It was only when he walked downstairs that Yu Zhesen came back to his senses.
Although Yu Qingxue offended him, why did he act like he was running away in anger?
Wouldn't a normal person's approach be to drive Yu Qingxue out? After all, he is the owner of the house.
Yu Zhesen thought for a while and comforted himself by saying that she was a woman after all, and he didn't care about women.
I called Shen Yunqiu and learned that Shen Yunqiu had just gotten off work, so we made an appointment to have a meal together in a restaurant.
Shen Yunqiu was unwilling to let Yu Zhesen treat him, so the two talked on the phone for a long time, and finally reached an agreement on AA, so they found a small restaurant nearby.
Yu Zhesen rode his motorcycle and arrived first. After ordering the food, he saw Shen Yunqiu arriving late carrying his computer bag.
"Would you like to drink?" Yu Zhesen took two cans of beer.
Shen Yunqiu looked at him with a strange look on his face: "I never saw you taking the initiative to buy beer when I was at home before."
"Drinking requires some atmosphere," Yu Zhesen shrugged, "and some emotion."
"By the way, why did you suddenly think of having a meal with a buddy?" Shen Yunqiu pulled the tab of the beer can and asked half-jokingly: "You're not urging me to pay back the money, are you?"
"Forget it, I can't even afford to sell you at this time." Yu Zhesen waved his hand to express that he had no such plan.
Shen Yunqiu took a sip of beer: "What happened?"
"Just think of it as a celebration of my moving to a new home, okay?" Yu Zhesen reached out and held a beer can and clinked a glass with Shen Yunqiu.
"I don't see any happiness on your face... Huh? Why did you take off the electronic bracelet?" Shen Yunqiu noticed the details. There was no electronic bracelet on Yu Zhesen's left wrist.
The Iron Dome Park Management Bureau requires citizens to wear electronic bracelets all day long, and they are not allowed to remove them except under special circumstances. Otherwise, they will be fined or sentenced to a crime.
"It's just a fine if it doesn't exceed 3 hours." Yu Zhesen said nonchalantly, "Just fine."
Shen Yunqiu smiled helplessly: "You are really different from before. When we first met, you even bought daily necessities at special discounts."
Yu Zhesen took the words and laughed at himself: "Just like the uncles and aunts, right?"
"Yes, that's what I was going to say."
"I was really poor at that time. It was hard to pay the rent, and I didn't know if you would kick me out."
Shen Yunqiu thought about it seriously: "At that time, I also thought you were very unreliable, and I thought about having a showdown with you if you kept owing rent."
Yu Zhesen clinked glasses with him again: "Thank you for your honesty, Old Shen. It's great to be able to tell the truth."
Their orders had already been served, but Yu Zhesen hesitated to move his chopsticks and said these words with an moved face, making Shen Yunqiu a little uneasy.
"You're not feeling right today. What's wrong?"
"Don't ask, don't ask. By the way, are you okay tonight?" Yu Zhesen asked.
"It's nothing, but if you go back late, you have to tell your family."
"It should be." Yu Zhesen nodded in approval.
Shen Yunqiu put down his beer: "So what do you want to do tonight?"
"How about we go to a bar? I'll take you to a speakeasy."
"Speakable bar? Is there anything special?" Shen Yunqiu was puzzled.
"You'll know when the time comes." Yu Zhesen let it slip.
……
At eight o'clock in the evening, the alley where Hongyu Bar is located.
Yu Zhesen stopped the motorcycle and took the spare helmet that he gave to him from Shen Yunqiu.
"The security here doesn't look very good." Shen Yunqiu muttered, looking at the dark alley and the pink ambiguous hair salon opposite.
"I'm here." Yu Zhesen patted his shoulder, "Don't worry."
"Are you drunk?" Shen Yunqiu asked worriedly.
"Have you ever seen someone get drunk after just one can of beer?"
Yu Zhesen led him through the gate of the abandoned building by a familiar route, and entered the Hongyu Bar on the steps leading to the basement.
The bar had just started to open and seemed a little deserted, with only a few customers sitting in the corner seats.
"Hey, you're a rare visitor." Ma Yingjie waved to the two of them at the bar.
"Bartender?" Shen Yunqiu was stunned for a moment and almost didn't recognize him.
Yu Zhesen smiled: "I didn't expect that he is really the bartender."
Ma Yingjie lay on the bar and asked with a smile: "What's wrong, Chief Yu? Is there another case?"
