The hands of the clock turned around again, making a subtle "click" sound, but it was particularly harsh in the empty room. Yu Zhe was very irritated by the noise, but he was exhausted, lying quietly on the sofa, without the strength to stand up and turn off this annoying clock, his godless eyes were bloodshot, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night.

Yu Zhe rubbed his swollen and painful temples with his hands, all along, every time he completed his "work", he would have insomnia, he was used to it, but in the past six months, this situation has become more and more serious, from the first ten hours, to the last twenty hours, so that this time he has insomnia for more than forty-eight hours, which makes him feel very abnormal, and even has the idea of using drugs to help sleep, but he quickly gave up this idea, after all, for him, sleeping too heavy is a very dangerous thing.

Yu Zhe's work is not honorable, he is a killer, as is written in many novels, he has no relatives, no friends, and is always alone.

In the past four years, Yu Zhe no longer even remembers why he chose to enter this industry and why he stayed, but what is the important thing, he has become accustomed to such a boring life, so used to it that he never thought of changing it.

"Knock knock" There was a knock on the door.

Yu Zhe "Teng" bounced up from the sofa, and there was already a dagger taken out from under the sofa in his hand, he was used to putting the weapon within his reach, in order to deal with all kinds of possible emergencies, but fortunately, he had lived a very stable life over the years, and so far there has been no enemy to come to the door to retaliate against him.

"If you're here to sell, please leave, I don't need anything. ”

Even though he thought to himself, "This is not going to be a dangerous situation." But Yu Zhe still cautiously hid behind the sofa and shouted towards the door.

"Ah, we're not here to sell...... If it's convenient, can you open the door?"

There was a female voice outside the door, although it was not the kind of sweet voice like water and song, but it was slightly magnetic, which made Yu Zhe extremely comfortable to listen to.

I don't know if it's because of this voice, Yu Zhe's vigilance was half lowered, but he still remained cautious, holding the dagger in his hand, and slowly approached the door, he didn't choose to open the door directly, but stuck it on the cat's eye of the door to observe the situation outside.

There were two people standing outside the door, a man and a woman, the woman looked young and in her twenties, holding a delicate small box in her hand, the voice just now should have come from her, and the man behind her looked much older, about fifty years old, and the bag in his hand contained many small boxes that were the same as those in the woman's hand.

"What do you want to do?" Yu Zhe opened the door a small crack and asked coldly.

"Good morning!" replied the woman, the smile on her face as pleasant as the warm winter sun, "My name is Twilight, this is my father Morin, we are new here, so we made some small gifts to share with the neighbors." ”

"Your last name ......"

"Well...... this" Twilight smiled a little embarrassed, "After my mother died, I changed my mother's surname to commemorate her"

"I'm sorry. ”

"It's okay~" Twilight handed the small box out with both hands, "This is a cookie I baked with my own hands, please accept it." ”

Yu Zhe hesitated for a moment, inserted the dagger into the special sleeve on his belt, and only then opened the door completely, and he carefully observed the two people outside the door.

Twilight seems to be taller than the average girl, and she looks very ordinary at a glance, but if you look closely, she has bright eyes and bright teeth, sword eyebrows are slightly raised, and her goose-egg-shaped face is quite cute, but her black hair seems to have been dyed, dull, and looks rough and messy.

And the man named Morin is very strong, with thick eyebrows and fine eyes, very three-dimensional facial features, his hair seems to be waxed, neatly combed, and a deliberately left beard, which makes his whole person reveal a mature and charming temperament.

Yu Zhe reached out and took the small box handed by Twilight, which was lighter than expected, not like it contained something dangerous.

"Thank you. ”

Yu Zhe planned to close the door directly, but was stopped by Mo Lin.

"Wait a minute, please. ”

"Is there anything else?"

"Actually, there's nothing else to do, just can you tell us your name? We live next door, and we can come and help you if you need anything." ”

is different from the sincere smile of the twilight Mo Lin has a more "professional" smile on his face, and he is well-mannered, but this kind of temperament makes people feel "can't guess", which makes Yu Zhe feel a little scary.

"I don't have to tell you. ”

Yu Zhe still replied simply, although he found that Mo Lin seemed to want to say something, but he slammed the door shut before he could say anything, he didn't want to have anything to do with anyone, although this behavior was rude, but these two people often appeared in his life.

After closing the door, Yu Zhe felt that something was still wrong, and looked out at the reaction of the two from the cat's eye again, they were stunned for a moment, then smiled at each other, their expressions were a little helpless, and then they went to knock on the door of the next house.

After confirming that the two people had left completely, Yu Zhe took the box back to the sofa and sat down, carefully checked the outer packaging, there was nothing abnormal, opened it carefully, and it was indeed a package of carefully baked cookies, and the seal of the inner packaging was also pasted with cartoon stickers, which looked delicate and cute.

