in the wind

Chapter 1

7.16, 13:00 pm

He took a breath of the cigarette, and then glanced there, and there was a touch of clean white in his eyes.Suddenly, the heart skipped a beat.The white shirt on the opposite side didn't look around, just walked straight away.

"What are you looking at?" The friend next to him patted him, and he didn't come back to his senses. He stubbed out the cigarette and said, "It's nothing." He put on the mask and left.

Lang Bai untied one of the openings on the collar, and today is just like the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun, the wind blowing is also hot. "It's so hot, it's so hot." He took the admission notice and fanned it vigorously, and beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead.

He didn't know what to think, he glanced at the opposite side by accident.The sparse crowd on the opposite side and the lime wall covered with graffiti are nothing to see.

Except for those two people, one of them turned his head back.The two looked at each other, Lang Bai hurriedly averted his gaze, pretending nothing happened, and walked away quickly.He didn't know if it was because the weather was too hot and he had hallucinations, or because he was guilty of being a thief, but he seemed to hear the giggling laughter of those two people making fun of him.

Dudu—the phone in Lang Bai's pocket vibrated, he took it out and pressed the answer button: "Hello, how are you?" "The owner of Qinghuan Teahouse?" There was a calm male voice on the phone. "Ah yes, you are?" Lang Bai picked up the phone and strode forward. "I'm here to apply." There was a pause, and then said: "The signboard says recruiting." "Oh, okay, wait a minute, I'm outside now."

After Lang Bai communicated with the phone, he hung up the phone.Just put the phone into his pocket, but it fell out with a snap, Lang Bai was so frightened that he trembled, and frantically caught the phone.Seeing that the phone didn't fall to the ground and died young, he put the phone back into his pocket to make sure it wouldn't fall out like before, and he was relieved.

But he always felt that something was weird, and he couldn't tell.Then I wanted to fan the wind and found that the notice was gone.

His mind buzzed, it turned out that he was too panicked to pick up the phone just now and threw away the admission notice.After understanding the cause and effect of the incident, he hurriedly looked around.Sure enough, I saw a piece of paper not far away, which was his notice.

Coincidentally, the admission notice was blown away by the strong wind before he could take a few steps. "Hey, you stay, stay!" Lang Bai shouted after chasing in the direction where the notice was blown.The wind was also quite strong, and within a few seconds it blew to the opposite side.

There was a road in the middle, Lang Bai looked at the red light that had just turned into a red light, and fell into deep thought.The wind stopped, and the notice blew to the feet of the two boys.Maybe he looked down and saw it, or heard the shout just now, and the boy wearing the mask picked it up.

Yin Xingyu held the notice, saw Lang Bai standing opposite, held the notice in front of him, flicked it with his hand, and looked at him.

Lang Bai nodded vigorously, pointed at himself, and tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, but he didn't know that his face was already full of smiles.

"Thank you." After seeing the green light, Lang Bai ran towards this side quickly, took the notice from him, and bowed deeply. "Stop it, there's no need to do this, or—" the boy next to him suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him from doing this, with a very serious expression on his face, Lang Bai looked him up and down, no different from the little gangsters on the street .

"It's time to ask for money." Lang Bai thought he was unlucky, and reached into his trouser pocket to get some change. "Are you his partner?" The boy put his hand on Yin Xingyu's shoulder, pointed at his brother and said to Lang Bai with a smile. "Ah?" Lang Bai stopped taking out the money, with a look of disbelief, completely at a loss for what he just said.

"Don't make trouble." Yin Xingyu pushed his hand away, and strode away. "What are you going, don't go, alas, Xing Yu!" His brothers chased after him, and Lang Bai was left alone in a daze.

"Come in, I'm sorry for the long wait." Lang Bai opened the store door and invited the applicant into the store.Lang Bai pushed the store door open and let him in.The leather shoes made a dull sound when they stepped on the wooden floor. At the same time, a copper bell hanging in the store began to ring slowly.The slow ringtone wasn't too abrupt in this environment, but it gave him a bad feeling.

"What's the matter?" The applicant looked back at him, a little puzzled, "It's nothing, you sit down." Lang Bai quickly pointed to a chair not far away, motioning him to sit down.He ran into the inner hall again and brought over two cups of tea.The applicant took the glass with both hands and politely said thank you.

