Thirteen prisons

Chapter 2 Passengers
Beiyang City is located in the Central Plains. Although it is small in size, it can only be regarded as a small third-tier city, but it is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a long history. It was used as the capital of the capital hundreds of years ago, so there are many ancient ruins and natural landscapes .Although it is not as well-known as the old tourist cities like Xi'an and Hangzhou, there are still many foreign tourists who come here to visit, which brings excitement to this originally quiet small city, and also brings many business opportunities.

For example, the Beiyang government office on Minzhu Street can be regarded as famous throughout the country.This complex of buildings has a long history. It was first built in the Song Dynasty. It has served nearly 200 magistrates. It is the only government-level government office in China that is well preserved. There are more than 100 buildings. The locals call it the "Little Forbidden City".Coupled with its location in the center of the city, there is always an endless stream of tourists during the day.

But in the eyes of the locals, the most famous place in Beiyang City is not the Fuya, but the "Boiling Night" bathing center, which is also located on Minzhu Street.It's already night, and the scenic spots have already closed to thank visitors, but the Boiling Night Bath Center is a time when business is booming. The neon signboard more than ten meters high at the entrance is flickering, like a gold-selling cave, and people are coming and going.

Opposite the bathing center is an alley, and there are many small food stalls at the entrance of the alley after nightfall.

Zhou Yuan parked the van on the side of the road at the entrance of Boiling Ye, got out of the van and went straight to one of the stalls.

When the stall owner saw the regular customers coming, he didn't say much, so he cooked the noodles directly in the pot. After a while, a bowl of hot mutton soup stewed noodles was brought to Zhou Yuan. The mutton soup that had been boiled in the big pot all day was white and thick. Red chilli oil is poured on top of the noodles that are pulled into the width of two fingers.

The noodles are boiled just right, soft and yet firm, and the soup is not seasoned with MSG. It is made from genuine lamb bones and offal.Although he ate a bowl of noodles here almost every day, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction.In the days when he was traveling abroad, what Zhou Yuan missed the most was the stewed noodles from his hometown, which could not be made in other places.

Zhou Yuan ate the noodles slowly, looking up at the gate of Boiling Ye from time to time.It was past ten o'clock at this time, and it was time for ordinary people to go home and rest.But for Zhou Yuan, it was time to start a business.

Beiyang City is a tourist city, Zhou Yuan can barely be considered a tourist city.It's just that his occupation is to drive a black car, because his broken van does not have an operating license, so he can only secretly solicit customers.However, his fees are fair, he never slaughters foreign tourists, and he can also work as a part-time tour guide on the road to introduce the local scenery and culture, which can be regarded as a very professional ethics.Some colleagues always say that he is too stupid, and if he attracts tourists from other places, he is not slaughtered for nothing, otherwise how can he make money?Zhou Yuan always smiled and did not refute, and remained the same.It's not that he's timid, but he understands too well that this kind of money is not only ignorant, but also easy to cause disputes and troubles, and what he has experienced before makes him just want to live his life dutifully, and he doesn't want to be involved in any accidents. middle.

It has only been a few months since Zhou Yuan returned to Beiyang City, and he has not been in this business for a long time, but he quickly summed up a set of experience in soliciting customers.During the day, he mainly works around the train station and scenic spots. When chatting on the road, most foreign tourists will ask him to be a tour guide, and he will also charter a car along the way, which is much easier than pulling out friends.At this time of night, there were not many tourists, but the Boiling Night Bathing Center was the place with the most customers, and customers might not be able to get a taxi immediately when they went out. Although he drove a black car, the price was cheaper than a taxi, and he could always find some customers.

"Is the taste okay today? Do you want to add some soup?" The stall owner obviously knew Zhou Yuan very well. Seeing that Zhou Yuan was almost finished eating, he said a few words of concern.

"No, no, there's a guest here." Zhou Yuan waved his hand, took out the money and threw it on the table, and hurriedly got up and walked towards the gate of Boiling Ye across the street.With sharp eyes, he saw a man stumbled out of the clubhouse, apparently drunk a little too much, walked unsteadily to the side of the road and stopped, apparently about to take a car.

The man was about thirty years old, when Zhou Yuan approached, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol.He supported the man and asked courteously, "Brother, are you taking a car? The car is right next to you. Come and let me help you there."

