On the bustling street, a young man wearing a sweatshirt hurried forward.
His expression was slightly reserved, and his uneasy eyes were hidden under his sweater and hat. Sometimes he put his hands in his pockets, looking left and right, and sometimes he lowered his head and walked forward with small and rapid steps.
This is a famous fun street nearby.
Along the two rows of stores along the street, bars, dance halls, and arcades can be seen everywhere. Some people are puffing in the corners, some are vomiting next to the trash cans and kicking the trash cans. Sexy prostitutes can be seen everywhere standing at the entrance of the alley to solicit business.
Li Xiang came to see his girlfriend.
As a white-collar employee of a listed company, Li Xiang is definitely one of the most enviable people in the Lower Ten Districts. In addition, he is good-looking and has a good temper. There are a lot of girls chasing him since he was a child.
However, he didn't like the girls his parents arranged for him to go on blind dates with good fortunes and good jobs. Instead, he became a couple with a street girl he met by chance.
The two have been together for five years, and their personalities complement each other. Although they occasionally quarrel, their overall relationship is good.
It's just that Li Xiang has never been able to fit into the circle of his girlfriend... He felt uncomfortable just walking on this bright, noisy and explicit street.
Everyone around him seemed to be looking at him with deep and malicious eyes.
After walking around for a long time, the white-collar young man who still had no clue finally couldn't help but stop. He squatted down in front of an old-looking homeless man, put down a 50-yuan currency in cash, and then asked in a low voice: " Do you know where I can buy Bak Kut Teh?"
Bak Kut Teh is a recently emerging beverage. It is said that its craftsmanship can be traced back to before the coming of hell creatures, a way of eating meat and tea that was popular in the Chinese circle.
To put it bluntly, it is a broth that is simmered slowly over low heat and mixed with various "herbal tea" medicinal materials.
When the poor people in the Lower Ten District had been eating pureed food prepared with artificial flavors for a long time and were about to vomit, the taste of this so-called real broth drink suddenly captured the hearts of many people.
Moreover, this kind of Bak Kut Teh is not expensive, only about 30 yuan a cup, which is much cheaper than those original canned foods that cost several hundred yuan... and it is packed in a plastic paper cup with cute patterns printed on it. With a straw, you can sip slowly while shopping.
Therefore, it quickly became popular on the streets, especially loved by many young girls!
But I don’t know if it’s hunger marketing or something else. This thing is not sold in large quantities, and the sales method is quite mysterious. Only occasionally can you buy a cup.
Li Xiang still remembers that his girlfriend was talking about drinking Bak Kut Teh some time ago, and one afternoon three days ago, she heard from her best friend that it was sold on Ji Le Street here. She couldn't wait for Li Xiang to get off work, so she hurried over to buy it herself. …
After that, we could no longer be contacted.
"Bak Kut Teh?" After hearing Li Xiang's question, the old beggar slowly raised his head and stared at Li Xiang's face with turbid eyes.
Until Li Xiang felt a little nervous, he slowly pointed out: "Over there, walk along the alley to the deepest point, turn right and go up to the second floor..."
"Okay, okay, thank you!" Li Xiang stood up quickly.
He ran all the way into the depths of the alley, followed the old beggar's guidance, climbed up the metal steps outside the building, and found a rusty door on the second floor.
"Is this here?" Li Xiang looked up and down at the spray-painted pattern of a plastic paper cup on the door, and nodded secretly, "It should be right."
Boom, boom, boom.
He knocked on the door and it opened quickly.
A girl with short hair and smoky makeup leaned against the door boredly, looking at him.
"What's up?"
Li Xiang hurriedly said: "Is this a place that sells Bak Kut Teh..."
"30 a cup." The girl with smoky makeup stretched out her hand lazily, "Only cash is accepted."
"No, no, I don't want to buy tea." Li Xiang scratched his head in embarrassment, "I want to find someone, my girlfriend. She may have come here to buy tea three days ago... She is about this tall and wearing a sequined blouse. , denim shorts, fishnet stockings..."
"Are you here to find someone?" The girl with smoky makeup blinked and suddenly laughed, "Maybe I have seen you before... Why don't you come in first and sit down. We have seen too many people, and we can't be sure at the moment. Go ask others to reminisce together.”
"Thank you so much." Li thought he was there, nodded gratefully, and quickly followed the girl with smoky makeup through the door.
Inside... was a dim metal corridor.
After walking for a while, I suddenly came to an indoor hall that looked like an abandoned factory workshop, with various scrapped and rusty huge machines and metal brackets scattered everywhere.
Li Xiang was surprised to see white sealed bags hanging on some metal brackets with white ropes. They were about the size of plastic snakeskin bags, but they were obviously filled with liquid, forming the shape of water droplets under the action of gravity. .
The bottom of some bags is also equipped with a structure like a beer tap under a wooden barrel.
"This is where we make and sell Bak Kut Teh." The girl with smoky makeup was very enthusiastic and invited Li Xiang to sit down on a worn leather sofa. Then she took out an unsealed paper cup and turned on one of the faucets. He took a glass of orange liquid and handed it to Li Xiang.
"You haven't had Bak Kut Teh yet. This cup is free. You can try it. It tastes very good."
"Wait here for a while, I'll call others... We have different people working every day, maybe they have seen the person you are looking for."
"By the way, your girlfriend, what's her name?"
"Chu Xiaoxuan, her name is Chu Xiaoxuan." Li Xiang answered as he stood up on the sofa, then sat back down again with some restraint and took a sip of tea...
Immediately, my eyes lit up. It’s not unreasonable for this drink to be popular. It tastes really good. It has the aroma of meat, the mixed fragrance of several plants, and a hint of spiciness...
"You drink slowly." The girl with smoky makeup smiled sweetly and left quickly.
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"What, that so-called bak kut teh, does it have the toxin of the immortal spider in it?"
In the transport plane, Lupine raised his eyebrows slightly as he listened to Lila explaining the relevant information about the mission, "So, what we are going to deal with this time is a small group that may be composed of several undead spiders? And this group, Actually disguised as an ordinary gang that makes and sells drinks?"
"Most of the sequelae of failed immortals are eating human flesh and drinking human blood... Will they do business honestly?"
"This is what I'm going to say next..." The wolf girl took a deep breath and her tone became serious, "The Fire Phoenix Gang conducted multiple component tests on the collected cup of bak kut teh, and not only trace amounts of... Spider toxins, and the DNA source of the broth was even detected..."
"It's just human flesh."
