In the dark, the monitor flickered, flickering and dimming, and Chen Lian's photos switched one by one, silently staring at Shi Jiamu sleeping on the sofa.

At half past four in the morning, he was awakened by a nightmare, and opened his eyes suddenly, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He subconsciously touched his neck, but he didn't notice anything unusual, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking about it day and dreaming night and night, he was not strong enough to ignore everything that happened. If this situation continues, it will seriously affect his quality of life, and perhaps it is the most suitable choice to cooperate with Zhao Wei and use their power to solve the potential threat once and for all.

But before that, he wanted to hear Chen Lian's opinion and confirm one thing.

It was pitch black outside the window, silent and silent, Shi Jiamu was completely sleepy, he got up and sat in front of the computer, stared at the familiar and unfamiliar face on the screen, and couldn't help but reach out to touch it. Half a month has passed since that dangerous night, but Chen Lian's every move and every word he said has always been entangled in front of his eyes and echoed in his ears, and he believes that he will take this memory to the grave.

Shi Jiamu clearly remembers that night, her mental state was at the peak of the sinusoidal curve, her pale and beautiful face, her blood-colored lips, and the little fangs that appeared at the corners of her mouth, which had a terrifying charm.

On her fingers, her appearance should be at a low point these days.

The moon is cloudy and sunny. A familiar Su word came to mind, and Shi Jiamu suddenly noticed some kind of internal connection.

In the ancient calendar, there is a saying of "synodic obscurity", which roughly divides the moon phase into several types: "Shuo", "upper wind", "hope", "lower string" and "obscure", among which "Shuo" is the new moon on the first day of the new month, "Wang" is the full moon of the fifteenth, obscurity is the end of the month, and the day before "Shuo", that is, the moon cannot be seen.

The "peak" of the sinusoidal curve corresponds to "Wang", and the "trough" corresponds to "Shuo" and "Obscure", that is, Chen Lian's appearance quietly changes with the phases of the moon.

In Western legends, there are also legends of werewolves transforming on full moon nights, but vampires don't seem to be among them.

"Interesting, probably not a coincidence!" Shi Jiamu re-read Chen Lian's photo and made sure that the previous inspiration was not a hypothesis.

With some time before dawn, Shi Jiamu was completely sleepy, and he dug out "The Naked Chef" from the messy bookshelf, a gift he had brought to himself from England on a school trip five years earlier, without even unwrapping it.

For the past five years, the DVDs, along with cigars and crystal pendants, have been lying quietly at the bottom of the bookshelf, some corner he will never touch.

Shi Jiamu blew away the dust, stuffed the disc into the optical drive, and moved the mouse to click on the sixth episode of the first season, titled "Girlfriend".

A young British chef appears on the screen with a dachshund mouth, confident and chattering.

Three days later, it was a "dark day", Shi Jiamu went to Chen Lian's office to take a look, and her colleague said that she had no classes and should rest at home. Shi Jiamu asked the office for an up-to-date address book, found her mobile phone number, copied it on the desk calendar, and hesitated until noon before he mustered up the courage to make a call.

After the phone was connected, there was a long silence, Shi Jiamu swallowed his saliva, and said tremblingly: "I'm Shi Jiamu, I'm sorry to disturb your rest." ”

"Well, what's the matter?"

"That's right, I've learned a few pretty authentic British dishes, and I'd like you to try them. In addition, Zhao Wei from the Special Criminal Division invited me to join them, I have some questions I would like to ask, I wonder if you are free? ”

“…… What time? ”

"At six o'clock this evening, Room 404, Building 33, Yantang New Village, is at my house."

"Okay, I'll visit on time."

After another moment of silence, the other party hung up the phone first.

Shi Jiamu slowly put down the earpiece and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had completed a difficult task. Chen Lian agreed without much hesitation, which surprised him a little. However, his invitation was not improvised, but after a long period of careful consideration, authentic British cuisine, coupled with the intervention of the Special Criminal Division, it was difficult for Chen Lian to be indifferent, besides, in the matter of "bait", she owed him a favor.

In this way, during working hours, Shi Jiamu once again left his post without permission, slipped out of school on his bicycle, and began to prepare dinner, and the recipe was based on the episode "Girlfriend" that he watched three days ago.