Chapter 14 Lane East Bar

There are not many dishes to choose from in the coffee shop, all of which are spaghetti, steak and the like, and the products are relatively average. The five-mature steak is almost fully cooked. It can only be said that the price is worthy of the prosperous section where it is located. Chen Xiaoling took a few pictures in a row and sent them to the circle of friends, with the text [This store is average, fortunately there is a little handsome guy who specially came to chat with me~ (love) (love)]

After a while, she added another comment [Don't get me wrong, it's just a friend (love)]

Lu Yingjiu was cutting the steak, inexplicably felt that the atmosphere on the table was a little weird. He glanced at Chen Xiaoling, and then at Jingxian, both of them seemed to be concentrating on eating, nothing special.

Is it an illusion?

Lu Yingjiu took a sip of water, and before the glass in his hand was put down, he saw the two of them staring at the glass.

Lu Yingjiu: ?

He suddenly felt that the thing in his hand was like a ticking time bomb. It was not a matter of continuing to drink it, and it was not a matter of putting it down.

He hesitated for half a second, and as soon as he put it down, he saw the hands of the two people stretched out at the same time!

Jingxian was obviously faster than Chen Xiaoling, and took the glass away: "I'll fill you with water."

Lu Yingjiu: ? ? ?

He was full of doubts, watched Jingxian get up, filled up the lemonade like a victorious lion patrolling the territory, and put it in front of him with a fascinated smile.

Lu Yingjiu: "Thank you?"

Jingxian: "You're welcome."

Lu Yingjiu continued to bury his head in cutting the steak, thinking to himself, the atmosphere is really wrong. Is it embarrassing because the two don't know each other? But it doesn't look like much...

He was not good at handling such situations, and knew the basic principle of "if you can't speak, just don't speak", he kept silent, and then Jingxian added water twice in the silence. Chen Xiaoling had a fake smile on her face, and her lashes that stood upright trembled after rubbing the mascara.

A meal ended in a weird atmosphere.

Chen Xiaoling has something to do in the afternoon, so he has to leave in a hurry.

Standing in front of the coffee shop, she took a deep breath and said, "Xiaolu, come out to eat with my sister next time when you are free. Let's chat alonesingle". Gouging out Jingxian's eyes, he stepped on high heels and walked away.

After Chen Xiaoling left, the atmosphere suddenly became normal.

According to the phone number given by Chen Xiaoling, Lu Yingjiu tried to call Jin Xiaoyang's cell phone.

The phone is off.

He said: "Let's go to Jin Xiaoyang's house first, at least to ensure his safety."

"Yeah." Jing Xian replied.

The two got into the car and drove to the National Treasure Garden. Jingxian still drove very hard, and the second-hand Honda shuttled between the traffic, overtaking all the way, without any hesitation. Lu Yingjiu got used to it a little this time, lowered the seat and started to make up for her sleep.

After he slept for more than ten minutes, the car stopped.

Outside is the National Treasure Garden, which is also an old community. The outer walls of the buildings are dilapidated.

Taking the old elevator, they found the 12th floor of the 5th building.

Jin Xiaoyang lives in 12B, and the opposite door he said is 12A, which is the old lady's residence.

Jingxian stood in front of Jin Xiaoyang's house and rang the doorbell several times, but no one came to open the door. The waiters in the bar were all day and night, and Jin Xiaoyang didn't know whether he was making up for sleep or not at home.

Lu Yingjiu stood in front of door 12A. There was a small sound behind the door, someone was walking, he stretched out his hand and pushed it gently—

The door opened slowly, and it turned out to be hidden.

Behind the door, in the middle of the living room stood a man in his forties and fifties, with a round figure and face, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. Everything in the house was messed up, the drawers were all pulled open, the sofa cushions were thrown on the floor, the dishes were smashed by the table, the rug was curled up in a corner, the wardrobe was open, and it was full of thin flowered shirts... It was like It was the scene of a burglary, with a vicious gangster attached.

When the "gangster" saw Lu Yingjiu, he was stunned for a moment, and his tone was stunned: "Is it you?"

Lu Yingjiu also felt that this face looked familiar. After thinking about it for a while, he remembered that the person in front of him was called Chen Qi, the younger brother of Chen Zheng, the president of the Blue Lantern Festival. He had met him two or three times before.

