Chengzhong District is the oldest old town in Jiangnan City.
Although it has lagged behind the surrounding new development areas with numerous high-rise buildings in the latest round of city building movement, it still attracts a lot of popularity due to its pleasant scenery and superior location.
In particular, there are several commercial pedestrian streets with their own characteristics.
When the lanterns first come on, they are full of people and lively.
"Heyin Cuisine" is located in a prime location on a pedestrian street called "Pingyang Road", with a grand front and an artificial bamboo forest, which forcibly creates a quiet atmosphere in the downtown area, without any intention of being "hidden".
Opposite Heyin Restaurant is the No. 1 Department Store in Jiangnan City, which has a history of 30 to 40 years.
It was the tallest building in the city when it was built.
It was famous for a while, but it has naturally declined now.
No matter how many decorations and renovations are made, it can't change the feeling of being too cramped. pattern - but it is more than enough to serve as a commanding height controlling a radius of three to five hundred meters.
In the men's restroom on the fifth floor of the First Department Store.
From here, you can overlook the entire Pingyang Road Pedestrian Street and have a clear view of passers-by and tourists going north and south.
Half past six in the evening.
Li Yao had been standing here for half an hour, using his telescope to carefully observe the nearby shops and the flow of people - not only did he want to meet the author of "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation", he also had to determine whether the author lived nearby or far away, and finally So I can follow the clues and find the author's home base.
As time passed by, his eyes became sharper and sharper, and he could instantly locate the different characteristics of hundreds of passers-by and analyze their movement trajectories clearly.
"Teacher Niu, are you here?"
After scanning the environment and passers-by, Li Yao sent a message in the name of "Rabbit in the Sea of Stars".
"Here we are, we just arrived.
I'm wearing blue and there's a 'Grandma's Fried Chicken' next to me.
Are you here too?"
Reply from the other side.
Li Yao pointed his telescope at a milk tea and fried chicken shop twenty or thirty meters away from Heyin Cuisine.
Except for a few middle school girls who were buying milk tea, there was a man as thin as a bamboo pole, wearing a wrinkled blue suit.
"Is it him?"
Li Yao observed carefully that this guy looked like he had a newly shaved head and face, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hide the look of depression between his eyebrows.
Perhaps it was because he had been working at a desk for many years.
His eyes were a little green, his cheeks were deeply sunken, and his back was also dull.
He arched his head slightly, and the cheap suit he bought was one size too big.
It was like a plastic bag covering his body, and a gust of wind could blow him away.
Of course, even if the suit fits well, it still looks quite awkward - today is the hottest day since the beginning of summer, with a maximum temperature of 35 degrees.
Apart from real estate agents and insurance sellers, who would wear such a serious suit?
When Li Yao stared at this guy, he was using the full-length mirror of the clothing store next door to adjust his outfit, spraying breath freshener or something into his mouth, and using the reflection of the mirror to secretly take a look at the middle school girls who were drinking milk tea.
"There seems to be no one else around."
Li Yao scratched his head.
He originally thought he could write characters like Yan Beibei, Xiao Xuance, Jin Tuyi, Lu Zui, and Boss Bai.
The author could be down and out, miserable, and miserable, but he must always have a little bit of a heroic temperament in him.
Bar?
Now it seems, not at all.
After carefully scanning the surroundings and confirming that no one was following the author, Li Yao sent a message of "coming soon" and got off the elevator.
He squeezed into the crowd again, but was not in a hurry to say hello.
The female middle school students were still drinking milk tea, bursting into bursts of youthful laughter from time to time.
Zhang Daniu just kept milling around, his eyes rolling.
Li Yao took out a "toothpick crossbow" from his arms, which is a toy often played by children.
With the cover of the crowd, he shot a toothpick towards Zhang Daniu.
The distance between the two sides was seven or eight meters, and when the toothpick shot past lightly, it had no power.
Zhang Daniu was unaware of it.
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He didn't scream until the toothpick stabbed his back.
He turned around and rubbed it, not realizing what hit him.
"So, he doesn't have any 'superpowers' and is just an ordinary person with very slow perception?"
Li Yao confirmed this and threw the toothpick crossbow into the trash can on the roadside.
Then he stepped forward, patted the other party's shoulder hard, and said with a smile on his face: "Hello, Teacher Niu!"
Zhang Daniu turned around suddenly and found a young man he had never seen before.
The excitement on his face turned into surprise: "You are..."
"I'm Rabbit's senior brother from Jiangnan Normal University.
I'm really sorry.
It's such a coincidence.
The girls' dormitory in our school was broken into last night.
It scared a few girls so much that they screamed in the middle of the night.
The school leaders were furious today and the dormitory was very strict, saying that girls should not run around at night if they have nothing to do!
" Li Yao said with a smile, "So, I can't help it.
I am the only male member of our Science Fiction Association.
Rabbit and the others entrusted me to be their representative to express their most sincere apology to Teacher Niu.
The girls all said that the future will be long, and in a few days Do you mind if I find a day off and come out to talk to Teacher Niu during the day about literature, science fiction, and life dreams?"
"ah--" Li Yao saw Zhang Daniu's freshly shaved face, which still had a few cuts on it, slumping down little by little, like ice cubes under the scorching sun, quickly losing its shape, "No, I don't mind, of course I don't mind, Hahahaha, girls should be careful when going out at night, there are too many bad people in society now..."
