death of mountain god

A second owner of a teahouse who roams around the world of demons and ghosts all day long, and a freelance painter who seems to have nothing to do are talking about the cycle of life and death at this moment, until the doorbell suddenly rings.

Zhou Li was really hungry for a while: "Baked rice?"

Shen Yuntan turned over the screen to show him that a small person was drawn on the map representing the courier: "There are still 843 meters to the destination."

Zhou Li knew it in his heart, and confirmed that the yellow talismans were still in his pocket, and he lay on the cat's eye and looked out.

The face that was extremely similar to Zhao Jihe smiled kindly: "I heard your footsteps."

Zhou Li quietly pasted a yellow talisman on the threshold, and stepped back a few steps: "Please come in."

As soon as he stood still, the door hinge creaked, and the severed bolt fell to the ground. Jia Shihua pushed the door open and poked Zhou Li's eyes with both fingers.

At this moment, the yellow talisman was very weak against physical attacks. Zhou Li dodged to the left, and the spider silk shot out like a thin red-hot steel wire, but the direction was unexpectedly deviated. He secretly thought that something was wrong. Will take advantage of him.

Jia Shihua tilted his head slightly, bent his knees and kicked him in the chest while avoiding the spider thread, and Zhou Li rolled backwards.

At the same time, Shen Yuntan tapped the table with his index finger, making a secret gesture.

When Jia Shihua was about to step into the door, suddenly a white light was attached to the yellow talisman, his knees softened, and he fell to the ground abruptly, avoiding a disaster with his knees, but his palms habitually touched the ground, just covering the yellow talisman superior.

"Ahhh-"

The scene in front of him was far beyond Zhou Li's expectation. Jia Shihua's whole hand was emitting white smoke, the flesh on the edge of the palm turned outward, and a burnt smell wafted into the room.

Zhou Li didn't hesitate anymore, brushed the three talismans and pressed Jia Shihua's forehead and shoulders, only to see a puff of black smoke coming out of his head, Jia Shihua trembled for a long time, and there was no more movement.

Just as he was about to drag him into the house, there was a terrified scream from the door, which was even worse than the tragedy when Jia Shihua's palm was burned just now. Zhou Li suddenly realized that their baked rice had arrived.

He raised his head slowly, looked at the takeaway boy in blue uniform, and smiled as friendly as possible: "Then what, we are shooting a short video, don't be afraid..."

While speaking, Zhou Li quickly moved Jia Shihua's bloody right hand. Seeing this scene, the takeaway brother's legs suddenly went limp, but he still tried his best to put the two lunch boxes on the doormat as smoothly as possible, and shouted: "I'm done."

Zhou Li wanted to explain again, but he was afraid of provoking him again, so he just waved his hand and let the traumatized young man go.

The young man's physique is good. One second, his legs were still lumped together on the ground, and the next second he was already rolling, crawling and riding an electric scooter.

Zhou Li shouted loudly to his back: "Be careful and drive slowly."

Fortunately, there were no people on this section of the road, and this young man whose mental state was temporarily unstable would at most bump into a telephone pole.

Accompanied by the scorched smell of Jia Shihua's roasted bear's paw, Zhou Li immediately called Chen Heng: "Hey, it's me, Jia Shihua is lying flat now, please drive this guy back, wait for him to wake up." In order to torture well, remember to be quick, your second boss will starve to death if you are one step late."

Shen Yuntan straddled Jia Shihua's thigh, and carried the lunch box into the room: "I'll open the window first, and heat up the rice later."

Looking at his reaction, Zhou Li felt that this person was really interesting: "Aren't you afraid?"

The man stopped and looked at him with a very gentle look: "Why did you hurt me?"

Zhou Li's heart beat faster. He finally experienced the fabled deer bumping. He felt that the thing in his chest was about to pop out. The burnt smell around him gradually faded away, and his nose was hallucinatingly filled with the sweet aroma of honey.

Shen Yuntan just leaned against the window and stared at him, full of sorrow and despair, he knew that he was going to the place of eternal doom again, starting from the man-made encounter before the stone carving.

The silk thread called reason in Zhou Yue's brain suddenly broke, and he asked: "Yun Tan, do you like me?"

Can't wait, can't wait for a moment, it was the first time he wanted to express his emotions to the public, in this inappropriate scene, he resolutely tore off the layer of gauze.

Shen Yuntan's ears were like thunder, and for a moment he suspected that he had an auditory hallucination: "What?"

Zhou Li changed his expression: "Yun Tan, I like you, at this moment, at this moment, what do you think of me?"

Shen Yuntan suddenly realized that all he needed was this moment. He could neither get rid of the past nor promise the future, so why make things difficult for himself?He smiled softly: "I want to see you, every moment, every moment."

At the end of the day, I stand before you, and you will see my scars, and know that I was wounded and I was healed.

Just as Chen Heng was about to push the door open, he suddenly noticed a few deadbolts on the bottom of his feet, and knocked carefully on the door first.

"Huh?" Zhou Li was not as irritable to him as before, and stepped aside at the door.

Always felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, Chen Heng couldn't hold back his curiosity: "What's wrong with you? Did Jia Shihua hit you?"

Zhou Li frowned: "Are you looking forward to it?"

Chen Heng glanced at him: "Seeing that your arms and legs are so complete, you are even a little disappointed?"

"That's enough, that's enough, get him back quickly, I'm still hungry." Zhou Li gave an order, and moved Jia Shihua's leg with his own hands.

"Aren't you going back?" Chen Heng asked curiously.

