Shanguan City, Zique Town.

According to the phone call from He Chongtian's mother, Zhou Zheng got the latest clue: a month ago, someone saw Master Zhuang in a Chinese medicine shop in Zique Town.

This place is more than 1,600 kilometers away from Qingshan City.

He Chongtian drove alone for seventeen hours, starting in the morning and arriving in the early morning.

The car was parked on the old stone-paved main road in Zique Town.

The road is very narrow, and the towering cars parked on the roadside look like huge, out-of-place monsters.

Chen Xiang got out of the car and stretched her arms high, her exquisite curves instantly attracting the attention of people around her.

He Chongtian took two steps in front of her to block her, "Eat something first."

Chen Xiangyin rolled his sore neck and said, "I agree, the food in the service area is simply not for human consumption."

We walked together on a quiet street. At the end of the road, the distant mountains under the moon were blue-black, and the mist covered with moonlight drifted by, acting as a barrier to block the north wind.

It was very warm in Zique Town. After walking a few steps, the agarwood caused me to sweat, so I took off my coat and hung it on my arm.

The white-walled and gray-tiled buildings with three lanes and one screen wall make the streetscape particularly unfamiliar.

Chen Xiangyin suddenly felt that he and He Chongtian were like an ordinary couple taking a walk, and she held his arm.

She didn't even realize when she started to rely on this man who lived up to his name.

Maybe I was attracted at first sight.

Agarwood is attracted to him like the hot and intense sunrise, flames, and red maple trees.

It wasn't that she didn't care about his soul.

On the contrary, because of the crane rising into the sky, she realized and reflected for the first time: Why did she never care about other people's souls?

The streets of the small town were deserted in the early morning.

Either the items were collected cleanly, leaving a glass-covered stall empty, or the goods on the floor were covered with a piece of cloth, leaving only a few vendors with their lights on.

He Chongtian observed the surrounding shops and took the koala entwined on his arm into a wild mushroom hotpot restaurant.

There was another table of customers in the shop, six of them drinking heavily, their faces glowing red and noisy as if no one was watching.

Chen Xiangyin sat at the farthest seat from the table, taking orders on He Chongtian's mobile phone.

"He Chongtian, what do you like to eat? Porcini mushrooms should be good..." Just as he finished speaking, a call came from He Chongtian's mobile phone.

Jiang Yuexian called.

Chen Xiangyin remembers this name, it sounds nice.

She had never seen Jiang Yuexian, nor had He Chongtian mentioned it.

Every time Jiang Yuexian calls, He Chongtian takes it very seriously and avoids her to chat for a long time. His expression always looks happy.

Eight times out of ten, after He Chongtian answered Jiang Yuexian's call, he would leave for half a day to see her.

Who could she be...?

"Your phone number." Chen Xiangyin returned the phone to He Chongtian angrily.

Sure enough, He Chongtian saw the caller ID and got up to answer it outside.

Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, don't tell him what he doesn't want to say, don't ask for trouble.

Chen Xiangyin thought so and took out his mobile phone to scan the QR code to order.

No matter what He Chongtian wants to eat, let’s make some mess first.

After placing the order, I waited for a long time, but He Chongtian still didn’t come back...

Agarwood couldn't help but snorted, took out a cigarette and lit it.

The lighter made a crisp sound when pressed hard.

The man at the next table noticed her presence and thought he was discussing in a low voice.

"Brother Rui! Look at that girl, eating hotpot alone, with her back turned and you can't see her face clearly."

"The face looks the same even when the lights are turned off! Look at the back and figure, tsk tsk tsk~~ Is he alone? He can still smoke!"

"The new girl from which massage parlor nearby?"

"How dare she, alone and dressed like this, at night?"

Chen Xiangyin turned a blind eye to the chatter and laughter full of obscene meaning and got used to it.

After a long day of riding in the car, the hangover from the day before was not over yet. I was too tired to pursue anything. The owner of the hot pot restaurant heard a few people getting louder and louder to take advantage of him. He brought a pot of scented tea to the agarwood table and smiled in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I'll give you a pot of flower tea and fresh local roses."

"It's okay." Chen Xiang replied calmly.

