6 · Chapter 6
It started to drizzle. Not long after Xiao Heng left early, Chen Zui said that we would meet again next time and walked out of the bar. At this moment, he was standing in the alley on the side of the bar. It was called an alley, but it was just a gap between two buildings. Usually, few people would walk here.
He held up a black umbrella. The man did not stand straight, but leaned forward with the umbrella handle in his hand, blocking all the rain in front of him.
The lights on the main road cast a hazy shadow on half of his body in the rain, making him look like a god.
Jiang Mo came out of the bar in a depressed and gloomy mood. He looked up at the rain. Under the light, the rain was like fluttering butterflies. It was not a heavy rain, nor a light rain. But no matter how big or small, he did not have an umbrella in his hand.
He was not afraid of the rain. Perhaps his head needed the rain to clear its mind.
Jiang Mo walked silently into the rain without any hurry. He turned left and suddenly heard a cat's meow when passing the alley, which attracted him to stop and turn around to look.
In the alley, a man in a neatly tailored suit was holding a black umbrella. The night wind blew a corner of his clothes, revealing the white shirt underneath. The ironed shirt stuck to his body, and one could feel the man's sturdiness.
In front of the man sat a kitten. The kitten was black with a pair of white paws that were neatly folded in front of the man. The kitten tilted its round little head up to stare at the man, and occasionally licked its mouth with its pink tongue.
It was contained under the black umbrella, keeping all the wind and rain away from it.
Jiang Mo was lost in thought as he watched this scene. The man squatted down, raised one foot, and wrinkles appeared on his shiny leather shoes.
Then he reached out and gently touched the kitten's head.
In the darkness of night, under the curtain of rain, the outstretched hand was illuminated by the headlights of a car turning on the main road, emitting a holy light, as if with a touch of divinity.
The man left the black umbrella with the kitten and stood up in the rain.
The man turned around unexpectedly, and Jiang Mo suddenly met the pair of dark eyes behind the lenses.
It's him.
Chen Zui glanced at the silly Jiang Mo and then looked away. He walked calmly towards the entrance of the alley where Jiang Mo was. When he passed by Jiang Mo, he paused for a moment and said with a smile: "Don't grab the kitten's umbrella."
After saying that, he left without staying.
Jiang Mo was still standing there in a daze. The little kitten turned its head and looked at him curiously. The man and the cat stared at each other for a long time until Jiang Mo came back to his senses after hearing another cat meow.
He didn't recognize himself.
That's right, he might not even remember who he is.
Maybe he didn't even remember what he looked like that day.
Jiang Mo felt a little lost for some reason. He moved the kitten to the wall where the wind was less. He squatted in front of the kitten, stared at the round little head, and slowly put his hand on it.
He lowered his eyelashes, and at this moment it was hard to tell what he was touching.
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Aotian: [Wow, the favorability has increased to 7. That means if we increase it tenfold, we can fulfill one of the conditions.]
It still sounds promising.
Chen Zui: [After all, you are so powerful. You can make it rain and turn into a little wild cat.]
Aotian was flattered by his praise: [Hehe, no way, this is nothing. If you need anything in the future, just tell me anytime.]
Chen Zui steered with one hand: "Thank you, but please stop the rain. After all, there are so many stray animals without umbrellas."
Aotian: [Okay.]
The rain outside stopped almost instantly. The wipers swept across the car window. Chen Zui didn't drive the car far before parking it on the side of the road. Not long after, he saw from the rearview mirror that Jiang Mo appeared on the electric vehicle lane next to him, riding a shared bicycle.
Chen Zui raised his eyebrows. He seemed to see something in the man's arms...
Shared bicycles are like a gust of wind blowing by.
He didn’t know if it was Chen Zui’s illusion, but he felt that Jiang Mo didn’t seem so gloomy at the moment.
He stepped on the accelerator lightly and followed.
