Roster of Demons

"That's what you said." Gu Zhen was gearing up, "It can't be like last time, I promised to turn the gym into a profit, but I didn't get anything in the end."

This miscellaneous hair is really which pot is not opened and which pot is lifted.

"That's a special situation." The little crow defended shamelessly, "Are you ashamed to grab what Pixiu left for the sacrifice?"

"I just said it casually. But this time, I can't lie." Gu Zhen spread out his right palm, "Come, high-five as an oath."

"Cut." The little crow snorted disdainfully, raised his palm and lightly patted Gu Zhen's fingertips.

Gu Zhen took the opportunity to grab his hand, pulled it to his lips and kissed it: "I'll contact my cousin now." Before the little crow could react and hit him, he got up and ran back to the study to make a phone call.

The little crow rubbed the place where Gu Zhen kissed, feeling a little weird.He didn't know what this emotion was, and he didn't intend to delve into it. He picked up the half-can of drink left, grabbed the remote control while drinking, turned on the recently hit TV series, and watched with relish.

Gu Zhen called Fu Xiaozi twice, but no one answered. He thought about it, and then called his second uncle's house.

This time someone answered: "Hi, who are you looking for?"

Gu Zhen recognized Fu Xiaozi's voice immediately: "Xiao Zi, it's me, Gu Zhen. I'm looking for you!"

"Oh, it's really rare." Fu Xiaozi just went to Gu Zhen's gym today, and there was a sign saying "Fu Xiaozi is not allowed in" hanging at the door, which almost drove her to death, "Isn't it too late to hide from me? What am I doing?"

"It's urgent." Gu Zhen said, "I want to ask you a favor. There is a monster..."

"Stop!" Fu Xiaozi covered the microphone tightly, looked around, "You want to die, if my mother hears it, I won't let you go. How about this, let's have dinner together at noon tomorrow, and we will talk face to face."

"Okay." Gu Zhen said, "I'll treat you to whatever you want."

"Western food." Fu Xiaozi said without hesitation, "I want to eat steak. The one on Xingchen Avenue will meet you tomorrow at 11:30, and we won't wait when it's late."

Gu Zhen said "Okay", and there was only a beeping busy tone in the microphone.

Gu Zhen: "...what's going on today, everyone hangs up on me."

When Chen Ming got home, he hugged the sleeping Yuan Bao, took out the key, opened the door and turned on the light, bent over to change his shoes.

Fang Jing heard the movement, opened the study door, and came out to check: "Chen Ming?"

"Help me." Chen Ming said.

"Why are you back?" Fang Jing took two quick steps forward, bowed his head and kissed Chen Ming's face, and then took Yuanbao from him, "Didn't you say that you will be staying at Gu Zhen's house tonight?"

"The hospital made a short notice that we will bring Yuan Bao back tomorrow." Chen Ming touched Yuan Bao's forehead, it didn't feel hot, but there was a fine layer of sweat, "Be gentle, don't wake him up. I'm going to take a shower first."

"Go." Fang Jing said.

He fetched a basin of warm water, wiped Yuan Bao's whole body with a wrung wet towel, and changed into a set of clean pajamas.

Chen Ming dried his hair and came out of the bathroom. Fang Jing had settled the little fat man, and went back to the study to deal with the documents.

Chen Ming was wearing an old loose T-shirt, sat beside him and watched him type for a while, and said, "Today Gu Zhen asked about Yuan Bao's mother."

Fang Jing paused for a moment, then turned to look at him: "What did you say?"

"Tell him that Yuan Bao is not my own. I don't know who Yuan Bao's mother is." Chen Ming lowered his eyes.His emotions were hidden under the eyelids, so he couldn't see clearly.

"You didn't tell him that I brought you the ingot?" Fang Jing asked.

"What are you talking about, he doesn't know you." Chen Ming said.

Fang Jing smiled, noncommittal.He looked at Chen Ming for a while, leaned forward, and kissed his lips lightly: "What are you thinking?"

