This eye contact, even Zhou Ze himself didn't know how long it lasted. He only knew that during the whole process, his brain seemed to be in a semi-crashed state.
At this moment, Ying Gou in the picture turned around again, and the surrounding environment that had been straightened out by his gaze began to blur again.
The surrounding darkness surged in like a tide, and under the terrifying water pressure, it was as if he was just a fragile shell about to be annihilated.
Darkness,
Confusion,
Despair.
"Hoo..."
Zhou Ze suddenly opened his eyes.
He was still in the bathtub.
The water in the bathtub was still warm.
Yingying had adjusted the faucet to a slow flow of hot water, which could keep the temperature in the bathtub constant.
Although she knew that her boss wasn't afraid of the cold, she still thought that a hot bath would be more comfortable.
Beside him, Yingying leaned against the bathtub, as if she had also dozed off.
Yingying said that she didn't know when she could fall asleep, but she always slept very lightly and not for long. This was probably the trend of her becoming more and more like a human and less like a zombie.
Zhou Ze pursed his lips, lowered his body, and let the water cover his eyes.
He could hear the sound of water in his ears.
He needed to be quiet.
He didn't even know if the dream he just had was real or just his imagination.
Even,
He didn't even have the idea of asking Ying Gou again.
He'd just leave it at that. Even if Ying Gou wanted to trick him or plot against him, Boss Zhou didn't have anything to resist, and he was too lazy to resist.
You could say that this mentality was very negative, but it was the most realistic portrayal.
In other situations, he would fight for what he should fight for, and snatch what he should snatch. If anyone wanted his life, he would bite off a piece of their flesh first. Only in this matter did he feel that the more he cared, the more meaningless it became.
After a long time,
Zhou Ze floated to the surface again, took a long breath, and put his hands on the edges of the bathtub, splashing some water.
"Hmm, Boss, you're awake?"
Yingying also opened her eyes. She still had a book on her lap.
Zhou Ze had always been curious about who wrote the *Maid's Self-Cultivation* series, and it seemed that they were coming out quite quickly. Yingying had already seen number 8.
"Yeah."
In front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, the night sky was already dotted with stars.
Yingying got up and picked up a towel.
Zhou Ze stood up from the bathtub, and Yingying carefully helped Zhou Ze wipe his body, not missing a single corner.
After wiping him clean, Yingying brought the casual clothes she had specially brought and helped her boss put them on.
Everything was in order.
Zhou Ze walked to the bed and lay down against the pillow.
Because this was a 270-degree sea view room, lying on the bed, he could directly face the sea. The view was really good.
It was a pity that it was night, and the sea was dark, but the lights below the hotel were brightly lit, and many people were swimming in the pools.
Many graceful figures were dancing in the pool, and their companions or boyfriends were busy taking videos.
"Boss, should I ask the front desk to send some food over?"
"Forget it, I'm not very hungry."
Zhou Ze raised his hand, signaling Yingying to come over.
But Yingying shook her head and said, "I'll go take a shower first."
Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
A quarter of an hour later, Yingying, who had finished showering, put on a set of black silk pajamas and got into bed.
"Boss, is this place the kind of place that the old Taoist often talks about, a good place for retirement?"
"Retirement?"
"Yeah, the scenery is so good, and you can see the sea every day. Otherwise, I'll go buy a sea view room nearby."
"Don't, spare the people of Sanya."
"Boss, don't you like it here?"
"I like it, but it's nice to take a week off to come here for vacation. It's actually uncomfortable to live here all the time."
Sea view rooms seemed to have become an obsession in the hearts of a generation of Chinese people.
Developers had also advertised the beautiful blueprint of sea view rooms for retirement.
In fact, only those who really live by the sea know that the humid environment all year round is very harmful to household appliances, home decoration, and people's health.
Living here isn't for retirement, it's purely for wanting to go to King Yama's place early... oh no, it's for wanting to participate in the Nine Attendants' beauty pageant early.
The sound of the waves crashing on the shore is romantic and beautiful to listen to occasionally, but listening to it 365 days a year is torture.
"Oh, that's how it is."
Yingying dispelled her plan to enter the Sanya real estate industry.
The doorbell rang.
Yingying got out of bed, didn't rush to open the door, but changed her clothes before opening the door.
Standing at the door was Qing, who was holding a thermal container in her hand.
"I, I, I, I, I'm here, to send, send, send..."
Qing stood at the door, her small face flushed.
There was no problem when fighting, but once she returned to her everyday role, it was really...torturous.
"Send, food!"
After saying the last word,
Qing raised her head,
Took a deep breath.
She almost suffocated herself with this sentence just now.
Yingying let Qing in. Qing walked to the bed and lifted the coffee table next to it with one hand, moving it to Zhou Ze's side.
