dogma

The insect's wings disappeared in the night because of the high frequency of dancing, and a fingernail-sized light cluster lingered in Adam's palm, like flying stars.

When Gong Shang reached out to touch it, the ball of light slid away from her fingertips as if frightened, a few points of lightness without a trace.

The dark and gloomy road under our feet was really illuminated.

"It looks good." Gong Shang said in a daze, "Don't you like it? I don't want it yet."

Adam raised his hand, and the fireflies flew towards the road ahead. "Others don't like it very much." He was silent for a long time before picking up the interest of chatting, "It only appears at night, and you can't see it during the day. It's useless."

Gong Shang still followed him carefully, and the two of them got farther and farther away from the lively and carnival crowd behind them.

"Does it work, does it matter to you?" she asked.

Adam slowed down and glanced back at her.The light of fireflies flashed over Gongshang's glasses, and he couldn't see the girl's expression clearly.

"...not important." Adam replied in a low voice, "It's mine."

Adam was very afraid of the dark when he was a child.To him, the darkness meant a long punishment, the giant beasts following behind him, the bumpy mountain road, and the hopelessly dark forest ditch.

That was the "teaching" Nie Cai gave him, and it was also one of the many ways of punishment: he had to cross a mountain alone in the middle of the night, arrive at the designated place, and then walk back.

Adam was only three or four years old at that time, and he had no choice but to follow Nie Cai's instructions.Nie Cai's spiritual body followed behind him, keeping a distance of three or four meters, slowly following and monitoring him.

It was a huge black bear with a height of two meters standing on its hind legs, and Adam couldn't resist it.

The only ones with him are the black mamba, this spiritual body that has been showing signs around him for some time, and the fireflies that cover the mountains and plains in summer and autumn.

Adam's own spiritual body was formed relatively late, and it didn't really appear until he was five years old.He was wading through the creek in the dark at that time, and found that there was a drizzle falling in the mountains.Fireflies don't appear in the rain, but the lingering dots of light don't disappear.They surrounded him, giving him little light.

Adam almost ran back to Nie Cai.Enthusiastically, but also slightly worried, he showed Nie Cai his spiritual body.

Nie Cai just glanced at it and stopped paying attention, and said lightly: You are a guide, what's the use of such a little bug?

Only Liu Yushan is happy for Adam.He asked Adam to record the changes in the number of his spiritual body, and wanted to find out with him whether this spiritual body contained other secrets.

But they are indeed, the "useless" category.

It is impossible for Adam to tell Gongshang these things at this time, the time and place are not suitable.But if it was a different place, he might have a good chat with Gong Shang about fireflies and her little butterflies.

An almost intuitive hope hit him in this dark night.He believed that the Palace Chamber of Commerce would be willing to listen to his own affairs.

There was a crackling sound from above, and when the two looked up, two men in black were passing through the gap between the buildings and running towards the werewolf.

"Adam, I don't think we should be afraid of the black soldiers." Gong Shang whispered, "The black soldiers are good." She briefly talked about how her classmates were rescued by the leader of the black soldiers.

Adam shook his head: "The people patrolling the roof are basically half-zombies."

Gong Shang waited for a while, and found that Adam had no further words. It seemed that the "half-zombie" was the reason why he didn't trust the black soldiers. "Half-zombie, so what?" she asked.

Adam froze.He couldn't answer the palace merchant's question.He wanted to say that half-zombies were not trustworthy, but his intuition was still reminding him: the Palace Merchant would not agree.His cognition with Gong Shang diverged in a certain part, like people belonging to different worlds.

So he didn't answer, grabbed Gong Shang's hand and continued to walk forward.

After quelling a small commotion among the werewolves, the black soldier put on his hood and continued to inspect the depths of the capital.They jumped across the roof lightly, like nimble black cats. The transparent moonlight illuminated their clothes, and their shadows were bordered with silver.

After the black soldier left, Nie Cai and Guan Li flashed out from the shadow of the house.

Guan Li is not very willing to follow the current Nie Cai.Nie Cai was obviously in a state of rage, but he suppressed it, waiting for the moment to capture Adam and Gong Shang back.

Being with such a sentinel made Guan Li terrified.

