"Boss, dinner is ready."

Yingying opened the bedroom door and walked in.

The old Taoist had suddenly left, and most of the Late Night Bookstore didn't really know what had happened.

In fact, not to mention them, even Boss Zhou, the person involved, wasn't very clear.

It's just that Half-Face wasn't exactly Lin Daiyu, and Boss Zhou wasn't Baoyu,

She got upset, and the old Taoist took her away.

Well,

Taken away, then taken away.

Boss Zhou wasn't really in the mood to chase after her to offer comfort;

After all,

Right now,

He was the one who needed the comforting the most.

"Okay, I'll be down."

After all, it was a mourning banquet prepared by the Late Night Bookstore, and it wouldn't be right not to eat, plus he was indeed a little hungry.

He went downstairs,

Everyone was already sitting around the round table, but the head seat was still empty.

There wasn't a solemn atmosphere of mourning, but everyone was talking enthusiastically under An attorney's lead, deliberately creating a seemingly normal atmosphere.

Even Qing, who had social anxiety, was trying hard to tell some jokes that weren't funny at all, his face flushed;

The little loli was excitedly showing off the new jewelry that the little boy had brought back from Sanya for her, pretending to be very vulgar and materialistic;

Alas, it was really hard on these aunties.

At this moment, it wouldn't be good to mourn too much, after all, the boss was still sitting here, still alive;

But it wouldn't be appropriate to actively cheer him up either.

This feeling, for the people of the Late Night Bookstore, was like being parents, watching their own child about to go to the college entrance examination.

Too much urging, afraid the child would be nervous;

Too much comfort, afraid of the opposite effect.

"Eat."

Zhou Ze picked up his chopsticks, said a word, and then picked up a sea cucumber and put it in his mouth.

This dish of scallion-braised sea cucumber showed Xu Qinglang's culinary peak,

Whether from the taste or the texture, it was perfect.

"Eat, eat, everyone eat."

"Yes, yes, pick up your chopsticks."

Zhou Ze ate half a bowl of rice with the dishes, and drank a bowl of soup.

After eating, he put down his chopsticks, got up, and went to the sofa to lie down.

Yingying brought him a cup of tea.

In fact, after just eating, neither lying down nor drinking tea was in accordance with the way of health, it was a pressure on the stomach.

Everyone understood the principle, but most people chose to make themselves more comfortable in their limited lives.

Not to mention,

Boss Zhou also habitually pulled out an after-dinner cigarette.

At the round table, everyone was still eating, after all, sitting at the table, they could still smack their lips, at least have something to do, and the food was really delicious.

If they left the table and sat face-to-face with the boss, they would be restrained and wouldn't know what to say.

After half a cup of tea and a cigarette, Zhou Ze subconsciously wanted to call Yingying to pour him another cup of coffee.

There was a feeling that he should enjoy as much as he could while he was still here.

But,

Just as he was about to sit up,

His eyes fell on the streetlights on South Street outside the bookstore,

In the yellow streetlights,

Was reflected,

The shadow of a sword.

This made Boss Zhou lose all interest.

Perhaps, it was possible that some people weren't really killed by the Xuanyuan Sword, but were forced to commit suicide by the Xuanyuan Sword in this way.

Faced with this almost unstoppable calamity,

No matter how high a person stood, there was no difference from ordinary people,

It was just a matter of a sword.

So, sometimes some psychological advantages and some experience were actually useless.

Zhou Ze simply got up, pushed open the bookstore door, and walked out.

It was too stuffy inside, he wanted to take a walk.

An attorney prepared to get up and follow, but when he saw that Yingying had already taken the lead and followed out with an umbrella, An attorney hesitated for a moment and sat down again.

After the boss left the bookstore,

The lively crowd at the dinner table suddenly became quiet again.

The things that had happened in the past two days felt like a dream to them, because it was so unreal and could wake up at any time.

Following An attorney back to hell, they were the real dignitaries in the Palace of King Equality, characters who had weight in hell, but they were also clear in their hearts that what really supported them was that mountain and that sea.

However, the old Taoist's previous act of standing there and staring at the painting was really inexplicable;

And the boss was about to face the great calamity of the Xuanyuan Sword, and his life or death was unpredictable.

How happy they were jumping around now, once there was a problem with this mountain and this sea, they would cry just as miserably in the future.

An attorney took a deep breath,

Picked up the large bottle next to him filled with the plum wine personally brewed by Old Xu,

Filled them up one by one,

At the same time,

He said forcefully:

"What are you doing, drink!"

Seize the day,

He couldn't afford this life, even if he could only be King Equality for one day,

Damn it,

It was worth it!

…………

The rain kept falling, and the atmosphere wasn't harmonious.

