Ghostly Eyes [Tomb Raiders]

In the midsummer afternoon, the air was extremely hot, and the streets and alleys were soaked in the billowing heat waves, as if they could melt away from the sun.The old man at the street yawned, turned on the electric fan to the maximum, shook his sweaty vest, and moved to the other end of the mat.

There is an "Ajiu Western Restaurant" at the corner of the street, which is the highest-grade emerging restaurant in this old city. Young people who like to follow fashion but have no money to go to the city center for consumption, like to squeeze in here, order a cup of coffee, read a magazine, One sit is an afternoon.

The same goes for this person.

This is a man in his thirties, with long legs and tall, wearing a very ordinary black shirt. He looks very handsome. He is sitting by the window of the restaurant, smiling and observing the passers-by outside.

There is a napkin and half a glass of milk in front of him. The milk has been completely cold and has a thin layer of milk, but the man does not drink it, because he knows that once the remaining half glass of milk is completely used up, he will drink it. I had no choice but to leave here, leave the comfortable sofa chair under my buttocks, and return to the hot street as far as I could see.

But he didn't think of being on the street, because he had lived on the street for nearly a month, and the taste was really not wonderful.

So he is destined not to drink this half cup of cold milk, even if his chest is already hungry and his back is pressed against his back.

Xiao Cai is a waiter who just came today. Recently, when the weather is hot, the number of customers visiting the door has decreased, so she has a lot of free time, standing at the front desk doing nothing.Naturally, she noticed this man.

The man has a handsome smile and a gentle temper. He fits her eyes well in every way, especially his beautiful and vigorous figure, with thin muscles and slender hands and feet, which is hard to see on the streets today.Such a man appeared alone in a western restaurant, and he had to attract attention.

During the time it took to serve the food, Xiao Cai looked at the man seven or eight times, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and quietly ran to the proprietress, her aunt, and whispered gossip.

"Auntie, look at the male guest by the window. He has been sitting there for four hours without even going to the toilet. Is he waiting for someone?"

The proprietress is counting a batch of beverage purchases this morning, poking at the calculator without looking up: "Oh, that guy, you should stay away from him."

"Why? What's wrong with this guy?" Xiao Cai raised his gossip antenna excitedly, and at the same time was secretly disappointed: It's a pity that such a handsome man will probably be useless.

Sure enough, the proprietress let out a contemptuous snort with her nose. Under Xiao Cai's confused face, the proprietress told the whole story intermittently: the first time this man appeared in the store was three days ago.

Thunderstorm three days ago.

When the man came to the door for the first time, he seemed to have just been fished out of the water, and his whole body was soaked.When he came, he was holding a bunch of dripping and dilapidated flowers, and his hands were dirty and muddy.The man smiled and told the proprietress that he had a blind date here, but he arrived early and accidentally got caught in the rain.Then he ordered a cup of hot milk, and sat in the seat by the window, from dawn to dusk.

"So, the blind date he's been waiting for hasn't come all day?" Xiao Cai felt infinite sympathy in his heart, and the blind date was let off by the woman, which is something that all men don't like.

Unexpectedly, the next day, this man came again, with the same black shirt, the same pure milk, and he was still sitting at the window seat, watching the passing traffic outside the window with great interest, with a vague smile on his lips. Smile.

"So, the next day, he came on a blind date again?"

The proprietress raised her head and cast a blank glance at Xiao Cai, "It's the same today, he's also here for a 'blind date' today."

Xiao Cai was stunned for a full minute before realizing: "So—so there is no blind date at all—he just made excuses to stay in our shop and turn on the air conditioner!"

"Not only that, the flowers he brought when he came here on the first day were picked up from the garbage cans on the corner of the street. The old Wang's family has a flower shop on this street, so he recognized it at a glance."

Xiao Cai couldn't help being angry after hearing this, her impression of this handsome guy in the black shirt plummeted, once her illusions were shattered, looking at it now, even the faint smile on that man's face became stupid and frivolous.

While the proprietress was not paying attention, Xiao Cai secretly picked up the menu, intending to find an opportunity to give this guest who was eating and drinking a bad impression.

However, just as she was walking, a figure quickly passed her and appeared in front of the man a second earlier than her.

When Xiao Cai took a closer look, her face blushed immediately, and she couldn't move her eyes anymore—a young man of more than 20 years was in front of her. He was tall, with slender hands and feet, and looked very elegant in a white casual shirt with a stand-up collar .

But the most eye-catching thing is the man's face - beautiful, Xiao Cai's head went blank for a few seconds, and instinctively came up with these two words of praise - so beautiful.The clear and beautiful eyebrows and eye contours make people feel good just by looking at them. Coupled with a simple and stylish shirt, it is refreshing and comfortable. It is Xiao Cai's favorite type of opposite sex.

The person who came was called Li Qiu.

However, Li Qiu didn't notice Xiao Cai, but sat directly opposite the "black shirt", looking at him hesitantly.

A trace of confusion flashed across the face of the man being looked at, but soon he burst into a friendly chuckle, and casually inserted his hands?Putting it into his trouser pocket, he tilted his head and said, "Do I know you?"

Li Qiu didn't answer, but snapped his fingers, and Xiao Cai just woke up like a dream, and hurriedly handed over the menu with both hands.Li Qiu took it with one hand, flipped through it casually, and brought the menu to the black shirt.

"It's time for dinner, let's order some food first, let's talk while eating." After a pause, he added: "I'll pay."

The last three words seemed to strike a match in the darkness, and instantly ignited the emotions of the black shirt. The latter quickly reported the names of a few dishes, and then poured half a glass of cold milk into his stomach impatiently.

