I didn't finish it today, but I'm sorry for the replacement tomorrow morning.

The stupid author realized that he had mistaken the chapter number again...... The author can't change the chapter number himself, so I'll go to the editor and ask for it. In short—5,000 words is what has been added!

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The Twins of the Stone (Time Series)

Yugoslavia, 1993.

Wherever there has been a mass murder of human beings, the chill of winter is always heavier than elsewhere, and I put on my beloved black fox fur early, it was warm enough, but looking at the empty square, I went to add a bearskin coat.

It's not impossible to make the store warmer, but I love the harsh and cold atmosphere of the deep winter and don't want to spoil it.

Today's guest was a well-dressed woman with two children wrapped like hairballs wandering for a long time in the dark alley outside the store, and I suppressed my curiosity and deliberately did not greet her, but just quietly watched her move.

After waiting for another five minutes, she finally hesitated to push the door in, and the two Xiuyu small fish immediately couldn't stop ringing.

I motioned for her to take her two toddlers to sit on the innermost crimson couch, which was covered with dense wolf skins and had a fiery gold-colored porcelain hand stove.

and gave hot milk to two white porcelain doll-like children, and then listened to her with a smile.

"Excuse me...... Do you buy gems here?"

Although this woman has a child, she is still between a girl and a young woman, with a beautiful face, slender fingers, and a little cramped uneasiness leaking from her pure and bright pupils.

"Of course. ”

"So ......"

She carefully took out a gold reliquary from inside her coat.

"Can you tell me how much you are willing to pay for this Александрит?"

Александрит is the Russian name for alexandrite, also known as alexandrite, or alexandrite, and it is rare to see a large grain of perfection.

The one in my hand is about 5 carats, rectangular, 58 faces, crystal clear, showing a fresh and positive red like pigeon blood under artificial light, and it is so luxurious that people are intoxicated.

I got up and brought it close to the long window, and it immediately changed in the sunlight, and in a snap of a finger it was completely transformed into a clear turquoise.

It can change freely, and it lives up to its reputation as "the emerald of the day, the ruby of the night".

She had a faint hint of sadness.

Back in front of her, I bid softly.

"A million. ”

Without looking at her contrived look of surprise, I continued.

"Perfect Александрит has never been compared to a flawless diamond, and it could have been sold for at least 10 million or more. But the gem had a crack in it, about 2 microns, and its value plummeted. ”

Her face suddenly turned red as if drunk, and then turned gray.

She knew, but deliberately concealed it.

I didn't say more, looked at her repeated *** two children's hair, and unconsciously muttered in my mouth: "One, only one...... One is fine. ”

These two children of the same appearance were unusually beautiful, and although they also inherited some of the woman's appearance, they were more characterized by a large race belonging to the place, and the inconspicuous part of the woman's clothes still had the exquisite patterns unique to the hostile race of the former...... I couldn't help but feel a sudden movement in my heart.

There are countless reasons for the war, but most of them are noble and obscene, but the most filthy is "ethnic cleansing", which is very preferred by more than 99% of genetically indistinguishable human beings, and often divided into several categories according to inexplicable standards, and then attacked, abused, and killed each other...... There is no more pity than those who intermarry and their descendants. At the time of the chaos, almost all of them were demons, viciously eating their flesh and sleeping on their skins, thinking that the two children were the victims of this chaos, the woman took out Александрит, thinking that it was to raise the cost of smuggling her own flesh and blood, but unfortunately......

She looked at me again, her expression uncertain.

"I'm sorry, I want to think again. ”

I smiled slightly and handed the alexandrite back.

"I can wait for you for thirty days. ”

Now it's up to her to choose.

On the third day, there was a small knock at my door.

I knew him as one of the twins.

He walked straight up to me, and his snow-white fingers opened, revealing the delicate grain of Александрит.

"A million, cash. ”

He was as calm as an adult.

I laugh.

"I don't trade with small children. ”

"I have someone to introduce. ”

He unveiled a blood-colored business card with several slender jet-black feathers, smooth and delicate to the touch, and extremely flexible.

Ah, it was the stingy guest who often came uninvited but never patronized a single business of mine...... Well, the Eternal Ring is still with me, and the storage fee is getting higher every day, and he is afraid that he will scream again when he comes to collect it.

I'm not afraid that he will disappear, he will come sooner or later, even if he doesn't come, someone else will come, just wait, am I still afraid of wasting this little time?

I held the business card in my hand, smiled again and again, and looked back at the toddler, whose gaze was complex, full of earnestness, burning, and adult-like determination and viciousness.

