Addicted Pampering You: The Mysterious Pampered Wife of The Military Ye (Master Fu’s Mysterious Darling Wife) - Chapter 539

Su Qing has been waiting for Lawrence to come back. This is a week.

Lawrence looked up and down on Su Qing. “Hey, it looks like it hurts.”

Su Qing looked cold and indifferent. “So, what new tasks are there?”

“No, you don’t have to go out to perform tasks in the future. There are so many new people in the base who need training, and you will be responsible for their training in the future.”

Su Qing’s heart is so fierce, Lawrence is to completely limit her freedom. Staying in the base is equivalent to living under Lawrence’s eyes. If she wants to do anything, she will not succeed.

No matter what I think in my heart, Su Qing’s face has no extra expression. “I am not afraid that I will toss the gang to die?”

Lawrence laughed. “If they do, don’t succumb to death, indicating that they are not qualified to survive. If they die, they will die.” Human life, he never cares.

“Well, my power?” If there is no power at all, then she might as well stay here and continue to be under house arrest.

“Responsible for all rights. As long as you don’t leave the base.”

This is the biggest power for her. “Good. Lawrence, have you really let me go?” Just whipped her and didn’t hurt, which is different from Lawrence’s previous style. Before Su Qing came back, she was ready to sacrifice half a life in exchange for the opportunity to stay with him.

“Oh, it seems that you feel that my punishment for you is too light. This time I will take a light punishment for your return, but Su Qing, I tell you, I don’t care what your purpose is. I advise you to put those thoughts on me, or else… Believe me, even if you care about the grandmother of the Fucheng family in Beijing, I have the means to move her.”

Su Qing’s face changed instantly, and she looked at Lawrence with shock. How did he know Shen Qing’s?

“Don’t be so shocked, what business we are doing is clear in your heart. I don’t know what I want to know. You really protect her well. I spent a lot of effort to find her.” ”

It turns out that Lawrence has not appeared in front of her during this time. Is it going to check Shen Qing?

“Lawrence, if you dare to move her a hair, I will go with you.” Su Qing eyes full of murderous. This is tantamount to acknowledging her relationship with Shen Qingyi.

Since he can directly say the name of Shen Qingxi, it proves that he has already verified it. If he denies that he has no role, he would rather admit that his weakness is Shen Qingyu, and for Lawrence, there is a weakness. Subordinates can always give him some peace of mind.

In the mind-turning room, Su Qing has figured out the key points and thought about the solution.

Lawrence chuckles, “Su Qing, I didn’t expect you to have a heart on the apex. I am really curious now. What is this relationship between Shen Qingying and you? Is it worth it for her?”

Su Qing heard the words, the mind is big, it seems that Lawrence found only the superficial things, at least the identity of this layer of charm is not found.

“This has nothing to do with you, Lawrence, don’t question my words. If you dare to move her a hair, don’t say that I won’t let you go, Fu Jia and Shen Jia will not let you go, I want to know, get into it. A person in a national army, your future days will not be so chic.” Su Qing cold voice.

“Su Qing, the threat is not a clever way.” Lawrence’s mouth is laughing, but there is no temperature.

“Don’t you teach me? The means are not important, the important ones are useful.”

Lawrence looked at her fixedly and suddenly smiled. “Su Qing, you really are the smartest student I have ever seen, not bad.”

Su Qing faceless expression, watching him leave. After Lawrence left, the people who had been guarding outside also left, and Su Qing’s house arrest was lifted.

Su Qing walked out of the room for the first time, then saw Bruce standing in the distance, and lifted her foot toward her. Su Qing shook her head and motioned that he would not come. Bruce stepped forward, turned a corner, and left.

Su Qing glanced in a certain direction, sneered, and calmly went out.

“She wandered around the base after she came out of the room, and she didn’t touch anyone during the period.”

Lawrence listened to reports from his subordinates and looked unpredictable. “Is there really no contact with anyone?”

The reporters nodded. “Yes, even the eye contact has never happened. We have been staring at it.”

Lawrence’s hand held the chin, this idiot must have been discovered by Su Qing, no wonder nothing, waved, indicating that the subordinates retreated.

“Do we still want to continue to monitor the leader?” asked the subordinate.

Lawrence shook his head. “Forget it, withdraw it.” Since Su Qing has already discovered it, then continued surveillance has no effect.