An imperceptible emotion flashed across Li Qiu's eyes, and he ordered two more dishes. It was not until Xiao Cai left with the menu in his arms that he turned to the person opposite and smiled politely: "You said you didn't know me in the previous sentence. , why, the last sentence, you ordered according to my order without blinking an eye?"

The black shirt stared at the empty glass unsatisfactorily, licked his lips, and soon smiled back: "Someone treats you for free, why should I refuse, although I don't know you, but you seem to know me, people who know each other Isn't it normal to have a treat? The most important thing is - I'm really hungry."

After speaking, there was a growl in the stomach.

Li Qiu looked at him carefully, from the man's thin cheeks to his thin palms, and finally sighed slightly: "If I knew this, I should have come in earlier."

"What are you doing here?"

Li Qiu said very seriously: "Come to have a blind date with you."

Three or ten minutes later, the small table for two was overwhelmed by the continuous delivery of delicious food.

The black shirt didn't know how many days he hadn't eaten, and as soon as the food came, he was so engrossed in eating that he didn't even bother to talk.In comparison, Li Qiu was much more elegant and quiet, he only ate some fruit salad, and then silently stared at each other with his water glass in his arms, as if he felt infinitely satisfied just looking at the black shirt eating and drinking.

"Eat slowly, there are still a lot of dishes, if you don't have enough, ask for more."

The black shirt swallowed a mouthful of steak, and finally raised his head—he had deep, dark eyes that were barely noticeable because he was smiling most of the time.Now he stopped smiling suddenly, and at such a close distance, he attracted Li Qiu's attention with just one glance.

"What's the matter?" Seeing the other party stop, Li Qiu also put down the water glass, and asked tentatively, "Is there something that doesn't fit your mouth?"

The black shirt just looked at Li Qiu carefully for a few seconds before asking his own question again: "Who are you?"

Li Qiu blinked, but didn't rush to answer, and asked instead: "Why don't you guess?"

After a stalemate for two seconds, the black shirt took the lead to withdraw his gaze, lowered his head and continued to gnaw on the overcooked steak, Li Qiu sighed silently, and refilled a cup of warm milk for him.

The black shirt raised his eyelids, and said vaguely: "You just walked in front of me when you walked in the door, which means that you have known me from the beginning—or, you don't know me, but you have been secretly paying attention to me for a long time You invited me to dinner, firstly, to express your kindness to me when we met for the first time, and secondly, you also know very well—I am hungry and need to eat now.”

After a pause, the black shirt smiled and said: "If you are my relative or friend, you don't need to deliberately show kindness when you meet me. Your behavior of deliberately pleasing me like this implies that you are serious about getting along with me." Not quite sure. But..."

The conversation stopped halfway, Li Qiu waited for a long time, and couldn't help asking the following: "But what?"

The black shirt stretched out his slender fingers, and the fingertips were resting between Li Qiu's blank brows, "But up to now, the concern in your eyes is not fake."

Li Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, he was already good-looking, but with such a faint smile of relief, he actually gave birth to a somewhat indescribable sense of astonishment.

After laughing, Li Qiu's mouth was full of bitterness: "Ajiu, you... really lost your memory."

Li Qiu stared deeply at the opposite man who was buried in eating and drinking, and lowered his head to scan the logo on the plate: Ah Jiu Western Restaurant.

Ah Jiu.

You, who lost your memory, appear here day after day, in the dark, is it a fate.

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Ah Jiu didn't know that his name was Ah Jiu.

At least a month ago when he opened his eyes from the hospital bed for the first time, he didn't know what his name was, Ah Jiu.

After waking up, nurses and doctors appeared one after another. From their intermittent explanations, Ah Jiu gradually understood what happened: It turned out that he was seriously injured in an accidental explosion, was rescued to the hospital, and fell into a coma for two weeks. moon.After waking up, he lost a lot of memories: the injury process, the experiences and past of these years, and most importantly, who he is.

The hospital contacted the police, but the police searched the missing persons in the past few years, but did not find any clues about him.

Maybe, he's still a hacker.

Ah Jiu tactfully rejected the missing person notice issued by the police. After being discharged from the hospital, he began to squat in the major homeless shelters in the city.But soon, he discovered that he was a person who didn't like to be restrained. He had a loose temper and didn't seek to make progress. Even if he didn't have the memory of the past, he could still get by.

so be it.

There is no origin, no past, and since then, there has been one more homeless person in this city, who has no name and no surname.

"Ah Jiu, is this my original name?"

"Yes."

"Hey, there is no one with the surname Ah Mingjiu in this world. It's casual enough, it's a bit like my style."

Li Qiu forced a smile, but didn't answer for a while, Ah Jiu tried to pry the other party's emotions with his eyes, but failed.

"Having said so much, you can introduce yourself now. Who are you and what is your relationship with me?"

"My name is Li Qiu, Li of Liming, Qiu of Autumn, I know you because I and you..." Li Qiu bit his lips, as if this simple question was difficult for him to answer.

"Enemies? Creditors? Have a problem with me?"

Li Qiu shook his head, then took out a mobile phone from his pocket, turned on the screen, and handed it to Ah Jiu.On the screen saver of the mobile phone, two men put their arms around their shoulders together, laughing heartily in the sun, looking intimate.Two men, one is Li Qiu and the other is Ah Jiu.

When entering the door, what did Li Qiu say?He came to meet him on a blind date.

"So that's how it is," Ah Jiu rubbed his chin and smiled, "It turns out that I used to... like men."