Urban Night Returner

The location of this pottery bar on Lijin Road is very inconspicuous, and the small log-colored door sign reads: Longevity pottery bar.But Shen Gu went in and saw that there were not too few people.The small room was divided into several small compartments with low screens, and a few young men and women happily turned the pottery discs in it, making some invisible "pottery".The boss is a woman in her thirties, wearing a peach red Tang suit, very elegant and dignified. When she sees Shen Gu coming in, she greets her with a smile: "What do you need, sir?"

Shen Gu didn't have any idea in mind, so he said it was a friend who wanted to make a present for his birthday.The female boss chuckled: "Is it a boyfriend or a girlfriend? We have a lot of styles here for your reference." Then, she held out a book of pictures.Shen Gu looked through it, and found that there are many styles, including cups, vases, sculptures, wind chimes and pendants, but none of them suit his liking.

"Is there a—more classical style?"

"A more classic style?" The female boss thought for a while, and stretched out her hand, "How about this?" She wore a pair of green bracelets on her wrists, which looked a bit like jade at first glance.

"This is--"

"It's also made of clay." The female boss smiled and turned her wrist. The green bracelet was slightly shiny, and it was very pleasing to the eye against her fair skin.

Shen Gu pondered for a while, then took out the tortoise shell box from his bag: "What do you think of this kind of mud?"

Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen have studied for a long time about the box of green mud sent by the sea monster.Zhong Lecen looked through many materials to find similar things.I began to suspect that this was "Dragon Food", but Dragon Food has an aromatic smell and becomes hard as mud when exposed to wind, but this is not.Later, they suspected that this was the legendary Xi Soil, but they once took a little mud and went to the suburbs to test it. No matter how much water was poured, it could not be seen that the water was one foot high and the embankment was one foot high like the legend.The two tossed for a long time but failed to figure it out, so Shen Gu finally took some to Liu Wu for inspection, but the inspection results disappointed the two of them——Liu Wu said that the composition of this thing is soil, It's just that the texture is extremely delicate. He thinks it should be a high-quality clay, probably better than Jingdezhen's clay.

I thought that what the sea monster gave me should be a treasure no matter what, but in the end it turned out to be clay, which was unacceptable.Zhong Lecen was disappointed, and threw the box with mud into the corner of the room, saying that it would be interesting to free up this box to hold things someday.This time Shen Gu heard his best man mentioned soft pottery, so he came up with the idea of ​​this box of slime.When he entered the door just now, he took a look. The clay used by those young people really didn't look as good as the one in his hand.

When the female boss saw the tortoise shell box, her complexion suddenly changed slightly, and she raised her eyelids, as if she wanted to take a look at Shen Gu, but she pressed it down halfway, and reached out to pick up the box.Shen Gu had already handed over the box, but at this moment he withdrew his hand suddenly.The female boss took a moment and forced a smile: "Sir, if you don't give it to me, what do I think?"

Shen Gu didn't answer, but just took a few glances at her first.He didn't pay much attention when he first entered the door, but just now the female boss's eyes surprised him a little bit. The eyes that he hadn't looked at were actually full of anger and hatred, but it was only fleeting. , Shen Gu would suspect that he was wrong.He quickly searched in his mind and confirmed that he had never met this female boss. Moreover, the female boss introduced the style of the gift to him very kindly and enthusiastically just now. This kind of eyes, which are similar to hatred, was seen. It was revealed after the tortoise shell box.Could it be that this tortoise shell box has enmity with her?This was given by the Sea-Monster, and he didn't know anything about the previous history.

Shen Gu thought to himself, without saying anything, he handed the box over.The female boss took the box with both hands, supported the bottom with her left hand, stroked the tortoise shell back of the box cover with her right hand a few times, then lifted the cover, pinched a little green mud with her fingertips, twisted it, and said lightly: " Your clay should be clay, which is different from my soft clay, and I'm not familiar with this kind of thing. Or, you can keep the thing, and I can find a knowledgeable friend to take a look at it?"

Shen Gu pondered for a while: "It would be great if someone from the industry could give me some advice, but this thing is not mine, so I can't put it here. If you can find someone for me, can I come over again then?"

"That's okay too. Can you leave a phone number? Or this is my business card. Can you call me in a few days?"

Shen Gu took the business card, which was also log-colored, with brown patterns pressed on the four sides, and the surface had the luster of soft pottery, which was very unique.The name on the business card is: Hai Changsheng.

Hai Changsheng.Shen Gu recited the name silently in his heart, feeling a little weird.People with the surname Hai are already rare. Besides, the word Changsheng seems to be too ancient. How can there be a woman called Changsheng nowadays?He was about to ask around, when suddenly two guests came in at the door, before they came in, the voice had already passed: "Sister Changsheng, we are coming!"

