The midday sun was baking the earth, and the asphalt was oiled. Although it is now the time for the holidays of various schools, in a snack bar next to Jinling University, there is still an endless stream www.biquge.info of people, several tables are full of people, and many people are standing aside and waiting for empty seats, so even if the air conditioner in the store is desperately spewing out cold air, it still can't hide the warmth in the small shop. But apparently, these young people who came to eat were accustomed to the hot business of this restaurant, and they just stood there silently and waited patiently, occasionally reaching out to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.

There are already three waiters in the store, and almost everyone is busy, but they are still too busy. Finally, a waiter took the time to walk to the innermost table. If you look closely, this person does look a little conspicuous in this thriving shop, because only one of the four of them is eating, but he occupies an entire table, and everyone else is just sitting there chatting.

"Boss, you see that the business in the store is so good, can you consider expanding the store? The waiter wiped the sweat from his head and cautiously said to a slightly chubby man at the table. No wonder this table is so occupied, it turns out that the boss is also among them.

"Well, there's no rush beforehand. The fat boss sat there, holding a sketchpad in his hand, and kept drawing and wiping. In the face of his employees' suggestions, he answered so casually that he didn't even raise his head.

The waiter's face was not very good, but he was not very easy to face his boss, thought about it for a while and said: "Then can you consider recruiting more people, you also saw it, just a few of us are not busy at all." ”

"I also know your hard work, hold on to it during this time, and I'll go back and increase your salary. The fat boss frowned, as if he was not very satisfied with his work, so he carefully erased the part he had just done and repainted it.

"Xiao Liu, what are you doing, come over and help!" Before the waiter could say anything more, a waiter with an older grade in the distance raised his hand and called out to him. Also, there are only three people in total, and now that there is one less, the burden on the other two has increased sharply, how can you not find out. Seeing that his boss looked absent-minded about business, the waiter had to sigh softly and go back to work.

This fat boss is Pan Ren, one of the new members of the Demon Hunters.

When the waiter walked away, Zhuang Huanting joked to Pan Ren: "Ha, Lao Pan, look at this posture, you are going to get rich." ”

"Don't laugh at me, besides, I can get such a good location, not all thanks to Officer Zhuang's help. Facing Zhuang Huanting, Pan Ren finally raised his head and responded with a wry smile.

"I said, Lao Pan, can you make snacks for your shop, you don't care if the business is so good. Xiao Jiu, who was sitting in a wheelchair on the side, also laughed and teased. After Nanyu left with Bai Heyu that day, Lu Gusong also quickly teleported back to the base with a few team members, at that time, Xia Feixue, Liu Suifeng and the little beggar were all fine, but Xiao Jiu's fate was already hanging by a thread. Fortunately, there was also a Liu Suifeng in their team, and in the end, with the help of Liu Suifeng on the "throne", they fought non-stop for nearly twenty hours, and finally snatched Xiao Jiuyi's life from the hands of death. It's just that the other side flower is equipped with the forbidden medicine of the killer organization, but the effect is domineering, even the throne can't be completely removed, so you can only wait for the body to recover slowly, anyway, Xiao Jiu can't go out of the task in a short time.

"As you can see, this store is so big, it's useless to hire more waiters, and it may even be unhelpful. Pan Ren looked around at his small shop and said lightly. Although he didn't put too much thought into the store, it was enough for him to know the situation in the store well. "Now that we have invested a few of our money in the base, there is no surplus at all, and it will be better when we have money to expand the store after a while. ”

"By the way, Xiao Jiu, how is your injury?" After finishing talking about his shop, Pan Renzhong buried his head in his drawing board again, and did not forget to ask about Xiao Jiu's injury.

Xiao Jiu smiled and replied: "It's no big deal, this is still the case of Dr. Liu's absence, otherwise maybe I can go to the mission now." Since Su Shi and his party, Xiao Jiu, who was originally a little dark and lonely, seems to have let go of all the knots in his heart, the whole person has become much sunnier, more talkative, and more smiling, and he can no longer see the haze of the cold-blooded killer in his body.

"Mission...... I want to go too......" Zhuang Huanting raised her head and said with some admiration, and then puffed out her mouth angrily, "Hmph, the captain is really eccentric, it's rare to have a mission, but let the two of them go." ”

"Don't blame the captain, we're not going out on a mission, we're going to fight demons. Brother Xia and Dr. Liu are the most powerful among us, and letting them go is also for the sake of insurance. Xiao Jiu was a little dumbfounded, who would have thought that Officer Zhuang, the deputy director of the Jinling Police Bureau, who was unsmiling at work, was sometimes arrogant like a little girl who hadn't grown up in life.

