Chapter 62

  The sky gradually darkened until late afternoon when Qian Tong finally got up. He comfortably and refreshingly took a bath, wore a milky white sweater, and tied his blown-dry hair high up.

  Seeing Xià Zhēn still lying in bed, she smiled and walked over, softly calling out: "Zhēn Chén, get up."

  Si Luo Chen furrowed her brow and pouted, humming softly twice before turning around to signal to Xian Tong that she didn't want to get up yet. Who would have thought that the intoxicating feeling from earlier would be replaced by a body that felt weak all over, with an aching waist and back?

  What's more unexpected is that this woman doesn't seem to have any problems at all, making Si Luo Chen feel indignant and resentful.

  It turns out that in such matters, it's still better to be the proactive one.

  Qian Tong looked helplessly at this woman who was lying in bed and said: "Shao Ke is coming soon, aren't you getting up?"

  Si Luo Chen heard this and couldn't help but turn his head around, furrowing his brow with a puzzled expression as he looked at Xiang Qian Tong, asking: "What is she doing here?"

  "When the courier delivers our dinner."

  He thought that Si Luo Chen would get up for this reason, but unexpectedly, Si Luo Chen quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed Wang Shao Ke's number at the fastest speed.

  In a quiet environment, Wang Shaokuo's crisp voice could be faintly heard on the phone: "Eh, Luochen, what's up?"

  "I'm still asleep, no need to deliver meals specially." Si Luo Chen seemed to have said something that didn't go through her brain. Apparently because of her words, whether it was the person on the phone or outside the phone, they all fell silent.

  He paused for about three or four seconds, and Wang Shaokui's questioning voice came out: "Who... is calling me?"

  Qian Tong covered her forehead, these two people are simply...!

  "Hmm, I'm sleepwalking. You dare to come in and disturb Miss's sleep... I'll sue you for harassment!"

  As she said this, Qian Tong stared at Si Luo Chen with a dumbfounded expression, this woman actually calmly and coldly said such... shameless words.

  But most surprisingly, it actually works!？

  Si Luo Chen hung up the phone, then coldly swept a glance at Qian Tong and hummed: "It's settled, I'll sleep for a while." Then he turned his head back again, and there was no more movement.

  To Qian Tong: "......"

  Wang Shaokuo stared at the phone in a daze, then blinked and slightly curled up the corners of his mouth, as if he had encountered something delightful.

  This made Irene, who was preparing balloons on the side, feel a little creepy. Was she possessed?

  "Wang Xue?" Irina called out softly.

  Wang Shaokuo calmed down and looked at the prepared room in front of him, smiling slightly as he shook his head: "I think... none of these preparations are needed, Luochen is already very happy."

  Yilin murmured an unclear "Huh?"

  Wang Shaokuo smiled brightly at Irene and said meaningfully: "You're still young, you'll understand later."

  Yilin was taken aback: “……”

  Xia Lu Chen woke up again and found that the room was already pitch black. The soft bed made her reluctant to get out of bed.

  Propped himself up, looked around, and saw nothing.

  "Qian Tong?" A soft call, but no one answered.

  Reached out to touch a piece of clothing, put it on and turned on the bedside lamp, found the phone and opened it to see that it was already 11:30 at night, and surprisingly slept for so long.

  But where will she go at this time?

  Si Luo Chen didn't think much of it, washed up and put on a casual jacket before leaving the room.

  Not far from walking, I heard the laughter of Wang Shaokuo coming from a room with bright lights in the distance. After nightfall, the weather was slightly cool this season, Si Luochen shrank his shoulders and walked towards the direction of the sound. Thinking that what happy thing would make her so unscrupulous at midnight.

  Luckily they booked this hostel, otherwise it would definitely be complained about for disturbing the peace.

  Pursed lips through the garden, came to the door, but found that the sound had just disappeared, and the room was only lit.

