"That thing is a basilis."

Li You remembered the words of the driver's master, no wonder he couldn't get out no matter how he walked, it turned out that the snake demon was eyeing him today!

When the snake demon saw Li You, he opened his mouth excitedly, revealing two sharp fangs, and quickly slid down the pillar of the street lamp.

Li You didn't dare to hesitate, turned around and ran back, hoping that the restaurant hadn't had time to close yet, and now he just wanted to see a living person.

But after running for half a day, Li You was desperate to find that not only could he not get out, but he couldn't even find his way back, and the restaurant never appeared in his field of vision.

It didn't take long for Li You to finally fall to the ground with a double collapse of physical strength that had already reached the limit and a loss of hope in spirit.

After graduating with a doctorate at the age of 28, he saw that he was about to usher in his brilliant life, but he didn't expect to die so aggrieved the next day. Li You smiled bitterly, now he was lying on the ground, his limbs didn't know if it was because of fear or weakness, he had no strength at all, he could only wait quietly for the snake demon to kill him.

Soon, there was a light footstep in his ears, walking towards him, followed by a faint yellow light.

Isn't the basilisk crawling on the ground? How can there still be footsteps? Li You had some doubts in his mind.

"Senior Brother Li You, are you okay?" The footsteps stopped in front of Li You, and a familiar voice made Li You stunned for a moment, followed by overwhelming ecstasy.

"Senior sister? Why are you here? Li You struggled to sit up, looking at the school girl in front of him with a look of surprise, he thought that he would never see a living person again. But after reacting, he said nervously: "Get out of here, that snake demon doesn't know where it's hiding now." ”

But Su Jianxia didn't seem to have any reaction when he heard the snake demon, "Senior brother, can you still stand up, I'll take you to a safe place." ”

Li You was a little surprised, which made him even more sure that the good-looking junior sister in front of him was not an ordinary person.

But Li You still staggered to his feet, compared to the snake demon lurking in the shadows who might suck him dry at any time, the junior sister in front of him at least looked like a normal person, after all, everyone was in the same school for a year, and if you want to harm yourself, you don't have to wait until now to start.

"Senior sister, how did you find me? I just walked on this road for more than an hour and couldn't get out, it felt like I had come across something like a ghost hitting a wall or something, and I was going back and forth in circles on the same stretch of the road. Li You looked at Su Jianxia, who was walking in front, and couldn't help but ask.

Su Jianxia pointed to the pale yellow lantern he was holding in his right hand, "That snake demon's spiritual power has been affecting your perception since you left the restaurant, making you feel as if you have been moving forward, but in fact, you have been spinning in place.

When this lantern is lit, it can make people immune to mental invasion, so I didn't really have to walk long to see you. ”

"Senior sister, haven't you been around all this time?" Li You's heart moved, has she been protecting me?

Su Jianxia shook his head: "I live on this street, but later my uncle sensed that something was wrong on the street, so he asked me to come out and take a look."

The merchants on this road are usually open until about two or three o'clock in the morning, but today it is less than eleven o'clock, and all the merchants have closed their doors early, and it is estimated that the snake demon has moved his hands and feet. ”

Uncle? Li You frowned, remembering some rumors about Su Jianxia that he had heard when he was still in school.

It is said that Sumixia's parents died in a car accident when she was a child, and because no relatives in the family were willing to adopt her, the police sent her to an orphanage after dealing with her parents. Later, it seems that a man adopted her from an orphanage, and supported her all the way to high school and college.

Originally, a good thing was passed around by everyone, coupled with malicious speculation about beautiful girls, and soon the nature of this matter changed. In everyone's opinion, the man just coveted Su Jianxia's beauty, and in the name of adoption, he was actually adopted, and Su Jianxia did not refuse because of the man's money, and the relationship between the two was actually an exchange of interests.

The gossip in the school has always spread very quickly, and Su Jianxia, as the person concerned, naturally heard this statement very quickly. But to everyone's surprise, she didn't refute it publicly, and she didn't even react at all after hearing about it, and she still talked about my uncle's situation as usual, as if the heroine in the rumors was not her.

But now, judging from Su Jianxia's statement, this uncle of hers doesn't seem to be an ordinary person, who can save himself so easily from the hands of the snake demon, is it a master of the world who has returned to the city?

Just as Li You was still guessing the identities of Su Jianxia and her uncle, he suddenly heard a rustle of skin rubbing against the ground behind him, and a strange sound, which sounded like ...... The snake is spitting letters?

It can't be the basilisk coming along, right? Li Yougang's heart hung up again, twisting his stiff neck to look back.

"Don't look back." Su Jianxia said in a deep voice.

Li You hurriedly fixed his head, "Senior sister, is there ...... in the back?"

