"Xiaoyao...... are you listening?"

The helpless voice suddenly sounded, pulling Jiang Yao back from his distraction.

"Ahh......h What's wrong?"

Jiang Yao came back to his senses, quickly withdrew his gaze from the adjacent table, and turned his head to look at the young man in front of him with long hair tied in a ponytail, with a bit of artistic temperament, but he was greeted by the other party's contemptuous gaze.

I said...... We haven't seen each other for a long time, it's hard to come out for a meal, can you not always make eye contact with the beautiful woman at the next table and treat me as a light bulb?" Zhou Wentao pursed his lips, turned his head and glanced at the pretty figure next to the dining table, and happened to see that the other party also looked here, blinked his eyes, and handed me a hand.

"Tsk, look at it, people have taken a fancy to you~ It's okay, for my brother's 'sexual happiness', my light bulb is still flashing~" Zhou Wentao said, and was about to get up, but Jiang Yao hurriedly pressed down.

"Hey, don't, don't, it's really not what you think......" Jiang Yao's face was full of embarrassment, and he lowered his head, as if he was trying to avoid the autumn wave at the next table. "I just...... Forehead...... I just think people are a little familiar. ”

"Ouch, what age is it, and you're still playing the 'look familiar' set, if you really like someone, go, brother, I'll take you to talk!" Zhou Wentao slapped his chest, looking like he was swearing on the surface, but his butt didn't move at all, and Jiang Yao had already seen that this coward was just taking the opportunity to brush himself, so he could only smile bitterly and shook his head.

To be honest, if the person at the next table was really a beautiful "person", Jiang Yao would not be so cramped, but unfortunately this beauty is not a "person", just a demon wearing a beautiful skin, Jiang Yao can see it at a glance after entering the restaurant. It's just that the bad thing is that the banshee seems to have paid attention to herself, and has been blinking and staring at him curiously with big eyes, which makes him uncomfortable.

Since experiencing the "Death Game" incident a while ago, Jiang Yao's life has never returned to the past, regardless of the threat of "Death Mark" that existed at all times, the most intuitive feeling is that he is more and more able to distinguish the existence of demons mixed in the crowd. Although he also knew that the number of demons was not large, and most of them kept to themselves and coexisted with humans honestly, this psychological adaptation process was not so simple to get through.

"Okay, okay~ I won't tease you, come, I'll tell you something serious~" It seemed that he couldn't bear to watch Jiang Yao continue to be embarrassed, Zhou Wentao changed the topic very considerately, took out a company introduction from his bag and put it in front of Jiang Yao.

"There's a job opportunity for you, I have a friend who works in this company, and they happen to be hiring, do you want to try it?"

Since the last Xiao Yuan incident, after the phone with Zhou Wentao was disconnected in the middle of the call, Jiang Yao did not turn on the phone for several days because of successive changes, and he did not return to the bedroom, which made Zhou Wentao once think that Jiang Yao was forced into a pyramid scheme gang because of his life, so anxious that he almost called the police, and even did not hesitate to use his family power to find someone, which made Jiang Yao very moved, but this series of strange encounters was something he couldn't explain, and he was also given a gag order by the "Spirit Yutai", so in the end he could only find a way to reluctantly prevaricate.

However, although the prevarication was prevaricated, the side effect was that Zhou Wentao began to enthusiastically introduce him to various jobs from then on, for fear that he would go astray, which Jiang Yao did not expect.

"This company is not small this time, Consortium B, a world-renowned entertainment company, the company culture is quite open-minded, with your ability, it is absolutely no problem to apply!" Zhou Wentao pointed to the company introduction in front of Jiang Yao and said meaningfully. "And, ah, I heard...... There are a lot of beauties in this company~"

"Oh~ Sounds good. Jiang Yao was grateful for the kindness of the other party, so he didn't refuse, picked up the cover of the information and glanced at it, only to see an orange cartoon girl with two ponytails on the cover, which seemed to be the official image of the company, and the bright and lovely smiling face showed the youth and vitality of the company.

"In addition to this one, I also found a few other ones for you, although the specialty is not right, but try it first anyway~" Zhou Wentao said, taking out a bunch of documents like a trick and spreading them in front of Jiang Yao, which made Jiang Yao a little flattered.

"Thank you so much for bothering me. ”

Jiang Yao looked at the information in front of him, and while he was moved, he couldn't help but think of the previous thrilling experience, Xiao Yuan and Ah Li, Tao Tao and Lingyutai, and ...... The mysterious black shadow that harmed Xiao Yuan. Jiang Yao knows in his heart that now he can't go back to the past, he can neither ignore the demons around him and be an ordinary person with peace of mind, let alone let the mastermind behind the scenes go unpunished, for Jiang Yao, the knot left by Xiao Yuan's heart after the incident is far from being untied, and it still torments him all the time.

"Hey~ I said you, don't be sad all day long, life is short, cherishing the present is the right way. The ancients had a saying, 'Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon', you never know when fate will play tricks on you, just say the "death game" that made a big deal a while ago, how many people are bewitched, just like that. ”

Zhou Wentao looked at Jiang Yao's absent-minded appearance and sighed softly, but he soon seemed to think of something, suddenly lowered his voice, and poked his head over mysteriously.