"Then let me introduce myself. My name is Luo Yun. I am 22 years old. I have worked in various industries, including security guards. I have experience." Luo Yun pushed up her glasses and looked at him. "Are you here for an internship?" Lang Bai looked at his old-fashioned look, and thought he was twenty, and after pushing his age, he should be a senior.

"You don't want to study after you graduate from junior high school. Why do you have an internship?" Luo Yun seemed to have been touched, and she lowered her eyes and didn't look at him. "I'm sorry, it's not about my academic qualifications. I just want to find someone who looks at the store and sells goods. After all, I'm going to high school." Lang Bai broke his fingers and talked to him about the reason and job, "I've been a seller before. Salesperson, can you give it a try and start high school?" Luo Yun lowered her head and thought for a while, and finally changed the subject. "Well, I have received the notification." Lang Bai took out the Nangao notification letter and shook it in front of him, smiling happily. "Then you have to study hard. I have two younger brothers who are also in Nangao, but unfortunately the older one's grades are not good." Luo Yun smiled lightly, took a sip of tea, and mentioned his younger brother, feeling a little worried .

After a relatively long period of communication between the two parties, Lang Bai can be considered to have found a partner, and life can be less difficult.After sending Luo Yun away, he lay on the rocking chair and played with his mobile phone.

"There is still more than a month." Lang Bai looked at his phone with a popsicle in his mouth, counting the days when school started. "Is anyone there?" "Here we come." Hearing the voice from outside, Lang Bai knew that a visitor had arrived.With his mobile phone in his pocket, he got up and walked outside.

"The white tea on the shelf here, the black tea over there, and others are all marked. Look for yourself, and just ask me if you need it." Lang Bai came out from behind the curtain, without looking at anyone, and directly Sitting on a chair at the counter.

"Ah, isn't this a white shirt?" Lang Bai heard the voice very familiar, and when he looked up, the two in front of him were the ones who picked up the notice for him at noon. "You guys?" Lang Bai was at a loss again, and then he said something shocking: "Come here to collect protection money?" Xu Ran, the guy with a short cut, laughed out loud, "I'm crazy to want to be charged protection money."

Then he coughed twice and pointed to Yin Xingyu next to him. He was still wearing a mask and exuded a world-weary smell. "Talk to him, I think he likes you very much, and you will definitely not lose." Lang Bai rested his chin with one hand and looked at him with a playful smile. "Do I look old, do I need someone to give me a blind date?" He knocked on the table with his hand, just looking at them.

"How is it possible, you're also good-looking." I have to say that this boy really knows how to hold a bowl of water, and he even showed a seemingly harmless smile.

"How old are you?" Lang Bai turned to look at Yin Xingyu who was sitting next to him, but Yin Xingyu ignored him. "Which school?" "Ninth Middle School is starting." His voice was a little hoarse, as if he was smoking a lot. "Let's talk about the university, what can I buy, Dahongpao, let me know?" Lang Bai waved at him, and then turned his gaze to the boy with the crew cut.

"Two catties." Yin Xingyu took out her mobile phone to play with it, and said casually. "Come on." Lang Bai got up and took out a can of tea from a shelf, took out some and weighed them on the scale, no more, no less, exactly two taels.

He swiftly wrapped the tea leaves into several pieces of kraft paper, wrapped them tightly with hemp rope, stretched his right hand forward, and stretched out his left hand towards him, signaling to pay.

Yin Xingyu walked towards him with her mobile phone, without saying anything, just looked at him like that, without any gesture of asking for money.Lang Bai looked him up and down, and without changing his smile, he took out a receipt code from the bottom of the counter.

"How much money?" Yin Xingyu asked after scanning the QR code, Lang Bai stretched out four fingers, the boy glanced at him, his hands were pretty. "Passed." He showed him the mobile phone payment, and brought the two bags of tea, without saying a few words during the whole process.

After the two boys left, Lang Bai took out his mobile phone and looked at it. There was an inexplicable five thousand in his WeChat. "Isn't what I'm selling for one hundred and fifty catties?" Lang Bai looked at the price under the label of Dahongpao and fell into deep thought.