The man didn't say anything when he saw Zhou Yuan's broken van, he got in the car and sat down in the co-pilot.Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, after all not every solicitation can be successful.The guests who come and go here are all rich people. Some people turned away when they saw the second-hand broken van he drove, preferring to wait for a taxi for a while.I don't know if this man didn't mind, or he didn't care about such details after drinking too much.

After getting into the car, before Zhou Yuan came and asked where he was going, the man threw 50 yuan to him directly, and just said "Hurry up and drive." Then he began to close his eyes and rest his mind.

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed, it seemed that he met a rich man, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances at this man.

At first glance, this man really didn't look like a rich man. He was wearing an old T-shirt, a pair of baggy shorts, and a pair of cotton slippers with "Boiling Night" printed on them. "A few words.Zhou Yuan secretly laughed, it seemed that this guy got drunk and came out in a daze while wearing slippers from the bathing center.

After driving aimlessly like this for 10 minutes, the man still had his eyes closed and didn't intend to speak.Zhou Yuan gradually came to his senses, and realized that something was wrong, this job was a bit of a loss for himself!He glanced at the continuously scrolling distance display numbers on the odometer, thinking how long did he have to drive?If this buddy really fell asleep in the car, and he kept running like a fool, the 50 yuan would not be enough for gas.In case the other party sobers up and refuses to admit it, then he is really a dumb man eating Coptis chinensis.

So Zhou Yuan coughed, and asked: "Boss, where are you going to drive next? I need to pay more later, and this is almost running around the city." He realized that it was probably a drunken owner who wanted to go for a ride. , now he just wants to send this guy to his destination before he gets completely drunk.After a while, his car smelled of alcohol, so he could only roll the windows to the maximum to diffuse the smell.

The man in the co-pilot opened his eyes, and without saying a word, he handed over another hundred-yuan bill: "Drive as you please, and drive faster."

The minds of rich people are really unpredictable, even if they really want to sober up, they don’t mean to go for a ride in a broken van, Zhou Yuan thinks it’s quite intentional, but he doesn’t bother to worry about it.After receiving the money, he felt a lot more at ease, and his mood improved, and the smell of alcohol in the car seemed to be less choking.He still wanted to know where the destination was, and subconsciously tapped the brakes, jokingly said, "Boss, where are you going? If we keep driving like this, we will arrive in Zhengzhou later."

Feeling the speed of the car slow down, the expression on the man's face changed, and gradually solidified into a mischievous half-smile: "Whatever—if you don't want to be caught up, just drive faster."

As if to explain his words, a burst of engine chugs jumped into Zhou Yuan's ears.He looked in the rearview mirror, but was dazzled by the light in the mirror.A Santana behind did not know when it had chased to a place less than 20 meters behind the side, and kept flashing its high beams.The person sitting in Santana's co-pilot stuck his head out of the window and was angrily waving his hands and cursing: "Stop, fuck you. Stop for me!" He could be vaguely seen wearing a dark uniform and wearing a big-brimmed hat on his head. .

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, thinking that the police were arresting black taxis, his heart trembled, he stepped on the gas pedal, and temporarily distanced himself from Santana.This action seemed to make the people in Santana's car even angrier, the high beam lights kept flashing, and the curses continued.

Only then did Zhou Yuan realize that the people in Santana's car were not policemen, but a group of security guards.But he still couldn't figure out why these people didn't give up until they caught up with him?Could it be that he accidentally missed this Santana when overtaking just now, which caused the road rage sufferer?

Just feeling baffled, Santana quickly caught up again, half of the car was already parallel to Zhou Yuan's Hafei Bread, and Zhou Yuan could clearly see the security guard sitting on Santana when he raised his head.

The uniform worn by the security guard has a row of silver lines on the shoulders, and the style looks familiar.Zhou Yuan quickly remembered that these people should be the security guards of the boiling night bath center.Suddenly, the guest sitting in his car was going out wearing boiling night slippers, and he suddenly understood that the other party seemed to be looking for the guest he dragged rather than him.

Since it was probably not his fault, he relaxed a little, then turned around and asked, "Dude, why did you mess with them?"

