Chapter 20: My Own Choice

Half of the attendees are only for their own purposes, and they are not concerned about what will happen to others, but what they will have to do with someone on the upcoming night. Of course, that's only half of the story, after all, some people are looking forward to what will happen next. The progress of dining in the front room is nearing the end, but it is not excluded that the crowd who is just for the free food, the vast majority of men, women and children, taste the dessert after the meal, and the elegant little finger and ring finger are crossed. The elegant melody echoes throughout the lobby, and although the soft lighting is less colorful, it has more romantic craze, and the entire top floor of the Shengshi Restaurant is silent outside the smoke of gunpowder, reaching the sky.

The melodious rhythm was suddenly broken by a violent and piercing electric microphone, and everyone's vivid dance steps came to an abrupt end, and their puzzled eyes looked at the stage in the center of the lobby, which turned out to be the host of this banquet. "Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this banquet today." There are many people in the crowd who secretly said in their hearts, you have sent an invitation post, can you not come, besides, enjoy free food, who doesn't want to participate. Chen Hong sighed with emotion, she showed a shy smile and looked at her daughter affectionately. "No one thought that maybe there was a certain number in the dark, and the same day of the second year of my marriage with Zhiming was the birth day of my daughter."

"Wish, you, life, day, fast, happy, wish, you, life, day, fast, happy......" A low, magnetic male voice echoed in everyone's mind. Then, on the periphery of the lobby, a cart full of flowers was slowly approaching, Han Feng was extremely careful, he never thought that this would be a difficult task, if there was an accident, the huge cake of the nine-story emperor would collapse, it would be an extremely magnificent scene. And this birthday song came from the microphone he set up next to his ear. "Happy Birthday to You......"

The crowd on the field gave way for this, this romantic picture moved all the women present, whether married or unmarried, no one could resist the huge birthday cake that was more than two meters high, and the nine hundred and ninety-nine pink roses in the shape of the bottom heart, but the surprised eyes could not see the top floor, shining under the warm lamp A crystal clear diamond ring with three carats. Han Feng decided to propose, this was a great opportunity, Zhou Meng had almost never experienced such a romantic thing, and such an expression was enough to melt her heart.

The cart gradually reached the high platform in the center, and Han Feng jumped up, he stood on Chen Hong's left side, opposing Zhou Meng. At this time, the top layer of the cake was just level with his vision, and the dazzling flash made him very excited. Chen Hong saw that Zhou Mengmu was holding it, and without saying a word, she shook her head and smiled bitterly: "She has never felt such a romantic scene, she is so frightened that she is at a loss, I thank you for her." Then, Chen Hong gave Han Feng a look.

Han Feng gradually walked towards the cake outside, and he read excitedly in his mouth: "Today, yes, is the most meaningful day in my life, I have never pursued one thing so seriously and wholeheartedly as I am now, this incident makes me feel emotional, and makes my life have a meaning of existence." I have also been lost, lost, drifting with the waves in the sea, lonely and helpless, still spurred by the storm, ruthlessly destroyed by the waves, I am physically and mentally tired, and my body is bruised. The dull and boring life made it seem as if I would never be able to dock, never stop, until, I found the guidance of the lighthouse, in the dark clouds of oppression, in the endless darkness, shining my own light, yes, I saw the other side, I saw the harbor. As he spoke, his trembling hand slowly reached for the top of the cake and plucked the dazzling light. Everyone on the field was moved, and the women who were jealous and complaining in their hearts longed to be caressed by him.

After Zhou Meng came to power, she had been looking for Mu Tianyu's traces, but he never appeared, until Han Feng took off a diamond ring from the top layer of the cake, which made her come back to her senses, and immediately said in amazement: "Wait." As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the audience, and they all looked at Zhou Meng, even Han Feng was stunned, he thought that the other party had acquiesced, so he remained silent. Chen Hongtie's face was blue, embarrassed to the extreme, she squeezed her daughter's wrist tightly, but the other party directly broke free of it. "Now, the case has not been solved, and the community also attaches great importance to this homicide case, and I don't want to involve personal emotional issues at this time." Zhou Meng explained, her serious expression staring at Han Feng's blank eyes. "Thank you very much for your blessings, but I don't want to ...... right now"

"It's okay, it's okay." Han Feng smiled, his words were uncertain, not only nervous but also embarrassed. "Wait, wait until the case is over, and then we'll talk about it."

Zhou Meng smiled indifferently and said, "Thank you for your understanding." Then she said to everyone on the field, "Come, everyone come and eat cake, thank you for your blessings." Then he and Han Feng shared this huge pastry with everyone. Chen Hong saw in her eyes, although there was no mess in this matter, but it did not go according to the process she expected, staring at her daughter who was smiling and smiling, she recalled Mu Tianyu and was angry.

Just after ten o'clock in the evening, around the corner of a dark neighborhood in Tiandu, a taxi stopped. "Sir, it's here." The young driver looked out of the car window, it was dark, and the street lights outside the building in front of him were in some condition, but they didn't look very bright in any case. "Are you sure you're here, sir?" The young man looked back at Mu Tianyu in the back seat.

"Yes, what's wrong with that?" The other party looked preoccupied, and Mu Tianyu asked.

