Chapter 1 The Road Meets the Dead

People are always looking forward to tomorrow, in fact, in most days, tomorrow is no different from today, the difference is only their own mood.

Qu Hao, who had just gotten up, was not in a very good mood.

It has been more than three months since I was discharged from the army, and the ideal job has not been found, and I have submitted a lot of resumes, either the salary is too low, or the requirements are too high to meet the requirements. I chose to retire from the army because my father was not in good health and the family's economic conditions urgently needed to be improved. Qu Hao was secretly a little anxious.

Although he was discharged from the army, Qu Hao's habits in the army were still maintained. After waking up, the bed is neatly made, the beautiful flower quilt is folded into tofu blocks, and then it is a quick wash, and eat the breakfast prepared for him by his mother before going to work.

After breakfast, Qu Hao, who was in an unhappy mood, went out to relax.

Although the temperature was only about 15 degrees, Qu Hao did not wear autumn clothes, but simply put on a thicker long-sleeved T-shirt and a pair of light blue jeans.

In Linghai City in late autumn, the trees on the streets have been unloaded. The autumn breeze has a hint of coolness, and from time to time blows the fallen leaves drift past you, gently landing at your feet, and then being blown away into the distance, decorating the world with their last strands of gold.

Qu Hao walked endlessly in this bleak autumn wind. The familiar city street scene made him think a lot, and he couldn't seem to think of everything.

He wanted to find someone to talk to, but most of his childhood friends and classmates were in college at this time, and the remaining few scumbags who were not admitted to college also had jobs, and none of his close friends had time to chat with him at this time. He felt like a fallen leaf flying in the sky, dancing with the wind, and his heart was unconnected.

Qu Hao walked slowly like this for nearly an hour, and suddenly a small white sports car stopped on the side of the road not far away, and a beautiful woman in the cab who tilted her head at him and a hand shaking at him shouted loudly to him: "Qu Wu, Qu Wu." ”

In this world, the only person who deliberately called him Qu Hao as Qu Wu is the eldest lady in front of him, Wu Mengyao, a classmate who grew up together. According to her: "Who made you surnamed Qu one end of Qu, Hao character and my surname are only one more horizontal?" That obviously meant to crush him.

Wu Mengyao was a veritable school flower + student bully when she was in high school, and she was still a university flower after being admitted to the medical school of a nationally renowned university in the provincial capital. can become a school flower in these two beautiful places in Jiangnan, it is not difficult to imagine how beautiful she is. Today Saturday, she returned to Linghai from school yesterday, and today she drove her mother's car for a ride, and happened to see Qu Hao walking alone.

Qu Hao was also very happy to see that it was Wu Mengyao, the two of them had been studying in the same school since they were children, and they both took training courses in an off-campus tutoring school for a few years, although Qu Hao learned martial arts and Wu Mengyao learned dance, but it did not prevent the two from becoming good partners, and both of them regarded each other as dead friends.

After being discharged from the army, Qu Hao also contacted her a few times, but she didn't meet because she was still studying in other places, and she didn't expect to meet on the road. Qu Hao got into her car without saying a word.

Wu Mengyao in front of Qu Hao is no longer the elementary school girl wearing a schooluniform with no personality. I saw her wearing a casual brand, her eyes were smart, looking forward to it, and she was moving; delicate facial features, fairy jade, bright and dignified; Fair complexion, no powder, color such as morning glow reflecting snow.

"Meng Yao, okay, I haven't seen you for three years, and I've become so beautiful all of a sudden." **Heartfelt exclamation. In his heart, Wu Mengyao has always been the goddess of the moon who can not only give him warm sunshine, but also be so noble that it is beyond reach.

"Isn't it? Qu Wu, I listen to you as if I have always been an ugly duckling before. Wu Mengyao's soft and glutinous Wu Nong's soft words made Qu Hao feel a sweet and tender pleasure.

Wu Mengyao saw Qu Hao praising her like this, and she also turned her head and glanced at this soldier brother classmate seriously. In her mind, Qu Hao has always belonged to a handsome and cute big boy, a person who can stick a knife in his dead friend and is desperate. Three years have passed, and Qu Hao at this moment exudes masculinity, his face is well-defined, heroic, and his deep eyes give him a more resolute and calm temperament.

"You've changed a lot, it seems to have turned black." Wu Mengyao deliberately picked something unpleasant and said.

"When have you ever seen me white? Ha ha. Qu Hao said jokingly.

"That's true. Still wearing that broken stone? Qu Wu. Seeing the familiar jewelry tie around Qu Hao's neck, Wu Mengyao asked him with a smile.

"What broken stones? That's my baby, and I still point to it to guide me to worship the general and soar. Qu Hao said half-jokingly.

