"Alright alright……"

Sighing, Xiaolan said a little tiredly, "But even if I help you, how can I help you? The fin is not a containment object that our Eye Blood Team is responsible for at all. If you want to touch it, you have no authority at all.

license."

"Who said I want to come into contact with it?" Qu Xiao raised his eyebrows, "I just want its molt. The place where I can get the molt is not only the holding room, but also a place, isn't that okay?"

Xiaolan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this: "Are you referring to where we are going now?!"

For non-dangerous containment products, there is a transfer room for centralized storage in the base. The place the two are heading to now is this transfer room. In addition to Split's glandular fluid, there are many other products of containment in it.

Temporarily stored here.

According to Qu Xiao's intention, he was going to do it directly in the transfer room, but there was also a warehouse manager who managed the storage, and a camera on top that was rotating all the time to patrol back and forth.

The risk of taking action in such an environment must be very high. Even if Xiaolan is not timid, she would not dare to have such an idea at will.

However, he looked at Qu Xiao's expression and saw that the latter didn't seem to be joking with him when he said this. This guy was really planning to take a risk and obtain the molted fish fins from the most dangerous place.

"You're crazy!"

Looking left and right to make sure no one was passing by, Xiaolan lowered her voice and shouted to Qu Xiao, "Don't you know how strict the control in the transit room is?! What if you get caught if you do something in a place like this!"

"But other than that, I can't think of any other way..." Qu Xiao shrugged, "Do you know someone in the team that controls the fins? Can you let him secretly swipe his card to take us in?"

"..."

"Look, it can't be done." Qu Xiao spread his hands, "That's why I said this is the only way we have at the moment."

"Is this thing so important to you?"

"Yes, of course." Qu Xiao replied. All he could think about now was the huge bonus. If he couldn't get this thing, he was destined to miss out on the bonus.

"Okay, don't think about it for now, adjust your condition, we are here."

Walking to the door of the transit room, Qu Xiao reminded Xiaolan to pay attention to his good mood. The latter wanted to say something to him, but Qu Xiao had already walked in.

Cursing inwardly, Xiaolan had no choice but to follow her in. The transit room was quite large and there were several third-level personnel responsible for management inside.

Handing the test tube in his hand to Xiaolan, Qu Xiao motioned for the latter to come up and interact. Xiaolan understood Qu Xiao's thoughts very well. This guy wanted him to attract the attention of these people.

Now that there was no way out, Xiaolan suddenly became determined and stepped forward quickly, gritting his teeth secretly.

One of the third-level personnel had noticed him at this time, and took the initiative to come up and look at the label of the test tube in Xiaolan's hand. He motioned to the latter to take it to the shelf on the right and put it away, and then turned around again.

Do other things.

The molted fish fins were packed in a large iron box and placed deep in the corner, not far from where Xiaolan stored the test tubes. There was a camera on the top and a third-level person working underneath.

.

Qu Xiao sneaked closer and motioned with his eyes to Xiaolan to make some noise. This third-level personnel was standing next to the tin box. If he was not lured away, he would definitely be discovered stealing the things.

Xiaolan took a deep breath when he saw this, and then he suddenly jumped with his left foot and fell to the ground!

thump!

"Ouch!"

Xiaolan not only relied on her body to create movement, but also deliberately shouted. Several people in the room turned their heads after hearing the words. Seeing that Xiaolan couldn't stand up, the third-level personnel closest to him immediately put down his voice.

The thing in his hand ran away.

Even the human-controlled camera on the top interrupted the patrol mode due to the situation at the scene, and the field of view was all focused on Xiaolan's direction. This was a good time for Qu Xiao to steal the shed skin!

He walked towards the blind spot with small steps, grabbed a handful of molted skin and stuffed it into his pocket. At this time, someone was already trying to turn around. In order to prevent them from noticing Qu Xiao, Xiaolan was determined to throw herself again.

once!

In order to achieve the effect, his glasses frame was broken. Such a solid performance made several people nearby wonder whether the floor in the transit room was too slippery.

He helped Xiao Lan stand up again. By this time, Qu Xiao had finished stealing and ran forward pretending to be very concerned. He thanked several people and then helped Xiao Lan and quickly slipped out.

It wasn't until they had walked several corners that the two finally stopped. The distance between them was already very far, and the fact that the other party did not catch up meant that no problem had been discovered for the time being.

"You acted really well!" Qu Xiao gave Xiaolan a thumbs up, "The fall was natural and appropriate, it looked like it was real."

"Hey, it's just a small trick." Xiaolan curled her lips modestly, "But you are really too greedy...I saw that you stuffed four whole pockets. If I gave you a sack, you might be able to stuff it.

