Li Yun and Uncle Li returned to the fourth floor of the Jinrong Building. Xue Xiaolian lay by the window basking in the sun as always. Seeing the two coming back, she just raised her hand as a greeting.

"Where's Sister Yi?" Li Yun first noticed that a figure was missing from the office.

The sports equipment had long been cleaned up by Yi Xin, and the easel paint was nowhere to be found, but on the table in the pantry, there were used cooking machines, which had not been cleaned.

"Her boyfriend called, and she went out." Xue Xiaolian replied.

Li Yun's heart sank, changed his mind, and after exhaling a breath, he sat down at his workstation sullenly.

The so-called workstation is the desk he often uses to surf the Internet.

Uncle Li's workstation is next to him, and it is also equipped with a computer, as well as more stationery such as paper and pens.

Li Yun sat for a while, as if he had eyes on the back of his head, and he was stabbed by the messy cooking table, and he couldn't help but get up and clean up the mess left by Yi Xin.

Uncle Li was used to this, so he didn't go to help, and opened the computer to check the Weibo account.

They sent out the submission of "Mr. Mole" on the way, and they got sporadic replies at this time, all of them were melon-eating netizens who watched the excitement.

"Mr. Mole" did not reply to the private message.

Uncle Li thought, sure enough, his words are too blunt and dogmatic, and today's children definitely don't like his preaching, and maybe they will be rebellious.

Uncle Li was a little worried, but he didn't know what to do.

The sound of rushing water continued behind him.

Suddenly, the sound of the water stopped, and there was no other movement.

Uncle Li looked back suspiciously.

With Li Yun's cleanliness habits, he won't rush the blender and finish the job. If you don't need dish soap or disinfectant to wash it two or three times, he will definitely not stop.

Uncle Li saw that Li Yungang had just withdrawn his hand from the faucet, his eyes were lowered, and he couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Is Yi Xin back?" Uncle Li subconsciously looked at the door.

Li Yun's hearing is far beyond ordinary people, and Uncle Li also knows this.

He looked over and stared for a moment, but no one came in.

Uncle Li looked at Li Yun again suspiciously.

Li Yun wiped his hands with a clean rag, and for a while he didn't care about the cooking machine that hadn't been cleaned yet.

"What's wrong?" Uncle Li felt that something was wrong, and seeing that Li Yun didn't answer, he turned to Xue Xiaolian again.

Xue Xiaolian closed her eyes to recuperate, and the afterglow of the setting sun fell on her face, causing her body to emit an orange glow. She looked comfortable, not like something had happened.

Li Yun had already wiped his hands, hung up the rag, and walked out of the pantry, walking straight to the door in the depths of the office area.

Uncle Li was stunned, "Yes...... Boss? ”

The last rays of sunlight disappear between the cracks of the city's high-rise buildings.

Xue Xiaolian opened her eyes, sat up, took her clothes and put them on, and cleaned up the recliner in her fixed position.

"It's off. What do you have for dinner? Xue Xiaolian asked with a smile, as usual.

Uncle Li felt uneasy in his heart, and got up to look at Li Yun's firm back.

"Don't worry. The boss won't do anything to him. Xue Xiaolian walked to Uncle Li's side and pressed one hand on his shoulder, "You have been out for so long, you have worked hard." Let's have a good meal tonight. Reimbursement of public funds. Let's go to the hotel to book a private room and order the food. ”

On his shoulders was a powerful force that could not be ignored, Uncle Li could only listen to Xue Xiaolian's arrangement, and his body involuntarily followed Xue Xiaolian's hand for half a circle and walked out of the door.

He stubbornly turned his head to look back, wanting to say something, but he heard Xue Xiaolian's voice in his ears again.

"Children always have to do something to recognize reality and grow." Xue Xiaolian's tone was flat, "It will take decades for you humans to wake up to the fact that you are ordinary people. There are still many people who have lived to the end and do not have this kind of self-knowledge. ”

Uncle Li retracted his gaze and looked at Xue Xiaolian.

"Death is sometimes a new life. Children also need to re-realize that they are ordinary people. Xue Xiaolian let go of her hand and smiled at Uncle Li.

Uncle Li was able to stop at this time, but he only saw Li Yun push open the door.