  He wanted to push the door open, but found that it was locked from the inside. Si Luo Chen furrowed his brow in confusion, wondering what was going on. He took out his phone to call Wang Shao Ke, and his gaze inadvertently fell upon the time and date below it - exactly two minutes past midnight. And this date... Si Luo Chen suddenly realized that he had actually forgotten about this day.

  Suddenly, a loud "bang" sounded from behind, scaring Si Luo Chen so much that he almost dropped his phone. Turning around, he just caught sight of a scattering of light points reflected in his eyes.

  In the pitch-black night, the colorful fireworks, like rain from the sky, lit up Cai Chong's slightly surprised expression. And her tall and slender figure stood quietly under the fireworks, motionless.

  The corners of his mouth finally, slightly pursed.

  Then another sound, and another sound.

  Not until all the fireworks had ended did the lights around come on one by one, and those hiding in the darkness emerged one after another.

  The door behind her was opened by someone, and Si Luo Chen turned around upon hearing the sound. She saw Xiang Qian Tong holding a birthday cake in his hands, smiling as he stood at the doorway.

  A simple white butter cake with two Chinese characters "Luo Chen" written in chocolate, topped with a candle shaped like the number 28.

  What's even more unbelievable is that Qian Tong actually hummed a birthday song, and in my impression, this woman had never sung before, always thought she was tone deaf.

  Unexpectedly... it sounds so gentle and pleasant.

  It was just such a simple environment and surprise that Si Luo Chen had already been left speechless and unable to describe his emotions at this moment.

  Very happy, very excited, and even very unexpected.

  It seems like none of her previous 27 birthdays made her as happy and touched as this one.

  After a nice birthday song ended, people around clapped and came over with their blessings.

  "Lu Chen, happy birthday, may your future days be happy and auspicious." Wang Shaokuo's words were laced with meaning.

  "Happy birthday, Xiaojie." Irina smiled and walked over.

  "Happy birthday." Yan Bing said calmly.

  Si Luo Chen didn't expect them to bring Yan Bing, who wasn't good at expressing herself, along as well... Although it was unexpected, she still smiled and responded one by one: "Thank you, thank you."

  "Luò chén......" The hand holding the cake, Xiang Qian Tong softly called out: "Make a wish and blow out the candles."

  Their eyes met, and they both had a hint of happiness in their smiles. Just looking at each other was enough to convey everything without needing words.

  The so-called birthday wish is just wanting to be with this person in front of me forever.

  Is it possible?

  Xia Lu Chen clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and sincerely made a wish. He opened his eyes and blew out the candle.

  Wang Shaokuo was the first to lead the charge, and then everyone squeezed into the house.

  After entering, Si Luo Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing, this place was decorated just like the freshman welcoming party in middle school.

  There were balloons everywhere, and even ribbons...

  "This must be one of Sha Ke's works."

  "Huh?" Irene asked curiously after hearing it: "How did Sister Sai know?"

  "He sighed softly: 'Only she is still so innocent and lively, still living in her junior high school days.'"

  Yilin was taken aback, then looked at Wang Shaokuo with a puzzled gaze as he stood there smiling foolishly, because when decorating the place in the afternoon, Yilin didn't know what Cixue liked, and since Cixue wasn't around, all opinions were based on Wang Shaokuo's arrangements.

  At that time, Wang Shaokui solemnly told Yilin: "This must be the birthday party that Luochen likes best."

  "Hey, I was thinking of finding Qian Tong this afternoon. But... it's not... I'm busy!" Wang Shao Ke knew that no matter what happened today, Si Luo Chen wouldn't get angry, not just because it was his birthday, so he smiled and asked seriously: "No matter what, Si Luo Chen, do you like it?" It was rare for her to act spoiled in front of him.

  He stared at her, then hooked his mouth: "Like."

  "Ah, ah, ah...... I knew it!" Wang Shaokuo smiled contentedly.

  Xiang Qiong put the cake on the table and shook her head helplessly, saying: "Everyone sit down, you've all been busy for so long, you must be starving."

