Xingnian Tea House

After chatting with Qiao Xingnian for a while, although the two of them didn't figure out the key point, Lin Nanyue's mood was already relaxed, he hung up the phone, got out of the car, and returned to the scene of the crime.

Not far away in mid-air, a pair of scarlet eyes were turning as he moved.The scarlet eyes flickered coldly, and he didn't look back until he watched him enter the factory building. His figure flashed and disappeared in mid-air.

Qiao Xingnian wrote a line of words on the yellow paper with a pen, then recited the spell silently, lit it, and put it in the incense burner on the table.

When the yellow paper was burnt out, the ashes of the paper suddenly spun without wind, then slowly stopped, and a line of words appeared in the incense burner.

"Master-servant contract."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the four words in the incense burner, and couldn't help frowning. What he asked just now was a question that had troubled him for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be a master-servant contract.

Could it be that he and Lin Nanyue had a master-servant relationship in the previous life?

Thinking of this, Qiao Xingnian was slightly startled, and suddenly remembered a dream he had had before. In the dream, he was sitting on top of the hall, and a man was kneeling under the hall. The man called himself a slave and called him master. They also tossed and turned all night.

"Could it be our previous life that I dreamed about? Who was I in that previous life?" Qiao Xingnian frowned in confusion.

He came to the Soul Requiem Bell by chanting the spell silently, took out a pair of tortoise shells from the drawer, shook them while thinking about his birth horoscope, and then poured out the money in the tortoise shells.

Looking at the hexagram in front of him, Qiao Xingnian was taken aback, and muttered to himself, "I can't even calculate it!"

Qiao Xingnian put the money back into the tortoise shell again, and silently recited Lin Nanyue's birth date in his heart. When the money was poured out, it turned out to be the same as him, unable to calculate it at all.

Qiao Xingnian reluctantly retracted the tortoise shell, looked at his body on the ground, he was breathing long, his heartbeat was steady, and his body temperature was normal. Compared with before, he seemed younger than before. His skin was fair and rosy, and even faintly fluorescent, as if Shelled eggs.The facial features could only be said to be exquisite before, but now they can be called perfect, like a banished fairy who can only be seen from a distance and not played with.

Qiao Xingnian said dumbfoundedly, "I died once, why does it look like I had plastic surgery? Could it be that the poison also has a cosmetic effect?"

Because there was spiritual power circulating in his body, even if Qiao Xingnian's body lay here motionless, there would be no problem.

Qiao Xingnian chanted the spell silently, and when the Soul Requiem Bell came out, he suddenly felt a cold breath. He couldn't help being startled, and the spell on his wrist also sensed it. The direction rushed over.

Qiao Xingnian turned his head and looked over, only to see a man in black robe standing in front of the window, and he was holding the spell in his hand, struggling constantly.

The man stared directly at Qiao Xingnian with scarlet phoenix eyes, slightly raised his thin white lips, and said, "Don't be nervous, I won't hurt you."

Qiao Xingnian looked at him defensively, and asked bluntly, "Who are you?"

"Who am I, you will remember soon, don't be in a hurry."

Qiao Xingnian asked tentatively, "Are you Ghost General Si Ye?"

The man smiled slightly, and said, "You don't have to try it out, you will know who I am when you recover your memory."

"What is your purpose in coming to see me?"

If you don't want to be tempted, just ask directly.

"No purpose, just want to see you."

"Now that you see it, you can go."

With his current strength, he is not a man's opponent at all, and he cannot act rashly.

The man chuckled, loosened his fingers, the spell lost its restraint, and returned to Qiao Xingnian in a panic.

"It has just gained intelligence, and it needs a lot of resentment to support it before it can evolve again. Whether you can defeat me depends on how far it has evolved."

The man spoke very straightforwardly, without any taboo.

"Why did you tell me this, so you're not afraid that if I do that, I'll beat you to pieces?"

The man answered irrelevantly, "He's just a plaything, don't worry about it."

Qiao Xingnian frowned, completely unable to understand what he was saying.

The man's figure flickered, and Qiao Xingnian appeared in front of Qiao Xingnian in the next second. Qiao Xingnian's heart tightened, and he quickly opened the distance between the two.Unexpectedly, the man had already seen through his movements and grabbed Qiao Xingnian's wrist.