"That's great if you can understand.
Rabbit and the others were worried that you would be angry and not come to our school as guests, so I told them, how could it be possible, Teacher Niu, who could write "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation", could Are you the kind of person who cares about every detail?
" Li Yao smiled happily, "Anyway, let's chat first today.
I also have a lot of things on my mind that I want to discuss with Teacher Niu.
Besides, I know everything about Rabbit and the others.
If you want to know anything, just ask me. wrong!"
"I, I didn't want to know anything!"
Zhang Daniu said, "I mainly want to know about the development of your science fiction association and care about contemporary college students' views on science fiction, dreams and the future.
What else can I know?"
"Yes, you said yes, then this is what we mainly talk about."
Li Yao slapped his head and said, "I almost forgot to introduce myself.
What a coincidence - my name happens to be 'Li Yao', and I have the same name as the male protagonist in your book.
I also especially like to read "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation" , Really, I even feel that I am Li Yao in the book, and I have a kind of... spiritual connection with Teacher Niu, and we are close friends!
" "Uh-huh."
Zhang Daniu seemed to have lost the desire to chat, and just dealt with it one after another.
"Don't just stand around, it's so hot."
Li Yao pulled Zhang Daniu, "Let's eat first, let's talk while eating?"
"……OK."
Zhang Daniu replied weakly, then suddenly woke up, "Where are you going?"
"Tsurugakure cuisine!"
Li Yao said, "Rabbit said you made an appointment with her to cook at Heyin, didn't you?"
"...Ah, yes, that's what I said.
Wait at the entrance of Heyin Restaurant.
It's easier to find it here."
Zhang Daniu glanced at the low-key and luxurious Heyin Restaurant, the corners of his eyes twitched a few times, and said, "But I've been having a stomachache these past two days, so it's not suitable to eat these raw and cold things.
You know there are parasites in those sashimi."
Well, why don’t Teacher Niu treat you to a clay pot bone stew?
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It’s a century-old restaurant nearby.
It’s stewed until the bones are rotten.
It’s much better than these sashimi and sushi.”
Said to be "just nearby", the two of them walked for more than ten minutes, leaving the pedestrian street and arriving at an old-fashioned residential area full of human fireworks.
Li Yao doesn't care what he eats, as long as he can be sure that Zhang Daniu lives nearby.
While walking, he observed carefully.
Zhang Daniu was holding his right hand, deliberately dodging passers-by.
Moreover, his right hand was slightly swollen, and it did look like he was injured.
Zhang Daniu seemed to have eaten a lot of dust, and his face was always gray and unsightly.
However, when the steaming piles of big bones were brought to the table, he seemed to have accepted his fate, and the dryness appeared on his face again. smile.
"A thief broke into the girls' dormitory.
He must have frightened Rabbit and the others, right?"
Zhang Daniu smiled and said, "Rabbit...her boyfriend must be anxious too, right?"
"Rabbit doesn't have a boyfriend."
Li Yao was slightly startled and immediately replied, "My little junior sister is the kind of girl who has a very spiritual pursuit and her own aesthetic taste.
She is maverick and aloof.
She thinks about the universe, the future, civilization, etc. all day long.
How can ordinary people get into her eyes?"
"oh……" There was light in Zhang Daniu's smile.
"What about you?"
Li Yao took the opportunity to inquire about Zhang Daniu's situation, "Teacher Niu, why don't you go out to eat and chat without reporting to your wife?"
"No, no.
In fact, I am also single.
I have been wandering alone for more than thirty years.
Where can I find a 'teacher'?"
Zhang Daniu said with a smile, "Also, classmate Li Yao, let me give you some advice - we are all science fiction enthusiasts, and we are of the same kind.
Don't be 'teacher Niu' long, and 'teacher Niu' is short, which sounds bad."
By seniority, we are actually about the same age.
You are all in your twenties this year, I am also in my thirties, and I am very young at heart.
We are all of the same age.
Please don't call me 'Teacher Niu', just call me 'Brother Niu'.
'Bar!"
"...Brother Niu."
Li Yao took a deep breath, tried his best to control his expression, and looked at Zhang Daniu's right hand, "Brother Niu, why don't you drink some wine to rejuvenate your blood, and your injury will heal quickly!"
"Well, let's drink a little!"
Zhang Daniu waved his hand, "That's right, don't treat me as a teacher, just treat me as a friend - between friends, what can't we talk about, what can't we do for you?"
"Yes, Brother Niu, after watching "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation", I know that you must be a very bold and unrestrained person.
As expected, being famous is not as good as meeting you.
Come on, let me toast you first!"
Li Yao deliberately got Zhang Daniu drunk so that he could ask for some key information.
Anyway, his body was greatly strengthened.
Ordinary alcohol was not enough to numb his nerves.
One cup on the left and one cup on the right.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, he had the intention.
Under the design, Zhang Daniu was already drunk, his face was red, his legs were shaking, and he was talking a little loudly.
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"Brother Niu, can you tell me in detail your journey in creating "Forty Thousand Years of Cultivation"?"
Li Yao took the opportunity and said, "This can be regarded as the task assigned to me by Rabbit and the others.
Everyone wants to know, how did you first come up with the idea of writing such a work?"