"I think Gu Zhen's reaction is a bit strange." Chen Ming gently responded to Fang Jing's kiss, and slowly closed his eyes.

"Is this the first day you know him?" Fang Jing smiled lightly, tracing the curvature of his lips, "Don't take it to heart."

Saturday noon, eleven forty.

Gu Zhen sat in the cubicle of the western restaurant, flipping through the menu boredly. He called Fu Xiaozi 10 minutes ago.

The woman kept saying that she would be there in 5 minutes, but four 5 minutes had passed.

Gu Zhen glanced at the time again impatiently.

"Don't be so impatient, can you? I'm getting bored to death." The little crow sat in an inconspicuous corner inside and kicked Gu Zhen lightly.He is studying the menu with gorgeous pictures with great interest, "It all looks delicious, let's order one of each."

"Can you take off your hat?" Gu Zhen patted the ashes on his trouser legs that was rubbed by the little crow, "How can you eat Western food with a hat?"

The little crow pinched the brim of the hat and pressed the hat lower.

"Okay, I didn't say anything." Gu Zhen raised his hand to summon the waiter, "Please add some water."

Fu Xiaozi's figure appeared at the door of the restaurant, Gu Zhen had good eyesight, saw her all of a sudden, and raised his hand to beckon.

Fu Xiaozi also saw him, said a few words to the receptionist, and strode over.As she approached, her wristband began to vibrate strongly, making her arms go numb.

She simply took off her bracelet and stuffed it into her small bag, and sat carelessly across from Gu Zhen, looking at Little Crow warily: "What is he doing here?"

"I'm looking for your help." Gu Zhen pushed the menu in front of Fu Xiaozi, "Just order whatever you want, don't be polite to me."

His words were superfluous, the person and monster around him probably didn't even know the word polite, one ordered everything he wanted to eat, and the other ordered all the rest as well.

"...Okay," Gu Zhen suddenly felt sorry for his wallet, "I need a cold drink to calm my shock."

"Just tell me if you have something to do, I'm busy." While waiting for the meal, the waiter brought Fu Xiaozi a glass of lemonade, and she drank most of it in one go.

"That's right." Gu Zhen cleared his throat, and artistically manipulated the situation, "I have a monster friend, a Jingwei."

"Why do you keep making friends who are not human?" Fu Xiaozi couldn't help interrupting him.

"What's wrong with monsters, aren't monsters good?" Gu Zhen argued, "I just like being with monsters."

The little crow glanced at him from under the brim of his hat, then lowered his head and continued to study the menu.

"Okay, don't just talk nonsense." Fu Xiaozi said, "Get to the point."

"The point is, my Jingwei friend suddenly disappeared some time ago." Gu Zhen said, "Do you monsters specialize in this? Can you help me find out?"

"It's the Research Committee for the Peaceful Coexistence of Humans and Monsters, or the Anti-Hunting Alliance for short, not the She-Monster Association!" Fu Xiaozi corrected him, "What does it look like? Where did you disappear? When was the last time we saw each other?"

Gu Zhen poked the little crow's arm: "Say it."

"The doll is a girl, about 20 years old, thin and small, with short hair. The last time I saw her was near Yuanshan Lake. I made an appointment to meet at the coffee shop in the University City the next day, but she didn't show up." Little Crow said.

"Is there any information?" Fu Xiaozi asked.

"Yes, I remember them all!" Gu Zhen said, "It's all ready."

The little crow opened the small satchel, groped inside, found a rolled notebook with horizontal lines, and threw it on the dining table: "Look for yourself."

Fu Xiaozi opened the pages one by one, and recorded a lot of content in words and pictures: "The homework was done well."

"You can understand Xiaozhuan." Gu Zhen asked.

Fu Xiaozi disdained to be with him: "Illiterate."

"...Do you really understand?" Gu Zhen didn't believe it.

