"That thing is a snake demon."
Li You remembered what the driver said, no wonder he couldn't get out no matter what, it turned out that the snake demon was targeting him today!
When the snake demon saw Li You, it opened its big mouth excitedly, revealing two sharp fangs, and quickly slid down around the street lamp pillar.
Li You didn't dare to hesitate, turned around and ran back, hoping that the restaurant would close before it had time, and now he just wanted to see a living person.
But after running for a long time, Li You found in despair that not only could he not get out, but he could not even find his way back. The restaurant never appeared in his sight.
Not long after, Li You finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground hard, having already reached the limit of physical strength and losing hope mentally.
I graduated with a Ph.D. at the age of 28, and I was about to usher in a bright life. I didn't expect that I would die of such frustration the next day. Li You smiled bitterly. Now he was lying on the ground. His limbs didn't know whether it was because of fear or weakness. He had no strength at all. He could only wait quietly for the snake demon to kill him.
Soon, there was a sound of light footsteps coming towards him, followed by a faint yellow light.
Don't snake monsters crawl on the ground? Why are there still footsteps? Li You had some doubts in his mind.
"Senior Brother Li You, are you okay?" The footsteps stopped in front of Li You, and a familiar voice made Li You stunned for a moment, followed by overwhelming ecstasy.
"Junior Sister? Why are you here?" Li You struggled to sit up and looked at the school beauty Junior Sister in front of him with surprise. He thought he would never see a living person again. But after reacting, he said nervously: "Get out of here quickly, I don't know where the snake demon is hiding now."
But Su Jianxia didn't seem to have any reaction when he heard the snake demon, "Senior brother, can you still stand up? I will take you to a safe place."
Li You was a little surprised, which made him even more sure that the beautiful junior sister in front of him was not an ordinary person.
But Li You still stood up staggeringly. Compared with the snake demon lurking in the dark that might suck him dry at any time, the junior sister in front of him at least looked like a normal person. After all, we were in the same school for a year. If If you want to harm yourself, you don’t have to wait until now to do it.
"Junior sister, how did you find me? I just walked on this road for more than an hour and couldn't get out. It felt like I encountered something like a ghost hitting a wall. I kept going in circles on the same stretch of road back and forth. "Li You couldn't help but ask as he looked at Su Jianxia who was walking in front.
Su Jianxia pointed to a light yellow lantern held in his right hand, "The mental power of that snake demon has started to affect your perception since you left the restaurant, making you feel as if you have been moving forward, but in fact you Keep spinning in circles.
When this lantern is lit, it can make people immune to external mental invasion, so I actually saw you not long after walking. "
"Junior sister, have you been around all this time?" Li You thought. Could it be that she has been protecting me?
Su Jianxia shook his head: "I live on this street, but later my uncle felt something was wrong on the street, so he asked me to come out and take a look.
The merchants on this road are usually open until around two or three in the morning, but today all the merchants closed their doors early before eleven o'clock. It is estimated that the snake demon has done something about it. "
uncle? Li You frowned, remembering some rumors he heard about Su Jianxia when he was still in school.
It is said that Su Jianxia's parents died in a car accident when she was a child. Because no relatives at home were willing to adopt her, the police sent her to an orphanage after handling her parents' affairs. Later, it seemed that a man adopted her from an orphanage and supported her all the way to high school and college.
What was originally a good thing was passed around by everyone, and coupled with malicious speculation about the beautiful girl, the nature of the matter soon changed. In everyone's opinion, the man was just coveting Su Jianxia's beauty. In the name of adoption, he was actually keeping her. Su Jianxia did not refuse because of the man's money. The relationship between the two was actually an exchange of interests.
Rumors in the school always spread quickly, and Su Jianxia, who was involved, naturally heard this statement soon. But to everyone's surprise, she did not refute it publicly, and even had no reaction after hearing about it. She still kept talking about my uncle as usual, as if the heroine in the rumors was not her.
But now judging from what Su Jianxia said, her uncle seemed to be no ordinary person. He could save her so easily from the snake demon. Could it be that he was some kind of outsider who lived in seclusion in the busy city?
While Li You was still guessing about the identities of Su Jianxia and her uncle, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of skin rubbing against the ground from behind, and a strange sound that sounded like... a snake. Are you sending a message?
Could it be that the snake demon followed? Li Yougang's heart was relieved and he twisted his stiff neck to look back.
"Don't look back." Su Jianxia said in a deep voice.
Li You quickly steadied his head and said, "Junior sister, is there something behind..."
"The snake demon has been following us just now. It is probably a little anxious because it has never had a chance to make a move. However, since my uncle is nearby, it does not dare to make a move." Su Jianxia replied: "Just don't look back at it. Otherwise, it will be difficult to wake up after being bewitched by it.”
Li You hurriedly looked ahead, but still asked curiously: "Junior sister, is this uncle you are talking about very powerful? Even people who are not here can suppress this snake monster."
