lcionline Chapter 1657 I, Li Xiangnan, will catch you today!
Chapter 1657 I, Li Xiangnan, will catch you today!
On the fourth day after Xia Haiyang and Ge Dongxu set up their popsicle stall, a drizzling summer rain began to fall in Yanjing City.
The two men huddled under a makeshift plastic shed, looking at the closed wooden door of the "incense room" opposite, both feeling a little discouraged.
Originally, the two thought that they would be able to complete Li Xiangnan's instructions quickly and repay his kindness to them.
Li Xiangnan usually didn't ask them to do much, and they were expected to repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude. The two of them had no reason to repay him, which made them feel very uncomfortable!
They finally found a job that could help out, but after several days of hard work, it seemed like all their efforts were in vain. As time went by, the two of them became a little anxious.
"Xiao Xia, don't be discouraged. Let's keep waiting. We will definitely be able to wait for that woman!" Ge Dongxu rubbed his hands and exhaled. The rain today had lasted long enough to take away the heat in the air. He was thin and felt a little cold. He couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Who will buy popsicles in this weather?"
Xia Haiyang didn't say anything, but his eyes were fixed on the entrance of the alley.
He and Ge Dongxu are here to keep watch, and they have a division of labor.
When he was watching, he kept an eye on the incense house.
Ge Dongxu was watching the streets on both sides to prevent people from the street office from coming and leaving the two of them no time to run away.
So, my mind has been tense.
However, Xia Haiyang was more careful than Ge Dongxu. He had already divided the perfume samples given by Li Xiangnan into small bottles, and took them out to smell them from time to time, for fear of forgetting the scent.
"Smell it, don't forget the smell!"
He reached out and handed the bottle to Ge Dongxu.
This kind of conversation has happened countless times in the past few days.
The rain gradually subsided and a few pedestrians hurried by.
Suddenly, a black car slid silently to the entrance of the alley, and a woman in a beige windbreaker got out of the car.
She opened an oil-paper umbrella, which covered most of her face, leaving only her beautifully contoured chin exposed.
Xia Haiyang poked Ge Dongxu suddenly: "Here it comes!"
"How do you know it's her?" Ge Dongxu was shocked and asked subconsciously.
"Brother Xu, trust me! I have a gut feeling! Besides, although some people who came here these days drove, do you recognize this car?" Xia Haiyang lowered his head covered with a straw hat, "Look!"
Ge Dongxu turned his head and recognized the car model. He exclaimed in surprise, "It's exactly the same as the one in Sister Song Yi's house! It's a Hongqi!"
"Yes, I think it's her!"
Xia Haiyang was determined.
Ge Dongxu didn't say anything. He stood up, rubbed the wooden box of popsicles, and shouted, trying to attract the woman to come and buy one so that he could confirm the smell on her.
They were tense, but the woman walked straight past the stall.
The two men did not dare to be arrogant and stared at the woman secretly without blinking.
The woman had a very special way of walking. Her steps were as light as a cat, but her waist was straight.
Because of the rain, the fragrance house closed its door early. She stopped in front of the door for a moment and knocked gently.
Ge Dongxu nervously grabbed the popsicle tongs: "Is that her? I don't smell anything."
"Wait a moment." Xia Haiyang held him down, "Wait until she comes out."
About a quarter of an hour later, the wooden door reopened.
When the woman came out, a gust of wind and rain happened to blow by, lifting the hem of her windbreaker and bringing with it a faint fragrance.
Xia Haiyang stood up suddenly: "It's that smell!"
Ge Dongxu also smelled it - the cool rose scent with a hint of sandalwood warmth, exactly what Li Xiangnan asked them to remember.
That thing seems to be called Chanel!
The woman seemed to notice something and glanced at the popsicle stand.
The moment the umbrella brim was raised, Xia Haiyang saw a pair of autumn-water eyes with a small mole at the corner of the eyes.
"I'll follow." Xia Haiyang whispered, "You call! According to our previous agreement, you must come with us!"
"it is good!"
Ge Dongxu hurriedly ran to the public telephone at the entrance of the alley, while Xia Haiyang got on the broken tricycle - the tires were specially made with unique patterns, making it easy to track.
The woman did not leave by car, but went shopping. She walked calmly, stopping in front of the window from time to time, as if she was looking at the merchandise, or observing the movement in the reflection.
Xia Haiyang didn't dare to follow too closely, so he had to follow in circles.
When they reached West Chang'an Avenue, the woman suddenly turned into an alley.
Remembering what Brother Nan had said about the woman's address, Xia Haiyang hurried to catch up, only to find the alley empty—the person was gone!
He was getting anxious when he suddenly smelled the scent of roses coming from behind him.
The woman appeared at the entrance of the alley at some point, looking at him with a half-smile. "Brother, I've been following you all the way. Are you in such a hurry to sell out your popsicles?"
Xia Haiyang was speechless for a moment, hesitating: "I... I'm closing the stall..."
