This year's East City is much hotter than previous years.
It's only June, and people have already put on summer clothes.
The bus was so crowded that if you accidentally turned your head, you could kiss ten people on the face.
Most of the people were wearing cool clothes, but even so they still felt unbearably hot. Among the crowd of people, the man in long sleeves, long trousers and sunglasses stood out.
He was wearing an inappropriately heavy suit, tightly wrapped from head to toe. He had a briefcase under his arm and a long black umbrella in his hand. At first glance, he looked like an ordinary office worker.
From time to time, he looked down at his watch and then looked up at the blocked lane in front of him, with an anxious look on his face.
As the capital of China, Dongcheng has a large population. Even though the number restriction policy has been implemented for a long time, traffic jams are still the norm. Even though they had been parked on the road for half an hour, the vehicle in front was still motionless. Looking at the sea of cars, there was no end in sight.
[Ding Dong, your client is about to ascend to heaven, please be careful not to be late. 】
A new message popped up on the phone, reminding the man to pay attention to the time.
As the god of death who guides the dead, punctuality is the first rule of professional ethics.
He took out his mobile phone and clicked on the [Death at Home] app, and the words "Sexy Death, take orders online" popped up on the login page.
When he clicked "My Orders" again, he saw that the number of his customers was increasing, and there was not much time left.
"If I had known better, I wouldn't have grabbed this order. If something went wrong, I'm afraid this month's commission would be gone." The man in sunglasses cursed and couldn't help but think of a solution.
He clicked on WeChat and sent a message to the pinned contact: "Brother Xu, can you help me collect my head? I'm stuck on the road again."
"..."
As if they were used to it, they responded with a message: "Place of death, customer information."
"Thank you, Brother Xu!"
Seeing that Lu Xu agreed, the man breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly sent the customer information and location.
"Kaicheng Internet Cafe..." Lu Xu confirmed the information and then stepped on his skateboard. The tall figure stepped on the skateboard, and the trees and vehicles quickly backed up. The wind passed by his ears, bringing a slight chill.
As we approached the corner, a girl with short hair suddenly rushed out and crossed the road holding a mobile phone. Fortunately, Lu Xu reacted quickly and stopped suddenly.
"Are you OK?"
"No..." The girl looked up and fell into a pair of watery peach blossom eyes, and immediately blushed.
"Don't use your mobile phone when crossing the road," Lu Xu tugged his lips and tilted his head, half-smiling, "otherwise I will have to do another job."
Naturally, the girl didn't understand the meaning of his words, so she just nodded obediently subconsciously. She didn't come back to her senses until Lu Xu disappeared and was busy sending messages to her friends: "Ah, sisters, I just saw a super handsome little brother!!!"
"photo!"
"I didn't have time to take the photo!" the girl sighed, annoyed that she hadn't thought of asking for her contact information just now. She was sending a message while preparing to cross the road, but for some reason she suddenly thought of Lu Xu's words, and finally looked away from her phone.
"Beep——"
Seeing the red light on the sidewalk and the cars passing by her, the girl couldn't help but feel a little scared and patted her chest. Fortunately, she came to her senses and almost had a serious accident...
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Kaicheng Internet Cafe is located at Xijiekou, with a total of two floors, upstairs and underground. The environment is not very good, but the new machine has a fast network speed, and there is an endless stream of young people coming to surf the Internet.
The network administrator was yawning with blue-black eye bags, blowing smoke rings out of boredom, and occasionally looking at which machine needed to order food and which machine needed to renew.
Nowadays, every family has a computer and laptop, but when it comes to playing games, Internet cafes are the best place to play games.
He moved the mouse casually, and his eyes couldn't help but stop at camera No. 44.
"Hey, has it been three days?"
I vaguely remember that this machine owner is a frequent visitor. He often stays up all night playing games and almost always eats and sleeps in Internet cafes.
He shook his head and didn't think much about it.
Many young people come here during the holidays from school and sit there for hours and days. As long as you recharge the money, everything else has nothing to do with them.
Just when he yawned and thought about squinting for a while, he caught a glimpse of someone pushing open the door and walking in from the corner of his eye.
The man had red beats headphones hanging around his neck, holding a white longboard in his hand, wearing black sportswear, and his legs were straight and slender.
Even though I have met so many people of all kinds, I have to say that this young man is also the most good-looking among them.
Her flaxen hair is slightly curly, and her beautiful facial features are stunning to look at. Her fair skin, fair arms, and fair legs are a bit dazzling at first glance.
Seeing the man curling his lips at him, the network administrator came back to his senses, pointed to the slogan at the door and said: "Have you brought your ID card? Minors are not allowed in."
Being over two hundred years old and still being treated as a minor, Lu Xu smiled and shook his head.
He didn't rush to get his ID card. He just looked down at the time and then told the Internet: "I'm here to find someone."
"Which one are you looking for?" The network manager wanted to say that he couldn't remember all the names of so many people, so why not make a phone call?
Unexpectedly, Lu Xu stretched out his hand and tapped the bar with his fingertips: "There has been no movement for three days, don't you think it's strange?"
The network administrator subconsciously thought of No. 44 and glanced at Lu Xu suspiciously.
"It's common for game fans like them to come here and not get off the computer for three to five days." Even so, the network administrator's heart was still inexplicably aroused.
He didn't need to take this man's words to heart, but for some reason, he always felt uneasy after hearing what he said.
He first sent a message to No. 44, and then shouted that someone was looking for him.
However, the person over there remained motionless and did not respond at all.
The network administrator felt bad, so he rushed over there. When he saw the man lying on the table, he reached out and shook him: "Hey, wake up..."
"Bang..."
Following the actions of the network administrator, the people on the plane fell to the ground, completely breathless.
