Chapter 15: Ripples in the Mirror
Successfully mortgaged a meal with a steel hammer, Mu An'an devoured it quickly, and when his stomach was swollen and he was about to get up and leave with a satisfied burp, the waiter little girl ran to him angrily with a steel hammer and blocked his way.
"You lied to me, this isn't a collector's edition dinar at all!"
I didn't expect to be recognized in the end, but now that I am full of wine and food, now that the goal has been reached, Mu Anan will no longer deceive, and simply admit it generously.
"I'm sorry, little girl, it's really not a dinar, I just made up those words on a whim. ”
The little girl thought that Mu Anan would quibble a few words, but when she heard him admit so quickly, she pointed at Mu An'an's nose for a while, but she didn't know what to say.
"You...... You ......"
Mu An'an gently brushed away the little girl's onion finger and smiled: "Don't worry, although this coin is not worth much, it is also very important to me, so I will not pay the bill." ”
Mu An'an is telling the truth, he really values this steel hammer that he got by chance, not that the steel hammer has any special meaning to him, he just feels that this steel hammer contains strange power.
"Who wants your broken coin?"
The little girl threw the steel hammer into Mu An'an's face, looking very resentful, she obviously would not believe Mu An'an's words anymore.
The little girl didn't use much strength, but who knew that the coin hit Mu An'an's scarred nose at once, and two wisps of bright red blood suddenly flowed out of his nostrils.
Mu An'an caught the steel hammer that slipped off his face, he didn't feel anything, but he saw that the little girl was staring at him nervously, he realized the warmth of the two wisps between his nose, and subconsciously covered it with his hand, and blood seeped out from between his fingers, not only staining his entire palm, but also the steel hammer held in his palm.
The little girl on the side was also anxious when she saw this situation, she didn't know that Mu An'an had old injuries, so she naturally thought that all this was caused by herself, and she was surrounded by a strong sense of self-blame, she hurriedly picked up the napkin on the table and handed it to Mu An'an.
Mu An'an looked at the blood on his hands, even if he had the experience of the first two times, he still felt a little panicked, took the napkin handed by the little girl, and wanted to plug his nostrils, but the blood soaked through the tissue and flowed out, which did not have any effect.
Mu An'an subconsciously raised his head, trying to stop the blood flow, but the blood flowed backwards into his trachea, almost choking him to death, at this critical juncture, he suddenly remembered what Yin Xiyao said, hurriedly turned his head over, pressed the sides of his nose, and kept pushing towards the bridge of his nose.
This time, it may have been because the injury was more severe, but the bleeding was not stopped so quickly.
The surrounding guests more or less noticed this side at this time, and in order not to cause panic, Mu An'an turned around and ran into the bathroom, leaving the helpless little girl stunned in place.
Mu An'an walked to the sink, rinsed off the blood on his hands and face, and threw the steel hammer into the sink.
Mu An'an stared at himself in the mirror in front of him, thin, weak and helpless, and the two wisps of bright red hanging from his nose on his pale face were particularly eye-catching.
Because of excessive blood loss, Mu An'an's consciousness was a little dazed, the face in the mirror in front of him seemed a little blurry, he felt weak, and his hands and feet were cold.
"Am I going to die with a nosebleed today?"
The moment before his consciousness disappeared, Mu Anan thought to himself with self-deprecation.
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In a trance, fuzzy, hazy dream, there were ripples in the mirror in front of the sink, and in a blink of an eye, the little girl in a peculiar feathered neon dress replaced Mu An'an in the mirror, and she stared at it with wide eyes of curiosity.
"Big brother, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Anan did not respond, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't.
"Big brother, do you need my help?"
Mu Anan still did not respond.
The little girl stretched out her slender hand and wanted to touch Mu An'an, but she was resisted by the transparent barrier, and she couldn't pass through the mirror.
"Big brother, I can't do it. ”
Mu An'an was silent, unheard of the little girl's words, his eyes were blank, and he stopped all the movements of the creature necessary for him to survive as a human being, as if time had stood still in him.
It's just that the blood between his nose is still dripping, falling into the water of the sink, but the bright red color does not change the transparency of the water. And the silver-white steel hammer at the bottom of the pool, the outline line engraved by the seal is now covered with blood red, like the meridians of human blood vessels, and the blood keeps flowing in it.
The little girl didn't give up, her slender jade fingers against the barrier in front of her that seemed to never be able to break through, and a crack bloomed in her fingertips, instantly staining her entire arm with blood, but the expression on her face was still indifferent, and she didn't seem to feel any pain.
