Chapter 73: Difficult to Walk at Night (3)
The rain in the night was three points lighter, Lin Mo walked on the street in a plain robe, and the water droplets slowly fell from the edge of the oil-paper umbrella, fell to the ground, and shattered into countless pools of water that dissolved on the ground, and disappeared.
Above the sky, the dark clouds had already dispersed, and a little star light appeared from the gap, but it seemed to be covered by a layer of black mist, so that the star seemed to be blocked by a barrier, and did not completely fall into everyone's eyes.
Walking slowly, Lin Mo's steps seemed to have been measured with a ruler, the steps were not big, but they were completely consistent, not the slightest difference, and the footsteps fell silently, adding more silence to this dark night.
Such an environment, such an atmosphere, so that Lin Mo in a trance has a feeling of returning to the past, that time he followed the old man on the bluestone road of a small town in the south, different from the north, the temperature in the south is hotter, even if the drizzle falls, you can still feel a little warm warmth, that night Lin Mo is the first time to see the strength of the old man, that night was stormy, although it was a drizzle, but the rain in the matter, there is no softness.
Just like today.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed out from the alley next to him, and rushed to the road, Lin Mo paused, looked up, and saw that it was indeed a figure with a faint green light in his eyes, although this person looked like a human form, but he was indeed lying on the ground, supporting the ground with his hands and feet, like a beast, and his mouth let out a low roar, which seemed to be threatening, and seemed to be afraid of something, but he was just roaring there, but he did not rush towards Lin Mo.
"Oh? Isn't this the way out? ”
Lin Mo also sensed what the man wanted to express, smiled faintly, didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the other side, leaving the back to the inhuman thing, and the thing didn't step forward when it saw Lin Mo, staring at Lin Mo's back and hesitating for a long time, he wanted to rush over several times, but in the end he endured it and slowly retreated to the alley next to him, and his dark green eyes kept staring at Lin Mo's back until he disappeared into the darkness.
Lin Mo, who walked to another road, seemed to inadvertently glance back at the alley just now, a smile pulled up at the corner of his mouth, and shook his head gently, this trip is just a casual walk, go with the fate, wherever you go, you don't have to be too serious, the tea is not boiled, and the time has not yet come.
And in the alley that Lin Mo just passed, after the human-like monster retreated into the alley, a few animals with dark green eyes slowly walked out of the darkness, and the human-like monster nodded to those animals, those animals seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and slowly stood upright, and a mouse stretched out its front paws and touched its forehead, as if it wiped the sweat from its forehead, if an outsider saw the situation here, it is estimated that they would be surprised, several animals here are mice, but their every move is very similar to people.
"It's good that he's gone, why did he come out too, I remember he doesn't like to meddle in general."
It was a dark-haired rat who sat on a stone brick, with its front paws on its pointed beak, and looked contemplative.
"It's not, this scared me just now, fortunately he didn't take care of us, and he didn't bring the black cat, otherwise, our brothers would have to explain here today."
It was another gray-haired mouse who spoke, and at this time he was lying on the ground on all fours, looking like he couldn't live.
"Alright, let's stay here tonight, that person didn't care about our business, it was a kind of accommodation, if we accidentally ran into it again, maybe it would be a mistake."
The sound in the alley was getting quieter, and it didn't attract more attention on this drizzly night.
In a small shop about two blocks away from the alley, there is a small restaurant that is open for business at this time, this small restaurant is called Lao Zhang Restaurant, although the name is not very elegant, but it is important to remember, basically read once, you can know what the surname of the owner of this restaurant is.
Different from many restaurants that can be seen on the street now, this old Zhang restaurant looks very retro style, the doors and windows are old-fashioned, under the door are several pieces of wood put together, the top is made of pieces of square glass, the windows are on four sides, two on each side, are open, some places on the doors and windows have fallen off the paint, even the signboard above looks very old, it looks really old.
Looking into the restaurant from the window, there are rows of square tables and benches, there are no patterns on the square table, boxy, the benches are the kind of long benches, there is no backrest, the store is neatly arranged, it looks clear, if there are many customers, it is also a lively look.
Further inside, there is a long table, the table legs are not visible from the outside, it looks like a cabinet, this is the so-called counter, there are several bowls and basins on it, there is a figure standing behind the counter, but it is a posture ready to welcome guests, as for the inside, that is, the kitchen of the restaurant, this kitchen looks a little simple, there is no modern range hood, the exhaust smoke is to open the window, on one side is a row of stoves, each stove has a pot on it, and there are a lot of bottles and cans next to it, although it looks a little messy, but it will always give people a sense of appropriateness.
On the other side was divided into two pieces, one was a long panel with kneaded dough and a large pot of mixed bun filling, but no one was working in front of the panel, and on the other side was a pool with a pile of dishes and a faucet above it that had to be screwed several times to tighten.