Su Jianxia didn't answer. He led Li You through two more small intersections and stopped at the door of a shop with lights on. "Okay, senior brother, this is it."
Li You looked around. This was the only shop on this road that was still open. There was a small blackboard standing at the door, and it was written crookedly with a highlighter: New Vanilla Latte, 29.9 yuan for two cups.
It turned out to be a coffee shop. Li Youxin said.
But soon, Li You seemed to realize something, and he suddenly looked up at the signboard above. The name of the store was written in extremely neat block letters on the thick wooden plaque: Chaoge.
It is indeed the same coffee shop from ten years ago!
Li You's heart was full of doubts. Could it be that it was not an accident that he walked into this coffee shop ten years ago? Is this all destined? Is that young boss still there? What is that snake monster that has been following me? Does it have anything to do with the dream you've been having lately?
Li You knew that his series of questions might only be answered by seeing the boss again, and his intuition told him that the boss of this store had not changed in the past ten years.
Su Jianxia glanced behind her, blew out the lantern in her hand, and opened Chaoge's door, "Come in, senior brother."
Li You nodded, followed Su Jianxia into this mysterious coffee shop, and looked around.
The decoration in the store is completely different from what it was ten years ago. Ten years ago, it was still a simple old-fashioned decoration with monotonous colors. Now every wall is painted with no less than four exaggerated colors, intertwined with each other.
In addition to these fancy colors, various online slogans are also randomly printed everywhere in the store, such as "I'm waiting for you in Chaoge", "The wind that misses you still blows to Chaoge" and so on. It seems that this old store has also begun to infuse Internet celebrity elements with the changes of this street.
Soon, Li You saw the young man making coffee behind the bar of the shop. In an instant, the memory of ten years ago became clear. The man in front of him and the blurry figure from ten years ago gradually overlapped.
From the age of eighteen to twenty-eight, Li You asked himself that he had taken good care of himself. During his Ph.D. studies, his income was quite considerable, and he had not left behind all kinds of expensive skin care products. But we can still see the signs of middle age in our skin condition and mental outlook.
But the man in front of me, if I remember correctly, was almost the same age as me now when I was eighteen years old ten years ago, but now he should be nearly forty, and there is not even a trace of emotion on his face. He feels old, as if he has been quietly forgotten by time in the long years, but he still maintains the elegance and elegance of ten years ago.
If it had been placed two days ago, Li You would have doubted whether he had recognized the wrong person, or whether he was a twin or something. But what he experienced in these short two hours tonight made Li You feel that demons have appeared, so if someone can live forever, it is not unacceptable.
"Uncle, I brought Senior Brother Li." Su Jianxia smiled sweetly at the man, then turned around and introduced: "Senior Brother, this is my uncle and the boss of Chaoge, Wei Ziqi."
Wei Ziqi? Why is this name so familiar? It seems that I have seen it somewhere. Li You looked at the man in a daze, but for a moment he couldn't remember. As for the questions that had just accumulated at the door, I don’t know which one to ask first.
"Jian Xia mentioned to me two days ago that something seems to be bothering Mr. Li recently." The young boss brought three cups of prepared coffee on a tray to a table in front of the bar and motioned for Li You to sit down. Down.
Li You reached out to take the coffee and thanked him, then looked at Wei Ziqi and asked tentatively: "Boss, have we met before? Also in this store?"
I thought Wei Ziqi would deny it, not wanting others to discover the secret of his immortality.
But unexpectedly, Wei Ziqi nodded, "Mr. Li has a good memory. He happened to be on this table ten years ago, and I happened to make the coffee myself."
"I still have a few questions." Li You carefully considered his words, thinking about how to express all his questions.
"I know what you want to ask. Your walk into this store ten years ago and our meeting were not deliberately arranged. It was purely accidental." Wei Ziqi looked directly into Li You's eyes, his deep black eyes as if Seeing through Li You's heart, "As for this time, if Jian Xia hadn't noticed something was wrong with you, you might have died at the intersection just now."
Li You couldn't help but shuddered and looked at Su Jianxia on the side, ready to say a few words of thanks.
Su Jianxia waved his hand, "No need to say thank you. I have read the paper you wrote before, senior brother. I feel that senior brother will definitely make a big difference in the financial field in the future. It would be a pity if he died at the hands of a snake demon."
Li You nodded. When he entered the store, he saw the way Su Jianxia looked at Wei Ziqi. Li You realized that he had always been sentimental. Even if he was single, Li You could see that. It's a girl's look of admiration. Maybe it's just pure sympathy for myself.
"Senior brother, can you now tell us what happened to you? Let's see if there is anything we can do to help you." Su Jianxia asked.
Li You didn't hesitate this time. He didn't know where the snake demon was hiding now and would come out and bite him at any time. He couldn't hide in this store forever. Maybe only these two people in front of him could save his life. .
Li You sorted out his thoughts for a while and said: "The matter is actually not complicated. Starting about seven days ago, I have the same dream every day when I sleep. In the dream..."
