Xingnian Tea House

Chapter 64 Stealing a Kiss

"Captain Lin, the air conditioner is turned on in this ward, why is your face still so red?"

Seeing Lin Nanyue's blushing face, Qiao Xingnian became suspicious of his previous words.

Lin Nanyue's heart tightened, and he quickly explained: "I was distracted just now... a little embarrassed."

"Really?" Qiao Xingnian was still a little skeptical, but he didn't make things difficult for him anymore. He took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Captain Lin, your vacation is over, didn't Hu City urge you to go back?"

Seeing that Qiao Xingnian changed the subject, Lin Nanyue was relieved, but at the same time felt a little disappointed, and said, "The case here is too big. After I reported it to the bureau, the director gave me a few days off and asked me to cooperate. The work of the Licheng police."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "This time the murderer is an evil spirit, and the mysterious person is operating behind the scenes. The police in Licheng should not be able to find anything. This case is destined to be closed."

Talking about the case, Lin Nanyue's nervousness eased, and he said, "There were so many people here just now, it's not convenient for me to ask, what happened in the past seven days?"

Qiao Xingnian pointed to the stool beside the bed, and motioned Lin Nanyue to sit down.Lin Nanyue hesitated for a moment, but sat down anyway.

"Team Lin, I have some good news for you."

Lin Nanyue was startled, and asked strangely, "What good news?"

"I'm resurrected!" Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but feel excited when he mentioned this matter.

"Resurrection? Really?" Lin Nanyue excitedly held Qiao Xingnian's hand.

Qiao Xingnian looked at the hand being held, it was as if soaked in warm water, warm and comfortable.

Seeing this, Lin Nanyue hurriedly let go of his hand, as if being burned, and said, "Well, I'm a little excited, don't mind..."

After Lin Nanyue finished speaking, he regretted it. Such an action coupled with such an explanation, isn't this a typical example of "there is no silver 300 taels here"?

Seeing Lin Nanyue's gradually flushed face, Qiao Xingnian seemed to realize something, he was taken aback, and said, "It's okay, I was much more excited than you when I first heard the news."

"You're really resurrected?" Lin Nanyue eagerly wanted to confirm the news.

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "With body temperature, heartbeat, and breathing, do you think you've come back to life?"

"Have a body temperature? But when I held your hand just now, it was still as cold as ever."

Qiao Xingnian explained: "I am now an entity transformed from a soul. The soul has no temperature, so you can't feel it."

"Since you have been resurrected, why don't you return to your own body?"

"Because there is a pair of eyes hidden around us, and he is monitoring our every move. In order to better deal with it, it is better to use the state of the soul."

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "No matter what, it's great news that you can be resurrected."

"It's good news, that's right, but..." The excitement in Qiao Xingnian's eyes disappeared, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "If there hadn't been for the evil spirits this time and the Yin-gathering array, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been resurrected so quickly. .I always feel that my resurrection is the result of those 35 lives.”

Lin Nanyue frowned and said, "Why do you say that? What happened these few days?"

Qiao Xingnian told the truth about what happened that night without hiding anything.

After listening, Lin Nanyue answered, "So you suspect that what happened in Licheng was led by that mysterious person, and the ultimate purpose is to lead you to the top of the mountain."

"The timing of all this is just too coincidental for me to have to think about it."

"This is all your guesswork, and there is no way to prove that it is for you. Besides, the time when Lin Rou and Zheng Xiaohai discovered that cave was a week before we came to Li City, and the time does not match."

"My intuition has always been very accurate, and I think this time should be no exception. Just like the two previous cases, although the murderer was not the person behind the scenes, he was the one who promoted it."

Qiao Xingnian guessed that the evil spirits should have existed before they came, but they were not on such a large scale and did not cause too much trouble.It was the people hiding behind the scenes who came here, discovered this matter, and then contributed to the flames, helping the evil spirits to take shape quickly, so that it caused such serious consequences now.

Seeing Qiao Xingnian blaming himself, Lin Nanyue couldn't help comforting him, saying, "Even if this incident is aimed at you, then you are still a victim, and you didn't kill those people, so you don't need to have any psychological burden at all. "

""I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me." I am not a cold-blooded person. How could I be indifferent to seeing so many people die tragically. Qiao Xingnian couldn't help sighing.