"Stand by and wait for the rabbit, who said there is only one rabbit?" Zhou Li said with contempt: "You forgot Mr. Li? You continue to look there, I will wait here, and contact me when there is news. Goodbye, Lao Chen."

Chen Heng remained silent, and only concentrated on moving Jia Shihua to the car. He drove a black pickup, which was stylish and convenient for transporting goods.

Just as the person was settled, Zhou Li's phone started vibrating again.

Officer Zhao?What's the matter with him?

"Hey?"

"Xiao Zhou, that person just reported to the police, saying that they witnessed a murder and put a talisman on the head of the deceased. I didn't hear it right. Why does this seem like your style?"

"I'm right. Is there anything else?" Zhou Li thought to himself, if you say one more thing, you will lose an excellent non-staff police officer.

"Well, then you are busy, you are busy."

Police Officer Zhao is a bully, so he turned around and slapped the delivery boy who reported the case, "Can you see clearly? What kind of murder is that? It's clear that people are there to enforce the law and handle the case. You are so vigilant." Very good, but no matter how I see it, you are not reconciled to being beaten, right?"

The takeaway boy wiped his ashes and appealed for grievance: "He threatened me, which indirectly caused me to hit the electric pole!"

"Okay, okay, let him make amends for you another day, you can go back."

Another day, another day, in the foreseeable future, since then there has been a young man who is at odds with feudal superstition...

When everyone had left, the matter came to an end for the time being. Zhou Li finally had time. He sat down next to Shen Yuntan openly, leaned back, and hit his head on the sofa: "Why do I have so many things to do? I want to go to your house for a drink and dinner. "

A short distance away, Shen Yuntan felt the body temperature of the person beside him, he relaxed his limbs, and his heart softened accordingly.

"I'll go later." The tip of his nose even touched Zhou Li's cheek.

Zhou Li touched Shen Yuntan's left hand calmly, feeling that he was not resisting, took a deep breath and pulled it up.

Shen Yuntan's hand has obvious bones, it is hard, and it is not quite the same as his own. At this moment, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and he holds his fingers firmly and slowly.

He felt as if he had stayed in this position all afternoon, and everything he didn't understand before was explained—why there were always couples snuggling up on the benches in the small park, why they could trust each other without any blood relationship.

Shen Yuntan is wearing a black shirt today, the sleeves are rolled up, and the forearm exposed is a little darker than the part covered by the shirt. Zhou Li dialed it with his hand: "Is it hot to wear a shirt in summer?"

Shen Yuntan raised his hand and unbuttoned the collarbone: "It's not hot now."

Zhou Li's heat suddenly rose, his cheeks flushed: "Actually, that's not what I meant..."

"I know."

Zhou Li wanted Police Officer Zhao to find someone else to guard him, so he stood up and waved his hand out.

Can't get it out.

Zhou Li laughed: "I'll make a phone call and ask them to change people. If we don't change people, how can we leave?"

"Just fight here." Shen Yuntan was extremely stubborn.

"Okay." Zhou Li had to sit back again, and began to operate his four-inch mobile phone with one hand. By the way, he felt that it was right that he hadn't changed his mobile phone all the time. Isn't it a bit stuck?totally tolerable.

"Hey, Officer Zhao, I have something to do at home. Can you find someone to replace me? I'm squatting on the side of Xi'er Road to guard another person."

"Well, I'm here to respond."

The two policemen who came had already inquired about the task. After a brief handover, the two policemen decisively decided to hide outside the door, and one of them showed a puzzled expression: "You are just waiting in the house like this? Have you waited yet?"

"Well, that person has some mental problems. It's the same inside and outside the door. I'll go first." Zhou Li was hesitating whether to let go, but Shen Yuntan took his hand and walked out regardless.

The two policemen didn't seem to notice at all, they turned and lurked back into the dusty black car.

Zhou Li thought about it, maybe these two people have stayed in a place with an unbalanced sex ratio for a long time, and they don't have this concept in their minds?

Shen Yuntan pushed him into the passenger seat: "It's still early, let's go to the supermarket to buy something."

Although Xier Road is dilapidated and remote, there is a middle school nearby, grocery stores and barber shops scattered here and there, and a fruit farmer pushes a flatbed cart of watermelons to sell at the entrance of the alley.

One piece weighs one catty, and the watermelon was cut in half and displayed with red flesh and thin seeds. Zhou Li couldn't hold back and asked for instructions to stop: "I want to buy a watermelon and squeeze it for juice."

The old man in a white sweater was very energetic, knocking on the melons under his hands one by one: "Let me pick it for you, last time a young guy knocked hard and opened the scoop for my melons..."

Zhou Li pretended to know melons very well: "He doesn't understand at all, just tap it lightly, there is no reason to hit it hard."

The old man stayed alone all afternoon, and when he saw someone talking to him, he acted as if he met an old acquaintance in a foreign land: "This trick is called listening to the sound to distinguish the melon. Don't underestimate the sound of the thud. I can even tell the origin and variety of the melon."

Zhou Li smiled slightly: "Just the one in your hand, let's get the title."

After the old man weighed it, he washed the watermelon and put it in a bag, and gave him a change: "Ten yuan."

Zhou Li took the melon with one hand, and was about to take out the change, when Shen Yuntan saw the timing and handed it over: "Thank you."

The green trees are dense, the warm wind is blowing, and the thousands of branches and leaves are mixed with the fragrance of melons and fruits. This is the summer on Xi'er Road.

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At the end of the day, I stand before you, and you will see my scars, and know that I was wounded and I was healed. --"Stray Birds"