"It's nothing... It's broken, I seem to have forgotten to pay the money." The man patted his forehead, not sure if he really forgot or deliberately evaded the order, but apart from the oops, he was quite calm.

"What?" Zhou Yuan wailed for a while, and slammed on the accelerator: "Do you know that Boiling Night has a background? How much money do you owe, and they want to drive after you?"

The man picked his face and thought hard: "How much is the full package? And Thai massage, by the way, I also ordered a bottle of wine, and a bowl of seafood lobster noodles..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yuan couldn't listen any more. He was furious in his heart, and couldn't help cursing: "Fuck, why don't you pay for whoring whores? This is bad, those guys probably think we are A group of people, how do you tell me to work here in the future? Isn't this fucking cheating me?"

The passenger was really calm. He looked back at Santana who was chasing after him, looked at the security guard outside who was yelling, and said lightly: "It's not that I don't want to give it, it's just that there was an accident."

"Fuck." Zhou Yuan immediately made a decision: "Brother, I'm sorry. I'll stop right away, and you go down and explain to them yourself. I don't want your fare either, I'll save it for you to buy wound medicine. I don't want to cause trouble." Just kidding, he didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing inexplicably.

"Don't stop, you stop, they will hit you too, or the car will be smashed." The man still looked indifferent, what he said made Zhou Yuan furious, but he couldn't refute it.

Because what he said was the truth.

Why is Boiling Ye a bathing center so famous in Beiyang City?And not because of pornography.Moreover, this kind of venue has survived for so many years in the local area, so one can imagine how deep the background is.The so-called "security guards" in it are actually local gangsters. They usually want to find something to do when they have nothing to do. If they catch such prostitutes who don't give money and run away with takeaways, isn't that going to kill them?Really stop, Zhou Yuan knew that he would be implicated [-]%.

Santana was getting closer and closer, and Zhou Yuan could hear the unbearable scolding coming from the car.This man was right, from the scolding, they had already identified Zhou Yuan as an accomplice who ate the overlord's meal, and it was useless to stop and confess now.Zhou Yuan tried his best to calm himself down and think about what to do.If he kept driving like this, his Hafei Bread would definitely not be able to outrun Santana, and he would be overtaken in at most one or two minutes.

These thoughts quickly turned around in his mind, and Zhou Yuan made a decision in an instant. He slammed the steering wheel with his hands, tapped the brake lightly, and the car turned around on the road.

After all, Beiyang is a small inland city. It was approaching midnight at this time, and there were hardly any cars passing by on the street, so Santana aggressively chased him along the road. They didn't expect Zhou Yuan to brake suddenly and turn around on the main road.When they turned around angrily, Zhou Yuan had already driven the van into a small alley by the side of the road.

Although he drove a black taxi, Zhou Yuan was an experienced driver anyway, and he was very familiar with the roads in the city.Beiyang City has a long history, and many old buildings have been preserved under the wars of previous dynasties. The alley he chose to drill into is an ancient street, and it is also one of the attractions that tourists like to visit during the day.But because it is an alley surrounded by old buildings, it is very narrow. The car of the security guards is a Santana, with a wide head and a big butt. The dismounting stone, the van should be able to barely pass, Santana can't even think about it.

While praying that the thing hadn't been demolished recently, Zhou Yuan carefully controlled the van to drive through the alley.Fortunately, the two dismounting stones at the end of the alley are still standing there.The van was rubbed against stones on both sides, and finally managed to squeeze out, but the Santana was blocked there, unable to advance or retreat. The people in the van were so frustrated that they jumped down and chased after the exhaust of the van, yelling and yelling.

Although he got rid of these people temporarily, Zhou Yuan's mood became worse.He knew it was just hiding for a while, his license plate number must have been written down, and he didn't know how to clean up this mess tomorrow.The more I thought about it, the more depressed I became, so I had no choice but to stop thinking about it, at least temporarily avoiding the trouble in front of me.

"Good driving skills." When Zhou Yuan walked through the streets and got rid of the Santana behind him, the passenger in the co-driver sat next to him and didn't speak until the car got out of the alley and onto the main road, and then he suddenly boasted.