"Hmph, that guy is still amazing, just don't hold back!" I don't know why, after more than two months of getting along, Zhuang Huanting got along well with everyone else, but she couldn't get along with Xia Feixue, and she always had the smell of gunpowder when she said that she was working, and Xia Feixue was also very helpless about this, so she had to endure it everywhere.

Regarding the complicated relationship between these two people, Xiao Jiu just smiled and did not speak.

"Devil...... I've never seen it before, Xiao Jiu, what do you think the demon would be like?" As if unwilling to mention Xia Feixue, Zhuang Huanting brought up another topic.

Xiao Jiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I haven't seen a demon either." Saying that, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but think of Bai Heyu again, if you want to talk about it, Bai Heyu should no longer be a human, so is he a demon like that?

"I'll participate in the next mission!" Zhuang Huanting muttered quietly, "This mission is really far, it's actually in Lianyun City, and it's on the other side of Su Province, do you say there will be missions from other provinces in the future?"

"I don't know, maybe there is, maybe not, we don't even know why the Demon Hunter exists, the captain doesn't say, we don't want to ask. However, I think that the frequency of demons is so high, even if we can't do it here, the state will set up a corresponding organization to deal with it. Faced with this question, Xiao Jiu thought carefully before answering.

"Can the country obtain such a terrifying power of spiritual power? Then why don't they come out to stop the demons from coming to the world?" Zhuang Huanting was a little strange, because she had tested the colleagues around her, and she could be sure that the entire Jinling Police Department, including her nominal boss, the Jinling Police Chief was unaware of the existence of the demon.

"It's good to have strong mental power, but I think even the killer organization I was in can get it, so the country must be able to find a way to get it. As for why the demon is stopped on the unknown face, I think there is a reason. "As for the thoughts of the country's top leaders, Xiao Jiu is such a small killer as unknown.

"What, isn't your killer organization quite strong?" For that killer organization, Zhuang Huanting had seen the old man who used the gun, and he suffered under him. If Xiao Jiu hadn't suddenly appeared that time, she and Xia Feixue would probably have died in that small alley.

Xiao Jiu shook his head: "It's just a group of people who can't see the light." Relative to the state apparatus, any organization is nothing more than a crack in the cracks to survive. ”

Some time ago, Lu Gusong brought a piece of news to Xiao Jiu: because the four major instructors were killed, Bai Heyu was missing, and the killer organization where Xiao Jiu was located was broken by several hostile forces half a month ago, and the high-level was slaughtered, and the killers below were scattered. At this point, except for Bai Heyu, all of Xiao Jiu's enemies have died, and Xiao Jiu's tone is very calm when it comes to such an organization that has fallen apart.

"Wow, you're so full!" At this time, the little one, who was the only one of the four who was eating with his head down, finally raised his head, stretched his waist, and touched his round belly contentedly, with a happy look on his face.

"Xiao Qi, the girl's family, be reserved. Xiao Jiu said as he took out a few pieces of tissue paper and gently wiped the grease stains off the little beggar's mouth. However, it is a little inappropriate to call her a little beggar at this time, and now she is no longer as depressed as when she first met Lu Gusong. Xiao Qi, who was cared for by the entire demon hunter and was carefully dressed up by Zhuang Huanting, is like a doll carved in pink.

"Yes, girls should be reserved!" For Xiao Jiu, Xiao Qi was always very obedient, she immediately sat up, put her hands on her lap, and smiled but did not show her teeth. Her cute appearance caused a burst of laughter from the people around her, and even the college students who came to eat were attracted to this cute little girl.

"Xiao Qi, how is it, the first day of school, are you still adapting?" Zhuang Wanting asked with a smile and touched Xiao Qi's head.

"Well, the school is good, the teachers and classmates are very good to me, and I can still learn a lot of knowledge. Speaking of school, Xiao Qi's face couldn't help but overflow with a smile.

Looking at Xiao Qi's happy appearance, Xiao Jiu's heart couldn't help but feel happy, although he and Xiao Qi were not related by blood, but in his heart, he had regarded Xiao Qi as his sister, just like Brother Jiu treated him at the beginning. So, Xiao Jiu looked at Zhuang Huanting and said seriously: "Speaking of this, I really want to thank you, Officer Zhuang." If it weren't for you helping me and Xiao Qi deal with the identity problem, Xiao Qi and I would probably still be two wandering spirits in this Jinling City. ”

Facing Xiao Jiu's thanks, Zhuang Huanting was actually a little flustered: "No, as long as you don't blame me for naming you on my own initiative." As a member of a big family in the imperial capital, Zhuang Huanting has never faced sincere gratitude from others, which makes her a little at a loss, and at the same time, she can't help but feel a little satisfied in her heart.