  After hearing this, everyone found a place to sit down. Luo stood quietly outside the door, after all, there were only women inside the house, and he, being a man, didn't think it was suitable for him to enter.

  But in Wang Shaokuo's eyes, Luo had been protecting her for so long, and he was also Shen Lue's person, which meant he was one of her own people. She pulled him into the house. When Luo entered the room, he raised his eyes to see Yan Bing already seated, looking somewhat surprised, but eventually sat down stiffly next to Yan Bing.

  "Was all the dishes made by Yilin?" Si Luo Chen asked while looking at a table of delicious food.

  Yilin nodded: "Wang Xuejie also helped."

  Si Luo Chen picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of lotus root: "Made according to the recipe provided by Shao Ke?"

  Yilin nodded in response, thinking to herself that Cai was incredibly impressive, having guessed everything correctly.

  "Ah, it's all her favorite food." As he said that, he put the lotus root slice in his mouth and could see Irina staring at Wang Shaokuo with a hint of murderous intent out of the corner of his eye. He chewed lightly and swallowed, nodding in praise: "Delicious, Irina's culinary skills are really not bad."

  "It's fine if Sister Wang likes it." As she spoke, her gaze still flickered towards this unprofessional Sister Wang. For Irin, this was the first time she had personally prepared a birthday dinner for Si Lu Chen, and now...it had been ruined by her.

  "I like it, Sha Ke and I have similar tastes, both are relatively light." She said, picking up a piece and putting it on Xiang Qian Tong's plate: "You try some too."

  Xiang Qian Tong just smiled and didn't say a word, she knew this was a reminder to Wang Shao Ke not to speak randomly.

  When Wang Shaokui heard this sentence, he let out a long sigh of relief and thought to himself: You're going to get yourself killed with that big mouth of yours!

  The atmosphere slowly relaxed, and Wang Shaokuo "popped" open the champagne, filling each cup one by one. Only when it came to Si Luochen's cup did he skip over it directly, then placed a bottle of milk in front of her.

  "Why should I drink this?"

  "Aren't you drinking to make us leave early? With a physique that can't handle liquor, why not just drink your beloved milk instead!" As he said this, ignoring Shou Xing's current expression, Wang Shaokui raised his cup with a bright voice: "Come on, let's toast to our Luo Chen's happy birthday, cheers!"

  At the sound, everyone stood up, including Si Luo Chen who was holding a bottle of milk somewhat reluctantly.

  Just as everyone was about to clink their glasses together, a woman's clear and cold voice rang out: "Wait!"

  Along with this sound, everyone's cups were suspended in mid-air, frozen.

  The puzzled gaze fell on Yan Bing who was still sitting in the chair, Wang Shaokuo thought to himself: This masked woman wouldn't want to give a winning speech at this time, would she?

  Yan Bing held the cup in her hand, lifted it up, and ran her fingers along the body of the cup. Finally, her fingertips stopped at the bottom of the cup. This action made many people confused, but Luo showed a surprised expression.

  Yan Bing put down her cup and said faintly, "There's something here."

  It seemed that with her words, the lively atmosphere was suddenly chilled. Wang Shaokuo also imitated Yan Bing's action and didn't feel anything different. Moreover, the champagne had just been opened, and the cups were new, how could there be something?

  If there really is something, where did it come from? Subconsciously thought of the champagne cork that fell to the ground. Just thinking of picking it up, but heard Yan say coldly: "Don't touch."

  Wang Shaokuo's hand stopped in mid-air, and he asked in confusion: "Is the problem here?"

  Yan Bing nodded.

  Officer Chen saw a conversation between an unidentified person and a detective in front of him, gesturing to everyone to put the cups back on the table and sit down.

  Inarticulate Luo saw this scene and asked in a low voice: "Yan, are you saying that inside is..."

  Yan Bing nodded in agreement, and through Yan Bing's affirmation, Luo showed a hint of terror.

  "Where did you buy this wine?" asked Si Luo Chen.