Zhou Yuan ignored him with a stern face, did not answer, and drove forward for a few more minutes. He drove the car into a relatively secluded side street, found a shaded area between two street lights, and leaned the car neatly against the road. Edge stopped.

As soon as the car stopped, Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand and looked at the man: "Boss, pay the bill, three hundred. Then you get out of the car and go wherever you like."

"Yo, so expensive?" The man seemed to be a little sober, seeing Zhou Yuan's gloomy face, he laughed instead: "Little brother, your black car is really dark enough."

Zhou Yuan was in a bad mood, and explained to him impatiently: "The car was scratched by a stone when it was leaving the intersection just now, and it needs to be repainted tomorrow. Also, if it weren't for me, you would have been killed by those people by now. I was beaten to death." Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan suddenly thought of something: "No, you have to give me...at least five hundred! You just patted your ass and left, what should I do if someone finds me and asks for money tomorrow?"

The man nodded and was not angry at Zhou Yuan who drove him out of the car. He waved his hand and took out his wallet from his trouser pocket with a smile: "That makes sense, the money should really be given to you. But you can't leave me behind." Here, take me somewhere."

Zhou Yuan took the 800 yuan, and his dislike for this man decreased a lot.He was very worried before, since this man dared to run away from the ticket of Boiling Ye, maybe he would lose the fare, then he would really be cheated.He put the money away and restarted the car: "No problem. Boss, where are you going?"

"Which place is relatively remote here?" The man thought of something, and pointed to the front without waiting for an answer: "By the way, go to the western suburbs. Shibaligang."

"Is there something wrong with you?" Zhou Yuan didn't move, and looked at him suspiciously: "It's past 11 o'clock now, and it's already midnight when we drive there. It's not remote, it's deserted at all." Shibaligang is a place name , It's not a scenic spot, only locals know about it, but this man's accent sounds like a foreigner.Something was wrong, so he didn't want to make this trip.

The man nodded and said frankly, "I only go in remote areas."

"I'm not going." Zhou Yuan simply turned off the car.

The man laughed: "You don't have as much money as I do. Are you afraid that I will rob you?"

Zhou Yuan was indeed a little worried about being robbed.Shibaligang is about [-] kilometers away from the city center. It is located at the junction of Beiyang City and Lin County. It is a large slope extending several hundred meters. It is surrounded by wasteland and woods. There are no street lights or people in that section. It's a treasure trove of robbery.

But when the man readily took out another 200 yuan, he repeatedly stated that he only needed to be sent there.Thinking that it was rare to meet such a good job, the few hundred yuan was enough for him to run for two days. After hesitating again and again, Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth and started the car, thinking that he would call it a day after finishing the job.But he never thought that this decision would make him regret it in the future.

From here to Shibaligang is not too close, all the way out of the city to the suburbs, there are almost no other cars on the road, Zhou Yuan began to feel uneasy again.He had heard of some cases, and now the robbers have also learned to fish, find a kind person to guide the driver there, and then come up and knock down the car with people.When this thought came up, Zhou Yuan felt more and more that there was a real possibility, and he couldn't be sure that the other party was deliberately spending a few hundred dollars to hang himself, so that he could relax his vigilance.Although I have no money, I bought this second-hand car for 2 yuan half a year ago. How can I still sell it for [-] yuan now?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan pressed the inner lock of the car door, and deliberately found a plum screwdriver from the inside of the car door, and placed it under his right foot.

Seeing his movements, the man shook his head and laughed: "Little brother, are you so careful?"

"Boss, you went to that place too far, and I did it for your own good." Zhou Yuan originally wanted him to see it on purpose, showing that he was already on guard, and he was perfunctory, but his steering wheel didn't stop.

"It's good to be bold and careful." The man suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Brother, who do you think I am? Like a robber?"

Zhou Yuan responded casually: "You? Of course you are the big boss."

"Hehe." Hearing this, the man suddenly sneered twice and said, "Boss? Brother, people are very complicated. Just look at the surface, you never know what's inside him."

When Zhou Yuan heard this, his heart tightened.What's the meaning?He didn't like the man's way of saying something, so he squinted and said coldly: "Boss, don't make such jokes at this time."

The man looked at Zhou Yuan, sighed suddenly, and said in a solemn tone: "Little brother, tell me, what is really your own?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head, he has seen a lot of drunk people, and it is not uncommon for him to pretend to be crazy for a while and pretend to be deep, and he does not want to talk nonsense with him.