A million dollars is not a weight that a child can carry, but he can easily carry it away.

I opened the door for him.

He looked up at me.

"Why didn't you ask my mother about my brother?

I smile.

"I'm not curious about humans. ”

He lowered his head, then looked up again with a determined look in his eyes.

"I want to survive, I don't want to die. ”

He seems to be talking more to himself.

"I'm not wrong. ”

I bent down and asked in a low voice.

"So believe in that Mr. Black?"

Only then did the child's little cute face show a bright smile.

“...... He only loves me, and he has great powers. ”

"Yes. ”

I don't talk anymore.

Anyway, in a few days, he'll understand.

He who understands can no longer understand.

(ENDS)

Threesome chrysoberyl cat's eye

Singapore, 1995.

This city is fat and quiet, like a goldfish in a glass tank.

I set up my shop in the most impetuous streets, and I was struck by the scorching sun and hurried men and women, each dressed similarly and with the same face, but with strange shapes and indescribable changes in their eyes.

I leaned against the cold turquoise glass wall and admired it all.

No less than ten people in a day tried to enter the store, but the snobbish little fish wouldn't open the door, and they finally had to leave in a huff.

While contemplating the tranquility of Lake Winnipeg, the Xiuyu herring suddenly swayed and rattled.

I lazily turned around, only to see two men humilly walking through the door.

Their faces are mediocre, their suits are too delicate in workmanship, and they seem to be as rigid and stiff as others.

Afterwards.

A stunner walked into the store.

Flaming red curly hair, honey-colored skin, blue eyes, long eyebrows raised high, a close-fitting cinnabar-colored satin skirt, a pair of crocodile skin garnet-inlaid gold slippers under his feet, and a snow-white night owl perched on his shoulders.

The two men cast her eyes of infinite admiration.

I squinted at her.

She didn't dare to be too presumptuous here.

He didn't say much, but said, "I heard that there is a golden green cat's eye here." ”

I nodded.

The two men hurriedly served her and sat down across from me.

I slowly flipped over a silver glass, opened the mint liqueur under the table, slowly poured out all the clear cyan liquid, and finally listened to the clang, and the golden green cat's eye, which was as big as a finger lid hidden in the wine, splashed a small ripple and fell into the bowl.

She lifted the silver bowl, smiled at me, and calmly drank the wine.

After a few seconds, the silver bowl was removed from his lips to admire the precious stones that were round and sparkling like living creatures.

This is a 166-carat biconvex oval cat's eye, its color is deep honey yellow, extremely transparent, crystal clear, under the illumination of a strong light source, showing a silver light, this is often called eyeliner. The eyeliner runs through the direction of the long axis, when the direction of the light source changes, the eyeliner moves flexibly, the most special thing is that there is also an eyeliner with a comparable effect on the other side of it, so it is not as good as other cat's eyeliner will gradually disappear, flipping, when one gradually narrows up, the other slowly lights up, and the two lines take turns to look at their masters, which is extremely charming, and it is really unique in the world.

"Yes, it's this cat's eye, I want it. ”

"One hundred million. ”

I quote lightly.

Regardless of the two gentlemen next to him, their faces were pale.

"Please keep it for me for thirty days, and at twelve o'clock for thirty days, I will wait here...... One of them. ”

Her bewitching eyes swept over them, gently put down the cat's eye, and walked out of the store.

The two men were struck by lightning.

They all stood up in unison and followed closely.

Thirty days went by in a flash.

I've started to get tired of this dull city, but now that I have a promise, I have to wait.

Fifteen points are still owed at twelve o'clock.

Here she comes.

This time it was as bright as red, with a scarlet sequined tight-fitting dress, cinnabar suede boots, and a hook of silver powder on the corner of the eye.

The white night owl was obediently hunched on her shoulder.

I pointed out to her the golden green cat's eye that was sitting in the bowl along the blue and white roll.

At this moment, two men had already entered.

"I'll buy you this golden green cat's eye. ”

They spoke in unison.

She clasped her palms together and smiled like a child.

One of them turned to me.

"Here's the check. ”

Another person also presented a receipt.

She suddenly felt something different, her smile slowly faded, and she asked them sharply.

"How did you get the money?"

"I took out a loan for ten years. ”

The man who had delivered the check replied with a smile on his face.

"I made a fifteen-year salary advance to the company. ”

The latter replied.

"What ......"

Her face was pale.

"You! You're not saying your grandmother has 10,000 acres of land!"

