Red Chapter (1) Uninvited guests
Late at night, watching Lu Yuyao sleeping quietly on the bed, his mouth made a chewing motion, and his face was satisfied. Sitting on the edge of the bed, Verina stood up, stretched, accidentally glanced at the grass outside the window, tiptoed to close the light and door, and left the room.
"The little one is asleep?" On the grass, the "visitor" sat at a table, sipping her favorite black tea, holding a document on the table with a thick stack of similar papers.
"Well, I'm asleep, I'm dreaming! I guess I dreamed of something delicious. Verina poured herself a glass of hot milk and laughed.
"You're almost recovering, aren't you?" The "visitor" asked, but his gaze never took off the document in his hand.
"Well, the body is basically recovered, it's just ...... Hey, it's my fault. Verina sighed.
"As far as strategy is concerned, you didn't make much mistake, but both of you, both inherited his shortcomings, too impulsive! It's so strong! Even if the communication was blocked at that time, wouldn't you be able to contact me? You should know that I will not allow anyone to hurt you! The "visitor" put down the document in his hand, and his tone was heavy, but there was no hint of blame.
"I ...... I'm sorry. Verina lowered her head and rubbed her teacup restlessly.
"Alright, I'm not going to blame you for anything, go get some rest!" The "visitor" picked up the document again, and replaced the teacup in his hand with a black quill.
Verina flipped through the papers on the table and said, "Do you want me to help?" ”
"No!" The "visitor" refused, "Your task now is to take care of your little sister, and I will take care of these trivial matters." ”
Seeing the "visitor's" brow furrowed, Verina asked, "Bad news?" ”
"From this dimensional point of view, it's really not too good." The "visitor" wrote on the document with a quill, "The 'gravedigger' is finished, the 'Dream Weaver' is badly damaged, and more people need to be sent to watch the forest of the dead." The situation there is also deteriorating in Europe and the Americas, with more than a dozen cases in the last month. ”
"A storm is coming!" Verina looked at the sky, and the stars twinkled in the clear night sky.
"It's really not possible, only to use that force." The "visitor" sorted out the papers on the table, picked them up and walked towards the bungalow, "Oh! That's right! I'm going out tomorrow, and you can take care of the 'garden' business!" ”
"Okay, wait! You said you were going out? Are you going to? Verina's eyes lit up.
"Don't get too excited, the choice is not mine." "Visitor" said casually.
"Vier! Wei'er ......" Li Fei opened his eyes in surprise and lay on the bed, staring at the white ceiling in a daze, until the laughter of the alarm clock pulled his thoughts back to reality.
"Good morning, Mom." Li Fei said on the bed with a photo frame on the bedside table, which was a recent photo of him and his mother.
After greeting his mother, Li Fei picked up a silver necklace and lay back on the bed. Li Fei kissed the necklace lightly and held the necklace to his chest, "Wei'er, good morning." ”
After lying on the bed for a while, turning his head to look at the time on the alarm clock, Li Fei got out of bed slowly, finished washing, went out of the apartment, and went to the snack bar downstairs for breakfast.
"Li Yue, the same as usual?" The owner of the snack bar greeted Li Fei cordially.
"Well, I'm sorry for you." Li Fei smiled.
Li Yue is the name Li Fei uses now, a false identity, in order to avoid that "circle". This identity was personally handled by the "duke", and even if the public security organs came to review it, there would be no problem. As for whether the "Garden" will use this identity to track him, Li Fei is not worried at all, because he wants the "Duke" or "Visitor" to not find him, unless he hides in heaven or hell.
"Well, there's nothing troublesome or troublesome, provided you pay the rent on time." The snack bar owner made a little joke, he was both the snack bar owner and Li Fei's landlord.
For Li Fei, the landlord is very favorable, not only never in arrears of rent, but occasionally come to his small shop to help, the only doubt is that Li Fei's temperament and concept of money, not quite in line with his identity as a wage earner, when talking about rent, Li Fei accepted his first offer without thinking about it, saying that Li Fei is bold, but he doesn't take money seriously, right?
The landlord's doubts, Li Fei didn't know, he wouldn't care if he knew, for him, he just wanted to find a place to escape from that "circle" and live an ordinary life, as for the money...... Ha! The anonymous black card given to him by the "duke" simply told him: "The expenses for the rest of your life, the 'garden' is all covered!" Love how to play and how to play. ”
Li Fei did not refuse the generosity of the "duke", this was in exchange for his life, and Li Fei knew in his heart that his escape was only temporary. Sooner or later, the "duke" or "visitor", or even Verina, will come to the door in person, which is the fate that he can't escape as a "crow".
Immersed in breakfast, listening to the landlord complaining about the price, Li Fei felt very good, after two or three years of trouble, he returned to the life of ordinary people, he was very happy, but a staring gaze made Li Fei's happiness become uneasy. Looking up and searching, Li Fei seemed to see that on the other side of the road, someone was watching him, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared again.
"What's wrong?" The snack bar owner asked.
"It's okay, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm a little nervous." Li Fei looked a little embarrassed, he looked down at his watch, and then said, "Let's go, I'm late for work if I don't leave again." ”
Leaving the snack bar, Li Fei walked quickly towards the place where he went to work, walking much faster than usual, he didn't understand, why did he walk so fast, did he want to escape, or to chase?
In the crowd of office workers in the morning, Li Fei shuttled quickly. The slightly crowded streets did not hinder his speed, and people patronized themselves and hurried away, and no one noticed that in the crowd, a young man of ordinary appearance, from time to time, disappeared and reappeared.