"I don't understand." Fu Xiaozi confessed.She took out a miniature camera from her small bag, pointed it at the notebook and quickly took a picture of the content, "I'll pass the picture to Fang Jing first, he can understand it."

Fu Xiaozi briefly explained the situation to Fang Jing.After processing it, he rolled the horizontal notebook back into a tube: "I'll take this notebook back first? There's a lot of information, Fang Jing needs time to analyze it, and I'll return it to you after I find the clues."

Gu Zhen looked at Little Crow: "Give it to her first?"

"Just take it. I remember it all, and it's okay if you don't return it." The little crow threw the menu aside, "Eat."

The waiters came over with the dishes and put them on the table one by one, covering the table all at once.

"Sir, your meals have not been served yet, may I ask if they will be served together or later?"

"...Let's serve it later." Gu Zhen sent the waiter away, and said to a man and a monster beside him, "I'm telling you two very seriously. Today's table, you two must finish eating."

"What if you don't finish eating?" The little crow raised an eyebrow.

"Then I can only take it back to feed the pigeons." Gu Zhen immediately changed his words.

It was the first time for the little crow to eat steak, and he didn't know how to cooperate with the knife and fork in his hand. He got a little angry when he pulled the knife and fork twice, so he just stuck a knife in the steak and poked the whole piece into his mouth.

"...Put it down quickly." Gu Zhen hurriedly stopped him, dragging the plate in front of her, "Don't move, I'll cut it for you."

With a fork in his left hand and a knife in his right, Gu Zhen carefully cut the steak into cubes, just the right size for the mouth.

The little crow watched him cut while eating snacks: "It's so simple, I can do it too."

"Zhuge Liang saves it afterwards." Gu Zhen put the dinner plate back in front of the little crow, poked a piece with a fork and handed it to him, "It's so convenient."

"Why don't you just feed him." Fu Xiaozi couldn't bear to watch, and couldn't help interjecting, "I know you are helping, but those who don't know think you two are dating."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Zhen hurriedly stuffed the fork into the little crow's hand, concentrating on his steak.

"It's quite lenient." The little crow didn't pay attention to her at all, bit the beef in one bite, chewed vigorously, and instructed Gu Zhen, "I want to drink yours."

"Avocado milkshake," Gu Zhen picked up the cold drink, "Are you sure you want this?"

The little crow took a big sip, then stuck out his tongue in disgust: "What does it smell like. I'm going to the bathroom."

Gu Zhen made room for him.

Fu Xiaozi followed the little crow's back all the way: "I'll tell you about Gu Zhen."

Gu Zhen: "Huh?"

"Take it easy." Fu Xiaozi didn't even call out to her cousin, and pointed at Gu Zhen's nose with a table knife, "Don't think I don't know about your little thoughts. It's a problem you've had since you were a child. When you see a handsome guy I can't move my legs."

"You can fall in love with a man. My aunt and uncle don't talk about you, and I don't want to talk too much. But you can't get involved with monsters." She kept staring at the little crow as she walked around the corner, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, don't talk to me. Monsters talk about feelings, otherwise you will suffer."

"You're thinking too much." Gu Zhen pushed the salad in front of her, "Hurry up and eat."

"Just pretend I'm overthinking." Fu Xiaozi fiddled with the fork, "I was thinking about the past. I have a colleague who fell in love with a monster."

"And then?" Gu Zhen asked.

"Then." Fu Xiaozi put a piece of salad banana into his mouth, and said vaguely, "He died while on a mission. It's what I told you last time, the former special operations group. The whole group Died, I heard that the death was quite miserable."

Gu Zhen: "...why is it so scary."

"It was rumored in the meeting, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes." Fu Xiaozi said, "I heard that the monster was also there at that time, but when our people arrived, it had disappeared, leaving only half of its paw and a piece of ground. Blood. The accident has not been investigated until now, and it has been suspended in the investigation department."

Gu Zhen: "...I think this topic can stop here, really."