The Witch's Taste

She dazedly took the cell phone next to her pillow and looked closely, but it was only three o'clock in the morning.

After lying on the bed for a while, Xia Zili's sleepiness also subsided, so she planned to go downstairs to get a glass of water and see where her sister was by the way.

Wearing slippers and walking down the stairs, she saw Xia Qingyu sitting on the sofa working, and was about to call out for her sister, when she suddenly saw Chen Ziang sitting beside her, she suddenly felt a little blocked and uncomfortable for no reason.

Are they... are they on such a good relationship?Obviously... obviously I knew him first...

No, that's not the case... My sister is in the same unit as him, so it's normal to sit together at this time, and...they don't talk to each other much, do they?

Definitely just working!Hmm, why should I be cranky?

Xia Zili patted her cheek hard to regain consciousness, then walked down the stairs gently, and asked in a low voice:

"Still sleeping?"

Chen Ziang heard the voice, turned around and asked:

"Wake you up?"

"No." Xia Zili said shyly, "It's just that I can't sleep."

She came to Chen Ziang and Xia Qingyu's side, and sat down in the gap between them.

Chen Ziang was a little puzzled: Why don't you sit on the other side of your sister?

But Xia Zili squeezed in so directly, the smooth thighs under the pajama pants were close to his skin, and he couldn't concentrate on reading the group messages, so he stepped aside.

"Chen Ziang, are you working?" Xia Zili didn't seem to notice his discomfort, but continued to move her upper body to look at the phone screen.

"I'm looking at the news in the group." Chen Ziang resisted the emotion in his heart, and replied, "Tonight's situation is quite special. If there is any emergency, we can respond in time."

These words were not so much for Xia Zili's hearing, but as a way of expressing in front of Xia Qingyu: I'm also working.

"What about my sister?" Xia Zili turned her head and hugged her sister's arm.

"I really have a job." Xia Qingyu patted her head helplessly, "Hey, go to bed first."

Does she "really" have a job, and I'm just pretending to be the co-author?

Knowing that he was seen through, Chen Ziang quickly changed the subject and said with a smile:

"Would you like some fruit?"

"I don't need it." Xia Zili replied, "You guys go to work first, I'll go and cut it."

"Why is this so embarrassing?" Chen Ziang stood up immediately, "Let me do it."

The two walked towards the kitchen together, Xia Qingyu turned her head expressionlessly, and saw Xia Zili in the kitchen taking an apple, leaning over to talk to Chen Ziang, then covering her mouth and giggling.

After a moment of silence, she closed the computer forcefully, placed it on the sofa next to her, and then looked at the mobile phone on the coffee table.

The light on the phone screen was dimly lit, and the latest received text message had jumped out, and the note of the sender was "Uncle".

Xia Qingyu picked up the phone and unlocked it, and began to read the message on it:

"Qing Yu, the meeting is over. Some people are very dissatisfied with your absence, but overall they didn't pay much attention to it."

"By the way, I heard that you are staying at your subordinate's house tonight? Did you encounter any special circumstances?"

Xia Qingyu didn't change her face, typed four words quickly, and then pressed send hard:

none of your business.

203.Chapter 202 The End of Things

Because he had already had supper before going to bed, Chen Ziang simply sliced ​​apples and pears, peeled two oranges, put them in a fruit plate and took them out of the kitchen.

When he returned to the living room, he found that Xia Qingyu had turned off the computer and was sitting on the sofa with his arms crossed and angry.

In fact, she may not necessarily be angry, because apart from her soft-spoken and pleasant face when talking to her younger sister, most of the rest of the time she has an iceberg face of indifference, and she doesn't look very happy... Who knows what's going on in her heart Thought?

Xia Zili was cleaning the fruit knife and table in the kitchen. Chen Ziang put the fruit plate on the coffee table and asked:

"Eat?"

Xia Qingyu shook her head, but Chen Ziang ignored her and stuffed a piece of orange into his mouth.

"Let's talk." Looking at Xia Zili's back in the kitchen, he asked casually, "How do you deal with the consciousness in her body?"

"What's none of your business?" Xia Qingyu said coldly.

"Don't get excited, I'm just curious." Chen Ziang shook his head, "If you don't want to say it, forget it."

He stood up, stretched himself, and went back to sleep in the bedroom on the second floor.

Xia Zili cleaned up the kitchen, came out to see that only her sister was left in the living room, and asked curiously:

"Where is Chen Ziang?"

Xia Qingyu raised her head, looked at her dazed younger sister, and asked abruptly:

"you like him?"