"If it wasn't for the soul-repressing bell, you would be out of your wits now. In the final analysis, you are also a victim. Even with the soul-repressing bell, the pain you endured is not something ordinary people can bear. It can only be said that your resurrection was a blessing in disguise. "

Qiao Xingnian was stunned for a while, and looked at Lin Nanyue silently.

Lin Nanyue felt uncomfortable when he saw it, and said, "There is something on my face, or did I say something wrong?"

Qiao Xingnian suddenly raised the corners of his lips and said, "Captain Lin, if I were replaced by someone else, would you be so comforting?"

Lin Nanyue was stunned, feeling inexplicably flustered, and pretended to be calm and said, "Why not?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded noncommittally, and said: "Not only are they dead, but their souls were also torn apart by those evil spirits... If this matter is really related to me, whether I am a victim or not, it is my cause and effect, thanks All debts must be repaid.”

"People cannot be resurrected after death. If it is finally found out that the deaths of these people are really related to you, then find a way to compensate the living people and give some help to their families. It can be considered that you have done your part."

Looking at Qiao Xingnian's bright eyes, Lin Nanyue always felt that he had discovered something, and was unavoidably a little uneasy.

Qiao Xingnian nodded in agreement and said, "That's the only way to go."

Qiao Xingnian looked up at the clock on the wall, and then said, "Captain Lin, I'm a little tired and want to sleep for a while. If you're also tired, lie down on the sofa and rest for a while."

"Go to sleep, I'm not tired."

Qiao Xingnian lay down and closed his eyes. After a while, his breathing became longer.

Lin Nanyue was still sitting in front of the bed, pretending to look down at his phone, listening to Qiao Xingnian's breathing, couldn't help but look up at him.

It's still the same face, but when I look at it now, it feels completely different, as if no matter how I look at it, I can't get enough of it.

Lin Nanyue stretched out his hand and slowly approached Qiao Xingnian's face, but stopped just before touching it.

He used his fingers to trace Qiao Xingnian's facial features, imagining the touch when the skin touched, until his fingers hung on the slightly pale lips.

The picture of the two sitting on the electric car flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help thinking: "What did it feel like at that time, and what did it taste like?"

Lin Nanyue seemed unable to control his body, and slowly approached Qiao Xingnian's lips. When the two lips touched, the cool touch brought back his sanity.

He quickly opened the distance between the two, reached out to touch his lips, got up in a panic, and left the ward.

The door was closed, and Qiao Xingnian, who had closed his eyes, suddenly opened them, his bright eyes were full of shock.He stretched out his hand to touch his lips, and his mind was full of the feeling when the two lips touched just now. If the kiss on the tram was just an accident, then what is it?

"Obviously more than a month ago, he still liked Zhang Qing, but now... he is transgender, what went wrong?"

"So before he blushed, it wasn't because he was too hot, but because... he was shy?"

Qiao Xingnian couldn't imagine that Lin Nanyue, who had always been a tough guy in his heart, would feel shy because of touching him...

"My God, this is too..."

Qiao Xingnian raised his arms to cover his face. The amount of information was too much for him to accept.

Qiao Xingnian was thinking wildly when suddenly a gust of wind blew, he quickly took a breath and continued to pretend to be asleep.

No, the breath was wrong, Qiao Xingnian quickly opened his eyes, looked at the person standing at the door, and said, "Who are you?"

"Ghost?" The visitor looked at Qiao Xingnian in surprise, and then changed his words: "Li Hun?"

Hearing what the other party said, Qiao Xingnian immediately became vigilant and sized up the person who came. He was a refined middle-aged man with handsome features and a well-defined outline. There was a gentle smile on his mouth, and he was wearing an improved tea dress. There is a pair of cloth shoes on the feet.Although the clothes look a little unsuitable, they are actually handmade, including the patterns on them and the buckles.

Looking at the bracelet on his wrist, Qiao Xingnian asked without answering, "Are you the spirit ferryman of Licheng?"

The man smiled and said, "That's right. My name is Su Ran, and I'm the spirit ferryman of Licheng. I don't know what to call this person. What's the point of coming to Licheng?"

Qiao Xingnian leaned on the bed and said, "My name is Qiao Xingnian. I'm a spirit ferryman from Hucheng. I'm here for business."

