Elder brother's garrison

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Just then, as the three of them sat quietly, a buzzing vibration sounded.

The sound originated beneath the deer.

Little White and Loki looked at the deer's cry.

Lu Ming took out his phone, which was vibrating incessantly under the watchful eyes of the three people. The screen displayed the caller ID with the words "Agent" written in large letters.

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, then pressed the answer button and brought the phone to his ear.

The phone connected with a beep.

Lu Ming didn't turn on speakerphone, so Xiao Bai couldn't hear anything.

Lu Ming held his phone and hummed a few times. After a pause, he quietly hung up the phone.

"What did the agent say?" Xiaobai asked.

“He told me to go back early,” Lu Ming said.

"Ah... your manager will be angry if you come with us this time, won't he?"

"No, the agent isn't angry."

"Eh?"

“He asked the driver beforehand and already knew we were out having fun, so he deliberately called later,” Lu Ming said to Xiao Bai. “But he still told me to go home early after dinner. I have an advertisement to shoot tonight.”

"Being a celebrity is really tough," Xiaobai sighed regretfully.

“…I’m sorry.” Lu Ming held his phone and bowed slightly.

"No need to apologize. Even if it was just a meal, I've been very happy for days." Xiaobai took out her phone and shook it at Luming. "After all, it's rare to film a movie with my favorite star. My ship girl even made a lot of money from the amazing director. Oh, right, speaking of which, I should thank Miss Luming for giving us this opportunity. How about we treat you to this meal?"

"Ah." Lu Ming shifted her upper body slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but after thinking for a while, she gave up the idea and simply nodded gently to Xiao Bai, "...Thank you."

"It's just a small meal cost, nothing to worry about," Xiaobai waved to the clerk.

"Hello, is there anything else you'd like to order?" The shop assistant approached the group with a smile.

"No need, check please." Xiaobai said generously.

"Three servings of fish and chips, right? That's 105 yuan in total. Let me round it down to 100. Wishing you a prosperous and lucky new year." The clerk smiled and took out his phone. "Would you like to scan the code or pay in cash?"

"Scan the code," Xiaobai said, opening the payment app on her phone.

In today's technologically advanced world, money is so readily available that you can easily pay with electronic devices even if you don't carry it with you. Its prevalence is such that even the stalls of elderly women buying vegetables at the market often have QR codes for payment. Although Xiaobai has not been in contact with human society for a long time, he still has the necessary consumer software installed on his phone.

In front of the store clerk, Xiaobai opened the blue payment app and showed his payment QR code.

Just as Xiaobai was about to show the QR code to the store clerk.

Sudden.

Xiao Bai's phone emitted a series of rapid notifications indicating that money had been transferred to his account.

"Your transfer has been received. This payment is for five million."

A mechanical voice notification of the funds arriving came from Xiaobai's phone.

Xiao Bai's payment notification wasn't loud, but it was loud enough to echo throughout the entire tea restaurant. In an instant, the customers in the tea restaurant all tilted their heads and turned their attention to Xiao Bai, who was making a transaction with the clerk.

Xiao Bai was stunned.

The shop assistant in front of Xiaobai also opened his mouth wide in surprise and quickly pushed his hand away.

"Gu, customer... we only need one hundred yuan, five million is really... too much..."

The shop assistant's words caused a huge stir, and everyone in the tea restaurant immediately looked at Xiaobai with shining eyes.

That feeling.

It was like a chubby little lamb falling into a pack of wolves.

"Uh—" Xiaobai quickly put her phone away, looking at the transfer notification on her phone with an embarrassed expression. "No, that's not how it is... This is..."

At the crucial moment, Loki acted the fastest. She stood up, quickly pulled out a bright red banknote, stuffed it into the panicked clerk's hand, and then grabbed Xiaobai and Luming, running quickly out of the tea restaurant.

Ding Dong!

The three figures disappeared into the tea restaurant, leaving only the gentle ringing of the bell.

Inside the tea restaurant, everyone watched the door of the shop still swaying after Xiaobai and his two companions left. They sighed softly, feeling a sense of loss, and then continued to bury themselves in their food.

……

"I'm so sorry... I should have set it to silent mode..."

Outside the store, the three of them walked along the street, with Xiaobai awkwardly apologizing to Luming and Loki.

“It’s normal that the master doesn’t use this kind of software often and isn’t aware of it,” Loki comforted Little White. “This notification can be turned off. Just make sure it doesn’t pop up outside next time.”

"Okay...okay..." Xiaobai lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.

That five million remittance just now... must be the salary Director Zhang promised to give Loki. Director Zhang said he would pay Loki at the level of a top-tier star, but because the amount is quite large, it might take several hours before it actually reaches Xiaobai's hands.

What a coincidence...

This message just happened to pop up when I was making a payment.

How embarrassing...

Looking at Xiaobai's aggrieved expression, Luming's eyes narrowed with a smile for some reason.

Xiao Bai was feeling regretful, while Lu Ming was smiling.

Suddenly, Loki, who was walking beside him, stopped.

"Loki? What's wrong?" Xiaobai and Luming looked at Loki.

"..." Loki looked at Little White with a blank expression, his voice weak, just loud enough for them to hear, "Master, something's happened."

Xiao Bai and Lu Ming were stunned.

"what's the situation?"

“Someone is following us,” Loki said.

Chapter 2282 Beating Up the Stalker

"track?"

Hearing Loki's reminder, Xiaobai and Luming both slowed down.

“Hmm.” Loki nodded slightly. “They’re about thirty meters behind us.”

"So precise..."

Little White murmured softly, looking up at the street behind her.