He has a photo in his hand, and the photo is Shen Qingying.

After knowing that Su Qing had been in close contact with a woman, he deliberately checked it. He only checked for a while, but did not find any useful information. Besides knowing that this woman is Shen Qingyi, she is the daughter of Shen’s family. Outside the granddaughter.

He looked at the woman on the photo and couldn’t figure out why Su Qing would protect her so much. They should have nothing to do with each other.

Lawrence saved Su Qing, but she knew nothing about her background. She only thought she was an orphan.

He couldn’t figure out the relationship between Su Qing and Shen Qingyi, and he could not find any suspiciousness for the time being. You can only put this thing aside first.

He did not think that he would arrest Shen Qingyu to threaten Su Qing, but Shen Qingyi’s own identity is not simple, and he is not willing to provoke people with such identity background. After all, it is one of the world’s major powers. Fu is also a real-powered person. Shen Qingyi’s husband Fu Hengyi’s influence in the army, he only slightly inquired, he has already understood a general.

If Shen Qingyu is arrested, one may be accidentally, and he may be ignited. It is not a wise move to get a future for the entire base. So Lawrence came back after understanding the basic situation. He did not conduct a thorough investigation of Shen Qingyi’s identity. If not, he would know that Shen Qingyu is a charm.

Su Qing is a beast that is difficult to domesticate. If she wants to obey her, she needs more patience and means. Once he was too gentle on Su Qing, the paw of this little wild cat is getting sharper and sharper. I thought it was time to trim the claws for her.

As night fell, the entire base gradually fell into silence. Su Qing got up and opened the door with a slit. She looked out and saw no suspicious people. It seems that the group who monitored her has left.

Su Qing’s mouth was rising and her smile was cold. She didn’t expect Lawrence to fall to the point of monitoring.

It is confirmed that there is no one outside the door, and the surrounding environment is also safe. Su Qing is integrated into the night.

This base is a place where she grew up from a young age. She is very familiar with the grass and trees here. I naturally know where the monitoring is and where it is not. The figure walks fast through the night, perfectly avoiding all the **.

Bruce was going to sleep, and the door was opened. He instantly held the dagger. “Who?”

“Bruce, it’s me.” Su Qing said, Bruce instantly relaxed, throwing the dagger aside.

“How come you are here?”

“Bruce, I was very sorry about the last time in the dungeon.” Su Qingyi apologized. That time in the dungeon, her words were heavy, presumably hurt Bruce’s heart.

“I didn’t care about that thing, but you are sure to follow him?”

“Bruce, let’s not say this thing today. I want to ask you another thing. I don’t have much time. I will leave if I ask.” Su Qing looks serious.

“You said.”

“You have been in the base longer than me. Have you ever seen a woman who looks a lot like me at Lawrence?”

Bruce doesn’t understand what this is meant by Su Qing? .

Su Qing explained, “I mean my face. Is there a woman who grows up like me around Lawrence?”

“Su Qing, I understand the meaning of your words, but why do you ask this question? Lawrence has never seen any woman around him.” If Su Qing counts one, then it is Su Qing.

Su Qing frowned. “Is there nothing?”

“Yes, none of them.” The entire base knows that Lawrence is not close to a female color, nor is it a male color. He is like a machine without feelings.

It seems that Lawrence is hidden deep, Su Qing thought of it lightly. She is very sure that the owner of this face must have a close relationship with Lawrence. Perhaps she is also Lawrence’s only weakness. If she can figure out the relationship between this woman and Lawrence, she may be sure to defeat Lawrence and even eliminate him.

“Bruce, I need your help.”

“You said.” Bruce promised without hesitation.

“I want to go to his study. I need you to help me out.”

“No. This is too dangerous. If this matter is discovered by Lawrence, you will die.” He was too aware of Lawrence’s means.

Bruce’s fear of Lawrence is deeper than that of Su Qing.

“Bruce, I have to do this, it is very important to me. If my plan can be successful, then we can be free, and we can no longer be at his mercy. Get rid of his control completely, and then we will I can live the life I have thought of, and I don’t have to continue to be so frightened and alive.

There are too many walking dead people in this base, and Su Qing can get closer to Bruce, except because they have had many cooperations, they are partners, and because Bruce’s heart is like her, there is freedom. Longing.

