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It was a huge lighthouse, standing out of this world. It looks at the world from afar, like an observer in the infinite universe, watching everything that happens in the world.

A man came to the lighthouse.

No one knows how he left the world itself and came to this place in the middle of the plane. He knocked softly on the door, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

Squeak.

The door opened, and the tower was covered in dust.

"Hello." The man whispered, but refused to enter the tower.

"Hello." Lonely footsteps came from the tower, and a teenager stepped out of the tower and smiled at the man.

The man saw a cold sweat on his back.

He had ever had great strength, and he had seen all kinds of people, but he had never seen a smile like this, a smile that looked like innocence but glazed eyes.

"It's weird, how did you get here?" The boy tilted his head and said.

The man did not answer.

"Since you can come to this kind of place of great punishment, then you are also involved in sinful things, right?" The boy asked again.

The man still didn't answer.

"But you don't have any sin in you, what are you?"

"Ding."

There was a crisp sound from inside the lighthouse, and a huge red gear was seen inserted into the tower from outside the tower.

The young man's body suddenly trembled, and his expression was hideous and terrifying, as if he had been in great pain.

It took a moment for the boy's strangeness to disappear, and he straightened up and walked towards the tower.

"The reincarnation of the seven deadly sins has begun, come and see with me."

Thefirst：Goldenkey

Yuan calendar year 2026

Qingseong

This city is a new city in China, located in the easternmost part of the Chinese territory.

Although it is a new city, its overall economic strength is no less than that of a metropolis, because it has a large port, and the ocean shipping routes of all countries around the world pass through here, and the port trade is extremely developed.

On a main road in Qingcheng, a man in a gray suitcase and leather shoes crosses a bustling street and turns into an inconspicuous alley.

This alley is rare to still maintain the appearance of the eighties and nineties of the last century, with white walls and red tiles, carved with traces of time, incompatible with this metropolis, and has a special taste.

In other words, some of the land is slag.

The man wore his tie a little stiffly, and such a place was really not in line with the taste of his urban elite.

But for some reason, he had to come here.

At the end of the alley is a bar that is not big from the outside, but full of nostalgia for the times.

The glass was blurry as if it hadn't been wiped for a long time, and even the carpet in front of the door was not polished.

"Jingle bells."

He gently knocked on the doorbell of the bar at the end of the alley and tightened his tie again.

I pulled the doorbell several times in a row, but the door didn't open.

The man frowned, hesitating to push open the seemingly dusty door.

Eventually, he made up his mind to open the door, and the inside of the bar was completely different from the outside world.

The interior of the bar is about 400 square meters, the floor is made of high-quality mahogany, all the furniture is made of solid wood, and the wine rack behind the counter is filled with a variety of famous wines. The bar was slightly dimly lit and not many people were inside.

"Welcome." It was a girl, who looked younger than the man.

The man nodded slightly, looking inside the bar, as if looking for something.

"Brother Chao's side." A man in a white casual suit shouted at the man, who nodded and sat down beside him.

"What do you want to drink? This bar opened by Xiaoyuan is good. The young man in white casual clothes said with a smile.

"Uh, whiskey with two pieces of ice." The man thought for a moment and said.

"That's a heavy mouth." The man in the white casual suit smiled and shouted to the counter, "A glass of whiskey with two pieces of ice, a glass of orange juice." ”

"Okay." A moment later, a man in an apron came out from behind the counter and placed two drinks on the table.

The apron man pushed the whiskey on the rocks in front of the man, showed a mouthful of white teeth and smiled at the man, "Brother Chao is finally back, I invited you for this cup." ”

"Thank you." The man smiled.

The young man across the table picked up the orange juice and took a sip of it, his eyelids twitching slightly after swallowing it.

"Why don't you speak? Pang Chao? The young man asked softly.

"I haven't seen you for so many years, I don't know what to say, Xiao Nan." Pang Chao said.

"Huh." Xiao Nan raised it and took another sip of orange juice, "Our brothers haven't seen each other for ten years after graduation, and it's normal to be somewhat rusty." Some people are still in the city, I can find them. But there are many more people scattered in China, and even around the world, and I can't find them. ”

"yes." Pang Chao sighed.

"What happens after graduation?" Xiao Nan asked.

"I went to university in Canghai, and then I worked in a law firm, which was quite normal." Pang Chao took a sip of whiskey, and as soon as the wet and cold whiskey touched its bitterness in his mouth, he frowned slightly.

"What's normal? Lawyer Da Da is a leader in the legal profession, and your case was handled very happily a few days ago. The waitress girl suddenly popped out of the table and smiled at Pang Chao.

"Who is she? Your girlfriend? Pang Chao instinctively moved back.

"No, she is Ah Xin's sister Xiaoling. You know, Ah Xin's sister, and now she's interning at Xiaoyuan's store. Xiao Nan said in a low voice.

"Brother Chao." The man in the apron had just arrived with a bottle of wine, and had pulled out a chair at the table and sat down.

"Techila Reposado, stored for a long time, to celebrate your return, you just had a little whiskey and just in time to be appetizing." The apron man will take out two slightly chilled wine glasses and pour a little lightly. The Techila has an amber colour and glows warmly under the light.

Pang Chao took a sip, put the wine in his mouth, and swallowed it until his tongue was slightly numb. The sweet fruity aroma, the slight spiciness, coupled with the precipitation of the years, and the perfect Teqira, made Pang Chao come to his senses for a while.

