What It’s Like Being a Vampire

"Stop by the side of the road ahead. There's a shop selling meat dumplings over there. They taste very good. You can buy two for breakfast." Xiang Kun suddenly said to Lao Xia who was driving.

Xia Libing nodded, stepped aside, and got out of the car to buy meat dumplings.

She wasn't surprised why Xiang Kun knew that she was very hungry now. Whether it was through hearing the sound of her stomach rumbling or in other ways, with Xiang Kun's current sensory abilities, it was not difficult to come to this judgment.

Back at Lao Xia's rented complex, Xiang Kun took her clothes, shoes, backpack, upper body and bare heels, and Lao Xia returned to her home.

Relying on his super sensory ability to grasp the movements of the surrounding residents in advance, Xiang Kun took Lao Xia and successfully avoided other residents. From the parking lot to the door of Lao Xia's house, he did not meet anyone.

However, when Lao Xia took the key to open the door, a middle-aged woman next door happened to take her son out. Seeing Xiang Kun standing behind Lao Xia, she couldn't help being stunned.

"Morning, Doctor Xia." The middle-aged woman nodded to Xia Libing when she opened the door.

Xia Libing also nodded to her: "Morning."

Then the middle-aged woman looked curiously at Xiang Kun behind her: "This is...?"

Xia Libing said simply: "My friend, I fell into the lake."

"Ah?" The middle-aged woman was taken aback, and wanted to ask why she fell into the lake.

However, Lao Xia naturally had no intention of explaining further. After opening the door, he walked in directly.

Xiang Kun, who was "dropped into the lake", could only smile and nod to the neighbor as a greeting, and then followed closely into the door.

Just as Xiang Kun was taking a shower and Xia Libing was having breakfast, there was another knock on the door.

After Xia Libing opened the door, the third aunt walked in and said concernedly: "Xiaobing, I just arrived at the hospital, and Director Wang said that you asked for leave. Are you feeling unwell?"

While talking, she suddenly found a pair of hiking shoes by the door.

There is nothing wrong with the style of the shoes themselves. It is normal for Xia Libing to wear this kind of shoes, but the problem is that these shoes look obviously bigger than Xia Libing's own shoes that are placed next to him. These shoes should belong to men.

Then she saw a coat casually placed on a chair in the living room, which seemed to be a man's too.

The sound of water flowing in the bathroom came from his ears, and looking at the bathroom with the door closed, it was obvious that someone was taking a shower inside.

The third aunt's mouth grew slowly, and she looked at Xia Libing in surprise.

"I'm not feeling uncomfortable, it's just that I have some personal matters to deal with." Xia Libing explained, and then she noticed where the third aunt's gaze fell, and the change in expression, and probably analyzed the reason for the third aunt's surprise, but she didn't stop there. to explain.

The third aunt blinked and blinked, and after a few seconds of pause, she said, "It's all right, you can handle your private affairs at ease, uh...Mr. Xiang should still be in Shanghai now, right?"

"He came back last night." Xia Libing said.

"Could it be...he's taking a bath now...?" Third Aunt looked towards the bathroom and asked.

"Yes." From the expression and reaction of the third aunt, Xia Libing analyzed that the third aunt must have misunderstood in some direction, but if she wants to explain, she must make up an excuse. If the third aunt continues to ask, It was too troublesome to continue lying, and it might expose some of Xiang Kun's secret information, so she didn't say anything more.

The third aunt nodded, thought of something, and said, "By the way, I have a document on that Camry, give me your car keys, and I'll go get them, and I'll leave the SUV I drove over for your use. "

Xia Libing said: "No need, I can drive a Camry. There are some things in the car that are just for my third aunt. I'll go down with you."

So, the curious third aunt followed Xia Libing downstairs to the parking lot.

Seeing that Camry in the backseat,

The third aunt was a little surprised at the box of roses and two handfuls of carnations, but then suddenly realized that "it really is so". At the same time, she also thought of what day it was today, and felt a little bit of emotion and envy in her heart.

It's good to be young.

When going upstairs before, because Xiang Kun wanted shoes, clothes, and luggage, and Xia Libing needed beef soup and meat dumplings, the flowers were naturally thrown into the car.

Xia Libing took out a bunch of carnations and handed them to the third aunt: "For you."

"Oh, let's fix this. This Valentine's Day is originally a festival for you young people, so you can enjoy it." Although she said so, the third aunt still happily took the bunch of carnations, and then looked at the car. Another bouquet of carnations in the back seat asked, "Who is the other bouquet for?"