"Sister, sister!" Xia Zili turned pale with shock, and said anxiously, "What are you talking about? I don't have it! Oh, why are you asking this all of a sudden!"

"Just ask, it's fine if you don't have one." Xia Qingyu stood up, held her sister's hand lightly, and said softly, "Let's go back to sleep."

"……okay."

Xia Zili was a little at a loss. She was worried that her sister would see through her thoughts, and she was also afraid that her sister would hate herself because of it... This logic is indeed a bit strange. Even if she knew that she liked Chen Ziang, why would her sister hate herself because of it?

"Does it need to be said?" The mother's soft voice sounded in my ear, "Of course it's because..."

"What's wrong?" Xia Qingyu asked suddenly.

"It's okay." Xia Zili came back to her senses and said quickly.

Can't tell my sister...

...I always feel that if I really have a showdown with her...

...bad things are going to happen.

Holding her sister's hand, Xia Qingyu went up the stairs to the second floor.

The lights in the corridor were not turned on, the doors of Chen Ziang and Chen Xiaozhu's rooms were closed tightly, and the guest room of the Xia sisters was located at the dark end of the corridor.

She didn't fumble for the switch on the wall, but continued walking in the darkness, her deep black eyes staring indifferently ahead.

There was no light in it.

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This time, he fell asleep smoothly.

After being woken up by the alarm clock in the morning, Chen Ziang got up quickly.After washing up, he opened the door and went out, taking a look at the guest room by the way.

No one was there, it was empty, and the bedding was neatly folded. It seemed that the sisters should have gotten up early and cleaned the room before leaving.

Chen Ziang took out his mobile phone, and sure enough, he saw a message from Xia Zili, saying that he would live with his sister in the next few days.

Then there's no need to worry, Xia Qingyu's place will only be safer than here.

After taking care of his sister, Chen Ziang went to work.

The turmoil outside has been quelled overnight, and the traces of the chaos caused have been erased.Most of the light rail stations are empty, except for a few unlucky social animals who also need to work overtime during the Chinese New Year.

Entering the light rail car, Chen Ziang found a seat to wear, and took out his mobile phone to pass the time.

As a result, as soon as I went online, I was frightened by the overwhelming scolding on the Internet.

The matter of the unemployed miners is not a secret. What everyone originally thought was to let Dijing Group pay some money to appease the innocent miners who were laid off. Even if this matter is over.

As a result, the unemployed miners rioted, and the authorities came out to suppress it... The seriousness of the matter immediately rose by more than one level.

The initial public opinion on the Internet was to accuse Dijing Group of being black-hearted and unwilling to provide layoff subsidies, but it soon turned into an accusation against the city council and even the governor of the star region: They did not fulfill their responsibility to protect labor, but oppressed labor for big companies. What does this mean?

Government-enterprise collusion, right?

As a large number of photos were posted on the Internet by various marketing accounts, including many miserable pictures of miners being beaten with blood on their faces, public opinion of this kind of accusation and reflection quickly began to spread.

Chen Ziang opened the work group, and sure enough, he saw that no matter whether it was a former colleague from the Public Security Department or a current colleague from the Intelligence Bureau, they were all overwhelmed and very angry.

Although the photos of miners injured on the Internet seem to be very impactful and contagious, anyone with a brain can think that it is impossible for unemployed miners to be captured by security officers with advanced camera equipment. It was posted on the face of the partner who was beaten-in fact, most of the photographers were self-media operators.

As for these self-media, why don’t they take photos of unemployed miners smashing up shopping streets, and don’t take photos of them attacking security officers with bricks, but only take photos of security officers defending and counterattacking?

The Intelligence Agency has arrested more than 100 self-media operators. The conclusion of the interrogation is that someone paid them to take similar photos, requiring the miners to be beaten as hard as possible, and the bloody pictures the better.

These self-media operators are also very unscrupulous. Most of them didn’t even shoot the miners at all. Instead, they set up a green screen at home, acted as an actor, and started shooting with some paint on their faces. Then they went out to shoot some security officers. "Synthesize" the two, and leave it to the employer.

[Is there any urban legend]: So, most of the photos are processed and synthesized?

[Human Guardian Envoy]: Of course, who dares to stare at the miners and take pictures, and they don’t know whether the content of your report is beneficial or harmful to them. Yesterday, even the reporters of Ping’an TV were beaten, and the cameras were also smashed.

[Is there any urban legend]: Lao Lu, have you found the person who hired them?

