Vampire Manual

Chapter 22

To celebrate the [-]th anniversary of Hong Kong's return, Liu Ting resolutely went to the bar after closing the stall with Qi Qi. Qi Qi despised him very much and finally went home by himself.

Liu Ting's home is located in the most famous business district in City A, and every inch of land is absolutely expensive.The neighborhood he lives in is high-end, and the most outrageous thing is that he even bought the whole floor, and after the wall is completely opened, it looks like a tennis court. Sprinkle some red clay and you can directly play the French Open.Qi Qi was lost when he first moved in, because not only the living room is huge, but also there are many rooms, which is a bit like "Blue Beard". No, but Liu Ting's house doesn't have a second lock at all except the front door.Feel free to enter one room at a time, such as study rooms, gymnasiums, single room suites, couple rooms, tea rooms, meeting rooms, changing rooms, and even baby rooms!Well, I don't know who it is for.

Later, Qi Qi took the opportunity and asked him, saying, what are you doing building such a big house by yourself, you have nothing to do.Liu Ting's answer is that it looks lively like this.When he said this, the man was flirting with a girl on QQ, and he was absolutely absent-minded towards him, but Qi Qi was being abused.

Watching, lively.

Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen... The elevator numbers jumped up layer by layer. The slight overweight feeling made Qi Qi a little sick. He had to turn his attention away from the bright red numbers, but accidentally glanced at the one beside him. man.In the elevator at midnight, there were only the two of them.The expressionless face of the man reflected on the mirror on the inner wall of the elevator made Qi Qi think of "Resident Evil" unconsciously.

The man left on the 21st floor, and as the elevator door slowly closed, Qi Qi let out a long sigh of relief.

I don't know why, Liu Ting lives in this building with many seemingly unpredictable people. You can't see their emotions, and you can't know their backgrounds. You just rub shoulders and look at each other every day. Then they moved away separately, making Qi Qi feel a lot of pressure as soon as he entered the elevator.

Strange rich people - this is Qi Qi's comment to them.

When he opened the door, Qi Qi couldn't find the key that Liu Ting had given him, which was said to be incomparably anti-theft. on the ground.There was a sputtering sound, all kinds of wallets and key cards came out, and there was a bunch of keys.

Qi Qi was stunned, looking down at the string of things in a daze.Compared to what Liu Ting gave, the bunch of keys lying on the ground at this moment is extremely shabby, with rough iron rings, key blades that can be bent casually, and the soft rubber Fuwa keychain.The rubber edges are blackened and look old.Jingjing or Beibei?Qi Qi was a little flustered, it was only three months, and he actually forgot.

It's like he couldn't remember why he took this thing with him when he left.

Living in Li Shuang's house for a whole winter, he never used the key to open the door. To be exact, the number of times he walked through the door was very small, so this thing is just a decoration.But he did stay, and stays to this day.

【You treat this place as your own home, stay at ease. 】

— what the man said when he gave him the key.

Only, he remembered this.

In the end, Qi Qi couldn't find the gaudy anti-theft key, so he simply pretended to be Spider-Man, climbed down from the roof and slipped in through the window in the dark of night—fortunately, Liu Ting's house was only below the top floor, and his house was just below the top floor to prevent him from The kitchen window was never closed due to rising concentrations of gas leaks which caused an explosion.

"What are you doing?"

"Hey, what else can I do..."

"Bye-Bye."

"Hey, are you kidding me?" Liu Ting hurriedly yelled on the other end of the phone, "I've been waiting at the bar for half an hour, and I didn't see a beautiful one."

"You will die in the flowers sooner or later!" Qi Qi scolded unbearably, and then returned to the subject, "I lost the key you gave me, remember to change the lock later."

Liu Ting was stunned for a moment: "Ah? Where did you lose it?"

Qi Qi rolled her eyes: "If I want to know where I lost it, it's still called lost."

"Oh, then it's okay," Liu Ting calmed down, "I don't know who else picks it up."

Qi Qi was speechless and could only say: "You have a really good attitude."

Liu Ting was so happy over there: "Hey, don't stay alone, come and play together."

Qi Qi yawned, lifted the soft quilt, and got in: "I'm afraid I'll be eaten by a tigress."

"You villain!" After Liu Ting finished speaking, he laughed and hung up the phone.

Qi Qi threw the phone aside, pulled the quilt over his head, and the complete darkness made him feel at ease.

The central air conditioner in Liu Ting's house is 20 degrees all the year round, but because it is so quiet, there is no whistling wind, but it is very cool.

The night was very quiet, so quiet that you could hear the sound of a needle falling on the carpet, so quiet that the weak breathing under the quilt seemed so heavy.

After an unknown amount of time, Qi Qi opened his eyes, pulled off the quilt and exhaled heavily - he couldn't sleep.