"No, Xiaoyu, are you on top?" Ping Tou followed behind him, a little speechless. "What's wrong?" the boy called Xiaoyu stopped, took off his mask, and asked him. "He gestured with three fingers, three thousand, why did you pay five thousand?" The flat-head stomped his feet angrily, opened his fingers and began to gesture, scolding his prodigal son.

"His hands are pretty." Xiao Yu took out a lighter from her pocket and lit a cigarette. "Are all of you rich people like this?" "I'm poor." Yin Xingyu took the cigarette away and exhaled.

"If you really like that white shirt, go after it." The flat head looked back at the store, and then at Yin Xingyu. "Besides, how can a good student like a street bastard who drinks, smokes, and fights?" After finishing speaking, he took a deep breath, unexpectedly choked, and coughed uncontrollably.The cigarette was shaken to the ground, and he stomped it out with his foot, resisting the discomfort, and squatted down to pick it up again. "Why are you just messing around in the street? We haven't done anything bad."

At this time, a woman passed by. She was holding the child, and although she said in a low voice, she deliberately let them hear: "If you don't study hard, you will be such a little bastard." He shook his hand suddenly and picked up the cigarette. After getting up, throw it into the trash can.

"What are you talking about? Who are you bastards? Please explain it to me!" He was in a hurry, and he saw the woman spit at Xiaoyu. "I'm talking about you guys. You can tell you're poor students at first glance. You know how to sneak around the street all day long, and you even learn how to get pierced ears and tattoos, you bastards!" The woman turned around and cursed angrily. Watching her child get into the taxi and leave. "You—!" The flat head pointed at the taxi where the woman was far away, and cursed loudly. "Stop scolding, let's go." Yin Xingyu put on the mask again, covering the ear holes with her hair, and pulled the cuffs again to cover the small tattoo.

Lang Bai was lying on the rocking chair in the teahouse, with a cup of tea on the table next to him, the air conditioner was blowing, and he was eating watermelon, feeling very happy.He silently watched the news broadcast on TV: "Recently, there has been a breakthrough in the case of the Sunshine Coast, and the police are doing their best to investigate..." Watching the interview with the policeman on TV, he felt indescribable, like where did he meet? Like too.

"Ah, I forgot to eat." After the news was over, he took out his phone and glanced at his watch. It was past eight o'clock. "Forget it." Lang Bai put down his phone and lay down on the rocking chair.The rush hour outside has passed, and there are fewer vehicles coming and going, but you can still hear the sound of car horns, obviously the location is so remote.

"How should I return the money to him?" Lang Bai felt the pain of paying back the money for the first time.Dingling--the landline on the table beside him rang, and Lang Bai reached out to pick it up. "Hello?"

Ten eleven in the evening.

The wolf demon fled in the woods, bleeding from his thigh, limping, but his speed did not slow down at all.Suddenly a figure stood in front of it, the wolf demon bared its teeth, bared its fangs, and uttered a human voice: "Why do you want to kill me!" Lang Bai pouted, but did not speak.He took out a purse, weighed it, and tossed it into the air.

Knowing that he couldn't escape, the wolf demon whimpered and let out a long howl, then jumped up and rushed towards Lang Bai.It opened its bloody mouth wide, splashing spittle, and under the pale moonlight, the shreds of meat mixed in its yellow fangs could be seen clearly.

Lang Bai was calm and composed, exerting force on his back feet, jumped into the air to be level with the wolf demon, a black air condensed in his hands, showing a long stick, he grasped the ghost peach tightly and slashed at it, the so-called movement is, fast, precise, ruthless .The wolf demon was knocked to the ground, and the gathered monster power was quickly dispersed. It fell directly to the ground, and its bones shattered.It struggled to stand up, its head was bleeding slowly, its eyes were glowing, its whole body was trembling, and it was breathing.

Lang Bai stood on the ground easily, and the money bag landed firmly in his hands.Lang Bai weighed it, and there was a crisp sound of coins in the bag.Gui Tao instantly pointed at the wolf demon. His pale figure was illuminated by the moonlight, and he was in a lazy state. He said relaxedly, "Take people's money and help them eliminate harm."

