Natural enemies

Gu Yi and Tang Ji left early in the morning.Although the rainy season is humid and stuffy, for Gu Yi, he can move freely, because most of the time the sky is overcast and cloudy, and the sun can hardly be seen.

Cars couldn't drive into the alleys of Zhang Liang's house, so the two could only park their cars at the entrance of the alleys and walk in.

The alley is narrow, but there are many people, and there are breakfast stalls on both sides, fried dough sticks, wontons, rice cakes, and there is a little fragrance everywhere, Tang Ji rubbed his stomach involuntarily: "I seem to be a little hungry. are you hungry?"

Gu Yi can quite understand him.When it comes to food, there is no better place in the world than China.I think back when he was with Louis, although he could eat food from all over Europe, and the ingredients sounded quite high-end, but to be honest—forget it, it’s better not to mention it.Tang Ji has lived outside for many years, and seeing that every dish he cooks is wiped out, you can know what level of food he is.And today they went out without breakfast, so it's natural for them to feel hungry.

"This family's fried rice is well done."

"Fried rice?" Tang Ji looked eager to try, "This looks like some kind of pastry..."

"Steam rice with deep-fried dough sticks, and then deep-fry them." Gu Yi briefly introduced, "This restaurant also serves pickled mustard and pork floss, which is very good."

"Two copies, then!" Tang Ji immediately paid for it.

The rice cake was still sizzling in the oil pan, and the two could only stand and wait for a few minutes.Gu Yi looked up to the building where Zhang Liang's family was located, but suddenly saw an acquaintance - Wu Zhanshan.

Wu Zhanshan was holding a four or five-year-old little girl in her arms, and the little girl was walking over from the alley with a fluffy bear in her arms.Walking beside him was a woman in her 40s, wearing a royal blue professional suit and light makeup, looking at the little girl from time to time as she walked.

Gu Yi heard the woman complaining slightly from a distance: "She should go to kindergarten today. You don't have to spoil her like this—"

The little girl immediately hugged Wu Zhanshan's neck: "Not going to kindergarten! Dad wants to take me out to play!"

Wu Zhanshan laughed and turned the little girl upside down in his arms: "Our Nini celebrates her birthday today, so we don't need to go to kindergarten."

The woman was a little uneasy: "Yesterday was Wu Peng's birthday, right? You didn't go back..."

Wu Zhanshan paused for a moment, then smiled: "He is in his 20s, what birthday is he celebrating? Besides, he is also very busy at work recently..."

"What about you?" The woman looked at Wu Zhanshan carefully, "I see that your complexion is not very good recently, you should rest more when you have time, and you don't have to run here all the time. Actually, I am not too busy with work these days, and I can take care of you. Come here, don't worry..."

Nini objected: "Daddy is coming!"

"Okay, daddy, daddy will come to accompany Nini these few days." Wu Zhanshan repeatedly agreed.The woman scolded him: "I'm going to spoil her..."

The three of them talked, walked out of the alley from across the road, got into a car together, and drove away.

"Hey——" Tang Ji patted Gu Yi on the shoulder, "What are you looking at?" He held a piece of hot rice cake in each hand, shook it back and forth in his palm, and handed a piece to Gu Yi.

"It's nothing." Gu Yi withdrew his gaze and took the rice cake.Wu Zhanshan still has a home here?Does Wu Peng know?The relationship between the father and son is obviously not harmonious, could it be because of this reason?

This thought only flashed in Gu Yi's mind for a moment and then passed. It has nothing to do with him, so there is no need to delve into it.

Tang Ji was biting the rice cake, shouting hot, and glanced at other small stalls. When they finally arrived at the door of Zhang Liang's house, they brought small wontons and soybean milk fritters in their hands, and asked Zhang who opened the door rubbing his eyes Liang Da was very happy: "Brother Gu, you are so kind!"

"Boss Tang bought them all." Gu Yi was not greedy for credit.

Zhang Liang felt a little restrained when facing Tang Ji: "Thank you, Mr. Tang."

"It's nothing." Tang Ji waved his hand indifferently, "Gu Yi told me, your mother is about to start treatment?"

"Yes." Zhang Liangqing brought out a chair for him, "I'm going to take care of her, so I asked Brother Gu to help me look at the house. Brother Gu, it's raining again, and your basement is not easy to live in, just come here Right. The hospital said that my mother will take three weeks for the first course of treatment, and at least two courses of treatment will have obvious effects, and I will not come back to live during this time."