"That snake demon has been following us just now, probably because he hasn't had a chance to start, and he's a little anxious. But the uncle is nearby, and it doesn't dare to do it. Su Jianxia replied: "Just don't look back at it, otherwise it will be difficult to come to your senses if you are bewitched by it." ”

Li You hurriedly looked ahead, but still asked curiously: "Senior sister, isn't this uncle you are talking about very powerful?" No one can suppress this snake demon here. ”

Su Jianxia didn't answer, and took Li You through two more small intersections, stopping at the door of a shop that was still lit, "Okay, senior brother, this is it." ”

Li You looked around, this is the only store on this road that is still open, and there is a small blackboard erected at the door, which is written crookedly with a highlighter: New vanilla latte, 29.9 yuan for two cups.

It turned out to be a coffee shop. Li Youxin said.

But soon, Li You seemed to realize something, and suddenly looked up at the signboard above, and the name of the store was written in extremely neat block letters on the heavy wooden plaque: Chaoge.

Sure enough, it was the same coffee shop from 10 years ago!

Li You's heart was full of questions, could it be that he walked into this coffee shop ten years ago by accident? All this was predestined? Is the young boss still absent? What the hell is that snake demon that has been following you? Does it have anything to do with the dreams you've been having lately?

Li You knew that his series of questions might only be answered by seeing the boss again, and his intuition told him that the owner of this store had not changed people in the past ten years.

Su Jianxia glanced behind him, blew out the lantern in his hand, and pushed open the door of Chaoge, "Come in, senior brother." ”

Li You nodded, followed Su Jianxia into this mysterious coffee shop, and looked around.

The décor of the store is very different from what it was ten years ago, when it was a simple, old-fashioned décor with drab colors. And now every wall is painted with no less than four exaggerated colors, intertwined with each other.

In addition to these bells and whistles, a variety of online slogans are randomly printed in every part of the store, such as "I'm waiting for you in Chaoge", "I miss your wind still blowing in Chaoge", and so on. It seems that this old store has also begun to inject Internet celebrity elements with the changes of this street.

Soon, Li You saw the young man making coffee at the back of the bar in the store, and in an instant, the memory of ten years ago became clear, and the man in front of him and the vague figure ten years ago gradually overlapped.

From the age of eighteen to twenty-eight, Li Youzi asked himself that he had usually maintained himself very well, and his income during his doctoral studies was quite considerable, and all kinds of expensive skin care products were not left behind. But you can still see the signs of middle age from the state of your skin and mental outlook.

But the man in front of him, if I remember correctly, when he was eighteen years old ten years ago, he was already about the same age as his current self, but now he should be nearly forty years old, and he can't see the slightest sense of old age on his face, as if he has been quietly forgotten by time in the long years, so that he still maintains the elegance of ten years ago.

If it was placed two days ago, Li You would definitely wonder if he recognized the wrong person, or twins or something. But what he experienced in the short two hours tonight made Li You feel that such things as demons have appeared, so if someone can live forever, it is not unacceptable.

"Uncle, I've brought Senior Brother Li here." Su Jianxia smiled sweetly at the man, and then turned around and introduced: "Senior brother, this is my uncle and the boss of Chaoge, Wei Ziqi." ”

Micron Kai? Why is the name so familiar? I think I've seen it somewhere. Li You looked at the man in a trance, but he couldn't remember it for a while. And the few questions that have just accumulated at the door, I don't know which one to ask first.

"I mentioned to me two days ago that something seems to have entangled Mr. Li recently." The young boss brought three cups of brewed coffee on a tray to a table in front of the bar and motioned for Li You to sit down.

Li You stretched out his hand to take the coffee and thanked him, then looked at Wei Ziqi and asked tentatively, "Boss, have we met before?" Also in this store? ”

I thought that Wei Ziqi would deny it, and he didn't want others to discover the secret of his immortality.

But unexpectedly, Wei Ziqi nodded, "Mr. Li has a good memory, he happened to be at this table ten years ago, and it happened to be the coffee I made by myself." ”

"I still have a few questions." Li You carefully considered the sentence, thinking about how to express his doubts.

"I know what you want to ask, your walk into this store ten years ago, and our meeting, was not deliberately arranged, it was purely accidental." Wei Ziqi looked directly into Li You's eyes, and his deep black eyes seemed to see through Li You's heart, "As for this time, if it weren't for Jianxia finding out that something was wrong with you, maybe you had already died at the intersection just now." ”

Li You couldn't help but shiver, looked at Su Jianxia on the side, and was about to say a few words of thanks.

Su Jianxia waved his hand, "No need to thank you, I have read the paper you wrote before, and I feel that Senior Brother will definitely make great achievements in the financial field in the future, it would be a pity if he died at the hands of a snake demon." ”

Li You nodded, when he entered the store, when he saw Su Jianxia's eyes looking at Wei Ziqi, Li You found that he had always been self-inflicted, even if he was single in the mother's womb, Li You could see that it was a girl's admiration. It may really be just a simple sympathy for yourself.

"Senior brother, I should be able to tell me about what happened to you now, right? See where we can help you. Su Jianxia asked.

Li You didn't hesitate this time, the snake demon didn't know where he was hiding now, whether he would come out and bite him at any time, and he couldn't hide in this store forever, maybe only these two people in front of him could save his life.

