Whether it was guilt, fear, or the desire to use the wine in his glass to commemorate Xu Le, who he thought was dead, Bai Yulan drank a lot at his brother's wedding. People who drank tended to sweat easily. His sweat dampened a few strands of black hair on his forehead, like dewdrops sliding down the willow branches and into the lake.
Bai Yulan was not a dazzlingly handsome man like Shi Qinghai and Young Master Li. He just blindly hid his murderous intent with gentleness. His black hair scattered in front of his smooth forehead, drawing out a few pieces of complicated and shocked expression in his eyes.
After quietly leaving the mountain behind the Golden Foundation building, he thought Xu Le was dead for sure. After all, the black prison and special amnesty were classified secrets of the Federation. He was just a chess piece placed by the big shots beside Xu Le, so he didn't know what had happened. Only now, outside the hotel, seeing Xu Le slowly retract his right leg, did he know that Xu Le was still alive.
This is good, Bai Yulan thought to himself. He walked past Xiong Linquan and stood in front of Xu Le. He said softly, "Hello, boss."
Hearing the word 'boss', Xu Le's lips curved into a slight smile. His gaze didn't fall on Bai Yulan's face, because he didn't know what would happen if he looked at him a few more times. He looked at the officers behind Bai Yulan, who were on high alert, and said with narrowed eyes, "Now it seems that what you said when I first entered White Water was not false at all. Team 7 really is yours."
Bai Yulan didn't answer, only standing quietly in front of him. The officers who were preparing to draw their guns found the atmosphere to be a little strange. They didn't move for a moment, only staring warily at Xu Le.
Another person that Xu Le recognized ran out of the hotel. It was Lan Xiaolong, who had once been in charge of protecting Xu Le. Lan Xiaolong was Bai Yulan's comrade in the 17th Armored Division. He had once participated in the development of the MX mecha. Although he didn't know what had happened after that, he knew very well that the problem between Xu Le and Bai Yulan wasn't something he could interfere with.
With a solemn expression, he said a few words to the officers and drove them far away. However, if blood really did appear later, these people would definitely not stand by and watch.
"How about we find a quiet place to talk?" Bai Yulan didn't ask how Xu Le managed to get out of the military prison alive, nor did she try to escape. She just calmly asked for instructions, just like she had done many times in the past.
"This place is pretty good," Xu Le lowered his gaze, looked at him and said, "I just want to ask you a few questions."
"Go ahead and ask. Since it's already come to this, I'm sure you know that there's no need for me to lie to you." Bai Yulan used her fingers to gently push away the wet hair in front of her face. She put her hands into her pockets and looked up calmly.
Xu Le was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "The people lying in the hospital are your parents, right?"
Bai Yulan's expression froze slightly, then she slowly replied, "Yes."
"You were really sent to the military court because of your illegal activities?"
"Yes."
"Do you really love money that much?"
"Yes."
"Did I give you 20 million?"
"Yes."
"Are all the things you told me true?" Xu Le stared into his eyes and asked, "After that, I kept asking myself, what exactly is true and what is false?"
"Everything I told you is true, but there are some things that I didn't tell you."
"Including that day when we went up the mountain. When I asked you to leave for the last time, you said that you wanted to go crazy with me."
Bai Yulan was silent for a long time, then said, "Yes, that's what I thought at that time."
Xu Le looked at him silently. He didn't ask why he left and gave his hands to death. He looked down at his toes, smiled helplessly, then sighed and said,
"You said that you were the person who loved and respected money the most, but that time you wanted to go crazy with me. I thought that was true. In the past, when we went to Hong Kong every week, you helped me get rid of trouble, and you helped me test the plane. You've already helped me a lot. 20 million is more or less … That time outside Flowing Wind Slope, when I set my mind to do that thing, I didn't take your weight into account, but you insisted on going with me. To be honest, I was very touched at that time. I felt that you finally didn't treat me as a boss, but as a friend. "
The assassination of Macklin was a highly confidential and magnificent project. Xu Le had insisted on not letting Bai Yulan follow because he didn't want to drag him into this mess. But in the end, Xu Le took him with him, which represented how much reliance and trust he had. Unfortunately, in the end, when Red Leaf's gunshots rang out, this person disappeared without a trace, ruining the overall plan, cutting off Xu Le's escape route, and exposing his back to the malicious eyes …
"Let's not talk about friendship and nonsense." When Xu Le used this tone to speak, it meant that his mood was extremely gloomy, but he still lowered his head and looked at his toes. He said, "In the hospital and in the company, you repeated to me that you are a very professional person. You only care about money and not people. You called me boss and said that you would sell your life to me. Is there anything you can explain?"