[Human Guardian Envoy]: The other party contacted We Media through the Lianxin group, and the account has been canceled now.

[Is there any urban legend]: Even if the account is cancelled, the personal information filled in during registration should still be there, right?

[Human Guardian Envoy]: This is the trickiest part.The Lianxin international version used by the other party is registered in the star area of ​​the federation, and the personal information filled in the registration is also stored in the federation's Lianxin headquarters.

[Is there any urban legend]: Understood, Lianxin headquarters refuses to give information, right?

[Human Guardian Envoy]: Of course, the FIA ​​is definitely behind this matter. How could they give out personal information?We have nothing to do with the chain letter, but the FIA ​​can trouble them, so it goes without saying who they will help.

[Is there any urban legend]: We can also block Lianxin. After all, it is a foreign company, and it is also acting as an accomplice in this turmoil. Blocking it is also a good name.

[Human Guardian Envoy]: In theory, it is possible, but the problem is that now more than 90% of the citizens in the extreme north are using Lianxin as a chat tool, and everyone's friends and social circles are all in Lianxin.If you block it, citizens will not be able to use the software, and friends will not be able to get in touch. What should I do?Citizens don't care if Lianxin has done bad things or not. If you cause them trouble, they will come directly to cause trouble for you. There are more citizens using Lianxin than unemployed miners.

[Is there any urban legend]: In the final analysis, foreign companies should not be allowed to monopolize the market, and they are still software that needs to be used frequently every day, such as chat tools.

[Human Guardian Envoy]: Of course, in order to join Xingmao, Shi Jintang ceded the entire Internet market to the Federation with a stroke of a pen.Now even if you want to switch to the chat software of the empire, you have to re-cultivate the user's usage habits and add friends one by one. Who would the citizens want?

Chen Ziang looked at the phone and scratched his head.

He is not a professional in politics, and he doesn't know how to deal with this situation, but he suddenly remembered something Xia Qingyu once said:

The catastrophe of Gao Tianyuan's demise began with Shi Jintang.

204. Chapter 203: Perfect rebound against Xia Qingyu

When I came to the work unit, the Intelligence Bureau was busy as a whole, but the fifth department, which specializes in fighting against the mystery, was relatively free at work... You know, when I was still in the Public Security Department, the sixth countermeasure class was the busiest of all the classrooms. .

The current situation is partly due to Bachang Yongjian's non-important work outsourcing system, partly due to Xia Qingyu's case assignment system, and partly due to Suwon Saori's restraint.

If this witch really started to go crazy and wreak havoc everywhere like Mie Nishikawa did, then the Fifth Department of Intelligence would definitely have to keep busy and couldn't stop.

Chen Ziang came to the office, looked at the empty place of Yue Gong Ling Nai, sighed in his heart for a moment, and started to work.

At present, the frequency of abnormal events in Extreme North City is still quite stable. After all, people with high spiritual vision are not seen everywhere, and among the people with zero spiritual vision, the probability of encountering strange attacks is so low that it can almost be ignored.

It is because of the huge population base of the Jibei City metropolitan area that there is such a low probability that there will be regular changes.Like many colonial star regions with a small population, there are no institutional personnel dedicated to dealing with mysteries at all, and they all rely on folk mystic scholars to solve them.

After finishing the work at hand, Chen Ziang just opened the e-mail when a voice suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Busy?"

It was Saori Mizuhara's voice.

"Have you decided on the meeting place?" Chen Ziang asked in his heart.

"That's right." Saori Mizuhara replied, "Next Thursday, Baiyuan Town, the hot spring hotel in the center of the town."

As soon as he mentioned the hot spring hotel, Chen Ziang remembered that he had gone to Lingyi Town before, but was plotted against by Xi Chuan Meihui...he had a very bad feeling.

But this is also a means to win Mizuhara Saori's trust. After all, only when the time and place of the meeting is completely under the control of the other party, will she not have any worries and concerns about being ambushed.

"Okay, I will inform Xia Qingyu." Chen Ziang replied.

He came to Xia Qingyu's office door and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Xia Qingyu ordered.

Pushing the door open, Chen Ziang saw Xia Qingyu typing in front of the computer with an undisguised sneer on his face... He must have been pissed off by some idiot again.

"Chen Ziang." She stared at the computer screen and asked coldly, "What kind of ape brain do you think came up with such a magical idea of ​​'Let the intelligence class clear the memory of the people in Jibei City about the turmoil last night'?" ?”

Chen Ziang was speechless, and after a while he said: