Chapter 14: The Shadow Eater

Cheng Xiaoxi was overwhelmed by Qin Ran's sudden kiss, only to feel that his face was hot for a while, and he suddenly turned red to the root of his ears. www.biquge.info After the two kissed in the moonlight for a few seconds, Cheng Xiaoxi gently pushed Qin Ran away from his side, and looked at the handsome young man in front of him with a little shyness, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"Tattoos... Cheng Xiaoxi leaned against the wall in a daze, his face flushed, and he held back such a sentence for a long time.

"Well, got it, you wait for me. Qin Ran put his face close to Cheng Xiaoxi's ear, and the gentle voice penetrated her eardrums and hit her deer's heart. Immediately, Qin Ran turned around and walked quickly to the depths of the alley, a few people lying on the ground.

Qin Ran walked straight to Huang Mao, who was closer, squatted down, and grabbed his wrist. Take a closer look at the tattoo.

It was a pattern of two triangles, two of which were cracked, and a circle of vines and leaves were wrapped around them, swallowing part of the triangle. There are also a few strange words written in the middle that I don't recognize. Qin Ran watched it for a long time, but he didn't see any suspicions, and couldn't help but feel a little irritable. stood up and hit Huang Mao's body.

"Damn, are you dead, are you dead, snort twice! Say it quickly! Whose subordinates are you!" Qin Ran felt that there was something greasy behind this tattoo, maybe it had something to do with Qi Tianming, and when he thought of Qi Er, he became more and more angry.

Huang Mao was not lightly injured just now, lying on the ground with weak breath, feeling a sharp pain in his body, and being kicked by Qin Ran again, he instantly felt that his throat was a little out of breath, his chest was stuffy for a while, he opened his mouth, and couldn't speak, so he had to hum a few times.

Seeing Huang Mao's appearance, Qin Ran didn't show the slightest pity, raised his fist, and made a gesture to hit Huang Mao's chest. Seeing this, Huang Mao wanted to move his body, but he was too injured and didn't have any strength to resist, seeing the fist close at hand, Huang Mao's whole face was deformed, his expression was hideous, and he couldn't hide, so he had to instinctively close his eyes.

"Forget it, he's been taught a lesson. A breezy voice sounded behind him.

Qin Ran turned around and saw Cheng Xiaoxi standing behind him, and his anger suddenly disappeared.

"Do you say it!" Qin Ran didn't get the answer he wanted, and he was still a little unhappy in his heart.

Huang Mao, who was lying on the ground, was really speechless at the moment, and he gritted his teeth to resist the smell of blood that kept pouring up in his chest. He begged Qin Ran for mercy with his eyes.

"He's so hurt that he can't speak, yes. While speaking, Cheng Xiaoxi looked around, saw that he was snatched by the studed man just now, threw the mobile phone on the side, quickly bypassed the person lying on the ground, walked over quickly, and picked it up. Then he took the phone back to Huang Mao, took a picture of the strange pattern on Huang Mao's wrist, and then took a few photos of Huang Mao lying on the ground.

"Wouldn't that be fine, just go back and check it out. Because Qin Ran was standing beside him, Cheng Xiaoxi's speech also regained his previous agility.

"Well, I'll just listen to you. Underground, he glared at Huang Mao and his brothers fiercely, then turned around in a chic manner, and gently glanced at the beautiful woman in front of him, and then gently took Cheng Xiaoxi's hand and walked out of the alley.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask, what do you do?" Qin Ran turned his head and asked with a smile. The hand naturally brushed over Xiaoxi's hair and rested on her shoulder.

"Me, I'm a student at a nearby university. Tilting his head, obviously, being held by Qin Ran again, Cheng Xiaoxi was immersed in the sudden kiss just now, looking a little embarrassed, with a touching and cute expression. A pair of beautiful eyes look particularly attractive in the moonlight, and the translucent eyes make her more beautiful.

"I'm still a top student. The corners of Qin Ran's mouth rose slightly, revealing a charming smile.