Bruce is eager for freedom, and this is beyond doubt. He fixedly looked at Su Qing’s eyes, looked at her certain firmness, and finally nodded.

Perhaps because of self-confidence, this is his own territory, no one dares to violate his authority, so there are no guards around Lawrence’s study.

“You are waiting for me here, I am going in.”

“You must be careful, the situation is not right to leave immediately,” Bruce whispered.

Su Qing nodded and soon disappeared in front of Bruce’s eyes. The door of the study opened and closed, and no one noticed it.

There are several bookshelves in the study filled with books, and there is a desk in the middle. There is no other decoration, it is very simple. Su Qing found a circle and found nothing useful.

She didn’t go to the computer on the table, her eyes were looking around, and suddenly she looked down at the top corner of the bookshelf, where there was a book that looked different from the books around.

Su Qing took the book carefully and found out that it turned out to be a diary.

Her eyes flashed lightly, and she did not expect that someone like Lawrence would write a diary.

But after opening, she found herself wrong. The writing on it was obviously not from a man’s hand, more like a girl’s note.

From the time on the date. This diary has been written for a long time, and even the paper has been yellowed. A photo is attached to the title page of the diary. Although it was very vague, Su Qing saw it at a glance, and the girl in the photo looked exactly like her. But she can be sure that this person is not her.

So is this the owner of this face? Su Qing thought of it lightly.

She put the diary aside. Keep looking for other clues. She carefully looked through the entire bookshelf and found that after another abnormality, she turned her eyes to the desk in the middle.

The right side of the desk is not a drawer, but a safe.

Su Qing looked at the password above, crouched down, his ear close to the password lock, and began one by one temptation.

The password was complicated and it took her five minutes to open. There is only one album left in the safe except for some of the base’s confidential documents.

Su Qing directly ignored the documents and took out the photo album. As expected, the photo album was still a girl’s photo, from childhood to growing up. The only difference is that this album has more people than Lawrence.

There are quite a few photos of the two of them. I don’t know why. Su Qing looked at these photos together. She always felt that something was wrong. She continued to watch her take a picture and saw the words behind the photos to understand where the strange feeling came from. .

Oh, I didn’t expect Lawrence to hide such a big secret. She took the photo away, then put the photo album back in place and left the study with her notebook.

Outside the study, Bruce was still releasing the wind. Seeing that Su Qing came out safely, he took a light breath.

Su Qing gave him a gesture, and the two quietly returned to the room.

Su Qing took out the diary from his arms. In fact, such behavior is very risky. If Lawrence discovers that the diary is gone, the consequences are unimaginable. It can be more dangerous to stay in the study.

She flipped through the diary, which recorded the mood of a girl, and some things that happened to her, and there was nothing special about it.

The diary is only used in half, followed by a blank, and the date on the last diary is the girl’s 20th birthday.

Su Qing took out the photo from his pocket, and the date on it coincided with the date on the last post of the diary. So what happened on the girl’s 20th birthday?

After thinking for a long time, Su Qing did not figure it out. She got up and accidentally dropped the diary on the ground. Just turned to the end of the diary. Su Qing suddenly found that there was a word at the end of this diary. This time the handwriting is the handwriting of Lawrence she is familiar with.

There are not many diaries, only two, but these two are enough to let Su Qing understand the process of the matter, her eyes are full of shock, and disgusting.

She touched her face and suddenly wanted to tear this face off.

“When you die, you are very humiliating? Do you really want to avenge yourself?” She whispered as she touched the picture of the **** the page of the diary.

She thought she already knew how to deal with Lawrence.

“Su Qing, have you found what you want?” The next day, Bruce found the opportunity and asked.

Su Qing nodded. “Are you going to have a mission recently?” She has no chance of a task now, and she needs something.

Bruce nodded. “I will leave this afternoon.” Because of this, he has to look at Su Qing to ask questions.

Su Qing’s eyes flashed a touch of joy, but it was really even God is helping her. She was in the ear of Bruce and whispered a few words. Bruce looked at her. “Su Qing, will he believe me?” ?”

“Yes, as long as you can find him, he will believe you.” Su Qing said.

“Okay. I will try, but I will have at least five days for this mission, so you must wait for me to come back and act.” Bruce worried that she would act recklessly.