Qiao Xingnian wanted to break free, but found that he couldn't move at all, and said, "What are you trying to do?"

The man looked directly into Qiao Xingnian's eyes, took his hand, knelt on the ground on one knee, and kissed the back of his hand.

"I will do whatever it takes to welcome the return of my lord."

After the man finished speaking, his figure flickered and disappeared in the next second.At the same time, Qiao Xingnian's body regained its freedom.

He frowned, pushed open the door and walked out, went straight to the bathroom, and carefully washed his kissed right hand.

Seeing Qiao Xingnian coming out of the room, Tao Hui followed him to the bathroom.Ask: "Boss, what happened just now? How did I sense the existence of the grieving ghost?"

"Ghost General Si Ye came over just now."

Although the man didn't admit it, Qiao Xingnian was sure that it was Ghost General Si Ye.

"Ghost General Si Ye?" Tao Hui couldn't help but swallowed, looked around in fear, and said, "Then he...has he left?"

"Let's go." Qiao Xingnian wiped his hands and walked out of the bathroom.

Tao Hui let out a long breath, and said, "Boss, why did General Ghost come to you?"

"I want to know too. I said a lot of things I didn't understand, and then I left." Thinking of the kiss that the man slid on the back of his hand just now, Qiao Xingnian felt a shock in his heart.

"Even the boss can't understand?" Tao Hui frowned slightly, and said, "Boss, although you have high mana, but compared to ordinary people, you are not at the same level as General Ghost. Why does he want to drag you?" Don't let it go?"

Qiao Xingnian probably guessed something, but he wasn't sure, and felt a little absurd, and said, "Maybe I offended him unintentionally."

"If he offended him, then why didn't he attack the boss directly, but instead tried around the bush. Could it be that he has some hobby and likes to play cat and mouse?"

Qiao Xingnian was startled, and then fell into deep thought. Although Tao Hui's words were a little unreliable, it reminded him of something, and said, "You make a lot of sense. Since he won't do anything to us for the time being, then Let's go back to our rooms and sleep well."

Qiao Xingnian didn't say much, and turned back to the room.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Qiao Xingnian and Tao Hui took a taxi to the tea house. As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw that the lock on the security door of the tea house had been damaged, and there were some glass shards outside the door.

Qiao Xingnian stretched out his hand to open the anti-theft door, and a heartrending scene appeared in front of his eyes. The tea house was in a mess, the counter was smashed to pieces, and the tea and tea sets inside were not spared. paint.

Qiao Xingnian took out his mobile phone and called the police, and recorded the current appearance of the teahouse, edited a paragraph, and sent a post.

#Years of hard work were ruined because of a momentary kindness. It is said that good people have good rewards. Is this what happened to my good rewards? #

About 10 minutes later, the police from the police station arrived at the scene, and it was still Gao Yuan and Li Chang who came. Looking at the mess in the teahouse, neither of them could express their heartache.

Li Chang took a deep breath, then exhaled heavily, and said, "Take us to check the surveillance."

"The monitoring has been destroyed." Qiao Xingnian smiled wryly, and said, "I'm sorry, two police officers, I'm going to trouble you again."

"This is what we should do." Gao Yuan patted Qiao Xingnian on the shoulder reassuringly, and said, "Don't worry, we will catch the saboteurs no matter what."

"Then trouble the two police officers."

"Gao Yuan, you stay and help him collect evidence, and help him to count and estimate the amount of damage. I will go to the nearby surveillance to see if there is anything captured."

Gao Yuan nodded, and counted the items in the store with Qiao Xingnian and Tao Hui, and made detailed records.Soon, Gao Zhan and the others also came. Looking at the completely destroyed tea house, they were also heartbroken, and silently helped to count.

The whole morning passed quickly, and they were almost finished counting. Regular customers who saw Qiao Xingnian's activities came to check on the situation one after another, and offered comfort, including Lin Lan and Huo Yang.

Looking at the destroyed tea house, Lin Lan frowned, and said, "I've only been on a business trip for a few days, why did the tea house become like this, who did you offend?"

Qiao Xingnian smiled wryly and said, "Sister Lin didn't read the news? What I offended was the Han family, who can occupy a place in the hotel industry under the monopoly of the Lin family."

