Pollution throughout the territory

Unknowingly, when Xia Ren came back to his senses, he found that he had arrived at a familiar place.

This is a food street with various restaurants on both sides of the street. Although Jupiter City is a third- and fourth-tier small town under Luohua Metropolis, the scene at night is still very lively, especially in this crowded place.

Although there are many restaurants and snack bars, the most popular thing in summer is undoubtedly barbecue. Large and small seats and benches extend all the way to the outside of the store. Men and women sit together, there is a lot of people, and the whole street is filled with smoke. , the red charcoal fire is grilling the meat skewers, and with the sound of "chichi", the hot oil drips down, setting off clusters of small flames, and the smell of barbecue hits your face from a distance.

He raised his head and looked at the sign in front of him: Gu Hui BBQ.

This shop is a place where Xia Ren, Gao Le and another childhood sweetheart, Yu Jingjing, often come. The owner's roasted lamb kidneys have a unique taste that cannot be compared with other shops.

Now, he can only come alone.

"Just eat here, I'll be so hungry soon."

As soon as Xia Ren sat down, his sharp-eyed boss came over.

"Xia Ren, why are you here alone today? Where are Jingjing and Gao Le?"

The owner is in his forties, and the barbecue restaurant is named after him.

Regarding this question, Xia Ren could only smile bitterly.

Seeing his appearance, Guban looked at the fact that most of the people who came to eat today were in pairs. He thought he understood. He smacked his lips and joked: "These two people are so unreasonable. How can they forget about sex?" Where's Yi? Tell me, I'll give you a 20% discount on what you want to eat today."

Faced with the boss's misunderstanding, Xia Ren did not explain and said: "Then let me first have a bottle of snowflakes, two skewers of lamb kidneys, ten skewers of mutton, two skewers of leeks, and a grilled eggplant."

"Is this enough to eat?"

The old man said and raised his hand, calling the clerk and niece to come over and order Xia Ren's dishes.

Seeing the young niece shyly walking away, the old man rolled his eyes and said without lowering his voice: "Brother Xia, what do you think of Xiaohui? Do you want me to help you match her?"

"Forget it, I don't even have a serious job, so Xiaohui may not be able to like me."

Xia Ren then changed the subject and said, "Boss, why are you free to accompany me today? Don't you have to look at the stove?"

"Old man!" The old man looked at the young man busy in front of the oven not far away, and said with a smile: "My son dropped out of high school and has been in the store for two years. I am now giving him some training. In addition to Except when I go to the wholesale market to purchase goods at four o'clock in the morning, I try to leave him alone the rest of the time."

Although he said this, he immediately saw more and more customers. After chatting for a few words, Gubo still felt uneasy and went to get busy.

Xia Ren couldn't make much money writing books in the past. Most of the time, Gao Le and Yu Jingjing would come here to have barbecue when they found various reasons to improve his food. This was his first time.

He wasn't a big drinker, and after finishing just a bottle of beer, he was already a little dizzy.

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly saw two familiar figures walking towards this side.

Quickly wiping his mouth, Xia Ren ignored the payment and hid in the opposite direction.

The visitors were none other than Gao Le and Yu Jingjing.

Yu Jingjing, female, from a well-off family, and Xia Ren were childhood sweethearts. They had seen each other's naked butts when they were young. When they were in kindergarten, they forgot who suggested it, and the three of them had to compete with each other to see who could pee farther. As expected, this scene Xia Ren won the game - because Gao Le automatically forfeited. Looking back now, Xia Ren feels that this guy was really bad when he was a child.

Gao Le is the most cheerful, Xia Ren can always come up with some fantastic ideas, and Yu Jingjing, as her name suggests, has a much quieter personality. The relationship between the three of them has been maintained to this day. It is more of a family relationship than friendship.

Xia Ren did not leave immediately. He was hiding behind a tree with a look of disbelief on his face.

[Task appears: A type of infected body has been found. Distance: 15 meters. Please seal and record it as soon as possible. After completion, the host will be rewarded with achievement points according to the difficulty of the event. 】

Fifteen meters was exactly the distance between him and the two people, and the system prompt also appeared after seeing the two people.

