Pendulum Rider

During the National Day in 2015, I received a call from a stranger. I felt a little strange when I heard the other party’s voice. However, the other party called out my name as soon as I opened my mouth. I almost thought that after my personal information was leaked, he was here to scam.

After listening to him for a while, I gradually remembered who he was.

He was a pimple-faced junior who was dumped by Lin Jiayi once in high school.

I heard on the phone that he had passed the college entrance examination twice, and this year he finally got into Lin Jiayi's university as he wished. However, the campus is so big that Lin Jiayi didn't realize the existence of acquaintances.Ever since he learned that Lin Jiayi was dating Lu Xilin, he never took the initiative to approach Jiayi.

Although he didn't tell me what it was, he asked me to meet at the Blood Kiss Cafe, and I went to the appointment on time.

After stepping into the store, I looked around, the detection radar was automatically scanning the person with the lowest face value in the store, but the prince was not detected, but I found a man staring at me, he looked at it for a while, suddenly stood up I got up and waved to me. I glanced at him a little blankly, only to see him showing a little helpless expression.

Suddenly something flashed in my mind, which made me feel that the person in front of me was somewhat similar to the prince. I walked towards him hesitantly, and after taking a closer look, I saw the pimples on his face.

"Are you a prince?"

"Senior sister, have you forgotten me?"

"The main reason is that your face is much cleaner and fresher than before, and you almost can't recognize anyone."

"Why do you treat acne as my body, can you recognize me by the shape of my face, senior sister, sit down, what would you like to drink?" The prince warmly greeted me to take a seat.

I pulled the chair across from him and sat down, glanced at the menu and said, "Caramel Macchiato."

"Okay, today I have a treat." The prince said and called the waiter to help me order.

After the waiter left, we looked at each other in silence for a moment, and the atmosphere was rather awkward.

"It feels like a date." The prince said suddenly.

"Speaking of which, did you use some miraculous facial cleanser? The acne on your face has become much less."

"After puberty, the acne subsided by itself, can you forget about my acne, I feel like everyone is blacking me out."

"I didn't blackmail you, I was just poking (teasing) you for fun."

The prince was silent, and his expression suddenly became very serious. Could it be that my cold joke just now was really cold?I saw that he suddenly took out a small round purple box from his sleeve as if by magic. There was also a black puppy paw print on the box. From the perspective of others, it seemed that his boyfriend was about to give his girlfriend a gift. The rhythm of the ring proposal, I also have some doubts that he might be forced to marry by his parents, and he wants to find a rotten girl to marry, so come to me to discuss it.

"I bought this with the money I earned from working in the summer. Can you pass it on to the senior for me? His birthday is on the tenth of this month, right?" The prince's words made me breathe a sigh of relief, but luckily it wasn't for me.

"Aren't you in a university, why don't you give him the birthday present yourself?" Even so, I took the small box.

"Doesn't he have a girlfriend now? I want to wait until my appearance improves a bit before seeing him. I will still be disliked for his appearance now. The experience of being dumped because of acne in high school is simply a psychological shadow of mine. "

"By the way, what's in the box? Can I open it and have a look?"

"Okay, it's not a very expensive thing anyway."

Hearing this, I opened the lid, and saw a very delicate earring lying inside, inlaid with something like a black gem with a touch of golden gold on the earring.

"This is gold obsidian, because it is a very small earring, so it is not expensive." The prince explained.

"Why did you give Jiayi earrings? He doesn't have pierced ears, and he only gave one. Are you trying to make a pair with him?" I looked at the prince, but I didn't see what the prince was wearing on his ears. .

"Don't tell him it's a gift from me, just tell him that it doesn't matter if you wear it or not, just accept it."

"Okay, I get it. Is this the only reason you came to me today? You even ran all the way to the Bund, afraid that Jiayi might see you?"

"Actually, I'm going to see my future brother-in-law next time, please come all the way here."

"Could it be that you secretly met your brother-in-law?" I couldn't help thinking.

"Of course not. Although my brother-in-law is bisexual, he is devoted to my sister now. No, ask me to buy a gift for the first anniversary of their relationship today."

I watched him smile without saying a word.

"Senior, don't put on an expression of 'I don't believe it', I'm also wholehearted in my senior."

"Speaking of which, Jiayi studied veterinary medicine, and his girlfriend studied clinical medicine. How about you?"

"Forensic."

"Forensics? Why did you choose this profession?"

Now the prince smiled and said nothing.

After that, we chatted about our current situation. After I finished my caramel macchiato, the prince took the bill and went to pay the bill. We said goodbye at the door of the store. Give Jiayi a birthday present and walk towards the subway entrance.

A few days later, when we had dinner together on Lin Jiayi's birthday, I handed over the gift I prepared and the gift from the prince to Lin Jiayi.

Lin Jiayi looked at me in surprise at first, because I only gave him one gift in previous years, but this year it became two.

I had no choice but to explain: "A certain man who has always liked you asked me to hand over this small box to you, and I hope you can accept it."

"Who is it?" Lin Jiayi looked at the box and then at me.

"Secret."

"Don't be a fool, tell me who it is."

