Chino helped Solandale pull up the quilt, put her clenched little hands into the quilt, and said, "Wait until she wakes up and ask." If she doesn't want to speak, don't force her. ”

Lorna let out a soft "um".

Chino sat down on the edge of the bed: "You go and rest, here I will keep vigil." ”

"I'll keep it with you. Solan is like this, how can I sleep. Lorna brought a chair and sat down, looking at the sleeping Solandelle.

...

The two stayed here until dawn, and as soon as it was time to work, Chino went to the office and asked Lorna to take care of Solandelle here.

Chino didn't tell his subordinates about Solandelle's illness, and although many people saw it when the doctor came yesterday, they didn't know who was sick, and if the administrator didn't say it, they wouldn't ask.

Today's weather was a bit gloomy, but luckily it didn't rain like yesterday evening, and Lugo was sitting in the garden behind the gate.

People are such cheap creatures, usually tired and tired, begging grandpa to tell grandma that they want to take a holiday. I really took a vacation, and I was so idle that I didn't know what to do.

Lugo kept yawning at this time, shrugged his eyelids, and muttered to himself boredly: "I'm so bored, I want to kill someone for fun." ”

At this moment, a delicate carriage stopped outside the door, and judging by the occasional shaking of the gravel from the curtain, it must have passed through the desert before.

The curtain was lifted, and a dark-skinned man in a robe walked out, wearing expensive exotic jewelry, and his eyes were black and white, which was quite extravagant.

The black man walked to the door of the mansion and asked in a friendly manner, "Is Administrator Chino van Helsing in the house today?" ”

Suddenly, Lugo jumped up in front of the black man and stared at him.

The black man took it in stride and smiled at Lugo.

Lu Ge gasped: "Brother, I recently read a few books on physiognomy in the Far East, your Yin Hall is black, I'm afraid there will be a bloody disaster today!" ”

The black man couldn't help but smile and pointed to his face: "I'm black, and of course Yintang is black." ”

"It's boring, you're not humorous at all." Lugo shook his legs lazily and asked, "Name?" Identity? What are you doing? ”

The black man handed over a letter in both hands and said respectfully: "My name is Omani, I am a merchant from the desert, and I want to negotiate a big deal with the magistrate of Chino, this is a letter of introduction from the Chamber of Commerce, and the customs procedures are also here." ”

Lu Ge opened it and took a look, it was indeed a letter of introduction, and there was also the official seal of the Chamber of Commerce on it, and the procedures were complete.

But Lugo returned the letter anyway, and said nonchalantly: "A word of advice for you, don't go to him today, change the time." ”

Omani was puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

"He was in a bad mood today, his face was expressionless early in the morning, and we didn't dare to talk to him." Lugo stepped forward and whispered, "I'll tell you, I've learned my experience. Whether our administrator is in a good mood today or not, just look at his expression. ”

"If he looks smiling, it may be that he is really smiling, or he may not be smiling, but he is just born with upturned lips."

"But if he doesn't look at it, it's really bad. So, you'd better not go today, I'm serious. ”

Omani said without humility or arrogance: "I need to discuss something very important with the Administrator, and I must hurry up. ”

Lugo stepped to the side, shook his legs, and said, "Then you go, I warned you anyway." ”

Omani greeted Lugo and walked into the mansion.

...

Chino was in the office dealing with his daily papers, his thin lips were tightly pursed, and there was no expression on his face, as Lugo said, in a bad mood.

The little black cat lazily lay on its lap and massaged him with a meat pad from time to time to help him soothe his mood.

Without warning, the little black cat's ears stood up, its pink nose twitched, as if it was sniffing something, the cat's pupils instantly shrank into two thin slits, its back hair exploded, and it broke free from Chino's legs and hid behind the curtains.

"Click, click, click." The sound of footsteps could be heard from far and near.

"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.

Chino glanced at the little black cat hiding behind the curtain, and said lightly, "Come in." ”

It was Omani who entered the door, he gently closed the door, and performed a desert salute to Chino: "Good morning, Chino administrator, my name is Omani, for the first time..."

Chino interrupted him without raising his head: "Get down to business." ”

Omani paused, sat down in his guest seat at the desk, and smiled mysteriously, "My cat is lost." ”

Chino: "It's none of my business if the cat gets lost, go find Lugo." ”

Omani smiled mysteriously, and his tone became more and more dark: "I'm afraid it's really up to you to take care of this, because you picked up this cat." ”

Omani took a deep breath, his pupils, as dark as his skin, moving towards the curtain: "Let it out, I can smell it." ”

The black shadow flickered quietly, the curtains bulged, and it was obvious that the little black cat had turned into a human form.

The winter coat poked its head out from behind the curtains, its vertical pupils contracted extremely, and its sharp tiger teeth bared out, and he snorted fiercely at Omani.

"Oh~ kitten, I finally found you." Omani kept making hissing noises and teasing the winter coat, then looked at Chino and said with a smile, "I know, cats will have feelings after a long time, but don't worry, I will pay compensation." How about 10 Golden Moons? Give her back to me. ”

Chino was still working on the paperwork and didn't look up: "Have you really ever had a cat?" ”

"Of course." Omani said.

"Do you know why cats run away from home?" Chino signed his name at the end of the document, finally raised his head, and said lightly, "It's very simple, because its previous life was no fun, and it wants to find a master who knows how to spoil it, it's as simple as that." ”

Omani narrowed his eyes, "I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

Chino: "It's simple, it's my cat now. What is the first rule of pet ownership? Do not abandon. ”

"It ran away from home before, which means it doesn't like you there. And the fact that it threw itself into my arms shows that I love this new home. All I have to do as the host is take good care of it. ”

Omani grinned at the corners of his lips, and the meaning in his eyes grew stronger: "Let's stop playing riddles here, let's just say it." I am an emissary of the Bloodthorn Society, and I was once one of our members, but after receiving a commission from Erin Troy last year, instead of fulfilling the order, she killed her employer and defected from the organization. ”

"We spent more than half a year tracking her down, and finally determined that she had taken up refuge with you. I'm here to bring her back. ”

Chino: "Take it back, and then what?" ”

The blood glint in Omani's eyes loomed: "The desert naturally has the rules of the desert. ”

Chino: "I'm just asking you what the rules are." ”

Omani: "It doesn't matter to you, just make friends and we'll be fine." ”

Chino: "I'm curious. ”

Omani: "The rules are simple: the body of the defector will be cut into nine pieces, worshiped to the nine gods, and then skinned and fleshed, and the bone will be cut out and the marrow will be eaten by the people as a warning. ”

Chino let out a long sigh and shook his head.

Omani was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean by sighing?" ”

"Are all desert assassins so earthy?" Chino looked directly at Omani as if to see through his heart, his amber eyes filled with a smile, "You never do art training? The whole organization is just like you, a primitive person with no aesthetic ability? ”