Roster of Demons

The steamed stuffed bun shop was booming. Gu Zhen waited in line for 10 minutes. He couldn't eat it just by smelling it. His eyes were so hungry that his eyes glowed green. When he got the steamed stuffed bun, he took a big bite.

The little crow waited impatiently in the gazebo, and bombarded him with a bunch of messages.Gu Zhen didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly delivered the breakfast, handed the steamed stuffed bun with one hand, and the soy milk with the other, and opened the lid very thoughtfully.

The two sat side by side on the benches in the gazebo, sipping buns and sips of milk, moving in unison.

"Where are we going today?" Gu Zhen asked.He was thinking about what the little crow promised last night, to turn the gym into a profit.

"Luyan Bay in the west of the city." The little crow said.

Luyanwan in the west of the city is an older urban area. It used to be the economic and cultural center of the city, and it was the fastest growing urban area.Later, the city was expanded, and the center of development was moved to the east as a whole, and the central position of the west of the city was gradually given up.However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Compared with some other urban areas, Luyan Bay is also a relatively prosperous area.

Guzhen University is located in Luyanwan, Xingguang City College, a third-rate university with a third-rate major, no one has ever heard of it.However, Xingguang is affiliated with the top-ranked key university in the city, and after graduation, he can get a diploma from a key university.Anyway, he doesn't care about majors, it's enough for the graduate school to be publicized to bluff people.His father combined his shitty college entrance examination results, and finally managed to stuff him here.

Gu Zhen hasn't learned anything else in the four years of university, but he has a very thorough understanding of the terrain of Luyan Bay, shopping malls, bars, KTVs, and he can find his way with his eyes closed.However, he hasn't been here for a few years after graduation, and the neighborhood has changed a lot.

Gu Zhen drove the car leisurely, talking endlessly along the way, introducing the familiar buildings he saw to Little Crow one by one, and by the way, promoting his glorious deeds: "The next intersection is our school, and the gate is only five or six meters wide. I missed it if I was not paying attention. When I was in college, I went to the next street to eat skewers with my classmates every day. I didn’t come home until midnight. Dad found out, not only did he not comfort me, he almost beat me to death..."

"Turn right at the traffic lights." The little crow said.

Gu Zhen turned the steering wheel, changed lanes to the right, and continued, "Later, my stomach got better, and I went to eat skewers with my classmates, but I couldn't find that restaurant. I heard that someone reported that his house was unsanitary. I was fined a lot of money and moved out within half a month. I always suspected that my dad asked someone to do it, but unfortunately there is no evidence..."

Little Crow sat in the passenger seat.He is not used to sitting in a car, and the seat belt is very uncomfortable when it is stuck on his chest. He will pull it every now and then, and the rest of the time he will lie on the window and look outside, listening to Gu Zhen's words.

"Slow down, we're almost there," said the little crow.

Gu Zhen let go of the accelerator, and slowly slowed down the car: "I remember here, there used to be a large shopping mall nearby. When I graduated, it was not doing well and almost closed down—well, it's still there. This shopping mall is pretty good. ah."

"It's here." Little Crow's eyes fell on the first floor of the mall, he quickly put on his hat and mask, untied his seat belt and pushed the door to get off.

"Damn, I haven't stopped yet!" Gu Zhen was startled, and it was too late to stop him.

Fortunately, the speed of the car was not fast, and the little crow opened and closed the door in one go. After getting off the car, he sprinted to the side of the road, tiptoed a little towards the concrete pier, crossed over the green belt, and ran towards the shopping mall quickly.

Gu Zhen hurriedly drove the car to a parking space on the side of the road and stopped, chasing after him in the same direction.The little crow didn't run far, and stopped outside the glass window of a store selling cold drinks.

"Isn't it? Don't tell me that you run so fast to eat ice cream!" From a long distance, Gu Zhen saw the signboard of the store - Mr. Zhang's dessert shop. When he took a closer look, there were indeed a bunch of people eating ice cream inside. !

"It looks delicious." The little crow said, "but that's not the point! Let's go in first."

"Isn't it the point that they've all entered the store?" Gu Zhen was angrily.

The little crow found a double seat, from which he could see part of the back kitchen, Gu Zhen sat down next to him, used the ball to scan the self-service order, and chose a two-color waffle size for himself cone.

"There are quite a lot of ice cream here." Gu Zhen handed the phone to Little Crow, "What flavor do you want?"