Jiang Mo first went back home and then came out again with a shoe box in his hand. Chen Zui followed him lightly. With his skills as a mercenary, it was very easy for him to avoid being discovered by Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo went to a green belt in the community.
Chen Zui hid beside a building not far away and watched. Jiang Mo looked around but didn't seem to find what he wanted. He walked out of the green belt with his long legs and went to another green belt.
Chen Zui was a little curious about what he was looking for?
This time Jiang Mo found it, and Chen Zui also saw clearly what was in his hand under the street light. It was a mousetrap with a fat big mouse stuck on it, which seemed to be dead.
Chen Zui: Rat?
Thinking of the little thing he saw in the man's arms before, he wondered if he was going to use this to feed...
Jiang Mo put the mouse into the shoe box he had been holding, and then took the box into the building where Chen Xiu lived. Chen Zui's reaction at this moment was relief. Fortunately, it was not what he thought.
Jiang Mo placed the dead mouse at the door of Chen Xiu's house. He stared at the door, as if he could see inside through the door panel. It was gloomy and scary. After a while, he withdrew his gaze and left.
When Jiang Mo got home, he first checked every corner of the house. There was nothing extra. He opened his laptop and called up the newly installed surveillance. After confirming that no strange people appeared, he was completely relieved.
Just about to collapse on the sofa.
"Meow~"
The little kitten on the ground cried out, raised its little paw to scratch the sofa but got caught on the sofa. Jiang Mo stared at it and began to rescue the kitten.
Chen Zui was soaking in the bathtub, the flameless aromatherapy emitting a faint fragrance, and a glass of red wine was placed on the small table next to him. He picked up the goblet with enjoyment.
The mellow taste of wine lingers between lips and teeth.
His face flushed slightly from soaking in the water, and he belatedly realized: [He doesn't have a hobby of dissecting small animals, right?]
Aotian: [The book doesn't mention that he has this hobby, so that's probably why he doesn't. The book says that the dead animals he uses to scare Chen Xiu are all found by him. Stray cats, dogs, and mice are easy to kill, so if you're careful, they're easy to find.]
Aotian: [I just don't understand why he likes Chen Xiu and wants to scare him with the dead bodies of small animals.]
Chen Zui: [This is a kind of demonstration.]
Aotian: [I see. Is the wine delicious?]
Chen Zui swallowed a mouthful of red wine: [It doesn’t taste good.]
Aotian was surprised: [Then why did you continue to drink? ]
Chen shook the wine glass lightly, and the bubbles in the bathtub almost covered his entire body. His skin was a healthy white, his broad shoulders were exposed, his collarbone was straight, and a pool of water was stuck in his collarbone and couldn't get out. Under the shaking light, it looked like a crystal clear scale covering his body.
Chen Zui: [For that light and pleasant feeling.]
He raised his glass.
Jiang Mo woke up from his dream and took out the mobile phone from under the pillow. He didn't receive any "?" message, which made him look less nervous. He opened the monitoring app and looked outside the door, but didn't see anyone.
He was about to put away his phone when he suddenly noticed the corner he had just seen on the surveillance camera.
He sat up suddenly.
The hairs on his body stood up one by one. He reopened the monitoring app, adjusted the angle of the camera outside the door, and pointed the lens at the ground. He saw a familiar shoe box.
In this silent night, it was placed there quietly.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Jiang Mo's forehead. He looked as if he had been dead for three days. The box was definitely not sent back by Chen Xiu. Chen Xiu didn't have the courage to do that.
That bastard must have put this box here!
That is to say, he knew what he had done to Chen Xiu, he knew everything... He was telling himself that he knew everything, he was threatening himself...
Jiang Mo slammed down on the bed.
My eyes are almost red.
Chen Xiu, who had been spied on by him all night, slept well thinking of Xiao Heng. Chen Zui, who had drunk some wine, also fell asleep with a relaxed brow. Only Jiang Mo got out of bed, turned on the light in the living room, opened the door and stared at the box at the door as if confronting him.
