Chapter 44: The Alley
In winter, Shanghai is covered in snow, and the sanitation workers on the streets are sad to sweep away the snow, and while most people are preparing for their annual vacation, these simple workers are still diligent, waiting for the expensive Starbucks cups thrown by the outstretched hands of millions of luxury cars to fall to the ground, and then they pick them up, repeatedly, and curse in their hearts for the monopoly of wealth by the capitalists. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The forest park is obviously not specially cleaned, there is a paradise for wild cats and dogs and the elderly and children, most of the old people are idlers, they like to tease cats and dogs here, and the heat and enthusiasm exuded by those energetic bear children are enough to resist the icy cold wind, as long as these melon babies are given a place of ice and snow, they can turn the forest park into a modern war filled with gunpowder, the name of this war is - snowball fight.
The wolf dog that was accidentally injured by the snowball roared angrily, and after scaring those bear children away, the black wolf dog that looked fierce and mighty was slightly deflated, and when it turned its head, it had instantly turned into a well-behaved and gentle wolf dog like a Peking Opera face, and followed a fat yellow dog.
The wolf-dog that had glared at Hiro in the night, but had been chased away by Gul'dan, had returned, but in front of Gul'dan, it was as innocent as a wilted cucumber, and it was willing to bow down.
When it gradually developed into the first little brother of the big yellow dog and became the first dog leg under Guldan's command, Hiro felt that these two dogs were embarrassed and had a similar stupidity, and they should really worship the son as brothers, in addition to their different appearances, their IQ is basically on the same level, if Guldan is Guan Erye, then this black wolf dog is Zhang Fei, they are the Haier brothers in the dog world.
Together in the forest park, they chased the frisbees thrown by the old man and children and picked them up, bouncing like two kangaroos, happy as the riot that was chased by Guldan.
They are keen to patrol their territory, then grin at the arrogant wild cats and are humiliated by bird droppings.
They all have the habit of lying in bed, and no matter how much Hero kicks their buttocks, they don't want to crawl out of the grass on a cold morning.
Probably the only difference is that Gul'dan speaks the language of beasts, while the wolfdog is illiterate.
With Guldan's support, the wolf dog basically did not dare to take any offensive measures against Hiro, although the black cat never felt that he was a subordinate of the big yellow dog, but in Guldan's heart, his number one general will always be this black cat, although the wolf dog is more in line with his temperament, but after all, the big yellow dog misses the old love, can only be relegated to the second general, follow it The first big demon king in the forest park is at large, playing the world, and the scourge is a hundred miles.
In view of the fact that the wolf dog can now understand some beast language, but he still can't grasp it well, Gul'dan named it "Little Er", which sounds like a shopkeeper, on the grounds that "Little One" is Hiro, and it can only be "Little Er" - of course, the black cat definitely does not admit this.
Xiao Er was mixed around the barbecue stall on the street some time ago, and after the general customers ate on the roadside, it was basically meat and bones all over the ground, which once made Xiao Er feel that it was a paradise on earth, and then three fierce and vicious wild cats took away its territory, and the cat was stunned to drive Xiao Er away, and it had to come here to go to Guldan, which can be described as a defeat in Maicheng.
Hiro naturally knows that the three wild cats are big hair, two hairs and three hairs, in fact, there will be a lot of food scraps over there every day, and it is not a matter to feed a few stray cats and dogs, but Xiao Er once bullied Sanmao, so Da Mao and Er Mao will naturally not have a good face for Xiao Er, once these two cats are ferocious, wolf dogs also dare to scratch, except for Guldan, there is no dog they are afraid of in this world, and Erlang God's roaring dog is not good.
Two dogs and a cat walked in the snow-covered forest, of course, for Guldan, this is patrolling their own territory, there used to be some stray dogs who did not open their eyes to grab the territory, but then they all disappeared, or wandered to other corners of the forest park that Guldan did not often go, in front of the great demon king of the mixed world, any cat and dog had to stand aside.
Although the vampire Grand Duke Dracula has created a lot of interesting flashpoints in life, this gentleman has been in some trouble lately - it is not a problem to always sleep upside down in a tree, and the handsome vampire is running around the neighborhoods of Shanghai's outer ring road, trying to find a house to rent.
However, renting a house in Shanghai basically depends on the face, and if you are lucky to be able to rent a residential house with an excellent geographical location at a low price, you will have to bear the harassment of the landlord in addition to the price pit.
Some time ago, in the process of looking for a house, the Grand Duke of the Blood Clan almost faced a forty or fifty-year-old landlady with a face that looked like a female ghost in front of an intermediary, but fortunately he finally endured it, killing people was not difficult for him, but the pursuit of the Holy See was very troublesome.