Chen Qi is not a member of the club and has been taking care of the Chen family. In Lu Yingjiu's impression, he did not have the shrewdness and ability of Chen Zheng, but was more loyal, greeted everyone with a smile, and spoke with a unique middle-aged official accent.

I didn't expect to meet you here.

Lu Yingjiu asked, "Are you exorcising ghosts?"

"Oh yes," Chen Qi wiped the sweat on his face with the back of his hand, "We were busy for a long time before we caught it."

He was holding a large amount of talisman paper in his hand, and his back was covered in sweat, which must have been left by the old lady chasing down.

Chen Qi added: "You also came for ghosts? It's a pity that you came a step late, I was driven away first hahaha." He laughed a few times, and probed into the corridor again: "You came with your friends. ?"

"Yeah." Seeing that Jingxian couldn't knock on the door, Lu Yingjiu shouted, "Jingxian, come over here first."

Jingxian entered the room, and the two briefly introduced them.

Another exorcist came out of the back room, and was a little dazed to see them.

Chen Qi said, "Well, it's okay, I just bumped into a friend." He pointed to Lu Yingjiu and praised, "Do you know this? The famous exorcist Lu Yingjiu, who can be the chief of the Blue Lantern Festival at the age of 19, He is the only one. Each of you should be half as good as him, and you are not afraid of others babbling on the outside, saying that our Chen family is declining day by day."

The ghost exorcist nodded at Lu Yingjiu, not knowing what to say, his eyes wandered. Chen Qi waved his hand again: "Okay, hurry up and get busy. After posting the two sets of spells, I will chat with my friends."

The ghost exorcist returned to the back room, sticking the talisman paper, ready to purify the yin.

Chen Qi wiped his sweat and sat on the bay window: "I'll tell you, I've never seen such an old lady who can run away. She's like a rabbit. It's hard to catch a dog if you let the dog go out. There were three people, one was guarding downstairs, and two followed me. It turned out that the two boys followed the old lady in the stairwell on the 29th floor. They were running around, maybe going up and down, running three or four times. Let's go back and forth, now he's all lying on his stomach in the car. You say this young man, why is his physical strength so poor."

Lu Yingjiu smiled and said, "Then your physical strength is good."

"No no," Chen Qi waved his hands again and again, smiling awkwardly, the flesh on his cheeks squeezed his eyes into slits, "I stopped after two floors and let them go after me. I haven't made a commission for several years, and today is the Thinking about going out for a walk, who would have known such a troublesome thing. Oh right—do you know what happened to the person at the opposite door? I heard that he still posted on the forum."

"We can't get in touch." Lu Yingjiu replied simply.

"It's troublesome, so are we." Chen Qi frowned, "If he was just frightened, he would easily recruit ghosts when he went out. He seems to be working in that bar. I'll ask someone to find him later and stuff him. A few tips for warding off evil spirits."

It seems that this commission has ended before it started.

After all, it is one of the aristocratic families, the Chen family is here, and it is a veteran like Chen Qi, so there is no problem in exorcising ghosts.

In the next 5 minutes, Chen Qi carefully pasted the talisman paper in his hand to the four corners of all the windows, wrapping the doorknob, table corner and sofa feet by the way - he was obviously clumsy when he squatted down, his legs were numb, and he was old. He couldn't stand up for a long time, but Jingxian went over and pulled him up.

Jingxian's strength is very strong, and Chen Qi, who is almost 90 kilograms, was easily pulled up by him.

Chen Qi also praised: "Young man, you usually practice a lot. Which ghost exorcist are you?"

Jingxian smiled: "I belong to Lu Yingjiu's house."

Chen Qi was stunned for half a second: "Oh, it's Xiaolu's office, right? It's good to have a good relationship. Sure enough, outstanding young people are attracted to each other. I am ashamed of this front wave. Hahahahaha." He wiped it with the back of his hand again. Wiping away the sweat, looking around the room, the talisman paper is almost pasted, "Let's meet once in a while, why don't we... find a place to drink tea nearby?"

Lu Yingjiu wanted to refuse.

Unless necessary, he doesn't like to deal with people he doesn't know well, not to mention that the other party is almost two rounds older than him, so there must be no common topics when drinking tea, and it will eventually develop into awkward chats and awkward laughs.