"Can't you come if you don't have a case?"
"I'm afraid that if you disagree, our little shabby bar will be torn down."
Yu Zhesen looked at the place where the iron ball for the lottery was originally hung, and found that the round tables that were originally surrounded there had been removed and had now been transformed into a small stage with drums and other musical instruments on it.
Ma Yingjie said tacitly: "Are you disappointed? BOSS has canceled the wine guessing event. After all, there is a cheating player like you. If the guessing continues, won't I give you money?"
"No way, is Boss Han's situation that small?" Of course Yu Zhesen didn't believe his rhetoric.
Even if he comes here every day to get free money from whoring, it will be insignificant to Han Jinghu’s wealth.
"Actually, I was targeted by the administration and forced to make corrections. Do I have to say something like this that I know well?" Ma Yingqing shrugged.
After that, he brought Shen Yunqiu a large glass of beer: "Brother Shen, can't you understand what we are talking about? Hahaha... I'm sorry for leaving you alone, please have a drink."
Yu Zhesen looked at the newly made wine list on the bar. After flipping through it, he said in surprise: "Have all the wines here returned to normal prices?"
"That's necessary. There's no gambling gimmick anymore, and it's so expensive. Who will come?"
"Boss Han is such a decisive person. After seeing that this bar has lost its value, shouldn't he close it immediately?" Yu Zhesen said in a teasing tone.
"Then you are wrong. Gambling is just a means of attracting people. After such a long time, the popularity effect is almost enough." Ma Yingying had a proud smile on his face.
The purpose of Han Jinghu's establishment of this underground bar is to secretly recruit low-level talents with special superpower genes. As long as Hongyu can attract these people, it will have the value of continuing to operate it, even if it is operating at a loss.
Although wine guessing and gambling are currently banned, the long-term operation has cultivated a sense of belonging among some guests. Even if this place no longer allows them to dream of getting rich, it is still a secret place to communicate with "similar people".< /p>
Yu Zhesen and Shen Yunqiu left the bar and found a two-person seat to sit down. They casually ordered some wine and snacks and chatted about each other's work topics while eating and drinking.
After Shen Yunqiu finished talking about the bloody love triangle in his company's office, Yu Zhesen took over the topic and mentioned the recent supernatural dream incident.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yunqiu was well-informed and had heard about the legend of "Mr. Nightmare". It turned out that he had also followed some online forums that spread strange urban news.
"Is this really happening?" Shen Yunqiu slapped the table in surprise, "I thought it was made up by some boring person again!"
"I hope this is a story made up by boring people, but today two people have already wanted to commit suicide because of it."
Yu Zhesen did not tell Shen Yunqiu about the specific case, but said that the Security Bureau handled two suicides related to dream supernatural events.
"Speaking of which, someone jumped into the sea at Mingguang Bridge towards the evening. Could it be related to this incident?"
Yu Zhesen nodded with a heavy expression.
Shen Yunqiu looked curious: "Then what are you going to do? Do you have any clues?"
Yu Zhesen hesitated for a moment and said vaguely: "We are investigating, there are no clues yet."
Shen Yunqiu took a sip of beer: "To be honest, I'm really not used to it. You suddenly changed from a delivery boy to a commissioner of the Security Bureau, and you have become more serious."
"Am I not serious before?"
"You know it in your heart. I won't say more, buddy, to save you some face."
Yu Zhesen motioned for him to clink glasses and said in a mean tone again: "From now on, dad can no longer take care of you anytime and anywhere. Shen'er, you should take care of your work and life more."
"Dim sum? What kind of dim sum?" Shen Yunqiu imitated his tone and answered.
The two looked at each other and laughed.
There were more customers in the bar, and a band appeared on the stage, playing dynamic rock music.
The band consists of three men and three women, all of whom are cybernetics using trendy civilian prosthetics. Each person's prosthetic body has a letter on it, which together is the name of the band "RANDOM".
The band's purpose is to "do whatever you want and be content with whatever happens." They claim to appear in any corner of the revitalized city and start performing randomly.
"The song we are going to play next is - Soul Burning Band's 5th anniversary classic song! "Flowers of Dreams That Will Never Die"!"
Yu Zhesen was stunned for a moment, then turned to look towards the stage.
The Soul Burning Band is his favorite band, but he has never heard of "Dream Flowers That Will Never Die".
His record collection contains almost all of Soul Burning's albums from their inception to their disbandment on their 10th anniversary, but the 5th anniversary album is missing.