All rivers return to the sea, I return to you

"Officer Li, your beef noodles are ready. There is garlic on the table and you need sauerkraut to pick it up in the jar." The boss quickly brought a bowl of steaming vermicelli and placed it in front of Li Chuan, then rubbed his neck habitually. Another person beside him said: "Your noodles need to be boiled for a while to become chewy, and they are not as fast as his soft vermicelli. Wait for a while and it will be ready soon."

The person next to him looked good-looking, but his expression was sluggish, his face lacked a trace of blood, and he had a pair of heavy dark circles under his eyes, as if he had been greatly frightened.

He grinned his lips in a friendly manner, trying to raise an arc upwards, that smile was even uglier than crying, and his eyes were faintly glinting upon closer inspection.

Li Chuan picked up a pair of chopsticks vermicelli, which was not only covered with emerald green scallions, but also fiery red peppers and crushed peanuts. He was not afraid of being scalded, biting down a big bite and sighing in satisfaction.

Gulu Gulu drank two mouthfuls of the soup, put down his chopsticks and gave the boss a thumbs-up and shouted: "Boss, the taste is still as good as ever. It's just that there are fewer customers in your shop? I remember that there are almost no seats at this point. Sit."

The boss wrinkled his face and said, "I don't know why. The business has been getting worse and worse in the past two months. Except for a few old customers, almost no one came."

Li Chuan didn't know how to comfort the boss, so he said, "Then cut half a catty of stewed beef for me and I'll take it away."

By the time the noodles came to the table, his bowl had already bottomed out.He stood up and poured two glasses of water, handed it to the person next to him and said, "Please put less chili, the chili here is very hot, I'm afraid you won't be used to it."

Teng Jinming was newly transferred to their town by his superiors, or he was a precious guy who begged his grandpa to tell his grandma, and his lips were thin.

Although Huqing Town, which is as big as a palm, cannot be said to be prosperous, it is extremely rich in aquatic products due to its proximity to the sea.There are several small fishing villages nearby, and the scenery is good.

"This case is very difficult. One person has already died." Li Chuan and the others have been working on this case for two days and nights, but they still haven't come to any results.

"Could it be on the fish that Zhao Yan raises?" Teng Jinming looked at the delicious noodles and smacked his mouth.

After listening to his words, Li Chuan was thoughtful, "Fish?"

"Yes, anyway, I think that fish is very weird." Teng Jinming took a sip of water after speaking, and continued to eat noodles.

"Hurry up and finish eating. I'll ask Zhao Yan to bring the fish over later, and you can get the blood test report."

"Okay, but female director, let me tell you that I have submitted an application to transfer to another department, and the result will be out as soon as next week." Teng Jinming's face was flushed red, and there were big beads of sweat on his forehead, " I will come back to see you at that time, the female director must remember to miss me."

"I've said it all, don't believe me if you don't put a little chili pepper in it. If it's so spicy, you can't drink your saliva quickly. Also, my surname is Li." Li Chuan hammered his sore shoulder, thinking about it, he should not tell the truth. It's so easy to get things done, let alone their department.

"I'm a suave young man, I've been here for less than half a month, and I've been scared off ten catties of flesh. If I stay here..." Teng Jinming's face turns pale when he thinks about the cases he has to deal with when he stays here. , quickly took a bite of the delicious noodles and was shocked.

Lichuan's department is equivalent to a literary department that sorts out data on non-human creatures. There are departments like this everywhere. In addition to the data collection team, there are also special research groups and other strange groups in the department.

But Huqing Town is small, currently there are only Li Chuan and him in this department.Due to the serious shortage of manpower, the two of them had to sort out documents and observe those things, and even helped investigate some weird cases from time to time.In Li Chuan's words, two people will feel more secure if they see a ghost than one person.

"Well, you can leave after the formalities are completed." Li Chuan saw that he had almost eaten, and stood at the counter with half a bag of beef to pay the bill.

Hearing Li Chuan's words, Teng Jinming put down the bowl and covered his heart and said, "Female director, can you show a little reluctance?"

Li Chuan watched him go out with a half smile but not a smile, and Teng Jinming was inexplicably sad when he saw Li Chuan's back. After he left, Li Chuan was the only one in this place dealing with those unknown things alone.

Shaking his head, Teng Jinming thought of the bustle and hustle and bustle of big cities, where young people struggle.Now he stays with a middle-aged old man chatting and drinking tea every day, and what he talks about most is either that the grave is haunted or something climbed up from the sea again, what is it?

Seeing that Li Chuan had gone far away, he hurriedly followed him. When he reached the intersection, Li Chuan yawned and waved goodbye to Teng Jinming. He didn't turn around until Teng Jinming disappeared from Li Chuan's back.

There were not many people waiting for the bus at the bus stop. There was a young man wearing earphones listening to music, a female high school student reciting words with a small dictionary, and a girl looking around.

At first glance, this girl looks cold and unremarkable, but upon closer inspection, she is quite pretty, and meets Teng Jinming's aesthetic standards anyway.He couldn't help but take a second look. The girl's eyebrows were thick, her skin was a healthy wheat color, and her eyes were deep pools that could not be seen to the bottom.As she moved, she revealed her wrist tied with a piece of black rope, and a small golden bell was dropped from that black rope.