Su Qing nodded. “Reassured, I need something you bring back, so I won’t act without you before you return.”

Hearing, Bruce was relieved. “Well, then I will go first.”

Bruce looked around and didn’t notice them. He quickly left here. After almost ten minutes, Su Qing came out slowly and still strolled around the base.

Five days passed by, and when Bruce came back, she brought what she needed. “Thank you, Bruce.”

Bruce smiled. “It’s all trivial, but Su Qing, your friend asked me to bring you a sentence. He is nearby and can come to save you at any time, so that you don’t take risks, find a chance to go out and meet him. ”

Su Qing’s eyes changed slightly. “You told him the location of the base?”

Bruce shook his head. “Not me. To be exact, I was caught by them when I went out that day, just because I knew you, so they didn’t bother me.” It can be said that this task can be completed on time and thanks to it. Eden’s secret help.

“He is still outside the base?” Su Qing was worried.

“You don’t have to worry, they are outside the monitoring area of ​​the base and will not be discovered by the people at the base,” Bruce said.

“you sure?”

“Nature, haven’t they been found in the five days I left, isn’t that the best proof?”

Su Qing thinks that it makes sense, and Eden is also a ranking killer. This is not a problem. “Is he not alone?”

“No, bring a bunch of people.” He noticed that there were almost 16 people, not many, but not too small.

Su Qing heard the words, and suddenly he was relieved. Bruce added another thing to Su Qing. It was very small and looked like a ring.

“This is also your friend who asked me to give it to you, saying that if you are in danger, click the button on the side and he will bring someone in to save you.”

Eden didn’t know what plan Sun Qing had, but Su Qing told him that the thing he wanted to go to let him know that Su Qing would definitely act in the near future, so Eden, who had wanted to mix in to save people, decided to wait a few days.

Su Qing’s heart was slightly warm, and the ring was directly worn on his own hand, and the size was just right.

“Su Qing, I know you must think about how to deal with Lawrence, I want to know what I can do for you.”

Su Qing smiled slightly. “Now I don’t need you now. If I need it, I will tell you.”

Bruce looked at her deeply. “Su Qing, no matter what you want to do, you must ensure your safety.”

“Thank you, Bruce.”

Su Qing returned to the room and carefully looked at the ring that Eden gave her. It looked like an ordinary ring of rings. There was nothing special about it. The only special place was probably a small side of the ring. The bumps need to be viewed very carefully to be discovered.

Su Qing guessed that this should be something like a signal transmission device. Maybe by pressing this small bump, there will be a signal on Eden.

Su Qing guessed that it was right. This thing was taken by Eden from Jin Enxi. There were a lot of strange things in her, useful and useless.

She carefully looked at the diary from head to tail, and the eyes were bright and clear.

“What are you doing in the past few days?” Lawrence asked his men.

“Every day I go to the camp to report, and then I wander around the base. The rest is nothing special.”

“Training your heart?”

The color under the hand hesitated, Lawrence looked at him, and the man immediately said, “Her means is very strict compared to other instructors, she was killed by one yesterday.”

It is said that Lawrence’s face has not changed in the slightest. It seems that it is simply a trivial matter for him to be a dead person.

His mouth smiled lightly. “I didn’t expect my Su Qing baby to have such a side. It’s okay, go on. If she doesn’t leave the base, don’t contact me outside the base.” Reported.”

“Yes, the leader.”

After his men left, Lawrence touched his chin, his eyes filled with bloodthirsty smiles. He liked this kind of Su Qing, bloodthirsty and cruel, hey, just like him.

Hell is so lonely, more than one person will not be lonely.

**

It was night, Su Qing took a ** wine and two wine glasses and sounded the door of Lawrence.

Lawrence accidentally looked at the person who appeared in front of him and raised his eyebrows. “Looking for me so late?”

Su Qing shook the wine in his hand. “Want to have a drink with you, dare you?”

Lawrence chuckled and opened his side to let Su Qing enter the house.

His room is like his study, and the decoration is very simple and clear at a glance.

Su Qing sat down on the sofa, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one of them to Lawrence. He shook it in his hand, and near the tip of his nose, smelled it, but did not drink.

Su Qing looked at him. “How? I am afraid that I will be poisoned?”

Lawrence nodded honestly, “Yes.”

