When Lu Buming took out the invitation, Zhao Laowu's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it. He looked at the young man again, and then at the young man, and there was indeed something different.

On a face that seemed to be cynical, the eyebrows that were upside down and angry trembled slightly, half of his face was covered in the collar of his windbreaker, and there was a bit of banter in his cold gaze, his cheeks were closed, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and he took another step forward.

"Zhao Lao Wu, can I get in?"

Lu Buming easily called out his nickname, since Zhao Lao Wu moved to the west of the city, after working as a housekeeper in this annex, it was the first time that someone called him the nickname commonly used ten years ago.

He pinched the invitation letter in Lu Buming's hand with one hand tremblingly, squinted a slit in his eyes, looked left and right, looked at it for a while, and then said suspiciously, "You wait", and then turned back to his solitary bedroom.

After a while, Zhao Lao Wu came out with a pair of pretending gold-rimmed glasses, with a faint light, looked at the invitation for a long time, swallowed his saliva, and his face was treacherous.

He glanced at Lu Buming and shook his head.

"Your name is Wang Dong?" Zhao Lao Wu circled around Lu Buming, and the general in his eyes directly told Lu Buming that most of this Zhao Lao Wu didn't know any "Wang Dong".

Wang Dong is the name written on the letterhead, either the liar who was taken into custody, or the idiot who the liar came from.

Lu Buming smiled and handed Zhao Lao Wu a cigarette, although he didn't have any habit of smoking, but in Dongcheng, this thing was better than the real ticket, he knew it.

"Wang Dong is my father. You can always call me Xiao Wang, and I will come to see the world and learn the truth. ”

Zhao Lao Wu saw that Lu Buming was very good at coming to things, so he didn't feel much trouble, but the first fourteen were either wearing gold and silver in Dongcheng, or they were two characters with heads and faces in business and politics, why didn't this Xiao Wang even have a car, and the grade was too low.

Zhao Lao Wu took the cigarette, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning, even the cigarettes he smoked were big goods.

He shook his hand and beckoned Lu Buming in, passing through a long corridor with the basement in front of him.

Lu Buming whistled, this corridor was very strange, the entrance and the main hall were brightly lit, but the corridor was dark like a labyrinth. It was not surprising that he felt this way, and there were three or four bedrooms on one side of the corridor, and nearly ten on both sides, which did look very dizzying.

"It's a bedroom on the first floor, and there are five more on the second floor. There are fifteen rooms in total. ”

Zhao Lao Wu reluctantly introduced. He led Lu Buming through quickly, and led him directly to the main hall, the main hall is very large, but it is not like a living room at home, it has a bit of a meeting hall feeling, a long table that can seat fifteen people is placed in the center, and the streamlined golden tung-colored wood wafts with a fragrance of primeval wood.

"It tastes familiar." As soon as Lu Buming arrived in the main hall, he didn't even look at the few people around him, his fingers gently rubbed the tabletop, and the original fragrance of pure wood was left on his fingers. He is very familiar with this taste, it is the craft of the woodyard in the south of the city, and the wood source is still the unique copper coin cypress of Lincheng, although it is not precious, but it is unexpectedly stylish.

Zhao Lao Wu couldn't help but change his opinion of Lu Buming a little, but he didn't expect this young man to have research on this kind of furniture wood.

He took Lu Buming over, neither introduced nor made a statement, and only took the trouble to say the polite words left by the owner. The clock had not yet struck midnight, and there were sixteen people in the hall, including himself. They sat or lay down, on the sofa, on the bench to taste wine tasting, greetings, lively and lively.

Lu Buming came to the table. There was no meal on the table, only a few glass coffee tables full of melons and fruit snacks, he impatiently grabbed a handful of melon seeds and knocked them up, looking very informal. With such an appearance, it is inevitable that more than a dozen people attending the meeting will be disdainful.

However, Lu Buming didn't care about this, but Zhao Lao Wu took the trouble to introduce the theme of this banquet according to the instructions of the owner of the annex.

"The boss has neglected all my friends in business over the years, and after going to sea to do business, I have only recently returned to China, especially when I returned to my hometown Lincheng, I think of my ......friends."

Zhao Lao Wu was only halfway through his words, and he began to whisper. It's no wonder that Lu Buming's eyes moved from side to side, and his ears moved sensitively, it seemed that the interesting thing had just begun.

From a few words, it is not difficult to draw conclusions. It is still unclear who the owner of this annex is, but judging from his generous spending, he is indeed a big businessman, and it is not unusual for this kind of gathering to distribute invitations widely, but the inside of the invitation is actually delivered with a delicate style of platinum pins - although for these attendees, platinum pins are not of high value, but this sincerity is indeed amazing.

Platinum pins?

When Lu Buming heard a woman say these words delicately, he secretly pulled out his invitation, he squinted and looked over, and sure enough, there was a shallow dent on the waist seal, which must have been a pin for sealing the letterhead.

Snake Six this guy.

Lu Buming could only smile bitterly, Snake Six is worthy of being an old pickpocket, the principle of "thieves don't go empty" is deep-rooted, even an invitation letter, if he doesn't get some oil and water, he won't give it to himself in vain.

