This oasis was not far from the city.
After driving for forty minutes, the oasis hidden in the yellow sand appeared like a utopia.
It was dusk at this time. The sky was painted with a layer of orange-red paint, which set off the small town below and added a layer of fantasy color.
Beautifully unreal.
Amna was an oasis in the desert, centering around a natural lake. Palm trees, eucalyptus trees and most buildings were concentrated around the lake. The emerald lake was surrounded by sand dunes tens of meters high, a magical and beautiful place.
Beautiful scenery always attracted quite a few daring tourists.
But coming here for tourism was no different from going to work in Myanmar.
It was easy to come, but difficult to go back.
It looked peaceful on the surface, but it was actually a cannibalistic place.
Qiao Ying took out her phone and took a picture of the sunset scenery below the small town surrounded by the desert. She casually sent it to Qin Hanyue.
Then she went back to the car and drove in.
She successfully found a family hotel, picked up her backpack and walked in.
As soon as she entered the hotel lobby, she successfully attracted everyone's attention. An Asian girl, and a lovely little short-legged robot, this combination, first time seeing it.
Qiao Ying ignored those ill-intentioned eyes, and took Qiao Yi to the room. She threw her backpack on the chair.
"Block the signal of this hotel, I'm going to take a bath."
The cameras in this room were definitely more than those in love hotels.
Qin Hanyue's calm voice sounded: "Okay."
Then the sound of water came from the bathroom.
The robot Qiao Yi retracted its two little short legs into its body and slid smoothly on the floor.
There was a knock on the door. The man outside spoke Spanish and claimed to be a hotel staff member who came to deliver food.
Qiao Yi went to the back of the door and replied in the same Spanish with Qin Hanyue's voice: "Leave the food outside the door."
Hearing the voice of a mature man in the room, the person outside soon stopped making any noise.
In the time Qiao Ying took a bath, four or five people knocked on the door, all with various excuses to get Qiao Ying to open the door.
After hearing Qin Hanyue's voice, they all retreated.
Qiao Ying wiped her wet hair and came to the window sill. At this time, the whole town was lit up, and if it wasn't for the dozens of meters high sand dunes that looked like city walls, it was no different from the city.
In her previous life, she had been here before.
Among those old guys in Shadow Squadron, apart from JOKER, the most capable one, Meihua Q, had come in and out of here many times.
Moon Shadow from Shadow Squadron had also come here before.
It seemed that there was a Shadow Squadron base hidden here, and it was even possible that this was the hiding place Meihua Q had prepared for himself or as his retirement place.
In her previous life, she had followed Moon Shadow here.
However, she didn't do anything at that time, she just came here to see the scenery.
She wasn't very interested in many of the things about Shadow Squadron, but sometimes she had to explore to protect herself.
When in the underworld, it was impossible to turn a deaf ear to things outside the window.
There weren't many people left in Shadow Squadron.
Since Moon Shadow might be here, Qiao Ying didn't have to go far to find him, so she might as well take him down first.
Qin Hanyue's voice suddenly sounded behind her, solemnly admonishing: "Wife, there are many bad people here, be careful."
Qiao Ying, who was thinking about things, was slightly startled, and her hand wiping her hair paused. Not because she was scared.
When she looked back, she realized it.
Qiao Ying: "Can't change the way you call me, huh?"
Qin Hanyue: "But wife is one of the most intimate terms between men and women without blood ties in modern times."
Qiao Ying: "I don't mind if you call me mom."
Qin Hanyue: "But wife, you are only nineteen years old and I am thirty."
Qiao Ying looked expressionless and said dangerously: "Bring me my computer."
Qin Hanyue was very sensible: "Sister."
Qiao Ying threw the half-wet towel at its head.
She lay tiredly on the bed. The day and night temperature difference in the desert was great. The air conditioner in this room was not very good. Qiao Ying wrapped herself in a quilt.
Qin Hanyue's voice came to the bedside: "Eat first before resting, it's good for your health. What do you want to eat? I'll order it."
Seeing that Qiao Ying didn't move, it went to pour a glass of warm water and brought it to the bedside: "Then drink a glass of water to warm your stomach."
