I have a date with the beast

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed, and one morning at the end of September, Jiang Ze woke up from his dream again.

He clutched his chest and sat up from the bed, his sweaty cheeks showed that the dream he just had was not a good dream.He got off the bed unsteadily and went to the bathroom to wash up.

The cold water rushing down the top of his head made Jiang Ze somewhat awake, and there was a dull pain in his chest that could not be ignored, as if half of it had been gouged out by someone.

The endless dreamland is filled with coquettish Bana flowers, accompanied by strange distant singing.He saw himself walking on an endless and varied path, surrounded by men of ghastly appearance.

He felt that his whole body was immersed in the bottom of the water, sinking and floating with the current.The bone-cold river water raged through his bones, rushing through his body like a savage beast, bringing endless bone-chilling chills.

Jiang Ze panted violently, trying to take away the pain of despair coming from his heart.He raised his head, but was surprised to find that the person in the mirror was already in tears.

At the beginning of eight o'clock, Jiang Ze ate two taels of steamed buns and a bowl of eight-treasure porridge at a breakfast shop downstairs. At 08:30, he walked to the night market.

At this time, there were not many people in the night market, so Jiang Ze set up the booth, prepared the batter needed for the morning with carrot noodles, eggs, flour, baking powder, cornstarch and other ingredients, and set up a small horse to sit behind the booth. .

Half a month ago, he changed to a second-hand smartphone, which is not expensive.Since there are not many customers who choose to pay in cash, the old-fashioned mobile phones can no longer meet Jiang Ze's daily needs.

Mrs. Lin was busy making face-to-face meetings, and her hair was soaked with sweat. Jiang Ze pulled the little Maza closer and watched her movements intently.

"Haven't you done it?" Sister Lin wiped the sweat off her forehead with her elbow and asked with a smile.

Jiang Ze shook his head and said, "I used to help the cook and make noodles in a restaurant, but it wasn't very good."

"This dough can't be kneaded carelessly, you have to use skill, so that the dough will be chewy and delicious." Sister Lin continued to knead the dough with her hands.

Jiang Ze nodded with a vague understanding.

Business was good at noon, and Jiang Ze was able to rest for a while after working hard for a long time.In the first two days, his method of making octopus balls was relatively unfamiliar, so he did it slowly, and then he improved his speed as he became more proficient.

Evening is the best time of the day for business, and within a few minutes someone will come and ask for a copy or two.Fortunately, the experience accumulated in the past half month has made him used to this kind of efficient work, so he will not be in a hurry.

Jiang Ze swept the iron plate with a brush dipped in oil to clean up the residue on it.

The night market is decorated with lights and festoons at the moment. The colorful lights are hanging on the ropes and flashing above the head, embellished by stars and moonlight, giving off a dazzling radiance.

Jiang Ze raised his head inadvertently, and saw two people standing in the crowd looking here.

The young man was still wearing simple black plain clothes, his eyes were slightly covered by the slightly long hair on his forehead, revealing a sharp chin and beautifully shaped thin lips.He stood there indifferently, with a tall and elegant figure, which seemed a bit out of place in the noisy crowd.

The boy who only reached the thigh of a young man was biting a bunch of potato tarts, and dragging a box of fried rice cakes with the other hand. He stared at Jiang Ze with narrowed eyes, with aloofness and arrogance that did not belong to his age.

Jiang Ze's hands froze in the air, maintaining the motion of brushing the iron plate, staring blankly at the two people.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the crowd again.

"Boss, here are two octopus balls."

"Boss?" The girl's raised voice was full of doubts.

When Jiang Ze came back to his senses, he gave the girl a slightly apologetic smile and replied, "Okay, wait a minute."

At 10:30, Jiang Ze put away the booth and bid farewell to the Lin family.

The autumn equinox has passed, one autumn rain and one cold, the weather is getting colder every day.Jiang Ze pulled the zipper of his coat to the top and strode towards home.He avoided the two roads and skillfully shuttled between the old and quiet alleys that criss-crossed.

Just after turning a corner of an alley, he stopped suddenly, and after a long silence, he hesitated to speak: "Jiaofeng?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind lifted the corner of his clothes, and then there was another person beside him.

The cool night wind blew past his ears, and a cold fragrance came from his nostrils, which belonged to the person next to him.

Jiang Ze lowered his head, he didn't dare to look at the mocking wind's face, then he asked the question that troubled him for many days: "Are you really the third of the nine sons of the Dragon?"

"Yes." The young man replied lightly.

It's one thing to hear Xiao Zhao say it, but it's another feeling to hear him admit it.Jiang Ze was at a loss for words for a moment, he took a step forward and walked towards home, pretending to be calm and continued to ask: "Where is that boy?"

"Sixth Brother Taotie."

"Oh."

The conversation fell into a deathly silence after that.Even though Jiang Ze had a thousand and 1 questions in his mind, he didn't know where to ask them, and he didn't know whether he should ask them.

Just as he was about to speak, a gust of wind blew by, and Jiang Ze lowered his eyes.

he left.