Although when I was dreaming, it felt like days were passing like years, but now that I am narrating it, I can summarize it in less than ten minutes.
"That's probably it." After Li You said the last sentence, he looked at the two people opposite.
Wei Ziqi didn't seem to listen to what he was saying, but kept looking at the darkness outside the window in a trance. Only Su Jianxia frowned slightly after hearing this.
"You mean, in the dream, the snake demon named Cen Biqing was married to you? And then you teamed up with a Taoist priest to kill her?".
"She is a scholar with the same name as me and she is married." Li You corrected.
Su Jianxia had a strange look on his face, "Do you think the snake demon is not dead? It's coming to you...or is it the scholar's reincarnation coming to take revenge? It's like killing the people who have betrayed you in every life?" "
Li You was speechless and didn't know how to answer for a while. She is indeed a young girl who can figure out such a bloody plot.
"Boss, what are you looking at? Is that snake demon still waiting for me outside?" Li You looked at Wei Ziqi, who was still in a trance and couldn't help but ask.
Wei Ziqi withdrew his gaze and looked Li You up and down, "It's already very late today and it's not safe outside. Mr. Li might as well stay here and go back during the day."
Li You felt happy. He had been thinking about how to propose staying here for one night, even if he slept in the hall. There is no safer place for him than this store.
"Will this disturb you? How about I sleep in the hall?" Li You remained calm and composed on the surface.
"There is still an empty room on the second floor, let Jian Xia take you up." After Wei Ziqi said that, he stood up, walked out of the shop, and came to the street outside.
"Senior brother, come with me." Su Jianxia pointed at the colorfully painted stairs beside her.
"Why did the boss suddenly go out? The snake demon should still be nearby. Is he in any danger?" Li You followed Su Jianxia with a little worry.
"It's okay that the snake demon has left. If it really hasn't left yet, then it should think about how to escape now." Su Jianxia casually pushed open a room door near the stairs, "Senior brother, today Just sleep here for the rest of the night, the sheets and quilts are all new and no one has used them."
"Ah, okay, thank you, junior sister." Li You nodded and looked at the layout of the room.
Completely opposite to the style of the first floor, the rooms on the second floor are almost all made of fine sandalwood. They are simple and elegant, exuding a fresh aroma. There are some antique calligraphy and paintings hanging randomly on the wall. Li You doesn't know much about this industry and can't see the value of these calligraphy and paintings, but judging from the overall structure of the second floor, they should be valuable.
"Senior brother, have you had a lot of drinks today? Go to bed early. I'll go downstairs to clean up and prepare to close the door." Su Jianxia said hello and turned around and walked down the stairs.
With a gentle smile on his face, Li You watched her back disappear from sight. He closed the door gently, took a long breath, took off his clothes and lay down on the bed.
After a night of thrilling and physical exhaustion, he was instantly exhausted when he touched the bed. After a while, he felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he fell asleep so deeply that he didn't even have time to notice the room. A pair of yellow eyes on the top of the street lamp opposite the window were staring at him, with two vertical pupils moving up and down.
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On the top of a street lamp not far from Chaoge, a snake demon wrapped in black robes was observing the lighted room opposite, looking for a way to approach that room.
Suddenly, the snake demon's pupils suddenly shrank together, and he looked down at the door of the store where the lights were still on. A young man in a black shirt was looking at him.
Although he was at a high place, the man's eyes gave people a condescending feeling, and even a hint of...pity?
Seeing that look, the snake demon felt inexplicably irritated. He opened his mouth and pointed his sharp fangs at the man, as if to say: "Get away, that is my prey."
Facing his own threat, the man had no expression on his face, stretched out his right hand, and pressed down gently with his palm in the air. The snake demon only felt a strong gravity hit him hard, and he smashed himself directly from the top of the street lamp to the ground. superior. The gravity has not disappeared yet, it is still pressing on him, unable to move.
The arrogance that the snake demon had just now was gone, and he looked at the man walking towards him with a look of horror.
Every time the man took a step, one of the street lights on the road was extinguished. Until he stood in front of the snake demon, all the street lights on Fusu Road had been extinguished, including the coffee shop named Chaoge. I don’t know when. It turned into pitch black.
The snake demon raised its head with difficulty and looked at the man in front of it. The man just lowered his head and glanced at it. The snake demon felt as if his heart was being hammered with a heavy weapon, and spit out a mouthful of blood. He quickly lowered his head and lay on the ground, not daring to talk to the man. Look at each other.
If Li You were here, he would be surprised to find that Wei Ziqi's original dark and deep eyes have long been replaced by emotionless ice blue. On a moonless night, they are as bright as ancient stars, overlooking the world from a high place. .
"Eight hundred years have passed since the last time we met. I didn't expect your obsession to be so deep." The man lowered his head and looked down at the snake demon lying on the ground, his voice cold.
Hearing this familiar voice, the snake demon ignored the heavy blow he had just suffered and looked up again to observe the man in front of him, his face full of disbelief.
