Vampire Manual

Three days later, several people set off for Suzhou, the second and last stop of the seven-day tour in the Yangtze River Delta.

Liu Ting originally planned to go to Hangzhou, but the summer in this water town in the south of the Yangtze River is really terrible. It is said that the West Lake has almost become the West Sea because of the heavy rain for several days. Pata is no stranger to the sea. He experienced it when he came from the other side of the ocean. After spending a few days and nights on the waterway, Liu Ting, Li Shuang, and Qi Qiyi discussed it, and it was the same when I went back to see my own Bohai Bay.What?Mint hasn't commented yet?Forgot to mention, he has been expelled from the ranks of the backbone of the five-person team-since the publication of the anatomy of the body that day.

Suzhou is very close to Shanghai, and it doesn't even take an hour by train.But a few people went to the train station to see that the nearest ticket would take three hours, so Liu Ting made a decisive decision and changed to a bus.

The bus station is located next to the train station, just across a flyover.Although it takes two hours to get to Suzhou by bus, it is still cost-effective. Of course, it is not to save money, but time is precious.

"Fuck, it's heaven to have an air conditioner here." Liu Ting sat alone by the window, fiddled with the air conditioner above his head back and forth, and it took a long time to adjust it, blowing directly at himself.

Li Shuang and Qi Qi sat side by side in the same row across the aisle.

Mr. Liu Ting was helpless but indignant: "Why do I play tricks every time?"

Qi Qi smiled slyly, and pointed to a certain person diagonally in front of him: "Then you and Pata change places, even the air conditioner is saved."

Liu Ting rolled his eyes at the back of Mr. Bo's head like a natural air conditioner: "Pull it down, I'm afraid of the wind and cold."

"Yes, I'll listen to ghost stories for you." Qi Qi generously handed over the Walkman.

Liu Ting didn't have any other entertainment, so he had to take it and put it into the arms of Zhang Zhen's storytelling.

Liu Ting in this room closed his eyes and rested his mind, while Qi Qi in the other room glanced at Pata, and found that he was talking to Bo Xiyan, he couldn't hear what he said, but he kept his eyebrows down as always.

"What are you looking at?" Li Shuang touched Qi Qi.

"Mint." Qi Qi withdrew his gaze, puffed up his cheeks, quite dissatisfied, "It's been a few days, and I still don't look like I'm smiling. This is too angry."

"No, he's almost gone."

Qi Qi frowned: "How do you know?"

"I can tell." Brother Shuang took it for granted.

Qi Qi's black line: "You can see the emotional ups and downs with that ice cube face?"

"Uh," Li Shuang glanced into the distance, then said solemnly, "I can see the primordial spirit."

The corner of Qi Qi's mouth twitched, he simply closed his eyes and went to sleep.

On the highway, the car is fairly stable, and the occasional small bump is harmless.Qi Qi was half asleep and half awake, as if he was dreaming, and he didn't know what he was dreaming of. Various fragments were intertwined, like a stream of consciousness movie.Later, I remember a scene very clearly, that is, the two vampires I knew before appeared, and the woman who corrupted everything I touched handed him an apple, saying that Snow White loves apples, but he didn’t dare to take it. Because it was moldy and hairy, the man who killed the policeman with his bare hands handed him a cup of blood, and then said that the blood of a young girl is the most delicious, and he didn't dare to take it, because there was a shriveled girl at the man's feet corpse.He stepped back step by step, saying you all get the hell out of here, the two of them just laughed and said that we are all together, do you really think that you are a human being among the crowd?

Qi Qi woke up with fright, the air conditioner was obviously cool, but he broke out in a cold sweat.

Almost everyone in the car fell asleep, it was quiet, only the hum of the bus engine was monotonous and regular.

He looked beside him, Li Shuang was asleep on his back, his half-open mouth could hold an egg.He looked at Liu Ting next door, that person had changed into his third Hawaiian-style outfit today, the color was not heavy, and the only head not covered by the patterned shirt was leaning against the glass, moving along with the car. Knocking regularly.He looked up at Pata not far away. The guy was leaning his head on Mint's shoulder, probably in a deep sleep. As for Mint, he didn't know whether he was asleep or awake just by looking at his back. He was sitting upright and motionless.