Li You sorted out his thoughts a little and said: "Things are actually not complicated, probably since seven days ago, I have the same dream every day when I sleep, and I ...... in my dreams."

Although I dreamed that I felt like I was living like a year, but now that I narrated it, it even took less than ten minutes to summarize it.

"That's about it." After Li You finished his last sentence, he looked at the two people opposite.

Wei Ziqi didn't seem to listen to what he was saying, but kept looking at the darkness outside the window, only Su Jianxia frowned slightly after listening.

"You mean, in the dream, the snake demon named Cen Biqing and you are husband and wife? And then you teamed up with a Taoist priest to kill her? ”。

"It's a scholar with the same name and surname as me, and she is husband and wife." Li You corrected.

Su Jianxia's face was strange, "Do you think that snake demon is not dead?" Coming to you...... Or is the scholar's reincarnation and revenge coming? It's similar to killing all the bad people in life and life? ”

Li You was a little speechless, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Sure enough, it's a girl, and she can make up this bloody plot in her brain.

"Boss, what are you looking at, is that snake demon still waiting for me outside?" Li You looked at Wei Ziqi, who was still distracted, and couldn't help but ask.

Wei Ziqi retracted his gaze and looked Li You up and down, "It's late today, and it's not safe outside, Mr. Li might as well stay here and go back during the day." ”

Li You was overjoyed, he was already thinking about how to open his mouth and propose to stay here for one night, even if it was to sleep in the hall. There is no safer place for him than this shop.

"Won't that bother you? Why don't I sleep in the hall? Li You was still calm on the surface.

"There is still a vacant room on the second floor, let Jianxia take you up." After saying that, Wei Ziqi stood up, walked out of the shop, and came to the street outside.

"Senior brother, come with me." Su Jianxia stretched out his hand and pointed to the staircase that was painted green.

"Why did the boss suddenly go out, the snake demon should still be nearby, he won't be in any danger, right?" Li You followed behind Su Jianxia, slightly worried.

"It's okay if the snake demon is gone, if it really hasn't left, then it should think about how to escape now." Su Jianxia casually pushed open a door to a room near the staircase, "Senior brother, let's sleep here tonight, the sheets and quilts are new, and no one has used them." ”

"Ah, good, thank you, junior sister." Li You nodded and looked at the layout of the room.

Completely opposite to the style of the first floor, the rooms on the second floor are almost all made of fine sandalwood, simple and elegant, exuding a fresh fragrance. There are some antique calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall at random, Li You doesn't know much about this line, and he can't see the value of these calligraphy and paintings, but from the overall structure of the second floor, it should be worth a lot.

"Senior brother drank a lot of bars today? Rest early, I'll go downstairs to clean up and get ready to close. Su saw Xia say hello and turned around and walked down the stairs.

Li You watched her back disappear from sight with a gentle smile on his face, gently closed the door, let out a sigh, took off his clothes and lay down on the bed.

The thrill of the night and the exhaustion of his physical strength swept over him when he touched the bed, and after a while, he felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and he fell into a deep sleep, so that he didn't have time to notice that there was a pair of yellow eyes staring at him on the top of the street lamp opposite the window of the room, and the two vertical pupils were turning up and down.

——

On top of a street lamp not far from Chaoge, a black-robed snake demon was observing the room opposite that was still lit, looking for a path to get close to that room.

Suddenly, the snake demon's pupils contracted suddenly, and he looked down at the door of the shop where the lights were still on, and a young man in a black shirt was looking at him.

Although he was in a high place, the man's eyes gave people a condescending feeling, even with a hint of ...... Commiseration?

Seeing that look, the snake demon felt a burst of irritability inexplicably, and opened his mouth to reveal his sharp fangs at the man, as if to say, "Get out, that's my prey." ”

Facing his threat, the man was expressionless, stretched out his right hand, and gently pressed his palm down in the air, and the snake demon only felt a strong gravity smash on him, directly smashing himself from the top of the street lamp to the ground. The gravity had not disappeared, it was still pressing on him, unable to move.

The arrogance of the snake demon just now was long gone, and he looked at the man walking towards him with a frightened expression.

Every time the man took a step, the street lights on the road went out, and until he stood in front of the snake demon, all the street lights on the entire Fusu Road had been extinguished, including the coffee shop named Chaoge, which had become pitch black at some point.

The snake demon raised his head with difficulty and looked at the man in front of him, the man just glanced down at it, the snake demon only felt as if his heart was hammered by a thousand pounds, and a mouthful of blood spit out, and quickly lowered his head and lay on the ground, not daring to look at the man.

If Li You was here, he would be surprised to find that Wei Ziqi's originally dark and deep eyes had long been replaced by an emotionless ice blue at this time, and in the moonless night, they were as brilliant as ancient stars, condescending, overlooking the world.

"It's been eight hundred years since we last met, and I didn't expect your obsession to be so deep." The man looked down at the snake demon lying on the ground, and his voice was cold.

Hearing this familiar voice, the snake demon ignored the heavy blow he had just received, and looked up again to observe the man in front of him, his face full of disbelief.