He suddenly remembered what Tang Ji had said: "Oh, by the way, Mr. Tang, I asked about what you said last time. The hospital said that Alzheimer's disease is also within the scope of their clinical trials. It can also be treated with medication. But they are mainly for severe treatment, if the symptoms are mild, it is not necessary, after all, it is a new drug... Besides, it seems that the two experts from Japan have not come here yet. I have not seen them these days .”

He feels a little guilty.Tang Ji helped him, but he couldn't do anything for Tang Ji.Although this is actually not his responsibility, it is not up to him whether the Japanese experts will come back or not.

Tang Ji pondered for a while, and gave him a phone number: "If the expert comes back, just give me a call."

Of course Zhang Liang agreed.He was still in a hurry to go to the hospital, so he gave the key to Gu Yi, with a deep-fried dough stick in his mouth, carried a bag and left.Standing in front of the window, Gu Yi looked at his back and asked, "What is Tang always worried about?" He didn't believe that Tang Ji really had a relative with Alzheimer's disease.

Tang Ji also knew that his reputation was not very good: "I really have a relative who got this disease. But-well, I can't say why, but I always feel a little uneasy. Panacea..."

Gu Yi didn't speak.He understood what Tang Ji meant, and in fact he himself felt uneasy.It sounded too good to be true, otherwise he wouldn't have repeatedly reminded Zhang Liang to be cautious.but--

"Zhang Liang can't wait any longer..." His mother's condition had already started to deteriorate, and if he waited any longer, the result might be death. "He will always try."

"Well——" Tang Ji nodded, "I'll find a way to find out about this medicine..." Not about the medicine, but about the pharmaceutical company and this project...

The two finished breakfast at Zhang Liang's house, and then Gu Yi cleaned up Zhang Liang's house.

To tell the truth, it turned out a garbage dump.

Because the weather was too humid, Gu Yi didn't use water to wipe the floor, but only used a rag to wipe the really unsightly areas.Just like that, a pot of black dirty water was wiped out.

Of course Tang Ji would not have the consciousness to help.He looked at the potted flowers with great interest, then turned back to look at Gu Yi: "You are really virtuous."

"The word virtuous is generally not used in this way." Gu Yi washed the rag and dried it, and replied blankly, "Mr. Tang has been abroad for many years, so he may not be particularly proficient in Chinese, but you have spoken it very well. A little Just pay attention to certain words."

Tang Ji chuckled.They all knew he hadn't used the wrong word, of course, but there was no need to tell.

"Do you want to move here?" Tang Ji looked around the old two-bedroom apartment.Not to mention, after being tidied up by Gu Yi, it seems to be much more spacious, "In this way, I can make room for a few more people in my house." The demon hunters in Asia are also picky enough to live in his house. Then they can save a lot of travel expenses. It is said that Wu Zhanshan even prepared accommodation for them.

Gu Yi's hand paused for a moment.This is another test: "But is it convenient for Mr. Tang to live here?"

"I have a car." Tang Ji stared at his profile.

"President Tang decides." Gu Yi kicked the ball back, "It doesn't matter where I live. In fact, if it really can't fit, my basement can accommodate at least one or two people, but it's a little damp."

"Let me decide..." Tang Ji rubbed his chin, "Then let me think about it."

It's useless Tang Ji thinks too much, because there are not many demon hunters living in his house. In the end, there are only Shen Jingyan and Wu Peng. There is also a man from Hubei called Lu Yonghua. It is said that his job is an Internet reporter. For the jewelry exhibition, by the way—execute Witcher operation.

These three people are all in their twenties, similar to Tang Ji and Sang Lin, probably because of this, Wu Zhanshan arranged for them to come here. As for the older ones, they were all stuffed into Wu's house.

Since he is here to cover the jewelry exhibition, of course Lu Yonghua has to devote part of his energy to it, holding a promotional brochure to look at it: "Now these people really - they can make up anything to attract attention. Blood of Immortality—hey, not to mention it has a nose and eyes, it can really blind some people."