Just as the blood was exhausted, the sink suddenly emitted light, and at the moment when the light dissipated, all the anomalies on the steel hammer disappeared, and the water in the sink became bright red again, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
But at this moment, the steel hammer is facing up!
The little girl's fingers thus penetrated the transparent barrier and gently touched Mu An'an's forehead.
Wisps of light passed from the little girl's fingertips to Mu An'an's forehead, and then from his forehead, to every corner of his body, making his pale face gradually improve, his cold hands and feet slowly warmed, and his vague consciousness returned to clarity.
……
"Hey, hey, wake up!"
A female voice sounded in his ears, Mu An'an slowly opened his eyes, and saw a childish and beautiful face, it was the little waiter girl who "knocked him out" with a steel hammer, looking at the little girl's anxious expression, he couldn't help but laugh: "Why did you come in? This is the men's toilet." ”
The little girl didn't expect that this thing had just woken up, so she began to play tricks, glared at him and said angrily, "Take a closer look at where this is?"
As soon as he heard this, Mu Anan wanted to look to the side, only to find that he was lying on the soft sofa, in a room.
"Where am I?"
"This is the living room of my house. ”
"How did I get here?"
"You fainted in the bathroom before, and I told you to carry you out, and I was about to take you to the hospital, but luckily there was a guest who was a doctor, and he looked at you and said that you were fine, just take a break, and I called someone to help get you here. The little girl explained, and then she said with some resentment: "I just didn't expect you to sleep all afternoon." ”
"I see, thank you in advance. Mu An'an said with relief, and then he reacted: "Wait a minute, but why did you ask someone to send me to your house?"
The little girl didn't answer directly, she asked rhetorically, "Then why did you faint at my house again?"
Then she explained to Mu An'an that this small restaurant was actually opened by her family, the first floor was the restaurant, and the second floor was the residence, she took advantage of her father's absence, pretending to be a waitress just to experience life, who knew that the first time she greeted guests, she would have encountered Mu An'an's best, if it weren't for the chef Brother Li who exposed the scam to her, she might still be able to enshrine the steel hammer as a treasure.
"Although you deceived me with that steel hammer, I also injured you with it, and our grievances are settled. The little girl said, "But we have another account to settle." ”
Although his consciousness was blurred before, and he couldn't remember what had just happened, Mu An'an had a feeling in his heart that it was the steel hammer that had played a miraculous role at the critical moment.
"Wait, don't settle any accounts yet, tell me first, what about my steel hammer?"
The little girl smiled, she spread her hand and showed the steel hammer and said, "Oh, when you were carried out, you kept it in the palm of your hand, but I didn't expect you to really value it." ”
Mu An'an thanked him, and was about to reach out to take it, but the little girl sneakily dodged his hand.
Mu An'an went to get it again, and the little girl dodged it again, and the cycle went on and on several times to no avail, so he had to stop and asked helplessly, "What do you want to do?"
The little girl looked at him with a smile, played with the steel hammer in her hand, and said, "Didn't you want to take it as collateral before?" Now I promise, don't think about taking it back until you give me the money for that meal." ”
Before, Mu An'an didn't think so much about using steel hammers as collateral because he was too hungry, but now he was somehow suddenly a little reluctant.
"I'll definitely pay you for the meal, but you'll have to give me back first. ”
The little girl shook her head and said directly, "I don't believe what you say. ”
Mu Anan said helplessly: "Then can I make a note?"
The little girl thought about it seriously for a while and said, "What's the use of that, if you don't admit it, I'll take a piece of paper and take you right." ”
"Why is it okay, if I regret it, you can go to court with the note. ”
"If you go to court for a meal, the prosecution fee is more than that! Are you really stupid?"
"Wouldn't it be more stupid for you to take a steel hammer that has no value as collateral?"
The little girl choked for a while, pursed her lips with a red face, and said angrily: "I don't want to fight with you, anyway, as long as you don't pay for the meal, don't want to take this coin back." ”
Because it was his own fault first, so now Mu Anan was also quite helpless, nodded and was about to compromise, who knew that a call suddenly sounded in his mind: "Big brother." ”
The suddenness of this voice strengthened Mu An'an's conviction, and he got up from the sofa, stood up straight, and looked down at the little girl, hoping to overpower her from the momentum.
"Give me back the hammer!"
The little girl raised her little head and looked at Mu An'an not to be outdone.
"You pay for the meal first!"
Of course, Mu An'an would not compromise easily, his eyes widened, and a black current seemed to shoot out from his eyes, raging towards the little girl.
The little girl was not afraid of this, her apricot eyes widened, and a white lightning bolt shot out from her eyes, and collided violently with Mu An'an's black electricity.
In the small room, it was suddenly flooded with black and white lights.