There were a lot fewer people on South Street than usual. In fact, for the people of Tongcheng, typhoons weren't really that scary.

Compared to the residents of the Fujian coast who had to face the test of typhoons from time to time, compared to the people in the southwest who had to face the sway of earthquakes from time to time,

For the people of Tongcheng, located in the Yangtze River Delta, the only natural disaster that really had an impact in recent years was flooding.

And this at most caused some water to accumulate in the city and the vegetables in the farmland to be drowned by the water that couldn't be drained, which was certainly damaging, but not enough to make people panic.

It was just that on this windy night, not many people were in the mood to go shopping anymore, and many shops on the street had closed early.

Yingying was holding an umbrella for Zhou Ze, walking behind Zhou Ze.

Boss Zhou had his hands in his pockets, and he didn't really know where he was going;

Fortunately, this aimless wandering seemed to be very in line with the atmosphere of this windy and rainy night.

Ahead,

There happened to be a car passing by,

The owner had no manners,

Even if he saw pedestrians on the side of the road, he didn't slow down, and even stepped on the gas pedal on purpose;

As if he, sitting in the car at this time, and the pedestrians in the rainy night outside, were in two completely different statuses.

The tires splashed water and shot over immediately.

In Zhou Ze's eyes, they seemed to be sharp swords, cutting towards him.

Yingying immediately put the umbrella in front of the boss, blocking most of the splashes.

Zhou Ze's index fingernails grew out, and at the same time, the puddle in front of the car suddenly froze.

"Bang!"

Perhaps a large part of experienced drivers had driven their cars for so many years but had never used anti-skid chains,

Many people also didn't understand how terrifying it was to drive on an icy road,

This feeling was real - a hearse drift.

The car crashed into a telephone pole after doing several Thomas spins and stopped, and the car body began to beep.

In fact, for Boss Zhou, if you were usually cheeky, you could completely pretend to be generous and educate the maids around you on what it means to be kind to others,

But if you happened to be cheeky when he was in a bad mood,

Then,

Sorry.

Although he was also quite wet, Zhou Ze still chose to continue walking forward, and Yingying continued to follow behind.

Zhou Ze felt that,

It would be best if the Xuanyuan Sword really came as he walked, because his heart had long been tormented by these countless hints from the Xuanyuan Sword.

To be able to torment a salted fish whose life goal was just to sunbathe and drink coffee,

To the point where he couldn't help but shout, "Come on, I'll be a good man again in twenty years,"

This was enough to see how tormenting this Xuanyuan Sword was.

Coincidentally,

An old acquaintance was coming ahead.

The old Taoist's robe was also soaked in the rain,

In fact,

If he wanted to,

Not only in this rainy day, but even if he took a trip to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, he could still be completely dry.

Perhaps on this day, at this time, Zhou boss wasn't the only one who wanted to take a shower in the rain and calm down.

When the two were ten meters away, Zhou Ze opened his mouth:

"Back?"

The old Taoist nodded:

"Back."

Then,

The old Taoist said again:

"Gone?"

Zhou Ze nodded,

"Gone."

During the exchange, neither of them stopped.

Meeting, intersecting, and then diverging.

The old Taoist was going back to the bookstore to continue looking at his painting,

Boss Zhou was going to continue his stroll.

Until the distance between the two had stretched to the point where they couldn't see each other's backs in this rainy night,

The old Taoist stopped.

He saw a woman with a red umbrella walking over in the rain ahead.

The umbrella was red, but the skirt on the woman's body was white.

White high heels, fair skin,

Revealing a kind of purity and beauty that belonged to a girl.

The reason why the old Taoist stopped wasn't to appreciate beauty.

Although the last Lord of the Palace wasn't as heavy-tasting as the real old Taoist, he had already broken away from the level of low-level fun.

An attorney, who wasn't yet King Equality, once joked that the last one probably didn't like women, but liked monkeys.

This level of appreciating beauty not only broke away from the constraints of age, but also broke the barriers of species;

He might even like male monkeys, which shattered the gender divide even more.

Of course, the current King Equality, An, would never say these words again. Whoever dared to say it, he would kill them to defend the reputation of the Lord!

The woman with the umbrella walked up to the old Taoist,

The old Taoist suddenly said:

"If you don't come out, you can still survive. Once you come out, you'll only have half a breath left."

The girl smiled slightly and said:

"Anyway, after him, it'll be my turn."

The old Taoist nodded, seeming to think that the other party made sense, but men liked to show off in front of women, just like male gorillas liked to beat their chests when courting.

"Your father's sword doesn't seem sharp enough to kill me."

The girl raised her chin slightly,

Said:

"Why do I feel like you're already dead?"

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There's more tonight.