Even on a weekday, there were still quite a few pedestrians on the streets of Yuncheng. Xiaobai glanced around and saw at least a dozen people behind him. However, at the distance of thirty meters that Loki had mentioned, there was indeed a suspicious-looking figure hiding in the crowd, glancing in their direction every now and then.

"When did this happen?" Little White withdrew his gaze and asked Loki.

"After we left the restaurant."

"Ah..." Xiaobai sighed with some regret, "Sigh, it really is because of that payment message at the tea restaurant just now..."

“I don’t know.” Loki closed his eyes. “But the people following us aren’t customers at the restaurant.”

"Not customers of the restaurant?" Xiaobai was taken aback and asked subconsciously, "Is the one following us human?"

"should be."

"Strange..." Xiaobai scratched his head in confusion, "Since it wasn't someone who followed me out of the restaurant, then it shouldn't have anything to do with that payment message I just received..."

"Master, shall we make a move?" Loki asked.

Loki wasn't interested in why Little White was being followed.

For her, as long as someone is following Xiaobai, all she needs to do is find the person and eliminate them.

"Don't do it here," Little White tugged at Loki's sleeve and whispered to him, "It'll scare the ordinary people."

“Okay.” Loki nodded.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai looked ahead and her gaze stopped at the entrance of a small alley. "Anyway... let's find a quiet place first."

Little White and Loki exchanged glances.

Loki then nodded slightly.

Xiaobai pulled Luming's arm.

"Miss Luming, I'm so sorry. I accidentally dragged you into this strange situation because of my carelessness." Xiaobai smiled apologetically at Luming, then took her arm and walked towards the entrance of the alley. "Anyway, let's resolve this as soon as possible... Could you please come with me over there?"

"Mmm...mmm." Lu Ming nodded quickly, obediently letting Xiao Bai pull him along.

Xiao Bai and his two companions quickened their pace and entered a nearby alley.

not far away.

The furtive figure in the crowd watched as Xiaobai and his companions entered the alley. He stood there for a moment, pondering, before slowly stepping forward and reaching the alleyway where they had gone. He then leaned against the entrance and peered inside.

The alleyways are narrow and long, and the light is rather dim, with only enough space for one person to walk on either side.

The shadowy figure passed through the alleyway and immediately spotted the backs of Xiaobai and Luming walking inside.

Upon seeing the girls' backs, the shadowy figure nervously swallowed, then trembled as it walked into the alley.

However, the moment the furtive figure stepped into the alley, he instinctively felt a sense of unease, as if something was amiss with the scene before him.

After thinking for about three or four seconds, the shadowy figure figured it out.

He recalled the people who had just entered the alley; there should have been three, but now there were only two left. Where had the other one gone?

The shadowy figure was lost in thought when it heard a sound above its head.

The furtive figure looked up.

Directly above him, a slender, graceful figure stood steadily between the two walls of the alley, her head bowed as she silently watched him. It was as if a spider had spotted a mosquito, her dark golden eyes gleaming menacingly in the dim light.

"Hiss—" The shadowy figure gasped, a chill rising from his neck to his head. He was about to shout, but before he could make a sound, a thick, long rope emerged from behind his neck, looped around his neck, and pulled him into the alley.

Boom!

The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground came from the alley.

Hearing the sound from afar, Xiaobai and Luming turned around and looked at the alley entrance. They saw that the shadowy figure from before had been tied up with hemp rope and was lying on the ground struggling like a cicada pupa.

"Ah, caught him."

Little White Pine Air.

At the end of the alley was a secluded open space. Xiaobai and Luming walked to the open space, and soon, Loki calmly carried out the shadowy figure and threw its bulky body in front of Xiaobai and Luming with a thud.

With a heavy thud, Xiaobai and Luming finally saw the shadowy figure clearly.

This was a young man who looked to be only about twenty years old, but was slightly overweight. He was thrown in front of everyone like a pig waiting to be slaughtered. His hands and feet were tied with hemp rope, his mouth was stuffed with a ball of newspaper, his clothes were covered with dust from the ground, and his face was flushed. He looked quite disheveled.

"Ugh—ugh! Ugh!" The man on the ground kept making stammering sounds.

"Is this the person who's been following us?" Little White asked Loki, looking at the man on the ground.

“Hmm.” Loki nodded.

"He doesn't seem like a very professional bad guy." Xiaobai touched her lips, looking at the disheveled man on the ground.

“It’s possible he acted on impulse upon seeing us… but the tailing was definitely his doing.” Loki paused slightly at this point. “What should we do with him?”

"Since it's human, let's call the police."

“Received.” Loki took out his phone and dialed 110.

"Ugh! Uh! Uh!! Uh————" Just then, the man on the ground started writhing like a madman, desperately trying to break free of the ropes.

"He seems to really want to talk," Xiaobai said, looking at the man on the ground.

"Should we give him a chance to explain?" Loki asked, holding up his phone.

"Let's see what he has to say," Xiaobai nodded.

Loki put down his phone, pulled out a dagger from behind his back, and used it to pry the crumpled newspaper out of the man's mouth.

"Ha—" After the newspaper ball in the man's mouth was knocked away, he quickly took several deep breaths and began to pant heavily.

"Tell me, why did you..."

"Miss Lu... Miss Luming! Is it Miss Luming?!" Before Xiaobai could even ask a question, the man on the ground excitedly raised his head and shouted excitedly at Luming beside Xiaobai, bouncing on the ground like a spring, "Miss Luming! You, you are Miss Luming, right! I can't mistake you! You are Miss Luming! I... I... I'm your fan!! I've watched your dramas! I... I've bought your merchandise! I've even watched the variety shows you've been on! Miss Luming!!"