"No, I'm just interested in history. Cheng Xiaoxi showed a mouthful of white teeth, and his hair undulated with walking, exuding a faint fragrance.

"Oh, you're studying history, aren't you interested in antiquities or something?"

Hearing Qin Ran say this, Cheng Xiaoxi burst out laughing, and two faint dimples appeared on his face. "Not necessarily. "The two eyes flickered, and the eyes looked more and more beautiful against the backdrop of the eyelashes. "Archaeology and history are two very different disciplines. ”

"Oh, yes, I also said that I had the opportunity to introduce you to a friend, and he was very obsessed with archaeology. There was a hint of disappointment in Qin Ran's eyes.

"It's okay, I also like antiques with a sense of history. If you have a chance, you can take me to see it. He smiled again, inadvertently stirring his hair, and his gestures revealed an elegant temperament.

Qin Ran looked at Cheng Xiaoxi, and there was an impulse in his heart again, this impulse was completely based on his appreciation for her, without a trace of evil thoughts.

"I live in the apartment in front of me, can you send me back?" Cheng Xiaoxi looked at Qin Ran, who was a little distracted, and said softly, and then, in Qin Ran's palm, he gently pinched it.

"Well, well, I'm not going to give up halfway, I'm sure I'll get you home safely. Being pinched like this by Cheng Xiaoxi, a feeling of electric shock immediately emerged in Qin Ran's heart.

"What do you do?"

"Me. Being asked like this, Qin Ran didn't know how to answer for a while, sighed lightly, and said with a smile: "My story needs to be told for a few days and nights, and I haven't figured it out yet." Qin Ran raised his other hand and scratched his head embarrassedly.

Seeing Qin Ran's slightly naïve performance, Cheng Xiaoxi couldn't help laughing, and laughed out loud, without any pretentiousness. "If you have a chance, be sure to listen to your story. As he spoke, his eyes showed a little admiration.

For the rest of the way, neither of them spoke, just holding hands and walking quietly.

After walking for a short time, Cheng Xiaoxi stopped, "This is it." She lifted her hand and gestured to the apartment next to her. Slowly withdrew his hand from Qin Ran's hand, stroked his hair, took a few steps forward, then turned his head, smiled, and said to Qin Ran: "It's good that I go up by myself, thank you so much today." If I have a chance, I'll want to hear your story. ”

Looking at Cheng Xiaoxi, who was gradually walking away, Qin Ran didn't say a word, but an inexplicable sense of loss surged in his heart, and he looked down at the phone number she left in his hand, and the corners of his mouth couldn't stop smiling. "Cheng Xiaoxi, Cheng Xiaoxi. Qin Ran muttered to himself repeatedly, and stood in place for a long time.

On the other side, Zhang Zhensan was fascinated by the precious Langyao red square bottle in front of him, holding a special magnifying glass, waiting for the bottle to wander over and over again, observing meticulously, unwilling to let go of any detail. When the magnifying glass in his hand skimmed over the pangolin's head with a slightly hideous expression, Zhang Zhensan felt that there seemed to be a small thing in front of him, passing through the pangolin's mouth. Zhang Zhensan was stunned for a moment, hesitated a little, and after a while, he put the magnifying glass in his hand back into the pangolin's open mouth full of countless micropores.

Zhang Zhensan brought his face very close, staring intently at everything in the lenses, "Hey, it's strange, why is there nothing?" muttered to himself, with some doubts in his heart.

The magnifying glass poked into the mouth and placed it on the tooth, and I saw that the unknown material, under the lens, it appeared more translucent, reflecting the blood red of the main body of the square bottle, which was very beautiful. There seemed to be a slight mismovement between the teeth, Zhang Zhensan kept staring at it closely, reached out and touched the translucent teeth, and felt a burst of coolness from his fingertips. This strange sensation slowly passed through the nerves from his fingertips and penetrated into Zhang Zhensan's brain.

"It's so comfortable. Zhang Zhensan was very pleased by this cool feeling that rushed straight to his head. I couldn't help but close my eyes. Suddenly, Zhang Zhensan felt that something was dripping onto his hand, and opened his eyes to take a look. "Ahh What dripped on your hand was nothing else, but a drop of blood!