Qi Qi pushed up the louvers of the air-conditioning outlet above his head and closed them.Immediately felt much warmer.The sun outside the window was still fierce, but with the sunshade curtain and Patta's unique sunscreen, it couldn't hurt him.

Closing her eyes, Qi Qi curled up in the chair again.The body is close to Li Shuang's, feeling the warmth from the other's skin, feeling inexplicably at ease.Who says he's not human?He is human.Maybe a little special, maybe a little strange, but he has friends, buddies, and maybe there will be closer people in the future, life has not given up on him, and he will not give up on life either.

Suzhou is a very quiet city, surprisingly quiet.

Li Shuang and Qi Qi thought that this place would be the same as Shanghai, busy, eager and full of people.But the fact is that no matter how many people there are, it can't hide the quaint charm of this city.It seems that all the surging crowds will slow down here and gradually match the pace of Suzhou.

Several people stayed in the pre-booked hotel for one night, and went to the garden early the next day.

"There are fewer people going in the morning." These are Liu Ting's original words.

In fact, he was right.Not only are there fewer people, but the weather is also comfortable.It was a cloudy day, and the wind was blowing from time to time. The sun didn't show up all morning, and a few people strolled comfortably in the garden, trying their best to YY that this was their back garden.

"I said that so many senior officials like to live in seclusion here after retirement. It's so damn comfortable." Liu Ting sat in the pavilion, drinking Coke, expressing his feelings, "Just looking at it makes me feel at ease."

Li Shuang was also infected by the greenery of the garden, and called Mint: "Hey, we can settle here after we retire."

Bo Xiyan was pulling Pata to talk about the various scenery around the garden, when he heard the words, he glanced over lightly, then backed away lightly, as if he didn't even care about it.

Brother Shuang was left out in the cold and wanted to be arrogant.

Liu Ting was enthusiastic, fearing that the words would fall on the ground, he quickly continued: "Why don't you retire, you let Xiao Qi bite, ten thousand years."

Brother Shuang's black line: "I've already passed."

"Then ten thousand years 28."

"I haven't arrived yet!"

"..."

Seeing that the client was excited, Liu Ting shrugged and went to free activities.

Li Shuang raised his eyebrows, but he didn't take it seriously, and continued to browse his own scenery.

The only one who cares is probably Qi Qi.He heard it from beginning to end, and when Liu Ting asked him to take a bite, he was really nervous.He didn't know how he expected Li Shuang to answer, but in the end, Li Shuang didn't answer directly at all.I can't say what mood I'm in, I'm definitely not happy, and I don't seem to be too unhappy. If I have to look for it, it's just a little bit of disappointment at most.

Faintly, lingering.

"This is the corridor, the corridor connecting the city and the garden. There is a pavilion over there. There are poems left by the ancients in the pavilion, and there are also engravings on the pillars. You can feel it."

"Mint, this pillar also has it."

"Ok?"

"Touch it! Wait for me, Hou...Hou Erbao...Hou Erbao is here for a visit?"

"..."

Qi Qi was watching quietly at first, thinking that this mint was fine. Although he has a strange temper and is not pleasing to people, he is still patient with Pata. It is said that the two people's good days are not short, and temporary patience is easy Long-term patience is difficult.As a result, I was feeling emotional, and I couldn't hold back when I heard that the best one came here, and I was so happy.

Hearing the voice, Bo Xiyan glanced over and looked at him for a long time.

Qi Qi felt a chill down his spine, turned around and went looking for Li Shuang with his mouth open——

"Brother, Mint stared at me, it's so scary, woo..."

A few people spent almost a day in the woods, and lunch was also a simple solution. When they returned to the city center, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.The sky was still bright, and gradually became clearer.

Liu Ting said that there are a few old streets in the city, which are one of the few places where you can go shopping outside the Suzhou gardens. A few people simply rented electric cars and rode all the way on the bluestone slabs in such an environmentally friendly way.