Sure enough, the man breathed out alcohol, and continued talking to himself: "Money? House? Women? Fame? After living a lifetime, I realized that there is nothing that I really own."

There is clearly a strong sense of loss in this sentence.Zhou Yuan glanced at him twice more, taking a closer look for the first time.This buddy is in his thirties, with an unshaven beard, and although his clothes are sloppy, the quality of the clothes should actually be pretty good.There is also the tone of voice and the words used, which should come from a big city. If you dress up cleanly, you may look younger.Zhou Yuan guessed that he might have lost his love, so he came to this small place to relax and breathe, and do some outrageous things to stimulate himself.

For some reason, Zhou Yuan's dislike for him lessened, and he took the initiative to comfort him: "Brother, there is nothing you can't think about. Didn't God give back our body that weighs more than a hundred pounds? Since the things outside of the body can't be taken away , then enjoy life well. Didn’t the Buddha say that form is emptiness, Amitabha.”

"Do you believe in Buddhism?" The man suddenly asked.

Zhou Yuan was just talking nonsense, but when he was asked this way, he thought for a while and said, "That's right." In fact, he really doesn't have any specific beliefs, but it's not a completely negative attitude.

"Then do you believe in hell?" the man asked again.

Zhou Yuan chuckled: "I'm really... Let's put it this way, if there are swords, mountains, fires, seas, and oil pans in front of me, then I might believe it. Aren't these all just to scare people?"

Hearing this, the man stared at Zhou Yuan blankly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he still didn't speak, and sighed with a complicated expression.Zhou Yuan asked casually: "Why, boss, do you believe this?"

"Believe it or not." The man paused and said, "Hell, I've seen it."

"..." As a taxi driver and tour guide, apart from driving, the most important part of his daily work is chatting with customers.But Zhou Yuan was not sure how to answer this topic for a while.Because he is so experienced, people who say this kind of thing actually have something on their minds to say, and they are waiting for others to ask, and then they will take the opportunity to tell the other party, "My experience back then was much worse than hell." kind.

This kind of topic is very boring, and you have to make a sad expression that empathizes with you. Zhou Yuan is not in the mood to chat with you now, so he thought about it, and brought the topic to a more relaxed direction: "Isn't there Eighteen levels of hell? Which level are you talking about? There seems to be a tongue-pulling hell and an endless hell——I only knew about this after watching "Infernal Affairs"..."

The man listened to Zhou Yuan's nonsense, maybe he understood that Zhou Yuan didn't want to talk about these topics seriously, so he shut his mouth tactfully, turned his head and looked out the window and stopped talking.

Zhou Yuan is not a very curious person, since it is rare for him to take the initiative to shut up, naturally he will not be bored enough to initiate a conversation.

When we arrived at Shibaligang, it was past 12:30.The man was very forthright, as soon as the car stopped, he handed over the money to Zhou Yuan.Zhou Yuan reached out to take it, but suddenly saw a dark red patch on the man's arm, and when he looked again, he found that it seemed to be bleeding.

"Boss, what happened to your arm?" Zhou Yuan was taken aback, there was a lot of blood, and a lot of that man's T-shirt was stained.But he was fine when he got in the car?Zhou Yuan didn't know when he got the bleeding wound, and subconsciously reached out to help him.

Unexpectedly, the man turned his head suddenly and shouted viciously: "Don't touch me." Then he glanced at his arm, and casually took the towel from the passenger window and pressed it on his arm.

Zhou Yuan was taken aback, the towel was for cleaning the car, it was still there after use, it was never washed, it was terribly dirty.The man used it to cover his wound, wouldn't he be afraid of getting a tetanus?Just as he was about to speak, the man suddenly said, "I'm sorry, little brother, for making your car dirty."

Zhou Yuan didn't know if he dripped blood on the car seat, but since he apologized on his own initiative, he had no choice but to say that it was okay, just turn around and wash off the car.The man didn't say anything, just covered his right arm with a dirty towel and got out of the car.