Zhang Zhensan was frightened and hurriedly pulled out his hand, what was going on! muttered in his heart, quickly stabilized his mind, and held his hand closer. After a glance, he breathed a sigh of relief, then put his hand on the table, and after a while, he calmed down. It turned out that it was not blood at all, Zhang Zhensan stayed in the back room for a long time, and looked at this square bottle intently for a long time, coupled with the strange cool feeling just now, Zhang Zhensan's forehead unconsciously oozed a lot of sweat, one of which slowly dripped into his hand along his cheeks, and became particularly like a drop of blood against the background of the color of the square bottle.

"Looks like it's time for me to take a break. Zhang Zhensan wiped the sweat on his forehead, and then he felt that his stomach was already empty.

"Brother, let's eat something, look at you have been in there for so long. Lin Hui gently pushed open the door and looked at Zhang Zhensan, who was sweating, a little surprised. "What's the matter? Brother, are you a little hot? This big night, you shouldn't be overhorny in your heart, right?" After speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhensan with a wicked smile.

"You kid, how did you learn these things? Let me tell you, those little movies or something, it's better to watch less!" Zhang Zhensan's words suddenly turned Lin Hui's face red.

"Let's go, go out and look for something, there's something to fill your stomach. Hearing Zhang Zhensan say this, Lin Hui retreated first and waited for him in the hall, Zhang Zhensan looked back at the square bottle placed in the center of the table, reluctantly turned off the light, took the door, and walked out.

The two closed the door of the store and went straight to find a place where they could have a supper, not noticing the change in the square bottle at all.

Placed in the room, the square bottle on the table, in the darkness, the bottle made a sparse sound, hissing, as if something was gnawing at the leaves. The two dark beads in the eye sockets of the pangolin head gradually lit up red in the dark, although it was only a very faint light, but in a cannibalistic black, it still looked very dazzling.

The pangolin's mouth moved slightly in the darkness, and the beads in its eye sockets slowly rotated in a clockwise direction, and the faint red light slowly spread down the bottle, and finally merged with the almost black copper glaze at the bottom of the bottle. Immediately after, I saw that from the micropores in its mouth, it gradually crawled out, a lot of ants!

A swarm of ants slowly moved down the pangolin's head, along the edge of the quadrangular bottle, past the table, along the legs, crawled to the ground, and hid in the surrounding black.

The faint red light of the square bottle in the center of the table gradually went out, and the pangolin's mouth and eye sockets returned to their original positions, returning to calm.

"You're pretty good at eating. Zhang Zhensan's voice rang out at the mouth of the alley.

"It wasn't because I was hungry, but the supper at that house just now tasted really good. Xiao Linzi was still holding a string of barbecue in his hand, and as he spoke, he sent the food in his hand into his mouth. "Xiang, really fragrant, brother, take me next time." With a casual wipe, he wiped the corners of his oil-stained mouth.

"It's up to you to behave. Zhang Zhensan laughed. As he spoke, he walked to the door of the store, took out the key, opened the lock, pushed the door open, turned on the light in the hall, and walked in with a handshake.

"Linzi, after eating for a while, remember to clean up the hall, don't get it everywhere for a while. I went in first. Zhang Zhensan shouted at Lin Hui, who was still outside the door, and then walked briskly towards the square bottle in the inner room without looking back.

"Got it, it's really verbose. Lin Hui responded a little impatiently as he ate something in his mouth. I casually threw the remaining plastic bag in my hand into the trash can next to me.

Lin Hui put his hands behind his head and walked lazily towards the store.

"Hey, what's it?" Lin Hui felt that something was crawling rapidly behind him, making his back a little itchy. He put a hand around his neck and leaned behind him, "Go, go." He kept waving his hands and muttering in his mouth. Twisting his waist, feeling that the things behind him had been knocked down by himself, Lin Hui didn't care too much, and walked straight to the back room.