"Oh?" Su Ran came to the door on her own, locked the door, sat down in front of the sofa, and said, "What kind of business is Mr. Qiao here for?"

"Tea business." Qiao Xingnian naturally understood what he meant.

Su Ran raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and said, "So, Qiao Xingnian settled the Chashan matter?"

With such a big commotion, it is impossible not to disturb the spirit crossing man in Licheng. Qiao Xingnian expected that he would find him, but he never thought it would be so soon.

"Evil spirits harm people, and they set up a Yin-gathering formation on the top of Chashan Mountain. I had to save people. Unfortunately, I was late, and more than 30 lives were not saved."

"There was a lot of movement that night. The huge vortex in midair almost enveloped the entire mountaintop. How many evil spirits would it take to have such a great ability."

That night, Su Ran was packing up the newly collected items, and suddenly noticed something strange, so she walked out of the pawn shop to check the direction of the tea mountain, and found that terrifying scene.

"If I say tens of thousands, all of them were tortured to death, is Mr. Su believable?"

Su Ran looked at Qiao Xingnian in surprise, and said, "Thousands of thousands? Although Li City is not small, it is unlikely that there will be thousands of evil spirits gathering there. Could there be other reasons for this?"

Qiao Xingnian shook his head. Although Su Ran was also a spirit crosser, Qiao Xingnian didn't trust him when the two met for the first time.

"Since there are thousands of evil spirits and a Yin Gathering Formation, how did Mr. Qiao surrender?" Su Ran is very interested in this, and of course it is also the purpose of his coming here today.

"I invited Mr. Black and White Wuchang to help out, so I reluctantly accepted these evil spirits."

"Masters Black and White Impermanence?" Su Ran was a little surprised, then nodded, and said as a matter of course: "No wonder, I didn't expect that Mr. Qiao's guides would be Mrs. Black and White."

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "Thanks to the two gentlemen, otherwise I would have been in trouble this time."

"Why does Mr. Qiao use the method of leaving the soul to survive? You should know that the soul has been away from the body for a long time, and I'm afraid it won't be able to return." Su Ran asked with doubts in her heart.

"Thank you Mr. Su for your warning. I have no choice but to do this. As for the details, please forgive me."

Su Ran nodded and said, "Mr. Qiao is polite. Licheng's current peace is due to Mr. Qiao's timely action, otherwise it will really be life-threatening. Su thank you sir."

Seeing Su Ran standing up and saluting himself, Qiao Xingnian hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, saying, "Mr. Su is polite, I am also a spirit crosser, and seeing evil spirits at work, naturally I can't just stand by and do nothing. This is what I should do."

Su Ran stood up and said, "That's what I said, I still have to thank you."

"Mr. Su, I'm afraid that this disaster will not stop. Mr. Su needs to be more vigilant."

Su Ran frowned slightly, and said, "What did Mr. Qiao find?"

"My business partner's family is not peaceful so far. It should be caused by evil spirits. I found an excuse and gave him a few spells, which should be able to avoid the disturbance of evil spirits. I'm afraid there are other evil spirits at work, but we don't know it. "

"I see. Thank you, Mr. Joe, for reminding me."

"All spirit crossers are physically disabled, but Mr. Su is blind?"

Su Ran nodded and said with a smile: "If Mr. Qiao was not in the state of leaving the soul, Su would not be able to see Mr. Qiao's appearance clearly. I don't know if Mr. Qiao is..."

"Deafness, just can understand lip language, so there is no obstacle to communicate with people."

"It turns out that Mr. Qiao has this ability, and Su admires it."

"Dare to ask Mr. Su, how is my friend?"

Lin Nanyue hasn't come back for so long, he must have been caught by something, and this person is most likely Su Ran, so Qiao Xingnian asked straightforwardly.

"Mr. Qiao, don't worry, I just let him have a good rest for a while, his spirit looks very poor, he should wake up now."

As soon as Su Ran finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. He turned his head and looked over, and said with a smile, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here."

Su Ran got up, came to Qiao Xingnian's bed, took out a business card from his pocket, and handed it over, saying: "Mr. Qiao, you can call the number above if you need anything, and I will be there on call."

"Okay, my number is 133####8531, Mr. Su can call me if you need anything."

"Okay, then I won't disturb Mr. Qiao's rest, goodbye."