Uncle Li sighed and followed Xue Xiaolian.

"What about you?" Uncle Li asked seriously.

"We're different." Xue Xiaolian pressed the elevator button, "Since we were conscious, we are no longer ordinary members of the race. It will take us longer to come to terms with reality. ”

Uncle Li was stunned.

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The air conditioner is on in the winter room. Even in this fourth-floor space, which is difficult for ordinary people to enter, there is a central air-conditioning supply in the office building to ensure that the interior is as warm as spring.

And in this office, the temperature is even higher than outside.

For example, under the central air conditioning, someone has opened a heater here.

Such a temperature difference cannot be felt by ordinary people.

Li Yun cannot be said to be a complete ordinary person.

When he entered, he saw a man sitting behind a large desk.

The boss was wearing a shirt with his sleeves rolled up a few points, revealing a forearm. Under the fair skin, the red blood vessels are very weird, dyeing the boss's skin a layer of crimson.

He rested his arms on his desk, his slender fingers pointing upwards like flames of fire. In the center of the naturally curled fingers, there is really a flame burning.

Li Yun pushed the door in, as if bringing in the air outside.

The flame shook and burned more violently, and suddenly it became a ball of fire.

The firelight shone in the boss's eyes, rendering his eyes an unpredictable red.

There were a few red strands in his black hair, as if a flame had fallen on it.

Li Yun was startled, his eyes were attracted by the fire, and he quickly paid attention to the scene in the fire.

Yan Shu and Lu Ziqi rode bicycles side by side, huddled in a bunch of shared bicycles and battery bikes. There were also uniformed, bicycle-ridden students who walked through the crowd, laughing and laughing, without the reserved attitude of adults.

The two big boys smiled brightly, and the next second they became bitter gourd faces.

The picture precedes the sound.

Li Yun heard a conversation between the two of them, talking about a speech contest.

"His name is Yan Shu." The boss spoke, and there was always an echo of a phoenix in his voice, "A sophomore at Yaocheng High School." As with most boys at this age, there are little ones with thoughts and impulses. However, in another half a year, he will be in his third year of high school. Yaocheng High School is not a school with a high admission rate, but several teachers in the third year of high school are very strict. According to the consistent practice of Yaocheng High School, he had to come to school at 7 o'clock in the morning for self-study, take the main class for the whole day, start evening self-study at 5 o'clock in the evening, and finish school at 6 o'clock. Every day's homework will have practice papers for each main course, and you have to memorize words and texts, and you have to do it at about 12 o'clock to complete all your homework. Monday through Friday. In the parent-teacher meeting before the start of school, their teachers will follow the parents' opinions. If the student does not have their own make-up classes, they will also be offered make-up classes on Saturday mornings and afternoons and Sunday mornings. ”

The flame is extinguished in the hands of the boss.

"He'll be too busy to think about ghosts and fairies." The boss looked at Li Yun with a smile on his lips.

Li Yun looked at the boss blankly.

"Only people who live a leisurely life have time to be curious, time to fear, time to tell stories and have fun." The boss rested his hands on the table, his palms folded, and his chin resting on the back of his hand.

The fire had been extinguished, but the temperature had not dropped in the room.

There seemed to be two clusters of fire in the depths of the boss's pupils, making his eyes still look colorful and reflecting brilliant light.

Li Yun understood what the boss meant, but looking at the boss's smiling face, he had huge doubts.

"The owner...... You're ...... too. Amused? There was deep suspicion in Li Yun's tone.

The boss chuckled, "Well, almost." He folded his hands on his abdomen, leaned back in his chair, and pressed his right index finger lightly on the knuckles of the fingers of his left hand.

"I'm also living a leisurely life now, a long life, and nothing to do." "When I was born, we were not much different from ordinary animals, occasionally humans stole our eggs, other animals saw us as food, and similarly, we would hunt prey. I'm lucky, it's just the right time, unlike the previous elders, who have an end of age, and unlike other people of the same race, I have become a meal for the gods......"

Li Yun was excited, and the idiom "dragon liver and phoenix marrow" came to mind.