Bai Yulan laughed self-deprecatingly. His smile was actually a little cold. After a moment of silence, he replied, "Do you remember that I once told you that if both of us paid, I would have to follow a first-come, first-served basis … I originally thought that the other side wouldn't give me any instructions, but I treated it as reality, so I followed you up that mountain. But when I was on the mountain, I received the other side's instructions."
"So Lady Tai beat me to it." Xu Le looked at his toes and smiled uncomfortably.
After being locked up in the black prison of Fox Fortress for more than a hundred days, other than chatting with that old thing, he spent most of his free time reminiscing about the details of this operation and the more distant days. Bai Yulan's departure was a devastating blow to the plan to assassinate Macklin. If it wasn't for the Federation's The Glory Of The Charter shining into Xu Le's black eyes at the most desperate moment, he and Shi Qinghai would probably have died a long time ago. After thinking about it carefully, Xu Le couldn't find a reason why Bai Yulan would betray him. After being together for such a long time, he thought that he understood this delicate man very well.
It wasn't until he looked forward for a long time that he finally understood the reason behind it.
Being able to get to know Bai Yulan and take in this fierce and delicate man who was good at assassinating security guards as his assistant had happened after Xu Le entered the seventh combat team of Whitewater Company.
And when he entered Whitewater Company, it was after the data dispute in the laboratory that the Tai family had moved him away from the center of the storm. In other words, his meeting with Bai Yulan had been arranged by Big Secretary Shen.
Looking at the source, all his questions were answered — Bai Yulan was, and had always been, a spy planted by the Tai family by his side.
At the back of Mochou's mountain, Xu Le had said that he would work with the Tai family. How could the Qianshi Tai family be at ease with working with him? From that moment on, Xu Le had been developing the MX mecha and going to the Old Moon base for more than half a year. His whereabouts and details were all under Lady Tai's watch. But at that time, both sides had the same interests, so this cooperation didn't cause any problems.
Until the Flowing Wind Slope Club, when Xu Le was determined to kill Macklin, Bai Yulan didn't know why, but she didn't send this vague judgment back to Mochou's mountain. Until the last moment, when Lady Tai laid down this foreshadowing, Bai Yulan floated away, and Xu Le fell into a dead end.
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The front cover of the dark green military vehicle was tilted up, and the sound of the siren covered the conversation between the two people. The officers who were attending the wedding were vigilantly surrounding the periphery, looking at Bai Yulan and Xu Le's figures with suspicion and nervousness. But at this time, the white smoke billowed, and the two figures were somewhat blurry.
"Everyone has their own principles. I accept this." Xu Le raised his head and said in a low voice, "You took Lady Tai's money first, and you follow the principle of first come, first served. I accept that. Even if you took the money and didn't work with your life, I also accept that. But you joined in and sold me out. This … I can't accept. "
Hearing these words, Bai Yulan just kept silent. Her slightly wet black hair swayed in front of his eyes like a good hypnotist, making him fall into a strange state of mind.
"In the building, I was shot 14 times. The hard ceramic bulletproof vest you found for me was very good. There were four holes, but there were no major problems." Xu Le stared at her eyes under the black hair, and his voice was very faint and distant, "But that was 14 times … I lost a lot of blood, and a lot of bones were broken. I almost died. In fact, I thought I was going to die that time."
Xu Le was severely injured in the golden foundation building. If he didn't have the vitality of a crustacean, even if the medical soldiers of the Second Military Region saved him in time, he probably would have died. Even if he was still alive, he should be lying on a white hospital bed right now. He wouldn't be able to stand in front of Magnolia Orchid like he was right now. He wouldn't be able to talk about what happened to him with a lonely voice.
"I still have a brother who is now being detained by the Federation government. I don't know how long he can last." Xu Le said very seriously, "We didn't die. Logically speaking, I should feel lucky and then forget everything about you. After all, we didn't die. If he died, I would definitely kill you. If I died, he would probably kill you too."