When Wu Peng saw something related to this exhibition, his face turned black like the bottom of a pot.When there was a shortage of manpower, there were still two demon hunters who could not come to work, just preparing for the exhibition.Now he is checking everywhere, coming and going in the mud and water every day, he is as tired as a dog, and he is always full of anger.

Although Lu Yonghua was not a few years older than him, he put on the appearance of a big brother and explained to him: "Come on, it's not easy for everyone. The two of them are working as security guards. They have to earn money. Besides, you Shanghai This expense—look at me, if I hadn’t planned to start a new column this time, just in time for this exhibition, I’m afraid it would be difficult for me to come here so quickly. Nowadays, if you want to ask for leave, you have to see if your boss will do it. Don’t be so righteously angry, saving the world is good, but don’t we have to eat and sleep, who is calling Asia—”

He wanted to say something more, but he glanced at Gu Yi, who swallowed the rest of the words.

As a client who "accepts the existence of alien species well", Gu Yi doesn't have to deliberately avoid them now, but of course he still can't know some information about the inside of the demon hunter, so Lu Yonghua and others are still quite cautious when speaking. cautious.

But just a few words are enough to show the current situation of the Asian branch - all the demon hunters have their own jobs, otherwise they can't survive in today's society relying only on the salary and subsidies from the trade union.

Tang Ji coughed dryly and asked Wu Peng, "How is the investigation going?"

Originally, Sang Lin and Wu Peng did this job together, but Zhang Zheng's family actually sued Tang Ji. Wu Zhanshan made several trips, and the police filed a case to investigate Bing Lan's origin and Zhang Zheng's specific cause of death.Sang Lin had to follow up on this, so she could only leave the hard work to Wu Peng himself.Lu Yonghua could find some time, but he was confused and unfamiliar with the local area just now, so he could only help Wu Peng.

Wu Peng took out the information with a straight face: "I have checked all the roads around the field battlefield, and there is no suspicious person, but I found that there is a fisherman's house on the east side of the field battlefield, and there is only a forest away from the field battlefield. There are waterways there. Tourists You can bring your own fishing rod to go fishing.”

"Yujiale?" Tang Ji immediately understood what he meant.The bag for the fishing rod is very convenient to pack.

"But there are quite a few people there." Wu Peng's thick black eyebrows frowned tightly, "On the day of the incident, there happened to be a unit that organized employees to go fishing. Including family members, there were at least 50 people, and they were all free activities. ..."

Gu Yi coughed lightly: "I think that those who entered that day may be eliminated..."

Tang Ji understood his meaning in an instant: "That's right. That thing killed and fled before, and no one can be sure that it will appear on that day." It is too accurate to calculate and kill on the same day. The traces of the species are so accurately grasped, how can the hybrid species appear in front of their eyes, leaving such a handle?

"So, check out the tourists who stayed there." Tang Ji made a final decision, "The longer you stay, the more suspicious you will be."

When he said this, Wu Peng's eyes lit up immediately, and he jumped up non-stop: "Then let's go now!"

As soon as he dragged Lu Yonghua to the door, Sang Lin came in damp and angry when she saw him: "Where is President Wu? I heard that Zhang Zheng's autopsy results came out, but people said that only President Wu can go." Only then can the results be obtained. Where is Chairman Wu? The phone has been turned off all the time!"

Wu Peng's complexion immediately turned ugly: "Ask me why——otherwise, you can call Du Quan to have a look."

"That's your father." Sang Lin rolled her eyes, "I don't ask who you are asking!"

A vein popped out on Wu Peng's forehead, and he held his breath with difficulty: "I haven't seen him for several days. If you want to find him, it's faster to call Du Quan. No matter where he is, Du Quan can always give you a call." turn up."

"I don't know, whose father is it..." Sang Lin muttered resentfully, took out her mobile phone and looked for Du Quan's number.

Her words were like a needle, and finally burst Wu Peng's balloon: "Whoever loves to be his father!"

Before Sang Lin heard what he said clearly, she heard the door being slammed heavily, almost hitting Lu Yonghua's nose.Everyone was shocked by the loud noise, Lu Yonghua smiled awkwardly, opened the door to chase after him, and Sang Lin was about to explode in anger: "What kind of door did he break! Will he pay for it if it breaks?"

Gu Yi listened quietly at the side, feeling that Wu Peng's last words were a bit pointed.Could it be that he knew about the existence of that little girl Nini?What the hell is this?