"But then again, I've also heard that there seems to be another version of the 'Game of Death' rumor. ”

"Another version......" Jiang Yao took a sip of tea from his cup, and looked at Zhou Wentao in surprise, not knowing how much this kid knew about the truth.

"I've heard that the 'Game of Death' is actually a kind of 'curse'!"

"Curse...... Curse?" Jiang Yao almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, a little crying and laughing.

"Alas, don't believe it~ The posts on the Internet about this matter are overwhelming, I heard that those victims have actually done things that hurt the heavens and reason, but they have not been punished by law. Zhou Wentao gossiped seriously. "So, there are still people on the Internet who speculate that maybe there is a secret 'messenger of justice' who uses the power of the curse to eliminate harm for the people, for example, just like in a certain comic book before, write the name on the small book of death and kill the villain~"

"'Messenger of Justice'...... However, if it is not based on the law, but on the basis of "hearsay" or "hearsay", people can be convicted or executed at will, so does a 'white-eyed wolf' like me, who bears the infamy of 'killing his father' in the eyes of the outside world, also deserve to be executed by the 'death game'?" Jiang Yao put down his teacup and said calmly.

"This ......" Zhou Wentao was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and looked away with some embarrassment.

"Sorry, that's not what I meant...... In fact, no matter what the outside world says, whether it was ten years ago or now, I have always believed that you are innocent, and the relationship between you and your stepfather is obviously so good, it is impossible to do such a thing......"

But the people around me don't think so, including "that person...... She would rather go abroad than see me again. Jiang Yao lowered his head, looked at his own reflected face in the teacup, and seemed to see a similar and familiar female face in a trance.

"You still can't remember anything about what happened at the scene?"

"Hmm...... My memory was blank, and by the time I regained consciousness, he had already collapsed, and it was just me and him, and all the evidence against me pointed to me, and I had no room for excuses. ”

Jiang Yao sighed, subconsciously reached out and brushed the invisible "death mark" on his collarbone, and then looked away from the reflection of the teacup, his eyes seemed to be a little empty.

"It's been 10 years...... If I could remember what happened, many mysteries would be solved......"

"Jingle Bell ......"

A mobile phone ringtone pulled Jiang Yao's distant thoughts back again, and when he looked up, he saw that Zhou Wentao's mobile phone was ringing in front of him, but when Zhou Wentao picked up the phone, Jiang Yao found that the other party's face suddenly changed.

"What...... What!?...... my brother."

Zhou Wentao stood up suddenly, his face pale.

"Okay, okay, I'll be right back!"

"What's wrong, what's going on?" Jiang Yao asked with concern.

"My brother has an accident, I have to go back immediately!" Zhou Wentao was anxious.

"I'm with you. Seeing this situation, Jiang Yao naturally couldn't ignore it, and Zhou Wentao didn't refuse, the two rushed out of the restaurant after settling the bill and left in a hurry.

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"Ziga ——!!"

The shrill sound of brakes stopped abruptly in front of a magnificent villa, and I saw two anxious figures jumping down from the taxi, and the white-haired old man waiting at the gate of the villa's garden saw the two figures, and hurriedly greeted them, and even his voice seemed to tremble:

"Second Young Master, you're finally back......!"

"Steward Li, my brother is ...... How is my brother doing now?" Zhou Wentao rushed to the old man and asked nervously.

"The eldest young master, he ...... Well, I'll take you inside and see it. ”

The old man sighed, didn't say much, turned around and led Zhou Wentao and Jiang Yao all the way into the villa, and came to the door of a room, and there was already a tall middle-aged man with a solemn face standing at the door of the room, Jiang Yao recognized it at a glance, it was Zhou Wentao's father, and he was also the leader of the Zhou Group, a top consortium in China.

It's just that this successful man in the astonished business world has long since faded from the fierce momentum of his work, the bloodshot eyes and pale cheeks are deeply haggard, and the ashtray next to him is densely stuffed with cigarette butts, and this man is no longer a high-ranking consortium president, but a worried father.

"Uncle Zhou......" Jiang Yao politely greeted Father Zhou, and the latter also nodded at Jiang Yao, and then moved his gaze to Zhou Wentao on the side.

"Dad, I'm ...... I'm back, ...... my brother?" Facing his strict father, who he hadn't seen for a long time, Zhou Wentao was obviously a lot more restrained all of a sudden, he anxiously looked at the door behind the other party, and carefully observed his father's face, and didn't dare to step forward for a while.

"......" Father Zhou stared at Zhou Wentao for a few seconds, his lips moved slightly, but he still didn't say anything after all, after extinguishing the cigarette butt in his hand, he slightly sidestepped his body and let the door out.

“…… Let's go inside. ”

Zhou Wentao and Jiang Yao glanced at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally endured the uneasiness in their hearts, stepped forward, and gently pushed the door open.

The vague smell of medical potion wafted from inside the door, and in a hospital bed surrounded by medical equipment, Jiang Yao saw a man with the same face as Zhou Wentao closing his eyes tightly, lying motionless on the bed.