Hyakki grocery store

"It's you……"

The face that belonged to Xie Guanhua gradually became Yu Lan's familiar face. There was a scar on the right face, which made the originally upright appearance tinged with ferocity, but he was so intent on looking at Yu Lan whose body had also turned translucent.

"You've been here all this time?" Yu Lan froze in place, wondering if she should go forward.

"I want to see you." The man looked at Yu Lan with tenderness in his eyes, which formed a strong contrast with the exposed scars and tattoos on his body, "but I dare not see you... Sometimes I will be like, if I were A good man like Officer Xie can be with you openly."

"Why are you so stupid!" Yu Lan asked out her doubts all along, "Why do you run out into the street while hiding well?"

"I want to see you," the man said again.

Only this time, Yu Lan's tears fell uncontrollably.

It turns out that people still cry after death.

"If you have been by Yu Lan's side to protect her, you should have stopped her last night." Boss Bai was thinking about why Yan Ling thought these two guys would become customers of the grocery store, or what he could sell them.

"I don't know why, but last night I was taken as a prey by those monsters. Even though it was a dead soul, they still relentlessly wanted to eat me." The man sighed helplessly, "I didn't expect either, Yu Lan is so stupid..."

"Why don't you stay with Chen Hao well?" The man seemed very puzzled.

"You say I'm stupid, so why are you so stupid to be Chen Hao's informant?" Yu Lan gave a wry smile.

"Because I can't give you the happiness you want, and I can't give you the stable life you want." The man walked forward, as if mustering all his courage to hug Yu Lan, "and Chen Hao said to me, he can give you everything you want.”

"You really are a fool."

A gangster who betrayed the organization, a woman who killed her fiancé, even if she missed love, she would not become clean and flawless.

But now both of them have become ghosts, and the laws of the world seem to have no meaning for them.

"Mr. Qu." Yu Lan suddenly handed a strange-looking scroll to the white ghost, "That... the little boy named Yan Ling said, let me give you this thing."

The white ghost took it with some doubts, unfolded the scroll and read it for a while, then closed the scroll again, and said to the two ghosts in front of him: "You can take that little boy as an emissary from the underworld, and one of you is going to tell the truth out of self-interest, so that the ghosts will come to you." Many people lost their lives in the mechanical battle, and even injured innocent people. One killed Chen Hao out of personal hatred, causing his parents to suffer a lot. The laws of the world can no longer get involved, so the underworld made a proposal to the two of them, first to attack the top of Phoenix Mountain. Rebuild it, and then return to the underworld to be punished."

"That is to say, before the top of Phoenix Mountain returns to its original appearance, the two of you probably have to stay on the top of the mountain and rebuild this tourist attraction together, and you won't be able to go anywhere." The top of Phoenix Mountain burned into ruins.

"Really?" Regarding this trial, Yu Lan and her brother next door couldn't help holding their hands together while they were surprised.

"It's not a good thing, after all, the punishment of the underworld is not so easy." The white ghost glanced at the direction of the mountain top, "If you want to escape, the consequences you will face may be even more dire."

"We won't run away." Yu Lan looked at each other, "But we are just ghosts now, how can we rebuild the top of Phoenix Mountain?"

"The understaff is not enough and poor, so we may not be able to help the two of you in this regard." Boss Bai spread his hands, "However, the grocery store I run can provide the two with normal activities. Poor, providing the body and related procedures can only be done on credit by the two, and before the two go to the underworld, the two will pay off in installments."

"..." Is this guy exploiting ghost labor?

Anyway, the two ghosts bowed their heads gratefully to Boss Bai, and when they saw Sun Qinqin waking up leisurely, they smiled and disappeared.

"Is it over?" Sun Qinqin woke up and looked at "Qu Bai" standing in front of her. He almost felt that the red figure he saw just now was just a dream. Maybe everything started from Yu Lan's ghost. It was just a ridiculous dream she had.

"It's over." Bai Gui smiled, "I said before that I hope Miss Sun can satisfy my curiosity after the matter is over. What did you do last night?"