He didn't know why he couldn't fall asleep, but the biological clock had already been adjusted.Yes, someone has been called over.Qi Qi couldn't help thinking about it.The guy was lying on the bed with his back facing the sky in a big character shape, sleeping soundly and soundly, the trembling old ceiling fan was turning and turning on the ceiling, and the spider silk on the fan blades swayed accordingly, and the wind brought by it blew the sky The guy's ripped vest, with a little coolness, slipped mischievously into a five-yuan counterfeit CK...

We only lived together for one winter, Qi Qi couldn't figure it out, how could the impression be so deep, like a steel seal!

So he hates getting along with "people", the better the relationship, the more uncomfortable.But it's like moths to the flame, knowing the result, but still greedy for the short-lived light and heat.

Forget it, Qi Qi forced herself not to think about it.In the past years, he has met many good people, some are like fathers, some are like mothers, some are like brothers, some are like sisters, and some are like buddies like Liu Ting. How happy he is with them, How hard it is to be apart.But just like the biological clock that is no longer used to it will be changed, such discomfort or longing will also be diluted by the years year after year, from color to black and white, from clear to blurred, and finally only the illusion that is both real and illusory film.

Turning over and getting out of bed, Qi Qi quickly put on the T-shirt and shorts, but felt that the shorts didn't fit well after wearing them, so she rummaged through the box to find a pair of jeans, put them on, and called Liu Ting.

"Where is it?" It was almost early morning, but the other end of the phone was even more noisy.

Fortunately, the person at the other end hadn't drunk enough: "The bar."

Although it is very awkward to answer the question: "Nonsense, which bar I am asking!"

"Oh, why, I want to come here when I want to go." Liu Ting came to the spirit, his tone changed from the previous lazy, and he was sonorous and forceful, "Slowly shake 1919."

"..." To be honest, Qi Qi didn't understand.

Liu Ting had a tacit understanding: "Let's have a slow shake, the name is slow shake 1919."

"Location."

"Uh."

"Ask the bartender if you're not sure!"

"He's busy with a goblin."

"Then catch anyone."

"There's nothing to look at. You said that if the other party mistakenly thinks I'm flirting with you, why don't I just..."

"Liu Ting, you can die!"

"Oh, by the way, there seems to be a business card in the bedside cabinet in my room. It's just this store, you can look for it."

"..."

Before going, Qi Qi already started to have a headache.

Liu Ting's room, Qi Qi, only entered it once, and he visited it under the invitation of the other party to buy and sell. To be honest, he really couldn't think of other comments except that it was big and empty.A water bed, a bookshelf, a bedside table, and a foldable notebook table placed in the corner of the huge water bed. There are all these things in the nearly [-]-square-meter bedroom. No matter how expensive the carpet is, how beautiful the curtains are, it is still empty. , so empty that people have nothing to lose in their hearts.So Qi Qi was never willing to enter his house.

Tonight is really boring, boring and irritable.He needs to find something to divert his attention. Naturally, Liu Ting's place is the first choice.Regardless of whether it's fun or not, at least there is someone who doesn't hate it.

"Nightside table, bedside table, bedside table..." Qi Qi chanted while pulling drawers side by side.

Liu Ting's bedside table is not high, but it is complicated with several layers of patterns, and the owner is unorganized, every time a layer of drawers is opened is visual damage to Qi Qi.

Finally, Qi Qi found the small dark blue card in the bottom drawer.The pure black Latin font 1919 looks extra textured against the background of melancholy dark blue.

Stuffing the business card into his pocket, Qi Qi was about to close the drawer, but was stunned when he caught a glimpse of another thing.

It was a black and white wedding photo, about five inches in size, neatly framed in an old-fashioned frame.The photo frame was originally wrapped in red silk and satin, but I don't know whether Qi Qi didn't pay attention when looking for things just now, or the photo frame has been hit by messy debris. The fringe still hangs from the corner of the picture frame.

Qi Qi took out the photo frame and gently blew off the dust on it, but the nostalgic feeling of the photo couldn't be blown away no matter what.

It was an old photo, and it was written in a pen in the lower right corner that it was taken in the winter of 1950.The pair of men and women in the photo are the same as everyone in that era, simple and unadorned, sitting side by side, with their heads tilted slightly, touching each other, with shy and happy smiles on their faces.

Qi Qi can be sure that the man in the photo is not Liu Ting, and he thinks so, 50 years ago, that guy hasn't given birth yet.But the woman in the photo looks a bit like that guy, oh no, it's the other way around, it should be said that Liu Ting looks like her.That guy used to say that my handsomeness is completely inherited from my mother.

Liu Ting seldom mentions his family, his parents, just once, because when the two of them were watching a variety show, they somehow discussed the question of whether the child looks like a father or a mother.So Qi Qi always thought that Liu Ting had no great feelings for his family.

Now it seems that everyone has a secret.

——Reluctance to share the past seems to be a special habit of their group.

Carefully wrapping the photo frame, Qi Qi put it back at the bottom of the drawer.Only then did I get up and exercise my muscles and bones, feeling that my arms and legs were stretched, and I just went out.