“…… For a while, human beings worship us, classifying us as descendants of the dragon and seeing us as the totem of the beast, and then they think that we are still animals, and there are only females, no males, and there is no need to reproduce......"

The boss's tone was light, and he couldn't hear any hatred or annoyance.

Li Yun broke out in a cold sweat on his back, and an unspeakable guilt rose from his heart.

He thought of the things he experienced when he first took over the account of "Strange Stories", and remembered the evil consequences inadvertently caused by Yu Xingxing and Peng Yun's uncle and nephew......

They were all executioners.

fluttering, making up stories at will, killing innocent people.

“…… You can't tell the difference between the golden crow, the luanniao, and the vermilion bird...... You think that we are all legends, that there is only one beast in the world, and that has not been hidden for thousands of years. ”

The boss stopped tapping his fingers.

"Like I said, I'm lucky. I became the only phoenix. ”

As he spoke, he added, "It's the only phoenix right now." Maybe one day, you'll create new companions for me. ”

Li Yun's expression was complicated, "It's also possible, we will ...... you completely" He didn't continue.

The boss chuckled again and shook his head, "No, you won't. Because you now have enough food and clothing, and there are too many leisurely people. You're only going to create more stories. "And your ancestors were better at writing stories than your children and grandchildren, who were poor in imagination and indulged in sensory stimulation." ”

Li Yun didn't know where the boss's confidence came from.

Tomorrow, the court and the underworld are gone, and he is the only phoenix left in the world, but he shows a kind of strength that comes out of his bones.

The boss is indeed powerful. Judging from Li Yun's current contacts, it can still be called omnipotent. What the boss wants to do, it seems that he has not failed. Nor does the boss have to take on some sort of inevitable duty like black and white. He can live as he pleases.

After Li Yun became a star, he pressed a heavy stone in his heart, and there were many contradictions. One moment he felt that all these weirdness of them were gone, and the next moment there was a fear of death that forced him to escape.

He wondered how sure the boss would be.

Just because, he is a totem phoenix that has been passed down for thousands of years? Because he's so powerful now?

Is the time for the underworld to circulate is short? Are the ten halls of Yama in the underworld weak? And the legendary Heavenly Court, those immortals should be even more powerful, right?

The boss saw Li Yun's doubts, but he didn't mean to answer his questions.

He smiled and said, "Xiaolian, they are waiting for you at the hotel next door, and Yi Xin has also arrived." Go ahead, don't keep them waiting too long. ”

Li Yun lowered his head, "That Weibo account ......"

The boss still smiled, "You're going to like it." After a while, you'll love the job. ”

Hearing this, Li Yun walked out of the office in a trance.

The door closed, and he felt the slightly high temperature disappear, and the sound of flapping wings could be heard from behind the door.

Li Yun came back to his senses and hurriedly pushed the door open again, only to find that the office was empty, and there was no boss in the office. The sound of flapping wings quickly faded away, sounding like a giant bird, flapping its wings and disappearing into the distance.

Li Yun didn't know how long the boss said "after a while", and he didn't know what the boss was going to do.

He went downstairs in despair, stood at the door of the Jinrong Building, and felt the bustling crowd on Friday night, before he gradually came to his senses.

He called Uncle Li and asked for the location of the hotel box they had booked.

In the old city where Jinrong Building is located, there are no Internet celebrity shops or well-known chain restaurants, but there are several old restaurants that have been open for decades, the prices are affordable, and the chef's skills are not bad, so that there is an endless stream of repeat customers here, and it has become one of the few selling points in the old town.

Ten minutes down the street from the Jinrong Building, there is such a restaurant.

Li Yun and Uncle Li have been in Yaocheng for so long, and they follow Xue Xiaolian and Yi Xin to eat takeout in the office. The two monsters don't have much human appetite, and Yi Xin has eaten all over Yaocheng because of his frequent relationship, but he doesn't think of bringing Li Yun and Uncle Li to try it.

This is not far from the Jinrong Building, Li Yun is still the first time to come, after coming in, he asked two waiters, only to find the box in the crowded pattern of the old hotel.

Xue Xiaolian and Uncle Li had already ordered the dishes, and there were already two plates of cold dishes on the table at this time. When Li Yun entered the door, Yi Xin was holding a pickled cucumber, chewing it creakingly.

