Chapter Twenty-Four: The Nightingale's Bar
At seven o'clock in the evening, Twilight and Yu Zhe stood outside the door of the Nightingale Bar, the red and green neon lights looked very dazzling in the dark night, because it had just started business, so there were groups of young people talking and laughing into the bar one after another.
As Mo Lin said, Yu Zhe invited Shi Duluo in front of him, and Shi Dusk agreed without thinking about it, and even made a smug look towards Mo Lin before going out.
Its twilight doesn't like such a noisy environment, but mainly because there are always shameless customers who ignore the "no smoking" sign and smoke in all corners of the bar, and the bar turns a blind eye to this kind of thing, and most of them don't pay attention to it.
But even if she didn't like it, but in the face of Yu Zhe's invitation to come here, Shi Duluo still maintained her due "etiquette", although she was recovering from a serious illness, she still gave up the thick coat and chose a light knee-length skirt and a cute leather short coat instead.
"It's all here, don't you want to go in?What are you thinking~" Twilight tilted her head and blinked at Yu Zhe, the two had been standing at the door for five minutes, but it seemed that Yu Zhe hadn't figured out which leg to take first when he walked into the bar.
It stands to reason that Yu Zhe doesn't like this kind of environment either, it is dense and noisy, and he still remembers that the last time he came to the bar, he caused a lot of commotion, and it took him a lot of effort to slip out of the police pursuit, and this place left him with no good memories.
"Nothing, let's go inside. Yu Zhe naturally wanted to take Shi Duluo's hand and walk in together, but the moment he really touched her hand, it still bounced away like an electric shock.
"I'm sorry......" Yu Zhe is a killer after all, he can kill anyone indifferently, even if this person is someone he knows, but he can't hold Shi Duluo's hand calmly, which is really ridiculous to think about.
"Eh, are you shy?" Twilight jumped in front of Yu Zhe, leaned his face over, and a pair of shining eyes went straight to Yu Zhe's face.
Yu Zhe was obviously a little overwhelmed in the face of Shi Luo's "flirtation", and now the distance between the two is less than twenty centimeters, this is the first time in his adult life that he has been so close to a non-target person.
"Don't stand stupidly, let's go quickly~" Shi Duluo's prank didn't last long, and after seeing Yu Zhe's overwhelmed appearance, he was satisfied with a short distance from him, but seeing that Yu Zhe was still standing there stiffly, he had to reach out, grab his sleeve, and walk into the bar.
The environment of the Nightingale Bar is not as chaotic as Yu Zhe imagined, although there are many people, everything seems to be running according to an established order, in front of the bar, the bartenders are bartending to the guests with very cool movements, and the folk songs sung by the singer playing the guitar on the other side of the stage also give people a comfortable feeling.
Yu Zhe was grabbed by Shi Duluo and sat down at the bar, he quickly looked at every staff member in the bar, guessing in his heart which was the acquaintance that Morin said.
"Yu Zhe, what do you want to drink?" After sitting down for a few minutes, Twilight found that Yu Zhe's mind was not on the wine at all, and his eyes were fluttering as if he was looking for someone.
"I ...... Random. ”
"Those two glasses of juice, thank you. Twilight said to the bartender.
The bartender looked at the two of them carefully, smiled, and brought out two glasses of juice and placed them in front of them.
Yu Zhe was still observing the people around him, and suddenly a figure at the door caught his attention, tall and thin, it was Ai Jun who had come to the store at noon, and there was a middle-aged man walking in front of him, presumably it was the old friend Di Minglei that Mo Lin said.
Although the two men were dressed in casual clothes, the righteousness on their faces was a little out of place with the atmosphere of the whole bar.
Yu Zhe immediately drank all the juice in the cup, took out a few bills at random, pressed them to the bottom of the cup together, dragged Twilight into the crowd, and found a table to sit down.
"Are you hiding from the creditor? Why are you in such a hurry? Shi Duluo didn't resist, let Yu Zhe drag her to sit elsewhere, and waited for him to stabilize before asking with a smile on his face.
"I didn't ...... I just like the environment here. Yu Zhe's seat was facing the bar, and he could see the situation of the two of them at any time, while Twilight sat opposite him, with his back to the bar.
Di Minglei and Ai Jun observed the situation left and right, walked straight to the bar, and ordered two drinks like ordinary customers.
The music around was too noisy, and despite Yu Zhe's best efforts, he couldn't hear what they were saying, and could only see the general movements.
In between, Di Minglei put five photos on the bar, as if he was talking to the bartender about something, Yu Zhe was anxious to hear clearly, and involuntarily leaned forward, so that he didn't notice that at this small round table, he was very close to Shi Duluo.
"Obviously, you asked me out, but you kept looking elsewhere, don't you think you're too ruthless to me. Twilight also propped her upper body on the table, holding her cheeks with her hands, and the faces of the two almost touched each other.
The lights in the bar were very dim, and the atmosphere became very ambiguous for a while, but Yu Zhe didn't care about such an atmosphere, he cared more about what Di Minglei was talking about.
"Let me guess, you're looking...... The long-legged girl in a low-cut dress on the left side of the bar. Shi Duluo looked at Yu Zhe with a smile, "Or ......"
Twilight turned his head suddenly, and Yu Zhe wanted to stop him, but he was still a step too slow.
"Oh, isn't that the same Ai Jun who went to the store today? The person sitting next to him is also very familiar......" Twilight turned around and saw Ai Jun sitting in front of the bar, and she seemed to have seen the person next to her, but she couldn't remember it for a while.