Slow Shake 1919 is a 15-minute drive from Liu Ting's home, and 5 minutes on foot from Qi Qi.

The entrance to the bar is small, sandwiched between two shops, if it weren't for its disproportionately large signboard, [-]% would be overlooked.The structure of the bar is also very unique, as soon as you enter the door, you will find a winding corridor, narrow enough for one person to walk, and the walls on both sides are all painted black, and some messy English words are spray-painted.The most terrible thing is that there is no end in sight to this corridor.

If it weren't for the noisy bass drums coming from the front, Qi Qiba would have turned around.

He touched the wall and walked forward, in the extremely dark light, one step deep and one step shallow, as if a monster would emerge from the ground at any time and he had to be ready to turn around and run away.

In the end, he was afraid of something, he was walking in fear, when he heard a bang, someone came out of the wall!It's hitting him right now!Qi Qi yelled out and forgot to run, of course he couldn't run either - he was knocked against the wall by that person.Then it was funny, Qi Qi actually thought of the station in Harry Potter.

"You look a little better!" Even though it became a mural, Qi Qi still did not forget to defend his rights.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The man muttered a few words sincerely, and then ran away without looking up.

Qi Qi opened his mouth and wanted to call me, but he didn't blackmail you, so he acted like a rabbit!But in the next second, the man slammed into the wall several times before disappearing into the depths of the corridor.Qi Qi felt relieved - he doesn't care about drunks.

I don't know how long I've been walking, but finally it's bright.Although the lights are still dim, at least the field of vision is wide and no longer oppressive.

Liu Ting sat on the high chair in front of the bar and waved to Qi Qi, like a dedicated welcoming pine.

Qi Qi raised the corners of his mouth unconsciously, and leaned over the mountains and mountains.

"I feel like I just hung up the phone, you're fucking at the speed of light," Liu Ting pushed over a glass of tomato juice, "What do you call flying on the grass, change it to chasing the wind in the wind."

The familiar word was like a stone falling into the lake, with a bang, it hit Qi Qi in a daze.

"Are you okay?" Liu Ting stretched out his hand and waved in front of his eyes, "You came here just to be in a daze?"

"Don't move your paws away, or I will bite you." Qi Qi took a big sip of the juice, the slightly cool sweet and sour made her feel calm.

"Is it delicious?" Liu Ting offered treasures on his face.

Qi Qiyi said: "Did you add something?"

"The blood of a calf who has just passed the full moon."

Qi Qi's black line: "You are not afraid of being discovered."

Liu Ting raised his chin and signaled Qi Qi to look around: "They are all HIGH, who cares about outsiders? Don't say I added food secretly, it's just that I directly hit their necks..."

"Hey, you're done." Qi Qi frowned.

Liu Ting smiled like a dog again: "Hey, I'll just have a good time. Look at me, I'm so kind, how can I do such immoral things."

Qi Qi believes that Liu Ting can't do it, but he still needs to prevent problems before they happen.

"sorry Sorry……"

"I'm sorry, it's over!?"

"I am so sorry……"

The familiar weird tone sounded again, and the distance was very close, so it could pass through the violent heavy metal background sound and enter the ears of Qi Qi and Liu Ting.

The two looked around, and saw a tall and thin young man who kept apologizing to others, very sincerely, because the young man's head almost fell to the ground.

But the person who was provoked for some reason was obviously not forgiving, surrounded each other in three or four, pushing and shoving from time to time.

Qi Qi squinted his eyes, always felt that the weak young man looked familiar, and after a while it suddenly dawned on him - isn't this the one who bumped into him just now.Well, it looks like I bumped into someone else again.

Do it yourself.

Qi Qi withdrew his gaze and continued to drink his drink.

Liu Ting still looked at it thoughtfully.

When the glass bottomed out, Qi Qi realized something was wrong with Liu Ting: "What are you looking at?"

"That person is a bit strange." Liu Ting said.

Qi Qi frowned, and looked over again, only to see that the tall young man had been forced to the corner, where the ceiling protruded for some reason, so he could only hunched his back, which seemed a bit pitiful at first glance.

"You guys, don't bully, bully..."

The poor baby didn't cheat for a long time, Qi Qi narrowed his eyes, and finally understood where the blame was.It seems that he wants to say that he is too deceitful, but unfortunately his Chinese has not yet been mastered. He has a wheat complexion that looks deliberately tanned, a high nose bridge that seems to have been knifed, and slightly curly dark brown hair. Although his eyes are covered by bangs, there is no need No doubt, this is an international friend.

"A foreign drunkard." Qi Qi concluded lightly, unable to figure out why Liu Ting, who had always had a shadow of foreigners, was so enthusiastic.

"He's not drunk." Liu Ting narrowed his eyes, and suddenly stood up in the next second.

And at the same time, those people around the young man laughed strangely, their exaggerated shouts were still piercing in the noisy environment: "What are you doing, you are blind!"