"Whatever." The little crow waved his hands, keeping his eyes on the back kitchen.

Gu Zhen ordered him a five-color luxury Big Mac cone, and placed the order after confirming it.

"What are you looking at?" There was free lemonade on every table. Gu Zhen poured two glasses and pushed them in front of the little crow. He followed the little crow's line of sight and saw nothing, "The cashier What's so good about Taiwan?"

The little crow took a sip from the water glass, and said in a low voice, "There is something wrong with the owner of this store. He is clearly a human, but he smells like a monster."

"Did you smell it in the car?" Gu Zhen was taken aback, "Your nose is so good?"

"I've been following him for several days." The little crow ignored Gu Zhen's ignorance, "I can smell the 'meaning' of monsters, and most people who have been in contact with monsters for a long time will be somewhat contaminated by some 'meaning' of monsters, for example You. You have the smell of a pigeon demon on your body, but it is mainly my smell-but the smell is not very strong, and it will be very different from the monster itself. This can distinguish people from demons. But the owner of the shop The 'intention' stained on his body is far beyond that of ordinary people. I can be sure that he is not a monster, and if this happens, I guess he is carrying something that does not belong to a human."

"It's from a monster?" Gu Zhen thought for a while.

"Yeah." The little crow nodded, "I'm not sure if he snatched it or the monster gave it to me, so I've been following him these days. I want to see if he will come into contact with that monster."

"So? Does this have anything to do with making the gym turn a profit?" Gu Zhen asked.

"Of course it has something to do with it. It has a lot to do with it!" The corner of the little crow's eyes twitched, "Do you know what kind of monster that is?"

Gu Zhen shook his head.

"Pixiu, also known as Tianlu." The little crow said, "Fortune!"

"You mean, follow the owner of this store to find that Pixiu, and ask him to pay you?" Gu Zhen asked.

"Quick, keep up!" The little crow stood up suddenly and lowered the brim of his hat, "I saw him go out through the back door!"

Gu Zhen hurriedly followed, suppressing her voice and yelling in pain: "The ice cream hasn't even arrived yet!"

The man didn't know that someone was following him, and he left the dessert shop with a paper bag containing hot food in his hand.He went to the pharmacy first and went in to buy some medicine.Then he walked through the mall, walked from the south side to the north side, and left through the exit.

Gu Zhen is quite familiar with this area, further north is another commercial street, and there is an overpass in the past.

The two followed the man unhurriedly.

Gu Zhen could see the profile of the man. He was probably in his early forties. He was not tall and looked gentle. He wore a pair of simple black-rimmed glasses and combed his hair meticulously. A little bit of vicissitudes of life.Such a man couldn't be more ordinary. Gu Zhen couldn't imagine him robbing monsters when he caught a lot of them on the street.

The man probably wanted to go to the opposite side, and the two followed him up the stairs of the overpass.There were several exits from the overpass stairs, the two of them were half a step behind, and the man disappeared around the corner.Gu Zhen hurriedly wanted to catch up, but the little crow grabbed his arm: "Slow down!"

"There are a lot of people here, if you don't keep up with them, you will run away." Gu Zhen looked at him puzzled.

The little crow said: "The monster is nearby. Follow me and don't run around."

The two slowed down, slowly approaching the corner, and saw the man stop less than ten meters away from them.

He squatted down, put the bags of food and medicine in his hand on the ground, and took out everything, including bread, cough syrup, cold medicine, and mineral water.In front of him, on the ground near the guardrail in the middle of the overpass, there was a ragged blanket of unrecognizable original color. On the blanket lay an old man with gray hair, his eyes were blurred, and he coughed twice from time to time.Between the two of them, there was a stainless steel bowl with some coins and small banknotes in it.

Obviously, this is a beggar and sick.

The man poured out a few cold medicines and put them in the old beggar's palm. After the old man swallowed them on his back, he handed him the mineral water.Then he was fed cough syrup and put bread in the old man's hand.He was extremely skilled in doing all this, and he didn't show any dislike or disgust when he came into contact with the old man, as if he had done the same thing countless times.

"This man has a good heart." Gu Zhen said.

"Okay or not, you and I don't care." The little crow looked at the old man.

As if sensing his gaze, the old man's cloudy eyes turned towards the two of them.After seeing the little crow, he showed a kind smile to him.

"Pixiu." The little crow took off his mask and said, "I think we have found the monster we are looking for."