He slammed the door at the end, leaving behind the poor landlady with a look that must have suddenly fallen in love with Duke Dracula.
Bai Yue recently quit her job at the bar, because she was going home for the New Year, as a vixen, she was not at all as bewitching as everyone imagined, rather than saying that she was a vixen, Hiro felt that she was an angel who fell from heaven to the mortal world, and she must have had a halo on her head in her last life.
And for Bai Yue, going home for the New Year is not the top priority, and the problem of dealing with the seven aunts and eight aunts in the countryside in Fox Village is what she is most worried about - as a fox spirit, she has not had a boyfriend in Dalian since she was a child, how can she be embarrassed to say it.
Especially when her other relatives and cousins came home for the Chinese New Year, they showed off how many men they had fallen into, how much money they loved them so much that they couldn't wait to dig out their hearts and lungs, and how many yuan they exchanged for their beauty - and at that time, Bai Yue could only sit in the corner awkwardly, like a camellia wet by the rain.
However, there is still some time before the Chinese New Year, the snowflakes falling from the sky are scattered like white leaves in the center of bright lights, and the roof of Hiro's house is covered with a thick snow blanket, which makes the black cat look particularly eye-catching every time he lies on the roof, and if he lies on the roof for a long time, Hiro will be buried alive by the snow.
In the morning, he was woken up by his slightly itchy body, whether it was lice or not, this was a big thing for him, so the black cat frantically fled to the bathroom and took a bath for himself, when the sleepy-eyed Li Lan opened the bathroom door, and was about to brush his teeth and wash his face, the soap foam that came to his face like a flood made him wake up instantly, and his sleepiness disappeared.
On the other hand, Mr. Dracula finally achieved positive results after going through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, and rented an apartment in Yangpu District, Shanghai, to be honest, the room looked really okay, with complete facilities, the landlady smiled like a flower, making people feel like a spring breeze, but the rent was outrageously expensive, almost catching up with twice Li Lan's monthly salary, obviously it is not unreasonable for the landlord to laugh like a spring breeze, not to mention that Duke Dracula himself is also a typical European handsome guy, and full of mature temperament, if he wants, he can easily go to the landlady's WeChat account, or walk on the landlady's bed in the middle of the night。
In the evening, after finishing the day's work, Dracula changed into civilian clothes and took a shower, and was ready to go to the night shift in good spirits.
He now has to run around for a living, and he has to find time to do intellectual work with Her Royal Highness, and he has no time to drink coffee at a Starbucks in Paris, afternoon tea in a single-family villa in London, or meet a few lovely girls he just met in Italy—shockingly, he is content with the full and busy life he has now.
And if anyone knew what he was thinking, they would definitely want to strangle him to death, and then burn him to ashes, and crush his bones and scatter ashes, which is really hateful.
Dracula smiled and walked towards the carport that gradually spread out at night, this is the inner ring of Shanghai, a place where every inch of land is expensive, and it is easy to remind him of his own experience walking on the streets of Paris a few months ago, but the humanistic style of the two places is very different, and it is also a pleasant experience.
As he was about to take his electric car out of the carport, Dracula frowned, and he suddenly disappeared in place like a ghost, as if blending into the night, only to be followed by a holy light that flashed where he had just stood.
There seems to be a burst of bright red blood.
In the light of the street lamp, there was only a striking pool of blood, exuding a chilling smell of blood, and then gradually solidified in the cold temperature of winter.
A few hundred meters away, Dracula's figure appeared in an uninhabited alley, and in the dark alley, his face suddenly turned much paler.
His right shoulder was empty and empty, as if an arm had been cut off.
The Bloodline Grand Duke's expression was gloomy like a dull thunderstorm cloud on a rainy day, and as he took a few deep breaths, his vanished arms and torn clothes were back intact, but his expression was a little paler.
The blood clan was already known for its pale and bloodless face, maintaining a sickly white, but at this moment, Dracula's face was already as pale as a white wall that had just been refreshed by a mason, and there was a faint black gas, as if it was "Yintang blackened".
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Qian Duoduo looked at Ye Xiaomeng, who slowly walked out of the elevator with a delicate and beautiful face, he laughed, although this young man does not have a very elegant and beautiful name, but aside from this, he is a golden beetle son-in-law in all other senses, with a simple and upright character, a handsome and sunny appearance, and a wealthy family, he should be the perfect boyfriend in the hearts of all girls.