Lin Lan frowned slightly and said, "The Han family? How could you offend them?"

"Because of an employee." Qiao Xingnian briefly talked about what happened during this period.

Lin Lan sighed, and said, "You say you, meddle in your own business, a good tea house has been turned into what it is now."

"Sister Lin, I never regret my decision, but I am a little disappointed in people's hearts."

Lin Lan said angrily: "Now that the economy is developed, people have become indifferent, even cold-blooded, as long as they can please their mouths, they don't care about other people's lives."

Huo Yang also sighed, and said: "The pace of life is accelerating, people's life pressure is high, and hostility is also heavy, so cyberbullying happens from time to time."

"As long as it doesn't go offline, I'm not afraid of cyberbullying."

Lin Lan said worriedly: "The Han family has a lot of power in Hucheng. If you fight against them, how can your teahouse continue?"

"Sister Lin, don't worry, I'm not a soft persimmon, and I won't let them pinch as they like."

Huo Yang heard the words and said quickly: "Xing Nian, don't be impulsive. The tea house is gone, and it can be reopened. The most important thing is that people are safe and sound. Lin Lan and I may not be able to help you, but there is still some money. We need it." Just say it directly."

Qiao Xingnian was moved, and said with a smile, "Brother Yang, Sister Lin, thank you, your words are enough."

"Why are you being polite to us? If you need anything, just speak directly."

The two chatted with Qiao Xingnian for a while before returning to the company.

At noon, Qiao Xingnian went next door to order a few dishes, and ate with Gao Zhan and the others in the packed individual guest area.

Lin Nanzhou walked in, followed by a few classmates.

Qiao Xingnian looked up and said, "Nanzhou, why are you here?"

"Brother Qiao, I read your VB and found out about the tea house. We happen to have no class in the afternoon, so I came here to see if we need help."

Lin Nanzhou recently accepted a dubbing job, and he has been busy with it for the past few days. He didn't pay attention to the news on the Internet at all. His classmates told him about the teahouse.

"Come here at this point, you guys probably haven't eaten yet, come over and eat together."

The three looked at each other and walked towards the crowd. Gao Zhan quickly moved a few more stools for them to sit down together.

"Tao Hui, go next door and order a few more dishes, including rice."

"Oh, good." Tao Hui responded, put down the bowl in his hand, and went straight out of the teahouse.

Lin Nanzhou looked at Qiao Xingnian and said, "Brother Qiao, I've been busy these days and didn't pay attention to things on the Internet. How is your injury? Are you feeling better?"

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just a minor injury."

Lin Nanzhou looked at the messy tea house, and said distressedly: "They are too much, how could they do such a thing, the good tea house is ruined like this."

"It's really a pity. This is my painstaking effort for many years." Qiao Xingnian felt uncomfortable, and said, "But the old one won't go, and the new one won't come. Anyway, I plan to change to a bigger store, and I will close it soon. Bar."

Lin Nanzhou took out the wallet from the bag, took out a card from it, and said, "Brother Qiao, this is the pocket money my mother gave me. There are about a few million in it. You can use it first. If it is not enough, I will find a way." .”

Qiao Xingnian was moved, he pushed the bank card back, and said, "I have money, and I don't need your money, so please take it away. In the future, remember to keep your money from leaking out, so as not to attract the prying eyes of bad guys."

"Brother Qiao, I don't need to spend the money. It's just a number stored in it. It's better to use it for you. You can treat me as a shareholder of the tea house. When the tea house makes a profit, I can still share dividends."

Qiao Xingnian took the bank card and said, "Okay, I'll take the money. When the new tea house opens, I'll calculate the shares for you."

"Hey, okay, so I can be regarded as the little boss of the tea house."

After everyone finished eating together, Qiao Xingnian recruited Gao Zhan and several people, and said: "The tea house is destroyed like this, and it shouldn't be able to open in a short time. If you want to leave, I will settle the salary now; if you want to stay, then Even with paid vacation, it’s 100 yuan a day. No matter what decision you make, don’t have a psychological burden, I respect your wishes.”

Gao Zhan was the first to speak out and said, "I'll stay. You can still get a salary of 100 yuan for every day's rest. Where can I find such a good job?"