Just put that box away..."

"Isn't this just one step? Haha..." Qu Xiao scratched his head in embarrassment. What he did was indeed too risky, but there were benefits. After this success, until the end of the King of Fish Competition,

He probably doesn't need to steal anymore.

Returning to the team center with Xiaolan, Qu Xiao quickly took the molted skin in his pocket back to the bedroom and hid it. When he opened the door again and came out, he found that the old manager was already standing at his door. Qu Xiao looked a little surprised.

, the old manager took the initiative and said: "Do you have time now? I want to have a good chat with you."

"Yes!" Qu Xiao nodded quickly, and then he followed the old manager to the latter's bedroom.

The layout here is different from Qu Xiao's room. When he came in the last time, Qu Xiao discovered that Lao Guan liked those rock posters from the pre-apocalyptic world. There were such decorations hanging everywhere in his room, and there was a dazzling array of them.

It looks very fancy.

In addition, there is an electric guitar placed by Lao Guan's bedside. It can be seen from the lack of dust on it that Lao Guan takes good care of it. Qu Xiao has never heard Lao Guan play music before.

, but judging from the piles of music scores on his desk, the latter should be quite accomplished in musical instruments. Qu Xiao simply asked, but unexpectedly, the old man's response was not a nod.

"These things are actually not what I like." With a reminiscence smile, Lao Guan sat down on the bed and picked up the guitar and said, "These things are all left by Akiko. In fact, I don't like listening to or playing these things at all."

"Mingzi..." Qu Xiao recalled the name, "Brother Guan, was that your previous partner?"

"Yes." The old man nodded and plucked the strings with a wry smile, causing the guitar to make a mournful echo.

"This guitar and these posters and sheet music were all things he left behind. I couldn't bear to throw them away, so I simply put them in my room. Before, I always thought these things had very colorful patterns and looked very noisy.

But now...I've probably gotten used to it, and I'm somehow getting used to this feeling."

"I understand." Qu Xiao nodded. He himself was actually a nostalgic person. Running a farm in another world was his memory of his deceased parents, so Qu Xiao could completely resonate with Lao Guan's current emotions.

"Okay, let's talk about your business." The old manager changed the subject and said in a different tone, "Can you give me an explanation why you need to change partners?"

"Brother Guan, I..."

"You think I'm useless and can't protect you, right?"

"Brother Guan, how could I miss you so much? It's just a normal transfer. Xiaolan said he wanted to be with me, so I agreed..."

"He said he wanted to be with you?" The old manager's face was full of disbelief, "Did you have a good relationship before? Why didn't I know there were these little friends between you two?"

"Brother Guan, we do have a good relationship in private..." Qu Xiao smiled awkwardly, "You may not know that I often ask him to help me... Of course, he is also very happy to do so.

of."

"Really?" The old man's eyes narrowed, "Actually, your answer is not important to me. This is your own decision. I undoubtedly respect you, but I just want to remind you that many times

"Following an old man is better than following a newcomer. Xiaolan has only been in the team for a year. You may not be safer doing missions with him than with me."

"Brother Guan, are you trying to win over me?"

"Winning over?" The old manager suddenly laughed, "Boy, you think too highly of yourself. I just like to meddle in others' business and give you some well-intentioned advice. I haven't fallen to this level yet to win over a young boy like you.

At this point, if it weren't for the fact that we were partners before, I would be too lazy to talk nonsense with you now...Okay, okay, I have finished what I want to say, you can leave."

After saying this, the old manager made a gesture and gave Qu Xiao an order to expel him.

It wasn't until Qu Xiao left the room that the old manager revealed his true emotions. His eyes were full of sadness, mixed with deep frustration...

and regret.

"Perhaps I am destined to have no ability to protect others in this life..."

Taking out Mingzi's photo from the drawer, the old man's eyes were red and he was lost in the memories of the past...

outside the door.

Qu Xiao did not leave immediately. Although there was a door panel, he could still feel the old manager's emotional release.

When he was talking just now, Qu Xiao could feel that Lao Guan was hiding his emotions from him. Although he was very disappointed with the decision he made, this man still chose to support him in the end.

This may be the real meaning behind the word "partner".

Qu Xiao felt very guilty for what he had done, but he also knew very well that he had to do this.

Compared with Xiao Lan, Lao Guan is a complete outsider. If he continues to interfere with him, the latter will only get into the same situation as himself.

Qu Xiao really didn't want to continue to harm the old manager, so he made the decision to let go. Although this approach was equivalent to leaving without saying goodbye, after weighing the pros and cons, Qu Xiao still believed that this was the right thing to do.
Chapter completed!