There were two more words on the box: Open.
Simple as a command.
Jiang Mo knew what was in the box. He had put it in there himself, but since the other party had left such a hint, the things inside must have been replaced.
There was a thought telling him that it was Pandora's box and could not be opened.
But driven by human curiosity, Jiang Mo opened the box. His pupils suddenly shrank and his body trembled uncontrollably with anger.
Inside was a photo.
He took the photo himself and sent it to the other party.
"Hold!"
Jiang Mo growled, and angrily but helplessly kicked the box downstairs. He leaned against the door, gasping for breath, and was almost driven crazy by torture.
The photo flew up lightly as the box rolled down and landed on the stairs.
Although there is no face.
Jiang Mo's eyes rolled away. He hadn't even looked at it after the filming. Did he reveal so much? That thing was almost completely exposed!
His pale face suddenly turned red.
Actually, he is good-looking, especially when he blushes.
Jiang Mo ran out, picked up the photo, tore it into pieces and threw it into the trash can.
He ran to the bedroom and took out his cell phone. His anger made him call directly instead of sending another message.
Answer the phone for me!
You damn guy!
He bit his lip and walked around in circles in the living room.
Chen Zui was woken up by his cell phone. After seeing the call notification, he became much more awake. He turned over and pressed the answer button.
He actually got through, but the person on the other end fell silent.
Only the breathing sounds of the two people in this late night, going back and forth between the two ends of the phone, fell into each other's ears.
One is about to lose control.
A steady one.
“Pah.”
Jiang Mo instantly arched his body like a cat with its fur standing on end, and then he realized that it was the sound of a lighter.
The other person is smoking.
At this moment, the other party could still smoke leisurely.
This made him angry.
Chen Zui listened to the increasingly rapid breathing from the other side, and Jiang Mo was almost unable to hold it back.
Losing control is the first step to negotiation failure.
"What exactly are you going to do?" Jiang Mo asked.
"I don't like your camera." Chen Zui puffed out smoke.
"Do you want Chen Xiu to know the truth?" He asked with a smile, and that smile was like a knife of lingchi to Jiang Mo.
Chen Zui: "General, baby."
【Author’s words】
Beta Top Becomes a Romance Show Heartthrob
Copywriter:
Xu Qingnan is a Beta who is ruthless and quiet, and his favorite thing is money.
The cousin who was in charge of coordinating the show brought him to the rescue.
"The other guys are all talented and don't like Beta. Don't worry, cousin, we'll just be bystanders."
Xu Qingnan didn't even raise his eyelids.
Cousin: “There’s money to be had.”
Xu Qingnan: "Deal."
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"Island of Hearts" is a brand-new holographic amateur love variety show. All personal information is concealed and the recording locations are randomly switched, so that you can have a happy adventure at home, no, it is the beautiful wish of falling in love!
Although they are amateurs, the currently announced lineup includes:
Founder of a well-known clothing brand;
The prince of a veteran entertainment company;
President of Upstart Technology;
A boxer who has won three consecutive world-class championships;
A talented writer whose books are hard to come by;
And an unknown illustrator.
Audience: The last one is just here for show, right?!
Xu Qingnan: Yes.
Xu Qingnan has already mapped out his own route:
Act as a chef for dinner parties, speak less during group activities, and feel embarrassed to meet in person.
Take the money and leave in a month.
The opposite happened.
When the chef ended up following him, he kept shouting about wanting to repay the favor for no apparent reason;
All group activities were five, and even a bug would be scared and run towards Xu Qingnan;
Just as the word "tired" came out of my mouth during the offline meeting, the other five people said in unison: "Then I'll take you home."
Xu Qingnan: "Thank you, I'm awake now."
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the gender of the only Beta was finally made public on the last day.
Xu Qingnan finally breathed a sigh of relief. These top-notch people should have given up, right?
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Once again, the opposite happened.
The night of confession, the ultimate 1v5.
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