"I won't punish you." Nie Cai said suddenly.

The two were walking through the narrow alley, looking for traces of their prey.Guan Li's heart skipped a beat and he didn't dare to say anything.

"I was surprised myself." Nie Cai's voice was still soft, "Every time he was punished in the past, he would be obedient for a long time. He won't disobey me like today. I was careless. Today's actions should not be at all. Get him involved."

The corners of Guan Li's mouth twitched, she didn't know what kind of expression she should show.The moonlight stretched Nie Cai's shadow, and she didn't even dare to get close to it.

"Obedient children, it's best not to grow up or change." Nie Cai chuckled, "Guan Li, are you right?"

He actually didn't want to wait for Guan Li's answer, so he changed his tone in an instant: "We will act separately and join Yushan and the others in an hour."

He walked slowly through the carnival werewolves, but since this area was full of these fuzzy, stinky monsters, he couldn't stand it, so he turned back and turned on the road leading to another area.

The werewolf who had had enough of playing around continued to move on, and the dancing girl planned to take them to Artis Bar to see a really wonderful dance.

At this time, the Artis bar was also full of fluffy werewolves.A pole stands on the dance floor of the bar, and two werewolves, a man and a woman, dance around the pole.That cold, hard steel bar seems to have turned into a third person among lovers, accepting and releasing desires.The muscles of the two werewolves are full of strength, and the inseparable lust sticks to each other tightly like oil glue. No matter they are separated or touched, sparks are accumulating and bursting.

This performance can really ignite the emotions of the audience.

Bo Wan applauded the girl on the stage who was flirting with her, and turned to ask the young man beside her, "Isn't it pretty?"

Qu Wu sat on the bar with him, unintentionally watching the performance on the stage, staring at the wine glass in front of him in a daze.After drinking the free lemonade, he couldn't resist Bo Wan's soft and hard bubble, and ordered a glass of salty dog.Both the half-zombie bartender and Bo Wan said that this glass of wine was simple and quick to make, with grapefruit juice and lemon in it, and it sounded like a glass of fruit juice rather than a cocktail—Qu Wu believed it.

The salt grains at the mouth of the cup ease the spiciness of the vodka, and the lemon aroma and the fresh taste of the grapefruit juice make the wine refreshing and smooth after entering the mouth. It is not until the throat is swallowed that the strength of the vodka slowly burns from the stomach to the throat.Qu Wu didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but after drinking two glasses of salty dog, he fainted.

"Does it look good?" Bo Wan asked again.

Qu Wu turned to look at the young werewolf.The werewolf seems to be in a very good mood today, maybe because of the full moon, maybe because he is in the capital area, maybe because there are many of his kind here, beautiful and handsome, he enjoys this unfettered night.A happy expression filled his eyes, and he rubbed Qu Wu's hair: "Are you drunk?"

Qu Wu nodded and answered his question: "It looks good."

He grinned, and that smile made Bo Wan look a little dazed, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he licked his lips with the tip of his tongue.

Qu Wu didn't know what he was laughing at, he was very happy now, vodka is a good thing, Bo Wan is a good boss, the bartender is a good zombie, he jumped up from his seat and shouted at the stage: " Sister, you are so pretty!"

The performance just ended at this time, and the werewolf girl heard him shout and blew him a kiss.Qu Wu didn't notice Bo Wan's cold gaze, and happily returned one.

He was hot all over, and unfamiliar excitement filled his body, and he couldn't help himself to do something.Turning her head to see the golden bell beside her, Qu Wu suddenly grabbed the gavel and hit it hard.

The crisp bells echoed in the bar.The crowd froze in astonishment at first, and then they all cheered, raising their glasses and bottles at Qu Wu, laughing and shouting.The werewolf sitting next to Qu Wu rushed over and hugged him fiercely, but when he was about to kiss him, Bo Wan lifted his foot and kicked him away.

Qu Wu asked happily blankly: "What happened?"

"You just rang the bell," Bo Wan pointed to the golden clock and explained with the bartender's laughter, "meaning that everyone present is invited to have a round."

"Oh!" Qu Wu laughed happily again, "That's very good."