"I didn't do anything." Sun Qinqin's face was a little panicked, "I didn't do those things, I... I just remember that in the middle of the night, those three gangsters suddenly crashed into my room! Then I I don’t remember anything! When I woke up in the room, my body was intact, but I was holding a bloody kitchen knife in my hand!”

"Ordinary people should be more afraid when encountering such things." Bai Gui looked at Sun Qinqin in front of him, "But Miss Sun...you seem to be used to such things."

"It's not the first time..." Sun Qinqin nodded, "Since I graduated from middle school, such things have happened from time to time."

"These are not important anymore." Bai Gui turned around and walked down the mountain, "The matter is over, Ms. Sun should have a call from the travel agency, and let them send a car to take you down as soon as possible."

"So what about you, Mr. Qu?"

"I want to see the scenery of Phoenix Mountain again."

Saying goodbye to Sun Qinqin, Bai Gui walked down the mountain road alone.

For a long time, the white ghost thought that he was born in an ordinary family, and that he had the ability only because of an unexpected opportunity.

But from Yan Ling's seemingly false words, Bai Gui found that Yan Ling seemed to think that his power came from the awakening of his family and blood.If this is the case, then has there ever been someone with the same power as himself in the Bai family?

No... Thinking of Yan Ling's last words, Bai Gui felt that his power might be different from other people's. The flame they had could purify everything, but his own flame seemed to be destroying everything.

There is also the phantom of the Phoenix on the top of Phoenix Mountain.

If this power really comes from blood, then did the person who showed the phantom of the Phoenix on the top of Phoenix Mountain more than 30 years ago also come from the Bai family?

Still not right.

The white ghost couldn't help frowning.

If this power really comes from the blood of the Bai family, why did his parents know nothing about "resurrection from the dead" or "Nirvana of grace"?

"Jingle Bell!"

At this moment, the cell phone in Bai Gui's pocket suddenly rang.

"What's wrong? Mianmian?" After reading the caller's message, Bai Gui quickly connected the call.

"Boss one! The teacher asked us to draw a postcard and send it back! But I think the postcard must be delivered very slowly, so I have already sent you the picture of the postcard! Remember to read it! I'm going to play!" The little follower's cheerful voice The phone rang and hung up in a hurry, but at least he didn't forget to blow a kiss to Boss Bai before hanging up.

After shaking his head helplessly, Bai Gui opened the picture message sent by Yun Mian.

On the white postcard, Yunmian, who is poor at drawing, drew two figures, one large and one small, with colored pens, and there are many pink unknown objects around. In order to prevent the boss from recognizing them, the little girl Yunmian specially marked—— —

Mianmian, Boss and Strawberry Marshmallow.

It feels like a family of three.

"That's it." Standing on the mountain road, looking at the clouds and mist around Phoenix Mountain, Boss Bai smiled, "It's a good thing to live an ordinary life, and it's time for Baigui Grocery Store to reopen."

And at the door of Baigui Grocery Store, there was already a person wandering there with a card, and after reading the store closing statement several times, the other party sighed quietly and said: "Forget it, come back tomorrow, I hope this This store is really as magical as it is said in the legend.”

Seven days later, Boss Bai and Yun Mian returned to Baigui's grocery store with big bags and small bags, but unexpectedly found that the next door Chenxi Bookstore had also put up a sign to close the store. It is estimated that no one will come to ask Baigui for a while. Qubai" thing.

Pile up the big bags of luggage on the coffee table, and the white ghost immediately began to worry about packing.

Among these luggage, some are daily necessities such as clothes, but some are new items that Bai Gui and Yun Mian collected from various weird places when they traveled together for a few days.

For example, the secret pharmacist in Black Tiger City, the old Taoist priest in Qinglong City, etc... If you want to buy goods from these guys, what you need is not money, but barter.

Because few people are able to give the price that makes them tempted, they never do business with others, and Bai Gui is one of their rare regular customers.