"Here we go again!" The feeling of being watched by others appeared in Li Fei's heart again, once it may be an illusion, and twice, that is, someone is really watching him, and he has been discovered, is it friend or foe? Li Fei became uneasy.
"Otherwise, get out of here tomorrow!" Although he was a little reluctant, Li Fei still decided to go and ask the boss to resign today and leave the city tomorrow, even if the "duke" really found it, it couldn't let him succeed so easily, the game still had to be played!
It happened that a bus on the side of the road entered the station, Li Fei gave up walking, followed the flow of people and got on the bus, in a small space, Li Fei was crowded by the crowd, and he couldn't see the situation on the street, but the feeling of being watched was gone.
The wind chimes sing a pleasant and crisp song, "Welcome!" The waitress greeted her warmly, saw the person clearly, and said in surprise, "Li Yue? I came half an hour early today! How do you want to earn overtime pay? ”
"Just kidding! Is our Li Gongzi a person who is short of money? It is estimated that it is in the middle of summer, and there is nowhere to vent the heat and can't sleep! Look at his panda eyes! A waiter who was about the same age as Li Fei stopped the mop in his hand and quipped.
Only then did the waitress notice that Li Fei looked tired, with dark circles under his eyes, and was not very energetic, and said with concern: "Are you okay?" ”
"It's fine." Li Fei replied a little absent-mindedly, he really didn't sleep well last night, in the Soul Burial City, Lin Wei'er and Lu Yuyao, the experience of the two was a lingering nightmare for him, it has been more than two years, and at night he was often woken up by Lu Yuyao's figure in the firelight or Lin Wei'er's last smile in his arms.
After constantly wandering around for more than a year, he still can't forget it, Li Fei decided to come to this city, this small café, and try to return to the life of ordinary people, but it seems that his ordinary life for more than a year has come to an end.
"Is the boss there?" Li Fei asked.
"No, I'm out shopping." The waitress picked up Li and flew to the bar and walked, "Okay, the boss will come back in a while, and when he comes, he will hurry up and start work, there are a lot of guests today!" ”
"Early in the morning, how can there be any guests ......" before the words came out, Li Fei was stunned, obviously it was a weekday morning, the small café was full of seventy or eighty percent, and the strange thing was that most of them were boys, and on the street, there were many people who stopped and looked through the glass to look into the store.
"What's the situation? Today's boys' collective literature and art are fresh? Li Fei walked to the bar and began to grind coffee beans and asked casually.
"Are you deaf?" A middle-aged man who was making tea for a guest gently pinched Li Fei's ear and pointed to the corner of the café, "I can't hear it, I can't see it, you should go to the hospital for a check-up." ”
The other party had no malicious intent, but his ears still hurt a little, and Li Fei complained: "If you are not deaf, you will be deaf!" What's so nice about a piano? Hey? This piano sound? Only then did Li notice that the sound of the piano was permeating the café, and his relaxed expression suddenly became nervous.
In the position pointed by the middle-aged man, there is a piano, which is placed by the boss to add a literary atmosphere, and occasionally some customers will go up to play one or two tunes, but today this customer played the tune...... Different, quite different, Li Fei can conclude that the people in the café were attracted by the sound of the piano.
On weekdays, customers who dare to go up to play have some skills, but compared with today's piano sound, even Li Fei, who doesn't know how to do it, can feel that it is not a grade at all, and it can even be regarded as noise. The melodious, ethereal sound of the piano penetrated the souls of all listeners, and the timbre made it impossible to believe that it was played with the cheapest piano in the mall.
But what Li Fei is most worried about is that this piano sound is not played by ordinary people at all! Even when Li Fei didn't notice the sound of the piano, his mind was unconsciously affected by the sound of the piano in class, and the anxiety and uneasiness in the morning disappeared when he approached this café and came into contact with the sound of the piano......
can use the sound of the piano to affect the mood of the S-class, and the ability of those who play the piano will not be lower than that of S. Moreover, there is no hostility in the sound of the piano, it seems that someone from the "garden" has found it?
When Li Fei was thinking about all kinds of possibilities, the sound of the piano slowly stopped, the player left the piano chair, and Li Fei, who was blocked by the piano, saw the player.
"Female? COSPLAY? The player's outfit gave Li Fei a great impact.
The woman who played wore a pair of black leather boots decorated with roses. Long hair, like a waterfall, hangs down to the waist. If the hair of "Qixue" is snow, then the long hair of this player is purer and whiter than snow, sacred and a little charming.
The woman's face wears a peculiar black gold-rimmed mask, half of the mask is a smiling face, half is a crying face, weird, but beautiful.
On the snow-white and delicate neck, there is a necklace, the necklace is not big, and the pendant composed of two feathers, one gold and one black, is very peculiar.
The most attractive thing is the woman's clothes - a typical gothic outfit, black main color, wide cuffs, revealing white silk ruffle sleeves inside, tight waist, reflecting the player's incomparable wonderful posture, turned into petals on the skirt, there is the last thing Li Fei wants to see - a reverse cross wrapped in black roses.
In the eyes of everyone in the café, the player walked to a table by the window under the table, the waitress trotted all the way over, the player signaled her to bow down, and then whispered something in the waitress's ear, and trotted all the way, the waitress came to the bar as fast as she could, and said to Li Fei: "Li Yue, a cup of black tea, a slice of lemon, don't add milk, and I want you to send it over in person." ”