She was dressed casually, a plaid shirt and overalls, with one high and one low trouser legs, a pair of flip-flops under her feet, and a hole in her socks.A braid was casually tied behind the head, just hanging down to the waist, and a large gray canvas bag was slung over the shoulder, which was bulging and full of things.

Sensing his gaze, the girl looked up, the knife-like gaze made his heart skip a beat, so she quickly turned her eyes away.Why is she so pretty that the girl is so fierce, her eyes are almost freezing to death.

Teng Jinming took another sneak peek while the girl was looking for something with her head down, and saw a furry paw handing out a bus card from the canvas bag.

Teng Jinming rubbed his eyes, and saw the girl patted the bag and stood there waiting for the bus.A few more people came one after another, and the platform suddenly became crowded, and everyone stretched their necks to watch the passing vehicles.

After waiting for almost 10 minutes, a white bus wobbled into everyone's sight. Fortunately, there were not many people on the bus.

As soon as the door opened, everyone rushed in, and Teng Jinming was the last one to get in.After swiping the card, the driver drove away before he stood still.

Inertia made him jump forward, and a slap just hit the girl's canvas bag.

"Squeak..." an animal's head popped out of the bag, and the girl quickly pushed it back, pinching the mouth of the bag and looking at Teng Jinming vigilantly.

"Sorry, I didn't stand firmly just now." Teng Jinming quickly apologized, went to the back to find a pull ring and stopped.

But he always felt a vague gaze around him, took a deep breath, and the hand holding Griphook turned pale.

What was that just now?kitten?puppy?The scene in his mind is lingering, taupe, two small pointed ears, round and protruding eyes are... otters!

Teng Jinming looked further ahead and there was no shadow of a girl there, and immediately turned his head and glanced at the platform left behind by the car from the window. The girl in a plaid shirt was standing on the side of the road with a bag on her shoulders. Plugged in a headset.

Sighing, he pinched the bridge of his nose, and sure enough he fell ill from being frightened by those things.

A green bus staggered past Xie Qingyao, there were not many people on board, she pulled up the strap of her satchel, took a breath but didn't squeeze on it.

Looking at the buttocks of the car going away, she patted the canvas bag on her body angrily.It was a dusty bag without any pattern, but it had a large capacity and was convenient for storing things.

A pair of round eyes and a pair of fluffy little claws protruded from the edge of the "Zhi" cloth bag.

Xie Qingyao shook the bag vigorously, and glared at the little guy in the bag, "I told you not to run around, don't run around, but I didn't listen! I'll let Wang Jinshu take care of you when I go back!"

Wang Jinshu is the real name of the drowned ghost in the family. When he first took office, he introduced himself as the second child in the family, so Li Siyu called him Wang Ermao out of his mind. Later, he thought the four words were not easy to pronounce, so he just called him It's pockmarked.It was also because Li Siyu called him by his name indiscriminately that Mazi would punish them in different ways every year.Ghosts have taboos, and names are a big taboo for them. If the name is wrong, they will not receive the things burned by their family members on the Ghost Festival, which is their only connection with the present world.

No one answered Xie Qingyao, but a fluffy paw protruded from the edge of the cloth bag, shook it, and then tremblingly handed out a small biscuit.

"Don't eat or eat, you are the best at coaxing people, don't fool me with biscuits. If I hadn't run fast just now, we would be finished today! I will settle accounts with you when I get back!"

There was no movement in the bag, Xie Qingyao looked at the bus stop sign.

The location of Tuyuan Village is remote, but it is miraculously able to connect with the city, so the city leaders gritted their teeth and stomped their feet to get through the mountain blocking the outside, and built a road to get out.

The platform was soon full of people again, all stretching their necks to watch the passing vehicles.

Spring is coming to an end, and the climate in coastal cities is always much warmer.Most of the people put on short sleeves. Behind the platform was a big tree with green branches protruding from the huge crown, leaving a large shadow.

Xie Qingyao heard a very small sound of insects. She rubbed her hands, thinking that Li Siyu would like the things in the bag.She scared people so badly yesterday that Li Siyu didn't talk to her all day today.In order to coax Li Siyu, Xie Qingyao went to the market to buy her the shoes that Li Siyu was not willing to buy last time.

Xie Qingyao was thinking about how to quietly deliver the shoes to Li Siyu without appearing deliberate and awkward, when there was a big movement in her hand.

Opening the cloth bag, Huang Xiaobai kept jumping and rolling in the bag excitedly, Li Siyu pinched it with one hand, glanced left and right, and said, "What are you doing? Be safe, if that person finds out, you will suffer. "

A voice came from the bag, sounding very excited: "There are delicious food nearby, very fragrant."

Huang Xiaobai put his paws on his head, his nose kept moving and his tail swayed cheerfully. Xie Qingyao almost couldn't catch it, so she lowered her voice and asked, "What is it? Why didn't I hear it?"

"I don't know, it's really very fragrant..." It paused for a while, lowered its paws, and said with drooping eyelids, "There is also a faint smell of blood, and it probably won't live long."

Hearing what it said, Xie Qingyao patted it to make it quieter, and turned to look at the people waiting for the bus.

His eyes were on a girl who was in a hurry. Her face was as white as a sheet of paper, but she looked relieved. She was holding a transparent plastic bag carefully in her hand, and there was a small silver-white fish in the bag. .

Xie Qingyao curled her lips at last and did not follow.

Instead, I heard Huang Xiaobai say, "Zhao Yan?"