Speaking of the stone worn by Qu Hao, Qu Hao's friends are very familiar with it. It was a very unusual stone, shaped like a hatched fish egg, and like a baby in a mother's womb; Its texture is extremely hard, its hardness is comparable to corundum, and it is still somewhat transparent to the light, and the colors are dazzling. One side of the stone is very flat, I don't know how it was cut, and there is a strange text carved on it. The most amazing thing is that this stone is exactly the same shape and size as the red birthmark on the left side of Qu Hao's neck.

This stone was given to him by Qu Hao when he accompanied his mother on a trip when he was in junior high school and was personally given to him by the master of a famous monastery. The host master looked at Qu Hao for a long time, and then said to Qu Hao's mother: "This stone has been waiting for his true master to appear, and this child is its master. Wearing this stone can keep him safe, and if he encounters colorful clouds, this stone can also guide him to worship the general. ”

Later, I found experts to identify that this stone was a rare and precious olive meteorite ---- visitors from outside the sky, and the text on it was actually the text "Wu" of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the word witch always reminds people of such a treacherous profession as witch, but in fact, witch contains the dream of the ancestors that people could communicate with heaven and earth. The ancients even believed that witches could communicate with ghosts and gods, and could mobilize the power of ghosts and gods to eliminate disasters and become rich for people, and the meaning was not negative.

Hearing Qu Hao talk about being a general, Wu Mengyao said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Aren't you already discharged from the army?" I'm only dreaming of being a general now, why did I go earlier? ”

"Yes, when the general may have missed it, hasn't he yet encountered the colorful clouds?" Qu Hao was a little embarrassed, in fact, wearing this piece of jade has become a habit, and keeping safe is the greatest wish.

"Well, I hope you meet that multicolored cloud sooner. Pay attention to look at the sky every day, and don't accidentally float away. Hahaha," Wu Mengyao said with a smile. Then ask him where he wants to go.

"You can go anywhere, I'm bored by myself. Do you have time? I invite you to coffee. Qu Hao replied.

"Okay, there's a Starbucks not far ahead, let's go sit there for a while." Wu Mengyao said while driving the car.

"Okay." Qu Hao replied while fastening his seat belt.

When they arrived at the café, while drinking coffee, the two of them recalled the past of studying and off-campus tutoring schools, and mentioned some of each other's troubles, and the two chatted very happily. Those youthful memories have too much happiness and reluctance, and they are their common and precious memories.

Although both have an inexplicable affection for each other, both tacitly avoid any emotional topics. Qu Hao was worried that his career had not been successful, Meng Yao was wronged, and Meng Yao expected Qu Hao to show his manly courage and boldly pursue himself, both of them seemed to be waiting for some kind of opportunity to make the relationship sublimate logically; Or are they all waiting for each other's hints, for fear that if they don't become lovers, they won't even be able to be friends.

Wu Mengyao asked him about his future plans with great concern.

"I was also very confused, and I only blamed myself for not being admitted to university because I didn't care about studying. After three years as a special soldier, except for driving, I can't use anything else I learned in the army, and I'm afraid I can only drive a taxi in the future. Qu Hao sighed.

"That's a good technology, and it's hard to say that it will come in handy in the future." Wu Mengyao said insincerely.

"But there is still a little unwillingness, not that I look down on the self-employed rental, but I feel that there are no colleagues in this kind of work, and there is no room for upward development." Qu Hao held his chin with his hand, looking very helpless.

"Then you better learn something else before you are young, or take the entrance examination to an adult university to get a diploma." Wu Mengyao could only think of this suggestion.

"But I still want to support myself on my own first, and then make other plans when I find a job." Qu Hao said seriously.

"Hmm." Such an answer made Wu Mengyao unable to say anything.

"How good are your driving skills? Or I recommend you to work in my father's company, their freight company is a driver who needs good skills to drive a big truck, and it seems that the salary is not low, but it is a bit hard. Wu Mengyao suddenly thought that his father's company just needed manpower, and the old classmate in front of him should be completely competent.

"Well, it's okay to work hard, I like challenging work. As for driving skills, driving a big truck is really pediatric for our special forces. Qu Hao has driven various big cars in army training, and he is very happy that his classmates really help him.

Wu Mengyao immediately dialed her father's phone and told Qu Hao's situation, and Wu's father, who had also been a soldier, immediately agreed to let Qu Hao have time for an interview immediately.

Qu Hao was very happy when he saw that he had an eyebrow for work, and after getting the contact number and address of Wu's father's company, he happily invited Wu Mengyao to lunch before breaking up.

Qu Hao didn't expect that luck would come after just taking a walk, and he met the first noble person in his life who helped him. But what he didn't expect was that what happened later would completely change his life.