He was full of joy, and drank the remaining salty dog ​​in the glass in one gulp.Smacking his lips, he gradually recovered from the trance of joy, staring at Bo Wan and swallowing his saliva as if he was taken aback by himself a few minutes ago.

Bo Wan: "?"

Qu Wu approached him, her tone tense and pitiful: "But boss, I have no money."

Bo Wan: "...I'll go out."

Bartender: "Good! Refreshing!"

Qu Wu stared blankly at him: "Why are you so nice?"

"Good, grandma!" Wiping the salt grains from the corners of Qu Wu's mouth with her fingers, Bo Wan cursed in a low voice, "If you don't know how to drink, don't drink it. I brought you here to gain insight. Don't blow kisses around. You In the future, you will be an important employee of RS Cafe, you need to learn more about the life and preferences of werewolves, remember?"

Qu Wu was confused when he heard this, and after nodding his head a few times, he managed to remember the meaning of coming here with Bo Wan: "Rao Xinghai had an accident, you said that you can find someone to help him in Wangdu District... where is he? Where?"

"Here we come." Bo Wan raised his hand to greet the visitor, Qu Wu frowned, and found that this person looked familiar, it was the werewolf Xia Chun who sent Yang back to school triumphantly.

"I've seen you..." Qu Wu greeted Xia Chun happily again, "Sister Werewolf, you are so pretty."

Xia Chunle was delighted, and he stretched out his hand to rub Qu Wu's face furiously: "Where did such a cute kid come from?"

Bo Wan signaled her to let go, got up and sat between Xia Chun and Qu Wu to separate them: "This is my little friend."

Xia Chun hadn't finished his glass of wine when his phone buzzed.Bo Wan turned her head and saw the word "Lei Chi" on the screen.

"Such a good day doesn't stop." Xia Chun stood up and said goodbye, "I guess it's another investigation mission from the Crisis Office, so I'm leaving first."

Bo Wan waved at her, turned her head to tease Qu Wu a few more words, but suddenly found Qu Wu staggeringly followed Xia Chun out.

"Sister Werewolf, can you help Rao Xinghai?" He asked behind Xia Chun.

Xia Chun was confused, waved at him, and walked quickly to the side to answer the phone.It was still cold outside, and being blown by the warm and cold spring breeze, Qu Wu was more than half awake.He looked at Bo Wan who was chasing after him, and slowly tasted something bad: "...You lied to me, how could Xia Chun help Rao Xinghai?"

"There are four leaders of the black soldiers in Wangdu District. Xia Chun can help us introduce the leader of the sentinel guide." Bo Wan plausibly said, "Something happened to Rao Xinghai, I think the school will expel him, and he has nowhere to go , Wangdu District is the most suitable place to live in. Being a deputy leader under the black soldier leader in Wangdu District is a very good way out."

"...Is it because he didn't get along well with you when he was working?" Qu Wu asked nonchalantly, "Why didn't you help him? Why didn't you like him!"

Bo Wan was so choked that he couldn't think of a word to answer, and laughed and scolded: "Because I'm after you."

The two stood on the street outside Artis Bar. Xia Chun had already left at some point. There were werewolves wandering on the road in twos and threes, and the sound of singing and music could be heard from the depths of Wangdu District.

All the werewolves who passed by seemed to recognize Bo Wan, an old couple took off their hats to greet him, and some parents brought their children to take a photo with Bo Wan.Qu Wu finally figured out that he was deceived, and he became more and more dizzy as he was half-drunk and depressed.

"I'll take you to see the werewolf dance." Bo Wan got rid of the fans, returned to Qu Wu, and held his hand.

Qu Wu threw it away, pointed at Bo Wan and yelled, "Don't try to harm my friend!"

The fans who hadn't gone far looked back in astonishment.

Bo Wan wanted to shut his mouth: "I want to hurt you now, okay? Stop shouting."

He took Qu Wu's shoulders and walked towards Wangdu District.

There is more than one bar street in Wangdu District, criss-crossing and complex.Except for the more formal places like Artis Bar, most werewolves actually prefer to spend this full moon night in bars with low fees and low-level fun.

There are indeed many werewolves on the road, but innate werewolves like Bo Wan and Lei Chi are relatively rare. Qu Wu looked all the way, and most of them were middle-aged werewolves with hideous faces.