After Su Ran finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the door, unlocked the door precisely, and then the door was opened, and Jiang Mohan and Lin Nanyue stood outside the door.

Seeing a stranger standing in the room, the two couldn't help being a little surprised, and asked, "Who is this gentleman?"

Su Ran smiled and replied: "My name is Su Ran, and I'm Mr. Qiao's friend. I'm sorry, I have something to do, so I won't bother you."

Jiang Mohan looked at Qiao Xingnian, seeing him nodding, he hurriedly moved away from the door and said, "Please, Mr. Su."

Su Ran walked out of the room, looked back at Qiao Xingnian, and said, "Goodbye, Mr. Qiao."

"Goodbye."

Before, Qiao Xingnian was curious about why Su Ran was blind, why he didn't use a cane. When he saw the ghost at the door, he couldn't help but suddenly realized that someone was guiding him, so he didn't need a cane at all.

Jiang Mohan and Lin Nanyue walked into the ward and asked curiously, "Is this Mr. Su your friend?"

"He is the soul-crossing man from Licheng. I met him for the first time today. He came to ask me about Chashan." Jiang Mohan already knew about the existence of the soul-crossing man, so Qiao Xingnian didn't hide it.

Lin Nanyue stood behind Jiang Mohan, frowning slightly, as if troubled by something.

"He's a spirit crosser?" Jiang Mohan's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he asked, "Then what disability does he have?"

"He's blind."

Although he was answering Jiang Mohan's question, Qiao Xingnian couldn't help but look at Lin Nanyue. The kiss from before had been lingering in his mind, and he couldn't let it go.

"Blind?" Jiang Mohan was surprised again, and said, "If you don't tell me, you won't be able to see it at all."

"There are ghosts around him, guiding him. If you don't observe carefully, you really can't see it."

"All of you are capable people." After knowing that Qiao Xingnian became disabled because he was a spirit crosser, Jiang Mohan's mentality was inexplicably calmed down.

Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue and asked aloud, "Captain Lin, are you okay?"

Lin Nanyue was startled, subconsciously looked at Qiao Xingnian, but then looked away guiltily, and said, "I'm fine, why are you asking that?"

"Su Ran cast a spell on you just now, the purpose is not to let anyone disturb our conversation, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No wonder when I came here, I saw Team Lin sleeping on a bench in the corridor. It turned out to be that Su Ran's fault."

Lin Nanyue breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm fine. I just fell asleep and feel better."

Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "It's fine."

Qiao Xingnian stayed in the hospital for one night, and returned to the hotel the next day. The relationship between him and Lin Nanyue seemed peaceful, as usual.But Qiao Xingnian knew that after Lin Nanyue kissed him, they would never return to their previous state, and the peace between them was just a disguise.

Li Xiaoshuai and Xu Jianing went to the airport early in the morning, and flew to Hucheng at 07:30 in the morning.

Before leaving, they called Qiao Xingnian and made an appointment with him to go to the tea house for tea after he returned to Hucheng.

The three of them discussed and planned to stay in Licheng for two more days. Qiao Xingnian called the tea house and briefly inquired about the store's business conditions in the past few days. After a few more instructions, he hung up the phone.

"I'll go to Brother Zheng's house tonight to see what's going on. Brother, Team Lin, don't follow me."

Jiang Mohan knew that they could only hold back if they went, and said: "We don't need to follow, but you must promise not to be brave. If you encounter someone who is stronger than you, you must call for help."

"Don't worry, brother, I will."

Seeing Qiao Xingnian looking over, Lin Nanyue said, "Be careful, we'll wait for you to come back."

"it is good."

Looking at Lin Nanyue, Qiao Xingnian's mood was extremely complicated. Although he did not dislike homosexuality, he never thought that he would be missed by a man one day. There is no way to do it, but Lin Nanyue...

Qiao Xingnian withdrew his thoughts, took out his mobile phone and called Zheng Qiao, and made an appointment that he would pick up Qiao Xingnian to visit his house in the evening.

Qiao Xingnian returned to his room to take a nap when his phone vibrated suddenly. He looked at his phone, then got up to open the door.Looking at Jiang Mohan at the door, he asked a little strangely: "Brother, didn't you say you were going to take a nap?"

"Come to talk to you."

Jiang Mohan pushed Qiao Xingnian away and went straight into the room.