"You're here. Then let them serve hot dishes. Uncle Li greeted and carefully observed Li Yun's expression.

Li Yun looked normal. He has always been introverted and calm, and he has graduated for many years and entered the society to work, so he will never be like Yan Shu and Lu Ziqi, the two big boys, who are frizzy, babbling, and have everything on their faces.

He turned around and grabbed a passing waiter, and after giving an explanation, he took his seat.

The first thing I did when I sat down was to look sideways at Yi Xin.

"Why did this point come back?" Li Yun asked tentatively.

When he opened his mouth like this, Uncle Li couldn't ask what was happening in the office.

Yi Xin made a stinky face, "Emergency call, call him back to the hospital." ”

Li Yun's expression froze, "You really found a doctor?" ”

"That's right." Yi Xin was like eating gunpowder, and his tone was bad. Apparently having her date interrupted made her very upset.

The hot dishes came up and filled the table, and Yi Xin desperately stuffed them into his mouth as if he was angry.

Li Yun was speechless for a while, and said, "Then it's better to break up—"

"I've never dumped anyone." Yi Xin interrupted Li Yun's words.

"Uh...... Don't you want to try it? Maybe I'll have a lot of fun. Li Yun said like a child.

Yi Xin's chopsticks stopped, squinting at Li Yun.

Li Yun was not embarrassed by her seeing through her thoughts.

"You're just talking about friends, and the most important thing is to be happy." Uncle Li was on the side, but he didn't have Li Yun's explicit tone.

"You don't understand love." Yi Xin said, "I'm not talking about friends, I'm talking about love." Love is uncontrollable. ”

She said it seriously, but Li Yun still didn't understand what the so-called "uncontrollable" meant.

This is not the first time Li Yun has made such arguments, it's just that he watched Yi Xin's first two love experiences, and Yi Xin was clearly in love with "love", as long as he could fall in love, he didn't pick a partner at all. There's nothing unjustifiable about changing it.

Li Yun and Uncle Li were puzzled. Uncle Li is still very aggrieved. He's not a single dog like Li Yun. He also married Aunt Li in free love back then. How could he not know how to be in love? He and Aunt Li have been married for so many years, have children, support each other, and are more experienced than Yi Xin, who fails in every relationship.

It's just that in the face of the angry Yi Xin, Uncle Li feels that he shouldn't argue.

Xue Xiaolian smiled: "She's like this, you don't have to care about her, you can't take care of her." ”

Li Yun's heart moved, and he looked at Xue Xiaolian.

"Uncle Li definitely hasn't seen it." Xue Xiaolian asked Li Yun, "Have you watched the popular movies over the years?" Falling in love is very special for Yi Xin. ”

This clearly means something.

Xue Xiaolian's expression was calm, as usual, with a smile on the corner of her mouth that was somewhat similar to the boss.

Li Yun's face suddenly turned pale.

Yi Xin paused his chopsticks, and angrily poked the steamed fish on the table, and concentrated on picking out all the fish.

Li Yungang's persuasion was still lingering, and it all disappeared at this moment.

The strange guilt of facing the boss came back.

He felt that they were all sick, and they were still terminal illnesses that could not be cured.

The three monsters, with subtle differences in attitudes, are all trying their best to live and make themselves happy.

But he didn't seem to be happy after he died.

This is not surprising either.

For most people, death is the most tragic thing in life. Is there anything good about being dead? This life after death is bizarre and grotesque, and it is not lucky at all.

"Eat the vegetables, eat the vegetables. The food here is very well done. Uncle Li felt that the atmosphere was stiff, played a round, and gave Li Yun a chopstick dish.

Li Yun glanced at the pieces of meat in the rice bowl, and then looked at Uncle Li.

Uncle Li asked, "You don't like chicken?" ”

"Nope." Li Yun shook his head and picked up his chopsticks as well.

He was unhappy, but Uncle Li was not so unhappy.

Perhaps, it was he who really went wrong.

Li Yun put the crispy chicken in his mouth and remembered the young man named Yan Shu.

Could it be that after he died, his senses were strengthened, but his mind degenerated into a rebellious boy in the second middle school? He wasn't cynical when he was studying.