Zhao Lao Wu was interrupted by everyone's discussions, his face was flushed, obviously holding back the fire in his belly, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only nest in his stomach and continue with a smile:

"Guys, be quiet. I want to say that the owner of the museum has prepared a gift for all of you, and the banquet officially opens at midnight, and after the opening, I think you will be very satisfied with this gift. ”

No one could listen to Zhao Lao Wu's words, and there was even a voice telling the hall owner to show up quickly, don't pretend to be a ghost. In a fit of anger, Zhao Lao Wu's face was aggrieved, and he simply returned to his own side in the corridor.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, I'll call the hall master." Zhao Lao Wuyi left, and the main hall exploded.

Lu Buming found that the entire main hall was divided into two groups, except for him, fourteen people were divided into two groups, four of them were slightly younger, a young man with a big back combed was leaning against the corner with a wine glass, chatting and laughing with the two young girls sitting next to him, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

Another young man is also a woman, and his exaggerated turbo-style perm curls attract Lu Buming's attention. Holding a can of Coke tightly in his hand, his slender fingers were forced, and the can made a crisp sound, and his face was cold.

The young girl's gaze also swept around, and the two of them inadvertently met their gaze. Lu Buming felt as if he was being stared at, and a chill ran down his spine.

Lu Buming hurriedly looked to the other side.

On the other side, there were about ten or so men, all in their fifties, or middle-aged ladies gathered together to talk and laugh, or middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes, with bright white temples, while greeting each other and toasting, while looking around the whole room.

It seems that these people don't know each other, and a large part of them are acquaintances who have met and even come and go. Lu Buming knew that he couldn't fit in with this group of people, so he drank alone.

The harmonious hustle and bustle did not last long. To be precise, when one of the middle-aged people raised his head, the fear he exuded suddenly permeated.

The crowd that had been talking softly was drowned out by his voice, and he cried out loudly.

"This, this is!" He let out a short shout, his voice lowered, his face gradually distorted, and the trembling of his muscles was enough to prove that the fear in his heart was dominating his entire body.

Lu Buming looked at the middle-aged man vigilantly, his gray beard was neatly groomed, and the black long, wide and velvet suit showed his status, but the paleness of the unmatched face made him have no confidence at all.

This fear is like a contagious virus, as he lowered his head and exchanged ears with his surroundings, the fear of talking about it gradually spread, and the ten middle-aged people shook their heads or nodded, and suddenly gathered together, their eyes on the young people, especially at Lu Buming.

Lu Buming was puzzled, and a middle-aged person suddenly jumped out with his head in his hands, a long algae green skirt fluttering, only to see her take a few steps and make a step, suddenly shouted, and jumped straight into the corridor, while shouting, she was still muttering in her throat.

"It's here, it's here." The pupils of the woman's eyes turned outward, and no one could stop her, let alone stop her, and plunged into the room on the side of the corridor, and a faint sobbing sound came from the room.

All this happened very quickly, almost making Lu Buming unable to react. Seeing that the woman suddenly went crazy, there was another sigh in the crowd of middle-aged people.

"It's been said a long time ago that the time to come will come sooner or later."

The man's tone was very sad, which aroused Lu Buming's interest, and he felt more and more that this "banquet" was much more complicated than he imagined.

Listening to the woman's intermittent, sobbing from the depths of the corridor, the strange atmosphere in the room became stronger and stronger. The middle-aged people scattered to various places on the first floor of the annex, some of them were so distraught that they gathered on the balcony to smoke with solemnity on their faces, while others paced back and forth in the main hall.

Lu Buming looked at the strange behavior of these people, and nodded as he watched.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven......" Lu Buming nodded, his eyes focused on a middle-aged man, he walked back and forth in a corner of the main hall more than a dozen times, sweat dripping down.

"That's weird, isn't it?" The young man who had been leaning on the corner of the wall to talk to him suddenly came behind Lu Buming and said coldly.

Lu Buming seemed to have eyes behind him, and he didn't look back, just nodded heavily.

"It's weird."

The young man smiled slightly, filled the glass used by Lu Buming with wine, and shook the glass.

"Wine, I don't like it much." The young man pushed the wine glass in front of Lu Buming, who glanced back at the young man, grinned, and took the wine glass.

"Me too." Lu Buming replied, and the two of them picked up their cups and drank them all.

"Huang Zixi." The young man smiled and bowed slightly.

Lu Buming hesitated for a moment and said, "Wang Xi." ”

Huang Zixi glanced at Lu Buming meaningfully and muttered, "I think it's strange, what do you think." ”

Seeing that Lu Buming was silent, Huang Zixi continued: "Out of politeness, of course you have to participate when you are invited. My dad went to sea for a meeting, so I came to see it for him. I knew it would be boring, but I didn't expect it to be more interesting than I thought, a bunch of old men, you look at them. They all looked like they had ghost-like expressions. ”

Indeed, although Lu Buming didn't say a word, judging from the faces of these middle-aged people, he probably really saw a ghost.

"If they're afraid, why are they here?" Huang Zixi shook his head, still unable to figure it out.

Seeing Huang Zixi and Lu Buming talking, the other two young people seemed to be eager to try.