Xiao Jiu smiled and said, "It's okay, I like the name Xiao Jiu very much." I was originally a nameless lonely soul, and now that Brother Jiu's wish has been fulfilled, I am no longer suitable to use the name 'Xiao Qinjiu'. That Xiao Qi, do you like your name or not? ”

"Well, I like it very much!" Xiao Qi raised her head, squinting her eyes and enjoying Xiao Jiu stroking her little head.

Xiao Jiu gently picked up the student ID card on Xiao Qi's chest, and in addition to Xiao Qi's cute photo on the blue certificate, there were three hot gilded characters: Xiao Qiqi.

"Xiao Jiu, did you leave that chain knife there too?" Pan Ren on the side said suddenly.

"Well, after all, that's Brother Jiu's stuff. Speaking of Brother Jiu, Xiao Jiu's expression still revealed a trace of sadness. Not long ago, accompanied by the entire demon hunters, Xiao Jiu erected a small monument for Brother Jiu and Sister Xiao Yi in a mountain col on the outskirts of Ling'an. In fact, it was a well-dressed mound, their bodies had long been found, and there was nothing left, so Xiao Jiu left the chain knife in the lonely grave.

"That, don't you mind, I just heard Lao Xia and them say that your chain knife is very good, so my hands ......itched for a while," Pan Ren said hesitantly, turning over his drawing board, on which he drew a chain knife with a pencil, and his exquisite painting skills made the sharp blades on the paper seem to be full of bone-loving coldness.

"It's okay, Brother Jiu won't care about this. Xiao Jiu knew that Pan Ren was afraid that he had a taboo in his heart, so he responded with a smile. In fact, as a demon hunter now, he really needs a handy blade for hand-to-hand combat.

"That's good. Pan Ren was relieved, randomly put the drawing board on his lap, looked around, and found that no one was paying attention, so he spread his hands on the paper and made a mark with his ten fingers. Almost instantly, the painting on the paper disappeared, and instead a cold iron chain knife appeared in Pan Ren's hand.

Xiao Jiu took the sharp blade from Pan Ren's hand, feeling the cold spiritual power swimming in his fingertips, as if he had returned to the days when he fought side by side with Brother Jiu.

"Hey, Lao Pan, you're eccentric! Where's my weapon?" Zhuang Huanting protested on the side.

"I said Officer Zhuang, you use a gun. To put it bluntly, I'm a blacksmith, and I'm good at cold weapons, but I'm far worse than you when it comes to firearms or something. Pan Ren spread his hands helplessly.

Zhuang Huanting didn't really ask Pan Ren for weapons, but she still deliberately pretended to be angry and said: "Hmph, you are the same as the captain, you are eccentrics." ”

Regarding Zhuang Huanting's accusation, Pan Ren said that he was very hurt.

At this time, a large figure appeared in front of everyone.

A girl, holding her waist in one hand and her pot-bellied belly in the other, slowly walked down the stairs step by step.

"Daughter-in-law, why are you down!" Pan Ren jumped up from his seat at once, ran to the girl in three steps and two steps, and helped her to sit down in his place.

Pan Ren's daughter-in-law's belly is already very big, and it is not easy to even walk, and going down the stairs alone is indeed a bit hard for her. When she sat down in her seat, her face was already flushed and drenched in sweat, so Pan Ren squatted aside and pressed her somewhat swollen ankles for her.

"Husband, our parents said they came to see us today, but they haven't come until noon, and the phone can't get through, so I'm a little worried about them. The girl exhaled lightly, calmed herself down, and immediately told Pan Ren with a worried look on her face.

"Don't worry too much, it's not the first time they've come to Jinling. Pan Ren patiently comforted the girl.

"However, it is only a four-hour journey from Ling'an to Jinling...... "The girl is still not at ease.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Didn't something happen in Su Province some time ago, so the security in Jinling has been strengthened a lot during this time, and the uncles and aunts should still be on the way. Zhuang Pingting on the side also persuaded that now that Pan Ren's daughter-in-law is pregnant, she can't be too worried.

Although Zhuang Pingting did not wear a police uniform today, they also frequented the shop, and the girl was also very familiar with Pan Ren's friends, and since Officer Zhuang came forward, the girl was much more relieved.

Seeing that the girl's flushed face was calmer, Pan Ren hurriedly said, "It's too noisy down there, let's go upstairs." ”

The girl shook her head: "I always feel panicked in my heart, and I want to come out and stay for a while." ”

"That'll do. Pan Ren thought about it, nodded, stood up and rubbed the girl's waist again.

"By the way, why haven't you seen Brother Xiao Lu all day today?" Retracting his gaze from Pan Ren and his wife, Xiao Qi on the side suddenly said.

"Xiao Lu, he is such a woman, he doesn't know that he is accompanying that girl at this time. Zhuang Pingting showed a sly look on her face and said to Xiao Qi.