"I have an appointment with the other party. I don't want to tell you. It's a surprise." I thought of the prince's face that gradually became clear, and it was really a surprise. "You open it first, and then guess who it is. As for guessing right or wrong, I won’t tell you.”

"No need to guess, it must be Brother Lu. I sent an email last month to ask him to send me some delicious food. I just received an international package yesterday. The birthday gift must have been sent by the way, and it will be sent to you. The hand is to give my brother a little surprise, the pattern on this box looks like it was chosen by Brother Lu, he treats my brother as a cute puppy." Lin Xiwu on the side "reasoned" solemnly, confirming his reasoning Makes sense, but failed to guess right.

As soon as Lin Jiayi heard the word Lu Ge, Lin Jiayi became excited, and went to lunch with his girlfriend Lu Xilin to celebrate her birthday during the day, feeling that he could abandon his girlfriend for a man now.

Lin Jiayi opened the small box full of expectations, and after seeing the earrings inside, he sighed softly. His slightly disappointed eyes seemed to be telling why it wasn't a ring?

He took out the earrings, put them in the palm of his hand and looked at them carefully, his disappointed eyes gradually turned into an expression of happiness when he first fell in love, I couldn't bear to break his fantasy and tell him that it was not given by Brother Lu.

"Brother Lu only gave you one earring, maybe the other one is in his hand." Lin Xiwu moved closer to Lin Jiayi, "Brother, are you going to get your ears pierced now?"

"Wait until Brother Lu comes back. I'll put this in the safe first."

"Is it necessary to put a safe? It's too exaggerated. Isn't it just a token of love?"

"But this is a very important thing. Why don't you put your food in the safe, who wants to grab it from you? Protect food like this."

Both brothers regarded the gift giver as Brother Lu, and I couldn't find the opportunity to explain the truth more and more. In order to alleviate my embarrassment, I changed the subject and said: "Look at the gift I gave again, don't talk about it Brother Lu is like this, your girlfriend will be sad when she sees it, but I am no match for a man in the eyes of my boyfriend."

Only then did Lin Jiayi come to her senses and unpack the gift I gave her.

"The Japanese version of Ayatsuji Xingren's "Killer", you asked me to unpack it when you were eating dinner, which brought back my memories. This book is a bit heavy, and it is specially for weight loss. After reading it, I have no appetite to eat. .”

"Snacks?" Lin Xiwu's ears only caught the first two words.

"It's not snacks, it's ayatsuji."

"I just gave you this book because I think it suits you well."

"It's not dirt, it's blood."

"But looking at this bloody description feels dirty."

"So it's not..."

"You guys continue to discuss, I want to finish all the dishes on the table." Lin Xiwu said and picked up the chopsticks again.

"Put down the chopsticks and become a Buddha immediately!" Lin Jiayi and I prevented Lin Xiwu from eating too much, otherwise our dinner would really be contracted by Lin Xiwu alone.

After the small birthday dinner for the three of them, I received a call from the prince again not long after I got home. I knew what he wanted to ask, so I said before he asked: "He is very happy with the gift you gave me." Accepted it, but he thought it was given by someone else."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you, I'll tell him in person later, then I'll hang up first."

"Don't hang up, I want to ask you something. You said that you bought the gift for Jiayi with the money you earned from your summer job. Is that true? Where did you buy it?"

"Sister, do you suspect me of stealing?"

"Didn't we meet at the Blood Kiss Cafe before? That night, Lilith, the owner, sent me a message saying that the earring smelled of blood."

"Senior sister, I didn't rob, steal or rob the tomb. I didn't buy it because I didn't buy it from a regular place. Senior sister, do you know red and blue?"

"Since ancient times, red and blue have more CP?"

"A certain organization in Shanghai has many nicknames, and the Red and Blue Gang is one of the many nicknames. Red stands for blood, and blue stands for sea, which also means Shanghai. As for what the combination of red and blue means, you can just think about it, senior sister. The earrings were bought in the store they handled."

"Is everything you say true?"

"Senior sister, didn't you have a blind date with a godson of the boss Wei of the Red and Blue Gang? You also mentioned it when chatting in the coffee shop before. You said that you spent a period of time with people from the Circle Gang."

"Is he the Red and Blue Gang? I always thought that the ○○ Gang was pronounced as the Dandan Gang or the Circle Gang. Why do you know the name of the gang?"

"They are actually a secret organization legalized by the country. They are called ○○ gangs to the outside world. In fact, they are just to cover up their identities. Their job is to deal with cases that cannot be solved by ordinary police. Boss Wei is a pendulum driver. You can treat them as a A special security department for subjugating demons and eliminating demons."

"You know too much. Could it be that you are also a member of the circle gang?"

"No, I'm just an ordinary customer."

"No matter how you look at them, they don't look like ordinary people. Would ordinary customers go to them to buy things?"

"Sister, don't worry, that earring won't attract any strange things. It's a pendulum and can protect the body. Besides, how could I give something dangerous to my favorite senior?"

I think you're a bit of a danger yourself.Of course, I didn't say this sentence, and later I knew that the prince is indeed a dangerous person.