Lin Mo walked here from the alley next to him, and saw the signboard of the old Zhang restaurant from a distance, the shop was still lit at this time, and the store was crowded, so it was not lively, but Lin Mo walked a few steps towards the restaurant, and stopped when he came closer.
Not because of the restaurant, but because of the opposite side of Lin Mo, a person came.
The man was wearing a straight suit, with a black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, he was quite imposing when he walked, and he looked extraordinary, the man was thirty or forty years old, and when he saw Lin Mo, he was surprised at first, but in an instant, he changed to a smiling face, with his hands behind his back, his chin was slightly too high, and he seemed to be a person with a bit of identity.
Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, but tonight's Lin Mo couldn't be rude, but he couldn't lose his momentum, he looked at the person and nodded slightly, as if he had said hello, he took a step and walked towards the side of the person, as for Lao Zhang's restaurant, Lin Mo didn't even look at it, as if it didn't exist at all.
Lin Mo's posture, the person who saw it was stunned, but then shook his head and smiled, he really thought too much, watching Lin Mo slowly approach, he was about to pass by himself, and the person also felt the meaning of dust on Lin Mo's body, the man raised his eyebrows, and stepped out to the side, directly in front of Lin Mo.
"Something?"
Looking up at the man, Lin Mo frowned, a little unhappy.
"I wonder if the little brother came out tonight, is he going to do something?"
The man looked at Lin Mo with a smile, as if he had already seen through Lin Mo's details, without greeting or getting his name, and directly asking a stranger about the purpose of this situation, this kind of approach was really a bit excessive.
"What does it have to do with you?"
The other party has already made it clear that he wants to find something, so there is no need for Lin Mo to help the other party carry it, it is a mule or a horse that has to be pulled out to know, otherwise how would others know where you came from with such a big breath, so Lin Mo's words were also cold.
Hearing Lin Mo's words, a look of annoyance appeared on the man's face, but it was only a blink of an eye, and he suppressed all his emotions in his heart, but a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes, but Lin Mo took it into his eyes, and there are really a lot of demons and monsters today.
"Don't go out early, don't go out late, but run out at this time, dare to come out today, I think you also have some means, there is a restaurant next to it, let's go there to see, talk by the way, how?"
The man looked at Lin Mo, looking like he had eaten Lin Mo, and pointed to the old Zhang restaurant next to him and invited Lin Mo.
"You say, going here?"
Lin Mo also raised his hand and pointed to the signboard of Lao Zhang's restaurant, and saw that Lin Mo pointed to the Lao Zhang restaurant without the slightest hesitation, which made the person opposite Lin Mo slightly surprised, he didn't expect Lin Mo to be able to see that restaurant as well, but it made this man look at Lin Mo a little bit in his heart, but it was only so much, even if he could share yin and yang, Lin Mo was just a small person for him after all, the kind that could be slapped to death with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, the food in this restaurant is good, and there are few people in the store now, so it is suitable for the two of us to go inside and have a look, and talk about tonight by the way."
Seeing this, Lin Mo shrugged, since he couldn't hide, he followed the other party's path and saw what this guy wanted to do.
The two walked into the store relatively silently, and the boss immediately greeted them and handed a menu to the two, saying that it was a menu rather than a ledger, because this store actually only has a few dishes, and you don't need to ask to know what to order.
"What would you like to eat?" The owner was very welcoming.
"The most expensive, two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes, the boss can do whatever he wants, and we are not picky people." After a while, the boss put all the food on the table, and watched the shopkeeper return directly after serving, and a smile appeared on the man's face.
"This shop tastes good, little brother should come and try it first, how does it taste?"
"Pingshui meets, why don't you do it first, brother?"
Lin Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, this guy is not polite, it is really time when the calculating people are so blatant, but the other party's hand has been placed on the corner of the table, without the slightest movement, and he has never even picked up the chopsticks.
Lin Mo is not a fool, before he walked into the restaurant, he already knew what kind of place this was, the food and wine on the table looked appetizing, but in fact, he didn't know what it was made of, Lin Mo didn't want to care, but it didn't mean that others could come to find fault with him, watching the man's face change, Lin Mo shook his head slightly, and was about to get up and leave, as for the things on the table, Lin Mo didn't even look at it,
And the man grabbed Lin Mo's arm, very unhappy, the other party dared to speak to himself like this, and he was even more unhappy that his plan did not succeed, but Lin Mo turned his arm, directly passed his arm between the man's hands, grabbed the other party's wrist with his backhand, and pressed it on the table fiercely.
"If you want to play such a low-level method, you can still look confident, it's boring, it's really boring."
After saying that, Lin Mo let go of the man, took a step, but he had already reached the door in a few steps, and opened the paper umbrella again, but he had already come to the street in a minute, Lin Mo did not stop, let alone look at the restaurant, and disappeared into the thick night with an ethereal figure, the man chased him out, looked at Lin Mo's back and gritted his teeth, but he didn't say anything.