eyes stayed on her face, with a look of judgment.

Lu Miao and Qiao Ze had never been uncomfortable together, but at this moment, his eyes and his silence made her feel the pressure.

She didn't even dare meet his gaze.

"I... I'm going to wash up first." Throwing down a few words, she hastily got out of bed and went to the bathroom to freshen up.

Qiao Ze just sat on the head of the bed from the beginning to the end, his face was calm and quiet, with a hint of deep thought on his face.

Lu Miao came out after washing up, and found that he was still maintaining such a posture and expression, which made it impossible for her to face him calmly as usual.

She lowered her head unconsciously, avoiding his gaze, walked to the vanity mirror silently, and sat down.

Qiao Ze finally got up and went to wash up without saying a word.

Lu Miao secretly glanced into the bathroom, and then secretly looked away. Qiao Ze like this made her a little afraid, and she didn't dare to ask him if she did something horrible to him last night.

She was in such a deep sleep that she had no memory at all.

Joze came out soon.

"I'll have breakfast first, then I'll go to the casino, and in the afternoon I'll go to the golf course with Shang Qi and Wu Manman."

Lu Miao snorted, and secretly glanced at Qiao Ze, seeing that his face was calm and a little distant, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and just followed his arrangement.

During the meal, Lu Miao clearly felt that Qiao Ze was not as easy-going as yesterday.

His temperament is changeable, whether he is lazy or idle, cold or serious. Each of his characteristics is different, and the sense of distance brought by him is also different.

Now he is cold and alienated, which made her dare not speak casually, and quietly finished dinner with him, and then accompanied him to the casino for a walk.

They met Shang Qi and Wu Manman there without any accident.

The two of them had just finished their breakfast and stopped by the casino.

Both Shang Qi and Qiao Ze were not interested in having a round, and instead sat down in the guest rest area with their female companions.

Today's Qiao Ze is different, Lu Miao didn't dare to sit on his chest like yesterday, just sat in a regular manner, and then asked him if he wanted coffee, and quickly got up to serve coffee for everyone.

There are not many people in the dining area. Lu Miao poured four cups of coffee and was about to go to the rest area. When she turned around, she was thinking about something, but she didn't look up. She didn't expect the tray to hit someone, and the coffee spilled out and onto the person. .

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lu Miao apologized instinctively, raised her head, and before she could see the person clearly, the other party had already spoken.

"Lu Miao?"

Lu Miao looked at her in surprise, then froze.

That person is Mrs. Xu, her former mother, Chen Qi.

Along with Chen Qi's husband, Xu Yang, and the youngest daughter of the Xu family, Xu Jiaqian.

Lu Miao didn't know how they recognized her at a glance. She hadn't seen them for many years, and she wasn't ready to see them again, so she froze there.

Chen Qi was also a little surprised: "Why are you here?" Seeing that she was holding a tray, she raised her eyebrows, "A waiter?"

Qiao Ze was sitting opposite, not far away, when he looked up, he saw her pale face, staring blankly at the three people standing in front of her.

He frowned, and said "Sorry, I'll go over" apologetically at Shang Qi, then he got up and walked towards Lu Miao.

(End of this chapter)