"Brother, what's so good about that thing, you've been watching it for almost a day. As he walked, he shouted inside. When I got to the door, I didn't knock on the door, and pushed the door in.

Zhang Zhensan took a stool, made next to the square bottle, put one hand on the table, and the other hand supported his head, as if thinking about something, without noticing Lin Hui behind him.

"Brother, you too, don't you feel bored and panicked when you stay here? I don't know how to open the window. As he spoke, Lin Hui bypassed the pensive Zhang Zhensan, walked to the window, opened the closed curtains, and then pushed the window open, and a gust of evening breeze instantly blew in through the window, "So the air is good." Lin Hui nodded with satisfaction and silently walked to Zhang Zhensan's side.

At this time, the bright moon was in the sky, because the curtains were closed before, and no moonlight penetrated in. Now, as soon as the window opened, it was like opening a huge gap, and a large amount of moonlight poured in from the window, instantly sprinkling a large patch of snow white on the ground, and the moonlight overflowed Zhang Zhensan, leaving a dark shadow at Zhang Zhensan's feet. Because the light was still on in the room at this time, under the light and the moonlight, a total of two shadows were reflected on the ground, but the two shadows were not the same degree of darkness, and the shadows from the moonlight were darker.

"Brother, what do you want?" Seeing that Zhang Zhensan didn't speak for a long time, Lin Hui walked up and patted him lightly on the shoulder.

"Ah, nothing, nothing, some academic questions, academic questions. Zhang Zhensan was awakened by Lin Hui's moment, then stood up, and also wanted to go to the window to breathe.

"Brother, tell me quickly, what academic problems, didn't I just come to study with you, you... As he spoke, Lin Hui suddenly stopped. "Ah, brother, look, what is that. In an instant, Lin Hui's voice became a little stammered, obviously frightened.

"What?" Zhang Zhensan turned his head, looked at Lin Hui with an exaggerated expression, and looked in the direction of Lin Hui's eyes, "Ah!" Zhang Zhensan also shouted.

I saw that out of nowhere, a lot of ants appeared and moved quickly towards Zhang Zhensan. Suddenly, when the group of ants in front of him moved to the position of Zhang Zhensan's shadow, all the ants stopped and surrounded the black shadow on the ground.

"Why is that?" Before Zhang Zhensan could react, the next scene was even more surprising. The group of ants surrounding the shadow began to nibble on Zhang Zhensan's shadow.

"Brother, brother, brother, your shadow, shadow... Lin Hui was already frightened by the scene in front of him, and could only squeeze out such a sentence.

The shadow of Zhang Zhensan, who had been eaten by ants, showed specks and spots, and it had become not so complete. The ants on the ground did not mean to stop at all, hissing sounds, and kept biting the black shadows printed by the moonlight on the ground, and did not touch the shadows produced by the lights.

At this time, the pangolin's eyes on the square bottle gradually glowed red, and the red light was even more intense than just now. After a while, Zhang Zhensan came back to his senses and shouted at Lin Hui: "Why are you stunned, don't you run quickly!! and then jumped hard, bypassed the ants on the ground, pulled up the stunned Lin Hui, and ran out hard, in a panic, hurriedly brought the door, wanting to delay time, the ants on the ground lost their shadows that could be eaten, and they all seemed uneasy, and kept hissing, and then went crazy, rushing towards the direction of Zhang Zhensan's escape.

"Oil, what are you running?" Zhang Zhensan and Lin Hui just rushed to the door of the store, and they bumped into Qin Ran, who walked back from outside, and sent Cheng Xiaoxi away, Qin Ran felt a little lonely in his heart, thinking of coming to Zhang Zhensan to chat for a while and solve it.

"Qin Ran, run, run! There are ants, there are ants that eat shadows!" Zhang Zhensan was out of breath and pushed Qin Ran to run out.

Before Qin Ran could react to what was going on, he saw that under the moonlight, there were many small holes in the middle of Zhang Zhensan's shadow, and then he heard a hissing sound coming from the store, and looking in the direction of the sound, a group of black and pressed ants were rushing towards him!