He turned his head to look at Bo Wan, the distance was too close, Bo Wan's eyebrows, nose bridge and lips suddenly became clear as if imprinted in his eyes and brain.

The boss is good enough, and the boss is bad enough.Qu Wu thought wildly, it's all because of those two glasses of salty dogs, alcohol is really not a good thing.

A fluorescent green bug flew diagonally past the corner of the room, Qu Wu saw it hit the wall and disappeared, and couldn't help pointing in that direction and talking to Bo Wan: "Boss, there are actually fireflies here..."

Bo Wan slowly stood still.He closed his eyes, facing the direction of the night wind and sniffing carefully for a while.He smelled a vague, his own scent from the wind.

In the dark alley in the distance, Gong Shang and Adam were surrounded by three werewolves.

Adam guarded Gongshang behind him, and the three men in the form of werewolves in front of him almost all had the same ferocious face, looking at them was like watching two delicious snacks.

They didn't expect that at the end of the other exit was a casino with its doors and windows closed.The three werewolves who had lost all their money had just stepped out of the door to discuss how to obtain funds for the next bet, when they turned around and saw a young man coming out of the corner.

Adam and Gongshang turned around and wanted to turn back, but it was too late, the werewolves quickly surrounded them and blocked them at the turning.

"We are guides!" Adam said loudly, "You can't hurt us!"

The werewolves looked at each other and burst out laughing at the same time.

One of them nodded: "We haven't bitten a guide yet, have we? It is said that the meat is very fragrant and the blood is very sweet, which prolongs life and enhances energy and beauty."

He took out a deck of playing cards from his pocket, and handed out three cards to Adam and Gong Shang: "You choose one, and see how you will live with the three of us tonight."

Adam discarded the playing cards, and his fireflies and Gongshang's butterflies had been released due to the master's high tension, and they were entwining and flying around the two of them.

Adam confirms that werewolves can't see the spirit body, and his black mamba is ready to go.

Just a moment before the killing intent suddenly arose, he suddenly shuddered.The black mamba slipped back into his sleeve, and all the fireflies dispersed into a light mist and disappeared.

Only the rosy-eyed butterflies are still flying.

A familiar snort came from the dark road, and the giant beast was slowly approaching.

"Hi, you guys." A smiling voice came, and Nie said in a gentle tone of discussing things with others, "These two children belong to my family, I have to take them back."

Gong Shang, who was huddled behind Adam, suddenly heard a small sound coming from the wall, looked up, and saw a scorpion as long as an arm was climbing on the wall, raising its front paws at itself.

She was so frightened that she immediately waved the backpack to open the scorpion, and the scorpion turned into mist and returned to the darkness.Nie Cai's voice still came from the dark alley: "Adam, why are you so impolite? When a guest comes to your house, you should tell Dad, and say hello when Dad comes home..."

"Who the hell are you!" The werewolf yelled impatiently, "You're so weird, dare you show yourself!"

After hearing Nie Cai's voice, Adam's first reaction in his heart was - hand over the palace business to Nie Cai, and he will be able to redeem himself.

The thought made him sick, but it was utterly uncontrollable, bouncing around his head with animation.There are two struggling ideas in his mind: hand over the palace merchant, or protect the palace merchant, there is no third way, there is no way to protect the palace merchant and avoid punishment from Nie Cai.

It would be great if I were Rao Xinghai... I would be fine if I was a sentinel. Adam thought desperately, what use is a firefly, a snake afraid of black bears?

Gong Shang behind her suddenly staggered, and Adam stopped her instinctively.

It was the werewolf holding the playing cards who grabbed Gong Shang's backpack.

"What is this?" A wolf paw covered with rough black fur pinched the little felt wolf on the backpack, sniffing and sniffing. "...Are you from Bo Wan?"

The author has something to say: Drink a round: Drink a round, which means to invite everyone present to have a drink. All the drinks ordered by the guests in the bar will be included in the bill of the bell ringer.The little golden clock is also called the long live clock.

I don't know if there is such a rule in the bars of the imperial capital. I have seen it here, and it often appears in Hong Kong TV dramas.Given that business establishments like "bars" are imported products, I (reasonably) speculate that there should be some!