I have heard this voice before, at Ji Lian's wedding.When he turned around, it was indeed Lin Xiaoxi, with a man on his arm, who hopped in: "Sister Changsheng, there are a lot of people today. Is my bracelet ready? How is the color? Hey—you are that—" —Shen——Brother Le Cen’s friend, your name is Shen—”

"Shen Gu."

"Ah, yes, yes, Shen Gu, Shen Gu. Why are you here? Where's Brother Le Cen? He's here too?"

"He didn't come, he's in the clinic." This is the case in the service industry. When others are resting, you are busy instead.Shen Gu was finally able to take a full vacation, and Zhong Lecen was busy with the clinic and couldn't leave.

While speaking, Shen Gu looked at the man Xiaoxi was holding.He looks to be in his early thirties, with a height of over 1.8 meters, and his muscles are strong and well-proportioned. Although he is hidden under loose casual clothes, his vigorous and vigorous actions cannot be concealed.A pair of thin silver-rimmed glasses was worn on the man's face. I don't know if it was the reflection of the lens. For a moment, Shen Gu felt that his pupils were green, like fine emeralds, but when he looked again, it was not the same.He still remembered that before Konghua went abroad, he told them that Xiaoxi had a boyfriend who was doing construction budget. He seemed to be on a business trip at the time, and asked them to have a chance to check it out, but they were very busy. , I forgot about this matter, now that Xiaoxi is very affectionate with this man, he must be the man Konghua mentioned.

Seeing that Shen Gu kept looking at the man, Xiaoxi was a little embarrassed: "This is my boyfriend, Lang Yiming. Yiming, this is the boyfriend of Brother Le Cen I told you about. He used to be a special soldier. I When my brother held a wedding in the bar last time, he nailed a heart on the wall with a knife and a fork, which is amazing."

Lang Yiming held out his hand politely: "Mr. Shen, hello."

Shen Gu shook hands with him.Lang Yiming's palms were dry and firm, and his movements were crisp and powerful. There were thin calluses on the palms, but none on the thumb joints.Shen Gu asked casually: "I heard that Mr. Lang is doing construction budgets? I used to think that people in this line of work used to write and draw with a pen, but now they are all calculated by computers, right?"

Lang Yiming was taken aback for a moment, obviously he didn't expect him to say this, and he replied casually: "Most of them use computers, but sometimes they have to write and do calculations. After all, it is not convenient to bring a computer everywhere."

Shen Gu nodded: "Doesn't Mr. Lang often go on business trips? Is the construction work so hard?"

Lang Yiming smiled: "It's hard work in any line of work. Mr. Shen is a special soldier, and the training is probably harder than ours, right?"

Shen Gu also smiled and said a few words of politeness.Xiaoxi urged to see the fired bracelets, the female boss went to the back to get the goods, Shen Gu followed Xiaoxi for two steps, and asked, "Do you know the boss?"

Xiaoxi pointed to Lang Yiming: "Sister Changsheng is Yiming's friend. Why, do you want to be Tao too?"

"Oh, Le Cen's birthday, I want to give a present."

"Ah, ah——" Xiaoxi's eyes lit up immediately, "What do you give? Sister Changsheng has a lot of styles here, pick something more romantic. How about sending a porcelain rose? I have seen Sister Changsheng do it. But, it’s beautiful when burned. You can also make a small flower and put it on a chain. Or make a cup, a cup and a cup, which means a lifetime, how wonderful. Or else..."

Shen Gu smiled: "I'm afraid I don't have that skill, it's okay to do something simple."

"Gifts, it just depends on what you want, as long as you make it yourself, it's good if it's not good." Xiaoxi was still planning to continue her education, but Shen Gu interrupted her calmly: "I'm going to learn the craft from the boss first. The boss Doesn't seem like a local?"

"Oh, Sister Changsheng is from Hainan, and she has been in Binhai for more than two years. The clay in her store is different from other stores. The color is very rich, and the luster is very good when burned. You see the pair she wears. Bracelet, right? Does it look like jade? I also asked her to burn a pair for me. Hey, yes, I think jade is very suitable for brother Le Cen. You can burn one for him too! It’s not about burning bracelets , just burn a pendant or something, for example, burn a Guanyin statue, men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha. Well, if this is troublesome, you can also burn a small plaque with your two names engraved on it, or burn a heart Okay……"

Shen Gu couldn't stand her excitement, so he had to interrupt her: "Has your brother sent a letter?" After Konghua left, there was no news, and Zhong Lecen knew that he was also avoiding Zhong Leyang, so he didn't take the initiative to contact him. .