Su Qing sneered. “When did your courage become so small?” He said, he took the first drink of the glass and drank it. “Is it still afraid that I will be poisoned?”

“Su Qing, this is not like you. Say, what are you looking for?” Lawrence still does not drink the glass of wine, he is very cautious.

In the heart of Su Qing, how much hate him, he was clear, inexplicably came to him to drink, how to see is a strange.

Su Qing saw that he did not see his movements, but poured himself a glass of wine and shook it in his hand, but did not drink. “I just want to talk to you.”

Lawrence’s face showed a touch of fun. “Oh, I want to talk to me? It’s interesting. What do you want to talk to me about?”

“Lawrence, I have always had a question. There are so many excellent intelligence personnel in the base. Why do you have to leave me here and not let me go?”

Lawrence’s legs overlap and rest on the back of the sofa. “Su Qing, you should know that from the establishment of the organization to today, no one can betray the organization, and those who dare to betray are dead.”

“Yes, I know, but I never thought about betraying the organization. All I want is freedom. And when we had two agreements, the fifteen years, it was your first violation of our agreement. “”

Lawrence nodded. “Well, there is such a thing, but what should I do? I can’t bear you, I can only break the agreement. To blame, you can only blame yourself for being perfect, perfect like a piece that makes me happy. The art of the past, you said. I like you so much, how can I let you go?”

There was a fascination in his eyes, and looking at Su Qing’s eyes was like looking at his lover.

Su Qing was vomiting in her heart, but she was not moving on the face. “But Lawrence, you understand, I always want freedom. I was born and died for fifteen years. The task you gave me, no one failed. Aren’t these enough to repay your original life-saving grace? You saved me, but I didn’t sell it to the base. I am different from those people.”

“Su Qing, you have been with me for so many years, how is it still so naive? In this base, I am your God, I want you to be born, you will be born, I want you to die, you will definitely not live tomorrow. I You are already kind enough to you, can’t you understand my intentions?”

“In this base, I am the most inclusive one for you. Before you fled the base, although I sent people to chase you, but you know clearly, what I want is not your life. For others, you think he Can I still live to see me in front of me?”

“So I am so special in your heart, is it because?” Su Qing shook his glass and drank a glass of wine.

Her body smelled like a perfume, very light, but very smelly.

“Probably because of your perfection. People always want to be their own for the perfect thing.” Lawrence tonight seems to be extraordinarily honest, almost Su Qing asked what to answer.

Su Qing looked at his eyes, and the beautiful light flashed, and he was close to him without any traces.

“Lawrence. Do you remember Alice?”

Alice’s three words came out, and Lawrence’s look was awkward.

“Alice.” He whispered the name lightly, his eyes unconscious and gentle.

Su Qing gave a secret voice, and sure enough. It seems that this time she really bet on it.

Her hand was placed on Lawrence’s chest and gently circled. “Do you miss Alice? She is your dearest sister.”

Her tone was soft, soft as if feathers were gently drawn from Lawrence’s heart. The scent on her body seemed to be a strong point, and Lawrence’s look gradually became blurred.

Just as she wanted to move further, her hand on Lawrence’s chest was slammed, and Lawrence’s faint eyes instantly recovered. He fixedly looked at Su Qing, his voice was dark. “You want to do it.” What? And why do you know Alice?”

Su Qing looked at him with clear eyes. “Because I am her, brother, have you forgotten me? I am Alice, Alice who grew up with you. We used to play games under the cherry tree. You also made a swing for me personally. You said that you will stay with me for a lifetime. Have you forgotten it?”

Her eyes are full of tears.

“Alice, don’t cry, you know that I am most afraid to see you crying.” Lawrence just recovered his clear eyes and instantly became blurred. He reached out and unconsciously stroked Su Qing’s face, his voice soft, “Alice, is it really you?”

Su Qingqiang endured nausea and nodded. “Brother, it is me, I am back, are you happy?”

Lawrence nodded. “Happy, there is no more happy than this. Alice, do you know how much I miss you? Every day, every second, I miss you. But you are so cruel, left your brother. I was never willing to come back to see me. It was a heart-wrenching girl.”

Su Qing chuckled and said playfully, “So I am coming back now.”

Lawrence hugged her, tight, as if to break her into the body, “Alice, I will not allow you to leave me anymore. I will not allow someone to marry you, any who wants to take you from me. Those who take away, I will make them die.”