On the other side of the bar, Di Minglei had been negotiating with the bartender, while Ai Jun was looking around vigilantly, and in an instant, his gaze was about to meet the twilight.
"It's twilight. Yu Zhe didn't care so much, he held her face with both hands, turned her face back, and forced her eyes to face each other, which made Yu Zhe feel a feeling of heartbeat for the first time.
"What's wrong with you......" Twilight felt that her cheeks were supported by a pair of thick, powerful and slightly rough hands, and she couldn't move if she wanted to, so she had to let Yu Zhe's movements go.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing...... I'm sorry. Yu Zhe saw that Ai Jun didn't notice them, so he slowly let go of Shi Duluo, although he knew that it was rude, but the touch of Shi Duluo's cheeks made him reluctant to let go.
"You can't be eavesdropping on them, are you?" Shi Duluo's state of mind was not affected by Yu Zhe's actions, she leaned over and asked with a smile.
"I didn't ...... No. Yu Zhe didn't know how to explain it, so he could only be vague.
Twilight didn't speak, smiled softly, moved the chair to the side, supported her chin, and looked behind her with a slight sideways face.
The bartender said that he knew four of the people in the picture, and that they must have been here to drink, but he couldn't remember the time. ”
Twilight's posture was really uncomfortable, and he rubbed his sore neck, turned the chair sideways, and finally turned half of his body to the bar.
The middle-aged man asked the bartender if these people had been here on the nineteenth, and the bartender replied that maybe they were, but after all, it was ten days ago, and he couldn't remember for sure. ”
"You...... Can you hear it?" After Shi Dusk finished speaking, Yu Zhe couldn't stop being surprised in his heart.
"I can't hear you. Twilight turned her head and smiled, her long eyelashes fluttering slightly.
"So how do you know what they're talking about. ”
"Half of it is used to see, half of it is to guess, this is my super ~ ability ~ power ~ yo. Twilight pulled a long tail note and said mischievously.
"Can you lip read?" Yu Zhe felt a little incredulous.
"I learned it a long time ago, but I'm only a half-ass, most of the time I guess, there was once a person who was much better than me. Twilight spoke eloquently, not thinking that this was any special skill at all.
"Who is that person you are talking about?"
Shi Duluo just smiled and didn't answer, and then changed the conversation and said, "If you want to avoid them, we'd better leave now, otherwise we'll definitely bump into them later." ”
Yu Zhe nodded, stood up and walked out of the door with the twilight, but the moment he was about to go out, he was keenly captured by Ai Jun in front of the bar.
"Team Di, look at those two people. Ai Jun patted Di Minglei's arm, pointed to the door and said, "One is Uncle Mo Lin's daughter, and the other is the person who Uncle Mo Lin said was with him on the nineteenth." ”
"Let's go, follow and see. Di Minglei and Ai Jun took the photo and walked towards the door.
Outside the bar, Di Minglei quickly followed Shi Dusk and patted her on the shoulder.
"Oh, isn't this the twilight? It looks familiar to you just now, and it's really you when you look closely. Di Minglei showed an enthusiastic look and said to Shi Duluo.
"Who are you?" Twilight actually remembered the person in front of her, but chose to play dumb for the time being.
"I'm Di Minglei, your father's old friend, we met nine years ago, you may not remember me, but I remember you, that little girl with a gloomy face back then, and now she is so beautiful. ”
"Uncle Di, look at my memory, how can I forget you. Shi Duluo smiled and hugged Di Minglei, his expression was very well-behaved, "What a coincidence, why did you get here today?"
"Didn't we just get off work and come out with my little partner to relax. Saying that, Di Minglei pointed to Ai Jun next to him, and then continued, "It's you, how did you get here today." ”
Yu Zhe stood aside, not knowing how to answer, he was a little worried that Twilight would say something that was not good for him and Mo Lin, but if he interjected now, it would reveal a flaw.
"Didn't I get sick two days ago, but I finally got better recently, so Yu Zhe brought me for a drink to celebrate my recovery. Twilight said and smiled sweetly.
"That's really congratulations, the drinks in this store are really delicious, and it was Morin who introduced it to me at the beginning, and he seems to come to this store a lot. ”
"Don't talk about it, he spends his time in the bar when he's fine, and sometimes he drinks too much and asks me to pick him up. Twilight's tone was helpless with a little anger.
"This Morin, at such an age, he is still so improper. Di Minglei laughed, and when he patted it, Twilight told her not to be angry, "It's not easy to see him sometimes go out in the middle of the night." ”
The more Yu Zhe listened to it on the side, the more wrong it became, this Di Minglei was in the twilight, as long as at this time, if the twilight said something, it would inevitably deepen their suspicions.
"Isn't it? Shi Duluo frowned and sighed, "It's an old problem, when we were in City C, he always ran out in the middle of the night, and I couldn't control him, hey...... I had no choice but to go with him. ”
Yu Zhe never expected that Shi Duluo would say this, whether this happened to be true, and met Di Minglei's inquiry, or whether Shi Duluo deliberately lied, which he didn't know.
"Don't worry, he was like that when he was in school, it's useless to be anxious with him. Di Minglei smiled on the side, "Hey, we've been chatting for so long unconsciously, we should go back, and we will definitely come out to get together if we have the chance." ”
"Then we'll go back too, Uncle Di Aijun, see you next time. ”
With that, the two groups left the Nightingale Bar in both directions without looking back.