Qiao Xingnian closed the door casually, walked behind Jiang Mohan, and said, "What do you want to talk about?"

Jiang Mohan sat on the chair beside the bed and said, "You have been involved in Hu Jiaxu's case all along. Have you... seen Luo Yao's ghost?"

Qiao Xingnian was startled, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Luo Yao's soul has been swallowed."

"Swallowed?" Jiang Mohan looked at Qiao Xingnian in disbelief, and said, "What do you mean by that?"

"Her soul was swallowed by the ghost, not only her, but also the souls of more than 30 other people involved in the Hu Jiaxu case."

"More than 30 lives?" Jiang Mohan opened his eyes wide in shock, and said, "How could so many people be involved?"

Ever since he met Hu Jiaxu, Jiang Mohan has been avoiding news about this case.

So he didn't know that Hu Jiaxu was involved in other homicides besides being involved in the Donghu splicing female corpse case.

"Yes, Hu Jiaxu has committed far more crimes than what I know."

Jiang Mohan sighed heavily, and said, "Tell me, I want to know everything about this case."

Qiao Xingnian nodded, and truthfully told how Hu Jiaxu, Yan Feng, and Yan Huai conspired to make money.

After listening to the whole case, Jiang Mohan was speechless for a long time. He couldn't imagine how human nature could be so evil.

After a while, he finally asked, "Did Luo Yao also participate?"

Qiao Xingnian shook his head and said, "Luo Yao is completely ignorant of this matter."

Jiang Mohan only felt that something was pressing on his head, it was heavy, and he couldn't breathe.

Qiao Xingnian held Jiang Mohan's hand and asked worriedly, "Brother, are you alright?"

Jiang Mohan took a deep breath, trying to exhale the depression in his heart, but failed.He forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"Brother, I understand how you feel, no matter who you change to. You will feel uncomfortable when you encounter this kind of thing, which is inevitable. Just don't impose other people's faults on yourself. This matter has nothing to do with you relation."

"I understand. After a long time, I will forget it."

"Brother, I've been a spirit crosser these years, and I've seen a lot of human relationships and worldly conditions, so I have my own discretion in dealing with people and things.

Just like Hu Jing, she has worked in the tea house for three years, and my contact with her is only to say a few words when the shift is handed over. I deliberately keep a distance from her, just not wanting to get into trouble.Unfortunately, even so, trouble still came to the door.Even I misread the person, let alone brother.

Brother, it’s really not ashamed to admit that I’m better than you once in a while. "

Jiang Mohan was amused by him, and said: "Old Wang sells melons, he sells and boasts."

"Isn't that the case for all businessmen? Is it possible that I still choose my own? Then who else will I sell my tea to?"

"You, you, you are the best at making jokes." After Jiang Mohan finished speaking, he let out a foul breath.

"I'm best at making tea. Anyway, I won't be able to take a nap anyway, so I'll make some tea for my brother. I'll let you taste the tea made from spring water. How is it different from tea made from ordinary water?"

Qiao Xingnian recited the spell silently, took out the spring water from the space, and started to work.

Jiang Mohan looked at the bucket on the ground and asked in surprise, "Xiao Nian, where did you get this water?"

Qiao Xingnian pointed to the Soul Requiem Bell on his chest, and said, "The space of the Soul Requiem Bell."

Jiang Mohan had seen this necklace before, and he asked Qiao Xingnian where he bought it, but he didn't expect it to be a magic weapon.

"Such a small bell has built-in space to store real objects? Could this be the space magic weapon written in the novel?"

Qiao Xingnian replied casually: "Well, Soul Requiem Bell is not just as simple as storing things."

"Then what else does it do?"

Qiao Xingnian was startled, and then said, "Don't leak the secret!"

Jiang Mohan looked at Qiao Xingnian suspiciously, and said, "Isn't it just to talk about its function, is this also a secret?"

"This soul-suppressing bell was bestowed by Lord Yan Jun, and of course it belongs to heaven."

"Yan Jun, the Nine Palaces of Yan Luo you are talking about?" Jiang Mohan opened his eyes wide in shock.

"Hmm, the immediate boss of my immediate boss."

"Why did Lord Yan Jun give you this?" Jiang Mohan was very curious.

"Probably because of my hard work these years, give me a reward."