In fact, some of them were customers of the Hyakki grocery store themselves.

The most incomprehensible thing to these hermits is that the purpose of the white ghost who has obtained so many treasures is to exchange these treasures for money? !

It's really hard to understand...

The bottles and cans with various labels were temporarily stacked on the coffee table, and the white ghost needed to sort them out again before hiding the most precious part of them in the basement.

"Is anyone there?" Just as the white ghost was about to start tidying up, a young woman's voice came from outside the door, "I have been here a few times, but the store is closed, has the boss come back now?"

"Please come in." Looking at the young woman who pushed the door and entered, Bai Gui unexpectedly found that this was another familiar face, "Welcome to Bai Gui Grocery Store."

Mi Xiao, who once participated in the same reading club as "Qu Bai", is a writer and the author of a famous best-selling love book.

The woman who hoped that "Qu Bai" could become a supporting actor in her new novel.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?" Boss Bai, who still looked dusty, was wearing a beige men's suit, and his waist-length hair was tied neatly. He seemed to have stepped out of a cartoon...

"You are the boss?" Mi Xiao carefully looked at the person in front of him, "It looks like the perfect male partner in the story."

"Oh? Is it still a supporting actor?" Boss Bai smiled politely, but he gave up adding milk and sugar to the coffee for the guests. Because the coffee table was full of bottles and cans, he had to hand them to the guests in front of him.

"Also?" Mi Xiao was puzzled for a while, but quickly explained, "After all, in our usual setting, the hero's setting should be more domineering."

"Then let's see what I, the supporting actor, can do for the new guests?" Bai Gui invited Mi Xiao to sit down on the sofa together.

"This..." The best-selling author seemed a little speechless. After hesitating for a while, he changed the subject and asked, "Does the boss know why the bookstore next door is closed?"

"Maybe it went bankrupt due to poor management." Boss Bai still had a standard smile on his face, "After all, there was no business, and there was a bad boss."

"You really know how to joke." Mi Xiao couldn't help smiling, "Actually, I really like the atmosphere on the second floor of that bookstore, so I often come here to read books, and the sudden closure of the store really makes people not used to it."

"And the bookstore owner probably isn't as bad as you said." Mi Xiao said with an expression of reminiscence, "My friends always say that I am very good at observation, so the results of various observations tell me that the bookstore owner next door is not Ordinary businessman."

“How come you see?”

"After all, if he is just an ordinary bookstore owner, the clothes on his body, the cufflinks of the watch, etc. are too expensive. More importantly..." Mi Xiao glanced outside the door, "The one who often Mr. Xia, who helps out in the bookstore, is always called a wage earner by the boss, but he always drives in and out in a famous car."

"To be honest, this kind of drama where the rich and the young experience life is really too clumsy in my opinion. Or the other party doesn't mind his identity being seen from the beginning." Mi Xiao fiddled with the meticulously groomed Straight hair, "If you add a young girl who doesn't know the identity of the other party and can't help but fall in love with the bookstore owner, then it will be the most classic routine in the novel."

"So, is this guest's wish to become the proprietress of the bookstore next door?" The white ghost thought he had come to the conclusion.

"Hahahaha." Mi Xiao laughed loudly at this moment, "Do I look like a young girl? Although the boss looks good, but after staying with that cold face for a long time, I'm afraid I'll be restless."

Immediately, Boss Bai felt that the lady in front of him was a rare confidant.

"My name is Mi Xiao, and I'm a romance novel writer." Mi Xiao re-introduced herself, "This time I came to your store to ask for help because I lack the inspiration for my next book."

"Looking for inspiration? This is a rare type of business." The white ghost began to think about what in his inventory could help the lady in front of him realize her wish.

"Since my last best-selling book, I have tried to write many novels of the same type, but all of them ended in dismal results, and some of them were even directly rejected by the publishing house." The young novelist showed a wry smile, "Published The editor of the agency said that my first book might just be a coincidence, and the 'garbage' I wrote later can't give people the taste of love at all."