  "They were all bought outside, the guesthouse didn't have the wine I wanted. When I asked Liu Yan to buy it, he always bought cans, except for champagne..." Wang Shaokuo habitually took out his pipe, lit it and put it in his mouth, recalling the young man who had delivered the wine with Liu Yan. He looked like a young and honest little fellow, dressed as a Miao ethnic minority person, and when he came in, he even warmly greeted the landlady. Wang Shaokuo thought he was a regular customer, so he didn't pay much attention to him.

  As expected, she was indeed careless.

  "Is there poison on the bottle cap?" Irina asked curiously, but looking again it didn't seem like it.

  Yan Bing stood up expressionlessly, picked up the bottle cap that Wang Shaokai wasn't allowed to touch, and placed it on the table saying: "It's not poison."

  "You..." Irene said worriedly.

  Yan Bing raised her head and looked at Irina, shaking her head: "I'm fine."

  Wang Shaokuo stood by with a confused expression, why did she take it and nothing happened?

  "What else could it be?" asked Qian Tong.

  "It's a Gu." Yan Bing's palm pressed against the bottle cap with force, as if infusing it with a burst of energy. The table shook violently. When her palm moved away, the intact bottle cap had turned into powder.

  After everyone's astonishment, their eyes fell on the powder. Upon closer inspection, there were some tiny red and black spots on the powder.

  Although they had never seen a Gu, they knew from the literal meaning that it was made with insects. Several psychologists and detectives who were used to seeing people with mental or psychological problems, or bloody scenes, but they were all girls. It doesn't mean they can accept small insects, from their expressions, it's not hard to see that they have some signs of nausea, and they're already full before eating.

  "What if... I mean, what if we accidentally eat it?" Irin asked, subconsciously taking a step back.

  Although curious about the mysterious color of Miaojiang area, it is still unacceptable.

  "It's not a lot, it won't kill you, just stomachache and running to the toilet." Yan Bing explained.

  "How did you find out?" Wang Shaokuo took a puff of smoke, suddenly remembering that her hand had touched the bottle cap, and for an instant, a panicked expression flashed across her face.

  Yan Bing raised her eyes and looked at Wang Shaoke, saying: "Don't worry, as long as it's not in the stomach, nothing will happen. I found that the problem is because of - temperature. The iced wine poured into the cup, with an environmental temperature difference, will produce water vapor. But...” She swept her gaze over everyone's cups, “Do you see any on this cup?”

  It wasn't until Yan Bing explained that I noticed these details. Each cup had no water vapor, but the wine cups felt icy to the touch.

  "Why did you know this?" Si Luo Chen asked inexplicably, and casually took out a few bottles of beer from behind him and asked: "Is there any problem with these?"

  Yan Bing used another hand to casually touch the path: "These are all right. I know these, because among the people I know, there is a master of Gu, who is currently beside me."

  As soon as he heard the word "Lu", Wang Shaokuo's heart skipped a beat, as if it had been a long time since he saw her, and he didn't know how she was doing.

  "Are you saying Shen?" Si Luo Chen had learned the name from his sister, and among the people Shen Yue trusted most, there were currently two people here, so it must be the other one.

  Yan Bing nodded: "Yes, she's good at using Gu, I just know some superficial things." As he spoke, his gaze turned to Luo, whose expression wasn't very good, and his voice was slightly warm: "Don't worry, this person's use of Gu is far inferior to Shen Bi's."

  Through Yan Bing's simple statement, the other four people had some lingering fears in their hearts. Especially Irene, who had never seen Shen Lue but had too much imagination about her existence - what kind of woman was she, to have so many formidable people around her?

  The author has something to say: Entering a tense rhythm, even so... won't lose some dry humor. _(:3∠)_ I seem to like dry humor quite a bit - don't know if you guys will laugh.

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  Something came up today, I'll try to update earlier tomorrow so you guys can sleep earlier.

  Mumu da.

  There is a typo, whatever, ignore it first, I will modify it as soon as possible.

  I've been very busy lately, so... I hope you can understand.