Thick black clouds blocked the entire starry sky, and light rain fell softly, making the entire city begin to blur.
It was already late at night, and the zero o'clock bell fell quietly without causing any ripples to the city. It seems that for most people, there is nothing special about zero o'clock. Those who should work overtime, and those who should sleep, should sleep.
Those girls who were still following the drama or the game fans who were participating in team battles didn't even notice that it was the next day.
On a relatively remote street in this city, it was a different scene.
Fenglin Street, a street with a slightly suggestive name, is one of the few ancient streets in the city. Like many ancient cultural cities, the decoration on this street is very retro, and most of the goods sold in the shops are
It has a certain historical atmosphere, and there are countless antiques, jades, and cultural objects. It doesn't look much different from other ancient streets.
But, that's just what you see...
At the same time as the clock struck zero o'clock, the lights suddenly turned on in this ancient street that had been plunged into darkness. The harsh sound of "squeaking" door bolts rubbing against each other echoed in the ancient street. The door of an old two-story building
Slowly opened, the dim light crossed the threshold from the room behind the door and spread out in front of the door of the small building.
"The midnight hour has come, open the door to welcome guests, and close the door to send them back." A low and weak voice rang at the same time as the door was fully opened. If you didn't try your best to listen carefully, you wouldn't be able to hear this sentence at all.
What exactly did he say? It seems that this sentence was not meant for the guests.
The lights in front of the small building have been completely spread out, but they only cover a three-foot circle in front of the small building door. It is still pitch black further away, as if there is an invisible wall standing there, completely dividing the two spaces.
block.
This ancient street was pitch dark, and no pedestrians could be seen at all. But gradually, a sound came from the small building. It was the sound of a person's footsteps, the sound of dishes colliding with the table, and the sound of that person's
The footsteps were neither slow nor slow, moving through the small building very rhythmically, but I didn't know what he or she was doing.
“There are so many customers today!”
The footsteps in the small building disappeared, and a half-grown boy in black clothes and black trousers walked out of the small building and stood
At the door, he looked at the empty door of the small building with his shining eyes, and waved his hand with some boredom: "We are full today, come back tomorrow."
After saying that, the boy in black closed the door of the small building again, turned around and stepped up the stairs towards the second floor.
"Boss, we are full and closed." The one who spoke was still the little boy in black. At this time, he was standing in a room on the second floor of the small building. Opposite the boy was a Taishi chair. On top of the Taishi chair
There was a person sitting, wearing a loose black casual suit, holding a mobile phone in his hand and doing something busy.
"Hey, Landing 98K, let me take you flying!"
"Holy shit, sneak attack and headshot. There's someone over there, come and get me!"
... ...
Well, this man was playing a game at this time, and he didn't hear a word of what the boy just said, but looking at this young man's actions, it was obvious that the battle was very intense now.
"I'm going to die again. Who are these people? They must be cheating!" The game character who fell to the ground for an unknown number of times finally had no one to pull him back up this time. All his teammates died.
The young man threw his cell phone on the table, picked up the teacup and angrily drank the cold tea in one gulp.
"Hey, Xiao Hei, what are you doing here? Isn't it time to open the door to welcome guests?"
Only then did the young man notice the boy in black standing in front of him, and asked the boy in a very surprised tone. There was still a little bit of reproach in his tone, but more of it was casual.
.
"Brother Lin, did you hear me? I've been standing here for more than ten minutes!" The boy in black looked at the man in front of him helplessly, his tone revealing deep helplessness.
"Ah, you've been standing there for more than ten minutes. What time is it? It's just twelve o'clock. The teahouse should still be open. Why did you come up so early?"
"It's full of customers. I don't know why today, but less than half an hour after opening, it was full of customers, so I came up to call you, the one you left in a box."
"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll go down right away. But it shouldn't be, why are the rooms full so fast today?"
Hearing the boy mention the box, the young man suddenly blushed. He stood up from the chair and began to change the topic. He asked questions that he didn't want the boy to answer at all. He muttered to himself and walked down the second floor.
, I haven’t heard any sound coming from downstairs for a long time.
But the boy in black did not follow the young man down. He jumped up to the window sill, leaned to the side, and stared at the rain outside the window.
He has been here for three years. This small building is a small teahouse to be precise. Its name is Gujing Teahouse. This teahouse is very strange. It is completely open during the day and you can open it or not, but every night at eleven o'clock
, the moment the bell rings, the door of the teahouse must be opened to welcome guests.
The customers of this tea house can only be called guests, not guests. The reason is very simple. There are spirits and souls who come to the tea house at this time, but there are no people. And the tea house will not pick up living people at night.
business.
The owner of the teahouse is called Lin Mo. He is twenty-five years old and is a college student who has never gone to university. It may be a bit strange to say this, but it is easy to understand if you explain it. The boss’s university degree certificate was bought with money, although it does not mean anything.
Use it, but it has always been displayed on the bookcase like a treasure by Lin Mo. As for why Lin Mo didn't go to college, Lin Mo didn't even take the college entrance examination, let alone go to college.
As for the boy in black, his name is Lin Tian. He couldn’t remember his original name for a long time, but the iron plate around his neck had the word "天" engraved on it, so after he was taken in by the teahouse owner,
Although the name Lin Tian was given by Lin Mo, Lin Mo had never called him "Lin Tian" and always called the boy in black Xiao Hei.
Lin Mo had been down there for half an hour, but he never came back. There was no sound from the first floor, as if Lin Mo had just disappeared. However, the boy in black had long been accustomed to all this, and reached for the cabinet next to him.
As soon as he fished it out, Lin Tian had a bag of snacks in his hand. He opened the bag very skillfully, took out something and stuffed it into his mouth. His eyes were still looking at the dark rain curtain, and he was talking vaguely.
One sentence.
"Well, the dried fish is still delicious in its original flavor..."