"Some of them are infected!"

"But why can't I see it?"

He quietly poked his head out and found no clues around the two of them.

At this moment, Gao Le suddenly felt something and raised his head to look in his direction.

"What are you looking at?"

Yu Jingjing asked.

Gao Le frowned and looked at the night streets and said, "I seemed to have seen Xia Ren just now."

He lowered his head, met Yu Jingjing's somewhat sad eyes, and changed his words: "It must be a hallucination, I have been a bit suspicious recently."

What he didn't say was that he had had a similar feeling in the hospital that afternoon.

Yu Jingjing looked gloomy and noticed that the atmosphere was starting to become heavy. She asked, "Are you angry with Lili? Why didn't you accompany her today on Chinese Valentine's Day? Instead, you invited me to this place."

Gu Li is Gao Le's girlfriend. The two met and established a relationship in their junior year of college. They have been in a relationship for four years now. Last time, Gao Le told her that he was going to meet the girl's parents, but she never heard from him after that. Talk about the follow-up.

"The relationship between us has been a bit tense recently." When this question was brought up, Gao Le rubbed his temples with a headache: "As for you, are you still having nightmares in the past two days? If it's not possible, just stop working for a while. After all, your health is important. .”

"It's okay." Yu Jingjing forced a smile.

Gao Le looked at her and hesitated to speak.

What the two of them didn't know was that the seat they were sitting in was exactly Xia Ren's just now, and the plates on the table had not been collected yet.

Gu Ban had just finished working on the table and happened to come over. He planned to chat with Xia Ren for a few more words, but unexpectedly saw two other figures.

"Xia Ren, this kid is so unreasonable. Just now he said that he came by himself. You two didn't tell me before we had an appointment. I even said that I would give him a 20% discount."

"Xia Ren?"

Gao Le and Yu Jingjing turned around at the same time: "Boss, did you say Xia Ren was here just now?"

Their eyes were wide open and their faces were full of surprise.

Gu Ban thought they were joking and said, "Stop pretending, isn't the food on this table for him to eat? We were just sitting here chatting, Xiaohui, don't you think so?"

The waiter who was clearing the tables nearby responded:

"Yeah, I saw it too."

Gao Le and Yu Jingjing looked at each other, both seeing shock in each other's eyes.

"Isn't what I saw just now an illusion?"

Gao Le murmured.

Yu Jingjing stood up suddenly and glanced back and forth on the street, looking anxious.

Guban was startled by her sudden action and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Gao Le could not fully understand the current situation for a while, so he explained: "Xia Ren fell ill and passed away three days ago! We were present when he was cremated!"

"ah?"

The old man couldn't believe it. He looked at the mess on the table and couldn't help but stammered: "Then, this... this... what is going on? Did I just see a ghost?"

Before he finished speaking, the phone rang with a "bang" sound.

[WeChat payment, one hundred yuan. 】

He opened the screen and saw the payer, and was stunned on the spot.

"Xia Ren!"

The aroma of barbecue filled the air, and the noise and laughter were mixed together. Under the colorful lights, the people on the table mingled and drank, without noticing anything unusual about the three people here.

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On the other side, Xia Qiudong opened the lunch box and put a piece of barbecue into her mouth. The delicious gravy immediately filled her mouth. The aroma of cumin and barbecue lingered on her tongue, but she couldn't help but shed tears.

On the coffee table next to her, there was a large bouquet of flowers, with a card inserted in it that read: Take care of yourself.

Xia Qiu Dong cried while eating:

"Which bastard knew that I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to lose weight, yet he still ordered barbecue for me. I finally lost two pounds!"

"Ah sneeze!"

As soon as Xia Ren got home, he sneezed and said, "Who is scolding me behind my back?"

He rubbed his nose, came to the study, and held the Faceless Man mask in his hands.

"Oh. I didn't expect to need you so soon."

Thanks to Yun Zhongzhiyan for the reward, thank you for your support!