She knew that Xia Libing's parents were still abroad, and she was the only female elder in Zaitong City, so she had some guesses.

"It's for Mother Xiang Kun." Xia Libing said.

The third aunt said again in her heart, "That's right." Then she took the document and confessed with a smile, "Tonight... hey, let's forget about it at night. Come to eat with Xiang Kun tomorrow."

Xia Libing shook her head, "I've been busy lately."

"It's okay, when you are all free, just find a time to come home." Third Aunt said.

Although the soul of gossip was burning in her heart, the third aunt knew the character of this niece, so she still held back a lot of questions, and looked for opportunities to make indirect remarks later.

After seeing off the third aunt, Xia Libing returned home, and Xiang Kun had already taken a shower and changed his clothes. As for the changed trousers, they were dirty and torn, and there was no need to wash them. They had already been stuffed into garbage bags and packed.

After Xia Libing finished eating the meat dumplings and beef soup, the two went out together, planning to go to the farm they had contacted before to buy meat rabbits.

Originally, Xiang Kun was worried that he would stay in Zihuan Mountain until the evening and would not come back in time, so he asked Lao Xia to help him prepare, but since he had already returned early, there was no reason for Lao Xia to go alone.

But before going to the farm, they went back to Xiang Kun's house.

Let Lao Xia wait for him in the car first, Xiang Kun took the bunch of carnations, went home and gave them to his mother, and then excused that coming back this time was the company's business, and he would not go home for a few days, so he wanted to leave.

In fact, he originally wanted to wait until the blood drinking was over before going home, so that his mother would not ask too many questions and make up lies.

But thinking that the bunch of carnations cost hundreds of dollars anyway, and it didn't make much sense to give them after he drank his blood and fell asleep, it was a bit wasteful.

Seeing his son come back suddenly and send flowers, both mom and dad were surprised and surprised.

"If you want to come back to do errands, you can do errands. If you are on a business trip, you can go on a business trip. Can you buy a woolen flower? Can this flower be fried or steamed? It can't be eaten or used. Buy this and make a ball? You have the money, how about Just give me a red envelope! Can I buy you a few catties of pork? I also buy flowers... You know how to buy flowers for your mother, but why don't you know how to buy flowers for your mother... Hey, yes, what date is it today? Come on? Flowers are very expensive today, right? You kid, you..." After a few words to Mom, she suddenly stopped and stared at Xiang Kun suspiciously.

"You said you just came back now? Just got off the train?" Xiang Ma asked again.

Xiang Kun noticed very keenly that his mother knew something was wrong just after taking a little sniff. She could smell the body lotion that she had just taken a shower on.

"I went to the hotel arranged by the company to take a shower before coming here. Oh, Mom, I won't talk about it. My colleagues are still waiting for me below. I'm leaving first, and I'll come back after I finish my work." Xiang Kun With that said, he walked out the door.

Xiang's mother changed her attitude all of a sudden, and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go and do your own business. The flowers are good, and Mom is very satisfied. You can concentrate on doing things, don't worry."

Xiang Kun couldn't help but smile wryly. He knew what his mother thought of, but he couldn't explain it at this time.

After Xiang Kun went out, Xiang Ma quickly ran to the balcony and looked out of the community, but the angle of their balcony could not see the place where Xia Libing parked, so she looked at it for a while, then she could only look away resentfully, Back to the living room.

In the living room, Dad Xiang was complaining with the bouquet of carnations: "This kid, I really don't know what to think. Isn't it a waste of money to buy flowers for my mother on Valentine's Day? Such a big bouquet of flowers on this day, it's a good deal." A few hundred yuan? With so much money, it would be nice to buy something to eat."

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. I think you are jealous when you see your son only sends me flowers." Xiang Ma said with a blank look at him.

Dad Xiang was taken aback: "Hey? Didn't you teach him the same thing just now? Didn't you ask him to give you a red envelope and buy you a few catties of pork?" I was puzzled, and I obviously followed her words. ah.

Squinting her eyes to her mother, she said, "Say, with your son's personality, under what circumstances would he send flowers to his mother on Valentine's Day?"

Xiang Dad frowned, scratched his head, thought for a while, and said thoughtfully: "When there is too much money to spend? Is the son's salary raised? Or won the lottery?"

Xiang's mother couldn't help rolling her eyes, and sighed, "You all know that I won't be happy when I send flowers, and I will feel sorry for the money. Does my son know? Today is not Mother's Day, nor is it my birthday. He will pick up flowers specially. Buying flowers for me on the most expensive day? Think about it, Lao Xiang! Valentine's Day!"