"So I thought, if I can personally experience a perfect love encounter. It doesn't take too long to experience it. I believe it only takes a short time for me to write words that break through the peak!"

There was longing in Mi Xiao's eyes, but Bai Gui still couldn't help asking: "Through trading with this shop, you can even become a rich and upstart directly, but what you want is just an inspiration?"

"Sorry, if magic really exists in this world... then for me, magic is definitely not a shortcut to take me to the pinnacle of life, but a tool that allows me to reach the pinnacle step by step."

"Compared to climbing to the sky, I still enjoy the process of finding a correct path and then climbing step by step." Mi Xiao said, getting up from the sofa, "I wonder if the boss can satisfy my wish?"

"This store happens to have products suitable for customers." The white ghost brushed over the bottles and cans on the coffee table, and finally picked up a small glass bottle, which contained a small pink candy-like pill.

"Take this pill, and you will meet the perfect lover tailor-made for you by fate, and you will naturally be able to meet the most perfect love. But..." Boss Bai still did not forget to clarify the terms, "The effect of the medicine is only half It's only a month, and I hope the customers won't feel that the time is too short. Relatively, the price of this medicine is not too expensive."

Hearing the figures reported by the boss, Mi Xiao was a little stunned.However, according to the boss's supplementary instructions, their transaction can be completed using the platform, and payment can be made after Mi Xiao confirms that the medicine is effective.

"Boss, aren't you worried that I'm cheating?" Mi Xiao, who was a little nervous because of the price, couldn't help asking, "What if the medicine works, but I refuse to pay?"

Having said that, Mi Xiao has already started to take out his mobile phone to make payment.If the effect of the medicine is really as the boss said, then the payment is definitely worth it.

What's more, she also trusts the person who recommended the Hundred Ghosts Grocery Store to her.

"The transaction with our store cannot be destroyed by cheating."

Boss Bai's smile turned scary in Mi Xiao's eyes, and then a phantom of a fire bird suddenly appeared between her and the boss. Before Mi Xiao felt panic, the phantom disappeared again...

"The transaction is established."

Perhaps because he couldn't wait to witness the effect of the medicine, Mi Xiao had already swallowed the pill in the glass bottle just after he recovered his senses.

The taste of the pills surprised Mi Xiao, so even though she had already walked to the door of the grocery store, she still couldn't help but turn her head and say to the boss: "Boss, I didn't expect the medicine in your store to be quite delicious, just like children's food." My favorite strawberry candy."

Strawberry candy?

Looking at the figure of Mi Xiao driving away, the white ghost still couldn't recover. Although the pill was pink, it should have no taste, it should be tasteless, how could it taste the strawberry?

"Boss, I'm going to play with my friends!"

The figure of little girl Yun Mianmian was about to pass by Boss Bai, when suddenly the white ghost with a scary expression grabbed her little arm.

"Old... Boss..." Yun Mian always felt that something bad happened, and couldn't help but think about the troubles he had been in recently.

"Yun Mian Mian!" The boss would only call out Yun Mian's name word by word when the situation was serious, "Did you steal anything from the coffee table?"

"I..." The little follower's eyes were a little erratic, and he surrendered after a while, and said frankly, "I, I saw a strawberry candy in the bottle before, and I thought it must have been accidentally mixed in, so I took it. Get up and eat it!"

White Ghost: "..."

"But that strawberry candy didn't taste good at all! It didn't taste at all!" Yun Mianmian put her hands on her hips very confidently, "So I put a more delicious strawberry candy in it later, and there was absolutely no trouble!"

"..." The white ghost had no choice but to hide his face, "Mianmian, you still have to ask for leave from school for the last half month, stay at home and don't go anywhere."

"Eh?!!" Little Yun Mianmian suddenly became nervous, "Old... Boss, did I, did I eat something bad? I, I... Will Mianmian die?!"

Seeing the tearful look of the little follower, the boss could only touch Yun Mianmian's little head comfortingly.

"Don't worry, as long as you don't go out, nothing will happen."