Suzhou's old streets are not like Shanghai's Town God's Temple. The name sounds nostalgic, but it is modern when you enter it.Haagen-Dazs is next to Nanxiang Xiaolong, Jiangnan Silk is next to alternative trendy brands, and there is a row of fried stinky tofu in front of McDonald's.The old streets in Suzhou are very simple. There is only a bluestone road leading to the innermost part. There may be only one fork in the whole journey, but it will not go anywhere. You have to go around and go back.The shops are all small, but each has its own taste. Some sell Suzhou embroidery, some can appreciate Suzhou Pingtan, and some are just simple coffee shops, quiet, as if time will flow out when the door is opened.

Perhaps because of the evening, there are not many tourists on the ancient street, in twos and threes, there is a photography group taking pictures, I don’t know if it is a photo studio or a magazine, the model is a foreign girl, wearing a Chinese cheongsam and sitting on a bench in the ancient street, which is quite strange And harmonious tune.

The five people also joined in the fun and watched for a while, and Liu Ting expressed his opinion constructively: "Pata came over, you two can directly take wedding photos, Doden is right, hahaha..."

No one answered, Mr. Liu's hahaha floated in the awkward air.

But the family persevered and remained enthusiastic. Later, they invited everyone to eat raw pan fried at one of the most authentic shops on the old street.The so-called fried buns are a bit like fried buns in the north, but the meat filling is sweet and rich, and the taste is still somewhat different.I want to serve a few more bowls of bean curd, tsk, it's wonderful.Pata ate a dozen of them alone, which made Liu Ting feel sorry for her, and sympathetically pushed Mint, saying that raising a daughter-in-law is not easy.Bo Xiyan ignored him, picked up the bean curd bowl and began to drink Xili Hulu, Qi Qi felt strange, looked carefully, well, Mint's ears turned red.

The clouds dispersed at some point, and the old street in the evening was shrouded in the setting sun.

A group of people were almost going to the end of the street when they suddenly saw a concept bookstore.In fact, along the way, they found that there are many such shops in Xie, with several shelves of books, several wooden tables and chairs, and a bar counter, creating a special atmosphere.But strangely, there are more people in this shop, the seats in the front hall are full, and there is a yard in the back hall, and there are sporadic people sitting on the tables and chairs who are hard at work.In addition, there are several standing tourists, staring at the postcard storage bags that almost cover the wall.

A few people later found out that this is a slow delivery shop.It is to write a postcard to yourself a year or even a few years later. Maybe you have forgotten that there is such a thing at that time, but the shopkeeper remembers.

"We can't guarantee that every postcard will be delivered, but we promise that it will be put in the mailbox on time." The shopkeeper smiled faintly at the bar, comfortable and peaceful.

"Then what is written on the postcard?" Liu Ting was very interested.

"Whatever you want," the shopkeeper said unhurriedly as he sipped his coffee, "For example, your mood at the moment, or all your expectations for the future, it's fine."

"Can you only mail it to yourself?" Pata asked suddenly.

The owner was taken aback, thinking it was the first time he heard such a question, he thought for a while before saying, "You can mail it to someone else if you want, as long as the address is correct."

In the end, everyone picked a postcard to send to the future.Including pata.

When lying on the table under the old tree and writing postcards, Qi Qi, Li Shuang, Liu Ting, and Mint all agreed that this street, this store, and the slow atmosphere are really a good place to save time.

Qi Qi helped write Pata's postcard. Originally, Liu Ting volunteered, but Pata refused to give up. The reason is that Liu Ting, as a small speaker broadcasting station, is really not suitable for keeping secrets.

So in the end, no one knew what Pata asked Qi Qi to write.

In fact, what everyone wrote, only they know.

What Li Shuang chose was the scenery of this street. Turning it over, except for a place for postage stamps on the back, the rest is pure white.His handwriting is really not good-looking, but he tries to write neatly——

Comrade Xiao Li:

If a child is still around when you get this postcard, just admit it.

Even if it's a dream, I recognize it.

Sincerely,

salute!