"I know it's Valentine's Day. Flowers are expensive..." Dad Xiang's eyes widened at first, a little confused, but then he seemed to think of something, and slapped his thigh suddenly: "Hey! Got it! He wants to buy flowers for girls , and then buy a bouquet of flowers for my mother! Maybe there will be an event like full discount. With this kid's character, he will definitely join the event and honor his mother by the way! That is to say... he today Running back may not be arranged by the company, maybe it’s specially for Valentine’s Day? Eh? Who is that? Xiaoxia?”

Xiang Ma looked at the florist logo on the flower package: "The name of this florist seems familiar..."

Then she scanned the QR code on the logo of the flower shop with her mobile phone, looked at it, and said with a smile: "This is a shop jointly opened by my old sister, daughter-in-law and someone. I even forwarded it to Moments."

Frowning to Dad: "You don't want to take it back, do you? That's not good..."

"Where are you going!!" Xiang Ma couldn't help but raised her hand and punched her husband.

Xiang Ma started to contact the old sister and asked for the phone number of the old sister's daughter-in-law. She happened to be helping the flower shop at this time, so she asked her if there was a tall, bald guy who went to buy carnations this morning.

Xiang's mother originally just wanted to make sure that her son had bought other flowers besides carnations, such as roses, so as to confirm her inference.

Unexpectedly, the daughter-in-law of the old sister said that she did not see a bald man coming to buy flowers in the morning, but she asked her partner, and said that a tall bald man with glasses came with his girlfriend last night. I have bought flowers, two bouquets of carnations and a box of roses, and the bald boy's girlfriend is a tall beauty with ponytails, and very long legs.

Ponytail, tall, long legs, big beauty, who else could this be?

After Xiang's mother hung up the phone, she began to have a good time, which made Xiang's father curiously ask him again and again.

...

In the cafeteria of the sub-bureau, Xu Zhao looked at his young partner Zhao Feng fascinated by his mobile phone while eating. The meat on the chopsticks had not been eaten for a long time.

Zhao Feng came back to his senses, and pushed the phone in front of Xu Zhao: "Someone on the Internet said that they saw Phoenix last night, and it was near Zihuan Mountain."

"Phoenix?" Xu Zhao sneered before looking at his phone: "Now these people are really doing everything for the sake of traffic. They dare to say all kinds of nonsense, and dare to make up any falsehoods."

"Someone took a video, it doesn't look like special effects. I watched the news today, there was indeed abnormal weather in Zihuan Mountain last night, there was a short thunderstorm, and then there was a heavy rain. If this video is really from Zihuan Mountain last night The photos taken nearby, I think it might be a small aircraft like a drone, which is still a bit of a safety hazard." Zhao Feng naturally didn't believe the so-called "Phoenix".

Xu Zhao turned on the video, and could vaguely see a mass of something on fire flying farther and farther in the air, but he couldn't see what it was at all, and it was obvious that the flame was getting smaller and smaller until it went out.

After turning off the video, Zhao Feng showed him the content of the original post:

"I saw a phoenix today! It's absolutely true! It's a lie! I live in Zishan Village, which is on the edge of Zihuan Mountain. You know that there was a catastrophe in Zihuan Mountain last night? That thunder is definitely not ordinary thunder! This Only the phoenix has successfully crossed the tribulation! I couldn’t sleep in the morning, so I went to the roof to play games and saw it with my own eyes! The video is definitely not fake!”

Below is an enlarged analysis of the screenshot of the video. Some people say that the fire ball looks a bit like a bird flapping its wings. Some said that the thunderstorm in Zihuan Mountain last night was indeed a bit scary, some began to explain the physics of the broken void, some began to popularize meteorological knowledge, and many people began to make wishes...

After reading it, Xu Zhao also shook his head straight: "It looks a bit like a drone. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished in the back. Otherwise, if it falls into the mountain and triggers a mountain fire, it will be troublesome. I turned around and talked to the policeman. Just mention it, this thing needs to be checked."

After taking back the phone, Zhao Feng nodded in agreement and said, "That's what I mean."

"By the way, are you and your classmate still looking for that thing with many arms?" Xu Zhao asked again, remembering something.

"Nothing recently, I don't have any clues." Zhao Feng actually found out that he wanted to discuss it with Lao Xu, but he also knew what Lao Xu thought about the matter they were investigating, so he hesitated for a while, and decided to wait for more clear information. Or evidence.