In the middle of the night, the dogs in the village barked wildly, stirring up the tranquility of the night.The uncle expressed his thanks to Lang Bai, Lang Bai waved his hand, pointed to the money bag, and left gracefully.

Lang Bai was counting the money on the wild road. The money bag was quite heavy, but most of it was ten and fifty cents. After counting halfway, it was only ten yuan.

"Really, how to make money in the future." Lang Bai tightened the string of the money bag and tied it around his waist.Suddenly he frowned, picked up the ghost peach beside him and blocked a hidden weapon.A black cloak appeared, pointing at him with a hoarse voice: "By the order of the Lord, hand over the emblem of time." "What." Lang Bai put on a defensive state, vigilant.His heart was filled with uneasiness, the strength and purpose of the visitor was unclear, but Gui Tao didn't exude much evil spirit, so he felt a little relieved.

The black cloak ignored him, and a seal was condensed in his hand. Lang Bai had never seen it before, but it didn't look like something very interesting.

At the same time, a magic circle gathered under Lang Bai's feet. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and ran out in one stride.A few meters of flames from hell suddenly sprang out from the magic circle, accompanied by pairs of skeleton hands in the open flames, but nothing was caught. They screamed and were dragged back to hell again.

He teleported extremely fast, and before Lang Bai could react, those chicken claw-like hands were about to penetrate his heart.His pupils shrank suddenly, and his breathing stagnated.But a blue light burst out, and he was bounced away.

Accompanied by a burnt smell.

The black cloak snorted slightly, and looked at Lang Bai's back running away: "As long as the emblem of time is still on you, you will never escape from our palms, and we are bound to win." Under the faint moonlight, the black cloak revealed On the devil's face, he tightly grasped the six-pointed star imprint emerging from his scorched palm, and spread his wings to leave.

Lang Bai shuttles through the woods, he is like that wolf demon, it's just that feng shui takes turns.

His right hand trembled uncontrollably, and he sensed the evil spirit around him.He is still running, and there are dangers everywhere, so be careful and vigilant. "Cuckoo—quack——" hooted the owl from the branch, and the flock of crows circled and howled in the sky, following his direction.

Two ghosts suddenly appeared in front of them, Lang Bai took a closer look, they were ghosts.They roared and clawed at him. Lang Bai couldn't help but throw two talismans at random. Fortunately, there was no threat, and they fell apart with one move.

He stopped, gasped for breath, and wiped the sweat from his brow. "It's no way to go on like this, I'm lost." The surrounding area was dark, and the moon had already been covered by tall trees, leaving only a few scattered moonlight.

With a few swishes, there was movement on the ground.The bushes swayed slightly, making intermittent sounds.The evil spirit approached and scattered around.The crows were still calling, gathering more and more, circling above him, as if watching a farce.

Soon Lang Bai's surroundings were occupied by all kinds of monsters. In their eyes, the slaughtered lamb had no power to restrain the chicken.

Right in front of him, what appeared was a tiger.The tiger was tall and mighty, and looked a little daft. He was a king of the mountain at a glance, and he was many times stronger than the wolf monster.

Faced with this situation, Lang Bai couldn't help feeling a little flustered in his heart, beating a tiger is breaking the law.

"Stay here." The tiger suddenly turned into a human, at least two meters tall, five big and three thick, a thick guy.

Shouting in a rough voice, the tiger stretched out its arms, showing its iron claws, threatening.

"I don't want to, I won't do it." Lang Bai said simply, putting on a fighting stance, his eyes were sharp, and he summoned the ghost peach, which exuded a demonic aura, equal to the tiger demon.

The tiger demon shouted contemptuously: "I don't know how to live or die." Then he waved his big hand, and all the monsters around Lang Bai jumped on him in an instant, trying to tear him to pieces.

Even though Lang Bai was close to ghost peaches, there were too many of them, one after another, they didn't seem to be tired.After a few rounds, he also had stippling on his body, and his jacket was torn.He panted heavily, still fighting them unrelentingly.

Sure enough, humans and demons have no advantage in fighting.Lang Bai murmured in his heart, he held the ghost peach tightly and looked at the little demons who were beaten into the air and rushed over.Just as he was about to sweep them away, the tiger demon stepped in and punched him directly.