The last four words, the ice is cold. Su Qing’s eyes flashed and reached out and gently patted Lawrence’s back. “Brother, I won’t leave you, and no one will take me away from you.” She took the initiative to hug Lawrence.

Lawrence opened her and kissed her lips. It is like a drowning man craving for redemption.

Su Qing subconsciously wanted to push him away, but he resisted Lawrence tearing her clothes. Su Qing took hold of his hand, but he was confronted with a scarlet scorpion at this time, like a monster.

“Don’t be here,” she said.

Lawrence picked her up and walked toward the bed. He gently placed her on the bed.

Lawrence was about to turn over, but he was held down by Su Qing. “Brother, let me come.”

She lay sideways on Lawrence’s side and whispered, “Brother, close your eyes.”

Lawrence obeyed his eyes and Su Qing’s eyes flashed a cold light. One hand dismissed his button, and the other hand reached under the pillow. He actually touched a dagger.

She knew that Lawrence had a habit of putting a dagger and a gun under the pillow while sleeping.

Holding the dagger in the palm of his hand, his hand slammed against Lawrence’s chest, Lawrence suddenly opened his eyes, his body rolled on the ground, and the dagger was inserted on his left chest. He snorted. Facing Su Qing is a punch, right in the chest of Su Qing, the strength of the road, directly hit Su Qing to the ground.

He pulled out the dagger and looked at Su Qing on the ground coldly. Su Qing reacted very quickly and turned from the ground. Going to the Lawrence attack.

Although the knife had not stabbed Lawrence’s heart, it also caused him a very serious injury. In addition, he pulled out the dagger and brought out a large piece of blood. At this time, the blood directly stained his upper body and clothes.

“Su Qing, you are looking for death.” His voice seemed to come from hell.

Su Qing smiled coldly. “Lawrence, it’s not that you die tonight, that is, I live.”

The two fight, Su Qing is playing, and the mouth is not idle. “Lawrence, you make me sick, you actually lick your own sister, if I did not guess wrong, Alice was killed by you personally? ”

That’s right, the girl named Alice in the photo is Lawrence’s biological sister, only two years younger than him. They grew up together and they have very good feelings.

But Lawrence fell in love with her own biological sister, and even wanted to take her for herself. Later, on the 20th birthday of Alice, Alice suddenly brought a boy to him and said that this was her fiancé.

Lawrence is like a wild beast, madly taking possession of his sister, and killing the boy cruelly in front of his sister. His sister wanted to kill him, but he was killed by Lawrence.

Su Qing’s words stimulated Lawrence’s nerves, and his expression appeared a moment’s embarrassment. There is a constant stream of memories in his mind.

When Su Qing saw it, he picked up the dagger on the ground and directly stabbed the heart of Lawrence. Lawrence was sideways, but he did not escape. The dagger was inserted straight into his chest. He looked at Su Qing, his eyes were crazy, holding her. The hand twisted, only to hear a bang, Su Qing’s face turned pale, and her hand was broken by Lawrence.

She quickly changed her hand and pulled out the dagger, bringing out a bunch of blood.

Lawrence lifted his foot and kicked Su Qing’s abdomen. Su Qing reluctantly, and once again inserted the dagger into his chest. “Go to hell!” This time, the heart is in the middle.

The movement here caused the attention of the outside people. The door was kicked open. When the leader of the ace army came in, he saw Su Qing’s scene with the dagger’s inserted in the heart of Lawrence. He immediately pulled out the pistol. It’s a shot at Su Qing. Su Qing rolled on the ground and avoided a blow. The gunshots that followed one after another sounded in the dark.

Su Qing ran towards the window, turned over and ran straight out of the window.

The gunshots sounded in the night, awakening the people in the base. Bruce was not good. He quickly flew out from the hidden place, just to see Su Qing jumping out of the window. He directly threw the gun in her hand.

Su Qing took the gun and pressed the bump on the ring.

“Su Qing, are you okay?” Bruce asked.

Su Qing shook his head. “The hand is broken. Lawrence is dead. We must hurry to escape.”

Bruce didn’t expect Su Qing to be really successful. “Come with me.” He took Su Qing and ran to the southeast. They were followed by gunshots.

——Off topic ——

Why do you think that Su Qing and Eden will be a pair?