Liu Ming followed up and said, "I'll stay too. If I have time, I can still do part-time jobs and earn two wages. Part-time jobs kill two birds with one stone."

Seeing that the two of them expressed their opinions, Qiao Xingnian looked at Huo Chunping, who had been silent all this time, and said, "What about you?"

"I'll stay too." Huo Chunping paused, and said, "But I want to pay a month's salary, it's urgent."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "You've been working for a month, and it's time to settle the settlement. I'll transfer the money to you later."

Liu Ming said aloud: "Boss, I have money to use, so let's deposit the wages with you first."

Gao Zhan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I have one too, don't worry about the salary."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "I know all about your situation, and I accept it. You have worked so hard for a month to earn your wages, so you should get what you deserve."

The three looked at each other, and Gao Zhan said out loud, "We also want to do our best for the teahouse."

"You have not left, it is already the biggest support for the tea house, this matter is settled like this."

Without delay, Qiao Xingnian paid the three of them their salaries one by one.

"Buzzing buzzing", the phone vibrated, Qiao Xingnian took out the phone to look at it, then connected the phone and said, "Hello, Ayue."

Lin Nanyue glanced at his phone while eating, and found Qiao Xingnian's post, and quickly dialed his number.

"Xingnian, what's going on at the teahouse? Are you injured?"

"No. When I came here this morning, I found that the anti-theft door of the tea house had been broken. When I opened the door, I saw that the entire store was smashed to pieces."

"Did someone from the Han family do it?"

Although it was a questioning tone, Lin Nanyue already knew it in his heart.

"Eight or nine is not far from ten." Qiao Xingnian's tone was so light that no one could hear his emotions.

"What are you going to do?"

Lin Nanyue had a vague feeling that Qiao Xingnian would not let it go.

"You don't need to interfere with this matter, I will solve it, and I will let them know the price of messing with me!"

The teahouse was Qiao Xingnian's painstaking efforts for many years, so how could he let it go if it was ruined like this.

"Xingnian, don't be impulsive."

"I know. You are busy, I will hang up first."

Qiao Xingnian knew what Lin Nanyue wanted to say, but right now he didn't want to hear it at all.

Looking at the hung up phone, Lin Nanyue couldn't help smiling wryly. He understood that those people had already touched Qiao Xingnian's bottom line, and it was his limit to endure until now.

In the evening, Qiao Xingnian and Tao Hui went out and went straight to the villa area where the Han family was located.

"Boss, what are you going to do?" Tao Hui whispered as he walked furtively in the villa.

Qiao Xingnian was amused for a while, and said, "You are in the state of a soul now, why are you being so sneaky?"

Tao Hui was startled, then straightened up, smiled embarrassingly and said, "Isn't it a daytime human being, I can't react well. Boss, what are you going to do?"

"The first thing I need to make sure is whether the Han family smashed the tea house, and I'll talk about other things."

The two walked through the door and directly entered the living room of the villa. Although the living room was lit, it was empty.Tao Hui heard voices in the kitchen and whispered, "Boss, there are people in the kitchen."

"Go and see."

The two came to the kitchen and found the nanny in an apron cleaning the dishes.

"It seems that the master is at home tonight, and we came just in time. Let's go upstairs."

Qiao Xingnian went upstairs with Tao Hui, searched from room to room, and finally found Han Chong's room.Looking at the photos on the bedside table, Qiao Xingnian slightly curled his lips. He was not in a hurry, but looked around. After making sure that there was no pinhole camera installed in the room, he helped Tao Hui recover temporarily. State, said: "Do it, see what wonderful things are in this room."

Tao Hui geared up excitedly and said, "Okay, my favorite thing is to explore."

Qiao Xingnian came to the desk and turned on Han Chong's computer. The computer needed to enter a power-on password. He tried to enter Han Chong's birthday, but it didn't open. Then he tried several times, but still failed. He put the computer aside for the time being. , to search for something else.

Looking at the bookshelf full of books, Tao Hui curled his lips and said, "This person actually likes reading, I really didn't expect it."

Qiao Xingnian looked over and took out one casually. He found that there were obvious traces of books on the bookshelf. He took out a few more books one after another and said, "These books are basically untouched, and they are just decorations here."