Xiaoxi's face was downcast: "There were only two emails. The first one said it, the second one said that the experiment was very busy, and there was nothing else. It's only been a few years since I returned to China, and I ran out again! It’s all the one with the surname Li, who dumped my brother when he wanted to go abroad, and then found out that my brother also has money and came to look for my brother again, shameless! It forced my brother to go abroad again. Don’t let me see him, see I have to slap him! If my brother didn't want to cause trouble, I'd take it to his wife's house!"

Shen Gu didn't dare to say that Konghua's ex-boyfriend could not be blamed for going abroad this time, so he tacitly allowed someone to take the blame for Zhong Leyang: "Your brother told us when he left that he was very concerned about your finding a boyfriend. "

Xiaoxi blushed: "I said I would bring Yiming to meet him, so I'm on a business trip."

Shen Gu hesitated for a moment, seeing Lang Yiming lit a cigarette and went out of the store, he still asked: "You know his situation?" Anyway, if he didn't ask, Zhong Lecen would be worried when he found out later, it's better now Just ask clearly.Presumably, Zhong Lecen was there to support him, so Xiaoxi was too embarrassed to think that he took too much control.

This time it was Xiaoxi's turn to hesitate: "He is from Inner Mongolia, but his parents have passed away, and he has no relatives in the local area. He lives in Qingdao now, and rents a house on the road in Nanjing. Oh yes, last time Didn’t Captain Zuo bring a dog to Jilian? That dog was raised by Yiming. Captain Zuo left the dog in Jilian when he left. Yiming and I only met when we went to return the dog at six o’clock. .”

Shen Gu was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly there was a cold sweat on his back—Captain Zuo's dog?That fellow Zuo Jian raises a fox, right?Besides, that fox was raised by Lang Yiming?But Zuo Jian said that that place is a monster apartment, and this Lang Yiming... wait, the fox's surname is Hu, and the surname is Lang—couldn't it be a wolf?

Xiaoxi didn't notice the change in Shen Gu's expression, so he glanced outside the door and sighed: "Actually, it doesn't matter if brother sees him or not. Anyway, I don't think it's possible for me to be with him."

Shen Gu was surprised: "What do you mean?"

Xiaoxi sighed melancholy again, holding his cheeks: "He just treats me as a friend."

Shen Gu couldn't understand: "What about you?"

Xiaoxi became even more melancholy: "Let's get along first."

Shen Gu felt unbelievable: "You know he doesn't have such thoughts, but you still—" These young people really can't understand.

Xiaoxi smiled: "It's nothing. He treats me very well, and I like him too, so let's stay with him. If nothing else, it's okay to be friends. Cough, don't worry about me, it's okay."

Shen Gu thought to himself: Miss, if the person you like is a person, who will worry about you? The problem is, the person you like - he is probably not a person!

Hai Changsheng came out with a pair of bright white bracelets: "Look, how are you doing? Are you satisfied?"

Xiaoxi was immediately attracted, Shen Gu took the opportunity to go out, Lang Yiming was smoking the last few sips, Shen Gu walked over casually, looked away, and said casually: "Where is your security card?"

Lang Yiming was startled, stared at him sharply, put out the cigarette and stood up straight: "You are—"

Shen Gu immediately confirmed that he was definitely not a human being, the expression on his face remained unchanged, but his muscles tensed: "Security certificate!"

Lang Yiming reached out his hand and took out something from his pocket, but he didn't show it right away: "Where's your ID? Not everyone can check the security card."

Shen Gu took out the certificate and lighted it up. Lang Yiming saw it clearly at a glance, and his face changed slightly: "Special Affairs Division? I didn't know that the Special Affairs Division was also in charge of checking certificates? This should be a matter of the Demon Supervision Council, right?"

"That's right." Shen Gu took back the certificate, "It is true that the Demon Supervision Committee is in charge of you, but look at the certificate, the Special Affairs Division still has this right, right?"

Lang Yiming didn't speak any more and opened his hands.Shen Gu looked at it, and found that this security certificate was similar to the one he saw from Bai Luobo before, but the date of birth was earlier than Bai Luobo.Last time, Bai Luobo’s certificate was broken before he could read it clearly. This time he took a closer look. The format of the security certificate was very similar to that of an ordinary ID card, except that the ethnicity column was replaced by the native place. Lang Yiming’s native place It is Inner Mongolia.Shen Gu thought to himself, it's the prairie wolf who dares to be affectionate.

Lang Yiming waited for him to read enough, and then slowly said: "Mr. Shen, have you finished watching?"