"No, no, it's just that some time ago, I heard from a colleague that a particularly bizarre thing happened here." The young man received the money and felt that it was necessary to tell the other party. "Once, a female colleague of our company, passing by here, met a passenger, it was past midnight, she was supposed to be on the last bus, thinking about earning a few extra money before the shift. According to her later description, the passenger was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl wearing a white nightgown, her hair was disheveled over her shoulders, and she was holding a puppet. At that time, because the street lights were dim, she didn't see the other party's face clearly, she just said to go to the shore of the Rhine. Along the way, the girl was silent, like a puppet in her hand, so quiet that people were a little scared, my colleague also tried to talk to her halfway, but the other party just nodded or shook his head in response, even if she sat in the back row and was only one meter away, but she was still splitting her head and covering her hair in the rearview mirror, and her face could not be seen clearly. Later, when the car arrived on the shores of the Rhine, my colleague had just stopped the car when she looked up and suddenly saw that the person in the rearview mirror had disappeared, and then she turned sharply, and there was not even half a ghost in the back seat, except for a strange and bizarre object. The young man choked up, as if he was there, and couldn't help but tremble all over his body, and even a drop of cold sweat flowed from his sideburns.

"What's that?" Mu Tianyu asked curiously, although the car door was opened, he didn't get out of the car. "You say there's a weird thing in the back seat? What is it? ”

The young man sighed, drenched in cold sweat and exaggerated, but he kept wiping his forehead and said nervously: "She sees, she sees only one puppet in the back seat." ”

"And then?"

The young man was very surprised, seeing that the other party did not have the slightest sense of fear, he couldn't help but admire, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued: "Later, my colleague got out of the car, she thought that the girl had left, but there were no figures around the lake, and the branches waving in the wind were like wandering ghosts in the shadows, she was frightened on the spot, and quickly rushed into the car, threw the puppet out of the window, slammed the accelerator, and left there. The young man's face was helpless, and he sighed: "Actually, I have always wanted to pursue her, hey, she is not at work now, her spirit has been greatly traumatized, and it doesn't work to see a psychiatrist, at first there were many friends who cared about her and took care of her, but now ...... Hey, I'm the only one left. With tears in the young man's eyes, he came back to his senses and said embarrassedly: "They said that there is a morgue in this building, which is why the surroundings are so weird, in fact, those who do our business are not willing to come here to pick up or send off guests, and I just inadvertently remembered what happened to Xiao Peng here, so I ......"

"Thank you, don't worry, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will be fine." Mu Tianyu could only comfort like this, after getting out of the car, a dark wind blew in his face, he looked up at the dim street lamp, and a black shadow swept through it, hitting the remote building on the corner of the street.

On the opposite side of the street, about a hundred meters away, there was a convenience store that was about to close, and a stooping old lady was struggling to pull the glass door, and Mu Tianyu stepped forward to help close one of the doors. "Thank you, lad." The old lady turned to Mu Tianyu and nodded.

"Okay, can you get me two candles?"

"Candles?"

"Yes." Mu Tianyu smiled kindly: "It seems that all the shops on this street are closed, and the power in my room suddenly went out." ”

"That's really unfortunate, on this hot day, the power outage can be a crime." As the old lady spoke, the figure disappeared as it entered a shelf, but the sound still came from inside. "I'll help you find it, wait a minute." The shop is not big, only more than 10 square meters, mainly selling some daily grains. "Eh, boy, I'm sorry, there's only one left." So saying, the old lady came out from behind the shelf, holding a pocket in her hand, but there was only one candle left in it.

"It's okay, thanks, one is enough." Mu Tianyu stepped forward to take the candle and handed her the money, but at this moment, he suddenly found that there was a person sitting in the dark corner inside, although he couldn't see his appearance, but from the general outline of his body, it could be judged that it was an old man. It wasn't a person, it was a ghost, to be exact, but it had no grudges or evil spirits in it. "Lady, do you close so late every day?"

"Hey." She turned off the lights in the shop, closed the other glass door, and gasped tiredly: "Before, when the old man was here, he closed every night at half past ten, and he was the last on this road. Now, now that he's gone, I think there are a lot of regular customers, so I don't want to close down so early, what if someone else needs any help? The old lady's face was weak and sleepy, but she still squeezed out a smile and said, "It's like a power outage, even though you're a new customer." ”

Looking at the back of the old lady gradually leaving, the shadow under the street lamp gradually blurred, and finally disappeared into the street. Mu Tianyu turned to look at the closed shop, and the ghost sitting there must be the wife's wife. He stared at the night sky, starry and starry, his mind was solemn and hesitant, but in the end, he walked across the block and walked towards the forensic department without looking back.

In the ritual of reversion, the ghosts that exist in the real world within a certain range will return to the corpse to which they belong and be sent to the other world together, but for those wandering ghosts who cannot find the corpse, if they are affected by the ritual of reversion, they will be wiped out and indulged in the cycle of hell. If Mu Tianyu casts a ritual in the Forensic Medicine Department, the scope of this influence is enough to involve convenience stores. But people and ghosts have different paths, whether they are good ghosts or vengeful evil spirits, for mortals, there is no one case of all kinds of harms, ranging from physical and mental fatigue and illness to death.