The man she asked was at a loss.

"But...... But she didn't want to sell ......"

"You're the only heir to her estate, aren't you!?"

The man bowed his head deeply.

She looked at another man again.

"Didn't you say that you were the treasurer of the company, and tens of millions of dollars of cash flowed through your hands every day, what do you say now?"

"But...... That's the company's money......"

"A pair of idiots!"

She was furious, her long, curly red hair windless and windless, and the snake-like entanglement curled and rose.

I was worried about my few blue and white treasures beside her, and I bent my finger and tapped on the countertop.

She immediately calmed down.

The tone of his eyes suddenly returned to softness and sluggishness.

She said softly.

"You owe so much debt to me, how can I receive this gift with peace of mind...... You, your grandmother, who never treated you well, who were beaten and scolded by her when she was a child, and now she is eighty-nine, and her days are numbered, and she may have suffered less if she left a day or two earlier;

...... You say, "Isn't it?" This is what they owe you, and it should have been repaid a long time ago......."

She whispered softly and tried her best to induce, and the eyes of the two men gradually rose to the clouds.

Seeing this, she raised her thin eyebrows proudly.

But unexpectedly, the two men, who had been silent for several minutes, first bowed their heads and remained silent, then frowned deeply, and when they finally raised their heads, they had already regained their bright expressions before entering the store.

They looked at each other and bowed to her.

"I'm sorry!"

Just leave.

Her expression at this time was really funny.

Looking out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of my store, two men slowly walked across the zebra crossing to the sidewalk opposite.

I saw a huge billboard above their heads without wind and automatically, and the pedestrians who had not heard the strange sound reacted, and they had already made a cracking sound and fell down, one of the two men had no time to escape, and was immediately crushed to pieces, and the other was like being pulled by an invisible silk thread, staggered back two steps, leaned on the lamppost and gasped in panic, before he could think that the frosted glass street lamp would burst at the same time, a twisted silver electric light hit him hard along the metal lamppost, and after a few sparks flickered, only a pile of fine coke remained.

With a smug sigh, the night owl that had completed the task jumped back into the arms of his master.

She laughed and turned back to collect the spoils.

"The beneficiary of their life insurance is me, and the two of them have a total of 100 million, haha!"

She reached for the golden green cat's eye.

This thing that doesn't know anything is really too rampant.

Before her fingertips could touch it, I reached out and grabbed the cute golden green cat's eye.

"When?"

"Sorry, the time limit has expired and the deal has been cancelled. ”

She looked up in amazement, and the second hand of the store's bell was already out of the center.

Before she could figure out the mystery, I flicked my fingers and threw her out of the store.

At the same time, he laughed out loud without any manners.

(ENDS)

Don't Listen to Ghost Stories (To......... Adults who haven't slept yet)

Like many other schools, there is nothing special about this boarding school.

The freshmen Anan and Abei are also very ordinary students, generally handsome, slender, and taciturn.

I must say that there is something different about them, probably because the two of them are both small and don't like to listen to people talk about ghosts, and they can avoid such topics. Over time, almost the whole school knew that there were two newcomers who would never listen to ghost stories.

If Anan and Abei are female, they may be said to be simple and cute, but no matter how beautiful they are, they are also boys after all, so their peers always have some disdain when they mention the two. There are even some bad things, and when they can't walk away at will, they tell horrible ghost stories, and they are overjoyed to see their faces getting whiter and their brows frowning tighter and tighter. The other students all watched from the wall, smiling slightly, and used it as a spice in boring studies.

Tonight's self-study was extremely boring, and some people talked about the seven ghosts of the school while looking at them proudly.

Anan and North have been looking down at books.

There were already people laughing.

The malicious teasing continued until the end of the self-study, and the students hurried out of the classroom laughing and returning to the dormitory through the long, dark alley.

Anan and Bei, who had left at the end, stood up quietly, picked up his book, and straightened out a few chairs that had not been put back in place.

Although there was no one around, they still talked very softly.

"They always call us stupid and ugly. ”

Anan frowned.

Ah Bei's jaw head agreed.

"Their human perception of us is quite old, but they don't know that the ghosts of the present are only more and faster than humans. ”

"Humans have always been like this. ”

"So it's just food. ”

Abei laughed happily.

"Fortunately, whether it is good or bad, flesh and blood always taste quite good. ”

Anan also showed a happy expression, and when he turned off the last fluorescent lamp, two pairs of turquoise crystal light flashed in the darkness.

Now it's their meal time.

(ENDS)