Ye Xiaomeng looked at Qian Duoduo, who was full of vigor and vitality in the sun, she showed a soft smile, her smile was as approachable as ever, but it never made people feel too intimate, she always held that perfection, so that she could maintain enough mystery while being friendly.
"That...... We...... Let's go eat first. Qian Duoduo's voice was a little nervous, and he looked a little embarrassed, just like those immature boys who asked a girl out for the first time.
In fact, for the first time in such a long time, he successfully invited Ye Xiaomeng out for lunch - in the name of "intern boyfriend".
"Okay. Ye Xiaomeng stood beside Qian Duoduo's BMW, looking at him with a smile, about five seconds passed, Qian Duoduo reacted, and hurriedly helped the girl next to him open the car door, just because he was too hasty to move, which made this gentlemanly action a little embarrassing.
Ye Xiaomeng covered her mouth and snickered and sat in the co-pilot.
She suddenly remembered the first time she went out on a date with Li Lan, as if she had switched places with Qian Duoduo, her always calm and rational self became nervous and sensitive, and her heartbeat was as fast as if she was playing basketball, while Li Lan next to her had a charming smile and noble and elegant movements, as if she had practiced British etiquette specially, full of gentlemanly temperament - she didn't know that when Li Lan was in the Standing family, Li Lan had learned aristocratic etiquette with the best etiquette teacher in the whole of England.
At that time, she seemed to have become one of those little girls who fell in love for the first time, simple and cute, she felt that Li Lan at that time could drive a romantic even if she drove a 59 tank car, and even if she rode a tricycle with him, she could feel very romantic.
Looking at Qian Duoduo, who was nervous about how to find a topic, Ye Xiaomeng sighed in her heart.
They had lunch at a high-end French restaurant on Nanjing West Road, and watched a horror movie that had just been released at the Daguang Cinema next to People's Square - a movie that the innocent young man had apparently fantasized about the girl next to him who was scared when she watched a horror movie, and then he could have taken advantage of the situation and smashed Huanglong, which turned out to be too much for him.
There are not many people in the cinema, which is also expected by Qian Duoduo, obviously he has done his homework for this date, and the dark circles in the corners of his eyes can be glimpsed, just like elementary school students are so excited that they can't sleep the night before their spring outing, Qian Duoduo is probably so nervous that he hasn't slept all night.
As if it was a chartered venue, he and Ye Xiaomeng sat in the middle of the theater, watching scary ghost movies, but the occasional screams in the cinema did not come from Ye Xiaomeng but from Qian Duoduo.
This is obviously Qian Duoduo's mistake, he overestimated his combat effectiveness and psychological endurance, and also underestimated Ye Xiaomeng, who is like the Statue of Liberty, the gap between the two of them is like Monkey King and the father-in-law of the land, one in the sky and one underground, to the back, in order to appease Qian Duoduo's bad mood that was frightened by the ghost film and was already tearful, Ye Xiaomeng had to grab his hand like a hard-working mother and coax him for a few words, her expression was so gentle that she was about to drip water, and as a result, they looked more like mother and son than a couple.
When she came out of the movie theater, Ye Xiaomeng's mouth always had a smile on her lips, as if she had just watched not a horror movie, but a romantic comedy starring Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan, and Qian Duoduo was like ashes.
He felt like he was about to die, mixed with the mental impact of the ghost movie on him and the humiliation of being embarrassed in front of the person he liked, as if someone had stuffed a mixture of feces and urine into his throat, so Qian Duoduo quickly rushed into the bathroom of the theater and retched, like a drunkard who had been overdrunk all night, and the moaning sound made people shudder, so that an aunt looked at him in surprise when she came out of the toilet after cleaning, "The young man is pregnant, wow?"
Just as Hiro judged, Ye Xiaomeng is not something that anyone can control, she is the empress on the tower, and a young and inexperienced boy like Qian Duoduo still needs to strengthen his posture level.
In the evening, Ye Xiaomeng and Qian Duoduo said goodbye at the intersection, originally meaning that Qian Duoduo was still going to send her home, but because of this date, the past was recalled, the girl rejected him with a smile, walked alone on the crowded street, and disappeared into the flow of people.
There was still white snow on the sycamore leaves on the side of the road, and a mischievous boy kicked the trunk of a tree so violently that he screamed at the falling snow, but he was happy to do it.
Ye Xiaomeng smiled and shook her head, and walked into an uninhabited alley, which she was familiar with, and she was going to walk through this alley to buy a cup of coffee on the opposite street.
Suddenly, a man from nowhere appeared in front of her, he appeared like a ghost, silently, and at the moment when Ye Xiaomeng had not yet reacted, he stretched out his hand and grabbed her neck and lifted her up.