Chapter 19 Failure to Negotiate Wages
About Linlang's heartlessness completely angered Zhong Jiu, he sat there all the time, didn't speak, and exuded a cool breath all over his body.
Linlang was weak in the end, and hurriedly called the boss and asked him to cook another bowl of wontons. It turned out to be really unfortunate that the ravioli was gone. She ate the last bowl, so Linlang was reluctant to share it with Zhong Jiu, and intimately asked the boss to take an extra spoon.
After taking the spoon, the boss covered his hands in front of him and stood behind Zhong Jiu with a humble look. Zhong Jiu waved his hand, and the boss left obediently. Linlang had the illusion that this boss was like Zhong Jiu's servant.
Linlang sat beside Zhong Jiu with a bowl like a dog, looked at the boss who was busy in the distance, and said in a low voice, "Don't you think there is something wrong with the owner of this shop?" It seems strange somewhere, but I can't say it for a while. When you weren't there, he saw the Soul Eater I was holding, and seemed a little scared, you said he wouldn't be a ghost, right? ”
Zhong Jiu picked up the white porcelain spoon on the table, took a bite of the wonton, and threw the spoon into the bowl again. The ceramic spoon slammed against the rim of the bowl with a clattering sound, and some of the soup almost spilled. Linlang pouted, yes, she was still angry.
Linlang saw that Zhong Jiu didn't pay attention to her, and she didn't want to be bored with herself, so she ate the wontons in front of her seriously. After a while, Zhong Jiu suddenly said gloomily: "This boss has opened a shop here, to say the least, it must be hundreds of years. ”
Before Linlang could react, he opened his mouth and said: "It's a century-old shop, I can't see that it has such a long history, and I've never seen such an old inn." ”
She scooped a spoonful of wontons and was about to continue to put them in her mouth, when her mind flashed and she suddenly reacted. The spoon in his hand fell into the bowl along with the wonton, and the soup really spilled out, splashing on Zhong Jiu's clothes, and Zhong Jiu took out a handkerchief to wipe it in disgust.
Linlang didn't care about this, she only grabbed Zhong Jiu's arm and shouted in a suppressed voice: "This boss is really a ghost!" Is it any wonder that he looked a little frightened when he saw my knife? What's the matter, do you want to get him arrested? As she spoke, she stood up and drew the knife from her body neatly.
Zhong Jiuyi dragged her and said impatiently: "Okay, eat your meal well, how can this be so hot-blooded, why didn't you have such a bold energy just now?" ”
"But, he's a ghost, didn't you say that he specializes in subduing demons and catching ghosts? Also, you just ran too fast. I'm an ordinary weak woman, where can I catch up with you? You can't rely on me. ”
Zhong Jiudao: "The owner of this inn is called Wuwu, he was a cook before he died, and he entered the underworld after his death. Seeing that he was honest and reliable, and that his cooking skills were not bad, the Hades allowed him to open a shop here. In the past few hundred years, he has never had the intention of harming others, and has conscientiously done his own business, but only in the business of the underworld. Counting that you are the first person to come here to eat, the boss will naturally be a little scared when he sees you as a mortal and holding a soul eater knife. ”
It turned out that this was the case, Linlang slowly put the knife back, sat down again, and continued to eat her wontons. Inexplicably, she remembered some questions, so she asked Zhong Jiu: "Is the ghost alive?" Can you live for a long time? Will you still die? ”
Zhong Jiu was drinking tea with a cup, and when he heard my question, he thought about it seriously and said, "When a person dies, he will become a ghost, and a ghost will be reincarnated when he reaches the underworld." But ghosts have a long, long lifespan, and no one knows when they will die. Maybe hundreds, maybe thousands, maybe eternal life without death. ”
Sounding amazing, she asked again, "Then Zhong Jiugongzi, how long have you lived?" ”
Zhong Jiu smiled, his eyes a little empty, as if he was caught in a memory. He said: "It's thousands of years, it's too long, I don't remember much." ”
Linlang couldn't help but sigh, a sentence suddenly popped out of her mind, and she blurted out without thinking about it: "Wow, the thousand-year-old king is eighty thousand years old, ......" Before she finished speaking, she saw Zhong Jiuzheng staring at her gloomily, and her face was very ugly.
Linlang smiled awkwardly and said, "I mean, you have a longer life, childe." ”
Zhong Jiu was too lazy to talk to her anymore, and she didn't dare to talk more, lest the more she said, the more wrong she became, and this son's face was about to turn black.
After eating, Zhong Jiu settled the account, and his face was a little darker. What can be done then, she has no money. Then again, she has to fight for her own rights.
She thought for a long time, and said to Zhong Jiu, who was walking in front: "Childe, you see that I work hard to help you catch ghosts together, you always have to pay me wages, right?" ”
Zhong Jiu turned his head suddenly, stared at me without blinking, and said, "Where did you come from to ask me for wages?" And where did you get the courage to come and ask me for wages? ”
Hey, Linlang's little temper. She stepped forward, and because of this tall man, she had to tilt her neck and say, "I went out to work with you in the middle of the night, and I have no merit and hard work, where did you come from to not give me wages?" ”
Zhong Jiu glared at her and said word by word: "Okay, since you say so, then I will count it with you." The first time I caught a ghost, you didn't catch the ghost, but I flew into the sky, and I had to save you in the end. This time, I didn't think much of it, so I sat in the restaurant and ate a lot. I'm out there desperately trying to catch the ghost back, and I'll have to settle the bill for you when I'm done. Now you still dare to ask me for wages, I clearly tell you, wishful thinking. After speaking, he stopped reasoning with her and walked forward with big strides.
Linlang was speechless by him, and was stunned for a while before chasing him and shouting: "You are a vampire, iron rooster, slamming the door, it's really annoying." ”
Zhong Jiu suddenly stopped, looked back at her, her eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, her face was full of anger, she was instantly stunned, hurriedly closed her mouth, and stopped talking.
Zhong Jiu threw her to the door of the inn, and without saying a word, she disappeared without a trace. Linlang quietly returned to the room, so angry that she took off her clothes and was about to get into the bed. As soon as she lifted the quilt, she saw a person lying there, and she was so frightened that she almost screamed.
The screams were about to reach her throat, and she was stifled alive. She looked carefully for a long time, and finally realized that the person on the bed was 'her' that Zhong Jiu had transformed with a ghost, and her eyes were closed, as if she was sleeping soundly.
Linlang stabilized her emotions, lowered her voice and whispered in her ear: "That, you can go." "There was no reaction. She touched it with her hands, but it was like touching air, and she couldn't grasp anything.
Every time Zhong Jiu sent her back, he only waved his hand casually, and this 'she' disappeared instantly. Now she lies there with no matter how she waves, stomps, or does, and she doesn't move.
Linlang couldn't, gritted her teeth, lifted the quilt and lay in. Anyway, tomorrow at dawn, 'she' will disappear on her own.
All night, she slept extremely unsteadily, and when she woke up, she saw exactly the same person lying next to her, which was a very strange feeling. The next time she sees Zhong Jiu again, she will definitely let him teach her this method of transformation, so that she will not have such a situation in the future and make her sleep unstable.