After repeatedly confirming that there was nothing in the biscuits, Yu Zhe threw a whole bag of biscuits into the trash can along with the packaging, even if there was no problem with the appearance, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be anything abnormal in the ingredients.

Yu Zhe walked to the window and opened the heavy curtains, and in an instant, the sunlight outside the window quickly poured into the room, and the dim room lit up all of a sudden.

Looking out the window, it is still the familiar scenery, the fourth district and the seventh street are still as lively as in the past, and the streets are full of people and traffic, but this scene makes Yu Zhe feel very illusory, as if it is about to disappear in the next moment.

Yu Zhe casually found a coat, and used a scarf to cover his face, and went out, he used to go to the small café downstairs every day to sit, find a window position to observe the passing pedestrians, in a sense, this is also a little fun of his boring life.

On the way downstairs, Yu Zhe met the father and daughter again, they were delivering cookies to the other residents downstairs, the girl named Twilight always had a smile on her face, she seemed to be very talkative, she could get acquainted with those residents in a few words, and the man named Mo Lin had been standing behind Twilight and did not say a word.

Yu Zhe stared at Shi Dusk's face, and was a little fascinated for a while.

"Maybe they'll be good neighbors in the eyes of others. Yu Zhe sighed in his heart, although he had only met once, but these two people, mainly the girl named Shi Duluo, always made him feel a sense of peace of mind, and this "peace of mind" came from many aspects, but he was a killer after all, and any extra emotions were dangerous to him.

Yu Zhe tugged at the scarf again, tried to block his face more tightly, and walked down the stairs quickly, but was still noticed by Shi Duluo.

"We met again so soon~" Twilight smiled brightly and waved to greet Yu Zhe, as if the girl's attitude towards him had not changed because of his rude behavior.

Yu Zhe stopped, looked back at Shi Duluo stiffly, didn't know how to answer for a while, hesitated for a moment, nodded to her, and then quickly turned to leave.

For some reason, Twilight has a natural contagion, which even touches Yu Zhe, and he tries to keep himself calm so that others don't see his mood changes.

There is a small and inconspicuous café on Seventh Street in District 4, just a few streets away from Yu Zhe's house, and although the owner of this shop is skilled in making coffee, business is very bleak, because more people still prefer big brand coffee shops than such lesser-known small shops.

But Yu Zhe has a soft spot for this place, he likes the taste of the coffee very much, and of course, more importantly, the shop is rarely frequented, and he likes the quiet environment.

But today seems to be a little different, usually even if there are no customers, this store will be open all day, but today it is still the morning, and this store has a "closed" sign, which is really a bit abnormal.

Through the big window, Yu Zhe saw that the owner of the store was busy doing something, and just wanted to leave, but was seen by the owner of the store, and the boss hurriedly put down the things in his hand and pulled Yu Zhe into the store.

Walking into the store, Yu Zhe found that the entire store was almost empty, except for the tables and chairs and the cabinets where all kinds of coffee beans and coffee pots were once placed, everything else was packed into boxes by the boss and packed neatly, and even the decorative patterns originally pasted on the glass were cleaned up.

"What are you ......" Yu Zhe looked around, and he could already guess the situation, but he still asked the boss carefully.

"Business is really sluggish, and after so many years, I can't support it anymore. ”

The boss sighed softly, he was really reluctant to this shop where he had paid all his heart, but he was even more reluctant to Yu Zhe, a customer, because only Yu Zhe would come to his store every day, and would sincerely praise the coffee he brewed was delicious, thinking of this, the boss felt a little sad, patted Yu Zhe on the shoulder and added.

"But don't worry, I've transferred the shop to a father and daughter, and they said they would continue to make a café, and I've seen that daughter's craftsmanship, and it's really better than me, who has been in a café for a few years, so if you want to drink coffee in the future, you can still come here." ”

"It's going to be out so soon...... But compared to this thing....... You transferred the store to ...... A father and daughter?" Yu Zhe felt a little headache, and two figures unconsciously appeared in his mind.

"Yes, the father and woman look pretty good, but it's strange that their surnames are different, alas, but you can't ask more about this kind of thing, and it's not good if you ask about people's sore spots......"

"Sure enough......" Yu Zhe's head hurt even more, from the beginning, Mo Lin and Shi Duluo appeared in all corners of his life with a very high frequency, which made him suddenly have a strange feeling of being targeted.

After chatting with the boss casually, Yu Zhe left, and on the way home, he deliberately took a detour to a house that had not been inhabited for a long time, and while the pedestrians were not paying attention, he quickly pried open the mailbox of the house, put all the things in his pocket, and then left the scene as if nothing happened.

Back at home, Yu Zhe spread the contents of his pocket on the table and examined it carefully, a set of beautifully printed postcards, each with a short poem or two written on it.

After arranging and reorganizing these small poems, Yu Zhe finally got a sentence.

"Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, the final payment. ”