The woman took a few steps closer, and the scent of perfume became more distinct.
She pulled a bill from her purse and asked, "Do you have any cigarettes?"
Just then, hurried footsteps were heard from the alley.
This woman's movements were like those of a ghost, and her anti-reconnaissance ability was too strong. He had heard from Brother Nan that this woman knew martial arts. Now that she had been discovered, he was afraid that she would do something bad to him, and he suddenly became anxious.
Then he thought quickly and said, "You are here!"
As soon as these words came out, the woman's face changed slightly and she turned and left.
Xia Haiyang couldn't see her face clearly because of the light behind her. He suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes and said, "Wait! Here's your change!"
With this tug, the woman's handbag fell to the ground and the contents were scattered all over the floor.
Xia Haiyang hurriedly helped to pick it up, and took the opportunity to sweep something with words on it into the sole of his shoe.
The woman slapped his hand away, quickly picked up everything, and hurried away, as if she was afraid of being discovered by someone.
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West Chang'an Avenue was shimmering with water after the rain, and the street lights were reflected in the puddles, breaking into pieces of golden light.
When Li Xiangnan and Ge Dongxu arrived, they saw Xia Haiyang standing alone at the entrance of the alley in a daze.
"Where are the people?" Li Xiangnan jumped off the motorcycle, with mud spots splashed on the hem of his clothes.
Xia Haiyang pointed at the tire tracks on the ground and said, "I noticed. She left the alley and got into a car. It was a Red Flag sedan, just like Sister Song Yi's. The license plate was covered in mud."
Li Xiangnan followed the direction of his finger and looked at Shangguan, who had already disappeared, with a frown on his face. "Did you see his appearance clearly?"
Xia Haiyang panted: "Twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with a mole at the corner of her eye, very beautiful..."
He suddenly remembered something, "Oh, she dropped something!"
When he opened his palm, he saw an exquisite copper key with the words "Xishan Farm" engraved on it.
The brass key gleamed in the streetlight.
Li Xiangnan nodded, immediately ran out of the alley, squatted down and looked at the wheel tracks.
The tire marks in the mud were very unique, with patterns of varying depths, as if they were old tires that had been repaired many times.
"It went west." He stood up and looked towards the outside of the city.
Ge Dongxu asked anxiously, "Is it Xishan Farm? It's so big, where can we find it?"
"There's a way." Li Xiangnan stared at the tire tracks. "On rainy days, fewer people are on the road, so the tire tracks won't disappear easily. As long as we're fast enough, we'll definitely catch up with her! Come on, take my motorcycle!"
Without saying anything, the three of them rode their bikes and quickly chased out of the city.
An hour later, the three appeared in the western suburbs.
The dirt road was muddy and difficult to walk on after the rain. On the road illuminated by the headlights, the special tire marks appeared and disappeared from time to time.
Ge Dongxu suddenly pointed to the side of the road: "Stop! They're heading northwest!"
The car turned into a fork in the road with difficulty, and lights appeared in the distance.
Xia Haiyang lowered his voice and said, "It's the old manor of Xishan Farm. It was abandoned a long time ago. How come someone is living there again?"
Li Xiangnan turned off the car and said, "Walk there."
The three of them groped their way deeper into the dense forest, taking one step forward and one step back.
Summer insects are chirping in the fields, and the air is filled with the scent of soil and rotten grass.
Suddenly, Ge Dongxu grabbed the two of them and said, "There's a horse neighing!"
Under the moonlight, a magnificent manor looms.
There was a light on in the stable on the south side, and a figure was saddling a horse.
"It's her!" Xia Haiyang exclaimed.
The woman had changed into riding clothes, with her long hair tied into a ponytail, and was gently stroking the neck of a chestnut horse.
The horse rubbed her palm affectionately, obviously very familiar with her.
The moonlight after the rain shone on her face, making her skin look even whiter than jade, and her autumn-water eyes were surprisingly bright in the night.
The small teardrop mole at the corner of the eye appears and disappears as the horse runs, adding an indescribable charm.
She was wearing a well-tailored dark riding coat with sharp shoulders and a nipped waist, outlining her sharp figure.
The moment the horse leaped, her slightly forward body fit perfectly with the curve of the horse's back, and the man and the horse became one, like a dynamic silhouette painting.
The most wonderful thing is the charm between her eyebrows - not the tenderness of an ordinary woman, but three parts of heroism, two parts of pride, and five parts of hidden sharpness.
The corners of her lips were slightly raised, not a smile, but more eye-catching than a smile.
Every time the horse leaped, her body remained steady as a pine or cypress, except for the small mole at the corner of her eye that trembled slightly, like a dot of ink falling on white silk, bringing the whole picture to life.
"Shangguan! I, Li Xiangnan, will definitely catch you today!"
Li Xiangnan waved his hand and shouted, "You two surround us from the left and right, I'll attack from the center! Go!"