The people around them rushed around, and a moment later they heard screams: "Fuck, they're dead!!!"
Suddenly, people and horses were thrown into chaos.
The network administrator first called 120, and then had to busy calming the crowd, one head and two big ones.
When he came back to his senses, he found that the young man who said he was looking for someone was leaning on the bar and looking this way.
Unlike everyone's panic, his eyes were calm, and there was even a trace of understanding on his face. It was as if such a scene had been expected for a long time.
The network administrator was feeling weird when he saw the man's mouth raised and his fingers pointing towards him, as if calling someone to come over. The twilight passed through the glass on the door and fell on his face. The intersection of light and dark only made his face more beautiful. His smile was cunning, and his temperament seemed inexplicably evil, charming and dangerous.
Following the man's gaze, he lowered his head and seemed to be calling the person lying on the ground. An inexplicable chill crawled up his spine, and he wanted to say something but couldn't say even a single word. When he turned around again, he found that the place was empty, and he didn't know where the people had gone...
"Chen Zheng, a native of Dongcheng, 19 years old. He died of acute heart failure due to staying up late for a long time..." Lu Xu followed the process skillfully and calmly announced the client's death.
"Am I dead?" The slightly fat soul was transparent. Even after seeing the body lying on the ground, it was still difficult to accept this fact.
He was only nineteen years old, how could his life end before it even started?
Lu Xu was used to seeing life and death. Seeing this fat soul crying, he just patted his shoulder lightly to comfort him.
Through the death replay just now, he had an overview of this young man's nineteen-year life -
Born in a well-off family, my parents are self-employed and have a good income but don't spend much time with their children. Children's values are immature and can easily go astray. Chen Zheng has become a rebellious boy in everyone's eyes at a young age. He lies, skips classes, plays games, and stays up all night long. In addition, he eats excessively and consumes all kinds of fried and high-calorie junk food.
I already suffered from hyperlipidemia and high blood pressure at the age of seventeen. After staying up all night for three consecutive days at the age of nineteen, my life came to an end.
Everyone thinks this is the case, always thinking that time is long. However, when he came back to his senses, he realized that his life had ended, and he was caught off guard.
Chen Zheng covered his face and burst into tears, regretting that he did not cherish his time and that he did not do what he really wanted to do.
However, the matter has come to this, and no amount of regret is in vain.
No matter how reluctant he was, Chen Zheng had no choice but to walk into the death passage that Lu Xu helped him open.
At the end of the day, he was still thinking about whether his parents would regret not spending more time with him after learning about his death...
Lu Xu stood on the rooftop, registered the customer information and sent it out, and then sent a message to Xie An: "It's done."
Downstairs is a bustling city with busy traffic and constant flow.
In this world, life is passing by every day, but everyone is so tired that they always feel that death is far away from them, so they don't care about this.
Lu Xu lowered his eyes. Everyone below him might become his customer in the next second.
As guides to the underworld, they are subordinate to the underworld and can be regarded as civil servants in the three realms.
However, with the development of society and the improvement of medical standards, the overall mortality rate has been greatly reduced.
Seeing that the number of reincarnations is getting smaller and smaller, the pressure from above is also increasing, and the treatment of their "Death Department" has also been reduced.
It seems that after working with Xie An for so many years, he still has to imitate human beings and squeeze in public transportation to achieve results.
Lu Xu looked up and saw an overly handsome face on the huge LED billboard directly across the road. His popularity is so great that even if Lu Xu is not a star chaser, he would still know that it is the actor Ji Xiunian.
Looking at that beautiful face, Lu Xu couldn't help but think that when this person dies, he should be able to hold a fan meeting in the underworld.
At this moment, Xie An suddenly called: "Brother Xu, we found a super stowaway. Come back quickly for a meeting..."
The so-called "stowaways" are human beings who should have died and used various means to force themselves to stay in the world of the world.
It is not easy to forcefully change one's life against the will of nature. For example, these "stowaways" must do unreasonable things in order to extend their lives.
The superiors are deeply disgusted with the behavior of these people, and the policies below are also to crack down hard, and punish them severely if they are found.
Lu Xu has dealt with many "smuggling" incidents over the years of his career, but he didn't expect that a super stowaway would appear now.
The few words spoken on the phone were unclear, so Lu Xu immediately put on his headphones and rushed to the office.
In order to facilitate their work, the "Department of Death" has multiple office locations in the human world. Usually these outlets are located downstairs in residential communities. After all, this saves money.
Lu Xu rode his skateboard through the streets and alleys, bypassing the residential building next to the People's Hospital. There were many wreath and shroud shops near the hospital. Lu Xu walked to the end of the street without squinting and walked straight into a funeral supplies store called "End of Life Service Station".
The area of the concierge's head is not large, less than 20 square meters. It is filled with wreaths and handicrafts, and there are piles of yellow paper in the corner, which looks a bit trendy.
At this time, Xie An was holding a fat orange and lighting incense. When he saw Lu Xu coming in, he couldn't help but greet him warmly: "Brother Xu, you're here just in time. Do you want to have a meal together?"
The originally lazy orange cat became energetic when he saw Lu Xu, twisting his round body and running to rub his calf.
Lu Xu gently shook the orange cat's head, and then said to Xie An: "No, you better tell me what the super stowaway is."
Xie An took two strong breaths of incense, then picked up the tablet on the table and showed it to Lu Xu: "Here, it's him!"
The man in the photo has an excellent appearance, and his eye sockets are deep and shining. Although his temperament is a bit cold, it invisibly adds charm to him, making people feel that he has an inexplicable attraction even across the screen.
Seeing this familiar face, Lu Xu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Ji Xiunian?"