But Chen Qi is an old fried dough stick after all. He seems to have sensed his intention to refuse. He leaned closer and whispered to him, "Since I just met, I have something to tell you."

Lu Yingjiu raised her eyebrows.

Chen Qi continued to whisper: "My brother... President Chen didn't say that he was investigating you before?"

"investigation".

Of course Lu Yingjiu remembered this word.

When Chen Zheng wanted him to step down as chief and transfer him to another branch, he used the excuse of "investigating violations of discipline". As the person under investigation, he has never known the specific situation, nor does he know where the current investigation process has gone.

Lu Yingjiu joined the Green Lantern Festival at the age of 16, became the chief at the age of 19, and resigned at the age of 26. It has been 10 years since he exorcised ghosts. After so long, even a saint can't say that he hasn't done anything wrong. Chen Zheng single-handedly pulled him up, trying to find out a mistake from the past files, it was not too simple.

Chen Qi asked: "How did my brother tell you, do you know which commission you were investigated for?"

"I don't know." Lu Yingjiu shook his head, "I have no right to know."

Chen Qi glanced at the back room, making sure that the ghost exorcist couldn't hear it, and whispered: "I also heard a little bit of wind, Xiaolu, you seem to be really involved this time. I have always admired it. Yours, so, I want to help you a little. Look, why don't we go have a cup of tea?"

It should be very grateful to put this on others. wish could make a pot of good tea for Chen Qi now and chat for a long time.

Lu Yingjiu said, "No need."

Chen Qi was taken aback.

Lu Yingjiu smiled: "I have a clear conscience. This has been the case in the past ten years, and it will be the same in the future."

"..." Chen Qi was speechless for a while.

Lu Yingjiu's eyes that were as sharp as a knife made his words stuck in his throat.

Only this second, he realized that this is a magnanimity that cannot be shaken even if the world is turned upside down.

Lu Yingjiu said, "We won't bother you any more." He greeted, "Jingxian, let's go first."

Jing Xian responded and followed in his footsteps.

Still take the old elevator downstairs, to the downstairs, the sun is shining.

The light was a bit dazzling, and Lu Yingjiu narrowed his eyes subconsciously.

The elevator behind him made another "ding", and it turned out that Chen Qi hurried up.

He panted and said, "Well, I thought about it. Even if it's not convenient to drink tea, I have something for you." opened.

Chen Qi went over and took out a heavy book from it. The book was brand new, the packaging film was still there, and it was pitch black and had no title.

Chen Qi said: "This is the ghost illustrated book just revised by the Chen family. It hasn't been officially printed yet. I only have one or two copies on hand. Take it and take a look. There are 79 more categories and more pictures. Well, it's all my choice."

"...Thank you." Lu Yingjiu didn't refuse this time, and took the brick-like book.

Jing Xian, who was beside him, suddenly grabbed his shoulders for some reason and brought the belt into his arms.

This action was a bit abrupt and too intimate, Lu Yingjiu was about to speak—

boom! ! !

The three turned their heads.

30 meters away, the roof of a gray Jetta was smashed, and countless fragments flew out of the glass. The sharp light reflected in the sunlight, spilling half of Jingxian and Chen Qi's body, and piercing a few pieces in their hands. Bloodstains. Lu Yingjiu was fine because he was guarded by Jingxian, but he had no time to pay attention to this detail.

That Jetta roof is a corpse.

The blood flowed out in large swaths, gathered in the depression on the roof of the car, and flowed from the fingertips to the ground like a stream of water from his hand, red and bright.

...I should have known this person.

Lu Yingjiu thought.

It took two seconds for the memory to become clear: this is Jin Xiaoyang.

Today Chen Xiaoling showed them his photo.

All of them instinctively looked up and saw that the windows on the 12th floor were wide open, and the beige plaid curtains were blown by the wind and fluttered outside the building.

...

The sound of sirens at the scene cut through the sky, and the police lights kept flashing.

Lu Yingjiu stood on the side of the road, he lowered his eyes, and there was no emotion on his face. The wind picked up a bit after nightfall, raising his black hair and puffing up his thin white shirt.

He subconsciously rubbed the longevity lock.

