Layers of black clouds surged up in the sky, obscuring the light of the bright moon, making the already eerie sky look even more dull, oppressive, and breathless.

The sound of the wind, the thunder, the sudden slashing of lightning from the clouds, everything seemed so sudden.

The young man standing on the deck subconsciously wrapped his coat, looked at the darkening sky, took a deep breath, turned around and prepared to leave.

But before he could even finish the action of turning around, he was attracted by the sudden sound behind him.

"Black clouds are crushing the city and want to destroy it."

The bard is a young man who looks about the same age as Jiang Ning, but the difference is that he is wrapped in clothes, even wearing a cap and a mask, and his bangs are just right to cover one eye, so he can't see his appearance at all, giving people the illusion that this guy is a certain star.

Jiang Ning was not the kind of person with a strong sense of curiosity, he knew the truth of "curiosity kills cats", since this guy was so reluctant to show his true face, he didn't force it too much, and then raised his feet and left after smiling.

The young man's gaze moved with Jiang Ning's figure, and after seeing him leave, the young man nodded slightly.

Entering the cruise ship hall again, Jiang Ning looked around the decoration in the hall carefully -

Western-style ornate carvings, huge decorative paintings, inside and outside the window, is a confrontation between light and darkness.

The interior of the hall retains the decoration style of the last century, and the sense of age makes people feel like a world away, and it should be a meeting place for rich ladies and ladies of high society.

To be honest, the first thing that caught his eye was the closets on the walls on both sides of the main entrance, which was said to be a closet, or to be precise, a bookshelf, and the dazzling array of books placed on it dazzled Jiang Ning.

Then there are the hanging paintings used to decorate the walls, although Jiang Ning does not study these, but the random one he knows is also priceless and extremely collectible.

The high-sounding decoration contrasts with the sea view outside the window.

Jiang Ning glanced at the hall, the crowd was sparse, some were standing next to the bookshelves reading books, some were appreciating the paintings on the walls, and some were sitting on the sofa resting and fiddling with their mobile phones, looking complacent, completely seeing this unknown party as an opportunity to rest on vacation.

Jiang Ning shook his head slightly, his eyes fell on the bookshelf on the left side of the door, and the name of a book caught his eye-

Black Rose

After seeing the name of the book, Jiang Ning's eyes widened instantly, he looked around unnaturally, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and swept his gaze towards the sides of the book.

The result surprised him a little -

The left and right sides of this book are full of some famous masterpieces, such as "The Maltese Falcon", "The Daughter of Time", "The Innocent Sinner", etc., and the "Black Rose" written by myself in the book is inserted in it, but it seems a bit nondescript.

Rubbing the "author tranquility" on the spine of the book, Jiang Ning felt ashamed of himself and couldn't afford such a high evaluation.

But he wished the book had been placed here so he could catch his breath.

Reluctantly put down the book, his eyes bumped into a girl again, Jiang Ning subconsciously looked up and down at the person in front of him, a sky blue T-shirt, a white coat, and a long-barreled camera around his neck, looking at himself with expectant eyes at the moment.

"That....... I would venture to ask, is this book a tranquil "Black Rose"? ”

Without waiting for Jiang Ning to ask, the girl's voice took the lead in penetrating, and when she said this, her eyes were still staring at the book with a black cover.

The young man was stunned for a moment, nodded truthfully, and at the same time wondered why this girl's gaze was a little uncomfortable, too hot; Is his own book so well-known Jiang Ning imagined it for a moment and from the perspective of the girl she could only see the black skin all over her body how could she tell that it was his book.

In fact, it is not to blame Jiang Ning for being puzzled, he basically belongs to the kind of "two ears don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages", after the book "Black Rose" was written, he handed in the manuscript and rested.

As for the subsequent events and the number of releases, he didn't know about it, and the title of "Suspense Dark Horse" was only seen by chance, and even the editor in charge canceled the autograph sales club because he knew that his habit was forceful.

"Great!!"

After getting Jiang Ning's affirmative answer, the girl burst into a cheer, and the cruise ship hall instantly fell silent, looking at the girl in unison.

The girl knew that she was a little speechless, and she also felt that the volume of her voice was too high, so she turned her head and smiled apologetically at everyone.

After the hall became lively again, he stuck out his tongue unnaturally, lowered his voice and looked at Jiang Ning: "I really didn't expect to be able to see Ning Mingda's work here, this is a bestseller, it's hard to buy!" ”

"Is it really that hard to buy?" Jiang Ning muttered suspiciously.

"Of course! This girl stayed up late and stayed up more than a dozen all night, but she didn't grab it when she snapped up it online. The girl patted her breast, which was not fully developed, with an inexplicable proud look, and then she looked at the book in Jiang Ning's hand, "That's right, big brother...... Can you lend it to me after you've finished reading it......."

"Take it." Looking at the cute appearance of the girl's "Chu Chu Pitiful" who wanted to speak and stopped, Jiang Ning smiled helplessly, and handed the book in his hand to the girl, "Anyway, I'm already familiar with this book, take it and read it." ”

"Okay!" The girl let out another cheer, but this time she had learned to do so, almost in a small volume the size of a mosquito.

However, she quickly reacted from the joy of getting the book, and used her own understanding to carefully interpret the reason behind what Jiang Ning had just said.

"Huh? Big brother already familiar with it? So you're also a big fan of Ning Ming? Great! I didn't expect to meet the same party here, let's get to know each other, my surname is Qiao, my name is Xiaobai, my big brother can call me Xiaobai, I'm an intern reporter, what about you, big brother? ”

"Jiang Ning."

The young man silently remembered the girl's name, and after answering a sentence, he was attracted by a figure in the corner of the bookshelf not far away, and he didn't know why, he seemed to have seen her somewhere, but he couldn't remember.

After hearing the young man's brief reply, Qiao Xiaobai didn't feel that Jiang Ning's reply was rude, but felt that the brother in front of him who was a few years older than him was quite cool.

Qiao Xiaobai silently recited his name while looking up at Jiang Ning's gaze: "Eh?!" Isn't that a big tail?! ”

Tail?

After hearing these two words, Jiang Ning reacted, the woman in front of him who was patiently reading a book was a relatively well-known existence in the world of suspense novel authors, although she was of Chinese descent and was of Japanese descent who had joined the Chinese nationality, Oue-Oda.

Such a famous person is in this party, and he is more and more suspicious of the identity of the organizer and the purpose of the party, and he always feels that it is not simple......

"Whew-"

Just as he was pondering, the cruise ship emitted a shrill whistle, and the originally noisy hall instantly fell silent, Jiang Ning glanced at the people who were called "guests" present, most of them were looking around, their eyes were full of timidity, and a trace of expectation.

"Alright guests, there are still five minutes left before the much-anticipated banquet begins, and I hope everyone can gather in the hall before eight o'clock."

The abrupt sound echoed in the hall, and Jiang Ning quickly found the source of the sound, the stereos hanging in the four corners of the top of the hall.

"I don't want to start this banquet with extraordinary means, just like respect is mutual, isn't it?"