This punch was so powerful that it shook Lang Bai's chest, and he flew out and rolled several times on the ground.Lang Bai finally stopped and bumped into an old tree stump.

"Boy, how is it?" The tiger demon looked down at him, folded his hands on his chest, and laughed.

"It's okay." Lang Bai wiped the corner of his mouth, propped himself on the ground, and stood up under the gaze of the tiger demon.

The tiger demon looked in disbelief, looked at his palm, and then at Lang Bai who was standing upright in front of him: "How is it possible, how can you still stand up?" Lang Bai patted his clothes, looking very relaxed He said: "You will know after taking one move from my master." Then he clasped his hands together and said, "It is fate to meet you today. I will do a few moves with you. If you win, I will leave. If you lose, you will leave. How about it?" But he didn't hear anything wrong, the little demon behind him bared his teeth and wanted to rush up and tear Lang Bai apart.The tiger demon waved his hand, signaling them not to move.

"You brat, you don't know how to live or die." The tiger demon thumped his chest, baring his fangs with a look of disdain.

The tiger demon waved his hand in front of his eyes, and when he saw that he should not answer, he yelled at him.This breath is heavy enough.

"Come on." Lang Bai picked up Guitao and took a few steps back. "I will accompany you to the end hahahaha!" The tiger demon laughed a few times, stretched out its sharp claws, and rushed up.

Hu Yao is taller and stronger than Lang Bai, but now he has no advantage at all, and even has a tendency to be beaten.After several attacks by the tiger demon, Lang Bai barely received a few blows, and he had already been wounded.

Why is this kid's weapon so powerful that it can even disperse my evil spirit?The tiger demon gradually became suspicious, and the pain from the beating made him scream a few times.In the past, it had a copper head and iron bones, so it was impossible for it to be so miserable.

The tiger demon tried to condense a wave of evil spirit, just like before, the moment it touched the ghost peach, the evil spirit dissipated.

But Gui Tao was full of evil spirits, and with a stick, the tiger demon was beaten like a sick cat.

Lang Bai's movements were graceful, and the tiger demon failed to succeed several times, and was beaten several times by him instead.A ghost peach played very skillfully, and the ghostly aura emitted by the ghost peach itself became stronger.

The tiger demon howled, furious, showing its prototype, and then swooped down, trying to bite off Lang Bai's head.

Lang Bai saw the timing right, and at the moment when the tiger demon stopped, he hit him in the waist with a stick, and then slashed in the air, the tiger's head buzzed and almost shattered.

The tiger demon rolled around on the ground a few times, Lang Bai waved the ghost peach and did a few tricks. "You lost." Gui Tao pointed at the tiger demon, who was still kneeling on the ground, obviously not slowing down.Seeing that he didn't respond, Lang Bai took back the ghost peach and looked at the group of demons.They were very knowledgeable and took the initiative to make way for Lang Bai. "Thank you." Lang Bai bowed half a bow to them, and left gracefully.

"Boss... Didn't you say that you are a relative of the White Tiger God, why—" a fox raised a question, breaking the stillness of time. "Get out!" The tiger demon was furious and roared.The monsters ran and scattered, and the whole forest was shaken three times by it.

Lang Bai returned to the teahouse, and was really tired from running back to the city from the barren mountains.He took out the coins from the money bag, sorted them into categories, and put them in the drawer.

"What's the matter? I'm earning less and less." Lang Bai was thinking brokenly. Since the phone rang just now, he rushed to the nearby countryside without stopping, but it turned out that a wolf monster was causing trouble. The client was an old man, so he couldn't bear to confiscate much, but he was heartbroken that he only made a dozen yuan after working all night.

"It's so poor that you can't get rid of it." Lang Bai counted the money he had earned from Heitang over the years, and clicked his tongue: "It's not as much as I made from selling tea."

He picked up the photo next to him and stroked it lightly. In the photo, a policeman squatted next to him with a smile. He seemed a little dazed. After all, he was a child and didn't understand anything.Lang Bai turned the photo over and looked at the back. There was only a line of bold yet delicate handwriting on it: May you be safe and happy.

"I don't know how he is."