"I've finished reading, but I haven't finished talking yet." Shen Gu motioned him to put away the documents, "Lin Xiaoxi is my friend's sister."

Lang Yiming didn't speak, took out his cigarette again, lit it and took a puff before nodding his head: "Yes. I didn't intend to do anything. You have also read the safety certificate, so you should know that I have never hurt anyone."

"I didn't mean this 'injury', you should understand."

Lang Yiming took another deep breath, exhaled the smoke slowly, covering his face, and then smiled: "Understood."

Shen Gu felt that this was the only thing he could talk about.Since Lang Yiming didn't hurt anyone, he couldn't do anything else.Among the special affairs handled by the Special Affairs Section, interference with transsexual relationships is not included.

"Xiaoxi said that the owner of this store is your friend?"

Lang Yiming immediately replied: "Hai Changsheng also has a security certificate, but her certificate was obtained in Hainan."

really……

"She is--"

"Tortoiseshell."

No wonder the expression on seeing the tortoise shell box, dare to think that the tortoise shell was picked off by him?

The phone rang suddenly, and Shen Gu saw that it was Zhong Lecen calling: "Where are you?"

"Oh—outside."

"I know it's outside, but I'm at home. What are you doing? Come back quickly and have a look. There is a red cloth strip on the door of 402 again. Did you see it that day?"

"Okay, I'll go back right away." Shen Gu hung up the phone, glanced at Lang Yiming, "Please tell Xiaoxi, I have to leave beforehand."

Back in Kangjia Garden, as soon as Shen Gu walked up to the fourth floor, he saw the small strip of red cloth on the door, which was exactly the same as what he saw the previous two times, but this time it was tied on the doorknob, which was very obvious.Zhong Lecen leaned down from the fifth floor: "Are you back? Look——"

Shen Gu nodded, and went upstairs quickly: "It's the original cloth strip, but the position has changed. The previous two times, it was clipped on the crack of the door, which was very inconspicuous, but this time it was tied directly to the doorknob, as if—"

"It seems to be a demonstration on purpose." Zhong Lecen frowned tightly, "I just heard 402 quarreled again, and both of them went out one after another after they dropped something. When I came down to look, I found a red cloth strip."

"What the hell is this?"

"I don't know either. Do you usually see anything wrong with 402?"

"No... no, it seems that there was—"

"What is it?"

"However, it was several months ago. When I was thirty, I came back and saw a person in the corridor. At that time, the light in the corridor was broken, and I vaguely saw a person shaking at the stairs, as if he was going to I left at the gate of 402. When I came up, the person had disappeared. At that time, I thought it was the person from 402, but I didn’t care. Now that I think about it, the person was dressed very strangely. A pair of shorts—"

"Wait!" Zhong Lecen interrupted him suddenly, "Shorts? What color shorts? Did you see what he was wearing on his feet?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "It's too dark in the corridor, the color can't be seen clearly at all. On the feet - it seems to be slippers. Why, do you know what it is?"

"Maybe, it's a waste."

"Waste consumption? The waste consumption you said you wanted to light up?"

"Hmm. I remember that there seemed to be no one in 402 during Chinese New Year."

"By the way, when I heard them quarreling, they said that it seemed like they spent the New Year in a woman's natal home."

"That's right." Zhong Lecen patted the handrail of the stairs, "About New Year's Eve, the lights in their house are dark all the way up and down the stairs. It's a waste of the year spent in 402, and then they can't leave."

"What will happen if you leave it? Will people die?"

"Waste itself will not. But it will consume one's luck. After all the good luck is exhausted-what do you think will happen?"

Shen Gu glanced downstairs again: "But after I removed the red cloth last time, it took about a week for 402 to start arguing again, and this time - it's only been two days, and the waste has returned And why has the position of the red cloth changed?"

Zhong Lecen seemed to have thought of something, and his face turned pale: "Yes, the position of the cloth strip is very—very arrogant. Consumption is a brat, I don't have the guts. I'm afraid——it will attract the poor..."

"Poor ghost?"

"Poor ghosts live in Hengshan. Some make people poor in literature, some make people poor in life, and some make people poor in wisdom. No matter what kind of poor ghosts, they will not leave once they follow them. Han Yu once did "Send the Poor Essay", but in the end, it failed to send the poor ghosts away. The 402 family seems to be in business, right? The most fearful thing is to meet poor ghosts in business, and I'm afraid there is nothing to do if you don't have a penny."

"Waste can attract poor ghosts?"

"The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest. And the red cloth was tied directly to the doorknob. It seems that the poor ghosts who came this time are not small. I'm afraid that not only will 402 suffer in the end, but our entire upstairs will suffer." Everyone gets infected."