The boss was worried that Chen Xiangyin would be frightened, and wanted to signal the guests at that table to stop. He sat at the table next to Chen Xiangyin and checked his cell phone.

A drunken guest suddenly stood up, turned around, and loudly questioned the boss.

"Why don't we have free flower tea at our table?"

The boss was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, why don't you guys have any? Don't you have any idea?

"Sorry, I have the last bit of ingredients left, so I gave it to the lady to drink, haha."

As the boss said this, he took out his cigarette and went to the table to smoke.

Chen Xiangyin sympathized a little with the boss. For the sake of the store's business, he had to pretend to be a grandson every day.

"I will pay for this tea." Chen Xiang said without raising his head as he played with Pac-Man on his phone.

The man known as Rui Ge was holding a cigarette and said, "Girl, you are not a local, are you? It's boring to eat alone, why don't you come over and eat together?"

"No need." Chen Xiangyin's tone was cold and hard.

Rui Ge didn't seem to hear her rejection, so he walked around with a wine glass in hand, "Do you know how to drink?"

When he got closer and saw Chen Xiangyin's face, his eyes instantly lit up, his blood flowed all over his body, and he even licked his lips unconsciously.

Chen Xiangyin took a deep breath of cigarette and wiped out the cigarette butt with his fingers, "Yes, but I don't want to drink with you."

The brothers behind him were still watching. Brother Rui couldn't keep his face off because of the criticism. He was about to continue teasing when the boss stepped forward to stop him.

"Brother, I'll give you a discount on today's meal. Don't scare the little girl."

Rui Ge hit the boss hard with his elbow, puffed out his chest and exuded his charm, "Discount? I'm the one who takes advantage of petty gains?"

The boss was hit with an elbow and was so painful that he held his chest.

Rui Ge continued to be arrogant: "I occupy the four-story archway at the east end of the town and open a hotel. Will it cost you a hundred or ten yuan?!"

Agarwood turned the glass in her hand, thinking about whether to do it or not.

The boss suddenly widened his eyes, "The four-story archway...you, you, you mean that ghost building?!"

Rui Ge looked proud, "You know?"

The boss took a few steps back, fearing that the bad luck would hinder him, "Who doesn't know about Zique Town? That place is not in trouble! It's very evil! In the past two years, there were people in the town who wanted to stir up trouble, but they all died!"

"Bah!" Brother Rui spat on the ground, "I have no taboos and no evil will invade me. I will avoid any ghost who sees me! Stop chattering around, you are a common man!"

The boss was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything more, so he hinted to Chen Xiangyin: "Girl, I see your boyfriend has been out for a long time. Do you want to go out and look for him? Is he lost?"

Chen Xiangyin sensed her boss's kindness, but He Chongtian was answering Jiang Yuexian's call, and she didn't want to hear anything that would cause trouble for her.

Seeing that Chen Xiang couldn't seduce him, Brother Rui simply sat down opposite her, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Chen Xiangyin was quick and kicked off the stool first, "Did I let you sit down?"

Before he finished speaking, Rui Ge sat down on the ground with a loud noise.

Several other boys immediately gathered around, and Rui Ge waved his hand to stop them from being cruel.

The light above Chen Xiang's head was blocked, and Rui Ge stood up and put his arms on the table to look down at her.

"Aren't you dressed just to seduce people? Why are you pretending to be noble?"

Chen Xiang laughed disdainfully without looking at him.

Brother Rui said in a louder voice: "Hey, don't think that nothing will happen if you don't talk. So what if you have a boyfriend? Come on, let's find a dark place to talk!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several men gathered around a human wall, staring at Chen Xiang with their hands.

Suddenly, Brother Rui was hit in the back by a chair that flew out of nowhere. He immediately bent down and threw himself on the table. He couldn't get up for a long time.

Everyone looked in the direction from which the chair flew.

The unusually tall crane towered into the sky, carrying another chair and smashing it in this direction with a ferocious and terrifying momentum.

Under the dim light, his face was sharp and menacing, his eyes were ruthless, and his murderous aura was like a tiger tearing through the air.

The second chair smashed into the wall, Chen Xiangyin raised his eyebrows and shrugged, and slowly patted Rui Ge's face lying on the table, loudly.

Chen Xiang teased: "How dare I go out dressed like this at night?"


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