"I said, it seems to be pretending to be seen by others."

Qiao Xingnian's eyes were attracted by a book. Unlike other books, this book had traces of being turned over and looked a little old.He stretched out his hand and pulled it out. This is a dark novel called "The Cage That Can't Fly Out".

Qiao Xingnian opened it and looked, and found that at the end of the book, there were densely packed small characters.

"Destroy what you can't get, destroy what you can't get, destroy what you can't wait..."

These words are repeated all over the page, and the order of the words is a bit strange.Qiao Xingnian sat at the table, took out a pen from the pen holder, and wrote on his hand.

Seeing this, Tao Hui also came over, looked at the words on the book, and said, "If you can't get it, destroy it." Wow, this really fits his personality.Boss, what are you writing? "

Qiao Xingnian traced the order of the fonts with his fingers and compared them with the numbers on his hand.

“数字？”陶晖呢喃地说：“7、8、2、0、1、3，这数字什么意思？”

见乔星年晃动着鼠标，陶晖接着说：“锁屏密码？7、8、2、0、1、3，生日？排列不对啊，哪有20月的……”

Qiao Xingnian said helplessly, "Can't you change the order?"

见乔星年输入密码，陶晖跟着念道：“2、0、1、3、0、7、0、8，2013年，这不是出生日期。”

"Who said it was his date of birth." The password verification was successful, and Qiao Xingnian turned on the computer smoothly.

"It really succeeded? Boss, I have to say, you are really awesome!" Tao Hui gave a thumbs up.

Qiao Xingnian ignored him, took out the USB flash drive from the drawer, and copied the files inside.He doesn't have time to check it now, so he can take a copy at home and read it slowly.

Qiao Xingnian ignored the computer and continued to search in the room.

"Boss, there is something under this bed."

At some point, Tao Hui crawled under the bed and took out a box from it.

"Boss, a hole was dug under the mattress, and this box is hidden in it. It is so well hidden, it must be something shady."

Tao Hui opened the box as he spoke, and inside was an earring and a bloody dagger.

Tao Hui wanted to reach out to take it, but Qiao Xingnian stopped him and said, "Don't move, you will leave fingerprints."

"Boss, this is probably his criminal evidence!" Tao Hui's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "This earring must belong to the victim, which means that the victim is a woman, and this bloody dagger It must be the murder weapon."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "Very likely."

Qiao Xingnian took out a handkerchief from his pocket, took the box in Tao Hui's hand, wiped it lightly on the place he touched, then closed the box lid and said, "Put it back to its original place."

"Boss, don't we take it?"

"Who owns this thing? Don't forget, we came here in the state of souls. If the thing leaves this room, Han Chong can definitely say that it is not his. Then how can you prove what he said?" Is it a lie?"

Tao Hui nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Then shall we just let it go?"

"Don't forget our identities, there are ways to make him confess his guilt."

Tao Hui was stunned, then smiled and said: "That's right, people like them who have done wrong things are most afraid of ghosts and ghosts. As long as you scare them, you may not be afraid that they won't tell you."

"Put it back in place, and remember not to leave your fingerprints."

"I'll take care of things, don't worry." Tao Hui wrapped the box with a handkerchief, got under the bed again, and put the box back.

Footsteps sounded suddenly, Tao Hui was taken aback, and quickly reminded: "Boss, there are people outside!"

Qiao Xingnian was startled, and hastily turned off the computer, chanted the incantation silently, and recovered his soul state.

The doorknob was turned slightly, and the door was suddenly opened. A middle-aged man appeared at the door. He looked around the room vigilantly and walked towards the desk.

Qiao Xingnian groaned inwardly. The books he turned over just now and the pens he used were all on the table, and they hadn't returned to their original positions.

The man came to the table, picked up the book on the table and opened it, and also found the words written on the last page. He frowned, his face became gloomy, and then he picked up the pen on the table, He randomly pulled out a book and wrote on it.

Qiao Xingnian took a closer look, and he wrote those numbers. Seeing the man's gaze on the computer on the table, Qiao Xingnian felt a "thump" in his heart.

The author says:

The name of that novel is fictitious, any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Also, it is against the law to break into other people's homes without permission. This is required by the plot of the novel, so please don't follow suit.