He, Jingxian, Chen Qi, and the ghost exorcist in the room all took notes.

Afterwards, the ghost exorcists from the Chen family also went to Jin Xiaoyang's room to search, but found nothing unusual. They should have simply committed suicide.

There were no traces of ghosts, so the Chen family did not plan to continue their investigation.

It was the evening rush hour, when vehicles converged on the road into a sea of ​​lights, whistles sounded one after another, and all roads on the navigation map were red. Many melon eaters tried their best to look at them, wanting to see what happened. Jingxian stood beside him: "It's getting late, let's go eat."

Lu Yingjiu said, "When you knocked on the door, was there no movement in the room?"

"Well," Jingxian replied, "I'm sure."

"At that time, Jin Xiaoyang was at home." Lu Yingjiu murmured, "But why? Was it because he hit a ghost and was too frightened..."

Perhaps only Jin Xiaoyang himself can answer this question. Lu Yingjiu was silent for two or three seconds, then suddenly asked, "Why did you take me into your arms then?"

The strength that Jingxian had shown before was completely incompatible with this reaction.

Jingxian said: "I have a very accurate intuition about danger, it's natural."

A very decent explanation, no fault can be picked out.

Lu Yingjiu turned his head.

Jingxian was half a head taller than him, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at Jingxian. Jing Xian's eyebrows are deep and handsome. At this time, street lights and car lights hit his face alternately, and even more angular lines are carved. If you take a photo, it can be used as a poster for any literary movie.

This light is dim and gentle, and at the same time hides the aggressiveness in his appearance... In other words, his expression in front of Lu Yingjiu is always extraordinarily relaxed, even soft, as if he had carefully hidden his minions .

The gaze only lasted for half a second, and the expressions on both sides were watertight. Then Lu Yingjiu smiled lightly and quickly and said, "Oh, so that's good. Thank you."

Jingxian asked, "Would you like to go to Xiangdong Bar again?"

"That's what I mean." Lu Yingjiu said, "Let's go, let me drive, is your hand alright now?"

The glass shards scratched Jingxian and Chen Qi, the wounds were not deep, and a little gauze was simply wrapped around Jingxian's forearm.

"It's okay," Jingxian said, "I like driving."

Lu Yingjiu: "...I see."

So their Honda SUV hit the road again, and it was so congested that even Jingxian couldn't overtake this time, so he could only wait for the traffic lights.

In this way, they were blocked while walking. It was a 15-minute drive, but it took 40 minutes before they returned to the door of Xiangdong Bar.

When they went there in the morning, when they saw the piano and guitar in the middle of the bar, they thought it was a literary fan, but they didn't expect that the whole painting style changed at night, and deafening music came from it. And it doesn't look like it's that easy to get in.

Two burly men in black stood at the entrance of the bar, with their arms folded, and stopped them: "What are you doing here? Are you a member here?!"

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

This is gay. He and Jingxian just happened to come here, how could they not know the best excuse?He is not the kind of person who can't lie at all. To tell the truth, he has lied to many people, including but not limited to poor Little Li.

It's just that at this moment, the experienced and high-ranking former chief of the Green Lantern Festival, who has seen the wind and waves, is very rare... embarrassed for a moment.

He had never really encountered a scene where he had to pretend to be gay.

Especially near the door, there are two men lingering and groping together, their clothes are open, and they can't wait to get a shot on the spot.

Even so, after two seconds, Lu Yingjiu had packed up all his emotions under the increasingly suspicious eyes of the big man. He knew that he looked too good-looking and was out of tune with this place, so he bent his peach eyes: "Come here..."

Come here for a drink and play.

Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed into his arms by Jingxian.

Jingxian put on a handsome face that was indignant between people and gods, and said in a arrogant tone: "Nonsense, come here to be a man, get out of my way." After saying that, he rubbed Lu Yingjiu's head, looking like a cynical second-generation ancestor, He raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this my daughter-in-law beautiful? Are you envious?"

Two big men: "..."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

The big men took two steps back together, for fear that the next second Jingxian was going to do was himself. Lu Yingjiu, as the "target to be killed", was hugged in by Jingxian with a blank face.

The author has something to say:

Others: tell the truth after drinking

Jingxian: Tell the truth at any time, acting is not at all distracted hahaha