The boss on the other side uses a more traditional method. He first took a sip of a plate of salt that he had prepared, then drank the wine and took a bite of the lemon slices that had been placed beside him.

"Good wine." Pang Chao couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"That is, tequila, commonly known as tequila, is made from the agave plant. This bottle of wine was brought from Central America by a friend and kept in the cellar for a year. ”

"What a big deal, store manager Ren Yuan." Pang Chao smiled.

"It's not the best to entertain you." Ren Yuan possessed and poured another cup for Pang Chao.

"Is the wine that good?" Xin Yuanling tilted her head and asked.

"Your brother used to be a big drinker." Xiao Nan's eyes found that Xin Yuanling's face was dark, and he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned this." ”

"It's okay, but why don't you drink it?" Xin Yuanling said.

"Xiao Nan is not in good health and can't drink too strong wine." Ren Yuandao.

Xiao Nan smiled, picked up the orange juice and took another sip, his brows furrowed.

"If you can't drink it, don't drink it." Ren Yuan took away the orange juice in front of Xiao Nan, and Xiao Nan Zizi smiled.

"Xiao Nan, your body... Pang Chao said worriedly.

"It's fine. Brother Chao, you came from Canghai to find us, is there anything wrong? Xiao Nan lowered his head slightly and asked.

"Hmm." Pang Chao hesitated, put the gray suitcase he was carrying on the table, and then slowly opened it.

A golden key lay quietly, twenty centimeters long, with strange patterns painted on the dazzling gold surface.

"Good stuff." Ren Yuan took out the golden key and played back and forth.

"Is this the key? It seems that the gold used is very good. Xiao Nan looked at it and said.

"Of course, this key is appraised to be worth about three million." Pang Chao took a sip of Teqila wine and said lightly.

"Three million, enough to buy my little shop." Ren Yuan hurriedly put the key away.

"So? Is it time for the firm to sell it? Xin Yuanling blinked.

"No, this key was sent to me by Ah Xin." Pang Chao stroked the golden surface of the key, as if feeling the breath of the old man.

"What? My brother? You're not mistaken, right? Xin Yuanling's eyes widened in disbelief.

"I asked a few friends at the post office to help me check the status of this mail. It turned out to be like this, this was sent to me by Ah Xin before she passed away, and he specially stored this at the post office for a few years before mailing it to me. Pang Chao tied his tie again, "Xiaoling, did your brother have anything left behind before his death?" For example, things like boxes and boxes that are locked. ”

Xin Yuanling thought about it, and finally shook her head and said, "Lawyer Pang, my brother didn't leave anything. “

"Is that so... Maybe it was just Ah Xin who sent it to me as a souvenir... Pang Chao nodded lightly and put the key away.

"Don't leave tonight, let's talk about it." Ren Yuan suddenly said, "The restaurant that just opened at the intersection in front of me is good, I know their boss, you can get us the best room." ”

"Okay." Pang Chao nodded, and no one noticed the glimmer of light that flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Jingyue Villa

Pang Chao leaned against the fence of the balcony and looked at the scenery outside. This is Jingyue Villa, a group of villas on the mountain behind Qingcheng, and the householder here can overlook the entire Qingcheng as long as he opens the window.

"It's been ten years before I know it, we were all little kids back then, and now we're all mature." Xiao Nan also entered the balcony at some point, and also leaned on the fence of the balcony, "I remember that you liked a girl at the time and asked me to be a wingman, but in the end I was simply too lazy to care, and I don't know what happened in the end." ”

"At that time, I was just fooling around, and I couldn't tell what was like and what was love. When I grew up, I also began to understand that when you meet the person who really belongs to you, you find that those people are just a foreshadowing for you to meet that person. A slight cool breeze began to blow Pang Chao's hair, "Tell me about you, what did you do after graduation?" ”

"I didn't do anything, just do some extra money to make money." Xiao Nan gently swept his bangs.

"You can't afford to buy a house like this just by doing it." Pang Chao looked at the house.

"This is my girlfriend's." Xiao Nan smiled and said.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Pang Chao was surprised.

"yes, but she's been traveling the world lately, so she's not here." Xiao Nan said.

"I don't take you with me on a trip?" Pang Chao asked.

"With my body, going out to play is not a game of scenery but a game of life." Xiao Nan said with a smile, and whispered in a voice that Pang Chao couldn't hear, "Besides, she is not just traveling... ”

"What's wrong with your body?" Pang Chao asked cautiously.

"A few years ago, I suffered a huge fire, and I suffered extensive burns on my body, and my internal organs were so thick that I almost turned into bacon, and I almost hung up." Recalling the fire, Xiao Nan's face twitched obviously, and he pulled open his clothes, with large dark purple folds on his body, "Fortunately, it didn't burn your face, otherwise you wouldn't have recognized me." But the organs inside are still seriously damaged, and you can't die, but this feeling is worse than death. ”

"I know a doctor who is very skilled, and you may be able to ease your pain if you go to him." Pang Chao was a little depressed and said that one of his former brothers died and one was seriously injured, which made him not so comfortable.

"No, Brother Chao, maybe this is my atonement." Xiao Nan covered his head with his hands in pain, "You know, if it weren't for my cowardice at the time, the little leopard wouldn't have disappeared in the fire because of that thing." ”

"What's that?"

"A red wine glass."