"But you stabbed me." Xu Le narrowed his eyes and said, "You stabbed me hard in the back. It hurts, so I'm not in a good mood. That's why I came to find you today."
Was this pain a physical pain, or was it the pain of betrayal? Xu Le didn't say anything. His narrowed eyes were full of seriousness.
But Bai Yulan heard it clearly. She sighed softly in her heart. Just like what she said to Xu Le in the past, the life experience since childhood and the cruel life after joining the army made her not have many warm feelings for the world, except for the comrades who went through life and death with him and the silent but very amiable money. However, following Secretary Shen's instructions and following Xu Le's side for so long, Bai Yulan's reserved ideals were also imperceptibly changing.
She had never met a person as simple, direct, and pure as Xu Le. She originally thought that by following Xu Le, she would also be a little more simple, direct, and pure. In the end, she didn't expect that things wouldn't go as she wished. In the end, she was still a monitor, a sharp chess piece.
Bai Yulan was silent for a moment. Then, she took her right hand out of her trouser pocket. Holding a delicate knife between three fingers, she used the sharp edge of the knife to gently push away the wet black hair above her eyes. Looking at Xu Le, she said very seriously, "Stab me back."
Within the circles of the 17th Armored Division and Whitewater's Seventh Combat Team, Bai Yulan, who had once served as the captain of the special knife team, was, without a doubt, an extremely powerful figure. Officers who were older than her called him Little White. Most of the soldiers respectfully called him Old White, regardless of whether he was in active service or not. However, everyone knew that the White Magnolia had another nickname, and that was Magnolia Oil. This was because he was the most terrifying veteran on the battlefield. Even if he didn't have any firearms in his hands, he could kill three thousand enemies just by relying on that delicate little knife that never left his side. That was enough to kill three thousand enemies.
Through the white smoke, the scattered officers on the sidewalk noticed that Bai Yulan had taken out his military knife. Their expressions instantly tensed up, and they slowly closed in on the two, ready to strike at any moment.
However, Xu Le didn't seem to have noticed the tense atmosphere outside. Looking at the delicate knife in Bai Yulan's hand, he thought of the dangerous encounter he had with this person for the first time in the Whitewater Company. He also thought of the mecha piloting skills Bai Yulan had imparted to him in the underground base. His heart didn't soften, but he felt slightly frustrated. He simply wanted to trust someone. He had done this since he was young. However, this kind of trust was always easily blown away by the strong winds of the Federation, leaving no traces behind.
After a moment of silence, he pulled out the three-edged knife that he had been sharpening for half an hour from behind his waist. He said to Bai Yulan, "Your knife is too small. It won't hurt enough to stab someone."
Bai Yulan smiled. Her bright eyes seemed to be able to burn the black hair in front of her.
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With a squelch, the sharp three-edged knife pierced deeply into Bai Yulan's back. Xu Le slowly let go of his hand and took a step back. Looking at the blood between his thumb and forefinger, he remained silent.
Bai Yulan turned around. His facial muscles twitched painfully a few times. Looking at his pale face, he shook his head and said, "After following you for so long, I know that you have one biggest weakness. You look quite ruthless, and sometimes you can kill without batting an eyelid. However, as long as you meet someone you know, it's basically very difficult for you to do it. "
Xu Le didn't say anything. He only extended his hand, spread it in front of him, and said, "Return that bank card to me. We're even."
Bai Yulan shook his head with some difficulty and said softly, "I spend money very quickly. Let me owe you another life."
Xu Le was silent for a moment, then laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "If you owe me a life, I'm afraid that in the future, I'll be the one who owes you a life."
After saying this, he turned and left. He walked across the street and got into the black car.
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The surrounding officers gathered around. Although they had already seen that this matter was very strange, and that Bai Yulan didn't resist at all in the end and allowed the young man to stab him, at this moment, when they saw the blood flowing from Lao Bai's back and that terrible wound, they still felt their blood rush up and were ready to do something.
"Take it back." Bai Yulan roared angrily.
He looked at the back of the man on the other side of the street. Enduring the pain, he said in a low and trembling voice, "He is Xu Le. I owe him."
After saying this, he fell down. Foam of blood spurted out from between his lips. The knife that had pierced into his back had already injured his lung. The injury was very serious.
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