Then she opened the thermos.
It was full of dumplings.
"There are celery and pork, beef filling, and shrimp filling."
Qing gave a brief introduction.
"Oh."
Zhou Ze took the chopsticks from Qing's hand and picked one up.
Qing hurriedly took out the dipping sauce dishes from the bag.
There was vinegar, minced garlic, and Lao Gan Ma chili sauce.
The variety of dumplings was rich, and the variety of dipping sauces was equally rich.
Zhou Ze always dipped his dumplings in vinegar.
He put a dumpling in his mouth. The skin was thin and the filling was thick. The taste was really good, giving people a very pleasant feeling.
"Good, good, good, eat, eat, eat..."
"Delicious."
Zhou Ze immediately replied.
Qing nodded, relieved.
As a former law enforcement team boss, it was really hard for her to deliver midnight snacks and flatter the boss late at night.
"There, there, there are many, many dumpling restaurants here."
"Yeah, there are many northeasterners here."
In Hainan, the density of dumpling restaurants can compete with braised chicken and Shaxian snacks.
Many northeasterners, because they had enough of the cold winters in the northeast, chose to settle down on the warm island of Hainan.
Therefore, Hainan is also known as the fourth northeastern province.
"Yes, yes, it's, it's warm here."
Zhou Ze put another dumpling into his mouth, chewing as he asked:
"Do you like eating dumplings very much?"
"My, my, life, before, before was, was, north..."
"Northerner?"
"Yeah, uh-huh."
"It's good to be able to eat things, right?"
"Yes, it is."
"Boss, Lawyer An said that Qing used to be a *gege* (a Manchu princess)."
"Oh, is that so."
Well, a *gege* was coming to deliver midnight snacks to him. The dumplings in his mouth suddenly became more flavorful.
People are such sensory animals, they like to give food more than just satisfying their appetites. For example, you can often see introductions hanging on the walls of famous snack shops all over the country. Most versions say that in a certain year, Emperor Qianlong praised the snack after eating it during his southern tour.
It seemed that Emperor Qianlong didn't have time to do anything else in his life, and was busy running around in the northeast to name all kinds of snacks.
Lawyer An was from the Republican era, and Qing was even older than Lawyer An. She was from the Qing dynasty, there was no running away from it. She might even be older than Yingying.
"Manchu?" Zhou Ze asked as he ate.
"Surname, surname, Yehe Nara."
"Heh, that's a famous surname."
Zhou Ze took the tissue handed over by Yingying, wiped his mouth, and asked:
"What are they doing? Forget it, I won't ask you. Yingying, what is Old An doing now?"
Yingying took out her phone and glanced at the "Sexy Old Taoist Online Card Dealing" WeChat group.
This group was usually dead. It would only become active again when everyone went out and needed to contact each other.
"Boss, Old Taoist just sent a photo. In the photo, Lawyer An is drinking coffee with a very beautiful woman."
"Oh, remind everyone, don't leave the hotel grounds. Also, let Old An arrange a night watch."
Although they were staying in a hotel with a large flow of people, a night watch was still needed.
For ordinary people, a place with a large flow of people means safety, but for Zhou Ze and the others, a place with a large flow of people is not as safe and secure as an uninhabited wilderness.
"Liang and You will be responsible for the night watch, there won't be any problems."
As soon as she talked about professional fields, Qing didn't stutter at all.
Zhou Ze nodded. He could rest assured if they were responsible for security.
"By the way, that Old Dai, he hasn't left the hotel, has he?"
"No, he didn't have a meal. After leaving your room, Boss, he stayed in his own room. According to your instructions, Boss, we didn't specifically monitor him. He's also in a single room."
Letting him have a single room wasn't to deliberately show an attitude of trusting people and not suspecting them. It was purely because his appearance was really too... No one wanted to be in the same room as him.
"Tomorrow, are we going to directly barge in?"
"Otherwise?"
"I still think it's a bit too direct."
"It's okay. When we get there tomorrow, I'll go in first, and you guys can follow up later."
"It's not even clear whether Old Dai is sure he can lead the way."
"If he can lead the way, he can lead the way."
"It's still, too risky. You can let the three of us go in and check the situation first."
"There's no need to bother with that."
Zhou Ze shook his head.
Perhaps, only Boss Zhou knew his state of mind at this time.
The threat of the Xuanyuan Sword was approaching.
In a situation where it was a single knife either way,
There was really nothing to be hung up about.
Hmm, and one more thing was,
He wasn't blindly confident in himself,
But he had a lot of confidence in that small bag of potatoes.
Qing stood up straight. After fulfilling her responsibility to persuade him, she bowed to Zhou Ze and said sincerely:
"I wish you, Boss, a triumphant start and a return to the throne!"