Zhou Yuan was worried about being robbed all the way, but it turned out that he was overthinking.That man really just asked him to send himself here.He was sitting in the car, watching the man standing and looking around first, and then slowly walking towards the hillside by the road, his heart suddenly became a little hairy, and a thought arose: This man is weird, don't he Mom is a ghost, there is often such a thing in the story meeting, don't go home and take out the money after a while, only to find out that it is a large stack of ghost money.

Shibaligang was originally a remote place, and it was at the junction of two cities. There were no street lights, and it was dark and empty, with no one around.Zhou Yuan was shocked at the thought of this, and quickly took out the money given by the man, and turned on the reading light to take a closer look.Money is fine, it's all real, and looking at the man's shadow under the headlights, it's dark and not invisible, so I feel a little relieved.

But seeing the man struggling to climb up the slope, and finally found a place to sit down with his back against the dark night, he really didn't know what he was going to do.

Zhou Yuan's curiosity arose, and he couldn't help but ask from a distance: "Boss, are you waiting here?"

The man said from a distance: "Little brother, you go, I won't wait for anyone."

Waiting for no one?Then you sit here in the middle of the night, waiting to die?Zhou Yuan didn't dare to leave at this moment. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this guy would commit suicide, right?If something happened to leave such a half-drunk person here, Zhou Yuan's conscience must be a little bit hard, and he was hesitant to sit in the car for a while.

Seeing Zhou Yuan sitting in the car without starting the car for a long time, the man became anxious, opened his mouth and shouted: "Why don't you leave, get out!"

Hearing him suddenly swearing for no reason, Zhou Yuan was not angry, on the contrary, he became more determined that his previous thoughts were correct.It can be seen along the way that he has something on his mind, plus he came to this kind of place in the middle of the night, no matter how hard he feels, he can't think about it!
Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan simply got out of the car, took out the flashlight from the car and walked towards the hillside, thinking whether to beat him up before taking him back to the town to sober up, but unexpectedly, the man raised his hand and threw it at him A thing, and then almost roared: "You fucking want to die, don't you? Stay away from me. Get out of here."

A thing flew in the darkness, Zhou Yuan subconsciously raised his hand to block it, and hit the back of his hand, but it didn't hurt too much, and many things flew out in front of him.Looking carefully, the ground was red and scattered all over the place, and it turned out to be banknotes. It turned out that the man threw out the wallet.

Zhou Yuan smeared and searched for it, and after a while he finally collected all the money and picked it up, and he was sure that this guy was drunk and crazy and wanted to commit suicide.He didn't want to irritate the other party, so he stood at the bottom of the slope and said as gently as possible: "Boss, who do you think I am? I drive an illegal car, but I don't have a dark heart. Don't do stupid things in the middle of the night." .”

Then he just wanted to comfort him, but the man suddenly stood up and ran towards the side of Po like a rabbit.

It was very dark behind the slope, Zhou Yuan could only see the figure of the man disappearing in a flash, he couldn't help being startled, he immediately stuffed his wallet into his pocket, grabbed his flashlight and walked up the slope.

The slope was not high, and Zhou Yuan quickly reached the top. He stood up straight and looked around to make sure where the man had gone. Not far away, there was a gray shadow swaying from side to side. of.

Below the slope is a slightly flat gravel beach, and in the distance is a small economic forest. If it is not dark, you can actually see far away here at a glance.But the night has become an invisible barrier, and only the shadow of the man can be seen shaking in front. Hearing the voice, he seems to be still running forward, but the speed should not be fast. Not bad.

Because this place is very remote, there is no one living nearby. Except for the natural groves, there is no crop land around, and the ground is full of gravel, making it very difficult to walk.Zhou Yuan was afraid of spraining his feet, so he didn't dare to run hard, so he followed slowly.After walking not far, he suddenly heard a shout coming from the front.

He hastened to shine his flashlight on the direction of the sound, and immediately saw that the man didn't seem to run away, so he knelt down on the ground all of a sudden.

Can't run anymore, throw up?Zhou Yuan couldn't laugh or cry, he felt that he was really unlucky, and when he thought about getting this drunk man back into the car, his head grew dizzy.He bent down to take a few breaths, and slowly walked towards the man, but when he was about ten steps away from him, Zhou Yuan suddenly felt something was wrong, so he stopped instinctively.

(End of this chapter)