Qiao Ying looked at it, stretched her legs out from under the quilt, and stepped on its big face with her tender little feet, as if stepping on Qin Hanyue's own face: "You're like a dad!" The tender toes tapped its face.
This attentiveness was exactly the same as Qin Hanyue himself.
Qin Hanyue: "But you don't like me calling you daughter."
Qiao Ying: "Call me sister."
Qin Hanyue: "Sister."
Qiao Ying's mouth curled slightly.
Every time Qiao Ying heard this sister, she felt happy, and her heart became twisted once.
She didn't know if she would have a chance to get that old man to call her sister face to face. It probably wouldn't happen. Even without limits he couldn't go to this extent.
Qiao Ying: "Say you are an old man."
Qin Hanyue: "I can say it to my sister, but according to human life span, I am not."
Although it was just a voice, the similarity in attributes, this way of quibbling over age was really the same.
Qiao Ying: "I'll take you apart when I go back."
Qin Hanyue: "I will miss my sister."
"Sister hasn't given me a name yet. I found the name of the only emergency contact is [Qin Hanyue]. Can I use his name?"
Qiao Ying picked up her phone: "Whatever."
Qin Hanyue: "Thank you, sister."
Half an hour earlier, Qin Hanyue had replied to her sunset photo, also with a photo, the sunrise outside his bedroom.
Qiao Ying looked at it and threw her phone aside.
Qin Hanyue: "Going to sleep?"
Qiao Ying: "Turn off the lights."
Qin Hanyue: "Okay."
The robot Qin Hanyue immediately went to turn off the lights, then returned to the bedside: "You sleep, I'll stand guard."
It also lowered its voice, which gave Qiao Ying the feeling that Qin Hanyue himself was there with her eyes closed and just listening to the voice.
When Qiao Ying woke up after a nap and ate breakfast, she walked out of the hotel.
When she came out, she saw that her car had been stolen.
It was not very realistic to ask the hotel management, and she still needed to stay here, no time to find a new place.
So she temporarily put aside the matter of the car.
An off-road vehicle drove by and asked Qiao Ying if she wanted a ride.
Qiao Ying got on the car.
In the southeast direction of the town-sized oasis,
there was an underground boxing arena.
In her previous life, she had seen Moon Shadow go in there.
She didn't follow him in at that time, and now she was going to check out the situation.
The driver was a Spaniard, quite handsome, with a very long name. Taking away his parents' surname, his given name was Fidel.
Fidel kept chatting her up, asking about this and that. Seeing that Qiao Ying didn't care to answer, he told Qiao Ying about her destination—the underground boxing arena.
"The person in charge of that boxing arena seems to be one of you Asians too." Fidel said in Spanish.
Fidel: "You don't happen to know them, do you? Or are you also a boxing arena person? But I've never seen you here before."
Qiao Ying: "Looks like an Asian?"
Fidel: "They are quite mysterious. Anyway, I've been here for twelve years and have never figured them out. The boxing arena is very lively every day. The winner will get a generous bonus from them, but after that, I never saw those boxing kings again, don't know where they went."
Qiao Ying didn't answer.
At this moment, a black four-wheel drive desert car was coming from the opposite direction.
Fidel immediately stuck his head out and shouted at the other party: "Hey buddy, where did you get this new car? It's so cool."
The other party also stuck his head out and proudly told Fidel: "Don't know which poor bastard it was."
Fidel looked envious: "You bastard. I'll take another look at your new car later, I still have work to do now."
Fidel retracted his head.
Qiao Ying: "Is that your friend?"
Fidel: "We work in a convoy together."
The car was driving on the yellow sand, not very fast, shaking back and forth, which Fidel enjoyed very much.
Fidel: "What is your relationship with that boxing arena anyway?"
Qiao Ying: "I don't know yet if I have any relationship with that boxing arena, but I have a very close relationship with your colleague's new car."
"Huh?" He turned to look at her.
Qiao Ying pressed Fidel's head hard against the steering wheel, knocking him out instantly.
Then she opened the driver's door and kicked him out of the car with one kick.
Qiao Ying: "Congratulations on becoming the newest poor bastard."
Qiao Ying "bang" closed the car door and drove away.
